The Shuobei army swept away the remnants of the Yuan Shuo court along the way. The vanguard had already boarded the Zhulong chariot, with forty or fifty land Zhulongs leading the way. The Zhulong chariot transported troops and heavy spiritual weapons and drove forward.
The Zhulong chariot can carry 800 people. Dozens of Zhulong chariots, each several miles long, march together. The vanguard of 30,000 to 40,000 people are all spiritualists, and they advance at an extremely fast speed.
In the rear, there were various animal chariots carrying baggage forward, and there were also some powerful spiritualists using their magical powers to travel in the sky.
The Guangping front collapsed, the Grand Commandant Xue Qingfu and the Saint Xue fled, their lives unknown, the morale of the troops in the prefectures and counties was shaken, and Su Yun shocked Yuan Shuo. The Shuobei army pushed forward all the way, and the defenses of the prefectures and counties ahead were far inferior to those of Guangping, and they were pushed away without much large-scale resistance.
The defeated army fled all the way to the Western Capital.
The defense of the ancient city of Xidu was far inferior to that of the newly built cities such as Dongdu and Shuofang. The city walls were old and the buildings were not suitable for use as spiritual soldiers. It only lasted for one day before being conquered.
A month later, the Shuobei army arrived at the Eastern Capital and laid siege to the city.
In just over a month, the states and counties near the Eastern Capital rushed to the capital to support the king, and the aristocratic families from all over the place did their best, even moving out their family assets. They piled up all kinds of treasures to guard the nine floors of the Eastern Capital, and each floor was filled with a variety of powerful weapons from the aristocratic families, each with different powers.
Yuanshuo has a vast territory and many precious lands. The natural treasures produced by those lands are of extraordinary power. Over the past five thousand years, countless treasures have been created.
Now, wealthy families from all over the country have moved their treasures to Dongdu, and are truly turning Dongdu into an iron-clad empire!
What the aristocratic families were guarding was not the royal orthodoxy of the Yuan family, nor was it "imperial peace", but their own interests and their own families.
Who are those bandits in Shuobei
The bandit leader Zuo Songyan is a country bumpkin who has studied abroad and is the old boss of the Shuobei bandits. He wants to fight against the aristocratic families like them. He believes that the aristocratic families make up only 1% of the world's population, but occupy 90% of the world's wealth. The world is unfair and people's talents cannot be put to good use.
However, how could these country bumpkins know that if the poor did not die, the wealthy families would certainly not be able to occupy 90% of the population.
If we eliminate the poor, won’t there be no poor people? But the bumpkins don’t understand at all and only know how to rebel.
The second most dangerous bandit among the Shuo bandits is Qiu Shuijing, who is even more dangerous. Zuo Songyan is a country bumpkin who only knows how to fight and kill, but Qiu Shuijing wants to reform the law, which makes him a hundred times more dangerous than Zuo Songyan.
When he was the Minister of State Affairs, he carried out reforms and cut the interests of the family clans across the country. Eventually, he was overthrown by the family clans and exiled to Lingnan. Later, he was ungrateful and actually joined Zuo Songyan in a rebellion!
Zuo Songyan's rebellion was successful, but he just changed the emperor. After that country bumpkin killed Di Ping and became emperor himself, there was no one to govern the world for him. Didn't his enthusiasm be extinguished? In the end, he had to rely on the aristocratic families like them to help him manage the country
But Qiu Shuijing is different. Qiu Shuijing can come up with a complete set of things to select talents and eliminate these aristocratic families!
Therefore, the cooperation between Zuo Songyan and Qiu Shuijing is absolutely intolerable to these aristocratic families!
Of course, there were also many aristocratic families who had sold all their property and only kept the deeds to their precious lands. They sailed abroad and headed straight for overseas, seeking protection from foreign powers.
One day in the future, no matter who wins and who ascends the throne of Yuan Shuo, the aristocratic family has the support of a foreign emperor. If they produce the land deed, will the new court still be able to refuse to acknowledge it? If they refuse to acknowledge it, the foreign emperor will teach them to acknowledge it!
What's worse, they planned to use foreign forces to help the court suppress bandits.
But they didn't expect that the imperial army would be defeated so quickly.
At the foot of Dongdu City, Su Yun stood on the fairy cloud and looked at Dongdu City from afar.
The bottom layer of the East Capital City is already a three-layer stronghold, which can be called the first pass of Yuanshuo. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The nine-layer East Capital City built around Yuhuang Mountain is even more magnificent.
Jade Emperor Mountain stands tall like a pillar supporting the sky, splitting the dark sky. Cities grow around the Jade Emperor Mountain like golden leaves.
