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

"Master, do we, the Dugu family, want to get involved in today's matter?"

"The fate of the Great Sui Dynasty has not yet ended. If we participate now, we may suffer a great backlash. It is better to wait and see what happens. Anyway, with the strength of the Dugu family, we can sit back and wait."

"Idiot, what happened today was planned by Yang Zhao, the son of the former deposed crown prince. It was an internal struggle within the Sui imperial family. It has nothing to do with the fate of the Sui Dynasty."

"Yes, in a sense, this is almost equivalent to another battle for succession..."

A group of people from the Dugu clan were all whispering to each other, but they were unable to come up with any good ideas, and the scene was a bit noisy.

Dugu Feng glanced at the people in the hall, his face darkened and he felt a little nervous.

Ever since the passing of Emperor Wen of Sui and Empress Dugu, the descendants in the family have become less and less promising. They are absolutely a bunch of useless people.

There is a gap between the old and the new. If today's affairs are not handled properly, I am afraid the future of the Dugu clan will be worrying.

Just when Dugu Feng was feeling a little worried.

Dugu Ce said, "Grandmother, father, and second uncle, His Highness Yang Zhao's army is already at the gates of the city. Whether it is war or peace, no matter which side we choose, we must make a decision as soon as possible."

Dugu Ce is considered a relatively good person among the younger generation of the Dugu clan, and he sees things more clearly.

Now that Yang Zhao's army has arrived, although they will not target the aristocratic families in Daxing City too much, they will be unable to avoid them as long as they are in Daxing City.

If you stand on Yang Guang's side, you will inevitably be struck by Yang Zhao's thunder.

If they stand on Yang Zhao's side, they will certainly launch a massive counterattack when Yang Zhao returns from his Guangdong expedition.

If they do not help either side, they will have to give up most of their visible strength and hide within the clan. By the time the situation becomes clear, the clan will be seriously damaged.

Otherwise, he would become the target of attack by both Yang Guang and Yang Zhao.

As for forming their own force and joining the struggle for hegemony, the Dugu clan had never thought about it from beginning to end.

Dugu Ce's words made Dugu Feng's face more sad.

At the same time, the Yuan, Wei, Yin and other families who had relatively close relations with Yang Zhao were also facing the same troubles as the Dugu family.

On the contrary, among the Li clan, which was hostile to Yang Zhao, there was a solemn expression.

Ever since Yang Zhao crushed them with his martial saint cultivation at Madam Dou's birthday banquet last year, the entire Li family has been keeping a very low profile in recent days.

However, as Yang Zhao rose in power and his troops approached the city, the Li family had no choice but to make a certain response.

Li Yuan was not there, but the hall was filled with people like Madam Dou, Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, Li Shentong, and Li Daozon. They all gathered together with gloomy looks on their faces.

Madam Dou looked unhappy and said, "Yang Zhao is rising in power, and the head of the family has not returned with His Majesty. We have a grudge against Yang Zhao. After he takes over Daxing City, he will settle accounts with us. You are all male members of the family, and the future of the family will be entrusted to you. The decision today will be made by you."

After saying this, Mrs. Dou closed her eyes and looked like she was resting, and didn't say another word.

Speaking of which, the last time the Li family was crushed by Yang Zhao, people like Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, Li Shimin and others only lost face, but within the family, Mrs. Dou was scolded by the elders and had lost the power to control the decision-making within the family.

There's nothing wrong with that. That incident happened to celebrate Madam Dou's birthday.

Mrs. Dou served as the opening tool, but after she finished speaking, she became like a wooden sculpture and had no reaction.

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xiuning and other wise and shrewd people were also considering the importance of things and the chain reactions after various decisions.

Li Yuanji, however, said with an unhappy look on his face: "What is there to discuss? Our family has a deep hatred for that Yang Zhao kid. Daxing City has a hundred thousand Zuo Yiwei troops guarding it. We should just fight him to the end. Can Yang Zhao kid's army fly into the city?"

Everyone looked at Li Yuanji speechlessly.

Li Jiancheng was helpless and said, "Third brother, father and the imperial army are far away in Liaodong. They cannot return for several months. If they defend for too long, they will lose. Yang Zhao has a large army outside the city and the help of the Demon Sect inside the city. It is inevitable that Daxing will fall into his hands."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, then he said, "Damn it, what else can I say? Run away, what are you waiting for?"

Li Xiuning looked at Li Yuanji helplessly and said, "Third brother, with 100,000 cavalrymen sealing off the city and demon gates everywhere, our every move must be under Yang Zhao's surveillance. Whether we fight or flee, we must have a complete plan."

Li Xiuning's words had just fallen.

Li Shimin made a prompt decision: "It is impossible to fight. Yang Zhao has been in Daxing for more than half a year, so he must have made arrangements long ago. What we need to discuss now is how to escape and where to escape."

