Raging Tide City looked normal on the surface, but there were surging undercurrents.
Because of a terrible rumor.
Xuanwu's Hou Jinzhuo was already dead, assassinated by an expert from the Wu Kingdom.
At first, many merchants scoffed at this rumor.
Was this a joke?
Marquis Jin Zhuo was originally a martial arts expert, and he had several experts by his side.
If they wanted to assassinate him, they would have to send a Grandmaster.
But which grandmaster in the world would be willing to be an assassin?
That was true in a way.
At the very least, the six Grandmasters of the State of Yue did not accept any orders from the government. Basically, they drew a clear line between them.
If not for the sake of saving his wife, Li Qianqiu would never have listened to Shen Lang and assassinated Su Nan.
Moreover, this wasn't the first time rumors of Jin Zhuo's death had spread, so no one would take it seriously.
But gradually, many people felt that something was wrong, because Marquis Jin Zhuo had not appeared for a long time.
As the lord of Raging Tide City, it was not normal for him to not show his face for three days.
In the following period of time, the representative of the Marquis Xuanwu Mansion was Jin Shiying, the nominal Raging Tide City Lord.
His face was expressionless and it was impossible to see whether he was happy or sad. It was impossible to obtain the status of the Marquis of Xuanwu's life or death from him.
However, there was one signal that was extremely clear.
Marquis Xuanwu's fleet retreated, with part of it returning to the Raging Tide City's dock and the rest returning to the Kim family's dock in Tiannan Province.
The merchant caravans of the Heavenly Dao Association also officially stopped sailing.
This was definitely not normal.
The Heavenly Dao Association's trade fleet was always full of gold and silver every day. Why did it suddenly stop?
Something big must have happened.
Therefore, many people guessed that Xuanwu Hou Jinzhuo might have really been assassinated.
But at this moment.
Xuanwu and Hou Jinzhuo appeared again, but they were far away and wearing armor.
It would have been fine if he hadn't shown his face, but once he did, it caused a lot of speculation.
It seemed that the Marquis of Xuanwu was really dead. Otherwise, why would he send a substitute?
This was not normal, it was very strange.
… …
Was Jin Zhuo dead?
Zhuo Zhaoyan wasn't sure either, because Bitterhead Joy didn't come back to find her.
There were two possibilities.
The first possibility was that Bitterhead Joy had failed to kill Jin Zhuo, so he was too ashamed to see her.
The second possibility was that Bitterhead Joy had already killed Jin Zhuo, but he regretted it afterwards. He felt that he had done something wrong, so he didn't dare to come and see her.
Whether Jin Zhuo was dead or not was especially important to the following situation.
But regardless of whether Jin Zhuo was dead or not, Raging Tide City had to be attacked.
The Yin Yuan Society was determined to get the Raging Tide City.
Because of the glass mirror, the Tiandao Society had regained the initiative in many trades, and the Yin Yuan Society had suffered huge losses.
The fall of Raging Tide City made things worse for the Hidden Origin Association.
The current Raging Tide City wasn't just the trading center of the State of Yue's eastern sea. It was said that there was a secret workshop under the castle that specialized in making glass mirrors.
This was too important to the Hidden Yuan Society.
No matter how one looked at it, they had to take Raging Tide City.
But if Jin Zhuo died, it would be much easier to seize Raging Tide City.
…
Raging Tide City was still the same as before, a free city.
After the Kim family seized control of the city, this did not change.
The city still had no city walls, so any merchant could come and do business.
As such, the city was naturally prosperous.
But it was also filled with crooks and honest folk.
You had no idea who was behind these shops.
In a secret underground room covered with leather.
Zhuo Zhaoyan secretly met with the Yin Yuan Society's envoy, Shu Tingyu.
"Bitterhead Joy didn't come back to find me, so I can't be sure whether he killed Jin Zhuo or not."
Shu Tingyu was silent.
Zhuo Zhaoyan said, "Jin Mulan isn't good at hiding his emotions. Do you want me to go to Xuanwu City?"
