Chapter 693: Balances
In Jingzhou, the dark clouds are overwhelming, and this night has not passed, and whether it is for the officials of Jingzhou or many people, today's night is definitely the longest night they have spent in their lives.
Ordinary people don't dare to go out at all, they are used to the peaceful days, and this is suddenly chaotic, and no one has the experience to deal with it, so it is smartest to close the door.
Fortunately, whether it was the city guards led by the Shoufu Pavilion or the forbidden army controlled by the royal family, they did not embarrass the people.
At this moment, in the streets and alleys of Jingzhou, the corpses of the city guards and forbidden troops can be seen everywhere, because the rain does not stop, it can be said that the blood is flowing like a river, and the entire Jingzhou is in a kind of murderous atmosphere.
The goal of the forbidden army is to kill the immortal officials and important ministers of the Shoufu Pavilion.
In addition, some hard-line officials of the anti-emperor faction are also the focus of their extermination, in the past few hours, many officials have been killed, and even an immortal official in the Shoufu Pavilion is said to have been poisoned.
But the emperor, who had all kinds of advantages and was superior in military strength, did not achieve his goal.
He wants to catch all the officials in the Shoufu Cabinet, but now, the goal has not been achieved.
In the Holy Immortal Hall of the Imperial City, Li Qianlong has been sitting upright all night, and he is also constantly dispatching troops, and the current feedback is that the four city gates, their forbidden army has already occupied three of them, because of sufficient preparation, so the advantage of the royal family is getting bigger and bigger.
Li Qianlong knows very well that even so, the current situation is still grim.
He was able to have the opportunity to force the Shoufu Pavilion to this extent, just because he had hidden it well before, and suddenly sacrificed voodoo blood rain, abolished the Immortal Junwei at once, and suppressed all the Dao Immortals, otherwise even if he had Nie Zhizhong, the Lord of the Starry Sky on his side, he would definitely not dare to do such a thing.
How long can the voodoo blood rain last, Li Qianlong himself knows very well, and in order to create this voodoo blood rain, Li Qianlong also knows very well what he is paying.
It's a big gamble that will determine the future, so he has to win.
For this reason, he did not even tell anyone else about the specific plan, including his most trusted subordinates, including Nie Zhizhong.
The Imperial Division was set up by him to fight against the First Auxiliary Pavilion, but in the final analysis, it was just cannon fodder, Li Qianlong never naively thought that his Imperial Division could confront the First Auxiliary Pavilion head-on and win, officialdom, political means, the Imperial Division could not be able to defeat the First Auxiliary Pavilion, even if there was him as the emperor.
So from the very beginning, Li Qianlong planned to 'not break or stand', he knew very well that the Shoufu Pavilion had been in charge of the world for so many years, even if he was calculated, it was impossible to replace him easily, and Li Qianlong also knew very well that the Shoufu Pavilion was planning to wipe out the emperor's faction in the world, so he would let himself ascend the throne and be the emperor, all of this is a political means, I have to say that the Shoufu Pavilion has the courage and ability, no matter how much he fights, it is impossible to change the final result.
Li Qianlong knew all this very well, and when he thought of forging the Holy Ancestor's edict, he had already calculated it, so if he wanted to win, he could only take it by surprise.
Voodoo blood rain is Li Qianlong's magic weapon for surprise, and it is also his biggest reliance, Dao Immortals are very powerful? Then let your Dao Immortals not even be as good as mortals.
There is constantly news sent back, as far as the current point of view, although the forbidden army and the masters recruited by the imperial division have an advantage, but they can't establish a victory in a short time, and the city guards are not vegetarians, there are a lot of them, among which there are martial saints, and there are many grandmasters, if they can consume one more day, the forbidden army will win, but obviously Li Qianlong does not have so much time.
The number of city guards is not large, and the loss was great before, so it is impossible to disperse the protection officials, so at present, the officials of the first auxiliary pavilion are all in Xiao Yu's Taishi Mansion, and most of the strength of the city guards are also defending over there, it is said that around the Taishi Mansion, there are already dead bodies everywhere, which has become the key point of the whole incident.
As long as the Taishi Mansion is captured, then everything can be calmed, and the entire Holy Dynasty will be under his control Li Qianlong, if the Taishi Mansion cannot be captured, then the situation will be unpredictable, once the voodoo blood rain dissipates, then things will be troublesome.
