"It's already four o'clock (10 o'clock). What happened to Cai Guo?" Kong Yingzhi led the Kong family's five hundred elite troops to wait anxiously in the Qingquan River Valley.

Suddenly, a guard in the late stage of foundation building ran over in a panic, "Young Master, it's not good, run away!"

"What's wrong?" Kong Yingzhi was still stunned.

The guards had no time to explain, and pulled Kong Yingzhi up and ran to the back. As soon as Kong Yingzhi had just crossed the hill, he heard a bang and a fierce fighting sound from behind.

"Uncle Guo, what's going on? Did Cai State fail?" Kong Yingzhi looked at the guards, but he didn't expect the guards to die with his head tilted.

"Uncle Guo!" Kong Yingzhi was shocked. He turned over and found that there were two blood holes the size of a fist behind the back of the Chief Guard Guo, which had already been bloody and bloody.

Kong Yingzhi was stunned, then picked up the body of the guard and fled to death.

In the rear, the battle ended soon; Beichen Yuqing pointed lightly one by one, "a main character ran away!"

"I'll chase!" Liu Lei was about to chase after him as soon as he pulled his legs.

Beichen Yuqing stopped him: "No need, chasing forward is the area of ​​Zhongshan County. The mountains are high and dense, so there is no way to chase after you. Besides, we should not completely break up with the Kong family now. Even if we catch that person, we still have to let go."

"Why?" Liu Leigang was confused.

Beichen Yuqing smiled bitterly, "Kill your younger brother and your son. If you kill your son again, then Kong Donglai will go crazy. What's more, we need the Kong family to cooperate to do something. Protect these corpses and don't damage them. This is important evidence."

Liu Lei looked at Beichen Yuqing and suddenly sighed: "What do you think of you strategists every day?"

"A strategist!" Beichen Yuqing laughed and took the lead in walking out of the valley.

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When Anyang achieved an unprecedented victory, the second wave of messengers sent by Li Liang flew to Wuyang again.

"The enemy's strength is unprecedentedly powerful, with nearly 50,000 soldiers and more than 50 war magic weapons?!"

This news completely caused the court to explode. His Majesty the Emperor is really a master. Just like Xu Ren's evaluation, His Majesty the Emperor really doesn't have many real emperors to do, and he is panicked when encountering major events.

"Your Majesty, I will go to rescue immediately!" Fu Minghui said again.

"Your Majesty!" Kong Xiang stopped again, "Since Cai State has used more than 50 war magic weapons, it can be seen that the goal is very small! If it were just Anyang, it would definitely not be so tiny. I am afraid that this is Cai State's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Once the defense power of the imperial capital is vacant, the real main force of Cai State will inevitably invade from the north.

In the foolish opinion of the old minister, please help Kaiping County, Zhongshan County and Luliang County to cooperate in defense. Anyang can be discarded, but the emperor cannot take risks!"

Kong Xiang said this beautifully! His Majesty the Emperor was at a loss.

Wang Chuan was sneering, watching Kong Xiang's performance coldly. Then he looked at Li Yulong, with indescribable pride in his eyes - neither of you two sons can come back! Humph!

Li Yulong began to be anxious, but he couldn't find a good excuse to fight back for a while. Besides, Li Yulong was a civil servant, so it was really inconvenient to speak out about military affairs.

In the end, His Majesty the Emperor finally ordered Fu Minghui to guard Wuyang City. At the same time, he ordered Kaiping County, Zhongshan County and Luliang County to cooperate in Anyang defense.

After the court dispersed, Wang Chuan approached Li Yulong again, "Mr. Li, I believe that the two young masters will definitely return safely. However, people like Kong Xiang who ignore the overall situation cannot continue to stay in the position of Taishi. They should change to someone who cares about the country and the people."

Of course Li Yulong knew what Wang Chuan meant - this guy wanted to be a Grand Tutor. But Li Yulong had no intention of caring about these things at this time, and rushed back home in a hurry.

At noon, a shadow appeared in Li Yulong's study.

"How?" Li Yulong asked nervously.

The shadow tone is full of message, "Great victory, so what is the situation..."

