Time flew by.
Everything was going according to Li Wuyou's plan.
The entire Taiyuan City was immersed in a peaceful and quiet atmosphere. The people knew that the Xiong family was going to marry off their daughter and started to join in the fun. As the wedding officially began, the Xiong family also started to make a big fuss.
The atmosphere in Taiyuan City became even more lively and cheerful.
Now, all the streets and alleys of Taiyuan City, with the Xiong family's mansion as the center, were filled with festive and bright red colors. Almost all the streets and alleys were clean and tidy.
Moreover, there was a big red carpet that extended from the gate of the Xiong family's mansion to the gate of Taiyuan City, and then from the gate of Taiyuan City to the Taiyuan Road outside.
It was a full kilometer away.
The festive and cheerful atmosphere could be seen everywhere.
Within the Xiong family's mansion, the servants, maids, and even the guards had all changed into new clothes because of this wedding banquet. Everyone's face was brimming with smiles.
It seemed that even the flowers and plants of the Xiong family had become full of vitality.
While the Xiong family was like this, the Guanlong army was also lively and festive.
At this moment, Zhao Chuanlong didn't show any abnormalities. Therefore, he also tried his best to show that he was sincerely happy for the Xiong family and Xiong Chengde. Then, the army was very lively.
He had even prepared a few good dishes for the soldiers in the army and gave each of them a few drumsticks.
It was almost extravagant.
Of course, he had also secretly started to do things.
First, he replaced a lieutenant by Deputy General Chen Shangzhu's side. The reason was that the lieutenant by his side had been a little unwell recently and needed someone to help.
After all, there had been a lot of things recently, especially the Xiong family's wedding. They needed someone to do something.
Chen Shangzhu couldn't refuse this reason. Moreover, Chen Shangzhu felt that he would replace Zhao Chuanlong sooner or later. Therefore, it wasn't a bad idea to send his lieutenant over in advance to familiarize himself with the situation.
However, what he didn't know was that Zhao Chuanlong had other reasons for doing this.
This lieutenant was one of Chen Shangzhu's most capable subordinates and was also his most loyal confidant.
He was also the key person who helped Chen Shangzhu contact and win over many generals. He could be said to be Chen Shangzhu's rope, helping Chen Shangzhu tie down many generals below him.
Zhao Chuanlong placed Chen Shangzhu beside him and controlled him.
When something happened, he would just cut it off.
If Chen Shangzhu lost his right-hand man, he would be paralyzed. Later on, he would be able to deal with this guy more smoothly.
Of course, Zhao Chuanlong would not show it at this time. He would only make it seem like he needed help to get this lieutenant over.
It has nothing to do with anything else.
At the same time, in addition to solving the problem of the lieutenant, Zhao Chuanlong also made some other arrangements.
Chen Shangzhu's two elite squads were sent to other places.
They were all dispatched to Taiyuan City to help maintain order at the wedding venue.
After all, Chen Shangzhu only had three teams of elites around him, and they were all responsible for his safety. They were also his most powerful weapons.
However, it was a little troublesome for Zhao Chuanlong to send two teams away.
At first, he didn't agree, but Zhao Chuanlong asked him for a drink and confided in him, putting him in the position of a supplicant.
As a result, Chen Shangzhu felt a little smug. He felt as if he had the entire Guanlong Army under his control. Even the commander-in-chief Zhao Chuanlong came to ask for his help.
In addition, he had also received Xiong Chengde's affirmation before, so he suddenly felt that he was omnipotent.
He even felt that the Guanlong Army was under his control.
He was the master of the Guanlong Army.
Therefore, he let down his guard and began to accept Zhao Chuanlong's arrangement. In the afternoon, he sent his two elite squads to Zhao Chuanlong.
At this point, the matter had basically come to an end.
Zhao Chuanlong's arrangement was all done.
The number of guards around Chen Shangzhu had decreased by a large amount. It was almost an empty nest now. The lieutenant by his side had also been left behind by him.
As long as he wanted to, he could get rid of Chen Shangzhu at any time.
However, the time was not yet right.
Zhao Chuanlong was still waiting for some changes when the real wedding began.
He was waiting for Xiong Chengde's arrangement.
