Chapter 206 The Enchantress of the Nation 1
Chapter 206 The Enchantress of the Nation 1
Grand Master Chen Zhongjing quickly arrived in Lingnan. The weather was hot and the soldiers wore very little.
When Chen Zhongjing set out, he invited several gods to help him, including the Snow God, the Water God, and the Hercules God.
On Li Yi's side, there are now the God of Fire, the God of Thunder, and the God of War.
As soon as Chen Zhongjing arrived in Lingnan, someone from the opposite side came to challenge him. Chen Zhongjing needed to rest, so he hung up the banner of no fighting and prepared to fight the enemy in three days.
Three days passed in a flash, and Chen Zhongjing led his soldiers to the city gate. The leader of the other side was Li Yi.
Chen Zhongjing saw Li Yi and started to mock him.
"Li Yi, you traitor, how dare you rebel? I will kill you. Let everyone in the world who has such thoughts see what the consequences of rebellion are."
Li Yi is no longer alone. He has 10 soldiers and immortals to assist him.
"Chen Zhongjing, the king is incompetent and unjust. Any wise man can change him. You are working for a tyrant and will not have a good end."
Chen Zhongjing sneered and responded
"Enough of the nonsense! Today I will show you how powerful the soldiers of the Yin Dynasty are!"
Following Chen Zhongjing's order, the soldiers of both sides immediately launched a fierce battle. The battlefield was filled with the sound of killing and blood flowing like a river.
Chen Zhongjing commanded the soldiers to change their formations and charge continuously. The soldiers were agile and their swordsmanship was sharp. For a while, many people died on Li Yi's side.
However, Li Yi's strength should not be underestimated. They are numerous and work well together, which has brought considerable pressure to Chen Zhongjing.
In the first battle, neither side gained any advantage and many people died.
Chen Zhongjing saw that the weather was so hot and the enemy must not have prepared any warm clothes. So he ordered his adjutant to take the military pay to go to the next few cities to buy warm clothes.
In a few days, a large number of warm clothes were bought. One night, Chen Zhongjing asked the Snow God to make heavy snow fall in Lingnan. The snow lasted for seven days and seven nights.
Many soldiers on Li Yi's side froze to death because they had no warm clothes. It was only after the God of Fire used his magic power that the situation of freezing to death was changed. Li Yi suffered heavy losses in this battle.
Chen Zhongjing wrote to the king because he had used up the military pay, hoping that the king would replenish the military pay as soon as possible.
Yin Yan was usually extravagant and wasteful, and he built a stargazing tower for Zhang Xintong. The court did not have much money.
Seeing that Chen Zhongjing wanted military pay but the court did not have any, Yin Yan immediately issued an order to increase taxes by 30%. For a time, there were complaints. The lower-class people were already hungry and cold, and now they had to increase taxes by 30%. This was like asking them to die.
The tax issue could not be raised immediately. Yin Yan ordered that all officials and wealthy merchants in the imperial city must donate money, and those who did not donate would be killed immediately.
The entire imperial city was in a state of panic, and many people were thinking of rebellion. However, due to Yin Yan's tyranny, no riots had occurred in the imperial city.
The battle between Chen Zhongjing and Li Yi was difficult to determine the winner for a while because both of them had the help of immortals.
In the big tent, Li Yi looked solemn.
"We have no follow-up supplies, and the war is now intense. We must think of a solution."
The God of Fire offers advice
"I can cast a spell to draw down a fire from the sky and burn all their food supplies."
Li Yi shook his head
"No! This will hurt our own soldiers."
At this time, the God of War proposed
"I took the God of Fire and sneaked into the enemy camp, waiting for an opportunity to burn their food supplies."
Li Yi thought for a moment and thought this idea was feasible. So he sent the God of War and the God of Fire to sneak into Chen Zhongjing's camp.
At the same time, Chen Zhongjing was also thinking about countermeasures. He realized that he could not go on like this and had to take the initiative to attack.
After some planning, Chen Zhongjing decided to attack with water. They retreated to a high ground and flooded Li Yi's army.
Chen Zhongjing was still making arrangements when a fire broke out in the military camp's granary. Food was life, so Chen Zhongjing quickly asked the water god to put out the fire.
Only a small portion of the food was saved, as most of it had been burned. The saved food could not be stored for long after being soaked in water.
Chen Zhongjing's health was not good to begin with, and he was so angry that he vomited blood on the ground.
When Yin Yan received another letter from Chen Zhongjing asking for food, he was a little furious. He had just given the military pay and the food they took away before leaving was enough to last for five months. Why did he come to ask for food again? What was the Grand Tutor trying to do?
In the harem
"Tongtong, we're at a critical juncture. The Grand Tutor has asked the tyrant for help because his food supply was burned. He's waiting for food to be delivered to the army. They won't be able to hold out for much longer. You should delay the delivery of food. You can either exhaust Chen Zhongjing to death or even anger him to death."
"Xiao 9, after the Grand Tutor's death, will the Yin Dynasty fall?"
"Tongtong, after the Grand Tutor's death, the Golden Leopard can still hold on for a while, what's wrong?"
"Xiao 9, Yin Yan is so good to me. I am feeling more and more guilty. I should finish this mission quickly and leave this world."
Zhang Xintong felt so guilty. Although he was cruel and bloodthirsty in this world, with a bad temper, he was not a good monarch to everyone, but he doted on her and gave her everything she wanted. He was a good husband.
Zhang Xintong wanted to finish this mission quickly and go to the next world. She would definitely compensate him well and give him whatever he wanted, and never let him suffer any injustice.
Zhang Xintong's original plan was to delay Yin Yan from preparing food for Chen Zhongjing. Yin Yan and Chen Zhongjing had already separated, so this was not difficult to do. However, Zhang Xintong felt sorry for Yin Yan and did not want to wait until Chen Zhongjing died, as Yin Yan would suffer inwardly.
Zhang Xintong changed her plan and called Jin Bao
"Golden Leopard, now is your chance to take the top spot, do you want it?"
"At the Queen's command"
"This time, you should apply to deliver the food to the Grand Tutor. You can delay the delivery for a while. It doesn't have to be too long. You can delay it until Chen Zhongjing dies."
"My Queen, if the King knew that I was deliberately delaying, he would no longer trust me."
"Golden Leopard, do you still need me to give you advice on such a small matter? Can't you think of a way to have the best of both worlds?"
"Don't be angry, Queen. I will find a way."
"Golden Leopard, after this is done, I will have the King send you to lead the troops. You can fight the God of Fire to the death."
The golden leopard looked up in surprise. The rabbit demon even knew this. She knew that she had joined the king in order to compete with the God of Fire. It seemed that she had made the right decision not to offend the rabbit demon.
"Thank you, Queen."
After Yin Yan collected the food, Jin Bao applied to deliver it. Yin Yan agreed and asked Jin Bao to quickly deliver the food to the Grand Tutor and then see what the situation was like there. He should report to him in detail after returning.
Jin Bao left, and Zhang Xintong didn't care what he did, as long as he completed what she asked him to do.
Jin Bao sent a few goblins to check on Chen Zhongjing's condition. Knowing that he was very angry and could not stand the anger, he walked slowly.
Chen Zhongjing's army had been drinking porridge for several days, but today they had no more porridge. The army was out of food. A goblin threw a letter to Chen Zhongjing's tent, saying that the king would not send him food. Although Chen Zhongjing knew that this was not the case, he was afraid that the king had lost interest in him because the food had not arrived.
Chen Zhongjing was furious again, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground.
The goblin did not run far. Seeing Chen Zhongjing fall to the ground, he took back the letter and fled.
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