Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 403: Dragon Founding
When Li Shimin was thinking about a way to retreat, an eagle's cry suddenly sounded in the sky.

He looked up and saw a black flock of eagles circling above the Wei River.

One of the falcons flew down in front of the North Bank Army and landed on the arm of Huang Sixi, who was at the front of the line.

Huang Sixi took the letter tied to the eagle's claws, unfolded it, and found out the news that Chang'an City had changed its owner.

This letter was sent by Xu Shiji. As early as when they went south to the Weishui River, Huang Sixi had already divided the troops into two groups, letting Xu Shiji and Shen Luoyan lead the troops to bypass the Weishui River and lurk at the exit of Yang Gong's treasury in the south of the city.

In order to prevent any experts from staying in the city, Huang Sixi once again asked Ning Daoqi and Shi Feixuan to accompany him.

The surprise attack achieved outstanding results.

After reading the letter from the eagle, Huang Sixi summoned the little magic dragon and placed it on the eagle's back. Then he signaled the falcon to fly above the Wei River, facing the Li army at a height of several dozen feet, to ensure that the soldiers on the south bank could clearly see the appearance of the little magic dragon.

When the crowd on the south bank pointed at the little dragon, they began to whisper.

Huang Sixi suddenly gathered his inner strength and transmitted his voice. The sound could be heard over ten miles away, so that the soldiers on the other side could hear it clearly.

"My name is Jianglong! Last year, I stabbed the enemy Turkic chieftain Shibi Khan to death on the banks of the Tabu River outside the Great Wall. Later, I attacked and destroyed the Turkic royal court. As a result, the tribes outside the Great Wall were freed from the oppression of the Turks. In order to thank me, they honored me as 'True Dragon Son of Heaven Khan'. Why am I called True Dragon? It's because I raised the only true dragon beast in history!"

The little dragon cooperated and let out a dragon roar.

There was an immediate cry of surprise from the other side.

Huang Sixi continued to incite them with his voice transmission: "I will punish the invaders and thieves in the name of the real dragon and auspicious beast, to ensure the peace of the people of the world and to bring peace to the world for all eternity! You are all people from the Central Plains, I don't want to fight with you, as long as you lay down your weapons, I promise to forgive you for the past. No matter what position you hold in the Li family, I will give you the same treatment. No matter how much good land you have cultivated under the rule of the Li family, I promise not to harm you..."

Li Shimin did not want Huang Sixi to continue inciting the morale of the troops, so he suddenly issued an attack order to the front army.

But after the order was passed on, none of the soldiers on the shore moved rashly. These soldiers were recruited recently and were not the Li family's close confidants and direct descendants, and they had no loyalty to the Li family.

They were all civilians from all over Guanzhong, and had long heard of the fame of the 'True Dragon Emperor Khan'. At this moment, their admiration for the 'True Dragon' had overwhelmed their fear of the Li family's military law.

Huang Sixi saw this and leaped off his horse, crossed the dozens of feet wide river, and landed in front of the Li clan's front line. He said in a voice that reached everyone's ears: "The world has been in chaos for so many years, there should be no more wars. If you want to live a peaceful life, then cross the pontoon bridge and go to the other side!"

The scene was silent for a moment, and then a loud shout suddenly rang out from the crowd: "True Dragon Emperor! We surrender to the True Dragon Emperor!"

When the first person defected on the battlefield, it immediately triggered a chain reaction, and everyone rushed to the bridgehead like a tide.

Li Shimin, who was in the center of the army, saw this and tried to take rescue measures.

As a result, I felt a cold light coming towards me.

Huang Sixi's eyes, as sharp as lightning, were not restricted by distance at all and directly locked onto Li Shimin's eyes and heart.

After being stared at so lightly by Huang Sixi, Li Shimin suddenly felt uncomfortable as if he was seen through. No matter what brilliant plans or strategies he had, or his literary and military strategies, they were completely useless at this moment. Huang Sixi's all-pervasive spiritual power had completely enveloped Li Shimin, just like fate, making Li Shimin unable to resist at all.

Huang Sixi's voice transmission immediately rang in Li Shimin's ears: "You lead the troops now to execute Fu Cailin, Fu Qian, Xue Rengao, and their followers. I swear by the real dragon that I will not kill anyone from your Li family! If you are worried that I will go back on my word in the future, you can lead the Li family to live in seclusion outside the territory. I will give you enough money and food so that you can enjoy the rest of your life!"

