Yan Ting was not the only one keeping an eye on the grain.
After Weiguo received the news from the escorted cultivators, Xuan Wei immediately contacted Niu Youdao and asked what Niu Youdao was up to.
Niu Youdao's reply was simple. The grain was in Yan Country's hands.
There was no additional explanation. Some things didn't need to be explained. Everything would be left to the future. When the time came, the public's anger would naturally be appeased.
Shao Pingbo, who was in the State of Jin, kept a close eye on Niu Youdao. The matter of the grain being intercepted by the State of Wei left him restless. He didn't know what Niu Youdao was up to. It wasn't until he learned that the Han Song cultivators didn't loot or destroy the grain that he realized that Niu Youdao had likely reached some sort of secret agreement with the Han Song.
Was Southern Province going to rebel? This thought lingered in Shao Pingbo's mind. He denied it again and again. One of the reasons he denied it was that Shang Chaozong wasn't likely to rebel.
"Eldest Young Master, take a rest."
Shao Pingbo frowned. He stood in front of the window and looked at the falling snow. Shao Sansheng came up to him and comforted him. His eyes were filled with worry.
Because of the incident of Niu Youdao intercepting Weiguo's grain, Eldest Young Master hadn't slept for two days and two nights.
However, Shao Pingbo didn't feel sleepy at all. Although he was the one who instigated the situation and one of his goals was to target Niu Youdao, he knew that Niu Youdao didn't have a choice. He didn't believe that Niu Youdao could rebel so easily. Because Southern Province was too calm. It was as if the Yan Country's war had nothing to do with Southern Province. It was strange.
Based on his understanding of Niu Youdao, things weren't that simple. He had been thinking about what the problem was.
"Is General Yin here?" Shao Pingbo asked calmly.
After the grain was intercepted, Cangzhou's rebel army suddenly increased their attacks. He suspected that it had something to do with Niu Youdao.
His train of thought was the same as Niu Youdao's. Whenever Niu Youdao encountered something, he would be the first to suspect him, and vice versa.
Right now, he needed someone who was well-versed in military affairs to help him analyze the purpose of the Cangzhou rebel army's actions. Only after understanding everything clearly would he be able to make a judgment on other matters.
Military affairs were also one of his shortcomings. Although there was a great war when the Northern Region became independent, Shao Dengyun was the one who was really in charge of the war. He had only followed along to gain some experience. He had never formally joined the army, and he was good at government affairs.
When he was in the Northern State, he had too many things to do and did not have the energy to meddle in military affairs.
Of course, relatively speaking, he knew more than Niu Youdao. After all, he had more contact than Niu Youdao.
Therefore, he raised this request to Taishu Xiong, and Taishu Xiong readily agreed. He directly appointed Great General Yin Chu of the Jin Nation to be his military professor.
Shao Sansheng was hesitant.
Shao Pingbo quickly realized something. Taishu Xiong knew that he was going to meet with Yin Chu today, but he still asked him to rest. He slowly turned around and narrowed his eyes. "What's the situation?"
Shao Sansheng said, "Someone from Great General Yin's residence replied that the barracks in the southern barracks had collapsed due to the heavy snow. The Great General hurried over to check."
Shao Pingbo's cheeks tightened. He understood.
Yin Chu had agreed to meet with him today in front of Taishu Xiong. He had even specially prepared good wine and food for today's meeting. In the end, as soon as he turned around, the Great General found an excuse to run away.
Because the barracks had collapsed due to the heavy snow, the Great General could still say that it was good if it was under normal circumstances. However, if he threw aside the Jin Emperor's orders because of this matter, it could only mean one thing. The nobles of the Jin Nation still did not like Shao Pingbo …
After that, Yan's side also realized that the military provisions had been smoothly transported into the Southern State. Why did the Han and Song cultivators not attack them again?
The reason for this was that after they suffered a loss, Jin and Qi's aid deliberately bypassed the Southern State. They wanted to redirect it from other places, but the harassment continued. Only the food was successfully swallowed by the Southern State after it entered the Southern State.
When he thought about the reason behind it, it was extremely frightening, making him shudder.
Thus, the Yan Court no longer urged Shang Chaozong to send the food. The three major sects also stopped pressuring Niu Youdao. Instead, they comforted him with kind words, afraid that the Southern State would suddenly act impulsively.
Not to mention them, even Jin, Wei, and Qi sensed that something was wrong. They urgently reminded the Yan Court that it was best not to mention the matter of the food being intercepted. Since the Southern State was still intermittently sending ten to twenty carts of food, it meant that the Southern State had not made a final decision and was still hesitating.
Without the sudden pressure, the Thatched Cottage Villa was fine. It was expected.
The Great Zen Mountain and Shang Chaozong, on the other hand, were not used to it. Did the imperial court not want so much food?
"I don't know what that guy is doing. I have to hand it to him. When he intercepted the food like that, I was terrified!"
In the great hall of the Great Zen Mountain, when this matter was brought up, Huang Lie sighed and shook his head in front of a group of people.
After sighing, he sighed again. He was also very helpless. The Great Zen Mountain could neither retreat nor advance. Yan's current situation forced them to stick closely with Niu Youdao to advance and retreat together.
The Great Zen Mountain could not stop Niu Youdao from intercepting the food. If Niu Youdao insisted on doing this, what could the Great Zen Mountain do? Turn against Niu Youdao? They could only pretend to be deaf and dumb and pretend they didn't see anything.
Niu Youdao had people pretend to be bandits and burn the food carts gathered from Dingzhou. Niu Youdao was completely fine. The three major sects put the blame on the Great Zen Mountain. The Great Zen Mountain could only suffer in silence. They had to brazenly lie to the three major sects.
