After lighting it, the true energy flowed out smoothly and dispersed along with the smoke from the incense. At this time, his heart was empty, but he sincerely held up the incense and bowed to the waves of the river behind the case, and he was even more sincerely emotional.

, if these gods

The real dragon is a particular person, so the disasters caused by the real dragon should not be as bad as those of mortals. Why do you need to come here in person? Then I thought about it, since I want to use humans to attack the divine, how can I still think that I can only do it for myself?

Kou, why don't people be allowed to be thieves?

At this point, Zhang Xing looked away, inserted the incense stick into the small incense burner, and simply turned around and left.

As soon as he turned around, his eyelids twitched again, and he turned back again, looking at the table full of wooden cards... After looking at it for two breaths, he was still a little confused, and then he asked around again: "Have you seen it?

?”

Yu Chirong was stunned for a moment, then immediately raised his knife and asked, "What did the chief say?"

At this moment, the rest of the entourage also became nervous, and even Cao Xi became confused and at a loss.

Zhang Xing was speechless, and then asked Sun Siyuan seriously: "Dean Sun, you are the Grand Master, have you seen it?"

Sun Siyuan nodded.

Zhang Xing looked back again to look at the wooden signs on the table, his eyes fell on one of them, and then he believed that he was not in a daze just now.

It turned out that just after Zhang performed the rituals and offered sacrifices, and when the true energy of the incense was about to dissipate, it passively floated towards one of the wooden signs... Obviously, this wooden sign was misplaced, and the owner of the river accepted it.

He offered sacrifices to Chief Zhang.

To be fair, this is not surprising for a person who is prepared and has already fought against a real dragon. He has never even seen a real dragon. If he has reached a certain level of cultivation, he can understand all kinds of supernatural beings. The great master Sun Siyuan is very calm.

Well... But Zhang Xing was still stunned for a moment.

There is no other reason. Since I came to this world, I have been in and out of things many times. In the past ten days, seven or eight major events have happened by the river. I even used the Jinglong Sword to point at the river and swore an oath, but I have never seen it.

What kind of miracle happened, and the result has only alerted the rightful owner today.

All I can say is that this one is really solid.

With the incident by the river in their hearts, everyone continued to go north and entered Yecheng in the middle of the month.

In the early winter, Yecheng was not suppressed by the so-called cold winter. On the contrary, the atmosphere inside and outside the city felt a bit lively... Think about it, the continuous war victories in spring, summer and autumn, the large amount of land, population, and the newly brought under rule

The most direct new inclusion in Hebei's elites has further catalyzed the city.

At this moment, the old capital of Hebei, which had been systematically dismantled and relocated, has once again shown its excellent vitality. Despite the limited urban area, the surrounding land has been redeveloped. The south, north and east of the city have been built.

It consists of a small town with special functions and the Hanling Mountain City where troops are stationed in the southeast, almost forming a continuous line.

Even the old Santai site on the bank of Zhangshui in the west of the city has many more public buildings in rows to cope with the increasingly large Daxingtai system.

It was in this atmosphere that Zhang Xing returned to Yecheng.

After entering Yecheng, Chief Zhang did not return to Guanfeng Courtyard, but went directly to the side hall where Chen Bin was. He summoned Wei Xuanding and Xu Shiying to announce Cao Xi's affairs.

Frankly speaking, things went smoothly, but the atmosphere was not very good.

The reason is simple. Even though Zhang Xing brought back the Grand Master, everyone still fell into some kind of uneasiness as the founder began to prepare for possible natural disasters.

It can be seen that these people want to persuade Zhang Xing not to deal with Lord Tunfeng now, because if something goes wrong, the decisive battle to finally unify the world will inevitably be delayed.

However, these few people also know that this is just emotion, a kind of uneasiness in facing an unknown high-level battle. Judging from the current situation and existing experience, there is no reason for this battle to be suspended.

Therefore, they also held back and did not try to persuade him.

