No matter what Wugong Ling did, the real pressure that Song was facing was still the Han army led by Jin Jue.
Emperor Mu Zhuozhen could not eat or sleep in peace. The humiliation of giving his favorite concubine to Shang Jianxiong had completely disappeared. As long as he could salvage the situation, not to mention one sparrow, even if it was ten sparrows, Mu Zhuozhen would still give them to him.
Song had lost its dignity to Yan. They were almost kneeling to Yan, begging Yan to send troops to resolve the threat for the sake of their ally.
Now, the only country that can save the Song Kingdom is the Yan Kingdom. The other countries are too far away to help. Only if the Yan Kingdom attacks the Han Kingdom from the north will they be able to force the Han Kingdom to retreat. However, Shang Jianxiong could not make the decision. It was useless to beg. They had a reason to refuse.
It was not that they were abandoning their ally. It was that Zhao had started to invade Yan. I, Yan, have to deal with Zhao's invasion. I am powerless.
Song also sent people to beg Shang Chaozong, Meng Shanming, and even the three factions of Yan.
However, it was useless. Yan could not fight two countries at the same time. It was not easy to divert Han's main attack. How could they bring Han back to die? Once Han and Zhao joined hands, who could Yan ask for help? Looking for the Song Nation?
The biggest threat right now was the Zhao Kingdom. Facing the attack of the Zhao Kingdom, it concerned the life and death of the Yan Kingdom. The Yan Kingdom had to deal with it with all their might. They did not have the time to care about the Song Kingdom.
Therefore, no matter how much Song begged, Shang Jianxiong, Shang Chaozong, Meng Shanming, or Yan, they would not agree.
Fortunately, Song did not replace Luo Zhao. It was not that they did not want to replace him, but no one was willing to take over the mess Luo Zhao made.
The one leading the Song Kingdom's troops was still Luo Zhao. Luo Zhao was able to deploy troops in a head-on battle.
The Song army that retreated from the Yan Kingdom was tormented by Wugong Ling for a while. Now, only about a million soldiers remained.
Luo Zhao threw away the odds and left about 200,000 men to deal with Wugong Ridge. It was not important whether they could defeat Wugong Ridge or not. The most important thing was to stall Wugong Ridge and buy more time for the war in the north.
He led the entire Song Kingdom's main force of one million to the northern border. He commanded two million main force to fight against Jin Jue's four million army. He fought brilliantly and trapped the Han army's offensive.
This was not the result Jin Jue wanted. What he wanted was for Wu Gongling to completely defeat Luo Zhao's troops that had retreated from Yan. He wanted Wu Gongling to lead the army from the south to cooperate with the Han army's offensive. This was also the reason why he chose the Song Kingdom.
However, Wu Gongling refused to cooperate at this time!
Jin Jue's second-best request for Wu Gongling was that even if Wu Gongling couldn't destroy the troops that Luo Zhao withdrew from Yan, he had to try his best to hold them back.
Drag my ass! Wu Gongling casually caused the Han army and the Song Kingdom to fight. Then, he retreated and led the Cangzhou rebel army to live his life.
Jin Jue was instantly embarrassed. He thought that it would be easy to deal with the one million troops in the north of the Song Kingdom. Now, it turned into two million resisting.
Fine! At this point, Jin Jue's request was lowered again. He hoped that Wu Gongling would attack from the rear.
Wu Gongling agreed, but he didn't put in much effort. He acted with the Song Kingdom's army, attacking and retreating, saying that it was difficult to fight.
Jin Jue was furious. However, Wu Gongling had the support of the Goddess Sect. The Goddess Sect was obviously taking advantage of the fact that they had Wu Gongling in their hands. They took the opportunity to make Baichuan Valley and the Supreme Palace give in. The three major sects started to quarrel, and Jin Jue was helpless.
Didn't they just want benefits? Under Jin Jue's persuasion, Baichuan Valley and the Supreme Palace relented and agreed to give Wu Gongling five more states on the basis of equal distribution.
However, Wu Gongling didn't agree. I now have 15 states in my hands!
