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Chapter 217 If you let me come, your head will definitely fall off! (Please subscribe, please vote)
Empress Pei Wanyu had just finished her morning court session and was already looking a little worried.

The domestic situation is really one crisis after another.

The crisis of rebellion by court officials and vassal kings in the imperial capital has been temporarily overcome.

But the sea tribe began to attack the coastal areas again, which gave Pei Wanyu a headache.

The sea clan is very powerful. The previous emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty died at the hands of a powerful sea clan member.

Moreover, the most elite troops of the Tianwu Dynasty were also lost in the eastern region.

The sea creatures attacked again, and Pei Wanyu didn't know what to do for a moment.

After all, she can only mobilize a limited number of troops, and she can't always keep the Tiance Dynasty's army stationed in the country.

You know, even if we can invite the army of the Tiance Dynasty over through our relationship with Li Chen, the military expenses and the like will still have to be paid by the Tianwu Dynasty, and in multiples.

That’s the rule.

The army of the Tiance Dynasty is only responsible for repelling the coalition forces of the vassal kings and will not obey Pei Wanyu's orders.

If Pei Wanyu mobilizes the army to the eastern coastal area, the safety of the imperial capital will have to rely on the Tiance Dynasty army.

In the long run, how will the people and court officials view her?

The emperor is the pillar of the people. If she is at a loss, the people will lose their confidence.

During this period, Pei Wanyu realized that being an emperor was really difficult.

"If it really doesn't work, you can go and ask His Majesty Li Chen for advice."

After learning about these state affairs, Pei Wanyu's mother began to give her advice.

During the initial period, Pei Wanyu's mother still had to rule the country from behind the scenes.

It’s not that she wanted to undermine her daughter’s rights, but if she was not around, the court officials would not care about Pei Wanyu, the new empress.

Pei Wanyu is highly talented, but her strength is average. She has few followers in the court and has little say.

Her mother had no choice but to appear in the court every day and rely on her prestige to intimidate the ministers.

The reason why she did not rule the country from behind the scenes these days was not only because her daughter was gradually gaining prestige and was able to make most of the ministers obey her.

The main reason is that she has an important task, which is to accompany Li Chen.

Through in-depth communication with Li Chen in the past few days, she has come to understand Li Chen's strengths in all aspects.

In fact, at the beginning, what Pei Wanyu's mother was most worried about was Li Chen's interference in the political affairs of the Tianwu Dynasty.

Then with Li Chen's status and strength, his daughter would be a puppet empress.

By chance, she got the opportunity to get close to Li Chen.

So every time she came into contact with Li Chen, she would try to find out what Li Chen was thinking from the side.

The important task is to obtain some information by pleasing Li Chen.

Of course, she also enjoyed it, which made Mu Qingrou wonder if she really had a big need.

But in the past few days, Tang Mengyou discovered that Li Chen didn't care about the government affairs of the Tianwu Dynasty at all, and didn't ask about it.

She understood that Li Chen came here this time because he really wanted to help Pei Wanyu and had no other intentions.

Such a good man can indeed be relied upon.

In fact, she was overthinking it. Li Chen didn't even want to take care of the political affairs of his own country, so how could he interfere in the political affairs of the Tianwu Dynasty? In his opinion, this was just a waste of time.

"But His Majesty Li Chen is very busy. The Tiance Dynasty is at war with the Sassanid Dynasty, and he has to go to the western war zone of the Tiance Dynasty."

Pei Wanyu hesitated for a moment. Before she returned to the country to become the empress, the Tiance Dynasty and the Sassanid Empire had already gone to war.

This time Li Chen came here to take Mu Qingrou away. I heard that he was going to the western part of the Tiance Dynasty.

"Don't worry, the Tiance Dynasty is a superpower. When the two major military organizations in the country are fighting each other, His Majesty Li Chen can still march north and west, so it won't delay anything."

Tang Mengyou is from the Tiance Dynasty and knows something about this.

After hearing what her mother said, Pei Wanyu immediately went to find Li Chen.

At this time, Li Chen and Mu Qingrou were planning to leave.

Mu Qingrou is the lord of Ziyun Immortal Mansion, it is impossible for her to stay here to help Pei Wanyu all the time.

She was able to come this time because of Tang Mengyou and Li Chen.

The powerful saints think differently from most people. In their eyes, their own power is the most important.

Pei Wanyu still acted like an empress in the court, but as soon as she came to Li Chen, she immediately turned into a little woman and began to complain aggrievedly.

