Astral Apostle Chapter 263: The dust has settled
Chapter 264 Dust settled
Somewhere in the forest in the wild.
Zhou Jing pushed aside the blades of grass, stopped on a flat ground, and put down the unconscious Ma Zhen on his shoulders.
He left with one blow to the imperial army, and he had already thrown off the enemy.
"You son of a bitch, wake up."
Zhou Jing was not polite, and slapped Ma Zhen's face a few times, making his cheeks red and swollen.
Ma woke up in shock, his cheeks were hot, and his blank eyes quickly focused on Zhou Jing.
Seeing the appearance of the person in front of him clearly, Ma Zhen immediately remembered what happened before he fell into a coma, and a flash of fear flashed in his eyes, but soon a look of fright and anger appeared on his face, and he gritted his teeth:
"Chen Thief!"
"Oh, you still dare to be arrogant?" Zhou Jing frowned, and said grimly: "You set up a desperate plan to flood Huyang, killing countless people, and now it falls into my hands. Evil comes with evil!"
Ma Zhen's cheeks twitched, and he shouted fiercely: "Chen thief, don't be arrogant in front of this commander! It's just a fluke that you beat our army. If that Lingfengzi followed my general's order and used his supernatural powers, he would attack the city like you did." Fortress, you gang of thieves have long been defeated by me!"
Zhou Jing is happy:
"If you can't command that Taoist, what does it matter to me? Besides, if it weren't for that Taoist to help the officers and soldiers, you would have been defeated long ago. I really think that with the officers and soldiers, this group of local chickens and dogs, can you conquer Grandpa?"
Ma Zhen's expression froze.
At this time, Zhou Jing had some bad intentions, deliberately sneered and said:
"Speaking of which, a few days ago when I went to Dingbokou for disaster relief, I happened to meet that Lingfengzi. I thought he was ordered by the court to stop me, but unexpectedly, he came to help me block it. The river embankment, to stop the flood, claiming that this move is for the common people... Hey, you really failed as the coach. Such a master does not give you face at all. It can be seen that you have never discussed this poisonous plan with him, which led to that Taoist I will be separated from you."
When Ma Zhen heard the words, his eyes were about to burst, and he raised his head to the sky and roared hoarsely:
"Lingfengzi, ruin my plan, and you are also the most important thief of the country!"
Although he had a premonition that his family plan might be destroyed by Yufeng, he was still very resentful when he got the confirmation from Chen Feng.
Zhou Jing smacked his lips and continued to pierce his heart:
"Fortunately, you are narrow-minded. If it weren't for the internal strife between the two of you, forcing Lingfengzi to go out alone without protecting you, I would really not be able to attack you."
Hearing this, Ma Zhen was shocked, angry and regretful.
But then, he suddenly thought of a possibility.
Could it be that all of this is the trick of the Taoist...Using disaster relief as an excuse to deliberately turn against him, but in fact he took the opportunity to leave the camp and let the enemy sneak in to attack him and kill him with a knife?
Ma Zhen's heart was shocked, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and he was 80% sure that this matter had something to do with Lingfengzi.
He was not afraid to judge Lingfengzi with the greatest malice, filled with resentment, and directly characterized Lingfengzi.
——This real person Yufeng looks like a dusty man, but in fact he is extremely sinister.
Zhou Jing saw that this guy's expression was distorted, so he stopped teasing him, and grinned:
"Anyway, it's done. You're my defeated general. It's useless to gossip... When I get back to the cottage, I'll deal with you again. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of your vicious heart?"
Ma Zhen came back to his senses, suppressed his panic, and did not want to show a begging attitude, gritted his teeth and said:
"If you want to kill, kill it. Don't want me to beg for mercy. This commander is the founding general, the grandson of Yiguogong, who has been loyal to the emperor for generations, and served the court. How can you be afraid of you turning against a thief? Die for the country, die without death It's a pity, but you, a thief, are causing troubles in the world, and you will die without a place to die in the future, and I am waiting for you under the Nine Springs!"
