Taiping Inn

At this point in the game, Li Xuandu had equalized his previous disadvantage and even had a small advantage, but he was still far from winning. The key lies in the Golden Tent behind Liaodong. If Liaodong decides to enter the pass, it must be done in one go and win in one battle. If it encounters setbacks, the Golden Tent will sneak attack from behind, and the two sides will attack it, and it will turn from a big victory to a big defeat in an instant, so this final game must not be sloppy.

Song Zheng also saw this and imitated Emperor Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty, starting to shrink his strength, conserve his energy, and wait and see how the situation changes.

Because the war was a little slower, the internal struggle of the court became more and more intense. Emperor Tianbao had been suppressed by Xu Wugui for twenty years. At this time, he finally took power with the support of Confucianism. He could no longer care about other things except to seize power. He could only rely on Confucianism. So for a while, the court was full of great Confucian scholars who jumped to high positions. They were farmers in the morning and emperors in the evening. They attacked each other with the Wang Party attached to Xu Wugui, and opened the door to party struggle.

At this time, outsiders could see clearly that the fate of the Wei Dynasty was over. Qin Qing personally went from Liaodong to Qizhou to meet Situ Xuance. The two had another deep discussion. Qin Su did not accompany him, but practiced in seclusion to impact the final realm of immortality.

In the twenty-first year of Tianbao, the ten-year period of the chess game, Qin Su finally entered the realm of immortality after ten years. With the protection of the "Yin Yang Fairy Clothes", she no longer had to hide under the wings of Qin Qing all day long. She secretly set off for Baidi City in Shuzhou to meet Tan Taiyun.

This year, Xu Wugui finally became disheartened and left the temple, resigned from his post and lived in seclusion, not caring about worldly affairs. Emperor Tianbao killed all the "chief culprits" of the Wang Party, and the rest were also exiled. For a time, "the court was full of righteous people".

Because Zhang Suqing was a Confucian, he was promoted to the governor of Qinzhong, while the original governor of Qinzhong, Zhao Zheng, was dismissed from his post and returned to his hometown because he was promoted by Xu Wugui.

Zhang Haishi was promoted to the Left Commander of the Qingluan Guard Commandery. Sun Songchan retained his position as the second assistant because he changed his party as soon as possible, but the position of the first assistant was vacant. At the suggestion of the Confucian Grand Priest, Emperor Tianbao ordered the Liaodong Governor Qin Daofang to come to Beijing to serve as the Cabinet's first assistant, and Zhao Lianggeng to serve as the Liaodong Governor. As a result, the Liaodong Governor Qin Daofang declined on the grounds of lack of talent. Emperor Tianbao was very annoyed and issued an order to reprimand the Liaodong Governor Qin Daofang. Qin Daofang resigned as the Liaodong Governor, and Emperor Tianbao agreed. Then there was a mutiny in the Liaodong army. Emperor Tianbao was shocked and could only order Qin Daoyuan to serve as the Liaodong Governor, which was considered to have calmed the matter.

After this, Emperor Tianbao no longer dared to interfere in Liaodong personnel.

However, the one who really controlled the military power in Liaodong at this time was not Qin Daofang, nor Qin Daoyuan, nor even Qin Qing, but Qin Su. Many years ago, Qin Su sent the elite of the Taiping Society to the new army as middle-level and grassroots generals. After many years, these people have grown into powerful generals in the new army and still obey Qin Su's dispatch. The so-called mutiny in the army was just a secret instruction from Qin Su to demonstrate to Emperor Tianbao.

After Qin Su returned to Liaodong from Shuzhou, he summoned all the generals and asked them about their views on the court and the current situation. All the generals spoke passionately and wanted to reform the old and establish the new, and change the world. Qin Su was very calm in his heart and met with his two uncles for a long time.

Although Li Xuandu was a chess player, the chess game in the world was extremely wonderful, and he could not do whatever he wanted. There were always rules. It's like writing a storybook novel. Later, the framework has been set, and the writer cannot arbitrarily change the direction of the story.