Xiong Chengde said that he wanted to create some trouble and then push all the blame to Zhao Chuanlong, so that he would completely leave the power center of the Guanlong Army.
Zhao Chuanlong didn't know what kind of trouble Xiong Chengde was going to prepare, but he had already thought of a way to deal with it.
No matter what kind of trouble Xiong Chengde caused, Zhao Chuanlong's first reaction would be to kill Chen Shangzhu. Then, he would eliminate Chen Shangzhu's elites as well as the lieutenant.
At that time, if Xiong Chengde wanted to hold him accountable, he could say that it was all Chen Shangzhu's fault.
After all, most of the people were Chen Shangzhu's. Moreover, he could say that Chen Shangzhu colluded with the rebels and was killed directly when he found out.
At that time, Xiong Chengde wouldn't be able to say anything.
He could only admit defeat.
As for the future, Zhao Chuanlong felt that he didn't need to pay attention to Xiong Chengde anymore because he had hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Guanlong Army in his hands. He also wanted to teach Xiong Chengde a lesson.
From then on, Xiong Chengde would no longer have the final say in Taiyuan City and Guanlong City.
In order to achieve this step, Zhao Chuanlong had already begun to prepare to purge the Guanlong Army. He wanted to gradually turn the Guanlong Army into a real iron block.
He wanted to turn the Zhao Family Army into Zhao Chuanlong's own.
This way, Xiong Chengde would have no way to interfere. In this way, Xiong Chengde would have to listen to him obediently.
Otherwise, he would destroy the Xiong Family completely.
These were Zhao Chuanlong's arrangements. He didn't want to destroy the Xiong Family directly, because the Xiong Family was still very useful to him.
The Guanlong Army needed provisions and a lot of things. These things couldn't be completely solved by Zhao Chuanlong alone. If he could solve them, there was only one way, and that was to completely integrate the military and the government.
He would completely control the Guanlong Army.
However, in this way, he would be rebelling. At this stage, Zhao Chuanlong didn't want to rebel. Or rather, he wasn't mentally prepared to rebel.
Therefore, he still needed to use Xiong Chengde to do these things. Therefore, he couldn't completely destroy Xiong Chengde.
This was Zhao Chuanlong's plan.
Of course, his plan didn't include the East Military Depot or anyone else.
If Li Wuyou and the East Military Depot didn't exist, his plan would actually be pretty good. However, he didn't know that the real mastermind behind the scenes had been watching them all this time.
He was waiting for them to fall into his trap.
"Everything will be over when this wedding banquet is over."
"Xiong Chengde, it won't be so easy for you to ride on my head again. In this world, only people with troops in their hands can keep their word."
"If you don't cooperate, don't blame me for turning the Xiong Family into ashes overnight!"
"I, Zhao Chuanlong, still have the ability to do so."
Zhao Chuanlong stood in the backyard of the Zhao Family Mansion under a pavilion hidden by a bamboo forest. He gently wiped the treasured knife in his hand, his face flickering with a sinister and terrifying ferocity.
His killing intent was pressing.
He couldn't wait any longer.
Now, he just had to wait for the wedding to begin.
… …
At the same time.
On the grasslands.
A group of cavalrymen was like a real dragon as they slowly approached from afar. They were moving very slowly and very gently, not making much noise.
Judging from the length and width of this cavalry troop, there were about twenty thousand people.
All of them were riding the best warhorses, carrying the best weapons, and wearing the best armor. They looked like the true army of kings that had descended from the heavens.
This troop had been gathered by Hudu Chanyu from the two main tribes of the grasslands. They were divided into two wings. They were the true army of slaughter and the true heroes of the grasslands.
When Hudu heard about Xiong Chengde's scheme from Morton, he flew into a rage and smashed the colored glass lamp that Xiong Chengde had given him into pieces.
He, the people of the grasslands, wanted to use sincerity to exchange for peaceful coexistence with the Great Zhou Dynasty, wanted to exchange for communication with Guanlong. For this, Hudu even took the initiative to reduce the number of cavalry troops on the grasslands.
However, he didn't expect Xiong Chengde to be planning to completely destroy the grasslands.
Hudu couldn't accept this.
He was completely enraged. The anger in his heart was about to burn the entire Guanlong to ashes.
He had to strike back.
