"Pojunxing is in my army? And he's my personal guard?"
"Why haven't I discovered him before?"
Ji Chongming was extremely surprised when he spoke of this. If the previous rumors and all kinds of shocking gossips about the three stars of Sha Po Lang in Dongzhou were just folk legends, then ever since the birth of the two stars of Tan Lang and Qi Sha, even in the eyes of Taoist monks and aristocratic families, these three stars could be regarded as absolute killing stars and disaster stars.
The fate of the Tan Lang star was divided into two. When he was born, the world was in turmoil, the Great Zhou collapsed, and countless sects and gods died in Panzhou, Yuandong, Yuanxi, and Dongyang Mountain.
The Seven Killing Stars Jin Ni'er went all the way south and slaughtered countless sects, noble families, and gods. The sects' mountain gates were burned down, the noble families were slaughtered, and the gods' spiritual temples were also destroyed.
The notoriety and terror of these two were so great that the whole world was shocked and terrified.
Although Pojun Star, one of the three stars of Sha Po Lang, has not yet been born, everyone believes that once it is born, the Great Zhou will completely collapse.
At this moment, Ji Chongming heard that Pojunxing was under his command, and even by his side, and they had even met him many times. How could Ji Chongming not be surprised
But after being shocked, he was happy again. Others were afraid of the Pojun Star, but he was not. As the reincarnation of the Ziwei Star, he had the Emperor Star Fate. If he could use the Pojun Star, it would be an absolute help whether he wanted to attack Minzhou or enter the capital.
Think about it, if the Tanlang star was split into two, both sides would be able to fight to the death in Panzhou and Yuandi, and Jin Ni'er almost completely destroyed the Great Zhou Dynasty. If the Pojun star was used well, it would definitely not be inferior to these two, and even completely lay the foundation for his emperorship.
Li Cang wore a scholar's robe. Because of his youthful appearance and cold temperament, he looked more like a poet than an official. "It is not completely confirmed yet. Pojun Star is still dormant. His name is Xue Jing, and he is a native of Shanyin County."
"Before, he was guarding outside your tent. I went back and forth several times but never noticed anything different about him. Maybe it was fate or chance that caused him to stop me when I came again a few days ago. He hoped that I could recommend him to you. He thought he had the talent to be a general and was unwilling to be a small guard holding a halberd."
"I saw that although his face didn't look like that of an emperor or general, he didn't look like an ordinary person either. So I made some random deductions, but I found that I couldn't figure out anything."
Li Cang stood with his hands behind his back, a smile on his face: "You know, with the chaos of the heaven's secrets, ordinary Taoists and cultivators really can't deduce the heaven's secrets, but since we are already face to face, we can always see some clues. The fact that we can't figure out anything already represents a problem."
Li Cang turned around and said decisively: "I knew immediately that this person was definitely a person with astrological destiny. At that time, I thought it might be one of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Evil Stars."
“But after I went back to calculate, I felt something was not right. I looked up and found that the Pojun Star in the sky was looming. I knew that Xue Jing was most likely the last of the three stars of Sha Po Lang, the Pojun Star.”
Ji Chongming immediately had some impression of him, as if he had seen him before: "So he is a descendant of Nan Huaixiang. No wonder he was able to join the imperial guards. Why didn't he show off before? This shouldn't be the case."
Li Cang laughed: "Can a Pojun Star who doesn't command an army be called a Pojun Star?"
"He is only a guard beside you, with no soldiers under his command, and he is suppressed by the fate of the Emperor Star, so how can he show himself?"
"Once he takes control of the army, his destiny and luck will be stimulated, and he will instantly become unstoppable. With the advantage of the Star of Breaking the Army, he will lead an army of 100,000 and no one in the world can stop him."
"Not to mention that now the Seven Killing Stars have passed away and the Greedy Wolf Star has been split into two."
On the second day, at the recommendation of Li Cang, Ji Chongming summoned Xue Jing, a halberd-wielding guard of the imperial guard. After an examination, he was found to be proficient in military operations and well-versed in the art of war. He had even studied several volumes of the Twenty-Four Books with a famous scholar in the academy.
Ji Chongming appointed him as a centurion on the spot in his capacity as a provincial governor. In the subsequent battle to attack Minzhou, he was in the vanguard of the front army, rushing to the front to fight against Shi Hu's army, which had long anticipated Ji Chongming's plan to attack Minzhou and was ready for battle at any time.
