Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 542: The Liangshan Heroes Also Rebelled

The four generals of the Mo family fled to Jiameng Pass in a panic. Yuan Hong was already short of manpower, and he was overjoyed to learn that four powerful generals had come to join him. However, after seeing the four brothers' large physiques, he hesitated. Would this eat up all the food in Hedong? I don't have any surplus food this year!
The 108 Jiejiao heroes stationed on Liangshan also heard the news that King Zhou was "honoring Buddhism and destroying Jiejiao." They were all furious. "We've fought tooth and nail to protect your kingdom, and now you're turning around and wanting to destroy Jiejiao? Have you lost your conscience?"
"Brother! I think the Shang Dynasty is in imminent danger, and Yin Shou is a complete tyrant. We should abandon him!"

"Yes, brother, the world is in chaos, what does it have to do with us? Let the Shang, Qi, and Han fight! Let us return to the mountains and live our free and easy lives."

The brothers were filled with righteous indignation, and all thought that Wen Zhong was blind. Since Yin Shou was so unkind, there was no need for us to be loyal to him.

The leader Gao Yan has always been famous for his loyalty in Jiejiao, but in fact he has long wanted to stop fighting.

He originally wanted to use Wen Zhong's relationship to get in touch with the Golden Spirit Mother, but now that Wen Zhong is dead, there's no point in getting in touch with her.

At this point, he went with the flow and said, "Brothers, you are right. We are quitting! Whoever is willing to protect the Shang Dynasty can do so!"

"Brother, what you said touched my heart."

"Brother, great idea!"

A Jiejiao immortal lowered his voice and revealed a fierce look: "If we don't teach Yin Shou a lesson, won't it make you and I look incompetent?"

The interest of all the immortals was piqued: "Yes, if he does it on the first day, we brothers will do it on the fifteenth."

"Ungrateful bastards, they should be punished!"

Gao Yan supports leaving, but he still wants to take revenge before leaving. He feels that the consequences are too great, so he seems a little hesitant for a moment.

He looked at his resourceful junior fellow apprentice Lu Chang and asked, "What do you think, brother?"

Lu Chang's answer was straightforward: "If the Shang Dynasty was unkind, then don't blame us for being unjust."

Gao Yan felt that this brother was very smart in small matters, but a little confused in big matters.

He then asked the fourth brother, Ji Bing, "What do you think, brother?"

The fourth child, Ji Bing, was a carefree and carefree person. He understood the situation but kept silent. He never fought for the right to speak. Even now, he remained calm and composed, "It's all up to my brother."

Gao Yan was not satisfied with this answer either. After questioning the third and fourth brothers, he returned to ask the second brother, the only immortal among the 108 brothers who had reached the perfection of the celestial realm and possessed the blood of the Qilin clan: "Brother Huang Zhen, what is your opinion?"

Huang Zhen had a character that would rather break than bend. He said loudly, "Brother, if you ask me for my opinion, I think we should follow the will of heaven! Didn't the brothers find the ruins a few days ago? Brother, this is heaven's will."

The brothers were unanimous in their opinions, with not a single one opposing. Gao Yan had no choice but to wave his hand and say, "Alright, brothers, let's work together and teach Yin Shou a lesson today. Let's dig up the ruins and see what monster is sealed inside!"

All the immortals took action together, and the dilapidated ancient ruins gradually revealed their true appearance. As a large amount of riverbed mud was dug out, they brothers went tens of thousands of meters deep underground and broke three formations in succession. Finally, a jade pillar that was a hundred feet high and had the sun, moon, mountains and rivers carved on its surface was dug out in its entirety.

As soon as the jade pillar appeared, the immortals of the Jiejiao sect felt that the surrounding area was hot and dry. It was a domineering power that could interfere with the changes of the five elements and expel all water forces.

Gao Yan's face was grim. He was the Water Walker Immortal, and as he came into close contact with the jade pillar, he felt a constant stream of warnings in his heart, urging him to run as far as possible. At the same time, a voice reminded him not to break the seal of the jade pillar. "Brother, hurry up!"

"Brother, come on!"

"Brother, act quickly, or else something unexpected may happen."

He usually enjoys the support of his brothers and uses the advantage of numbers to obtain a large amount of spiritual materials. Now he has to take responsibility.

Gao Yan shouted, "Brothers, move aside and let me come!"

Many Jiejiao immortals hid far away in unison. He cursed inwardly, and a palm lightning struck the jade pillar. The Jiejiao immortals had learned the formation well, and it could be seen that the seal in front of them was extremely difficult to break from the inside out, but very simple to break from the outside in. In many cases, as long as there was a little strength, the entire seal could be easily broken.

Gao Yan didn't even look at his own results. He used water escape to escape in a panic. He felt the heat wave hitting his back, and a layer of skin on his neck and palms was burned off. He ran away, but his brothers ran faster than him.

After arriving at the East China Sea, they started laughing, as if the previous embarrassment had never happened.

One of them took out the spiritual pig skin to wipe his mouth, and used magic power to swell up his belly to show that he had eaten a lot of delicacies. The other one took a small cup of spiritual wine, dipped his fingernails in it and sprinkled it on his clothes, so that his fellow disciples could see that he had drunk a lot of wine.

You absolutely cannot say that you were kicked out. You must save face.

They looked at each other, felt that there was nothing wrong, and resumed their immortal behavior, returning to Penglai Island in a grand manner.

There was a severe drought in Qi State, and then the drought seemed to have life, spreading from the coast of the East China Sea all the way westward.

Qi, Shang, and Zhou finally turned back south and crossed the Qinling Mountains. A month later, even the Han State, which was famous for its fertile land, suffered a drought.

The farmers had no harvest and large areas of crops dried up. The Han Dynasty had to transfer the army from the Xuzhou front to suppress the barbarians in the south. Drought did not discriminate against race. The Han Dynasty had the best farming level in the world, but they were all hit by this disaster. The barbarians in the Ten Thousand Mountains had no choice but to come out to plunder. They could not survive without looting.

Deng Jiugong, Huang Feihu, Su Hu and Li Jing gathered again, and Deng Xiu, Deng Chanyu and Daji were also called back to discuss national affairs.

San Yisheng looked visibly older. He coughed and told them about the damage caused by the drought.

"This year's yield per mu is less than 30% of previous years. We've used all the grain in the fifteen Changping warehouses to provide relief to the victims, but it's still not enough. We also need to reserve enough food and fodder for the army. The cost of an army of 600,000 is a huge number. Perhaps we can reduce some of the daily training?"

If you train more, you will naturally eat more. Reducing the amount of training can save some food.

Huang Feihu immediately shook his head: "That's not right, the soldiers' training cannot stop."

Deng Jiugong, Su Hu, and Li Jing were all experienced in leading troops to fight in battles. They all knew that the combat effectiveness of the army was the foundation for the Han State to be able to compete with any two northern countries on its own. If they didn't have enough food to eat and didn't get enough training, then what was the point of talking about combat effectiveness?

All three of them shook their heads.

(End of this chapter)