Hearing this, Zhou Jing suddenly showed a ferocious smile:
"Don't worry, grandpa won't let you be lonely in the underworld for too long. In the future, he will slaughter all Yiguogong's clan without leaving any chickens or dogs behind. He will dig up your ancestral grave and expose the dead bodies to the wilderness. Let them all be sent down." I will be your companion, so that you can be as prominent as you are under the Nine Springs, so that you can have a reunion of generations, ten generations under the same roof."
"The thief dares you!!"
Ma Zhen was furious.
"Heh, if one life pays for one life, even if you pay for your nine clans, all of them are chopped into minced meat and cut into pieces, it is not enough for you to flood Huyang and cause casualties."
After Zhou Jing finished speaking, he stopped talking, and slashed with a hand knife, knocking out the emotional Ma Zhen.
After resting for a while, he has recovered a lot of physical strength, picked up Ma Zhen again, and continued on his way home.
……
The other side.
Because Chen Feng went straight to Huanglong and captured the commander-in-chief of the three armies, the morale of the officers and soldiers plummeted and they panicked.
At the moment of emergency, Yu Wenyan and others suppressed their panic, shouted to restrain the soldiers, took over the command, ordered the officers and soldiers to stand by, and sent sentry cavalry to chase them symbolically.
The result was naturally nothing. Chen Feng had already run away without a trace, and he didn't even let them eat his fart.
The commander fell into the enemy's hands, and should not be ignored according to common sense, but Yu Wenyan and other generals thought together that Ma Zhen would not be able to get back, and most of them had already been killed, and their delay here might be in the hands of Thief Chen. , will be overtaken by the army of Longwangzhai.
Under consideration, everyone reluctantly decided to sacrifice themselves to protect the army, leave the commander alone, and continue to evacuate.
——Ma Dashuai, a general who is dedicated to serving the country, if Quan Xia knows, he will definitely agree.
So the officers and soldiers marched again and continued to withdraw from Huyang. They kept vigilance on the road, fearing that Chen Feng would visit again, and they all became frightened.
However, it was useless to worry all the way. Chen Feng was like an old cow who never turned his head. He never attacked this large army of officers and soldiers again.
However, everyone was satisfied with being able to evacuate smoothly, and they couldn't help feeling grateful for their escape.
"This conquest has been unsuccessful, if the plan of flooding is broken again, then the rebels will be defeated..."
The setting sun in the sky was like blood. On a small hill, Yu Wenyan reined in his horse and turned around. Looking at the landscape of Huyang in the distance, he sighed in his heart.
I still remember how high-spirited they were when the imperial court ordered the three of them to leave Beijing with their troops.
But now he is the only one left on his way home, and both Ma Zhen and Huang Ping are in rivalry.
"After returning to Beijing, I don't know how much I will eat..."
Yu Wenyan pursed his lips.
Now that he has calmed down, he realizes that Ma Zhen's capture has both advantages and disadvantages for his situation.
The advantage is that some faults can be pushed to the head of the coach. The downside is that it is impossible to escape full responsibility. As the only remaining one of the three hand-picked generals, I will definitely become the target of public criticism and face the stormy court of accountability.
As for the Lingfengzi who helped the rebels to rescue disasters, can they be used to blame...
Yu Wenyan was a little vacillating.
Ma Zhen planned to do this at the beginning, but Yu Wenyan made his statement at the time, mainly to echo the coach's intention and stand firm.
Now that the coach is gone and there is no one to take the lead, Yu Wenyan has to reconsider the pros and cons, and he doesn't really want to be the leader.
While he was deep in thought, a figure suddenly appeared in the sky and flew towards him quickly.
Yu Wenyan came back to his senses, and immediately recognized that it was Yufeng Zhenren, and his expression changed.
Not long after, Lingfengzi landed on the hill.
"Really, you are back."
Yu Wenyan took a deep breath, put on a serious expression, and greeted in a deep voice.
