I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

Under the arrangement of the crossing team, Yi Cheng traveled day and night without stopping. Within a few days, he crossed the Yangtze River and changed to a horse, and arrived at the camp of the Northern Army stationed outside Xuzhou City.

During the Southern Expedition of the Northern Army, the commander in charge of controlling the overall situation was Prime Minister Zuo, Hushi General, and King Yu Wenyong of Zhou. They were also famous figures in the Northern Dynasty, whose power could almost overwhelm the imperial family.This time, we are going all out to promote the Southern Expedition in an attempt to destroy the country in one fell swoop, precisely to expand power and stabilize the base through credit.Over the past few years, the plan has been carefully prepared, and of course it cannot be shaken by a few lobbyists.Purely out of etiquette, King Zhou reluctantly ordered to summon the envoy sent by Jiankang.After seeing Yi Cheng, he couldn't help laughing: How could such a sixteen or seventeen-year-old unknown boy be able to go on a mission?

"There is no one in the Southern Dynasties!" He sighed in front of Yi Cheng: "It can be seen that the fate is on me. If God does not take it, I will take the blame. This time, I will definitely flatten Jiankang and drink with you on the stage. Within the city!"

Everyone in the tent burst into laughter and echoed one after another, as if they despised Yi Cheng to the extreme.Yi Cheng was silent and calm, and waited until the laughter in the tent faded away before stepping forward to cup his hands in a calm manner:

"There were hundreds of millions of scholars in Zhou Dynasty, but hundreds of millions of hearts; there were three thousand scholars in Zhou Dynasty, but they had only one heart. In the Southern Dynasty, Chengcheng dared not speak of many scholars, and was as dull as a boy, but he only obeyed orders and ran around to be sent by the Lord. Scholars, the Bian River and Jishui River are only a few hundred miles away, and there are four or five generals escorting food and grass to guard the waterway every day. I am ashamed of myself."

After saying a word, everyone's complexion changed slightly.In the northern court, the two kings of Zhou and Qi respected each other equally, and there were rifts between them.The purpose of King Zhou's southern expedition this time is to build up his military exploits and consolidate his power; and King Qi cannot turn a blind eye to it.Although Mingli couldn't object, secretly he made a lot of stumbling blocks.In the past few months, the king of Qi has made frequent moves. He not only sent his sons to lead elite soldiers to compete for credit, but also managed to replace the food officer who escorted the military supplies for the king of Zhou, delaying and paying responsibilities in every possible way.In order to relieve his worries, the king of Qi had to send officials to urge him repeatedly, so that there was an endless stream of envoys, looking at each other.

——But no matter how many people come and go, looking at each other, it is also a great secret that the Northern Army carefully conceals.How could this boy see through it at a glance? !

King Qi raised his hand and stopped several of his subordinates from asking.He leaned slightly from the tiger-skin chair, and a pair of radiant old eyes swept Yi Cheng's face left and right:

"Mr. Yi Lang is quite capable of seeing things." He said indifferently, "It's because I underestimated the southerners."

Yi Cheng's expression was indifferent, as if King Zhou's praise was just fleeting.Of course, he really has nothing to be proud of—before crossing the river this time, Mr. Xiang had given him some confidential information for negotiation.

He raised his head and glanced at the faces of the people, but said calmly: "In this case, will King Zhou consider our conditions, and the two sides regard peace as the most important thing, and curb the force a little?"

King Qi hehe, sneered and said:

"Mr. Yi Lang, it's just a piece of news about the grain road. Can it be possible to reverse the military strength of the north and the south? The strength of the strength is so clear, why do you have to wag your lips and talk, and engage in this meaningless dispute? If our army insists on not retreating, the Southern Dynasty So what. Why don't you write another letter expressing something—'strong protest'?"

He rolled his tongue, and managed to finish these four strange words in the letter with great difficulty.The people next to him immediately cheered and couldn't help bursting into laughter.

Yi Cheng stood silently for a moment, then bowed his hands solemnly again: "So, His Highness refuses to retreat?"

