Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 379 Depends on the message
Dali City.

The chieftains of various tribes led their troops and poured into the city like a tide, venting all their decades-long pent-up resentment on the Turks who remained behind.

By the time Xuan Yong returned to Cangtou River to deliver the message, Li Jing, Zhai Jiao and others led thousands of Wagang volunteers to the city of Dali, but the Turkic royal court had already been completely captured.

Li Jing rode his warhorse, standing at the open gate of the royal court, looking at the dead bodies of Turkic soldiers lying nearby and the burning felt tents, feeling as if it were a dream.

Ever since Huang Sixi ordered him to go back and reunite with Zhai Jiao, he had been repeatedly deducing the strategy of attacking Dali City in his mind. In the end, all his plans were of no use.

Huang Sixi actually conquered the Turkic royal court on his own, allowing Li Jing to easily take over the entire city and all the Turkic territories south of the Yin Mountains without losing a single soldier.

Li Jing felt a little disappointed because he lost the opportunity to make achievements on the battlefield, but at the same time he was also very excited because the malignant tumor of the Hu Lu that had plagued the northern border had been destroyed and disintegrated.

"My dear, your assassination of Shi Bi was as easy as crushing dry trees and rotten wood, and your attack on the Turkic king's court was as easy as taking something out of a bag!" Li Jing looked around and sighed:
"When the news of this battle spreads across the grasslands, as long as you are still alive, no barbarian will dare to herd horses across the Yinshan Mountains. With your great reputation alone, you will be able to protect the safety of the northern border of the Central Plains for decades!"

"My dear, you only destroyed the Khan of the Eastern Turks. The tribal soldiers of the Turks scattered across the Mobei grasslands have not been destroyed. They still have the strength to make a comeback!" Hong Fu Nu continued:
"Besides, there is a Turkic royal court in the west. If the northern tribes unite to welcome the western royal court into the Great Wall, won't they come back to retake the lost territory?"

"The Turks claim to have a million soldiers. They can indeed organize so many troops, but with your military power intimidating, who has the courage to lead them?" Li Jing smiled happily.
"You were able to kill Shibi Khan and Wu Zun Bixuan in the midst of thousands of soldiers. Is there anyone in the Western Turkic court who is as powerful as Bixuan? Not even one! They are afraid of your decapitation operation and will never dare to touch Dali City again, or even lead troops into the Mobei grasslands!"

"Ha! Brother Li is right!" Xu Shiji, who was standing on horseback on the left side of Li Jing, smiled and expressed his opinion:
"The more noble they are, the more they cherish their lives! Not only does the Western Turkic royal court not dare to avenge their Eastern Turkic royal family, but it will take the initiative to ask for peace with you, draw a border between the two sides, and not invade each other, in exchange for your promise not to assassinate them!"

Xu Shiji and Li Jing both believed that the Western Turks would never dare to provoke Huang Sixi again. At most, they would cause trouble for the Khitan, Uighur, and Mohe tribes who participated in the rebellion, but they would definitely not dare to continue fighting with Huang Sixi's troops.

Li Jing turned his head and glanced at Xu Shiji, and sighed, "I hope that the Western Turkic royal court will really come to seek peace as Brother Shiji said. In this way, we will have a stable environment to govern Dingxiang County!"

The Chi Lechuan Pasture, where the Eastern Turkic royal court Dali City is located, is an absolutely strategic location in the northern border. It is backed by the natural barrier of the Yinshan Mountains and is isolated from the Mobei grassland.

The Chi Lechuan plain stretches for hundreds of miles with fertile land and abundant water resources. It allows herdsmen to graze and farmers to cultivate the fields. At the same time, it controls the border and can launch a direct attack on Mayi, Shuofang and other counties of the Sui Dynasty.

It can also be said that as long as Huang Sixi completely controls Chi Lechuan and continuously migrates Han people there, the northern border will be able to usher in long-term peace and stability.

However, Li Jing was not resting on his laurels. He said to Xu Shiji, "The Western Turkic court doesn't dare to provoke you, but they may collude with the forces on the border of the Great Sui Dynasty and instigate them to continue to invade us!"

"So what?" Xu Shiji didn't care.