Among them, the buildings are more than a hundred feet high, the flying bridges are like rainbows, and the long corridors are like rivers, connecting one building to another and connecting all the levels of Yuhuang Mountain.
The ninth floor of the Eastern Capital is guarded as solid as a rock by the precious treasures of the noble families!
Some of these treasures were suppressed at the pass, some were floating above the streets, some were hanging on the roofs, and some were standing on the city walls.
Some are mirrors, with a power that can illuminate dozens of miles away, some are flying shuttles, coming and going like light and lightning, there are heavy sword boxes, when opened, countless sword lights fly all over the sky, some are treasure houses, with more than ten floors, all kinds of treasures are hung in the buildings, and the sky is filled with murderous aura.
There are also treasures such as bells, tripods, chimes, bowls, drums, flutes, and harps, each with different functions. There are also various treasure maps spread in the air, like a world.
There are so many disciplines and schools of thought that were born on the land of Yuanshuo, and the various treasures have different powers, which are breathtaking.
And above the Dongdu Imperial City, there were huge holy spirit soldiers floating, and their power was so powerful that it could distort the sky.
Such a magnificent scene shows the 5,000-year heritage of Yuanshuo.
"If we attack by force, I'm afraid it will take several months or even half a year to capture Dongdu."
On the fairy cloud, Zuo Songyan, Qiu Shuijing and others were also watching from afar. The army of Shuobei could not be too close, and had to be at least 30 miles away from Dongdu. If the distance was too close, the power of the spirit soldiers activated from Yuhuang Mountain could reach the military camp and hurt the soldiers.
The current Dongdu is like a big hedgehog, and its spiritual weapons and treasures are its thorns. These thorns will make anyone who dares to attack Dongdu a bloody mess!
Zuo Songyan frowned and said, "If we take down Dongdu, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties. I wonder how many of these soldiers will be able to return home alive..."
Qiu Shuijing also frowned: "Besides, the magnificent city of Dongdu will probably be destroyed because of this."
The holy Buddha sighed and said, "The corpses are piled up like mountains, and the blood is flowing like rivers. May the Buddha have mercy on us."
Dao Sheng said: "The enemy is at the gate, so we have to march. Master, treat it as hell on earth. Once you pass through this hell, you will reach the Western Paradise."
Jing Zhao said: "We must take over Dongdu as soon as possible. Otherwise, the longer we delay, the more troops from other states and counties will gather to support the king. Using Shuobei to fight the whole country will be unbearable."
Everyone had a frown on their face. It was almost impossible to take over Dongdu in a short period of time. Even if the army approached Dongdu, they would be bombarded by the power of countless spiritual weapons, causing countless casualties!
What's more, there are a number of great holy spirit soldiers guarding the sky above the Eastern Capital Imperial City!
How to attack Dongdu became the biggest problem.
Su Yun also frowned. If he used the First Immortal Seal to attack Dongdu, the First Immortal Seal might not be able to withstand the power of so many heavy weapons and the Great Holy Spirit Soldiers. Even if it could, the power of the First Immortal Seal would blast into Dongdu, and the people of Dongdu would inevitably suffer heavy casualties!
These people all died at Su Yun's hands, and Su Yun couldn't bear it!
"It would be great if we could use the Dust Curtain Sky to control the entire East Capital."
Su Yun thought of Lou Ban's great holy spirit weapon, the Dust Curtain Sky, and his heart was burning with excitement. If he had this treasure, he could mobilize all the buildings in Dongdu and transform them into an unimaginable spiritual weapon. Breaking Dongdu would not be so difficult anymore, and even the people in Dongdu would not suffer many casualties!
However, on the North Ming Sea, Lou Ban and Master Cen teamed up to hunt down Yu Daoyuan. The three of them killed each other fiercely. After that, Su Yun never met them again, and he didn't know where Lou Ban and the others had gone.
At this time, the handsome young general transformed by Hu Buping flew up to the fairy cloud and bowed to report: "The Western countries have sent envoys to persuade us to make peace."
Everyone was surprised and looked at each other. Qiu Shuijing said, "We should not neglect the foreign delegation. Please ask them to come up."
Fox Buping agreed and flew down from the fairy cloud.
—Four little foxes walked out of Huqiu Village. Huahu followed Mr. Lingyue to study and planned to create a new Confucianism. Qingqiuyue followed the Holy Buddha to practice. Li Xiaofan followed the Taoist Saint to practice. Only Hu Buping was not wanted by anyone and stayed in Wenchang Academy to study.