Chapter 410 Snow Dragon Riders Enter the City

The aristocratic families in Daxing City are better informed about news and intelligence than ordinary people, but their information is still limited.

Since Yang Zhao came to the Sui Dynasty, all his actions have been extremely secretive.

Even powerful clans like the Dugu clan, the Yuwen clan, and the Li clan only reacted after the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry under Yang Zhao arrived at the city.

The timing that Yang Zhao chose to launch his attack was extremely tricky.

Yang Guang gathered a million troops and two million civilians and launched an attack on Liaodong Goryeo at the beginning of spring. It would take at least one or two months to obtain information about Daxing City.

By that time, Yang Guang's army was entangled with the Goryeo army. No matter whether they fought or retreated, they would not be able to do anything to Yang Zhao who was far away in Guanzhong in a short period of time.

At the same time, ambitious factions such as the Li and Yuwen clans were not yet ready to take action.

By the time the Li clan, the Yuwen clan, the Guandong family, the Jiangnan family and others reacted, Yang Zhao had already been able to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong.

In this situation, the only way out is to activate the strength of each family and launch an unprecedented war of destruction.

Otherwise, in this small area of ​​Guanzhong, whether it is the Yuwen clan or the Li clan, they all have to retreat in the face of the powerful Yang Zhao.

And just when these aristocratic families in the city were discussing non-stop.

At this time, Yang Zhao had already arrived above the west gate of Daxing City. Looking at the snow dragon riders swarming in like white waves, he was filled with an unprecedented sense of ambition and passion.

With swords and spears, we will conquer the world.

This is the eternal romance in a man's heart.

Yang Zhao had previously possessed great power and status in the Song Dynasty, but at that time, Yang Zhao was always in a state of hiding his edge.

Even the empress, court officials, and other influential people of the Song Dynasty all regarded Yang Zhao as one of their own.

However, within the territory of the Song Dynasty, Yang Zhao could never legitimately stand in the forefront.

However, things were different in the Sui Dynasty.

Today, Yang Zhao has reached the realm of Martial Saint. His personal martial arts ability is almost at the top of the pyramid in the entire Jiuzhou. Moreover, he is the eldest son of the royal family. Everything he does is justified.

"Shut up!"

The huge Snow Dragon Cavalry, like a white wave tsunami, soon arrived three miles in front of the city. As a Confucian general in silver armor and a white cloak stretched out his hand, the entire army, like a whole, descended at a uniform speed and then stopped.

During the entire process, the formation of the 100,000 Great Snow Dragon Riders remained in chaos, which was like a miracle.

After the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry Corps stopped, the white-robed Confucian general quickly rode his horse to the west gate of Daxing City, dismounted with great nimbleness, and half-knelt down towards Yang Zhao who was on the top of the city wall.

"Your Highness, General Chen Zhibao has led the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry to conquer Longxi and is here to report to Your Highness."

Chen Zhibao, known as the Little Man Butcher and the White-robed Soldier Immortal, was one of the adopted sons of Xu Xiao, the King of Northern Liang in the former Song Dynasty. Because he was infatuated with Xu Weihao and failed, he became ambitious and defected from Xu Xiao of Northern Liang. After making countless contributions to the Song court, he ruled Western Shu of the Song Dynasty.

This man is the reincarnation of a yellow-robed immortal from heaven. After the battle in Zhenliang City where Beiliang was destroyed, he honestly handed over all his military power and joined Yang Zhao's army.

After several years of training, Chen Zhibao has become one of the most loyal men under Yang Zhao, and also one of the top generals.

When Yang Zhao returned to the Sui Dynasty, one of the two private armies he brought with him, the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, was led by Chen Zhibao.

And Chen Zhibao was really capable. In less than half a year, he pacified the entire Longxi of the Sui Dynasty, and even subdued people like Xue Ju and Xue Rengao. He made the entire Longxi as solid as an iron plate, and extended his tentacles to the Western Regions, Tibet and other places.

"Open the city gates and welcome the army into the city."

"promise!"

On the top of the city wall, Yang Zhao glanced at Chen Zhibao and waved his hand, asking Xin Wenli to order the city defense soldiers to open the city gate and clear a passage.

Seeing this, Chen Zhibao quickly jumped on his horse, and the plum wine in his hand burst into a colorful spear light.

Immediately afterwards, the 100,000 Great Snow Dragon Riders who received the signal quickly rushed forward again like a torrent, and split into many tributaries in the rush. Some were stationed outside the city, and some entered the city.

The violent sound of iron hooves seemed to crush all obstacles.

A total of 40,000 Great Snow Dragon Riders, led by generals with halos, quickly split into dozens of swimming dragons and quickly occupied the entire Daxing City's internal and external roads.

These great snow dragon riders are among the two top armies under Yang Zhao's command.

