Speed ​​Pass starts with choosing a hunter

Chapter 427 Rebellion
January passed.

The situation in Xuanyang became increasingly chaotic.

Bai Yuan looked at the battle report sent from southern Xinjiang with a frown on his face.

Is Li Chengyuan crazy?
He could still understand why the emperor had led the army in person before. Since the founding of Xuanyang by Emperor Taizu, there had been several martial emperors who liked to lead the troops themselves, but at most they just sat in command. It was probably an isolated case for someone like Li Chengyuan to personally go into battle and kill the enemy.

You know, the luck that Li Chengyuan has now is no different from that of an ordinary Mingxin martial artist.

However, there are powerful gods in southern Xinjiang. Even with the Grand Tutor Liang Yuankang accompanying them, it is still too dangerous no matter how you look at it.

Of course, the effect of leading by example was also very obvious. The Southern Xinjiang Witch Clan was suppressed on the southern front by the Zhennan Army and had no chance to go north at all. When this news was passed back to the Central Plains, it calmed down many of those wavering people.

Bai Yuan put down the battle report.

Now Xuanyang is leaking air from all sides.

The rebellion of the Witch Tribe in southern Xinjiang was just the beginning. Not only that, Li Chengyuan’s sons were also ready to make a move.

Take Li Dai for example. They both had a clear mind and were of royal blood. Naturally, he could do what Li Chengyuan could do.

And according to Li Chengyuan's current crazy behavior, he might die on the battlefield one day.

At this time, Li Huan walked in quickly.

"A Yuan, something big has happened."

Seeing Li Huan's serious expression, Bai Yuan asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Huan took a deep breath: "The Western Desert countries joined forces to invade Xuanyang from the east."

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Bai Yuan frowned tightly.

Xuanyang is already in chaos enough. Just after getting rid of the pressure from the Demon Sect, now there are the Western Desert countries. It is truly a situation of internal and external troubles.

Although the small countries in the Western Desert are not strong individually, once they join forces, their strength will be extraordinary.

Bai Yuan has already sensed a sign of the country's demise.

Facing multiple enemies, even Xuan Yang's strong financial resources could not hold out for a few years.

Li Huan looked worried: "I heard that the East China Sea tribe is also ready to make a move. If this happens, won't we be attacked from three sides?"

Xuan Yang is now like a wounded wolf, surrounded by powerful enemies, all of whom want to rush up and take a bite.

Bai Yuan: "Keep asking people to keep a close eye on the situation in the East China Sea."

"it is good."

Li Huan nodded.

Relying on the connections he made in the Qingzhou Palace, he collected intelligence from all over the world and helped Bai Yuan a lot.

Half a year has passed.

The war in southern Xinjiang still shows no signs of stopping.

Before one wave of troubles subsided, another wave arose. The royal family of the East China Sea indeed came ashore. As a result, the armies of the four directions, except for the Zhenbei Army, were attacked on three sides, and the battle situation was extremely brutal.

The originally abundant treasury was emptied in an instant.

In order to continue to support the war, the imperial court had to increase taxes.

In many places, nine out of ten houses were empty. Although ordinary people could not become soldiers in combat, they could transport food, repair city walls and other matters. Coupled with the repeated increases in summer and autumn taxes, some people finally exploded under the backlog.

A group called the Red Turban Army quietly rose up in the Hexi area.

In the beginning, they were just some farmers who could not stand the oppression, but their power grew stronger and stronger, and finally they absorbed thousands of martial artists from the martial arts world, becoming a force that could not be underestimated.

What is even more unexpected is that the leader of the Red Turban Army actually made a breakthrough in a series of battles and became a great master!
As a result, even the imperial court had to respond carefully.

Taibao Yan Shaoan even led troops to suppress the rebellion personally.

The wars in Southern Xinjiang, Western Desert and East China Sea can still be quelled by exchanging interests, but the rebels may really take Xuanyang's life, and the best time to take action now has been missed.

With the emergence of the first group of rebels, groups of powerful "rebels" emerged from the mountains in various parts of Xuanyang.

Lingzhou was naturally not immune.

In the mountains and forests beside an official road.

Several figures moved around.

"Brother, there is only one skilled martial artist in this city. Shall we start the fight tonight?"

A thin man with shining eyes.

"hold on."

The other man called Big Brother stared at the city wall not far away.

They are one of the forces of the Lingzhou Uprising. Although they look like down-and-out bandits, the worst of them are all strong martial artists. The man called Big Brother is even a strong man with great strength.

No one would believe that these people rebelled because they couldn't afford to eat.

Since it is an uprising, of course we have to attack the city.

After many explorations, they finally chose the city in front of them.

Currently, no rebel army in Lingzhou has captured the city. If they can really capture the city, they will definitely receive extremely generous rewards.
The sky was getting darker.

More and more people came into the forest, and gradually, there were hundreds of people gathered.

