Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

After marrying Chen Rong Xinyue as the queen, the Zhongyuan clan finally showed a little closeness to Xuan, and Chen Rong Xinyue's brother Chishui Fenglong went directly to Xiyan Mountain to become Xuan's general.

In response to this, Fangfeng Yiying, under the persuasion of Chen Rong Xinyue, stopped all attacks against Xixuan, but continued to secretly provide food and weapons to the remnants of Hongjiang. Of course, all of this was hidden even deeper, and even Xixuan could only find out that Tushan's support for Hongjiang had stopped.

But not only are the Fifth and Seventh Kings still alive, the forces in their hands have not yet completely defected. Even Hao Ling is actually unwilling to see Xuan deal with the various forces within Xiyan in a short period of time and instead concentrate on facing the outside world.

So Hong Jiang took the opportunity to launch an attack and directly occupied a small city closest to Qingshui Town, and Chen Rongyi had to hand over the position of Lord of Luoyi City to prove his innocence.

Of course, after Xuan took over Luoyi City, he treated Queen Chen Rong Xinyue and General Chi Shui Fenglong as usual without any blame. This made Chen Rong and Chi Shui feel at ease, but also gave Li Rong and Fang Feng the opportunity to rise to power.

It was at this time that Xiangliu reappeared in Xiyan as Fangfeng Bi, and also took an important position in the army of Dixuan. Fangfeng Yiying provided food and grass to Fangfeng Bi several times on behalf of Tushan clan, which was also a token of his loyalty to Dixuan.

To be honest, Xuan did not want to get entangled with the remnants of Hong Jiang, but Chen Rong Kingdom was destroyed by Xi Yan both in name and in reality. If he could not completely defeat the remnants of Hong Jiang, he would have no excuse to start a war against Hao Ling Kingdom. Moreover, just because the remnants of Hong Jiang occupied a city, even if the city was not big, it represented the meaning of Chen Rong's revival.

Therefore, even if Chishui Fenglong continued to lead the troops, he could not go to encircle and suppress Hongjiang, so Fangfeng Bei was brought up.

Fangfeng Yiying just felt happy. He stuffed the younger generations of the Tushan clan who were not so obedient into Fangfeng Bei's subordinates, and generously sponsored food and fodder. Not to mention the Tushan and Fangfeng clans, even Xuanxuan was satisfied.

The Fangfeng Bei army was approaching, but Hong Jiang had already learned the essence of guerrilla warfare from Xiangliu in the academy. The scouts of Fangfeng Bei had not been officially sent out yet, but they suffered a head-on blow. Before the two sides officially met, Xiyan lost more than a thousand soldiers, and the morale was certainly affected.

Fangfeng Bei immediately put the army on full alert and sent out all his scouts. He then turned around and wrote a letter to Xuan to apologize. The young men in the army who had originally looked down on Fangfeng Bei as a playboy who had taken advantage of the situation all stepped forward. Although Fangfeng Bei showed his strong skills for a while and temporarily suppressed everyone, he was eventually caught by Hong Jiang.

Therefore, this battle of suppression was sabotaged by the unconvinced princes, the Fifth King, the Seventh King and Hong Jiang's spies at the critical moment when Fang Feng Bei should have sent out all his troops to eliminate the remnants of Hong Jiang. As a result, Fang Feng Bei fell on the front line and returned seriously injured. Hong Jiang took the opportunity to replenish a wave of troops, expanding Chen Rong's army from more than 10,000 to nearly 100,000.

Fangfeng Bi, as the chief commander, was stabbed in the back by his own people and has been lying in bed unable to get up ever since. Even if Xuanxuan wanted to, he couldn't let Fangfeng Bi take the blame. What's more, Fangfeng Bi's sister Fangfeng Yiying was the leader of Tushan clan, and he had to give face to Tushan clan.

Therefore, those who attacked Fangfeng Bei became legitimate scapegoats, and the forces of the Five Kings and the Seventh King were purged again. It seemed that the power in the hands of Xuan was getting bigger and bigger, but in fact, the clans began to waver again, especially when they saw Chen Rong's army expanding again, Chen Rong clan almost wanted to disappear and let Xiyan forget about them.

