Martial Arts: I am in the Ming Cult and I am building a dynasty

"Okay, I don't have time to explain too much to you. While your four brothers are running around outside to confuse everyone, you go and take your luggage. The three of us, the grandparents and grandchildren, will travel light and go out through the secret passage. There will be Mongolian Yuan people outside the city to meet us. When we reach the Yuan territory, please behave yourself."

Cai Jing's words were light and seemed to contain no emotion.

But when Cai You heard it, it made him tremble, and it was with great difficulty that he finally calmed down.

It is said that tiger poison cannot eat its seeds.

Even Cai You had not expected that his father, who was usually very kind and amiable, would risk the lives of his four younger brothers and confuse everyone at this critical moment.

In this way, he made a feint to the east and attacked in the west, concealing the truth from the world and escaping from the city through the secret passage.

For a moment, Cai You was extremely grateful that he was the eldest son among his brothers and was not the worst one. Otherwise, he would be thrown out to take the blame.

Let’s not talk about what was happening in Cai Jing’s mansion.

When the entire city of Bianjing was in turmoil, in the princess residence of Zhao Shirong.

Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Kou Zhun, Han Qi and other bigwigs were all present, all of them had excited expressions and were discussing something.

Not long after, Yang Zhao and Zhao Shirong walked out from the inner hall.

After everyone greeted each other.

Kou Zhun, as a representative of those who speak their mind, was the first to lose his temper and said with a face full of joy: "Your Highness Princess Di and Prince Zhao are indeed very smart. Duke Cao, General Di and others have sent a message from the north that the bastard Cai Jing has indeed colluded with the Liao and Jin aliens, and now nearly 200,000 Liao and Jin troops have fallen into the trap."

Han Qi was also a general and a prime minister. He pointed out the situation and said, "Whether it's the Liao army or the Jin army, they will never imagine that we have already evacuated the people from the northern border to Hebei Road more than a month ago. General Zong Lao has led 30 imperial troops to set up a defense line. Once the war starts, we will be able to annex these foreign tribes."

Wang Anshi also smiled faintly, took a sip of fragrant tea, and said: "The best thing is, as long as we wipe out these 200,000 Liao and Song aliens, we can use the name of the Liao and Song defeated army to eliminate the corrupt officials and evil gentry who are attached to Cai, Liang, Li and others. Next year, the new policy will be spread all over the northern part of the Song Dynasty."

Several big guys were so excited that they couldn't stop talking and were very happy.

At this time, Zhao Shirong also smiled and said, "Without your help, my husband and I would not have been able to set up such a chess game. When the army returns victorious, I will spread your names to the homes of hundreds of millions of people."

Following Zhao Shirong's promise, several big guys drank tea and became a little drunk.

Even a great man like Fan Zhongyan, who had a character close to that of a saint, could not resist the temptation of such an immortal celebrity, let alone Wang Anshi, Kou Zhun, and Han Qi.

Everyone has desires, and if they have desires, they will ask for something.

After this secret planning, mobilization of the army and deployment of the northern battlefield, Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Kou Zhun, Han Qi, Cao Wei, Di Qing, Zong Ze and others were tied to death on Zhao Shirong's chariot.

Yang Zhao and Zhao Shirong looked at each other and both smiled.

Chapter 191 Cai Jing Escapes

It has been more than a year since Yang Zhao came to the Song Dynasty. After receiving financial support from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, Liufu Hall has developed extremely rapidly.

In the Song Dynasty, Cai Jing's mansion has always been the top priority for the Six Bat Hall.

As early as half a year ago, Wei Yixiao concealed his identity and infiltrated Cai Jing's core subordinates.

Two months ago, Yang Zhao discovered through Wei Yixiao that Cai Jing had connections with Liao, Jin, Mongolia and other countries, so he paid attention to some intelligence on the northern border.

After defeating Tong Guan.

In name, Yang Zhao made Zong Ze the head of the Privy Council, but in reality, he had Zong Ze secretly mobilize a large number of Song Dynasty imperial troops to the north to prepare for any incident on the northern border.

Half a month ago, when the An family incident happened, Cai Jing immediately sent people to contact the northern ethnic minorities.

Through Wei Yixiao, Yang Zhao discovered Cai Jing's two most hidden chess pieces on the northern border. One was the terrifying general Ling Luoshi, and the other was Gu Xichao of Lianyun Village.

Ling Luoshi controls the defense of the Song-Jin border city, and Lianyunzhai is located on the only way for the Liao Kingdom to move south.

