In the winter of the sixth year of Tianqi, Li Chengfeng of Zhao State formed a 100,000 army and rushed to 7,000 miles within one month, won nine battles and nine victories, headed straight into Hanyang Pass, and then besieged the city for another half a month, and finally captured Hanyang Pass in one fell swoop, and the world shook.

When several princes and princesses of Zhao State heard about this, they all said that their temperaments changed drastically, especially the six princes who had been destroyed by the last raid of Hanyang Pass, and even killed several maids.

The prince was training troops in the rear. After hearing the news, he stopped practicing. He rushed back to the front line at night and personally directed the offensive against Yunxiang County.

The fall of Hanyang Pass, the Xipu government and the country were shaking up and down, which meant that the Western portal was closed, and the boundary of the Dingxi Jiedu, the most capable vassal state, was separated from the Jin territory. At this time, the Jin State was surrounded on three sides, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was on the east.

The Three Jins have been fighting for the orthodox Jin Dynasty to the death. Dongpu is already polite if he doesn't take advantage of the situation to send troops. Even if the situation in Shipu is deteriorating, the 500,000 troops placed on the eastern border will not dare to move.

The news of the fall of Hanyang Pass reached Pudu, and the King of Jin immediately held an emergency court meeting in the evening to discuss the matter.

When all the officials arrived, the King of Jin threw the map directly in front of the right prince and scolded, "You have been in charge of military affairs for twenty years. Is this how you manage it?! You can't defend the east side, and the top pass was taken by 100,000 people in the west. Even if you tie a dog to your position, you won't do any worse!"

The right prime minister's face turned pale, and he never expected that King Pu would be so shameless.

At this time, the left minister came out and said, "Saint King calmed down! The mistake of this matter was in Wei Yuan. The Zhao army fought all the way from his nose, but he was still holding his troops, and he was actually suspected of colluding with the enemy! I asked the Saint King to issue an order to order Wei Yuan to recover the lost territory within one month, otherwise he would be taken to the capital for punishment!"

King Pu narrowed his eyes slightly and swept across the civil and military officials in the court. He saw that the civil servants all had different expressions, but they were obviously not afraid or respect.

The King of Jin knew that if he continued to force him, he would probably kneel down and exonerate the right prime minister and persuade him to take back his fate.

The King of Jin suddenly thought: What if I insist on killing the right prime minister in court?

He glanced out of the corner of his eyes over the guards standing outside the hall, and knew the answer in his heart: the guard commander would definitely drag him slowly and let him do it, and then the officials continued to ask for help. If he didn't give this face, he would have to do it himself.

Prince Pu's eyes closed slightly, as if he saw himself holding a sword down the stairs and personally went to kill the right prime minister. Then the officials stopped him, hugging his waist and holding his hands. In the chaos, he felt a pain in his body, and then he lost consciousness and fell head-on.

He hit his head and broke into blood.

Finally, the imperial physician came, but failed to treat him. He announced that he was dying in a hurry. So the ministers established a young emperor, and several ministers claimed to be their own lives and supervised state affairs.

As for the young emperor... the figure of King Fu suddenly flashed in the heart of King Jin.

As soon as this thought came out, he suddenly felt chill in his heart and he couldn't help but think: Could it be that he is too?

"Holy King, Holy King?" A few calls brought the Prince back to reality.

King Pu opened his eyes and said tiredly: "I haven't slept much these days, and I'm really tired. Let's continue to discuss.

Then what is Wei Yuan doing now?"

A military officer in charge of intelligence remarked: "Qi Sheng Wang, Wei Yuan is refining alchemy."

"Refining alchemy?" The king of kings, the civil officials of the left and right, also looked calm.

The military official said, "In the past two months, Wei Yuan has been staying away and has been refining alchemy. He has opened three furnaces of Da Sun Chaohua Pills in a row. Each furnace will have a strange phenomenon. The last furnace also leads to the heavenly tribulation. It is said that Wei Yuan's alchemy talent is excellent, far exceeding the same generation as the alchemist of the Creation View. The Creation Viewer intends to pass on his position as the master."