According to the plan, Zhang Xing should wait in Yecheng for a while... because Xu Shiying still had to gather the last batch of elite cultivators, and Zhang Xing had originally planned to delay the fight until the end of the year to avoid this battle.

The influence is compounded by that of winter... However, the atmosphere in the city is already very wrong at this time.

Zhang Xing could almost imagine that as Cao Xi's work unfolded and the higher-ups gradually became aware of the matters related to Tunfeng Lord and worried about the outcome, it would definitely have a hindering effect on this battle.

Things are so paradoxical... Chief Zhang has gradually figured out some rules over the years, that is, even if everyone has the right attitude and thinking about a matter, there will be a lot of misalignment of details in the specific ideas, and things will change with the situation.

The advancement produces obvious deformation.

At this time, if he wants to effectively promote predetermined things, he often has to adopt an attitude opposite to that of the public.

This is not to deliberately play devil's advocate and show how hard you are against everyone's opinions, but to use tug-of-war tactics to ensure that the strategies and plans that have been formulated are not derailed.

If you want to depose Lord Tunfeng, then you must depose Lord Tunfeng. Don’t be timid and don’t give up halfway!

If we want to integrate the Northland quickly, we must integrate the Northland quickly. We can’t care about sporadic division of interests, we can’t break our promises, we can’t be too lenient, and we can’t be too strict!

To use Li Ding as the sharp edge and the north as the base to complete the strategic flank attack on Great Britain, we must resolutely implement it and do everything possible to complete this strategic plan!

Of course, if we want to deal with Liu Wenzhou, we must deal with Liu Wenzhou!

As a result, Zhang Xing did not stop in Yecheng. After issuing a few orders, he set off again in the evening of that day and continued to the north. He simply stayed in a small town on the other side of the Zhang River at night.

I didn't go back to Guanfeng Yuan to take a look, nor did I stay for a meal.

This behavior certainly conveys a certain resolute attitude.

In early November, the weather became increasingly cold. Zhang Xing arrived in Youzhou slowly but firmly and continued to stay. To the outside world, it seemed as if he was on a normal inspection tour of Xinde Land... In fact, he also

It is indeed patrolling.

They expressed condolences to the orphans and widows, surveyed the geography, inquired about customs, communicated with the newly appointed officials and ministers, and even held a banquet with Feng Wuyi at Nangong Lake, and invited everyone to watch the elegance of the snow falling on Nangong Lake.

By the way, I participated in the grand master-level free clinic activities and the foundation laying ceremony of the Thousand Gold Monument.

I don’t know if Zhang Xing was helping him set up the Thousand Gold Monument throughout the process, but Sun Siyuan calmly cooperated throughout the process.

Of course, there were also troubles during this period. For example, Liu Wenzhou became impatient early on and sent an inquiry through Bai Yousi. He only gave up after getting Zhang Xing's personal reply and a letter of assurance.

Several small-scale battles also broke out in the Northland, and there was also a very troublesome political aftermath - someone from Anchewei failed to rebel and fled into the range of Blackwater Guards. Liu Heisu's troops tried to pursue them but were defeated by Blackwater Guards.

People blocked him by the Black Water. Chief Commander Yin Tianqi sent a stern question to Li Ding. At the same time, as a leader, he also asked Liu Heifu to surrender his weapons, and then went to the Shenxian Cave to explain the situation.

What kind of bastard and cunning thing was Liu Heifu? How could anyone listen to him? How could he cause real trouble? So he just stayed by the black water.

Both sides are in a mess now.

It can only be said that without Zhang Xing, Da Siming, with his identity as a leader, his cultivation as a grand master, and the overall strength of the Demon Guards, Li Ding, Xiong Bonan, and Bai Yousi simply cannot suppress them.

It was precisely because of this that in mid-November, Zhang Xing crossed Thudao Ridge and entered Beidi.

Almost at the same time that Zhang Xing arrived in Liucheng, a piece of information was passed to Dongdu.

"Is Zhang San going against nature?" Sima Zheng looked at the information, his heart moved slightly, but he made a strange comment. "Or is it going against nature?"