This was Cai Jing's last defense against the Song Dynasty royal family.

Yang Zhao quickly guessed that once Cai Jing fell from grace in the court, Ling Luoshi and Gu Xichao would definitely open the northern border defenses, either to lead troops to threaten Bianliang or to take the opportunity to commit treason and seek wealth.

This aspect is something that we must guard against.

It happened that at that time An Shigeng was rescued and hidden by Fu Yaohong of the Yinkui Sect.

Yang Zhao made up his mind to use An Shigeng to directly kill Cai Jing.

At the same time, we must also guard against Cai Jing bringing in foreign races, which might lead to desperate measures.

So after Yang Zhao and Zhao Shirong discussed it, they quickly formed a huge pocket formation along the entire northern border of the Song Dynasty through Kou Zhun, Han Qi, Cao Wei, Di Qing and others.

It would be fine if the people from Liao and Jin did not go south, and it would be considered as the reorganization and training of the Song Dynasty's imperial guards.

Once there was any unusual movement in Liao and Jin, they would invade from the south.

This huge pocket formation will become the burial place of the invading armies of Liao and Jin.

A large number of troops were mobilized to defend the northern border.

It would have been impossible without the bigwigs like Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Kou Zhun, Han Qi, Cao Wei, Di Qing, and Zong Ze operating in the court.

Just as Yang Zhao had planned.

After the overall situation on the northern border was arranged, Yang Zhao and Zhao Shirong went to Fanlou in person and used various means to make An Shigeng behave like a tool.

Sure enough, An Shigeng showed up.

Cai Jing, the old fox, made a decision immediately and threw his four sons out to stir up trouble. He was desperate and had people notify Ling Luoshi and Gu Xichao to let the Liao and Song barbarians enter the country.

Only in this way can the entire Bianliang and even the entire Song Dynasty be thrown into chaos.

Cai Jing was able to fish in troubled waters and escape from this chaotic chessboard despite having committed such a heinous crime.

What a cunning old creature.

As night fell, the entire city of Bianjing suddenly became chaotic.

There were even imperial guards guarding the vicinity of Kaifeng Prefecture, and everyone from the Six Gates and Shenhou Mansion was on high alert.

At the same time, various forces including Youqiao Group, Liufenbantang, Cai family's idle forces, Jinfengxiyu Tower, etc., fought each other fiercely.

In the entire Bianjing city, almost no force, big or small, could escape from this vortex.

At this time, Yang Zhao, together with Zhao Shirong, brought all the best men in the mansion and came to an extremely remote valley in the north of Bianjing City.

According to the information provided by Wei Yixiao.

Cai Jing was an old and cunning man. Decades ago, he dug a secret passage dozens of miles long from under his own mansion, leading directly to this hidden valley.

There was unrest in Bianjing and in the Song Dynasty.

If Cai Jing escapes, he will definitely take all his resources and manpower with him.

Yang Zhao, Zhao Shirong, Huang Rong, Wu Xingyun, Wang Yuyan, Yan Fei, Yuan Shisanxian, Huang Yaoshi, Xiao Feng, Yan Nantian, Wu Yunzhao, Wu Tianxi and others were like sculptures, hidden in a formation above the secret valley.

"My husband, how many cards do you think Cai Jing still has?"

"In the past year or so, we have almost eliminated more than 80% of Cai Jing's forces. Apart from Ling Luoshi and Gu Xichao, there should be no one left."

"Brother Zhao, since that bastard Cai Jing has no one left, why are we mobilizing so many troops?"

"Cai Jing does have few manpower left, but he may still have allies."

"Cai Jing's ally? Liang Shicheng? That's not right. Shouldn't the emperor send people to kill Cai Jing's family?"

"I'm not talking about Liang Shicheng, but the Mongols, or Western Shu and Northern Liang."

Instantly, everyone present was stunned, and then fell silent.

Let’s not talk about the Mongols.

In recent years, Western Shu and Northern Liang, which are still under the name of the imperial court, have kept a low profile. But even so, Western Shu and Northern Liang are still internal troubles that the Song Dynasty cannot ignore.

However, Western Shu and Northern Liang were able to remain quiet in the court of the Song Dynasty without being suppressed by the imperial court.

It is impossible that there is no trick involved.

Everyone in the world knows that the Song Dynasty is cowardly towards external parties, but when it comes to internal affairs, its methods are extremely brutal, vicious, fierce and domineering.