"Since the rise of the Turks, how many times have they invaded our Central Plains over the past few decades? Which of the more than ten counties in the northern and western borders has not been plundered by the Turks? Which household has not been harmed by the Turks?"

Since ancient times, grassland tribes have been tirelessly invading Middle-earth, and the Great Wall could not stop their ambition to plunder southward. The people living in the border areas of all dynasties have suffered greatly from the harm of the grassland cavalry.

This is a known fact.

The more Xu Shiji spoke, the more indignant his tone became. "Once the news that you beheaded Shibi Khan and Wuzun Bixuan spreads, the people in the ten or so counties on the border will definitely follow your lead. As long as we send troops over, it won't be a problem to capture the counties on the border. As long as we control the border territories, how can we collude with the Western Turks?"

After hearing this, Li Jing smiled but said nothing. He thought that this brother Xu Shiji was full of ambition and had a stronger desire to achieve success than himself. However, such a talented general who was eager to fight was willing to live in seclusion in Bieshan for Huang Sixi.

Li Jing knew in his heart that Xu Shiji was probably waiting for Huang Sixi's call all the time.

In fact, a few days ago, when Xu Shiji received a letter from Tu Shufang asking him to go north to the border, he had been in an excited state.

At the beginning, Xu Shiji was unwilling to get involved in the dispute between Zhai Rang and Li Mi of Wagangzhai, so he defected to Huang Sixi. Because he was not sure whether Huang Sixi had the intention to dominate the world, he made plans to live in seclusion.

He once said to his confidante Shen Luoyan: "Even if you can't become a famous general, you can still become a famous martial artist!"

When he decided to follow Huang Sixi, he had already prepared to live in seclusion in the mountains and practice martial arts.

But compared with the famous martial arts masters, he has always been more interested in leading troops to fight and becoming a famous general in the world. This is his ambition.

That's why when Tu Shufang found Xu Shiji with Huang Sixi's message, Xu Shiji was so excited.

Here, Xu Shiji and Li Jing were having a very pleasant conversation.

However, Shen Luoyan, the "pretty military advisor" beside Xu Shiji, seemed unhappy. Her face always showed worry, as if she had a lot on her mind.

She waited for Xu Shiji and Li Jing to stop talking, then suddenly turned to look at Zhai Jiao and Tu Shufang and whispered, "Last month, Li Mi wanted to attack Zhai Longtou. I once advised Li Mi not to fight, but he did not listen to me. I knew that the situation was irreversible, so I immediately left Wagangzhai and went to Bieshan to look for Shiji!"

Long before Li Mi murdered Zhai Rang, she had already left Wagangzhai and went to Bieshan to join Xu Shiji.

Although she admired Li Mi's talent, talent was no match for his unparalleled military strength. She was worried that Li Mi's killing of Zhai Rang would attract Huang Sixi, and the consequences would be disastrous, so she decisively left Wagangzhai.

She continued to say to everyone: "After I arrived at Bieshan, I revealed Li Mi's conspiracy to Shiji without missing a word. I have done nothing wrong to Zhai Longtou. When I meet Mr. Huang later, I ask you to bear witness for me and not let Mr. Huang misunderstand me!"

After all, Xu Shiji had a relationship with Shen Luoyan, so he helped her out: "Luoyan did tell me all about Li Mi's plan to assassinate Zhai Longtou, but at that time, you had already traveled far away, and I didn't know where you were, so I informed the Song family's wife, Song Yuzhi, of the news!"

At that time, Huang Sixi was on his way to the capital, and Xu Shiji could not contact Huang Sixi at all.

However, when Huang Sixi left Bieshan, he gave Song Yuzhi's personal seal to Xu Shiji. If Bieshan Academy was attacked by bandits and Xu Shiji could not resist, he could take the seal to ask the Song family for help.

Xu Shiji went looking for Song Yuzhi with the seal in hand. During this time, Li Mi acted decisively and successfully stabbed Zhai Rang to death.

Xu Shiji informed Song Yuzhi of Zhai Rang's death.

Song Yuzhi rushed to Qianligang without stopping and accompanied Zhai Jiao north to Wagangzhai.

Later, Zhai Jiao, Tu Shufang and Xuan Yong took control of the northern caravan and went to the capital to meet Huang Sixi.