As for the Chishui clan, which had an alliance with the Chenrong clan, they had to keep quiet and wait for the next opportunity because the future head of the Chishui clan, Chishui Fenglong, had half of the Chenrong clan's blood.

Therefore, in this war that started off well but ended badly, apart from the Chen Rong Army which reaped great rewards on the surface, the Fangfeng brothers and sisters who reaped a lot in secret, and Xuan who took the opportunity to gather a lot of power, the Li Rong clan reaped the biggest rewards.

The Lirong clan originally had a very close relationship with the Tushan clan, but after all, the Lirong clan was not a vassal of the Tushan clan. Moreover, the Lirong clan had taken the initiative to sever ties with the Tushan clan as early as when the news of Tushan Jing's disappearance spread. Therefore, after Fangfeng Yiying came to power, his relationship with the Lirong clan was just a face-saving one.

But now the four major clans in the Central Plains have all suffered losses, and the Tushan clan, which suffered no losses, cannot find anyone to enjoy such results. Li Rongchang, who was pushed forward by the Li Rong clan, has become the best candidate in Xuanxuan's eyes to replace Chishui Fenglong and Fangfeng Bei.

Of course, Xuan did not completely trust Li Rongchang. After all, it was Fang Fengbei who was pushed forward by him after Chishui Fenglong needed to avoid suspicion. Even though he lost the battle too tragically, it also proved that Fang Fengbei did have certain abilities. It was just that the forces within the army were too complicated, and Fang Fengbei was slightly careless and was seized by others to cause sabotage.

Li Rongchang's rise to power was basically achieved by stepping on Fang Fengbei and other clan members in the army, so he was naturally suspected by Xixuan and envied by other clan members. Therefore, Li Rongchang urgently needed a big victory to establish his ability and prestige. However, Xixuan had no intention of using troops against Chenrong Army for the time being, so Li Rongchang was in a position that was legitimate but not reasonable.

Fangfeng Bei announced that his injury was quite serious, because Fangfeng Yiying went to Qingshui Town in person, hoping to find an opportunity to treat Fangfeng Bei through the disciples of the academy. Fangfeng Xiaoguai, the head of the Fangfeng clan, also took the opportunity to hire many doctors to diagnose and treat the injuries of his only surviving son, so it seemed that the attitude of Tushan clan and Fangfeng clan towards Xuanxuan cooled down again.

Because of this, Xuanxuan encountered even greater trouble. He had never thought of reconciliation with the Fifth and Seventh Kings, but he could not ignore the side of Old Master Xiyan. Therefore, the opposition forces in the hands of the Fifth and Seventh Kings must be cleared up as soon as possible, but the Fifth and Seventh Kings must not be harmed in any way.

The fifth and seventh princes finally got smart for once, because they calculated that Xuan could only seriously injure them at most, but not kill them, so they fearlessly opposed Xuan and tried their best to make trouble for him. Unfortunately, Xuan was indeed afraid of the consequences, and the court was in chaos for a while, which made the newly attached ministers and clans have other ideas.

And Xuan was indeed a very decisive person. Since he could not win the hearts of those clans over in a short period of time, he simply introduced the academy as a third party.

So after having an earnest talk with the old lady, Xuan Xuan deployed all the royal ceremonial guards with great fanfare, and headed straight for Mount Buzhou with half of his confidants and most of his ministers with ulterior motives.

In the academy, after Jiang Xinxin received the visiting card personally delivered by Chishui Fenglong, she couldn't help but admire, "Xuan is indeed Yuan. It doesn't matter if he has a few tricks. What matters is that he always has a good way to break the situation. No wonder King Haoling not only ruined his only bloodline, but also handed him over as a hostage."

Shi Ying also felt that Xuan's move to come to the academy was a perfect one. "I'm afraid he has noticed that most of the academy's disciples have turned to Hao Ling. Although he does need to rely on those large and small clans at the moment, he also knows that the clans are often on the opposite side of the royal power."

"Since he is determined to unify the Great Wilderness, he certainly does not want too many clans to divide the power that should belong to the royal family. Therefore, once everything is settled, his first move will definitely be to burn the clans."

Looking at the direction where the sun rises, Jiang Xinxin couldn't help but sigh: "What a pity for Haoling Country..."