King Qi smiled and nodded: "That's natural."

The matter has come to this point, there is nothing to say, King Qi looked around and asked people to lead the envoys of the Southern Dynasty to rest.

Before the mission, the King of Hengyang had already explained that this time he was just trying his best out of humanity, and Yi Cheng didn't feel that there was any blow or not, so he saluted and said goodbye, then turned around and left the account with the scholars.On the contrary, King Zhou frowned slightly, and added an extra sentence of emotion to his left and right subordinates:

"This son advances and retreats calmly, with a calm demeanor, and his future achievements will be limitless. Jiangdong is full of talents, which cannot be underestimated. The northern and southern armies are about to fight. If we want these young men of sixteen or seventeen to come and go freely and deal with them calmly, it will appear that our army is narrow-minded and timid. , lost the wind. It is better to try to frustrate his spirit."

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In order to frustrate the envoys of the Southern Dynasty, in the early morning of the second day, the King of Zhou specially invited Yi Cheng to inspect the army formation and observe the appearance of the army with him.

This time the inspection was different than usual, the King of Zhou specially dispatched elite soldiers who had experienced many battles and were full of blood and blood, and asked them to surround the school platform all around, each with bows and arrows and swords, waving up and down the long steps of the school platform.King Zhou sat on the stage, watched Yi Cheng slowly approaching with a smile, stood under the steps and looked up.

These elite soldiers have nothing to do with killing, and they usually watch silently and coldly, because their evil spirit can stop children from crying at night.Now that he is fully armed and holding a murderous weapon in his hand, that murderous intent is even more piercing than a steel needle.The king of Zhou once used this to tease the civil servants in the country, and every one of them was sweating profusely, even paralyzed and unable to control themselves.This is true for an old fritter who has been immersed in officialdom for decades, let alone a mere frail boy?

But the situation was far beyond Zhou Wang's expectation.Yi Cheng bowed his hands to the soldiers, and then walked up the steps calmly, relaxing for a while while walking, without showing the slightest bit of panic and ugliness.Walking up to the school platform, the young man looked around leisurely, and then bowed to King Zhou.

King Zhou was astonished, but he was really admirable in his heart.He looked Yi Cheng up and down, and finally he was full of emotion: "The swords and swords are mixed, but the eyes are not blinking, and the steps are really good-hearted, really good-natured!"

Yi Cheng crossed his hands to thank him, but there was no fluctuation in his expression: after he was ordered to go on a mission, Mr. Xiang summoned him alone to guarantee the absolute safety of this negotiation.Based on the fire and rain he had seen on the north shore, these elite soldiers' wielding knives and guns were so menacing that they were nothing more than appetizers that could be easily extinguished.

So Yi Cheng was very calm, and after the greetings, he asked King Zhou straight to the point: Have you considered the conditions of the Southern Dynasty?

The King of Zhou laughed, and swept across the audience with a horsewhip in his hand, with a teasing tone: "Mr. Yi Lang is so eloquent, can he persuade hungry tigers not to eat meat from now on? Such a master of tigers and wolves can only be found in the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River. Only then can we wrap our stomachs for a while! Mr. Yi Lang looks at our army's strength, do you think the southern soldiers can resist it?"

Yi Cheng thought for a while, and replied with a very sincere attitude: "I have never seen a hungry tiger. As for such a teacher of tigers and wolves, I was lucky enough to see it once in the north bank of Jingzhou..."

King Zhou paused for a moment, and his laughter became louder: Yi Cheng handed over the letter from the Southern Dynasty the day before, and the letter said with certainty that the northern army's partial division had been wiped out, and Yin Jian soon asked them to regard peace as the most important thing.But how could such a deceitful and cunning little trick fool the battle-tested King Zhou?Although the Northern Dynasties divided their troops to attack, the two armies kept communicating with each other.But so far, he has not received any notification.