"What is the situation of this sea tribe? The navy of my Tiance Dynasty also mentioned it."

Li Chen didn't know much about the sea people, but someone had submitted a memorial to the emperor about a similar situation.

Pei Wanyu's father died of injuries during the war against the sea clan, so she knew a lot about the sea clan.

The ocean area of ​​this world is very vast, and there are powerful species in the ocean, called sea people.

Sea people are different from sea beasts.

The relationship between sea people and sea beasts is like the relationship between humans and monsters.

The sea creatures are amphibious creatures, just like humans. Humans can also go into the sea, but their combat effectiveness will be reduced after going into the sea.

After the sea creatures come ashore, their combat effectiveness will also decrease.

Therefore, in the past few hundred years, there has not been much friction between the sea people and the human race.

There had been many conflicts in the past, some of which had even led to a relatively large war, but the final result was that the powerful humans clamored for the sea people to stop hiding in the sea and come up to fight to the death.

The strong men of the sea tribe shouted that if you humans dare to go into the sea, you will be killed without a complete corpse.

Anyway, no one wants to go to the other's territory to seek death, so they can only retreat back to their own territory.

Although some small-scale frictions occur from time to time, they have not yet escalated into a large-scale war.

The attack on the Tianwu Dynasty this time can be regarded as a relatively large-scale battle between the two sides.

The sea creatures have scales, which give them extremely strong defenses, and they also have a certain resistance to pulse technique shocks.

They are like a heavily armored legion and very dangerous.

What's more, the vanguard of the sea clan this time includes a powerful saint.

The old emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty was not as steady as Guo Poyun. He always rushed to the front, which led to his death from serious injuries.

It was considered an underestimation of the opponent's strength. After all, neither side knew each other that well.

The old emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty thought it was just an ordinary attack by the sea creatures and that his elite troops could easily handle it.

After listening to Pei Wanyu for a while, Li Chen finally understood what happened.

When it comes to facing the sea people, the Tiance Dynasty also has a very vast area near the sea.

However, there are many sects within the Tiance Dynasty, and there is the Piaomiao Immortal Alliance in the east near the sea.

Because there are so many resources in the sea and the products are rich, there are also many sects along the coast.

There are even some powerful hidden forces hiding on the islands.

In addition, there were a large number of naval fleets and garrisons. Even though the third prince Li Yu took away a lot, Li Chen transferred some more.

According to the memorials Li Chen saw, the navy fleet must have fought with the sea clan, but since the sea clan did not attack, Li Chen did not care.

After all, the Tiance Dynasty is so large, with many talented people, and Li Chen doesn’t have to do everything in person.

As a country also located on the sea, the Tianwu Dynasty was under great pressure.

As we all know, most of the saints come from sects. Such sects that have saints are superior to the secular world, and under normal circumstances, the royal family cannot mobilize them at all.

Even if there are some saints in the Tianwu Dynasty, Pei Wanyu cannot come into contact with them at all.

It was already an honor for her to ask Mu Qingrou to take action.

As I said, Mu Qingrou was only protecting her because they were fellow disciples, but she had no right to command Mu Qingrou.

As for why Mu Qingrou had to listen to Li Chen, she didn't dare to disobey.

Before Li Chen's rise, this phenomenon within the Tiance Dynasty could be said to be even more chaotic.

The attitudes of saints like Mu Qingrou, Dingtian Shangren, and Chiyuan Zhenren are similar. They are all stubborn and arrogant.

Before fighting, everyone felt that they were invincible.

After a fight, even if I lose, I will think that I was not in good shape today, or I was not familiar with the terrain of this place, or I didn’t bring any magic weapons with me. If you fight me in another place, you may not be able to beat me.

We are all at the Saint level, how can I be any worse than you? The worst that can happen is that I can practice in seclusion for a few years!
After Li Chen appeared and dealt with them, these saints became humble and began to practice seriously.

If you think that Master Wanfeng has a good temper, you are totally wrong.

He was only good-tempered in front of Li Chen. If someone else was in front of him, he would not even look at them. Even if they spoke, they were arrogant and spoke in a tone that was superior to the world.

Pei Wanyu is Li Chen's woman after all, so she can definitely come to Li Chen for help.

"I know everything. I will go to the coast to see how strong the saints of this sea tribe are."

Li Chen's goal is to unify the planes, so the sea clan must be within the plan. He just didn't expect that the sea clan would come so quickly.

If the admiral of the navy of the Tian Ce Dynasty knew what Li Chen said, he would definitely complain: Okay, Your Majesty, you don’t even come to your own country’s waters, but you help other countries, right?