Li Yulong was stunned when he heard this. After a long time, he finally laughed. "Very good, very good, Wang Chuan, you still want to be the Grand Tutor? Dream!"

Later, Li Yulong called Yang Zhong, "Yang Zhong, if you send this letter to the Grand Master's Mansion, you must hand it to Kong Xiang and Kong Master Kong in person!"

"yes."

Yang Zhong was very fast, and within a moment, the letter was delivered to Kong Xiang. Kong Xiang was suspicious in his heart, and after all, he opened the envelope. As a result, there was only one piece of white paper in the letter.

"A piece of white paper?"

Not to mention Kong Xiang, even Yang Zhong was confused after seeing it. However, he repeatedly affirmed that he had never changed his mind.

After Yang Zhong left, Kong Xiang looked at the blank paper for a long time and suddenly woke up - a waste of time!

This white paper means empty! And the reason why it is white paper, not empty envelope, means that you can still preserve the foundation.

To be coherent, it means: Your Kong family takes a lot of work and is even in danger of overturning; do you want to preserve your foundation? Cooperate with me, Li Yulong! You can give whatever I want!

Kong Xiang held the white paper and his hands burst out with blue veins. After a long time, he finally sighed, sat in the chair dejectedly and tiredly.

In the evening, the imperial capital exploded and the sky was filled with noise.

As soon as the housekeeper came to Kong Xiang, Kong Xiang smiled bitterly, "Is it a great victory in Anyang?"

"Uh... Master, you are really as expected." The housekeeper worships infinitely.

"Things are like gods? Hey..." Kong Xiang laughed bitterly in addition to laughing and crying.

He went to court three times a day, once in the middle of the night, once in the morning, and once in the evening. But His Majesty the Emperor looked very good. Facing all the officials, His Majesty the Emperor personally read the results of the war:

"Li Xian annihilated 4,000 Imperial Guards of Cai State in Huangshi Valley, and only escaped the General.

In the first battle of Anyang defense, more than 17,000 enemies were killed and more than 30 miles of defeated soldiers were pursued.

In the second battle, more than 9,700 pursuers were killed.

In the three battles, about 33,000 people were beheaded. The defenders from the southeast of the State of Cai went to seven floors and were unable to attack within three years.

In Anyang, he suffered 5,148 casualties.

Great victory, great victory! An unprecedented victory! This is the biggest victory in the last thirty years. And it is a real victory!"

All officials were stunned, especially Wang Chuan, who seemed to have been beaten up and didn't know how to think for a while.

Kong Xiang suddenly stood up, "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty. The old minister just got the news that Yao Jianye had been in the inside and outside, and privately released four thousand elite troops from Cai State into the pass, which almost caused a disaster.

Please let the old minister retire and return home.”

His Majesty the Emperor was in a good mood at this time and said jokingly, "I am sure. But I still have a question in the end. Who can I ask the Grand Master if the Grand Master thinks can be the one who assists the country?"

Kong Xiang sighed, "Thank you for your trust. Looking at the court now, the wise men include Prime Minister Ouyang Wubing, and those who can be the censor Li Yulong. The military officials Yuan Yong. As long as Your Majesty reuses these three people, you can protect the empire for 20 years."

"Well. Very good. Li Yulong, starting today, you will be my assistant minister. I will give you the first task. The factory of 100,000 textile machine has been built, so you have to help me manage it."

When Li Yulong heard this, he sighed in his heart, "The King of the Destroyed Country, it's time for him to care about this." But he said, "Yes."

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the Prime Minister again, "Prime Minister, what should Yao Jianye be guilty of?"

"Corruption of family members and extermination of family members!"

"Well. Who does the Prime Minister think can take over the position of governor of Kaiping County?"

The prime minister hesitated for a while, "Li Liang is the only one. With the power of victory, Li Liang will surely be able to quickly clean Kaiping County, eliminate hidden dangers, and make the northeastern border of the Great Xia Kingdom worry-free."

"Okay, then I'll recall Yao Jianye, search Yao Jianye's family and exterminate the clan. Promote Li Liang to the governor of Kaiping County, and promote Li Liang to the Anyang Mu."

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Chapter completed!