Fifteen states? That's almost half of the Song Kingdom. We fought so hard, and you want half of it? How could Baichuan Valley and the Supreme Palace agree? If they didn't want to suffer such a loss, they could just take down the Song Kingdom later!
Wu Gongling had already helped the Goddess Sect bite on such a big piece of meat. It would be difficult for the Goddess Sect to give it up so easily. Both sides continued to quarrel.
Wu Gongling also instigated the Goddess Sect to continue quarreling. The Goddess Sect understood what he meant and bought time for him to achieve a fait accompli. By then, all 15 states would belong to the Goddess Sect.
The Song Kingdom was also happy to see Wu Gongling doing this. Since Wu Gongling didn't work hard to help the Korean Kingdom, the Song Kingdom couldn't force him too much. Although they hated Wu Gongling's recruitment in the Song Kingdom, they could only turn a blind eye to it.
Seeing how Wu Gongling handled things in a hurry, and although his methods were despicable, he was very efficient in controlling the 15 states. The Goddess Sect felt that it was possible to swallow this piece of meat, and they were even more unwilling to give in to Baichuan Valley and the Supreme Palace.
The Goddess Sect even felt that sacrificing Hui Qingping to win over Wu Gongling was a good deal. Wu Gongling had given them a huge surprise.
Hui Qingping didn't expect Wu Gongling to bring such great benefits to the Goddess Sect. Not only did she doubt whether her sacrifice was worth it, but her resentment toward Wu Gongling seemed to have lessened a lot. Her attitude toward Wu Gongling gradually became more cooperative.
In order to appease Hui Qingping, the Goddess Sect had already returned the authority over Wu Gongling from Qi Bisang to Hui Qingping.
The disciples under Hui Qingping's faction were all put in important positions, and almost all of them were sent to Wu Gongling. This meant that once Wu Gongling took control of this territory, Hui Qingping would have a lot of authority within the Goddess Sect. She would control 15 prefectures, and her authority would only be greater than that of an elder like her.
This was also something Hui Qingping didn't expect. She thought that she had already declined, but she didn't expect that Wu Gongling would make a comeback.
She had changed from an Elder of the Goddess Sect to Madam Wu. She was speechless because of the relationship between Wu Gongling and Wu Gongling.
On the other hand, the disciples under her faction were very happy. They seemed to recognize Wu Gongling as their Master's husband more than her!
Then, Hui Qingping once again witnessed the craftiness under the boorish appearance of Wu Gongling. He was making use of the current situation to seek benefits.
Wu Gongling secretly sent people from the Celestial Pavilion to the Wei Nation and the Qi Nation to purchase rations and warhorses.
With so many large donors donating to him, he didn't lack money. Instead, he wanted the support of the two nations for resources that couldn't be bought with money.
The reason why the Wei Nation and the Qi Nation sent people to support the Song Nation was that they didn't want the balance of benefits to be broken, and they didn't want the Han Nation to become stronger. Now that the Song Nation was about to fall, Wu Gongling was dragging the Han Nation down. This surprised the two nations.
The people sent by Wu Gongling made it clear that he wanted to be independent!
This put the Han Nation's expansion at a disadvantage. This was what the Wei Nation and the Qi Nation wanted to see. They also wanted to create another obstacle for the Han Nation. In the end, Wu Gongling's plan to accumulate power succeeded again. They sold rations and warhorses to Wu Gongling.
Wu Gongling didn't hide this from Hui Qingping. Instead, he discussed it with her. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to answer to the Goddess Sect if he bought the rations and warhorses. He hoped that Hui Qingping would help him explain to the Goddess Sect that everything he did was to help the Goddess Sect gain control of the 15 prefectures' territories. This was so that the Goddess Sect could help him resist the pressure from the Han Nation.
Hui Qingping's depressed heart once again tasted the taste of power, and she was reactivated by Wu Gongling.
The two of them were bound together on the basis of mutual benefits, and they started to discuss things in secret. Hui Qingping had unknowingly been dragged into the water by Wu Gongling, and she was willing to be dragged into the water. All of the unwillingness in the past seemed to have become unreasonable, and she gradually stopped rejecting Wu Gongling's bestial desires. After all, they had already become husband and wife.
