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

Medium-sized tribes swallowed up smaller tribes.

Small tribes simply turned into horse bandits and looted everywhere.

It can be said that a chaotic situation similar to the struggle for hegemony among all nations has formed on the entire Turkic steppe, where anyone with thirty to fifty horses, seventy to eighty bows, and a hundred or so scimitars dares to declare himself king.

This kind of chaos, which is even more chaotic than the Warring States Period, will have to last at least 20 to 30 years before a Turkic king can truly emerge again.

By the time a Turkic king is born in twenty or thirty years, the strength of the entire Turkic people will definitely be greatly reduced.

At this time in Taiyuan City, Bingzhou.

Yang Zhao looked at the detailed battle report brought by Ghost Shadow Ancestor and was extremely satisfied with the current situation on the Turkic steppe.

Now, it has been nearly three months since the end of the Bingzhou battle.

Even the Heavenly Wolf Howling Moon formation with Mayi City as its core has begun to gradually weaken. It will probably not take long before it completely dissipates.

At this time, the hidden dangers in the northern Turkic steppes were resolved.

With the support of the two northwest corners of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Zhao could mobilize most of his forces to compete with the Central Plains families and the Wang family of Langya.

"Has there been any reply from Luo Yi in Youzhou?"

After reading the battle report from the grassland, Yang Zhao's eyes flashed, and he turned to ask about the information from Youzhou.

The Ghost Shadow Ancestor quickly turned around and took out a wax-wrapped secret letter from the shadows.

Wait until the secret letter is delivered.

The Ghost Shadow Patriarch just spoke and said, "Your Highness, the Immortal Zi Yang in Chang'an once sent Jiang Song back to Youzhou to persuade Luo Yi and the 400,000 Zhenbei Army to join us."

"In addition, the two elders, King Yang Lin and King Ding Yanping, have entered Youzhou. Luo Yi also has some intention of returning to the Sui Dynasty, but a secret letter has been sent to him, requiring that it must be given to Your Highness for his personal reading."

Jiang Song is Luo Yi's eldest son.

Yang Lin and Ding Yanping were two of the Nine Elders who founded the Sui Dynasty, and were also sworn brothers of Luo Yi.

In addition, Yang Zhao's grandfather had been very kind to Luo Yi in the past, so even Yang Guang had never been mean to Luo Yi.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Luo Yi wanted to return to the embrace of the Sui Dynasty.

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhao picked up the wax sealed letter and quickly opened it.

Not long after, Yang Zhao read a letter filled with tiny handwriting.

Immediately thereafter, there came a murderous intent as if from the depths of the Netherworld, spreading out from the bottom of Yang Zhao's heart. The terrifying aura actually intertwined into fine lines in the void, causing the surrounding space to crack like colored glass.

"The noble families and the aristocratic clans are really a bunch of courageous people!"

With the guarantees from Yang Lin, Ding Yanping, Jiang Song and others, Yang Zhao had no doubts about Luo Yi's surrender and loyalty.

However, in Luo Yi's letter, he also stated why the other party was reluctant to submit.

A noble family from Youzhou, who colluded with Goguryeo.

Both sides supported many rebel kings in Youzhou and tried to restrain Luo Yi's forces in terms of military affairs and food supplies.

It can be said that as long as Luo Yi dared to openly declare his allegiance to the Sui Dynasty.

Within three to five days, the entire Youzhou will completely collapse.

Even the 400,000-man North Guardian Army that terrorized the northern grasslands was trapped and killed by the Youzhou family and Goguryeo due to lack of food and arrows.

Chapter 756: Ordering Chen Zhibao to dispatch troops, no taboos

The great Sui family is a poison to the tarsal bones.

These aristocratic families occupied more than 70% to 80% of the power, resources, and benefits in the Sui Dynasty, but they were all like leeches, only knowing how to suck blood from the dynasty and the people, but the contributions they made were very few.

But even so, Yang Zhao was still able to accommodate many more open-minded families.

The only thing is that those like the Youzhou family who collude with foreign races will never be tolerated.

Including the Langya Wang family among the Central Plains aristocratic families, who colluded with Meng Chixing of the Yuan Dynasty, so even if Yang Zhao put all his strength into it, he had to fight with the Langya Wang family.

However, it seems that the battle with Wang Clan of Langya will be suppressed for some time.