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After thinking about it, it is estimated that at most the Southern Dynasty used some tricks to make a small gain, and used it to intimidate them with empty words... Could it be possible that they really wiped out all the soldiers, and even cut off the news?The Southern Dynasties boasted so much that it was unbelievably fabricated—don’t say that the Northern Army’s partial division had more than 10 people, even if it was [-] pigs, it didn’t make sense to clean it up in a few days!

Thinking of this, King Zhou felt more and more funny, and the laughter was so loud that it was a bit rude.Yi Cheng stood upright in awe, and waited quietly for King Zhou to finish laughing before finally asking:

"Can't Your Highness rein in the precipice and give in a little bit?"

King Zhou took a few breaths, smiled and shook his head:

"Of course not!"

Yi Cheng sighed.At this point, the process of "strong protest" and "reining in on the cliff" has been completed, and it is time to complete the last step.

"Then." Yi Cheng said slowly, "Your Highness, the words have come to an end, so let's not call them unpredictable."

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands and left, walked down the steps, and went straight back to the guest room where he was temporarily staying outside the barracks.

After checking in the guest room for a while, Yi Cheng moved his ears and heard a strange whirring sound above his head.He raised his head and looked out the window, just in time to see a ball of fire rushing down, hitting the school platform where the generals gathered impartially.

In an instant, the fire was shining and the explosion was deafening, and the people around were already flying into the sky like kites.Yi Cheng shook his head slightly, and locked the wooden window tightly, which happened to block the scorching heat wave that followed.It's just that the window paper on the top was pulled, and black smoke was slowly coming out.

"...Looking at this posture, it's still a little too much." Yi Cheng sighed softly, and dropped the little button that Mr. Xiang gave him.

·

In general, the efficiency of the Northern Army is quite fast.Only five or six hours after the explosion, the surviving officers barely controlled the situation by relying on butcher knives and horsewhips, at least they didn't make a roar.When the order in the army was slightly under control, several generals in charge immediately ordered to arrest the envoys of the Southern Dynasty.

It was noon at this time, but in the dusty school grounds, everyone was trembling and shaking, and they couldn't help but glance at the muddy pit behind them that was hundreds of feet wide.Both sides of the school grounds were dripping with blood, and a series of dead heads were hung on the newly erected wooden pillars.Yi Cheng was forced by the soldiers, and when he entered the arena, he still looked at himself as if nothing had happened, and looked at the quality of the head with great interest.

When several chief officers approached in a threatening manner with their swords in hand, Yi Cheng even bowed unhurriedly and asked them if the documents for customs clearance were ready, and he wanted to set off to return to the south today.

Several generals froze and couldn't help but glance at each other.The leader finally suppressed his anger, and asked the envoy of the Southern Dynasty sharply, whether he had cast a demon on the barracks to murder the commander-in-chief?

Yi Cheng nodded calmly: "Yes."

As soon as this remark came out, several generals were stunned again—to be honest, they bound the envoys from the Southern Dynasties to find a blame for this weird and inexplicable fireball, so as to stabilize the frightened and panicked chaos. Just the army.As for the questioning, it was just going through the motions: If the Southern Dynasty wanted to have this sorcery, wouldn't it have raised troops to go north long ago?

But never expected that this weird and inexplicable young envoy would admit it outright!

Are Southerners so sincere?

Before the generals could react, a commotion erupted all around immediately—countless soldiers rushed out from the crowd to chop this monster into pieces.A few guards who survived by chance but were seriously injured had bloodshot eyes and roared that they were about to attack.For a while, there was a lot of voices, and Yi Cheng had to raise his voice:

"I did it—and then? I'm quite surprised. You have seen the power of sorcery, but you dare to wield swords and guns like this... Could it be that the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty really regarded death as home?"

Before he finished speaking, there was already a sharp wind of a knife behind him.Yi Cheng turned sideways and managed to dodge, only to feel that the knife on his side was shining like a tide.But he saw the general in front of him suddenly drew his sword and swung forward, and with a sword, he parried away the guards who rushed behind him.