Sixty percent of them were martial artists, and only 40% were refugees who were truly homeless and turned into thieves.

Hundreds of people were lurking at the city wall like wolves, ready to rush forward at the command.

The middle-aged man who took the lead had a calm and sharp gaze.

If there were any experts from the North, they would recognize at a glance that this middle-aged man was the notorious Zhao Tieying, whose name was still on the court's wanted list and who had once committed the heinous crime of massacring an entire village.

Just as everyone was waiting for an opportunity to ambush, a person suddenly stood up slowly in the crowd.

He was a somewhat thin man.

"You guys want to attack the city?"

Zhao Tieying, who was lurking in the front, turned his head suddenly, his face full of surprise.

This team was formed by him through brute force in just over ten days. He didn't even know many of the people, including, of course, the young man standing in the middle of the team.

"who are you?"

Zhao Tieying stared at the young man.

The young man grinned calmly: "My name is Li Huan, and everyone calls me the First Staff Member."

Li Huan deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the first two words.

When he heard the name Li Huan, Zhao Tieying's pupils suddenly shrank.

In the past, Li Huan had no reputation anywhere except Qingzhou, but now he is well known by the strong men in Shuofang because he has become the most ruthless strategist around Bai Yuan.

Zhao Tieying's back was covered in cold sweat.

The young man in front of me is a person with strong perception, the kind that can be crushed to death with one hand!

"Fuck me!"

But Zhao Tieying did not choose to run, but ordered more than a hundred people who were ambushing in the forest to rush forward. Some people who were not aware of the situation rushed forward without thinking when they heard their eldest brother's voice.

The ending is of course predictable.

At the same time, Zhao Tieying flashed backwards.

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It was obvious that he wanted everyone to risk their lives to buy him time to escape.

Li Huan slapped a bandit in front of him to death with one palm, and sneered: "Want to run?"

Since he has come here in person, he has certainly made all the necessary preparations.

The next moment, Zhao Tieying stopped charging forward. He stared with wide eyes at the strong men who suddenly surrounded him in front of him, somewhat incredulous: "Shenfu Gate?"

The person who came was the commander-in-chief of Shenfu Sect, Yu Hui!
Yu Hui used only one strike to chop off Zhao Tieying's head. Zhao Tieying's head rolled on the ground several times with an unwilling look on his face before finally stopping.

Li Huan walked up to Yu Hui and said, "Thank you, Commander Yu."

"It's just a matter of duty."

Yuhui smiled slightly.

As for the other bandits, they will naturally be dealt with by the masters of the Divine Mansion Army.

When luck is broken, some people are sad, while others are happy. He is the happy one.

He had been stagnant in his energy for thirty years, but finally, due to the increase of good luck, he showed signs of loosening up. With the help of Bai Yuan, he broke through and became a powerful perceptual master.

That's why he was able to kill Zhao Tieying so easily.

Li Huan looked confident: "Although Zhao Tieying did it in a covert way, it is not difficult to find out. It should be the work of Tianxuan Sect."

Upon hearing that it was the Tianxuan Sect, Yu Hui's expression became solemn.

Over the past few months, powerful rebel forces have suddenly appeared in Lingzhou, causing great headaches for the provincial government.

Lingzhou magistrate Yang Fangyu and Li Huan both felt that there must be a master behind the scenes, so Li Huan deliberately disguised himself as an ordinary gangster to infiltrate the team. It took him a full month to finally figure out the identity of the person behind the scenes.

It is the Tianxuan Sect.

Although such situations are already very common in Xuanyang, do you really think that the rebels can train such masters overnight?

They are all the work of those big gangs in the underworld.

There is more than one group of bandits in Lingzhou. Li Huan is almost certain that the forces behind them are definitely not just the Tianxuan Sect.

Li Huan smiled slightly and said, "Commander Yu, I'll leave the things here to you. I will go back to Huanglong Mansion and inform A Yuan about what happened here."

Yuhui nodded.

The next day, Li Huan appeared in Huanglong Mansion alone and on horseback.

He immediately found Bai Yuan and told him everything that happened last night.

Yang Fangyu was also present, and he shouted, "How dare the Tianxuan Sect!"

Bai Yuan had a calm expression.

In fact, he had anticipated this matter a long time ago, and it was reasonable that it was confirmed now. Behind the rebel forces in various places in Xuanyang, there are always big clans or families without exception. As the largest clan in the north, Tianxuan Sect has no reason not to take action.

And even if the Tianxuan Sect does not take action, other major sects will.

Li Huan looked at Bai Yuan: "A Yuan, what should we do next?"

Bai Yuan slowly put down the teacup and smiled faintly: "Of course it's to suppress bandits."

He was just worried that he had no enemies to kill, but now they came to his doorstep, how could he let them go?
The rebel troops in the three continents of Shuofang began to despair.