Seeing that the front army had collapsed, Li Shimin knew that it would be impossible to win even if he started a war now. His will to fight began to waver, and he could not help but look at the foreign soldiers beside him.

Fu Qian and Xue Rengao did not notice anything wrong and urged Li Shimin: "King of Qin, why are you still standing there? Quickly lead your Li cavalry to charge. If you delay for a moment, the army will be in chaos and your Li cavalry will be wiped out today!"

Fu Cailin had a high level of cultivation, and his mental power was intertwined with Li Shimin. His eyes suddenly narrowed, and he approached and grabbed Li Shimin's wrist, intending to hold Li Shimin hostage and start a war.

As a result, before Fu Cailin could threaten Li Shimin, Huang Sixi had already rushed into the army like a whirlwind, leaving a blank path and rushing towards this side.

"Protect King Qin!"

Yuchi Jingde, the general beside Li Shimin, roared loudly.

His central army was composed entirely of elite troops from the Li family, who were extremely loyal to Li Shimin. Upon hearing Yuchi Jingde's warning, rows of archers bent their bows and drew their arrows, and thousands of spears and iron guns pointed forward, aiming at Huang Sixi with murderous intent.

These tens of thousands of elite Tang soldiers had been following Li Shimin in battle for years. Even though they were afraid of the title of 'True Dragon Emperor Khan' and were trembling with fear in their hearts, they still dared to engage in close combat and kept their formation in order.

Following Yuchi Jingde's order, "whoosh!" thousands of arrows were fired at once, and the sky full of arrows shot towards Huang Sixi.

Unexpectedly, the arrows approached Huang Sixi's body within a few feet and hit the spiral energy outside Huang Sixi's body, and the arrows fell to the ground one after another.

Huang Sixi did not want to kill the Tang soldiers, so he did not use any killing moves.

If he used "Leaderless Dragons" when charging, the arrows would be rolled back when they got close to him, and as many arrows as the enemy shot would be reflected back. The Tang soldiers were densely positioned, and if he fired a palm strike, at least hundreds of corpses would be left at the scene.

But his target was only Li Shimin and a group of foreign leaders, so he showed mercy to ordinary Tang soldiers.

When the Tang soldiers saw that their thousands of strong bows and sharp arrows could not break through Huang Sixi's protective true qi, they all felt a chill all over their bodies and were trembling with fear.

Huang Sixi quickly passed through the rain of arrows and arrived in front of the tightly defended spears and iron lances. However, he ignored the spears and guns as if they were nothing and charged forward. The Tang soldiers within a radius of several feet fell backwards in all directions.

The Tang army, which had been in neat formation, suddenly fell into chaos.

Wherever Huang Sixi passed, it was like a scythe of the god of death, cutting a flat and empty path in the dense grass.

Those knives, swords, spears, guns, axes and other weapons that kept extending out were all unable to get within a few feet of Huang Sixi, and any weapons that were entangled by the spiral true energy would bend and break without exception, and then rebound to the Tang soldiers, leaving broken limbs and arms all over the ground.

Even though Huang Sixi was surrounded by thousands of troops at the moment, his figure was like a towering mountain. No matter how strong the wind was, it could not shake him at all.

The iron-clad body and invincible strength he exuded were so seamless that no human power could contend with them.

The Tang soldiers at the scene all felt the same despair as the former Turkic cavalry. In their eyes, Huang Sixi was already an undefeatable demon.

The masters Fu Cailin, Fu Qian, Xue Rengao, Ba Fenghan, Fu Junqiang, and generals Yuchi Jingde, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Li Xiuning, Chai Shao and others who surrounded Li Shimin all subconsciously moved back when they saw Huang Sixi getting closer.

When their group launched a surprise attack on Chang'an and besieged Tiandao Song Que, there was no such dangerous and oppressive force.

At this moment, looking at Huang Sixi rushing towards them with overwhelming force, they finally understood the significance of 'True Dragon Emperor Khan'. This is not only the destiny, but also a synonym for unparalleled military force.