If they didn't brazenly lie with them, what else could they do? They couldn't stand out and testify against Niu Youdao. Testifying against them was useless. Instead, they had to fight with Niu Youdao first. Was Yan's current situation worth it?
They were not stupid and had detected some signs. Niu Youdao might have found a way out on Han Song's side. If they followed Niu Youdao, they might be able to protect themselves.
However, Huang Lie knew that he had greatly offended the three major sects this time. He had been seriously dragged into a deep pit by Niu Youdao.
"Ah!" The upper echelon of the Great Zen Mountain all sighed one after the other. Each of them had worried expressions.
…
In the large tent five li away by the river, Luo Zhao, who was sitting behind the table, furrowed his brows when he saw the battle reports from the Cangzhou rebel army. In the end, he even stood up after comparing a few battle reports. He walked in front of the map and studied the battle reports and the map.
"No!" Luo Zhao suddenly said in a low voice. He stared at the map and said, "There might be a trap!"
Wen You quickly walked to him and asked, "What's going on?"
Luo Zhao pointed at the map and said, "The attack on Wugong Ridge is too fast!"
Wen You said, "The reason why the attack is so fast is because the Han and Song sent people to communicate with Niu Youdao. They purposely ordered Wugong Ridge to strengthen the attack in order to urge the Southern State to rebel!"
Luo Zhao turned around and said, "There is almost no resistance at all. It was reasonable at the beginning, but how far have they gone? Wugong Ridge has almost taken over another province's territory. The Yan Ting army is still retreating. Don't you think they are cooperating with Wugong Ridge's attack? "
Hearing this, Wen You suddenly woke up and stared at the map.
Luo Zhao pointed at the map and said, "Extend the battle line. Wugong Ridge's army is too scattered. If something happens, they won't be able to help in time. This is likely a trap set by the Yan Ting army. Once they counterattack, the consequences will be unimaginable. We may have fallen into Niu Youdao's trap! "
He then turned around and said, "Contact Wugong Ridge immediately and tell them to stop attacking. Withdraw the troops that should be withdrawn as soon as possible to prevent any accidents!"
"Okay!" Wen You nodded vigorously and almost ran out.
…
The Yan Ting army was in a different situation. The imperial court was losing too fast, almost as fast as Xue Xiao lost the three counties. Unfavorable reports came in one after another, and everyone in the imperial court was panicking. How could they continue like this?
Among the soldiers gathered at the border, some had already surrendered when they saw that the situation was not good. They only managed to stabilize the situation after killing some people.
How did they fight this battle? How did it end up like this? Even Tong Mo began to curse in front of the cultivators of the three major sects. When they needed money and food, they were more anxious than anyone else. In the end, they were even more anxious when they lost the war. A bunch of idiots!
The cultivators of the three major sects pretended not to hear anything.
The Yan Emperor, Shang Jianxiong, was both terrified and angry. He directly went to the leaders of the three major sects to vent his anger, warning them that if they didn't do their best, they would all die together!
The situation even affected the soldiers gathered at the border. The leaders of the three major sects also became nervous. After a quick discussion, they finally decided to gather their forces for a counterattack.
However, who would be in charge of the command became the focus of debate. They had no choice but to fight for the command. If they won the war, who would be able to accept the fact that their forces were mostly destroyed? Who would be in charge of the command was a subtle key.
No one was willing to give in easily. The fight was fruitless. In the end, it was decided that each of the feudal vassals would be in charge of a region. The three major sects would each urge their men to fight with their lives on the line.
The five feudal vassals finally decided to join forces and counterattack. However, the result of the battle made the leaders of the three major sects panic. They were all defeated!
This time, not to mention them, even the people from the Jin State, Wei State, and Qi State were furious.
The three countries sent a large number of cultivators to help in the war. Everyone could understand the previous defeat, so there was no need to talk about it.
This time, they thought that the Yan Emperor was serious. The three countries also wanted to end this torment as soon as possible, but they really couldn't afford it.
Who knew that even though the cultivators of the three countries went all out, the Yan Emperor's army was still defeated and fled the moment they met the enemy. The cultivators of the three countries were caught unprepared.
They rushed forward to fight with their lives on the line, but the army actually abandoned them and ran away. In the end, they were forced to fight the enemy army of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. The key was that the enemy army also had a large number of cultivators.
Apart from fighting the enemy cultivators, they also had to deal with the attacks of the sea of swords, spears, and arrows. This was too terrible. It was difficult to even escape. Who knew how many cultivators of the three countries were shot down by the rain of arrows in the process of escaping.
This really became the cultivators of the three countries helping the Yan Emperor. Hundreds and thousands of cultivators fearlessly faced the enemy army of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands.
The scene was spectacular, and the losses were heavy. How could Jin, Wei, and Qi not be angry?
On a hill, Wu Gongling sat on the back of a handsome black horse. He had a fierce face and a full beard. Looking at the battlefield that was being cleaned, he looked up to the sky and laughed non-stop.
After laughing, he said to his entourage, "Luo Zhao is still too young. He worries too much and almost messes up the morale of our army!"
The cultivators from the State of Song were left speechless by his words.
Hui Qingping and Quan Taifeng looked at each other. When they received the news from Luo Zhao, their hearts also sank. But now it seemed that they had misunderstood their sworn brother, Niu Youdao …
In the central tent by the river, after the news arrived, Luo Zhao stood in front of the map with a taut face and didn't speak for a long time.
When he heard the news that the Yan Emperor's vassals had started to fight back, he said that it was unfortunate that it was as he expected. But the result was very different from what he expected. It was not like that at all.
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