Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 281 Emperor Xin Knows Himself and His Enemy

Li Jing stepped forward, saluted, and said, "Your Majesty, if this continues, our army's food and fodder will not last even half a month."

"At this moment, we can only order the Northern Marquis to gather food and fodder to relieve our army's food shortage. At the same time, we must be careful not to be cut off by Yuan Futong's men."

Li Jing's proposal was approved by everyone present, and they also said that Emperor Xin should give the order immediately to avoid any changes.

However, Emperor Xin did not do so. Instead, he said directly: "Li Jing, it is your responsibility to bring all the people from the twelve cities to Chongcheng."

"First, hand them over to the Marquis of Beibo, and have him guarantee their food. If any of them starve to death, I will bring Chonghouhu to justice after I have pacified Yuan Futong."

Emperor Xin's decision shocked everyone present. Some even couldn't believe their own ears.

Su Hu said directly: "Your Majesty, there are more than tens of thousands of people in the Twelve Cities. When they make the long journey to Chongcheng, I wonder how many of them will die on the way."

Su Hu's words were indeed understandable. Migrating tens of thousands of people over long distances was not an easy task.

So everyone nodded at the same time, hoping that Emperor Xin would adopt Li Jing's suggestion and let Chong Houhu quickly gather food and grass.

But what no one expected was that Li Jing actually nodded and said, "Your Majesty, this is a brilliant plan. I will relocate the people right away."

"When you come back, you can also bring some food and fodder with you. This will help make up for the losses our army has suffered during this period."

As soon as Li Jing said this, everyone present turned their gazes to him. Of course, these people did not include Emperor Xin and Yin Shiniang.

Yin Shiniang even said, "Your Majesty, we'd better wait in Pingzhou City until Li Jing returns."

Pingzhou City is the closest city to Beihai City. Once you leave Pingzhou City, you will enter the territory of Beihai City.

That's why Yin Shi Niang proposed to Emperor Xin that they wait for Li Jing's return in Pingzhou City, and then send troops to Beihai to fight a decisive battle with Yuan Futong.

Emperor Xin nodded after hearing this and said, "Li Jing, when our army can pacify the North Sea depends on how fast you are."

Li Jing nodded and slowly raised his right hand. Then, a golden exquisite tower appeared in Li Jing's hand.

The next moment, Li Jing raised the Golden Exquisite Pagoda. In just a moment, he had taken all the people of Pingzhou City into the pagoda.

Afterwards, the Golden Exquisite Pagoda flew back into Li Jing's hands. At the same time, Li Jing said goodbye to Emperor Xin and flew directly to the next city on his cloud.

Seeing this scene, Su Hu and others could not help but gasp in amazement. Even Zhang Kui could not help but mutter to himself.

"My husband and I were stationed in Mianchi County, and we felt that with our magical powers and treasures, we were already capable of ruling the region. Now, compared to General Li, I feel ashamed of myself."

But Emperor Xin spoke directly: "Li Jing is the direct disciple of Emperor Fuxi, so the magic weapon in his hands is naturally extraordinary."

Hearing that Li Jing was actually Fuxi's direct disciple, everyone present was shocked. Zheng Lun, in particular, found it even more unbelievable.

After all, when he arrived at Chentang Pass, he had already learned that Li Jing had once been a disciple of the Taoist Master Du'e. After all, he was Zheng Lun's senior apprentice. How could he have suddenly become a direct disciple of the Chengjiao sect?

Others didn't know why Zheng Lun had such an expression, but Yin Shiniang knew it all too well. She smiled and spoke.

"General Zheng Lun, you don't need to doubt this matter. The king is not wrong. As for what exactly happened, you can ask him in person." Zheng Lun nodded after hearing this and silently kept the matter in mind. He would wait for Li Jing to return and ask him the reason.

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At this time, Jiuying and General Xiong had already joined the garrisons of the eleven cities. As long as Emperor Xin left Pingzhou City, he could take his men and move in directly, completing his plan of closing the door and beating the dog.

But after waiting for three days, Emperor Xin showed no intention of sending troops. This inevitably made General Xiong feel strange, and he even came to see Jiuying directly.

After the ceremony, he spoke, "Nine Infants Demon Commander, that tyrant king has been reluctant to leave the city. He must have sent someone back to Chongcheng to have Chonghouhu gather food and fodder for him."

"Should we bypass Pingzhou City to prevent Chonghouhu's food and fodder from reaching the tyrant's camp?"

Jiuying shook his head after hearing this. "This is absolutely impossible, because Pingzhou City is already the last line of defense. We must not advance any further."

"Once the formation is activated, we will be left outside. If reinforcements arrive at that time, we will be in great danger."

It turned out that Bai Ze had brought a large formation with him to Beihai City, which was the demon race's Zhoutian Xingdou formation.

However, the ones who set up the Zhoutian Xingdou formation were not 365 demons at the Daluo Jinxian realm, but 365 star stones.

Using the Star Stones to set up a formation, although it cannot make the Zhoutian Xingdou formation reach its peak, it can form a reverse trapping formation.

In other words, once trapped in the Zhoutian Xingdou formation, unless Bai Ze allowed it, even Daluo Jinxian or even Quasi-Sage would not be able to step out of the Zhoutian Xingdou formation.

However, it will not affect those outside the Zhoutian Xingdou formation who enter the formation. After all, this is the real purpose of the demon clan, which is to trap Wen Zhong.

Therefore, as long as Wen Zhong could not leave, it would not matter if more reinforcements came to Beihai. It could even be used to deplete the power of the Shang Dynasty.

However, Wen Zhong did not lead the army, but Emperor Xin wanted to lead the army himself. This was indeed beyond the demon clan's plan.

That's why they had to change their plan and cut off Emperor Xin's food supply. This would force Emperor Xin to withdraw his troops, and then allow Wen Zhong to come to Beihai City to quell the rebellion.

Otherwise, Jiuying wouldn't have needed to go to Pingzhou City and cut off Emperor Xin's food supply. He could have just activated the formation and everything would have been over.

At the same time, Pingzhou City was also at the edge of the Great Zhoutian Xingdou Formation set up by the demon clan. It was the last city covered by the Great Zhoutian Xingdou Formation.

Therefore, Jiuying naturally did not dare to station troops in the eleven cities outside Pingzhou City. After all, if he did so, he would be exposed to the enemy's attack.

Even though Jiuying has the cultivation level of a quasi-saint, Qinglian Island is also not short of strong people with the cultivation level of a quasi-saint.

If a few people came at random, even if Jiuying didn't die, he would have to flee back to the North Sea. So Jiuying naturally wouldn't take this risk.

The result was that Li Jing had enough time to collect the people of the remaining eleven cities into the Golden Linglong Tower and smoothly send them to Chongcheng and hand them over to Chong Houhu.

In this way, another half month passed before Li Jing finally returned to Pingzhou City with enough food and fodder.

Upon learning that Li Jing had brought back enough food and fodder to last the army for half a year, everyone present smiled.

(End of this chapter)