Sima Jinda was standing by and couldn't help but be surprised: "What do you mean?"

"He wants to gather the best of the gang to depose Lord Tunfeng." Sima Zheng handed the paper in his hand out, but did not give it directly to his uncle, but to Su Wei beside him.

Su Wei took it tremblingly, glanced at it twice, and without saying anything, handed the paper to Niu Hong. Niu Hong moved more quickly, looked up and down twice, frowned, and handed it to Sima Jinda.

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Sima Jinda finished reading at this time and finally knew the whole story, but first asked an unexpected question: "Such a large-scale arrangement, even if it is a rigorous cover-up, there should have been rumors and speculations. According to the intelligence,

There were rumors before that Tabaiqi was at the winter camp in the North with Li Ding, so why has the information not been transmitted until now?"

"What's there to be suspicious of?" Sima Zheng said with a wry smile. "Of course it's because Zhang San was in Hebei before, so he didn't dare to make any move."

"Has Zhang Xing's prestige reached this level?" Sima Jinda thought for a while, but also felt a little helpless. "It took a lot of effort to have an insider, but he is so timid? Will he shrink back in a few years?"

"It's hard to say." Niu Hong interjected slightly. Unlike Su Wei, who was just lying down and decorating, his son was considered a key general in Dongdu, so he was still willing to do something and say something. "Besides, compared to us,

That little bit of insider information should be taken into account more

They are our insiders... Not to mention outside the Eastern Capital, those few have even formally professed vassalage to the gang. In the Eastern Capital, the Prime Minister is personally in charge, but after all, the East and West families are from the Eastern Capital.

The inextricable relationship is also cut off."

"Indeed." Sima Zheng still smiled bitterly. "So let's not think about this matter for now. Let's just talk about the most important thing... 89% of the help has gone to the Northland. How should we deal with it?"

"Logically speaking, it is natural to take advantage of the situation and raise troops to go straight to Ye City." Su Wei suddenly spoke, which was rare. "But if this is the case, one is to break the contract, and the other is to care about the future of Ye City.

situation..."

"That's right." Sima Jinda nodded in approval. "With the current situation, if we secretly send troops and horses across Heyang City, with Erlang personally leading the team, we are still sure of attacking Yecheng, but what will happen after we capture it? Cong Bang said

, they don’t fight, they succeed or fail very quickly, and they will definitely turn around and come back again... And even if they suffered heavy casualties, if we can defend Yecheng, we have to worry about the emptiness of the eastern capital behind us and make wedding clothes for others. "

"Actually, this is the truth." Niu Hong sighed. "We are weak, and the other two are strong. The only way is to spend time here in Dongdu, wait for the other two to be weak, and then expand. If one of them is killed halfway

Suddenly they are weak. Instead, we should contact them and fight against the stronger one together...I am afraid it is wrong to send troops in a hurry and break the balance."

"It's true that we can't do it easily." Sima Zheng said with a smile. "But I'm still thinking, if I help this move, is it going with the will of heaven or against it? What will happen if it succeeds, and what if it fails?"

Only then did a few people react, and Sima Zheng didn't ask any unnecessary questions from the beginning.

But now, faced with this problem, there was a trace of silence in the Nanya Government Office of the Great Wei Dynasty.

After a while, it was Su Wei who gave the answer: "Success will be in line with nature, failure will be against nature."

There was silence again, but no one could deny Xianggong Su's answer.

"Then what should we do?" After a moment, Sima Jinda asked the question that his nephew had asked before.

"Didn't Xie Minghe come to ask us about contract renewal before?" Su Wei continued to give the answer. "Isn't there a result now? If it succeeds, we will abandon the contract and prepare for war, if it fails, we will renew the alliance."

"That's right." Sima Zheng nodded, but then laughed. "But if you put it this way, doesn't it mean that if we help Nitian, we will help him, and if we help Shuntian, we will fight against him? Doesn't this mean that we are acting against nature?

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To be continued...