The Wang family of Langya arranged 365 mountain stronghold formation bases in the Taihang Mountains with the force of the Zhoutian. Once activated, they can draw on the power of the stars, seal the Taihang Mountains, gather the 365 mountain stronghold formation bases, combine the aura of heaven and man, and evolve into a killing formation that spans thousands of miles.

This kind of work is extremely amazing.

An ordinary Martial Saint, even one at the top of the Martial Saint level, would have no chance of survival after entering the formation in the Taihang Mountains.

But once a strong man at the peak of the human realm is dispatched, the Wang family of Langya will definitely increase their investment.

Yang Zhao absolutely did not believe that there were no extremely powerful people in the top family that had been running rampant in the Central Plains of the Sui Dynasty for a thousand years.

After figuring out the inner strength of the Wang family of Langya, Yang Zhao was unwilling to engage in a life-and-death battle with them.

The strongest man at the top of humanity appears.

Even if Yang Zhao's Guanlong Sui court could win by chance, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and even arouse the vigilance and grouping of all the families in the entire Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, there was a battle in Taihang Mountains.

If Wang Shi of Langya does not cross the bottom line, then Yang Zhao cannot cross the bottom line either.

In this way, if one wants to break through the Taihang Mountains and open up a passage from Guanlong and Bingzhou to the outside world of the Central Plains, it is necessary to break the opponent's Zhoutian formation.

Faced with this almost invincible formation at the pinnacle of humanity.

The only method Yang Zhao could think of was to break the formation with his own formation.

The Wang family of Langya took advantage of the terrain of Taihang Mountains and set up the Zhoutian formation, blocking the way out for Yang Zhao's forces.

But at the same time, while taking advantage of the terrain, one will also be subject to the natural constraints of the terrain.

If the Wang family of Langya can set up an array inside the Taihang Mountains, then Yang Zhao can also set up an array outside the Taihang Mountains.

The Taihang Mountains run across the east and west, ending at the junction of Bingzhou and Youji states.

As long as he could occupy both ends, Yang Zhao would be able to mobilize a large number of troops and civilians to forcibly open up the Taihang land vein in a way that changed the world.

The Taihang Mountain vein itself is also considered an unformed dragon vein.

Yang Zhao had no way to raise the dragon and make it more spiritual.

But if it were pulled into the underworld, the Yinshi Dragon Spirit under Yang Zhao's command would be able to quickly grasp the veins of Taihang Mountains and even enthrone the God of Taihang Mountains.

Use the earth to control the sky, forming a situation where the earth covers the sky.

By then, the 365 formation bases arranged by the Wang family of Langya in the Taihang Mountains will collapse without being attacked.

The remaining 365 peak-level celestial beings are much easier to deal with.

Originally, Yang Zhao wanted to recruit Luo Yi of Youzhou to surrender, and then let him mobilize 400,000 Zhenbei troops to easily control the eastern end of Taihang Mountain.

But now that Luo Yi was being controlled by the Youzhou family and Goguryeo, things became relatively troublesome.

In the Taiyuan Palace.

The Ghost Shadow Ancestor guarded Yang Zhao like a shadow.

Yang Zhao pondered for more than half an hour before he suppressed his endless killing intent and said, "Ah Gui, go find Chen Zhibao and summon him. Tell him to quickly gather all the Great Snow Dragon Riders, go out of Mayi, travel east along the grassland, enter Youzhou, and help Yan Wang Luo Yi get rid of the predicament in Youzhou."

Listening to Yang Zhao's calm and emotionless words, the Ghost Shadow Ancestor's heart trembled slightly.

After a pause, the Ghost Shadow Patriarch said, "Your Highness, how should we deal with the Youzhou noble families, as well as the rebel kings, bandits, and even the Goguryeo thieves entrenched in Youzhou?"

Yang Zhao waved his hand and said, "Tell Chen Zhibao that he is allowed to make his own decisions in this battle, without any taboos."

The Ghost Shadow Ancestor quickly bowed his head and agreed, then disappeared into the void.

Others didn't know the meaning of Yang Zhao's four words.

But now, as Yang Zhao's close attendant, the Ghost Shadow Ancestor knows very well what these four symbolize.

Chen Zhibao was the general who guarded Western Shu during the Song Dynasty.

Going back further, Chen Zhibao was once the top general under the command of Xu Xiao, the King of Northern Liang of the Song Dynasty. He was also the adopted son of the King of Northern Liang and was known as the "Little Man Butcher".

It is different from the Qin Dynasty's slaughter of Wu'an Jun, who defeated the enemy and annihilated the enemy's vitality.