Whether it is weapons and equipment, or sound transmission jade talismans, they are all equipped in great quantities, and can almost achieve real-time command that is similar to synchronous communication.

At the same time, under the command of Xin Wenli, Xin Yue'e and others, the Zuo Yiwei army left the barracks and, under the command of their respective generals, deployed defenses layer by layer and surrounded those government offices, aristocratic families and others.

With the cooperation of the two armies.

In just less than two hours, all the riots inside and outside the Daxing city were quickly quelled. From beginning to end, there were only a few fights and not even a single casualty was seen.

Among the Li family.

Madam Dou, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, Li Xiuning, Li Shentong, Li Daozon and all other members of the Li family almost collapsed in despair.

All the plans that the Li family had discussed before were completely overturned at this moment.

It was originally thought that the 100,000-strong army of Zuo Yiwei could at least hold off Yang Zhao's army for two months, which would be enough for all the forces of the Li family to withdraw from Daxing City.

However, they did not expect that in less than half a day, the entire Daxing City had completely fallen.

The whole Li family was wiped out, and not a single person escaped.

"Damn it, isn't that old man Yin Shishi a loyal dog under Yang Guang's command?"

"I'm afraid Master Yin Shi has already joined Yang Zhao's army."

"Should we inform the elders of our family? That damned Yang Zhao might take revenge on us..."

Inside the Dugu valve.

You Chuhong, Dugu Feng, Dugu Sheng, Dugu Ce, Dugu Feng and others looked at each other in dismay. Until now, they still could not believe that Daxing City, which was guarded by a hundred thousand troops, fell in half a day.

Dugu Sheng was a celestial being, and his hands were shaking uncontrollably at the moment. He said, "His Highness Yang Zhao is really very scheming. He has already taken down the entire Zuo Yiwei army without anyone noticing."

Dugu Feng, as the head of the family, was also incredulous and said, "There is no reason. There is no point in discussing this."

Dugu Ce was silent for a moment, then said faintly, "I have heard a piece of gossip. Some time ago, Changsun Wuji invited the children of the city's noble families to hold several literary gatherings at Wenxuan Tower. It is said that the Yin family's young lady fell in love with Yang Zhao at first sight..."

The Yuan clan, the Wei clan, the Gao clan, etc., shook Daxing City.

Chapter 411: Inside the Imperial Palace, Taiji Hall

The Imperial Palace of the Sui Dynasty experienced a hundred years of peace and prosperity. It was renovated over the years by Emperor Wen and Emperor Yang Guang. The overall feeling is grand and solemn.

Especially after several years of renovation by Yang Guang, the entire Sui Imperial Palace has a touch of luxury and extravagance.

After occupying and controlling the entire Daxing City.

Yang Zhao did not lead his army into the Sui Imperial Palace immediately, but waited quietly for something in front of the Xuanwu Gate of the Sui Imperial Palace.

Soon, a war horse came galloping from a distance.

This is a team leader under Xin Wenli, leading fifty people, patrolling the Shenlong Avenue in the inner city. On both sides of the Shenlong Avenue, there are almost residences of high-ranking officials everywhere.

"Report~"

"Your Highness, I, Wei Yuanzhao, the current head of the Wei Mansion of Jingzhao Wei Clan, request to accompany you into the palace."

"Report~"

"Your Highness, I, Du Yuanming, the current head of the Du family in Longxi, request to accompany you into the palace."

"Report..."

Along with the first patrol soldier who came to report, war horses gathered from all directions of Daxing City like streams flowing into the sea.

Those aristocratic families who have been able to stand in Daxing City for more than a hundred years have extremely keen senses. Among them, more than 50% of the first-class families have already noticed the beginning of changes in the entire Sui Dynasty and began to take sides and move closer to Yang Zhao.

Yang Zhao did not refuse at all to these aristocratic families who were extremely aware of the times.

Accompanied by imperial decrees being issued one after another.

Before long, dozens of heads of aristocratic families appeared on the huge square in front of Xuanwu Gate, some in twos or threes, some in groups of three or five, forming a small flow of people.

"Brother Yuanzhao is here too. Your Jingzhao Wei is familiar with Lord Yin. Is there any inside information?"

"I don't know such secrets either."

"Well, this is normal. Who would have thought that Lord Yin and the 100,000-strong army of Zuo Yiwei had already quietly joined Lord Zhao's army."

"Brother Gao, the address should be changed. Prince Zhao is the eldest son of the Sui Dynasty, so he should be called Your Highness."

"Brother Yuan is teaching me a lesson, but I, Gao, am reckless."

"Haha, Brother Gao, Brother Gao, you don't have to worry. Your nephews and nieces are the first to serve under Your Highness. When Your Highness is in power, Brother Gao, you will surely rise to prominence."

"Speaking of which, I also have a beautiful daughter, but I don't know if she can catch your eye."

"Come on, your daughter looks like..."