"Helian!" The general snapped, "Don't be impulsive!"

The guard named He Lian's eyes were red: "The king of Zhou's bloody enmity, can you not avenge it? Yu Wenbo, you are so greedy for life and afraid of death?!"

The general opened his mouth to defend: "I just let you grow up—"

Before he finished speaking, blood exploded around him with a bang—a flame fell from the sky, splitting Helian in half from head to toe.

In an instant, they stood up in exclamation, everyone panicked and looked up to check, but the sky was light and cloudy, so where did the fire come from?In a daze, the soldiers scrambled to turn around and run away. Only a few warriors were full of blood and wanted to pounce on the envoys of the Southern Dynasty and try their best to block this evil evil.Yi Cheng stood where he was and didn't dodge at all, but flames splashed in the air, and there were several horrible corpses immediately.

Yi Cheng dodged to avoid the blood stains, let go of his throat and shouted loudly:

"Everyone! Do you know the power of demon magic now?"

These few words added fuel to the flames, and soon some archers climbed up to the heights and bent their bows and arrows, aiming to shoot this powerful demon from a distance.But as soon as their arrows were pulled away, two swishing fires came in response to the appointment, and they were all reimbursed immediately.Screams erupted amid blood splatters, further fueling the panic.

In an instant, the surroundings were already chaotic and chaotic. Yi Cheng stood alone in the center, with swords, lights and swords around his face bloody, but his expression remained unchanged.He looked once, seeing that the order had been completely lost, and finally turned his head to look at the general in charge beside him - this person has been standing still in place since the fire fell from the sky just now, as if struck by lightning.

Yi Cheng coughed lightly, and was very satisfied to see the panic on the other's face as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"It's not okay to be so chaotic." Yi Cheng said softly, "You first let people suppress the chaotic soldiers, and then convey the order of our King Hengyang—His Highness has the virtue of being good at life, as long as he is willing to drop his weapon and surrender, His Highness is willing." Forgive him."

The general shivered, and anger was evident on his face.

He is the confidant of the king of Zhou who personally inspected and pulled out, and he has been smooth sailing in the Northern Army, and he is full of pride.And now, regarding the matter of loyalty to the emperor, he should——

"...obey the order."

·

"So it's over?"

Mu Chen looked at the screen—the screen was a high-definition picture from a military drone.After Yi Cheng arrived at the Beijun barracks, the drones of the crossing team set off immediately.During the whole process of the negotiations, several high-tech killing machines were stationed at least 2 kilometers above the barracks, and the aerial cameras captured the live events from various angles.

These drones are equipped with rockets/bombs and the most advanced sniper AI. After confirming that Yi Cheng is in danger, the drones will quickly lower their altitude and snipe away all dangerous factors.

Xiang Liang checked the image and finally nodded.

Mu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and finally left from the screen.He picked up the brush casually, turned around and opened the document submitted by the advisory group.

——Now that the external aggression is clear, it is time to deal with the internal ghosts who do not know what to do and who dare to go against the wheel of history.

Mu Chen's eyes hurriedly glanced over the crimes listed by the advisory team.The aristocratic family has indeed been domineering for too long and has become unscrupulous. Even if they knew that the attitude of the usurper was wrong, they had not restrained themselves for several days.Judging by their actions, not to mention the modern legal system and human rights, even in the Middle Ages, everything was absolutely invincible...

Mu Chen turned to the end of the booklet, and finally understood why these people were so arrogant—according to the unannounced visits of the special forces, most of the people who caused troubles in the city these days and even made secret connections were the family members of the servant Wang Yan, and this Wang Yan He did have the confidence to challenge the imperial power - he is the direct descendant of the Langya Wang family.

The king and the horse share the world.Now it's just spreading rumors to engage in series connection, that would be too embarrassing to the court.

Mu Chen sighed, and dipped a brush of cinnabar into the inkstone.

"In this case." He said to himself: "It's cold that day, let the Wang family go bankrupt."

The cinnabar then fell down, making a circle lightly.