It is also different from the Song Dynasty's slaughter of the King of Northern Liang with such a grand momentum and the destruction of enemy morale.

Chen Zhibao truly kills purely for the sake of killing. He enjoys the feeling of controlling life and death amidst blood, death, and wailing. He is a true madman.

After joining Yang Zhao's army, Chen Zhibao seemed to have no outstanding achievements among the generals of the Sui Dynasty except for pacifying Longxi.

That was Yang Zhao tying a rope around Chen Zhibao.

Guanzhong, Longxi and other places were Yang Zhao's established bases and nests. He could quell the chaos and kill people in battles, but he would not allow Chen Zhibao to kill people indiscriminately.

That would be equivalent to blocking more than 70% of Chen Zhibao's abilities.

This time, the Youzhou nobles joined forces with Goguryeo and almost sidelined Yan Wang Luo Yi. They were even able to prevent the 400,000 Northern Zhen Army from receiving a single grain of food within a month.

It can be said that the entire Youzhou is completely rotten from top to bottom.

That's why Yang Zhao gave Chen Zhibao the order to go all out for the first time.

There are no restrictions.

These four would not be much of a problem for people like Yue Fei, Li Jing, Xie Xuan and Yang Su, because these people were extremely strict in military discipline and they treated the enemies with the main focus on victory and were not harsh.

But for Chen Zhibao, these four words were enough to cause rivers of blood to flow in Youzhou.

The Ghost Shadow Ancestor is extremely fast.

Moreover, Ghost Shadow Patriarch did not dare to entrust this decree, which was almost a 'massacre order', to other people to announce it, otherwise, once it was leaked, it would have a great impact on Yang Zhao's reputation.

On the other hand, if no one knows.

If Chen Zhibao really causes a big scene in Youzhou in the future, all the negative impacts can be put on Chen Zhibao.

As for whether Chen Zhibao will die after taking the blame, it is none of Ghost Shadow Ancestor’s business.

The only thing that Ghost Shadow Patriarch cares about is everything about His Royal Highness Prince Zhao.

But thinking about it, even if Chen Zhibao massacred the entire Youzhou, His Highness would at most beat him to death, and would definitely not take his life.

Chapter 757 Luo Yi lies down, Chen Zhibao enters Youzhou

In the historical campaign that lasted for more than half a year, generals such as Yue Fei, Li Jing, Xie Xuan, Yang Su and others all used the Snow Dragon Cavalry to improve the training of their cavalry.

But the most powerful main force under Yang Zhao’s command has to be the complete version of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry.

Different from all other armies.

The Great Snow Dragon Riders were trained by Xu Xiao, the King of Northern Liang in the Song Dynasty, more than a hundred years ago.

After more than a hundred years of inheritance, the military spirit has already been condensed.

Under Yang Zhao's command, the only army that could rival the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry was the Northern Palace Army, which also had a strong military spirit.

Unfortunately, although the spirit of the Northern Army is still there, it is newly built and needs time to grow.

The other Yue Family Army under Yue Fei and the Lei Li Army under Yang Xuangan also have the opportunity to gather their military spirit and catch up with the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry. Similarly, they also need time to grow.

Yang Zhao was furious.

Chen Zhibao, with full firepower, led 100,000 Snow Dragon Cavalry north to the grassland. In less than four days, he traveled thousands of miles, made a circle, and arrived at the northern edge of Youzhou.

Youzhou’s northern border defense line.

The grand and mottled city gate slowly opened, and under the leadership of Jiang Song, Chen Zhibao and his 100,000 Snow Dragon Riders rushed into Youzhou like a real snow-white dragon.

Chen Zhibao did not stay on the northern defense line for long. He only stayed there for one day and then led his army south.

In Jingzhou City, the residence of Prince Yan.

Luo Yi sat opposite Yang Lin and Ding Yanping, and next to them was a handsome young man, Luo Cheng, who was serving them.

Three cups of tea.

Luo Yi looked worried. He looked at Yang Lin and Ding Yanping and said, "Big brother, second brother, what do you two mean by locking me up in Prince Yan's mansion?"

"It's been five days already. King Zhao..."

Looking at Luo Yi who had an anxious look on his face.

Yang Lin drank tea quietly.

Ding Yanping was Luo Cheng's adoptive father and was usually closer to Luo Yi. He hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Third brother, actually, King Zhao had already received a reply when you sent the secret letter, but..."