Li Chen would also say: If you let me do such a small thing, your head will definitely fall off!

Hearing what Li Chen said, Pei Wanyu jumped into his arms with joy.

In fact, Pei Wanyu felt very guilty. It was rare for Li Chen to come here from the Tiance Dynasty. She was busy with state affairs during the day and did not spend enough time with Li Chen and did not fulfill her responsibilities.

Li Chen said it was okay and told her not to worry about it and to handle state affairs well.

After all, you didn't accompany him/her well, but it's not a big problem if you have someone to accompany you.

Since they were going to the eastern waters, Li Chen summoned the army from the Tianwu Dynasty.

Pei Wanyu was not qualified to give orders, but for Li Chen, it was just a matter of words.

This army is from the Fourth Army of the Tiance Dynasty and belongs to the same corps as the army led by the third prince.

After leaving the Second Army, the Third Prince came to the Fourth Army to develop.

His goal was to control this army group, so he made great military achievements and continuously cultivated his own people to join the Fourth Army Group.

After a long period of development, most of the soldiers in the Fourth Army listened to Li Yu.

This is the only part of the army that the Ministry of War can mobilize.

But even this part can still make a name for itself in other countries!

The leader of this army is Han Wu, deputy commander of the Fourth Army.

Han Wu's identity is very special. He is a close confidant of the late emperor, and his sister is the imperial concubine.

Therefore, even if the Third Prince Li Yu wanted to control the Fourth Army, he had to give Han Wu some face.

Han Wu was someone who could report directly to the late emperor. He was loyal to the emperor and would listen to whoever was the emperor.

This is a very wise approach. If you, the third prince, are capable and become the emperor, I will listen to you.

Before you become emperor, I will only listen to the emperor of the time. This way I will be considered a loyal minister, nothing will happen to me, and my reputation will not be damaged.

In recent times, Han Wu has won many battles in the Tianwu Dynasty, but he is not proud of it.

In his view, the armies of the vassal kings of the Tianwu Dynasty were a mob that would immediately flee as soon as the vanguard suffered losses.

Han Wu is a relatively calm person, so he is waiting here for the dispatch order from the Ministry of War.

But at this time, when he heard Li Chen's order, he immediately led his troops to the vicinity of the imperial capital of the Tianwu Dynasty.

Here, he finally met the emperor of the Tiance Dynasty, Li Chen.

Li Chen is actually very easy to recognize. Han Wu used to follow the late emperor and can see the appearance of a royal child and the emperor's demeanor.

What's more, Li Chen exuded a slight aura, and the shadow of a purple dragon appeared, full of imperial power.

When Han Wu saw Li Chen for the first time, he knew that the Second Prince really couldn't win, and the Third Prince couldn't beat him either.

Sure enough, being loyal only to the emperor is definitely the right thing to do.

After all, only the strongest prince can become emperor.

"Your humble servant Han Wu pays respect to Your Majesty!"

Han Wu knelt respectfully in front of Li Chen, and the soldiers beside him also knelt down, and the sound shook the heavens and the earth!

This shocked many soldiers and ministers of the nearby Tianwu Dynasty.

The last time the army led by Han Wu passed by here, it was the newly appointed empress Pei Wanyu and her ministers who personally came to greet them.

Facing Pei Wanyu, the emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty, Han Wu had a cold face, let alone kneeling down. He just said hello and left.

As the emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty, Pei Wanyu was indeed not qualified to make the army of the Tiance Dynasty kneel down.

This is because Pei Wanyu was ignorant. If she had used the identity of the emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty instead of the identity of the concubine of the emperor of the Tiance Dynasty, Han Wu would have definitely kneeled.

If he didn't kneel, it would be disrespectful to Li Chen and he would definitely be reported.

"General Han, you have worked hard. Please accompany me to the eastern coastal area."

Li Chen also kindly helped Han Wu up, which made Han Wu feel flattered.

He had heard before that this emperor was extremely ferocious and would kill court officials at will in the court and even killed people everywhere in the north.

But today it seems that His Majesty is not as exaggerated as the rumors say.

"It is my honor!"

I heard that Li Chen is going to the eastern coastal area, so he should be going to deal with the sea people.

As the deputy commander of the Fourth Army, he was stationed in the eastern coastal areas of the Tiance Dynasty all year round.

He still had some understanding of the sea people because that was his homework.