At this time, Li Xuandu discovered that the dragon energy in Liaodong actually gathered on Qin Su. His original intention was that Qin Su would help Qin Qing to conquer the world, but he did not expect Qin Qing to be indifferent. Although he would still fight for fame and fortune, he did not care much about the throne and power, and was very permissive and supportive of Qin Su. Under such circumstances, Qin Su gathered the dragon energy.

However, Li Xuandu thought about it again and felt that it was reasonable. After all, the dragon energy itself was what people wanted. At this time, Qin Su won the hearts of the people in Liaodong, and the dragon energy naturally gathered on Qin Su alone.

At this time, Li Xuandu was about to start the closing. He asked Qin Su to meet Tan Taiyun to persuade Tan Taiyun to stop being an enemy of Song Zheng. Song Zheng had this opportunity and must take action. This was also an open plot. Song Zheng certainly knew that Li Xuandu had bad intentions, but if he continued to occupy Jinling Prefecture, he would just be waiting to die. Dynasties that had their capital in Jinling were either short-lived or had to live in a corner. That's why there was a saying that Jinling's dragon energy had been lost. For Song Zheng, if he couldn't seize the world, he would undoubtedly be waiting to die. So he took this opportunity to march north, gamble everything, and march through Zhongzhou and Jinzhou to the gates of the imperial capital.

The imperial capital was shaken, and Emperor Tianbao urgently summoned the governor of Qizhou, Situ Xuanlue, to raise troops to defend the king. Situ Xuanlue led his army to fight fiercely with the Qingyang army outside the imperial capital, suffered heavy casualties, and had to retreat to Qizhou. In desperation, Emperor Tianbao could only invite the Liaodong army to enter the pass to defend the king, and promised to confer Qin Qing the title of King of Liao, and confer Qin Daoyuan and Qin Daofang the title of Dukes. Qin Su was even made an exception and conferred the title of Princess, equivalent to a prince.

After Qin Qing was conferred the title of King of Liao, he did not enter the pass immediately, but continued to wait and see the situation on the grounds of insufficient food and grass.

The situation in the Imperial Capital was in jeopardy. In desperation, Emperor Tianbao summoned his ministers to discuss the matter. All the ministers were afraid of losing their lives and protecting themselves. Although there were still imperial guards in the city, they were seriously unemployed, had been away from battle for a long time, and had delayed military pay, which resulted in the imperial guards having no intention of fighting. The eunuch Yang Lu secretly communicated with Song Zheng, opened the city gate, and let Song Zheng's army enter the city. Emperor Tianbao escaped from the city under the protection of the Qingluan Guard, intending to go to Xijing where Zhang Suqing was stationed. However, he was intercepted by Song Zheng himself on the way. Zhang Haishi, the left governor of the Qingluan Guard, abandoned Emperor Tianbao and fled alone. Emperor Tianbao fell into the hands of Song Zheng, who ordered him to be executed, and the Qingyang Army officially occupied the Imperial Capital.

At this time, the Ziwei Star above the chessboard completely dimmed, and the Imperial Capital True Dragon corresponding to the Ziwei Star also died completely, turning into countless scattered dragon qi. An evil dragon lay on the body of the true dragon, devouring the dragon qi wantonly to make up for its own shortcomings. This evil dragon was exactly the dragon qi corresponding to Song Zheng.

Until this time, Qin Qing sent Jing Xiu to lead 20,000 cavalry to enter the pass first, and Qin Qing personally led 30,000 infantry and cavalry to follow slowly, plus auxiliary troops and civilian laborers, a total of 200,000 troops went south to enter the pass. The remaining troops stayed in Liaodong to prevent the Golden Tent from harassing.

From the eleventh year of Tianbao to the twenty-first year of Tianbao, Liaodong spent a full ten years to keep a low profile, expand the army, and train soldiers with the Golden Tent, and the army was unstoppable. After fighting with the Qingyang Sect, they won thirteen consecutive battles, forcing the Qingyang Army to defend the Imperial Capital, Jinzhou, Zhongzhou and some prefectures and counties of Zhili, while Liaodong took the opportunity to connect with Qizhou, and then seized Chuzhou through the sea navy, approaching Luzhou, and had already obtained half of Jiangbei.

