Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 100: You're showing off, right? Don't use your hobby to hurt my profession

Of course Li Maozhen would not enter the court...

But it would be enough to bring tens of thousands of troops.

In fact, his scouts appeared outside Chang'an the next day.

The current situation in Guanzhong is that Wang Zhongshi, serving as Jiedushi of the Youguo Army, and Liu Zhijun, serving as Jiedushi of the Kuangguo Army, are stationed in Chang'an and Tongzhou respectively. These two Liang vassal states are confronting Li Maozhen, including Li Jihui, the Jiedushi of Binning under the latter's wing. Li Jihui is Li Maozhen's adopted son, having previously surrendered to Zhu Wen. His wife is quite beautiful, and Zhu Wen demanded that he send his family as hostages, which he dutifully did.

Then his wife was played by Zhu Wen.

Then he went back to his godfather in anger.

The fifth generation!
That's it.

Betrayal comes and goes.

As for Zhu Wen playing with his wife, playing with Zhang Quanyi's entire family, and playing with his own bunch of daughters-in-law, it was essentially a test of limits.

Can you tolerate this?
Then you definitely don't have the courage to rebel.

I can trust you.

Therefore, Zhang Quanyi, whose entire family was killed, became a high-ranking official in Daliang and survived Zhu Wen's manic period without any injury. As for the injuries of his daughter, daughter-in-law and even wives, they were not worth mentioning.

On the contrary, people like Li Jihui can't stand it.

On the third day, a large force of cavalry from Fengxiang arrived in Chang'an, but the two sides did not engage in battle. Li Daoxuan and his men were too lazy to bother with such a force of several thousand men, who were mainly there to isolate Liu Zhijun; the real attack would have to wait for the main force to follow. However, it didn't take long for the Tang Dynasty's Qi Wang Li Maozhen to lead an army of 30,000 down the Wei River to Chang'an on the fourth day. That same day, Li Jihui's Binning cavalry also appeared on the north bank of the Wei River.

But before that, thousands of cavalrymen under Liu Zhijun also arrived at Mount Li.

They started fighting first.

However, Liu Zhijun's move should be a performance. After all, he had to give an explanation to Zhu Wen, but he did not really want to have a bloody battle with Li Maozhen. In history, he quickly betrayed Zhu Wen and joined forces with Li Maozhen to try to split the country. What he should be more worried about now is Li Jihui's surprise attack on Tongzhou.

So the Tonghua soldiers retreated immediately.

Under Chang'an City.

Whistling in the wind.

"I am the King of Qi of the Great Tang. Who dares to claim to be the Son of Heaven?"

Li Maozhen, dressed in heavy armor, rode a black horse with a red cloak on the outside. Protected by hundreds of armored cavalrymen, he swaggered and whipped his horse under the city, then shouted majestically at the city wall.

Behind him, 30,000 Fengxiang soldiers lined up and shouted in the same ostentatious manner.

"Long live King Qi!"

"Long live King Qi!"

……

The title is not important.

Although Li Maozhen has always claimed to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, he has always bound himself by the standards of the emperor...

As a loyal minister like me, what's wrong with my subordinates shouting "Long live the emperor"?
However, all he got in return for his performance was a smile from a young man on the city wall.

The latter pointed at him with his right hand.

"Back off, I'm going to show off."

The guy said.

At the same time, the city gate that was originally closed under his feet slowly opened.

Li Maozhen was immediately stunned.

From his vantage point, he could clearly see the city walls, countless armor reflecting the sunlight. On the main road facing the city gate, a seemingly endless line stretched backwards, and countless spears and swords formed a radiant glow above. He was a true veteran of countless battles, a true expert. From the array of armor and weapons, he could accurately judge an army's combat effectiveness, even calculating its numbers. And right now, within the city gates were truly elite troops, well-equipped and well-trained. They would be the guards of any other vassal state, and even those within the city gates were no less numerous than his own elite guards.

Where did this come from?

Such elite troops cannot be dispatched by a small Jiedushi, they must at least be those old and powerful vassals.

How did he appear in Chang'an City as if out of thin air?

At this moment, the soldiers inside began to walk out of the city gate, led by two generals. One held a lance and a double mace beside the saddle, and the other held an iron spike in each hand, directly on his shoulders, and controlled the warhorse completely with his legs. The two looked at him with interest.

Behind them, a long steel dragon reflecting the sunlight extended outward from the city gate as they moved forward.

The city gate not far to the south was also opened.

A long steel dragon that also reflected the sunlight began to extend outward.

There are also two generals leading the group.