Pei Wanyu had originally planned to go along, but she still had to preside over state affairs, and the court officials also advised her to learn from the old emperor's mistakes. So Pei Wanyu had no choice but to stay in the imperial capital and wait for Li Chen's return.

However, the Tianwu Dynasty still sent an army that had fought against the sea clan to follow Li Chen.

The commander of this army was named Sun Cheng, a relatively famous general in the Tianwu Dynasty, equivalent to Guo Poyun of the Tiance Dynasty.

He is a close confidant of the old emperor and also supports Pei Wanyu's ascension to the throne.

Sun Cheng has a certain prestige in the Tianwu Dynasty, so even Pei Wanyu has to give him some face when she sees him.

But in front of Li Chen, Sun Cheng was cautious and respectful to Li Chen.

"Your Majesty, this sea tribe army is very strange. The sea tribe in the front row has strong scales, and the ones in the back row can spray venom. Our soldiers and horses will immediately become swollen and weak if they are touched by the venom. If they are not treated in time, they will develop various diseases."

Sun Cheng said that the elite army led by the old emperor was actually not weak, but they were caught off guard by the sudden venom, which led to heavy casualties.

But the Tianwu Dynasty is not a group of good-for-nothings, there are also many talented people among them.

Since the opponent uses venom, there will be an institution specifically responsible for studying venom to study how to counter it.

Even though it is not as professional and large-scale as the Tiance Dynasty, after a period of research, they still developed a resistant drug.

Sun Cheng brought a lot this time, just in case.

This medicine cannot completely cure the disease, but it can greatly alleviate the toxicity and prevent huge casualties after poisoning.

Sun Cheng continued to introduce the characteristics of the sea people.

The sea creatures are all-encompassing and include all types, the most powerful of which are the Jiaolong sea creatures.

The people of the Jiaolong Sea Clan have dragon horns. The strong ones in the clan can drive thunder and lightning, call the wind and rain, and their strength should not be underestimated.

Seeing that Li Chen seemed to be interested in the sea tribe, Sun Cheng continued to introduce the situation of the sea tribe to him, with a serious tone: "Your Majesty, there are many types of sea tribes. In addition to the Jiaolong tribe, as far as I know, there are also sea sharks, manatees, sea snakes, etc., which have their own characteristics and are extremely powerful in combat."

"The Sea Sharks are tall, with skin as hard as iron and teeth as sharp as knives. They are good at close combat. Their warriors usually hold huge bone blades. When they charge, they are like beasts in the sea, unstoppable. The strong men of the Sea Sharks can also control the water flow to form whirlpools or water blades, with a very wide attack range."

"The manatees are huge in size and incredibly strong. Their skin is as thick as armor, and ordinary weapons can hardly hurt them at all. Their fighting style is mainly crushing. When they charge, it is like a landslide, and they can easily break through the enemy's formation. The strong men of the manatees can also summon waves to form huge waves to hit the enemy."

"The sea snakes are agile and quick, and are good at sneak attacks and poison. Their warriors usually hold poison spears or poison arrows, which carry a strong poison when attacking and can quickly weaken the enemy's combat effectiveness. The strong men of the sea snakes can also control poison mist to form a large-scale poison gas field, which is hard to defend against."

After listening to Sun Cheng's introduction, Li Chen nodded slightly, with a hint of admiration in his eyes: "General Sun is indeed a great talent. He has such a thorough understanding of the sea race. No wonder he has made many military achievements in the Tianwu Dynasty."

When Sun Cheng heard Li Chen's praise, he felt an indescribable excitement in his heart.

He was just a general of an ordinary country. It was a great honor for him to be praised so much by the emperor of a big country like the Tiance Dynasty.

That was a feeling he had never had before when he was praised by the old emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty.

He quickly bowed and saluted, his voice trembling: "Your Majesty, you are too kind. I am just doing my duty faithfully, and I don't deserve such praise."

Han Wu, who was standing by, couldn't help feeling a little jealous when he saw this.

Although he was also a general of the Tiance Dynasty, he had just met Emperor Li Chen and had never received any praise from Li Chen.

In fact, he also knew what Sun Cheng said, but he didn't have time to report it to Li Chen, so this guy got there first.

He secretly made up his mind to perform better in this battle and strive to gain the recognition of His Majesty.

A few days later, Li Chen led his army to the eastern coastal area.

The scene before us was horrifying. Corpses were strewn all over the coastline, blood had dyed the sea red, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

The sea tribe's warriors are wantonly destroying the surrounding villages and killing nearby creatures. The Tianwu Dynasty's defense line is already in jeopardy.

(End of this chapter)