bookrebus Chapter 395 Victory
Chapter 395 Victory
Those two soft bags, from head to toe, weren't even as hard as a single finger of Di Beizun!
Di Beizun naturally wouldn't understand that the reason Xi Fenglie was defeated so quickly was because he had just recovered from the palm strike he received from Sikong Jin, and now he had been hit by another attack from him, leaving him seriously injured and forced to flee. It was uncertain whether he could survive!
As for Tuoba Yu, the thought of Sikong Jin made him depressed and extremely pessimistic. The situation in Shengdong was so oppressive that he could hardly breathe. With the Great Zhou offensive in such a state and the allied forces suffering defeat after defeat, he was naturally exhausted and unable to fight any longer.
"Your Majesty, I shall also go in pursuit!"
Sikong Mo, who had been silently watching the allied forces flee, finally couldn't help but speak up, his eyes filled with admiration and worship as he looked at Di Beizun.
"Let General Feng Yang and the others go."
Di Beizun glanced at Sikong Mo, casually uttered this sentence, and then spurred his horse forward at full speed.
Seeing this, Sikong Mo could only continue following, "Your Majesty, when shall we depart to meet up with my elder brother?"
Now that they have successfully captured Yingzhou City, does that mean they can immediately set off for Tiansheng Imperial City? Sikong Jin had promised to wait for them there.
"Let the army rest for a few days."
Di Beizun's deep eyes were like the sea, filled with an unfathomable depth. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly asked Sikong Mo, "Xiao Mo, after the great battle is over, your elder brother wants you to return to the capital of the Great Zhou with me. What do you think?"
"The capital of the Great Zhou? Isn't my elder brother going back to the capital of the Great Yong? He said he was going back to fetch Mother!"
Sikong Mo frowned and couldn't help but ask in confusion.
Emperor Beizun paused for a moment, not answering Sikong Mo's question, but continuing to ask, "Little Mo, what does your mother like? And what do you like? I'll bestow upon you the title of King and give you a luxurious and magnificent royal palace. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Sikong Mo was taken aback. He thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook his head. "No, Your Majesty, I don't like being an official. I prefer to be a chivalrous knight. My elder brother said that chivalrous knights are very free. If it weren't for the fact that I have no choice in the matter, I would want to be a chivalrous knight who roams the world freely."
"With her meager skills, she dares to be a chivalrous knight? If she met me, I could defeat her and make her beg for mercy in the blink of an eye. Your elder brother is not suited to be a chivalrous knight."
Emperor Beizun disagreed, expressing his disapproval.
"Does His Majesty think that my elder brother is suitable for an official position?"
Sikong Mo raised his eyebrows in confusion.
"Her? She'd only be a corrupt official!"
Emperor Beizun coldly uttered these words, and Sikong Mo, hearing this, smiled somewhat embarrassedly, knowing Sikong Jin's temperament, "That's true, Your Majesty. Actually, my elder brother is a very good person. Most of the money he amassed was given to me and Mother. I'll tell you a secret, I've saved nearly a million now, all from my elder brother. And there are many treasures, Your Majesty, look, this, and this..."
Having spent a long time with Di Beizun, Sikong Mo had become quite casual. As he spoke, he couldn't help but take out several treasures from his sleeve and show them to Di Beizun, causing Di Beizun to frown.
He almost forgot that Sikong Jin had only remembered Sikong Mo this time, bringing him quite a few treasures, while he...
Thinking about it, I felt a little annoyed again, and the good mood I had just felt after the victory instantly dissipated.
The sounds of soldiers' triumphant shouts filled the air as the main force surged into the city, capturing Yingzhou City with lightning speed.
Emperor Beizun also ascended the city wall of Yingzhou, looking down at the densely packed corpses lying on the ground, the flames of war still burning, and the air filled with the stench of scorched earth mixed with blood.
He looked up at the boundless sky, feeling the uncontrollable joy of his soldiers' triumphant shouts. Suddenly, he seemed to see the entire Fengyun Continent, under his rule, about to usher in a new era of prosperity and glory!
At that time, the person who stood shoulder to shoulder with him and looked down upon the world must have been Sikong Jin!
News of the allied forces' defeat in the Battle of Yingzhou spread quickly. In less than half a month, the entire Tiansheng Dynasty knew about the defeat, causing great turmoil in Tiansheng. Some forces that wanted to start a rebellion also took advantage of the chaos to jump out and try to get a share of the spoils, increasing the pressure on the Tiansheng court to an unprecedented level!
Moreover, bad news from Shengdong kept coming one after another, and now the defeat of the allied forces in Yingzhou City is undoubtedly adding insult to injury.
Emperor Tiansheng was extremely anxious and summoned his ministers to the palace overnight to discuss countermeasures. However, after thinking for a long time, no one could come up with a solution.
Left with no other choice, they had to accept the suggestion that Crown Prince Tuoba Yu had sent by express messenger on horseback.
The main force was withdrawn from Shengdong, abandoning most of the area. The troops were then concentrated at the border between Shengdong and Shengzhong to resist the attack launched by the Great Zhou army on the Tiansheng Imperial City.
In addition, some people directly proposed to seek peace with the Great Zhou, in order to make full preparations.
So, for several days in a row, Emperor Tiansheng and his ministers had a heated discussion on the issue of 'seeking peace, but how to make peace?' and drafted a basic plan.
The Tian Sheng soldiers of Sheng Dong were utterly incapable of resisting the 500,000 fierce soldiers of the Di Bei Legion. After battle after battle, large areas of Sheng Dong fell, and coupled with the defeat in Yingzhou City, the entire Tian Sheng was filled with panic. Many people had adopted an extremely pessimistic attitude towards this swift and decisive war.
On April 14th of the 469th year of the Red Moon, the elusive Sikong Jin Legion, led by Commander Sikong Jin, entered the territory of Ganzhou City at the border, which was nearly 500 li away from Hezhou City.
By this time, the sky had completely darkened, and Sikong Jin, who had been traveling at a leisurely pace ahead, finally ordered the main force to stop advancing and set up camp to rest.
Ganzhou City was not considered a major city of Tiansheng. It was located in a remote area, near the Holy Mountain Range at the junction of the Eastern and Central Sacred Mountains. The terrain here was high and somewhat desolate. Sikong Jin's army bypassed Hezhou City and took the secluded mountain roads and swamps directly. There were few people there, and it was not easy to be discovered. Therefore, their movements were unusually mysterious along the way.
However, she still habitually arranged several vanguard assault teams of over a hundred people to act according to the information sent back by the scouts, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, making it difficult for Tian Sheng to guard against her.
Sikong Jin and the others naturally already knew that Di Beizun had successfully captured Yingzhou City, so she slowed down her march. Originally, she should have rushed over to join Di Beizun's 500,000-strong army, but she suddenly changed her mind and wanted to play a cat-and-mouse game with Tian Sheng.
Thus, on the one hand, it was a strategy to create a situation where the enemy was in the open while we were in the dark; on the other hand, it was to distract the Heavenly Saint Court and create chaos; and of course, it was also to plunder the territory!