Lingfengzi nodded, before waiting for the other party to ask a question, he took the lead in attacking:
"Where is General Ma? Why didn't he wait for Pindao to pull out the camp and withdraw his army, and Pindao searched for it for a long time."
Hearing this, Yu Wenyan suddenly felt as if he would lift a rock and hit his own foot.
"It's easy to teach the real person to know, the commander was captured by Chen thief..."
He had no choice but to tell the truth and told the process.
Lingfengzi frowned: "General Ma acted like this to give the enemy an opportunity to sneak in. He deliberately didn't wait for the poor to cause this disaster."
Yu Wenyan gritted his teeth, and asked in a deep voice: "You can't blame the general for this matter. What's the reason for the real person not to listen to the general's order and leave the camp abruptly to help the rebels?"
"Oh? General Yuwen wants to blame me too?"
Lingfengzi's face remained unchanged.
Yu Wenyan gritted his teeth and cupped his fists, and did not back down: "I dare not, it's just a real person's move, and there must be a public opinion in the end."
Lingfengzi glanced at him, and said casually: "You don't need to worry about this matter, I will discuss it with the holy majesty, if you don't worry about Pindao, Pindao can go back to Beijing on his own."
"Hey, that's not what I meant. I just talked about the stakes with the real person. I don't have any other intentions... The carriage is ready, and the real person should go to rest."
Hearing this, Yu Wenyan quickly changed his words, put on a stiff smile, and stopped entangled in this topic.
No matter what is wrong with this person's disaster relief behavior, it should be judged by the Holy One. In any case, when the real Yufeng came back, all the soldiers could breathe a sigh of relief, and there was no need to worry about Chen Feng going and returning, and repeating his old tricks.
Yu Wenyan didn't want to follow in the footsteps of the coach, so when the real person said this, he immediately changed his attitude. He didn't want to care like Ma Zhen, so as not to offend the real person.
Lingfengzi nodded indifferently, then found his disciple's team, and walked with the officers and soldiers, as if nothing had happened.
……
Xing and the end of the fourteenth year.
Officers and soldiers from all walks of life withdrew from Huyang one after another, indicating that the imperial court's conquest failed and returned, and it was a foregone conclusion.
The leader of the bandits, Chen Feng, gathered a crowd to revolt, and the imperial court failed in the conquest. This was an irreversible blow to the prestige of the Great Xia imperial court.
At the same time, Longwangzhai made public the truth about the flood, and took the court commanders Ma Zhen and Huang Ping as witnesses, claiming that they were the masterminds who dug embankments and flooded Huyang, disregarding the lives and deaths of local people.
As soon as the news came out, the people of Huyang states were in an uproar, and the crowd was furious. Their hatred for the imperial court rose to a new level, and incidents of smashing government offices frequently occurred.
Seeing that the situation is not good~IndoMTL.com~abandoned the city early and fled, the ruling power of the government in Huyang is almost gone.
After this section, the people of Huyang can be said to have completely given up on the imperial court. And Chen Feng, who solved the flood disaster, had a soaring reputation and was almost regarded as the living Buddha of ten thousand families.
The hearts of the people in Huyang, all to Chen Feng.
The masterminds this time, Ma Zhen and Huang Ping, were publicly executed, tortured, and died miserably for a day and a night.
The more prominent the family background of these two nobles, the more resentful the people will be, and the happier they will be.
The corpses of the two people were sealed and hung at the gate of the capital of a state. The corpses were exposed to the public and spurned by all the people.
On the other side, after expelling the imperial army, Longwangzhai no longer defended Yueshan Lake, and sent troops to officially occupy the cities of various states. On the way, they did not encounter the slightest resistance, but were welcomed by many people.
In this battle, the officers and soldiers were defeated, and Chen Fengjun formally separated Huyang and took away one of the twenty-four provinces from the imperial court.
The flames of war ignited, splitting the general trend, and thus began.
And this result spread rapidly across the north and south, shaking the world!
(end of this chapter)