Chen Zhibao of Western Shu's ally in the court was Li Yan, one of the Six Thieves.

But Xu Xiao of Beiliang seemed to be non-existent in the court.

For decades, it seemed that no one else in the entire Song Dynasty court could create such a situation except Cai Jing.

It may or may not be true that important officials of the court colluded with vassal kings of other surnames.

After Yang Zhao finished speaking, Zhao Shirong and the others felt heavy in their hearts, and had many bad premonitions in their minds.

At this moment, a slight sound came from a pile of rocks below the secret valley.

First, a group of cold-blooded warriors with swords on their waists appeared from the pile of rocks and searched around the valley like ghosts.

After a while, some ruthless warriors quickly got into the pile of rocks.

After a while, a large group of mighty and majestic armored soldiers, like a bulldozer, quickly cleared away the large pile of rocks.

It was not until this time that a huge entrance to a passage, more than ten feet high and two feet wide, appeared on the side of the mountain wall.

In that passage, before anyone appeared, powerful auras had already emerged from it, like a dragnet, sweeping the valley outside the passage again.

Wait until you are sure there are no hidden dangers at all.

A large number of carriages and soldiers rolled out of the passage, creating an astonishing scene.

Chapter 192 Valley Ambush

Cai Jing can almost be said to be the most cunning and greedy official in the two hundred years since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Cai Jing was involved in officialdom for nearly sixty years, experiencing four ups and downs.

Especially in the past twenty years, since Zhao Ji ascended the throne, Cai Jing has almost always controlled the government. He has followers all over the world and countless cards in his hands.

Otherwise, Yang Zhao and Zhao Shirong would not have planned two wars involving more than hundreds of thousands of people in succession in order to barely implement the new policy.

A battle in Jiangnan and Southeast.

The imperial court mobilized a total of more than 400,000 troops, and Murong, Fang La and others also raised more than 400,000 troops. If Yang Zhao had not instigated Fang La to rebel.

After this wave, the entire Song Dynasty might have lost a hundred years of national fortune.

The northern part of the present-day Song Dynasty.

Yang Zhao, Zhao Shirong, Kou Zhun, Cao Wei, Zong Ze, Di Qing and others transferred 300,000 Song Dynasty imperial troops from the city of Bianjing alone. Together with the northern border troops, there were at least 500,000 troops.

As for how many people from Liao and Song will invade, 200,000 is just the minimum.

Before the actual war ends, no one knows what the battlefield in the north of the Song Dynasty will look like.

All of this was done to eradicate the roots left by Cai Jing in the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Cai Jing is a man who brings disaster to the world.

Cai Jing alone was able to almost destroy the Song Dynasty's two hundred years of national destiny.

Even so, after Cai Jing was forced to the end of his strength by Yang Zhao and others, the number of people who came out of the secret passage was at least hundreds or thousands of innate masters.

Even cute girls like Huang Rong and Wang Yuyan could see that this was an extremely elite army.

"Qingniao, the queen of the spear, Ning Emei, one of the Four Fangs of Beiliang, Yuan Meng, the fierce general of the Fengzi Camp..."

"The bastard Cai Jing is in collusion with Xu Xiao from Beiliang."

"The Prime Minister is in collusion with the vassal states, causing chaos in the world, and selling out the country. Cai Jing is a traitor. He should be executed along with his entire clan."

Others could not recognize the soldiers guarding Cai Jing, but Zhao Shirong, the princess, recognized at a glance the several Beiliang people leading the team.

This also made Zhao Shirong's hatred for Cai Jing instantly reach its peak.

Wait until the convoy, escorted by nearly a thousand people, came out.

Cai You, dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked out from the central carriage with a birdcage in his hand. After opening it, a falcon quickly flew into the sky and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After the falcon flew away, the nearly a thousand soldiers and horses did not leave. Instead, they seemed to be on guard and quickly formed a protective formation.

It was not long before the convoy's protective formation was formed.

From the north of the secret valley, the dull sounds of galloping horses soon came.

After a while, hundreds of people dressed in costumes of foreign races appeared in the valley.

This new team was all dressed in Mongolian costumes, with armor and swords, and they looked extremely tough.

The leader of the Mongol team was a very handsome and feminine young man in white. It was unknown what he said to Cai You, but the two teams soon merged.

The Mongolian troops were patrolling outside, while the Northern Liang soldiers were guarding inside.

Perhaps because the manpower was already sufficient, the entire convoy of more than 1,500 people began to move slowly, moving towards the north like a long dragon.