When Emperor Kong Yan of the Great Zhou Dynasty passed away, Crown Prince Kong Qi inherited the throne. As it was a time of severe drought in the south and bandits everywhere, Kong Qi, who had just succeeded to the throne, decided to grant amnesty to the whole country and mobilized grain from several highland counties to provide relief to the victims. In addition, the area of Qianli Jiuchi was also a land of fish and rice, and this year it had not been harassed by wars or bandits, and had a bumper harvest.
The new emperor wanted to change the current situation, stabilize the internal situation first, and then pacify the external situation.
Just when the new emperor Kong Qi had just promulgated a series of new policies, the Marquis of Wuwei, who proclaimed himself the King of Wei in Panzhou, and the Rong people in the north who were eyeing them covetously, launched attacks on Kunyang City and Yuandong County of the Great Zhou respectively, as if they had agreed long ago.
Hundreds of thousands of troops marched southward in a mighty force. The Rong people gathered again on the banks of the river, eyeing Kunyang city with their iron hooves. A hundred thousand troops from Panzhou left Panzhou overnight and invaded Yuandong County in the eastern part of the Great Zhou again.
During the transition of power, the enemy did not wait for Emperor Kong Qi of the Great Zhou Dynasty to recover and calm down the internal chaos bit by bit, and directly dealt him a fatal blow. The young emperor hastily ordered the new army stationed in Yuanxi County to go to Yaodongjun to suppress the rebels led by Marquis Wuwei, starting the first confrontation between the new army and Marquis Wuwei.
However, most people in the world do not believe that this hastily trained new army can be a match for the world-famous Wuwei Marquis and Shendu Army. However, they have more confidence in the Shenwu Army stationed in Kunyang City, believing that it can definitely resist the southward advance of the Rong people. Instead, the most dangerous ones are the Wuwei Marquis and his 100,000 cavalry.
On the one hand, the Great Zhou Dynasty recruited civilians and raised food and supplies from several counties in the Qianli Jiuchi area. At the same time, the Danding Pavilion continued to refine these food, spiritual rice, and monster blood into blood pills and various supplies used by warriors, such as elixirs, formation flags, spiritual stones, incense money, etc., and provided them to the Shenwu Army and the New Army who were fighting against the Rong people.
At the same time, the inner court took out the black armor magic weapons that the Great Zhou had accumulated for many years. After all, these warrior armies were different from ordinary people. They had to eat this kind of blood pill to maintain their combat effectiveness and blood, as well as various matching weapons and armor to be able to exert their combat effectiveness. At the same time, they urged the new army to march quickly to block the 100,000 cavalry of Marquis Wuwei.
At the same time, he did not trust the combat effectiveness of the new army. The emperor issued several consecutive edicts, summoning the Yulong Army guarding the highlands to move north quickly. Once the new army could not resist the 100,000 cavalry under the command of Marquis Wuwei, the Yulong Army would be able to stop Marquis Wuwei's ambition to annex Yuandong and Yuanxi counties and drive him back to Panzhou.
At that time, the south was experiencing a severe drought and food harvest was poor, and bandits were rising up. The Zhenwu Army was responsible for suppressing the bandits but failed to quell the situation for a long time. The court reprimanded them many times but to no avail. Instead, the bandits gathered more and more. The Zhenwu Army repeatedly asked the court for military pay and various supplies and weapons. Everyone knew that they were trying to support themselves by raising troops and nurturing bandits.
The Dragon-Controlled Army was stationed in Gaozhou, which was the land of the ancient Gao State. When the emperor summoned the Dragon-Controlled Army to the north and the first imperial edict came down, the Marquis of Changping had no intention of dispatching troops to the north. Instead, he wrote a letter saying that there were traces of bandits in Gaozhou and that the southern bandits wanted to enter Gaozhou. If there were no Dragon-Controlled Army to suppress them, Gaozhou would probably fall in an instant and the country would be in turmoil.
When the second imperial edict was issued, the commander of the Dragon Guards, Marquis Changping, said that the Dragon Guards lacked weapons and armor and supplies. In the past, the Great Zhou Dynasty valued the Shendu and Shenwu armies, but despised and mistreated the soldiers of the Dragon Guards. Now, the soldiers of the Dragon Guards are required to sacrifice their lives for the Great Zhou. They cannot be allowed to fight in plain clothes and on an empty stomach. He demanded all kinds of weapons, armour and food.
It feels like they were extremely jealous of the Zhenwu Army for blackmailing the imperial court by taking advantage of the bandit rebellion, and now that they have found an opportunity, they will definitely not let it go.