Li Shimin was the only one present who remained calm. When he saw Huang Sixi crushing his tens of thousands of guards like a mountain falling, a strange thought suddenly emerged in his mind: even if he died at the hands of Huang Sixi, he would not have any resentment at all.

For a martial arts master like Huang Sixi who is so extraordinary, it is normal for anyone to lose. Being able to force Huang Sixi to assassinate in the midst of thousands of troops is enough to be proud of for the rest of his life. At this moment, Huang Sixi was only a hundred feet away from Li Shimin.

The more than one thousand shieldmen around Li Shimin have all rushed forward. These people are wearing heavy armor and are all death warriors recruited by Li Shimin. They will risk their lives to buy time for Li Shimin to escape.

But Li Shimin was no longer prepared to let them sacrifice themselves, and suddenly shouted: "All soldiers, listen to my order, put down your weapons, and get out of the way!"

As he spoke, Huang Sixi had already crashed through the shield formation, and with a swish he drew out the Dragon Subduing Sword, raised his arm and swung it in vain, and the Dragon Subduing Sword Qi had already chopped down on his head.

At this time, Fu Cailin was still holding his arm. When he heard the loud thunder sound resounding through the sky, he immediately let go and quickly retreated.

Back in the Goguryeo palace, Fu Cailin had already experienced Huang Sixi's lightning sword power. The elite guards who were protecting Gao Jianwu were all killed by the sword lightning. Fu Cailin was also hit, and his entire arm turned into charred bones. It had to be amputated to save his life.

Fu Cailin guessed that Huang Sixi's primary target was Li Shimin, so when he retreated, he signaled to the hundreds of servants nearby to follow him out of the battlefield.

Who knew that Huang Sixi hated Fu Cailin so much for coming to bring chaos to the Central Plains. When he saw Fu Cailin moving away, his sword energy suddenly changed direction, and he flew into the air to above Fu Cailin's head, following him like a shadow.

At that time, Huang Sixi combined the "Cihang Sword Canon" in the War God Temple, and his mental strength reached the realm of "seeing with heaven and hearing with earth", and his control over sword energy reached the level of doing whatever he wanted.

He used his spiritual aura to lock the sword energy, and could use it like an arm, releasing and retracting it. Within the range of his aura, the sword energy could be moved horizontally and transformed at will, arranged vertically and horizontally, and turned into a sword net to trap the enemy.

After tempering the Dragon Subduing Sword at Jingbo Lake that day, the sword energy contained the power of thunder and lightning, and the sword net turned into a lightning net.

Huang Sixi chased Fu Cailin closely, and the Dragon Subduing Sword Qi shot out intensively. In the blink of an eye, a lightning net waterfall with a radius of several feet appeared in the air with Fu Cailin's body as the center, completely blocking Fu Cailin's way.

However, hundreds of disciples around him were fearless and actually crashed into the lightning net with their flesh and blood, trying to break the Dragon Subduing Sword Qi. As a result, they were hit by Huang Sixi's horizontal palms, and without exception, they were all killed by the "leaderless group of dragons".

Li Shimin looked at the bloody scene from afar, thinking in shock: "His sword and palm skills have reached the level of divine power. If he had used his divine sword and palm to clear the way during the charge just now, I don't know how many of my tens of thousands of guards would have died!"

He realized that Huang Sixi was showing mercy to his men, and his eyes turned quickly, staring at Tuyuhun Prince Fu Qian and Western Qin Prince Xue Rengao who were trying to break out, and then ordered the direct troops present: "Stop them! Don't let anyone escape!"

When generals such as Yuchi Jingde and Zhangsun Wuji heard the order, they were all stunned for a moment, but they did not ask any questions and immediately led their troops to surround the enemy.

At this time, Li Jing, Song Zhi, Song Yuzhi and Hong Funu had also led 20,000 cavalrymen to cross the Weishui River. By the time they passed through the crowd and arrived near Huang Sixi, the battle had already ended.

Fu Cailin, Fu Qian, Xue Rengao and their subordinates all died in the battle array, and none of them escaped.

Li Shimin and his generals put down their weapons when they saw Huang Sixi's cavalry surrounding them.

Only Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had quietly slipped away before Huang Sixi crossed the river, becoming the few lucky ones on the Weishui battlefield today who neither lost their lives nor were captured.