……

Li Maozhen was sweating a little and looked at the city wall in astonishment.

"Pretentious, huh? Please don't use your hobby to interfere with my professional field."

The man said with a smile.

Li Maozhen turned around without any hesitation and rushed towards his own formation with his guards.

however……

"Just leave like this?"

The man suddenly appeared in front of him.

He didn't even see how it appeared, it was just like something flashed by, and then this guy appeared.

The guards on both sides of Li Maozhen rushed forward, but the next moment the man swung the jade axe in his hand, and something like a crack appeared in the void in front of him. The two guards rushed forward, but their bodies were split into two the moment they rushed past, including their war horses. The headless war horses and the guards with only the lower half of their bodies fell together, and the horse heads and their upper bodies fell to the ground.

Li Maozhen, with a cold sweat on his face, raised his hand as quickly as possible to stop the guard.

"Where did the immortal come from? Maozhen is in armor and cannot dismount to greet you."

He put on a smile and bowed.

"I'll give you one last chance. Accept the order and hand over your territory and army. I can guarantee you a life of wealth and prosperity for the rest of your life. Otherwise, you won't have another chance."

Yang Feng said.

Li Maozhen froze for a moment, and the expression on his face kept changing.

He remained in saluting position, frozen on horseback for at least a minute. Suddenly, he turned and looked behind him. The Tang army was already forming up behind him, heavily armored soldiers with their necks lowered, standing like iron towers beneath the walls of Chang'an. As more troops emerged, this iron formation expanded, rapidly closing in on the two city gates. It was clearly exceeding his previous estimate. He had thought there were thousands of elite guardsmen, but now it looked like over ten thousand. And it wasn't over yet. More troops continued to pour in, and even countless archers appeared on the city walls, indicating that tens of thousands of elite troops were within the city.

The four generals leading the troops were still standing in front of the formation.

With a murderous aura that made him shudder.

"My Immortal, you don't think that my entry into the court is the end, do you?
Don’t forget Tian Hongzheng.”

He turned back and said with a wry smile.

At this time, he was an old fox and was sure that he could not win.

Of course, at this time he no longer had the same ambition as before.

He even worshipped Buddha.

"Just you finish it."

Yang Feng said.

Li Maozhen dismounted silently and knelt down to salute Yang Feng.

"Li Maozhen, the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty, pays his respects to the Imperial Master." He said with a dejected tone.

"Get up and go into the city to meet the Regent."

Yang Feng said.

however……

"What's going on? Why don't you fight?"

"My king, what are you doing?"

……

There was a commotion at the back.

Yang Feng turned around and saw the generals under Li Maozhen shouting angrily.

One of them even led his cavalry forward, ready to charge...

"kill him!"

Yang Feng pointed at him and said.

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin immediately moved forward in front of the Tang army formation.

They didn't even bring their subordinates with them. Just like when they attacked Lu Mingyue's camp together, they rode side by side and galloped forward.

The man on the opposite side should have brought cavalry to snatch Li Maozhen. After all, Li Maozhen was their commander. Although I don't know why he actually knelt down in front of this guy, I think he was bewitched by magic. All he needed to do was to snatch Li Maozhen back.

They probably didn't see clearly how Yang Feng appeared.

After all, it was too sudden.

Even if they stared closely at that place, they could only see something strange in the air.

And it's fleeting.

Then Yang Feng stood there.

He wasn't even staring at it the whole time, so he didn't notice any of this. He just saw that there was an extra person there, and then with just a few words, he made Li Maozhen dismount and kneel down. This was definitely a sorcery.

The generals of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period didn't care much about magic...

They killed a lot of people.

What kind of people have you not killed?
Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, charging forward on horseback, arrived almost simultaneously with the cavalry. The general paid them no mind, leaving the situation to his men. He charged directly towards the still-kneeling Li Maozhen, but when he was only a dozen meters away, he suddenly sensed something was wrong and quickly turned around, only to see his men in disarray. Amidst this chaos, two iron spikes were pounding away, while a horse lance behind them continuously slashed down cavalrymen on the other side. The two blood-stained figures were rapidly closing the distance between them and him.

He immediately woke up, and without caring about Li Maozhen, he hurriedly raised his bow and arrow.

At the same time, the man with the two iron spikes roared and smashed down the two iron spikes in his hands.

The cavalry in front fell down with their horses.

He charged forward with his lance, and with his right hand now holding a mace, he threw it as his horse leaped over the cavalryman. The general holding the bow and arrow was hit in the chest before he could react, and the heavy mace instantly pierced his armor.