This is the cause and effect of the murder of Wagangzhai leader Zhai Rang and Zhai Jiao's journey north to pay tribute to her deceased father.

Xu Shiji looked at Zhai Jiao and continued to defend Shen Luoyan: "Luoyan has done her best. She has done nothing wrong to Zhai Longtou. Please don't blame her, young master!"

Zhai Jiao knew that Shen Luoyan was Li Mi's trusted military advisor. Even though she had separated from Li Mi now, she was still dissatisfied with Shen Luoyan's help in dealing with Zhai Rang.

Zhai Jiao didn't look at Shen Luoyan well, and she muttered, "Since Brother Xu said so, I definitely won't blame Military Advisor Shen, but when I meet Brother Haohan, I won't testify for Military Advisor Shen! Whether Brother Haohan is willing to take in Military Advisor Shen is none of my business!"

Shen Luoyan followed Xu Shiji to the north to seek refuge with Huang Sixi, but she knew that Huang Sixi had a bad impression of her, so she took the initiative to mention the matter of Zhai Rang, and asked everyone to testify for her and plead for her in front of Huang Sixi. Xu Shiji saw Shen Luoyan's face full of sorrow, and comforted her with a sideways sentence: "My dear, you have just conquered Dingxiang County, and will soon attack Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu. It is a good time to use people, and he will keep you!"

Shen Luoyan said: "If you are willing to use me, I will lead the troops to attack Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu's lair!"

Tu Shufang and Xuan Yong, who were standing by, were very upset when they heard this. They thought, "We will follow you first. If we really have to lead the charge, we will go first. How can you, a woman, take the lead?"

They talked about this animatedly.

Khitan Abaojia, Uighur Pusa, and Mohe Tiefuyu rode out of the city gate, clasped their fists and shouted at them, "May I ask who are General Li Jing and General Xu Shiji?"

Li Jing and Xu Shiji returned the greeting and said, "We are. What advice do the three commanders have?"

Khitan Abaojia smiled and said, "The True Dragon Khan has issued an order, ordering the two generals to enter the city and go to the audience!"

Li Jing then asked, "Where is your husband now?"

The Huihe Bodhisattva pointed at the city gate and said, "He is in the royal tent of Shibi Khan, meeting with Princess Yicheng of the Great Sui Dynasty! These cavalrymen in front of the city gate will serve as your guides and lead you to the royal tent to meet the True Dragon Khan! Come in quickly!"

Li Jing and Xu Shiji clasped their fists and said, "Thank you!"

He then led thousands of Wagang volunteers, accompanied by Hong Funu, Zhai Jiao, Shen Luoyan, Tu Shufang and Xuan Yong, into the city to meet Huang Sixi.

After entering the city, Zhai Jiao turned around and asked Li Jing and Xu Shiji: "Brother Li, Brother Xu, did Princess Yicheng first marry Qimin Khan of the Turks, and after Qimin Khan died, did Princess Yicheng marry Qimin Khan's son, Shibi Khan?"

Li Jing and Xu Shiji both smiled bitterly: "It is indeed true!"

This is the custom of levirate marriage on the grassland. In general, it means that after the husband dies, the wife will be "adopted" as a wife by his brother, legitimate son or other male relative.

Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty married both the father and the son at the same time.

Zhai Jiao said "Pah!" "These barbarians are so shameless!"

Shen Luoyan pursed her lips and continued, "They are more than shameless! These barbarians fear power but not virtue. They only believe in martial arts and violence. They will only submit to whoever can beat them so hard that they can't stand up straight. Apart from that, they will not be grateful for any kindness and preferential treatment shown to them!"

Zhai Jiao was stunned when she heard this. She turned around and pointed at the Khitan Abaojia, the Uighur Pusa, and the Mohe Tiefuyu outside the city gate and said, "Have those three barbarians been subdued by the hero brother and are they willing to be his loyal dogs?"

Shen Luoyan smiled slightly: "Of course! If it weren't for Mr. Huang's martial arts, they wouldn't be so polite to us! But then again, they really deserve a beating. It's best to go to the grassland every now and then to give them a good beating. Killing the chickens to scare the monkeys, then they will graze on the grassland honestly and not have the slightest thought of invading the south again!"