At this time, Emperor Tianbao had died, the orthodoxy of the Wei Dynasty was extinct, and finally entered an era of heroes competing for supremacy, with dragons and snakes rising together.

Situ Xuanlue and Qin Qing joined forces, claiming to have an army of 400,000, and attacked the Zhili prefectures and counties occupied by the Qingyang Army. After a series of defeats, the morale of the Qingyang Army plummeted, and they abandoned the city one after another. Qin Qing was able to encircle the Imperial Capital and began to attack the city. At this time, the Imperial Capital was short of food, and there was a plague in the city, so it was no longer possible to defend. The two sides fought fiercely for ten days, and the Qingyang Army suffered heavy losses. Song Zheng ordered a breakout and retreated to Jinzhou and Zhongzhou.

In the hinterland of the Central Plains, there are many important towns, and it is not difficult to defend, but at this time, Xijing behind Song Zheng is in the hands of Zhang Suqing. Song Zheng chose to defend here, which would only fall into a situation of being attacked from both sides, so he chose to return to Jinling Prefecture and confront Liaodong with the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

Qin Su naturally refused to let Song Zheng go, and the army chased him. Song Zheng fought and retreated, and barely returned to Jinling Prefecture, but was trapped in the city.

Song Zheng's confidant Song Fuchen was trapped in Tongcheng, Luzhou. Huangfu Yuxi came to rescue and defeated the Qizhou army that was besieging the city. The two led their army back to Jinling Prefecture and conquered Guangling Prefecture, barely stabilizing the situation.

Emperor Tianbao had died, but the reign of Emperor Tianbao was still used temporarily. In the 22nd year of Tianbao, the Liaodong army entered the pass one after another, reaching more than 100,000. Huangfu Yuxiu was stationed in Liangxiang. Facing the situation of the building about to collapse, he was trapped in the isolated city and repelled the enemy who attacked the city several times. However, there was a shortage of food in the city and no reinforcements outside. Under this circumstance, Huangfu Yuxiu still insisted on defending the city and fighting to the death. In the end, the city was broken by Hu Liang's army, and he had to flee back to Jinling Prefecture.

Song Fuchen was stationed in Jiangling Prefecture and also faced a siege. He swore to be loyal to Song Zheng and refused to surrender. In the end, he distributed military food to the people, opened the city gates and surrendered the city, but he committed suicide.

At this time, the general situation in the world had been determined, so the ministers submitted a petition to persuade Qin Qingqian to retreat. The ministers refused, and they submitted a second petition, and then they were humble again. It was not until the third petition that Qin Qing reluctantly accepted it and officially ascended the throne and named the country You. Because the Qin family originated in Longcheng, Chaoyang Prefecture, the reign was changed to Shenlong, which was the first year of Shenlong.

At this time, the dragon energy of Qin Qing and Qin Su cooperated with each other, and began to transform from a dragon. The starry sky above the chessboard was responsive, and the originally dim Ziwei Star regained its light, corresponding to the dragon energy of Qin Qing and Qin Su.

Although Song Zheng was still an evil dragon, the situation was over.

"The outcome is decided. It seems that although this supernatural power can show off its power for a while, it is ultimately a crooked path. At most, it can be regarded as a tyrant. It cannot compare with the dignified kingly way and can only pave the way for the true king."

"Having said that, Song Zheng is just one step behind. If it weren't for the breakup between Tan Taiyun and Song Zheng, it would be unknown who would win or lose."

"In my opinion, even if Tan Taiyun and Song Zheng hadn't broken up, Song Zheng would only have temporarily postponed the road to defeat. The general trend of Liaodong is irreversible."

"The one who strikes back wins, and the one who strikes first wins. Mr. Qingping is still very calculating."

"How similar is the Liaodong on this chessboard to the Liaodong in the present world! If the Liaodong in the present world also goes south to the pass, who can stop it?"

"Be careful! Be careful!"

"This is an open conspiracy. Whether you say it or not, it will not affect the overall situation."

The spectators looked at the situation on the chessboard and communicated with each other.