Hudu immediately gathered the many tribal leaders of the grasslands and formulated a series of plans.
On the day of the wedding, Hudu would arrange for someone to wear his mask to enter Taiyuan City. The rest of the attendants would also be arranged by him. They weren't ordinary tribal leaders of the grasslands.
They weren't tribal leaders of the grasslands, either.
They were all handpicked from countless elites in the army. They were the best of the best. In order to avoid being discovered by the people of Sourcepeak City, Hudu even hired the best disguise artist in the tribe. Then, he carefully disguised these people's appearances.
No one could see their true appearances. These people seemed to be honorable tribal leaders. Their faces were also masked, so no one could tell how young they were.
They were the true leaders of a group of pampered tribes.
This would reduce Xiong Chengde's and the others' vigilance to the greatest extent. Then, these people would all enter Taiyuan City. When the wedding started, these people would be the first to cause trouble.
Some of them would cause a ruckus in the Xiong family's residence. They would rush to the backyard and kill Xiong Chengde's family members and all the guests, regardless of whether they were men or women.
They would create chaos in the Xiong family as quickly as possible. Then, before the Xiong family members could react, the remaining people would open the city gates of Taiyuan City.
The entire process was planned. When the city gates opened, these cavalrymen, who were waiting in the distance, would set off as quickly as possible and charge towards Taiyuan City.
They would attack Taiyuan City in one fell swoop.
Once they entered Sourcepeak City, it would be time to massacre the entire city.
Hudu didn't want anything. This time, he didn't want gold, silver, or jewelry. He didn't want food, and he didn't want women. He only wanted to kill.
This was because Xiong Chengde's methods were too abominable.
He had betrayed the trust and support of the people and tribes of the grasslands. He had actually wanted to completely destroy the grasslands. Hudu couldn't tolerate this. He had to destroy Taiyuan City.
He had to turn the city into a ghost town forever and turn it into a mark of shame for the Great Zhou Dynasty.
At the same time, he also wanted to completely destroy the Xiong family.
He wanted to make the Xiong family disappear from this world forever.
However, he wouldn't destroy Xiong Chengde or Xiong Dai. He wanted Xiong Chengde to see his daughter become the plaything of the people of the grasslands. He wanted Xiong Chengde to enjoy this kind of sorrow and misery forever.
This was the revenge of the people of the grasslands on the Xiong family.
It was the most terrifying revenge.
"Are you all ready?"
Hudu Chanyu asked as he stood on top of a horse carriage. A cold wind blew past him as he gazed at the steaming grasslands and the faintly discernible mountains in the distance. There was an indescribable ferocity on his face as he asked.
"Reporting to Chanyu, we are all ready!"
Morton and the people behind him, who had already dressed up, replied one after another.
They were all ready.
Behind them were more than 20,000 grassland cavalrymen. They were all the best of the best.
They were all fully prepared.
They had already decided to go on a killing spree.
"Very good."
Hudu Chanyu took a deep breath and raised the semicircular scimitar in his hand. His eyes flickered with a sinister glint as he shouted.
"Please remember that the grassland tribes are going to teach the Great Zhou Dynasty, Taiyuan City, and the Xiong family a real lesson today."
"We are going to completely destroy Taiyuan City!"
"Yes!"
All the generals, including Morton and the others, had the same ferocious look on their faces as they knelt on the ground and shouted one after another.
The cavalrymen couldn't shout in order not to reveal their movements. However, all of them raised the scimitars in their hands in unison and pointed them towards the sky.
The cold and austere atmosphere seemed to make the clouds in the sky feel oppressive and lofty.
The sky and earth were filled with killing intent.
"Let's go!"
After a short period of gathering momentum, the atmosphere between the sky and earth had become extremely austere. Then, the general who pretended to be Hudu Chanyu sheathed the scimitar in his hand and waved it towards the distance.
Whoosh!
The soldiers who were also ready spurred their horses and followed behind the general, galloping into the distance.
It was time for them to go to Taiyuan City to welcome the bride!
Woo woo woo woo!
At the same time, a loud and clear howl came from the direction of Taiyuan City. That was a welcome to them …
What everyone didn't know was that the sound of the horn wasn't a celebration.
It was a true massacre and chaos!
A bloodbath was about to begin!
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