When Zhai Jiao, Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Hong Funu and others heard this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The laughter spread far to the city gate and reached the ears of Khitan Abaojia, Uighur Pusa, and Mohe Tiefuyu. The three of them immediately turned gloomy.

Mohe Tiefuyu snorted coldly and said: "These Middle-earth people don't take us seriously at all and have no respect for us! Even the True Dragon Khan probably looks down on us and doesn't really trust us!"

Khitan Abaojia waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter!"

He said carelessly: "The people of Middle-earth only know how to farm, not herd! The True Dragon Khan will at most capture the Turkic royal court, and will never cross the Yin Mountains to seize the prairie. If he wants to control thousands of miles of territory on the Mobei prairie in the future, he must rely on us!"

Huihe Bodhisattva smiled and agreed: "That's right! The Mobei grassland will eventually become our territory, and the people of Middle-earth will not get a penny!"

All three of them had ambitions for the vast grasslands of Mobei, so when Huang Sixi clearly told them just now that all the spoils in the city of Dali in the Turkic royal court, including people, treasures, cattle, sheep and food, all belonged to Huang Sixi, and that the three of them could not take away any supplies, the three agreed without hesitation.

The three of them only made one request to Huang Sixi, that the land on the Mobei grassland could be divided among them as they pleased.

Huang Sixi's response at the time was: "As long as you can drive out the Turks and seize the pastures where the Turks graze, then this pasture will belong to you!"

Huang Sixi was driving the tiger to devour the wolf, letting the Khitan, Uighur, and Mohe tribes to eradicate the Turkic forces on the vast Mobei grassland.

By the time the Khitan, Uighur, and Mohe tribes had driven out all the Turks, Huang Sixi should have integrated more than a dozen counties on the border of China. He would then station troops in the northern desert to completely solve the problem on the grassland.

Soon, Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Zhai Jiao and others arrived at the royal tent where Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty was.

At present, the Sui Dynasty was still the orthodox one, so everyone performed the ceremony of being a subject to Princess Yicheng.

Princess Yicheng immediately waved her hand and motioned for everyone to stand up: "I am first a daughter of the Sui Dynasty, and secondly a Turkic Khatun!"

She turned her head to look at Huang Sixi, and then said, "Just now, Lord Jianglong mentioned to me that the northern border of the Great Sui Dynasty, Mayi County and Shuofang County, were occupied by the traitors Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu. He plans to go and recapture Mayi County and Shuofang County. I very much agree with Lord Jianglong's actions. As long as our Great Sui troops invade Mayi County and Shuofang County, I am willing to recruit the officials of the two counties to surrender in the name of the Great Sui royal family!"

Li Jing and Xu Shiji looked at each other and smiled at the same time. They already had the righteous cause to attack Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu. In the future, when they recovered Mayi County and Shuofang County, they could easily issue an order to do so!

The following three months.

Huang Sixi personally went south to Mayi County and Shuofang County and assassinated Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu. Li Jing and Xu Shiji each led an army and went south to take over the territories of Mayi County and Shuofang County.

The situation on the northern border was thus completely stabilized.

It was time for Huang Sixi to go deep into the Mobei grassland to look for the relics of the Evil Emperor and the Heavenly Monarch Xi Ying.

On this day, he summoned Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Zhai Jiao, Shen Luoyan and others in the palace of Dali City and told them: "I am going to travel to Buyuerhai in the northern desert. You stay in the northern border and just need to guard the border. No matter how the Song clan and the Li clan fight in the Central Plains, you don't need to care!"

Li Jing, Xu Shiji and others all understood Huang Sixi's meaning. They had already solved the threat from the Turks and could sit back and watch the struggles among the various forces in China.

Li Jing asked, "My dear, when will you be back from Bui'erhai this time?"

Huang Sixi spread his hands and said, "I don't know either. It could be one or two months, or it could be one or two years! But I will keep in touch with you regularly on my way north. As long as Dingxiang County is threatened, I will return immediately to provide support!"

That day on the banks of the Tabu River, the little dragon tamed hundreds of falcons. This group of eagles had been completely tamed by Huang Sixi. Even though they were thousands of miles apart, the eagles could still communicate day and night.

Huang Sixi no longer has any worries and can go to the Mobei grassland with peace of mind to look for the whereabouts of Shi Qingxuan and Tianjun Xi Ying.

(End of this chapter)