"Oh no! It's too late! "
When the First Army's General-in-Chief Li Hongsheng saw Hong Yi's troops coming out of the city in an orderly manner, his first thought wasn't the joy of the city being breached by the vanguard, but a heaviness as if his heart had fallen into a bottomless pit.
This General-in-Chief Li Hongsheng had outstanding military exploits and was a trusted aide of Deng Yuantong, the First Army's Commander-in-Chief. This time, he had been specifically told by Deng Yuantong's aides to pay special attention to Hong Yi and Wei Lei, these two young masters, who had fought over the credit.
Hong Yi was Prince Yu's man, while Wei Lei was the son of Nanzhou's governor, and this involved the struggle between the Crown Prince and Prince Yu for the throne. No one was willing to be involved in this dispute. Who was willing to be exterminated?
Even Marshal Yan Zhen of the Pacification Navy, who had a life-and-death friendship with Prince Yu, could only take an ambiguous attitude when it involved his entire clan. It wasn't good to offend either side.
As a general, Li Hongsheng was already an incomparably slippery character. How could he not take Deng Yuantong's orders seriously? As soon as Hong Yi and Wei Lei's vanguard left, he immediately led the experts of the army and followed closely behind.
But along the way, there were too many venomous insects and snakes in the forest. Many soldiers were bitten to death, and from time to time, groups of Yun Meng's experts would jump out and shoot arrows from the Demonic Iron Guards. There were also all kinds of traps and pirates intercepting and killing them, causing his army to slow down by half a beat.
He had finally arrived at the central plains of the Giant Whale Island with great difficulty, only to see Hong Yi leading his men out arrogantly. How could his heart not be ice-cold? A feeling that something bad was about to happen filled his entire chest.
"Hong Yi! Where's Wei Lei? "
Seeing that Hong Yi's troops had left the city, Li Hongsheng jumped off his horse and ran to Hong Yi in a few steps, ignoring the bodyguards beside him. He raised his horsewhip and asked fiercely.
"I'm the commander of the Green Battalion, Hong Yi. Greetings, General Li!" Hong Yi did not care about General Li Hongsheng's loss of composure. Instead, he reported calmly, "The city has been breached by our army. The chief pirate, Huang Mei, and the third pirate, Gan Lin, have fled. Commander Wei Lei arrived before me. After breaching the city, he went straight into it. When I arrived, Commander Wei Lei had already died for his country."
"What did you say?" Li Hongsheng felt as if his ear had been stung by a wasp. He roared again, "What happened to Wei Lei?"
"The Guard Commander took the lead and broke through the city gates, charging straight in. When I arrived, Commander Wei had already died for his country! "Hong Yi repeated word by word.
"Die for the country … Die for the country … That's dead … Dead, dead. What should I do? What should I do?" Li Hongsheng spun around without a care for his image. Suddenly, he threw away the horsewhip in his hand and stared fiercely at Hong Yi. He lowered his voice and said, "Did you kill Wei Lei secretly because you were greedy?"
"General Li, please be careful with your words." Hong Yi's face suddenly became expressionless. His tone seemed to be frozen. He pointed at Lélie and said, "This is Commander Wei's butler and trusted aide, Mr. Luo Lie. When I arrived, he was fighting hard. You can ask him if Commander Wei was greedy and rash, fell into the pirate's trap, and was killed. "
"Huh?" Li Hongsheng turned his head suspiciously and looked at Lélie. Lélie immediately took two steps forward, "My young master didn't listen to my advice and wanted to kill his way into the city, but he was ambushed …"
"General Li, I have already counted all the treasures and armory in the city. They are specially waiting for the army to come and receive them. General, please take a look. But I hope you don't make unnecessary guesses. Otherwise, I will definitely report this to Prince Yu and get justice for me. "Hong Yi's tone became colder and colder. He stared at Li Hongsheng with undisguised killing intent.
"I misspoke just now." Li Hongsheng felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Hong Yi's icy gaze. "Wei Lei is already dead anyway. If he was the killer, then this person is vicious and extremely powerful. If he wasn't the killer, I wouldn't have had to stand up for him."
At this thought, Li Hongsheng turned and mounted his horse. "Come, let's enter the city!"
There was no longer any suspense in this matter.
This time, after the army entered the city, the corpses, valuables, rations, and other tasks were carried out. Hong Yi withdrew completely, returning to his iron-armored flying ship to rest and recuperate. He also took inventory of the valuables he had obtained from the bandit extermination.
In this operation, Hong Yi had obtained more than three hundred thousand taels of silver notes and more than a hundred thousand taels of jewelry. Apart from that, he had obtained a full set of armor, a bow, and a Xuan Gang Saber. All the soldiers under him were extremely grateful to Hong Yi.
Although this was a huge sum of money, Hong Yi's greatest gains were the Thunder Saber Sutra, the Shattering Godly Saber, and the subjugation of an expert like Lélie. He had also obtained many martial arts manuals, including the Fighting Buddha Records written by Yin Yue.
This Fighting Buddha Records recorded thousands of battles that Yin Yue had with various sects, demonic immortals, and experts over the past hundred years. At the same time, he had written down the important points and situations of the various sects' martial arts for analysis.
Apart from that, the most valuable thing was that Yin Yue had written down the personalities, specialties, and cultivation of the various experts in the world.
For example, Peacock King Xing Xuan. Yin Yue had said that he had gone through three lightning tribulations, two of which were Corpse Disintegration. His soul had already been trained to the point of having pure Yang energy. When he attacked, with just a thought and a wave of his hand, he would be able to fill the sky with Five Element Sword Energy. He could also use Metal Energy to protect his body, and with just a thought, he could gather his primordial spirit and turn it into a real army. His Dao technique of refining spirits into weapons could be said to be the best. He also had all sorts of techniques and was the top of the eight demonic immortals.