Shi Hu is one of the dragons and snakes formed because of the chaos in the world and the dispersion of dragon energy. He is also the Fulong star, one of the 365 main stars. He is not among the noble stars, killing stars, and life stars arranged at the front, so the immortals and gods in the lower world look down on him.
However, ordinary practitioners in the world cannot take away such a star god's destiny, so Shi Hu can be said to be thriving in Minzhou at the moment, and is on the verge of unifying Minzhou. Under him, there are several evil stars whose destiny has also been stimulated.
However, before he could truly gain power and unify Minzhou, Ji Chongming of Zhengzhou attacked. Shi Hu had to fight hastily with only his 40,000 soldiers to fight against Zhengzhou's 100,000 troops.
He set up a large battle array on the banks of the Li River, with the camps of 40,000 soldiers connected in a line and flames stretching for dozens of miles. He was determined to defeat Ji Chongming of Zhengzhou here.
However, that night, the Li River suddenly froze for hundreds of miles, and the entire river surface was frozen harder than stone. At dawn, Zhengzhou's army crossed the Li River. Shi Hu's tens of thousands of troops formed a killing formation, and marched towards the army crossing the river. However, the vanguard of Zhengzhou's front army was fearless and thousands of people formed a battle formation like a sharp knife, holding high the military flag that condensed blood.
In the first battle, Xue Jing, the star of breaking the army, led the troops and even carried the bloody flag himself to break through the enemy's formation. In the first battle, Shi Hu fled. In the second battle, he captured seven cities in a row. In the third battle, Shi Hu was forced to commit suicide on the chariot in front of the battle. His head was brought back by Xue Jing himself and given to Zhengzhou Mu Ji Chongming.
That night, the stars Pojun and Ziwei shone brightly at the same time, and all the stars dimmed.
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Although the soldiers of the Dayong royal court had retreated to the north because of the death of the Seven Killing Stars Jin Ni'er and the deaths of the witch god and the great witch priest at the hands of Luohou, they still owned the important towns of Baizhou and Tianyangguan in the north. As long as they gathered their troops again and appointed generals, they would have the strength to fight back again.
Therefore, no matter whether it is the aristocratic families in the capital or the local heroes, they all have an inexplicable fear of the royal court of the Great Rong in the north. Even Bu County is worried that the Rong people will go south to attack again. However, in the past six months, not only has there been no movement in the north, but two or three months ago, even the Rong army, shamans, and priests originally stationed in Baizhou all hurriedly evacuated back to the north, with no intention of going south at all.
It seemed as if something major had happened in the north, forcing them to give up the large tracts of land they had obtained.
Shangxian Academy in Bu County.
"An ancient witch from the north? An ancient temple?"
Gong Yangli had traveled to the northern border when he was young, but he had never seen a real ancient witch. These people were said to have been living on the cold and ancient sacred mountains, and were one of the world-famous legends of gods and demons.
Gong Yangli immediately knew what this ancient witch from the ancient temple wanted to do. After meeting her, he discovered that he was practicing some kind of Taoism. She didn't speak or communicate, and even didn't release her spiritual consciousness.
He simply took out the token of the ancient temple, and then bowed to Feng Sheng, the leader of the Five Saints of the academy. After Gong Yangli made sure that there was no problem, he took him to the outside of the Palace of the Sage to meet Feng Sheng.
Before they entered, when they arrived outside the Palace of the Sage, they saw a magical power that seemed to be so close yet so far away that it enveloped them and instantly pulled them into the palace.
Feng Sheng waved his hand and took out a shadow bead from the ancient witch's hand. Lines of true patterns of the great Dao flowed out from it, and when it was touched, it turned into a human figure.
After reading it, Feng Sheng knew what it meant: "Chang De invited me to attend the ceremony. This time he will be reincarnated to become the new emperor of the Northern Rong tribe, and he is also preparing to seize the fate of Tu De Zhen Jun."
"My goodness, he hasn't even won yet, but he's so confident? He just invited me to come and watch the ceremony in half a year. Isn't he afraid of a setback?"
"I'll just go over there and see him defeated and return to the upper realm. That would be interesting."
And the Master Gongyang Li who was below finally understood why the Northern Rong army had withdrawn in a hurry, abandoned Baizhou which they had already captured, and hurried back to the Northern Rong Court.