At the same time, Wu Gongling felt another kind of pain. Hui Qingping knew what kind of person he was and started to keep an eye on him, trying to kill the relationship between him and other women. With Hui Qingping's disciples watching him at all times, he didn't even have the chance to have a taste. How could a mere Hui Qingping satisfy his appetite?
However, the two of them looked more and more like husband and wife.
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While the Song Nation was suffering, the war between Yan and Zhao was raging.
Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming were in the south and north of Southern Province. They worked together strategically and fought against Zhao from two different directions.
Shang Chaozong led the troops of Southern Province and Gold Province to attack from the south, while Meng Shanming led the troops of the Imperial Court to attack from the north.
At the southern battlefront, another huge battle was about to take place. The 500,000 troops of Southern Province were facing off against the million troops of Zhao.
Southern Province was the first to sound the war drums. The armored Shang Chaozong mounted his horse, and the similarly armored Feng Ruonan also mounted her horse.
"Kill!" Shang Chaozong brandished his Zhanmadao and roared. He was the first to charge out, with Feng Ruonan following closely behind.
The husband and wife led a group of cavalry to charge in front, while the army behind them followed.
"What's going on?" Huang Lie, who had just returned from a trip to the rear, was shocked. He exclaimed to the armored Shang Shuqing, "Why did the Prince and Princess go to the front? As the commander, don't they know their duty? This is ridiculous, why didn't Princess stop them? "
Shang Shuqing bit her lips and jogged. She caught up to a rolling chariot and climbed onto it. She pushed away the soldiers on the chariot who were beating the drums and snatched the drumsticks. She looked towards the direction of the army and waved her arms to beat the drums.
"Hurry and follow me!" Huang Lie, who was stomping his feet, waved to the cultivators of Great Zen Mountain, and hurriedly chased after Shang Chaozong.
After the small troops of Zhao stopped them, the news that Shang Chaozong and Feng Ruonan had personally led the troops to attack came back.
The commander of Zhao's southern battlefront, Zhao Xingyan, was overjoyed, "The other side can't hold on any longer, the heavens are helping me! Capture the leader to capture the followers. If we capture Shang Chaozong, the troops of Southern Province will definitely lose! "
In order to capture Shang Chaozong in one fell swoop, a large number of cultivators gathered in the direction where Shang Chaozong was charging. Soon, both sides clashed.
Amidst the sounds of killing, Shang Chaozong was thrown off his horse, his warhorse was struck by the enemy cultivators and fell dead.
Shang Chaozong rolled on the ground and brandished his saber to fight against the incoming enemies. Saber light flashed and blood splattered everywhere. Feng Ruo Nan spurred her horse forward and thrust her spear to help him out of the predicament.
A large number of cultivators from Zhao gathered to attack while the cultivators on Yan's side desperately tried to save him. The cultivators' sword qi was like rainbows and people fell like weeds, flesh and blood splattering everywhere.
At the critical moment, the cavalry behind the Southern State troops, who were disguised by a large number of charging troops, jumped onto their warhorses and turned into two torrents. Raising two fluttering flags, they led two rumbling sounds of hooves as they charged from the two flanks of the battlefield.
The ones on the left wore green battle robes.
The ones on the right wore earth grey battle robes.
"Ying Yang! Ying Yang! Ying Yang … "
The cavalry on the left shouted loudly and fiercely charged towards the enemy's left flank.
"Wu Lie! Wu Lie! Wu Lie … "
The cavalry on the right also shouted loudly and brazenly charged towards the enemy's right flank under the guidance of the battle flags in front.
"Ying Yang Wu Lie Graud!" Commander Zhao Xingyan, who was standing on the chariot and looking into the distance, turned pale with fright. He finally realized what Shang Chaozong was plotting. Shang Chaozong had actually used himself as bait to lure a large number of cultivators over. He slapped the railing and exclaimed, "Not good!"
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