King Jin said Yi: "Wei Yuan is so good at refining elixirs? Could it be that he could refine the longevity pill he presented last time?

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Some old ministers in the hall looked a little strange. If the longevity pill was refined by Wei Yuan himself, wouldn’t there be one or two?

King Pu calmed down and said, "The defence in the south is decayed. This is a fact. The right-winger is overworked. I promised you to take a year off and take your posts to be replaced by Lu Zhongzhi. In addition, I issued an order to Wei Yuan and ordered him to send troops immediately to recover Hanyang Pass, so that there must be no mistakes!"

The left minister's eyebrows moved slightly, but this time he did not object. The right minister thanked his grace and returned to the first position of the military officer, looked at his feet and stopped talking.

After a while, the court dispersed, and the left and right sides walked side by side. The left and right suddenly said, "If it weren't for his alchemy, I would have almost forgotten that he still has the resources of heaven and will take the immortal path in the future."

The right prime minister nodded. Wei Yuan would sooner or later, and embark on the path of immortality. He was not the same as them. Why would he mess with him now?

At Hanyang Pass, Li Chengfeng stood on the city tower and looked west. He saw the setting sun like blood, and the sunset shining on the vast green sea below, as if he was covered with a layer of golden and red straw raincoat for the earth.

He was in a broad mood and had the urge to whistle for a long time. He wanted to recite a poem, and the title of the poem was "Thoughts of Li Chengfeng's Passing in Hanyangguan".

But a black dot suddenly appeared in the sky in front of him. Li Chengfeng rubbed his eyes. Ding Qing looked at him and realized that it was not that he was dazzled, but that someone really flew over. This person was extremely fast and he arrived in front of him in a blink of an eye.

The guards were shocked and pulled out the sword, but then they saw that the person coming was Wei Yuan, so they took the sword back.

Li Chengfeng waved his hand and ordered all the guards to retreat, saying, "Brother Wei, what advice do you have?"

When he said this, Li Chengfeng kept silent in his heart: This guy is over 200 years old, this title is not shameful, not shameful——”

But despite thinking so, my face was still a little hot.

Wei Yuan said: "What are the losses caused by siege?"

"There is no loss. There are only 20,000 to 30,000 defenders in the city, either new recruits or civil warriors. After I surrounded me for half a month, they surrendered, and there were less than 3,000 casualties in total."

Wei Yuan said: "No, the record is indeed brilliant."

Li Chengfeng smiled bitterly and said, "The Xu family has not sent heavy troops to garrison. The main force has not yet moved. I am working hard to build the city defense. I don't know when it will be surrounded by the main force of the Xu family."

Wei Yuan said: "You can take away the property in the city and sell me refugees and prisoners of war to me. I don't want anyone who has a living place in the city."

"Brother Wei wants to take it, even if we sell it, it will seem like we are apart. Of course, if we can offset part of the debt, it would be great."

Wei Yuan said: "Of course it can be achieved. But are you planning to stay here for a long time?"

Li Chengfeng's heart was thrilled and said, "Brother Wei, what advice do you have?"

"The land has been defeated, and your reputation has also been established, and your strength has not been damaged. Isn't this the best result? If you defend your territory,

It’s better to leave it to others, such as a brother and sister you don’t like. After all, you blocked my way and divided me and the tens of thousands of troops placed in Jin State into two."

Li Chengfeng immediately woke up and immediately fell into a cold sweat. He hurriedly asked, "This operation takes some time, how long can I have?

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Wei Yuan smiled and said, "I still have several furnaces of elixirs that have not been refined. It will take three months. It should be after the New Year. During these few months, don't be idle. Go around more often, such as Huangping County, and help me find more refugees. However, there may be several tough battles to fight in Huangping County, so you have to prepare early."

Li Chengfeng was not afraid and sneered: "Those private soldiers of the Xu family? This is not something I, Li, bragged about. If you fight them one-on-one, it would be a bit too bullying them."

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "If you don't fight, who dares to pick you up?"