They finally saw how terrifying the Shuofang Jiedushi, who was known for his cold-bloodedness, ruthlessness and cruelty, was.

Bai Yuan personally led the troops to suppress the bandits.

Many of the rebel leaders were beaten to death by the Jiedushi's fists, and they didn't even have the slightest thought of leaving any of them alive.

As long as they were discovered by Bai Yuan, they would all be killed without exception.

At once, the rebellious armies of the three Shuofang continents all ceased their movements.

Do you really think they are rebels?
They were not forced to survive. Most of them just took the opportunity to cause chaos because they were promised huge rewards by big families or big families.

Of course, there was no need for Bai Yuan to hold back.

These people deserve to die!

His deeds of suppressing the rebellion soon spread, which undoubtedly boosted the confidence of Xuanyang, which was already in tatters.

For this reason, even Emperor Li Chengyuan, who was far away in southern Xinjiang suppressing a rebellion, specially issued an imperial decree to praise Bai Yuan for his meritorious service in killing the enemy.

Soon, Eunuch Chang came to Lingzhou with the imperial edict.

"Master Bai."

"Eunuch Chang."

Bai Yuan met the eunuch again, and both of them were filled with emotion.

Come to think of it, Bai Yuan and this eunuch Chang have quite a lot of fate. He has met him three times in Lingzhou alone, and each time he came with an imperial edict.

Since then, Bai Yuan has had a very good relationship with this eunuch.

Now the situation in Xuanyang has changed suddenly, and the two meet again in Lingzhou.

Eunuch Chang smiled and said, "Lord Bai has worked hard for the country and made great contributions. Your Majesty has specially ordered me to reward all the officials in Shuofang."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

Next comes the much-anticipated reading of the imperial edict.

Ever since Taibao Yan Shaoan turned Lingzhou City into an administrative office, the capital of Lingzhou was quietly moved to Huanglong Prefecture.

Now that Dingzhou has been recovered and Yan Shaoan has returned to the capital, Lingzhou City is no longer as prosperous as before. Huanglong Prefecture has become the new prefecture. Neither the prefect Yang Fangyu nor the governor Bai Yuan tacitly agreed to mention the matter.

Over time, Huanglongfu has become the de facto center of Lingzhou.

All the officials of Lingzhou Prefecture were also working in Huanglong Mansion, and now they were all kneeling in the courtyard of the prefecture.

There was only one person who stood straight, and that was Bai Yuan.

This is also the privilege given to him by Emperor Li Chengyuan this time. He does not have to kneel when meeting the emperor.

"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims that Jiedushi Bai Yuan has suppressed the rebels, which has been a great achievement for the benefit of the country. I am deeply pleased. The Shuofang soldiers fought bravely and set an example for all the troops."

This time, Eunuch Chang took a full quarter of an hour to finish reading the imperial edict.

Bai Yuan even suspected that this was the longest imperial edict since Li Chengyuan ascended the throne.

But this volume was the longest. He listened to the end and did not hear any actual reward. Instead, nice words like "loyal minister" and "pillar of the country" that had never been used before were used several times.

Bai Yuan sighed softly.

It seems that the court is really out of money.

Otherwise, Li Chengyuan would not have fallen to the point of selling honor.

Now Xuanyang is under attack from three sides, and perhaps the only one with combat power is the North. His master Xu Dingchun has already gone south to command the Zhenxi Army. The two strongest people in the North are actually him and Old Man Dong.

Of course Li Chengyuan could see clearly that the Bai Yuan sect now had the final say in the North.

So although Bai Yuan's contribution was not great, the reward was very grand. It was obvious that they wanted to win over Bai Yuan and Old Man Dong so that they could take action.

It is estimated that it will not be long before Old Man Dong will also receive the imperial edict.

After hearing the imperial edict, the officials dispersed, and Bai Yuan and Eunuch Chang went to the other courtyard to drink tea.

Eunuch Chang smiled warmly: "Lord Bai, His Majesty often thinks of the days when you and His Majesty pruned the branches in the Imperial Garden."

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Bai Yuan was speechless. He didn't miss the time when he got free stuff.

The two chatted for a while again.

Eunuch Chang finally revealed the real purpose of his trip to Lingzhou: "Master Bai, His Majesty hopes that you can send troops to suppress the rebellion of the northern border."

Bai Yuan waved his hands quickly: "Your Majesty, you are really embarrassing me. The officers and soldiers of Shuofang are less than ten thousand in total. I am really powerless."

Eunuch Chang seemed to have guessed what Bai Yuan was going to say long ago.

He smiled slightly: "Your Majesty has given an oral order to allow Lord Bai to temporarily exercise the power to recruit and forge troops on behalf of the court in the four states under his jurisdiction to suppress the rebellion."

Bai Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Li Chengyuan has invested a lot of money!

(End of this chapter)