Shu Tingyu shook her head. "No, absolutely not. This matter is too important. His Highness can't be dragged into it. "
Seizing Raging Tide City was the Yin Yuan Society's strategy, but supporting the State of Yue's Crown Prince was the Shu family's greatest strategy.
Shu Tingyu said, "The thirty thousand troops have been gathered. If Jin Zhuo is dead, this battle must be fought. If Jin Zhuo isn't dead, this battle must be fought."
Thirty thousand troops?
Thirty thousand troops to attack Raging Tide City?
Where did this come from?
Zhuo Zhaoyan said, "The Crown Prince's secret intelligence. The Heavenly Law Association has already sensed danger and is sending a steady stream of warriors to Raging Tide City."
Not just that.
This was an incomparably huge game of chess.
The Chu army was causing conflict at the border, and Zhong Yao's army was on guard.
At this time, the border between Chu and Yue was heating up every day. The two hundred thousand troops were approaching each other, and a war could break out at any time.
South of Tianxi Province.
New Qiang King Alutai's forty thousand troops had set off and would soon enter the State of Yue.
Su Nan's twenty thousand troops had been gathered.
Once Su and Qiang united, the two armies would have seventy to eighty thousand troops.
In the blink of an eye, the heavens fell and the earth split. In a month's time, the southern part of Yue State's Tian Xi Province would fall.
North of the State of Yue!
Monarch Ning Yuanxian had arrived at Shangye City, personally leading the army.
Not only did he mobilize the North General's Nangong Ao's tens of thousands of troops, but he also mobilized half of Yanzhou's Bian Xiao's troops.
It was as if he was going to fight King Wu.
At this time, all eyes were on the border of Wuyue.
After all, this was a battle between two kings.
In the southern part of the State of Yue, General Zhu Lin had already pulled back the defensive line and defended the capital of The South Kingdom.
Prince Jin took the opportunity to lead the Sand Barbaric army to recover their lost territory.
For the State of Yue, it was truly an ambush on all sides and a crisis on all sides.
Who would have thought that the fuse of this fatal crisis was actually Su Nan alone?
The Emperor of the Great Yan Empire had already sent three waves of messengers to the camps of King Wu and King Yue respectively, to advise them to make peace.
Of course, they had to do this on the surface.
Even though the Emperor of the Great Yan Empire could not wait to beat these countries into a pile of sh * t.
The new policies of other countries might be fake, but the new policies of the Great Yan Empire were real. Not only did they target the old nobles, but they had also started to target the civil and military officials.
The most terrifying thing was!
The new policies of the Great Yan Empire were coming to an end.
Once the new policies were completed, the power of the entire empire would be in the hands of the Emperor.
At that time, the other countries would not even have the courage to look the Emperor in the eye.
Back to business.
The Great Yue Empire had become a huge chessboard. The chess pieces seemed isolated, but they were actually intertwined.
For the Battle of Raging Tide.
It was like an arrow nocked on the bowstring.
Shu Tingyu said, "Do you know how much money Monarch Ning Yuanxian borrowed from the Yinyuan Association?"
Zhuo Zhaoyan asked, "How much?"
Shu Tingyu said, "2.3 million gold coins."
Zhuo Zhaoyan inhaled sharply.
Borrowing so much money at once?
It did not sound like a lot. After all, the Yinyuan Association had once lent Jin Yu Count a million gold coins, and the Heaven Dao Association had also lent Shen Lang a million gold coins.
However, they had actual assets as collateral, so there was no need to worry about not being able to repay them.
However, Monarch Ning Yuanxian did not have any assets as collateral when he borrowed from the Yinyuan Association.
More importantly, he had borrowed a lot of money before and had yet to repay them. Now, he had borrowed so much more.
Shu Tingyu said, "And in order to seize the Raging Tide City, our Hidden Origin Association spent more than 1.5 million gold coins on lobbying and military expenses."