Huang Sixi saw that Li Shimin had given up resistance, so he walked over and asked, "Why don't you take the leader of the Song clan with you as a hostage?"

Li Shimin believed that Huang Sixi and Song Que had no blood relationship or in-law relationship. Even if he detained all of Song Que's family members by his side, he could not threaten Huang Sixi. So he simply left Song Que in Chang'an City.

But when the words came to his lips, Li Shimin responded to Huang Sixi like this: "Didn't the True Dragon Khan take my Li family members hostage? What you disdain to do, Shimin disdains as well!"

Huang Sixi nodded at him: "Li Jia Erlang is a great man!"

Then he turned around and told Li Jing: "Don't tie them up! After taking them back to Chang'an, place them in the original Tang Guogong Mansion. Then send Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong back to Luoyang to bring all the Li family members to Chang'an and reunite with them!"

Huang Sixi had a mild attitude and did not punish anyone, but Changsun Wuji, Li Xiuning, Chai Shao and other generals still seemed trembling with fear, not knowing what their future would be.

Li Shimin was willing to accept defeat. It was he who made the decision to surrender. No matter what situation he was in in the future, he would accept it with a pinch of his nose. Even if he was killed, he would not have any complaints.

Afterwards, Huang Sixi ordered his 20,000 cavalrymen to disperse and lead Li Shimin's more than 100,000 troops and rush them all back to Chang'an.

When he arrived in the city, Song Que had already been rescued by Xu Shiji, Ning Daoqi and Shi Feixuan.

After Yang Guang was killed in Jiangdu in March this year, Li Yuan forced King of Yue Yang Tong to abdicate in Luoyang and proclaimed himself emperor.

Song Que controlled the regent Dai Wang Yang You in Chang'an, but he did not proclaim himself emperor or establish a country, and always served as the prime minister.

After Huang Sixi entered the city, he was welcomed into the Prime Minister's Mansion by Song Que.

Seeing that the generals under the two men were gathered together, Song Que announced something on the spot. He said that he had carried out a surprise attack on Chang'an last year on the orders of Huang Sixi. He had long planned to assist Huang Sixi in establishing a dynasty and restoring the Han Dynasty. However, Huang Sixi had to deal with the Turks in the northern border, so the date of founding the country had to be postponed.

Now that Huang Sixi has returned from the northern border, it is time to establish a dynasty and start a new era.

Everyone felt that this was what everyone wanted, and Huang Sixi was the only candidate to become emperor in the world today.

Huang Sixi did not object either.

If he declined the title of emperor and gave it to Song Que, perhaps the "Anshi Rebellion" could be avoided a hundred years later, but it would be difficult to avoid the turmoil of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms two hundred years later, and even the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

If tragic history was destined to happen, then his assassination of Turkic Shibi Khan, Bohai Bai Ziting, and Goguryeo Gao Jianmu would have been meaningless.

Since he assassinated these alien leaders and changed the power structure in Middle-earth, he needs to change it completely.

Perhaps in the feudal era, everyone was the same no matter who was the emperor.

But Huang Sixi can at least guarantee that in a few hundred years there will be no more sinking of China as happened in the Song and Mongolian dynasties, and there will be no more brutal massacres as happened in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Since Huang Sixi was not granted a title, everyone had a huge argument when choosing the name of the country.

Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Shen Luoyan and Hong Funu proposed to use "Dragon" as the country's name, which is in line with Huang Sixi's identity as the true dragon emperor.

Song Que, Song Zhi and Xie Wenlong preferred "Hua" as the country's name. They wanted to use the country's name directly to remind the people of China of the difference between Chinese and barbarians, and it could also reflect their determination to revive the Han Dynasty. Originally, they wanted to use "Han" as the country's name, but the previous dynasty had used it too much. If Huang Sixi had the idea of dominating the dynasty alone, they would still mention "Han", which would make Huang Sixi dissatisfied.

The rest of the people including Ning Daoqi, Pei Renji, Qin Qiong, Shi Feixuan, Dugu Feng, Yuwen Shang and others did not express their opinions easily. They thought that 'Long' was very good and 'Hua' was not bad either.

After consideration, Huang Sixi chose "Hua" as the country's name and established the reign title "Shenlong".

However, he kept things simple when he ascended the throne. Huang Sixi planned to conquer the world in the first year of Shenlong and completely end the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)