He fell down with his bow raised.

The arrow in his hand shot into the sky.

In his last sight, he saw a lance pointing downwards.

The thing stuck into his neck and used its dagger-like blade to cut off his head.

Yang Feng looked at Qin Qiong who was holding up a human head with a lance.

The latter turned around and met Luo Shixin, then left straight away in the astonished eyes of the cavalry and returned to the Tang army formation.

Li Maozhen knelt there, watching silently. His generals, too, had calmed down considerably. Although the battlefield wasn't determined by a general's personal strength, a general with a strong personal strength could have a significant deterrent effect on his soldiers. Li Maozhen slowly stood up and walked towards his men. Yang Feng didn't stop him, but simply watched him. Amidst his men's puzzled gazes, he stopped about ten meters in front of the formation.

"I have been ordered to come to the court. The Fengxiang Army has been disbanded. All soldiers and civilians must obey the court's orders from now on."

He said.

There was an uproar on the other side.

"The king is being controlled by a demon with magic, and nothing he says is true. Brothers, let's go back and appoint the crown prince as the successor, and then gather Bao Da and other troops to come with us."

A general said angrily.

"Let's go back and ask the prince to be our successor!"

"gone!"

……

Other generals and soldiers shouted.

There are conventions for this kind of thing. If you don't want to be a Jiedushi, can you just give your territory to the court? The local military governors need a leader to fight against the court, not this leader to lead the local area to fight against the court. If you surrender to the court, the problem will be solved? Back then, Tian Hongzheng said that he also wanted to, and then Wang Tingcou killed my entire family. From then on, my good generation of Jiedushi was gone. And Wang Tingcou's great-great-grandson Wang Rong is still a Jiedushi now.

This was the era of feudal lords.

"It seems they lack the minimum respect for me, the Imperial Master!"

Yang Feng stood beside Li Maozhen and watched the Fengxiang soldiers leaving happily.

The latter is indeed happy!
After all, when a new governor is appointed, he must be rewarded.

They originally wanted to open Chang'an and rob some people, but now that Chang'an cannot be taken, it would be nice to go back and get some rewards.

"Grandmaster, I'm not afraid of them pushing my son to be the successor. I'm afraid Li Jihui, Hu Jingzhang and others will come to Fengxiang to seize the position of Jiedushi. Although I'm old, I can still subdue them. But I'm afraid my son won't be able to do so. Grandmaster, if Fengxiang can't be taken and stabilized quickly, then Fengxiang will inevitably be in chaos. I've worked hard over the years, and although the people can't be said to be prosperous, except for the time when Zhu Wen besieged it, it was relatively stable."

Li Maozhen said slowly.

"So they need a little lesson."

Yang Feng said as he opened a space crack.

The next moment he was in front of the retreating Fengxiang Army.

But it's on the far right.

Then he held the jade axe horizontally and began to run wildly in the wilderness. Beside him, the space cracks continued to extend as he ran, as if he was splitting the world apart.

But to the retreating Fengxiang Army, he was just running.

They couldn't see the tiny space crack at all.

The vanguard cavalry, led by several generals, galloped happily along, imagining their return to Fengxiang to install Li Maozhen's son as regent, then reap a bounty from the Li family. They could then use Li Maozhen's son as a pretext for bargaining with Zhu Wen, selling Fengxiang for a good price. And then, who knows, one day Li Maozhen's son might suddenly die, and they might become the new military governors. These days, all the vassal states played the same game: pushing the military governors against the imperial court, then killing them when necessary to fetch a good price. Ever since the An-Shi Rebellion, with the three Heshuo towns leading the way, there had been repeated civil unrest, repeated uprisings among the vassal states, and repeated emperors' flight...

This is all experience gained from playing for over a hundred years.

The Jiedushi had no choice but to do it.

Do you want to be a loyal minister?
Do you want to join forces with the imperial court to put an end to these arrogant and powerful generals?

Tian Hongzheng still died with his eyes open!
however……

Just like that, they hit a space rift.

It can't be said to be a collision. The space rift split the space. When they touched the rift, the part of their body that was touched had already gone to another space.

But the upper and lower parts of the body are still in this space.

They ran through the spatial rift as if they were running through air, but the upper and lower halves of their bodies, which had lost a part of themselves, also separated as they ran. They even had joy on their faces, and their horses continued to run. Their upper bodies fell strangely in the turbulence, and their horses' heads also fell strangely in the turbulence. Then, one by one, the half-bodies were left, riding the headless horses and continued forward...

(End of this chapter)