Hearing these figures, Zhuo Zhaoyan felt her scalp go numb.
The Yinyuan Association was extremely rich, but within the State of Yue, its annual net profit would not exceed 1 million gold coins.
"Therefore, the Battle of Raging Tide is like an arrow nocked on the bowstring. We have to fight even if Jin Zhuo is dead."
The Yinyuan Association had already paid for the thirty thousand troops a month ago.
"Alright, your mission is complete. Leave the matter of confirming Jin Zhuo's death to me," Shu Tingyu said indifferently.
Zhuo Zhaoyan froze.
What else could Shu Tingyu do?
… …
Zhuo Zhaoyan left!
Shu Tingyu ordered, "Activate the Snowman. I must know for sure whether Jin Zhuo is dead or not!"
The subordinate was startled.
The Snowman was a very deep pawn of the Yinyuan Association in the Kim family.
It had never been used before.
Even when Chou Tianwei attacked Wangya Island, the Yinyuan Association was confident of success and did not use this spy.
Now it was finally time to use it.
It seemed like the situation had reached a critical moment.
… …
Half an hour later!
In a shop not far from the Raging Tide City Lord's Residence, a brand new signboard was hung. A three-clawed Snowman with one eye open and the other closed.
Of course, this attracted almost no one's attention.
Because this shop sold all kinds of alcohol. In the hot summer, they also sold iced sour plum soup. Wasn't it normal to use a Snowman as their signboard?
Moreover, the shops in Raging Tide City were very modern. Some shops would change their signboards every once in a while.
When everyone saw the new Snowman signboard, they thought it was quite interesting.
And a certain person on the castle wall of the Raging Tide City Lord's Residence narrowed his eyes and his heart trembled when he saw the new Snowman signboard.
Has this day finally come?
It was finally here!
It's good that it's here.
… …
In the evening!
Shu Tingyu of the Yinyuan Association met the Snowman who had been undercover in the Kim family for a long time.
Of course, it couldn't be considered a meeting.
Because the two of them were talking through a thin wall.
Shu Tingyu still couldn't see his face.
This was also a kind of protection so that when they met on another occasion, even the slightest flaw would be revealed.
The other's voice was hoarse and couldn't be recognized at all.
"Has the Snowman on the Great Snow Mountain melted?"
"No, but the Great Calamity Palace is about to collapse. It broke two of the Snowman's toes. Now there are only three left."
The two of them finished the secret code. This secret code was unique and there was no possibility of impersonation.
Shu Tingyu asked, "Is Jin Zhuo dead?"
The other party thought for a while.
Shu Tingyu said, "This answer is very important. It is completely related to the next deployment of the Yinyuan Association."
The other party said, "I didn't see Marquis Jin Zhuo's body. I haven't seen him for several days. But I saw An Zaishi's body being carried out. Although it was very hidden, I still found it because it had to pass through my eyes. "
Shu Tingyu said, "Is this person very close to Jin Zhuo?"
The Snowman said, "They are together all the time. Any food of Marquis Jin Zhuo has to pass through his inspection."
Shu Tingyu said, "Did you see the night of the assassination?"
The Snowman said, "No, I wasn't there at the time. When it was my turn to be on duty, I never saw Marquis Jin Zhuo again. "
Shu Tingyu said, "Is there no reason?"
The Snowman said, "There is no reason."
Shu Tingyu said, "There was no mention of the assassination case?"
The Snowman said, "No."
Shu Tingyu said, "Is there any movement from Marquis Xuanwu's residence?"
The Snowman said, "Jin Mulan has secretly entered Raging Tide City."
Shu Tingyu said, "Jin Mulan is here?"
The Snowman said, "Yes, it is still kept a secret from the outside."
Jin Mulan had actually come to Raging Tide City.
This wasn't normal.
All along, it had been Jin Zhuo guarding Raging Tide City and Jin Mulan guarding Marquis Xuanwu's residence.