But he also got a great opportunity because of this. Wenchang Academy was flourishing with new learning, and a new batch of scholars who had studied abroad, such as Ye Luo, Li Muge, Bai Yuelou, and Li Zhuxian, returned and taught at Wenchang Academy, allowing him to learn the forefront of new learning. This was his first opportunity.
It happened that Yu Qingluo returned from overseas and spread the old holy learning of Huoyun Cave Heaven, summoned the world's benevolent and ambitious people to gather in Wenchang Academy, changed the old learning into new learning, various thoughts emerged, and the scholars in the academy debated. This was his second opportunity.
After the two caves merged, members of Yuanshuo Tongtian Pavilion came to Shuofang and settled in Wenchang Academy, bringing with them the latest Taoist magic. This was Hu Buping's third opportunity.
He seized these three opportunities, became knowledgeable and achieved extraordinary success. Among the four foxes in Huqiu Village, he might be the one with the greatest achievement.
In addition to the Shuofang Uprising, Hu Buping joined the army and began to emerge.
After a while, the envoys from various countries in the Western Land arrived above the fairy cloud. Su Yun looked closely and saw that the envoys were headed by Yu Shuangyun, representing Daqin. There were also envoys from Daxia, Dayuan and other countries.
After everyone sat down, Yu Shuangyun glanced at Su Yun, feeling uneasy. Her eyes then fell on Chai Chuxi, feeling a little sour in her heart.
"Is Pavilion Master Su married?"
Yu Shuangyun smiled and said, "Shuangyun has not yet congratulated the Pavilion Master. Pavilion Master, do you still remember the bathing pool in my house?"
Su Yun smiled and said, "What bath?"
Yu Shuangyun rolled her eyes and chuckled, "Many people got married, and were divorced the next year."
Su Yun had a dark face and a gloomy expression. He turned his head to look at Yingying and whispered, "Yingying, are you really not going to kill the messenger?"
Yingying whispered, "Sometimes I kill them when I'm pissed off."
Su Yun nodded gently and said, "Shuangyun, please continue."
Yu Shuangyun chuckled and said to Zuo Songyan, "Your Majesty, Emperor Xiyuan Shuo, the kings of the Western Lands heard that Xiyuan Shuo and Dongyuan Shuo had gone to war, and the people were suffering and starving. We are heartbroken for the people's suffering, so we plan to mediate between the two families."
Another Daxia envoy said, "We have sent a large army to mediate and have arrived in your country's East China Sea. We are stationed on the sea and are ready to intervene in the dispute between East and West Yuanshuo to bring you peace. Not long ago, a meeting of various countries was held in the East China Sea. At the meeting, we Western countries decided that you don't have to fight anymore. It is better to divide Yuanshuo into two with Dongdu as the boundary, and divide the east and west, with one court on each side."
The Dayuan envoy smiled and said, "The Western countries have sent their armies to station in the Eastern Capital. They are stationed here for the sake of your two courts, to prevent you from causing any more trouble. Our army is stationed in the Eastern Capital, and the East and West Yuanshuo countries are peaceful and the people are safe and content. You only need to pay some tribute every year."
“Nonsense!”
Zuo Songyan slammed the table and said angrily, "I am in Yuanshuo and there is a civil war. Why would I care about your affairs in the West? How can this be justified!"
The Dayuan envoy said, "Your Majesty, the Western Alliance's warships are on the East China Sea. I heard that Your Majesty once studied in the West, so you must know how sturdy the warships of the Western countries are, and how sharp the Western spiritual weapons are!"
Zuo Songyan laughed in anger, stood up and said, "What a bullshit note, you want to decide the survival of Yuan Shuo without my participation in the note? Your note agreement is so embarrassing that it hurts me to clean my butt! Go back to the West, otherwise I will attack the West directly after I conquer the East!"
"Wait a minute!"
Su Yun turned sideways and asked Yu Shuangyun, "Has the Great Qin Emperor Luo Wanyi returned to Great Qin? Is she in good health?"
Yu Shuangyun bowed and said, "His Majesty the Emperor is in good health."
Su Yun asked, "Is Master Yu in good health?"
Yu Shuangyun said: "My father is the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces this time, and he is doing well."
Su Yun nodded gently and said, "Shuangyun, go back and tell the Imperial Master that I want to conquer the Eastern Capital. If Imperial Master Yu wants to intervene, I welcome it."
Yu Shuangyun smiled and said, "I will tell my father the truth."
Su Yun waved his hand and said, "You can all go back. We won't kill the messenger."
He paused and said, "If you say one more word, I will kill you and send your head to the boat. You can get off now."
The envoys were silent and withdrew one by one.