For example, the Golden Spider King never fought head-on with others. Even if he met a small character, he would sneak attack. If he failed, he would immediately retreat. He was the most difficult person to deal with out of all the demonic immortals in the world.
The Golden Spider King's introduction made Hong Yi not know whether to laugh or cry. He did not expect that there would be such a person in the world. It was fine if he met a powerful character and sneak attack, but if he met a small character and did not fight head-on, how could he be considered as a demonic immortal?
"There are so many experts in the world. I'm still considered as an ant now."
This was the first thought that came to Hong Yi's mind after he roughly finished reading the Fighting Buddha Chronicles.
In the cultivation of Dao technique, there were still nine more lightning tribulations above the Ghost Immortal. With each level passed, the pure Yang energy in the soul would increase, and the Dao technique would also be improved by a level. When all nine levels returned to one, the Yin energy in the soul would be refined, and one would understand the rotation of the universe and achieve the Yang Spirit. After achieving the Yang Spirit, whether or not one could transcend the Nirvana Realm and the realm above it was illusory.
Just a few days after Hong Yi counted the harvest, the documents reporting the suppression of bandits began to be sent from the Pacification Naval Headquarters to the Ministry of War in Jade Capital. Finally, it was transferred from the Ministry of War to the Cabinet. After the Cabinet Ministers reviewed it together, they selected the important ones and handed them to the Emperor.
At the same time, Wei Taicang, the Governor of the seven southern provinces, also received the news that Wei Lei had sacrificed his life for the country.
The Governor's Office of the seven southern provinces was located in the most prosperous province of the South, Huayang Province, facing the Dragon Magpie Lake. There was a row of tall houses with red walls covering an area of five hundred acres. The base of the walls and the corners were guarded day and night by the nail-like soldiers who took turns to change shifts. There were also teams of soldiers in iron armor and helmets patrolling tightly like iron buckets.
Wei Taicang, the Governor of the seven southern provinces, had been the Governor of the seven southern provinces for thirty years. He controlled the military and civil affairs of the seven provinces. People in the Ming Dynasty called Wei Taicang "Prince of Zhennan".
As the Governor and the highest official for thirty years, his power was deeply rooted in the South. The Wei family was the number one family in the South, even more powerful than the Zhao family.
However, at this time, in the Governor's Office, the two to three thousand servants, maids, maids, and servants of the Wei family were all shrouded in a tense and oppressive atmosphere. This was because the Governor, Wei Taicang, was in a bad mood.
No matter who it was, they would not be in a good mood after losing their precious son.
"Greedy for achievements, greedy for achievements … How is this possible! Lei 'er has so many experts by his side, and there are even Taoist techniques experts! I even sent out a hundred men of sacrifice. They are all top-notch Martial Masters, and they can fight one against ten experts. With this strength, even if they encounter an army of ten thousand, they can kill their way in and out. How could they die when they are exterminating small pirates! Investigate if someone is playing tricks! Secretly killing them! If I find out, I will exterminate their nine generations! "
Crack! The sturdy rosewood armrest of the gold-inlaid rosewood chair was crushed into powder by an old man in embroidered robes, with a silver beard and skin as smooth as a baby's.
This old man was Wei Taicang.
"Master, don't worry. Mr. Sun and I will make a trip to the Pacification Naval Headquarters. We will get to the bottom of this!"
An old steward beside Wei Taicang bowed.
Inside Prince Yu's Office.
"This Hong Yi, I have really underestimated him! In Hou Qingchen's handwritten letter, he said that during the battle at White Cloud Village, he was the one who used Taoist techniques to kill Zhao Feirong! And now, in the battle of Giant Whale Island, he killed Green Brows! He has done a great service. That Wei Lei, Wei Taicang's son, I dare say that he was the one who did it! "
Prince Yu took a copy of the Ministry of War's bulletin and read it over and over again, studying it.
"However, the Ministry of War's bulletin clearly states that the commander, Hong Yi, fought bitterly against Green Brows in the Serpent Valley and suffered heavy losses. In the end, he killed Green Brows and had no choice but to return to the camp. Wei Lei, on the other hand, broke into the city alone and was ambushed. They didn't even meet."
Yun Qing said to Prince Yu.
Prince Yu shook his head. "Who is Zhao Feirong? She is the most outstanding successor of the Daluo. Her martial arts are unfathomable. Even Hong Yi can kill her. How can a mere Green Brows stop her? However, I don't understand either. When Hong Yi left, his martial arts weren't outstanding, and his Taoist techniques weren't very high either. If his Taoist techniques are high, his martial arts must be good as well. It's impossible for a Ghost Immortal to only be at the Martial Warrior level. This makes me feel strange. "
"That's very simple. There's someone behind him, the Supreme Dao." Yun Qing smiled.
"No matter what, he has sincerely pledged his allegiance to me. It seems that I have to strengthen him and let him display his skills!" Prince Yu stood up. "Blood Guillotine!" "Listen up!"
"Yes sir!"
Just as Prince Yu gave the order, a tall and thin young man dressed in dark red clothes suddenly walked in.
"Bring the nine people from the Blood Drop Camp and head straight for the Pacification Naval Headquarters. Then, join Hong Yi and listen to his orders. His orders are my orders!"
In Marquis Wu Wen's mansion, the Grand Preceptor Hong Xuanji was also looking at the Ministry of War's bulletin and many secret letters.
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