"What after they pick it up?"

Wei Yuan smiled slightly and did not answer.

When Wei Yuan left, Li Chengfeng immediately summoned the generals and divided up several troops, each with 3,000 people scattered directly in all directions, plundering counties and counties.

Whenever he arrives, he will plunder all the food and grass and burn it if he cannot take it away. In short, no food or houses will be left wherever the army passes. Once he encounters strong resistance or the main force of the Pu army, he will retreat, and Li Chengfeng will lead the main force to support him.

This order was very strange. The generals were quite confused by Li Chengfeng's intentions, but they still implemented it.

In a blink of an eye, the New Year is coming.

This year's New Year in the Western Regions is very desolate, with war everywhere, people displaced, cities one by one, and countless refugees are wearing thin clothes and thick snow, step by step towards Qingming. Rumors have long been spread everywhere, and as long as they arrive in Qingming, they will at least have a meal to eat.

Many people even have Qingming's porridge tickets in their hands. In the five southwest counties, the porridge tickets can exchange small amounts of food from the Qingming Army, so they are easier to use than Xianyin.

Li Chengfeng was a real skill. He led his army to fight against the elders of the Xu family, defeated each of them, divided the Xu family troops scattered in various cities, and wiped out one by one. Two months later, he had occupied most of Hanyang County and half of Huangping County. The main forces of the Pu army and the Xu family private army of the two counties suffered heavy losses and had no power to fight again.

At Li Chengfeng's strong request and directly named, the Sixth Princess of Zhao finally led an army of 200,000 to take over the defense of the two counties. The Sixth Princess and the Prince are brothers and sisters of a mother and compatriot. She is proficient in military tactics and has made many military achievements.

The two sides met in a small town on the edge of Huangping County, and each brought a fully armed personal guard to confront each other.

Li Chengfeng took the lead to the center of the two armies and smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for many days, and my sixth sister is as charming as before!"

Opposite him was a female general with a full body of armor and stomach. She was very beautiful, but she was also murderous and said, "The Fourth Brother has just called my name. If I don't come, my father might have married me. I will definitely be rewarded in the future if I have the intention of this!"

Li Chengfeng smiled and said, "It's too polite to say this. You don't need to repay me. This is what I should do. Being able to make some trouble for you two brothers and sisters is my biggest gain. Oh, by the way, there are many troublemakers in these two counties. Be careful. If you are defeated and captured, fall into the hands of the enemy, and have a few more children, you will not even be able to get married in the future."

The Sixth Princess said coldly: "If you can fight, I can hold on!"

Li Chengfeng laughed and said, "Sixth sister, you are famous for talking about war on paper. You may not be able to defend the place I have captured!"

The two met with gunpowder, and they didn't say anything but a long sentence. After mocking each other, Li Chengfeng threw a map to her and led the army to leave.

The map indicated the retreat time of each city. The entire territory did not exceed three days before and after the retreat. The sixth princess immediately divided the troops and marched with all their might. Then she rushed to various places before Li Chengfeng's troops retreated and took over the city's defense.

In the past three months, the King of Jin issued twelve imperial edicts, urging Wei Yuan to send troops, but Wei Yuan even went to seclusion to refine alchemy, and he didn't even read the imperial edict.

Now he has become more and more experienced in practicing the Great Sun Chaohua Pill. Every time he opens a furnace, there will be a heavenly tribulation. There are many spiritual pills with three or four patterns, and several five-patterned Xuan pills were released. In three months, Wei Yuan suffered seven heavenly tribulations, and his body was burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.

Although Wei Yuan was leisurely, Qingming was very busy. Li Chengfeng was quite able to make trouble. Under the three-foot robbery, a large number of people in the two counties turned into refugees and fled to Qingming.

During these three months, the refugees received more than three million from the Xu family counties alone, and a total of two million from Xiangrong and other counties were received.

In the seventh year of the Tianqi period, Qingming had a population of 13 million. Wei Yuan took a look at his own luck and saw that his luck in the people exceeded 2 million.
Chapter completed!