Marquis's residence was the root of the Kim family. Now, Jin Mulan had actually abandoned the residence and came directly to Raging Tide City.
Shu Tingyu said, "When she came, did she look sad?"
The Snowman fell into his memories, then shook his head, "No, she was full of doubts."
Shu Tingyu closed her eyes.
That's right, that's right.
Marquis Jin Zhuo was dead, but it was completely hidden from the outside world.
Warriors of the Heavenly Dao Association were constantly arriving, and all the trade ships were almost completely stopped.
Jin Mulan had secretly entered Raging Tide City, but even she didn't know that Jin Zhuo was dead. Because she wasn't good at disguising herself, it was easy for her to be seen through.
She was sent to Raging Tide City to manage the situation.
The Snowman said, "I have to hurry back, I'm too important in the castle. If I leave for more than a quarter of an hour, I'll be noticed."
Shu Tingyu said, "Will they suspect you?"
The Snowman said, "How could that be? I'm the most trusted person in the Kim family, even I feel like I'm the Kim family's loyal dog. "
Shu Tingyu said, "Then you should go back first and be ready to receive our new orders."
The Snowman hesitated for a moment, "What do you plan to do with me after this?"
Shu Tingyu was silent for a moment, then said, "I can brag about you to the heavens, even offering you a title. But in fact, I can't be completely sure, because the situation is very complicated. This is a very big game with many big players involved. "
The Snowman was silent for a moment, then said, "I understand."
Shu Tingyu said, "But I can guarantee that you'll be alive. And the Kim family is destined to become the first victims of this great conspiracy. No one in the world can save the Kim family. "
The Snowman was silent.
Shu Tingyu said, "But in the next few years, we'll arrange for you to enter a higher position, that's your chance to soar."
The Snowman got up, "Goodbye."
Then, he left.
… …
Shu Tingyu was right.
At this time, the entire State of Yue was a big chessboard.
For the Monarch, the two most important chessboards were in the north and the other in the west.
Raging Tide City was very important to the Kim family, but for the Monarch, it was far less important.
His attention wasn't even on Raging Tide City.
At this time, he was completely focused on the game with King Wu.
Decisive battle, decisive battle!
Personally leading the army.
A war of national fate, a war of national fate.
Ning Yuanxian's slogan was deafening.
The war in Nanao was even suspended, and Yao of the Western Army had received an order to defend and not come out.
Ning Yuanxian directly borrowed 2,300,000 gold coins from the Yinyuan Association as the military expenses for this decisive battle.
The Marquis of North Suppression, Nangong Ao, had tens of thousands of troops, and Bian Xiao had a total of 100,000 troops. Ning Yuanxian transferred 60,000 of them away.
The remaining 40,000 troops had to defend Yanzhou, which was a bit of a stretch.
It was said that Bian Xiao smashed the table, which showed how angry he was.
The most dangerous place in the State of Yue was Yanzhou, and now Ning Yuanxian transferred half of the main force there.
At this time, the State of Yue had 100,000 troops on the defensive line of the North Heaven Province.
It was a battle that could topple a nation.
The young King Wu was also shocked. He didn't expect Ning Yuanxian to react so violently.
He had only defeated Ning Yuanxian at the border hunting, and then led 30,000 troops south to Shangye Prefecture to provoke him.
It was all a cover for a strategic breakthrough in other directions.
But he didn't expect that he would directly anger Ning Yuanxian, who would personally lead the army and fight a decisive battle.
Not only that, Ning Yuanxian had many generals under him, including Marquis Zhenbei Nangong Ao, Third Prince Ning Qi, and Chingan Wu Zhaozhong.
The country was completely thrown to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince, who had just been supervising the country, was supervising the country again.
Of course, the young King Wu didn't want to fight, but if Ning Yuanxian went crazy, he could only fight.
Therefore, the King Wu could only desperately gather troops at the border of Wuyue.
But he would never take the initiative to attack, because Su Nan's rebellion was imminent. When Su Qiang's army killed their way into the West Heaven Province of the State of Yue, it would be the best time to divide the State of Yue.