Kong Qi, who had just become emperor, was so angry that he crushed his edict into powder in the court, but he could do nothing about the traitorous ministers like Changping Hou. Compared with those bandits, these generals who had their own troops made Emperor Kong Qi disgusted and hate them even more.
After delaying for several days, the emperor agreed to Marquis Changping's request. At this time, news came that the new army of Yuandong Army and the Shendu Army of Marquis Wuwei had suffered a defeat in the first battle. Marquis Wuwei was unstoppable all the way, and the local defenders were simply unable to resist. Marquis Wuwei marched down all the way without any intention of entanglement, as if he was going straight to Dongyang Mountain, the tomb of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and attack Huanglong.
The vanguard of the new army was ordered to intercept the cavalry of Marquis Wuwei heading south within two days, but they fell into Marquis Wuwei's trap and 10,000 people were trapped in Tuo County of Yuandong County. No news came out and the whole army could be wiped out at any time.
The new army wanted to rescue, but they were afraid of falling into Marquis Wuwei's trap again and being trapped in a situation of siege and attacking the reinforcements. Their own combat power was not as good as that of the elite troops under Marquis Wuwei, and now they were in a dilemma.
When the Great Zhou court learned of this situation, it was in a panic. Whether it was the Dongyang Mountain of the Great Zhou Imperial Mausoleum or the decline of the new army, the court felt that something was not good. If it dragged on, the Marquis of Wuwei would use the support of the five counties of Panzhou to defeat the new army of the Great Zhou and annex the two counties of Yuandong and Yuanxi. His momentum would be unstoppable.
If they captured the Dongyang Mountain where the imperial mausoleum was located, the luck and power accumulated by the Great Zhou for hundreds of years would collapse. Moreover, without the two counties of Yuandong and Yuanxi, the Marquis of Wuwei and the Shendu Army could directly fight their way to Yangjing, the capital of the Great Zhou. The imperial court even issued orders urging the Marquis of Changping to head north immediately to resist the Shendu Army under the Marquis of Wuwei.
When Marquis Changping heard the news, he was furious and made another outrageous request, asking the Great Zhou Emperor Kong Qi to confer the title of king on him. Since the founding of the Great Zhou, only a few people have been crowned kings, and all of them were generals and ministers at the time of the founding of the country. These people had either passed away long ago, or left Dongzhou or ascended to the upper realm.
No one has been crowned king since then. The move by Marquis Changping was a blatant test to split the land and be crowned king. However, this kind of kingship was not like the rebellion of Marquis Wuwei. He was still under the rule of the Great Zhou, but had strong autonomy. It seemed that Marquis Changping did not have the courage to openly rebel or fight against the Great Zhou. With hundreds of years of power and luck, there were still enough people to recognize the rule of the Great Zhou.
As soon as the memorial from Marquis Changping arrived in Yangjing, there was an uproar throughout Yangjing. Some people advocated stabilizing Marquis Changping first and letting him go north to resist Marquis Wuwei and the Shendu Army. Others said that the ancestral system could not be changed, and that Marquis Changping had repeatedly challenged the bottom line of the court and this was absolutely intolerable.
At this time, military intelligence came again from Yuandong County. The 10,000 soldiers who were trapped in Tuo County fought bloody battles for several days, but unexpectedly broke out with thousands of people led by a captain named Dou Shuo. The new army responded quickly and took advantage of the chaos in their rear to annihilate thousands of them.
After several battles, the new army gradually gained a foothold and was able to compete with the Shendu Army.
When the news came, the capital was shaken and the whole court cheered. Emperor Kong Qi even personally ordered rewards for the soldiers who had won military merits, and asked the eunuchs to bring the magic weapons, skills, and elixirs from the treasury to the battlefield to encourage the soldiers.
This time, Marquis Changping's plan failed, and instead aroused strong resentment towards him in the court and hatred from the emperor.
However, when Marquis Weiwu was blocked in Yuandong County and unable to go south and was slowly retreating to Panzhou, the news coming from the north completely shattered the previous cheers and made everyone feel cold.
Kunyang City was broken.
The Seven Killing Stars actually appeared in the bitter cold land of the north, and reincarnated as the third prince of the Dayong royal court. His star destiny was activated in this place where murderous aura gathered, and as the bloody murderous aura of the battle formation grew so fast that no one could stop it. Finally, in front of the formation, at the place where the blood of the two armies converged, with the help of the bloody murderous aura of the Rong people, he directly tore apart the opponent's military formation and killed the commander of the Shenwu Army.
At that time, a blood-red star rose in the north, and the red light shone for thousands of miles. The dignified martial arts immortal fell directly, his body and soul destroyed.