In just half a month.
The two kings gathered 200,000 troops at the border.
At the closest point, the two kings were no more than five miles apart, facing each other from a distance.
… …
They moved the chess game to the west of the Kingdom of Great Yue.
Shen Lang led more than two hundred warriors and took the lead to charge into Princess White Night's city.
Then, the most ferocious group of robbers behind him also charged in crazily.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
"Kill them all, burn them all, rob them all!"
This group of people roared madly, holding all kinds of weapons, and rushed into the city of Daye Prefecture.
This group of looters was ecstatic and excited.
They finally came to this big city, and they could finally loot freely.
"Brothers, rush into all the shops and rob everything."
"Rob money, rob treasures, rob women, and have fun."
Shen Lang's expression changed, and he shouted, "I have ordered before, only the shops of the Western Region merchants can be looted, not the shops of the State of Yue. You can kill the warriors of the Western Region, but you can't kill the merchants of the State of Yue, and you can't rape/humiliate any women. "
This was indeed the iron law set by Shen Lang.
"Hahaha …" A few of the leaders of the Marauders laughed out loud, "City Lord Shen Lang, do you think you can still control everyone at this time? Don't be delusional, this is the last city we hijacked. You have already opened the gate for us, and you are useless now. "
"Yes, Governor Shen Lang, if I were you, I would run away quickly, the farther the better, because we are afraid that we can't control ourselves and capture you, and give you to Lord Su Nan."
"Brothers, this pretty boy wants to control us, stop us from looting, and stop us from sleeping with women, do you think we should agree?"
"No, no!"
"If the pretty boy dares to stop us, kill him, kill him!"
Many crazy bandits and hooligans roared.
At this time, it was very easy to distinguish the composition of this group of people. The group at the front must be local hooligans and bandits, because they were the most daring.
"Governor Shen Lang, get out of the way, don't stop us from getting rich, don't stop us from sleeping with women, or we will kill you too!"
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
More and more looters rushed into the city gate, and more and more.
There were hundreds, thousands of people.
They all waved the machetes in their hands, as if they had gone crazy.
Flower City was right in front of them, countless shops were waiting for them to loot, and there were even many beautiful women waiting for them to sleep with.
Now, Shen Lang wanted to suppress them?
Was he dreaming?
"Pretty boy, get out of the way, or else we will sleep with you too."
"Hahahaha!"
Shen Lang looked at this group of people deeply.
He waved his hand and said, "Get out of the way!"
Instantly, more than two hundred riders behind him made way.
"Hahahaha …" Many of the looters were overjoyed.
"This pretty boy City Lord is indeed a spear head that looks like silver. He's useless at all, and he's scared by us."
"Charge, charge, let's get rich."
"Rob money, rob women!"
Thousands of looters rushed crazily into the city.
Tonight, they were going to indulge.
Because this was the last loot, they no longer had to suppress their desires.
However, in the next minute!
They looked up.
On the street in front of them, there were three short walls, all of which were made of bamboo baskets filled with sand.
These three walls were only as high as their chests.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh!"
Rows and rows of soldiers stood up abruptly.
They appeared coldly in front of this group of looters.
A full thousand fully armed elite warriors, the army that Zhang Chong brought from the capital.
"Release, release, release, release …"
Zhang Chong gave the order!
Arrows rained down!
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh …"
Round after round of volleys.
This group of looters was originally inside the city gate, completely crowded together.
At this moment, the rain of arrows came.
It was a complete massacre.
This group of looters fell to the ground and died.
Several bandit leaders were shocked at first.
Then they shouted, "City Lord Shen Lang, you tricked us, you're so vicious, you're so vicious."
Shen Lang turned a deaf ear.
Zhang Chong turned a deaf ear.
Countless sharp arrows rained down like a rainstorm.
"Big Fool, close the gate!" Shen Lang gave the order!
Big Fool slammed the city gate shut!
Instantly, the looter team was completely divided.
Thousands of the most ferocious local thugs and habitual criminals were blocked inside the city gate.
"Swish, swish, swish, swish!"
The cold rain of arrows fell expressionlessly.
Several bandit leaders shouted, "Brothers, fight them to the death, fight them to the death."
Then, five people brandished their broadswords and madly rushed over.
The reason why these five people became leaders was because they themselves were local tyrants, roughly equivalent to the status of Tian Heng in Xuanwu City.
Their martial arts were considered high.
The five people madly led the charge.
When they met on a narrow path, the brave would win.
He had to carve out a path of blood and kill the pretty boy, Shen Lang!
However, they had only rushed up a dozen steps.
In an instant, their heads flew into the sky.
Grand Princess Ning Jie retreated with one strike and killed the five bandit leaders.
"Swish, swish, swish …"
The rain of arrows rained down!
A quarter of an hour later!
The craziest looters who charged in were all killed without a trace.
Shen Lang said to Zhang Chong, "Sir Zhang, we have the military expenses."
These thousands of people were the craziest looters, and each of them had tens of hundreds of gold coins on them.
All the gold coins on these people were seized, and it was an astronomical figure.
Zhang Chong said, "Shen, you've gone too far."
Shen Lang: "It's big. Originally, we wouldn't have met before the big battle. But after playing so big, we met again. I didn't expect this group of people to follow me like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. In the end, even I couldn't control it. "
Zhang Chong said, "From now on, who knows how many people in the entire White Night County will hate you to the bone. The two of us will definitely stop crying."
Shen Lang: "A man can't be ruthless. Sitting in our position, we can only stick to the bottom line of kindness. But we must not be soft-hearted. Those who are soft-hearted are all dead! "
Zhang Chong nodded in agreement.
Then, he smiled and said, "Shen, let's go up the city wall together! Su Quan's army will be here soon. Let's join forces and give him a huge surprise. "
Shen Lang: "I hope Su Nan won't vomit blood this time!"
Then, Zhang Chong and Shen Lang climbed up the city wall.
All of Zhang Chong's elite troops also climbed up the city wall.
Shen Lang ordered, "Wu Lie, tell your men to pick up all the gold coins on the ground. Don't hide a single one. All of them must be returned to the public as military expenses for the upcoming battle against Su Nan."
"Yes!" Wu Lie said loudly.
Su Nan tried every possible way to get his hands on these gold coins.
Now, this astronomical amount of gold coins was harvested by Shen Lang as military expenses for the battle against Su Nan.
If he knew, he would probably vomit blood.
… …
On the city wall!
Shen Lang looked down.
Nearly twenty thousand looters were on the city wall, like a school of boiling fish on the sea when a big net was scooped up.
They struggled and flailed wildly.
The city gate was closed.
These twenty thousand looters couldn't get in at all.
Suddenly, there was a burst of wailing and cursing.
"Castellan Shen Lang, you're so vicious."
"Goddamn pretty boy castellan."
In the distance, Su Quan's army was getting closer and closer.
The sound of iron hooves hitting the ground was getting more and more deafening.
Shen Lang roared loudly, "Fellow looters, run away!"
"Run in all directions. It's dark now. You still have a chance to live if you escape."
"This is a game of life and death! You've snatched money that you can't earn in this life. You need to exchange your life for it. "
"If you're lucky, you can escape and live a life of glory and wealth."
"If you're not lucky and can't escape, then die!"
"This world is very fair, and fate is also very fair."
"If you want to curse me, Shen Lang, do as you please!"
"If you don't escape, Su Quan's army will rush up and kill you all!"
"Run, run!"
The sound of hooves behind them was getting more and more intense.
Many of the looters clutched the gold coins they had snatched and fled in all directions.
Like a herd of frightened beasts.
They instantly dispersed.
Countless people wept and cursed loudly.
Su Quan's army charged even more frantically towards the city of White Night.
He was really going crazy!
Completely crazy!
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