So Li Qianlong knew very well that before dawn, he would score the winner.
"Ordering all the warriors of the royal family to put on armor and go into battle, even if you are desperate, you have to capture the Taishi Mansion for me and kill all the people inside. Li Qianlong gave the order.
When several princes of the royal family heard this, they were also frightened and helpless.
Now this situation is equivalent to Li Qianlong kidnapping the entire royal family and kidnapping him on this chariot together, which can be said to be both prosperous and ruined.
Some royal families are also dissatisfied with Li Qianlong's approach, but there is no way, Li Qianlong is now the representative of the entire imperial family, he is the emperor, and they can't follow it.
Or is it because Li Qianlong's methods are too powerful, in the past ten years, Li Qianlong's control over the royal family has reached an extremely terrifying level, and the royal family outside Jingzhou dare not say, but within Jingzhou, he is a man of his word, and no one dares to resist.
There are many heirs of the royal family, and more than half of the people who practice martial arts, at least hundreds of martial arts masters, among whom are congenital, there are also grandmasters, and even individual martial saints.
At this moment, Li Qianlong ordered these royal children to put on armor and go into battle, this is the emperor's order, no one dares to disobey, especially at this juncture, they are just unwilling, and they also hope that Li Qianlong will win, and if Li Qianlong wins, they will also follow.
So immediately, the children of the royal family who practiced martial arts also all went out to join the siege of the Taishi Mansion.
"Back to the Holy Lord, many officials rushed to reinforce the Taishi Mansion, and the current offensive on the side of the forbidden army is difficult to work. "Someone came forward to report it.
Li Qianlong nodded and said: "I have already calculated the history of the assassination, in the Taishi Mansion, all the current officials of the Shoufu Pavilion have gathered, this is their lifeline, as long as the Taishi Mansion is captured, the Shoufu Pavilion will disappear, and it is normal for someone to come to reinforce them, so, I want to let them in, and then catch the turtle in the urn, and also, the offensive cannot be weakened, in all directions, we must attack, whoever can capture the Taishi Mansion, who is the first meritorious person, add the official to the knight, whoever kills the Shoufu Pavilion, can be promoted to the third grade." ”
There must be a brave man under the so-called heavy reward, Li Qianlong knows this truth, especially at this juncture, he will definitely not be stingy.
The people below immediately went to pass the word.
At this moment, in this hall, it is Li Qianlong's cronies, and there are also cabinet ministers of the Imperial Division, and Nie Zhizhong is impressively listed. But at this moment, Nie Zhizhong had a gloomy face and did not speak.
Li Qianlong glanced at Nie Zhizhong at this time, took the initiative to step down from the dragon chair, and approached: " Mr. Nie, this matter is something I have done that is lacking, but the matter is urgent, I really can't say it in advance, Mr. Nie knows, over there in the Shoufu Pavilion, it is currently Xiao Yu who is in charge, and his cultivation is definitely not Mr. Nie's opponent, but there is also Lu Yan, Lu Yan's cultivation is Mr. Nie also once said that it is to be slightly better, at this moment although Lu Yan is nominally resigning and leaving, but everyone knows that it is just a set of words, and no one will really think that he doesn't care about the affairs of the Holy Dynasty, maybe this Lu Yan has been hiding in Jingzhou, waiting for the opportunity to move, so I have no choice, I can only get voodoo blood rain and destroy the mana of Dao Immortals, just to strangle the strongest power of the other party, so, only fight martial arts, fight troops, I can have the opportunity to compete with the Shoufu Pavilion for the world, I can balance the balance, otherwise, how can I overpower them? Please also ask Mr. Nie not to blame, Qianlong studied in his early years, he was favored by Mr., and taught what he had learned, Qianlong was respectful to Mr., he never dared to forget these years, Mr. helped me, Qianlong was grateful, and asked Mr. to wait for a while, if God bless Qianlong, Qianlong controls the authority, Mr. will respect Mr. as the first immortal ancestor of the Holy Dynasty, and be worshiped by the people of the world. If God doesn't bless me, I will definitely send someone to escort Mr. away, and I will never affect Mr. ”
Nie Zhizhong's expression softened slightly, and nodded: "You have a heart, but this voodoo blood rain is difficult to last, and refining requires a pool of ten thousand people's blood, but you do this, but it is against the way of heaven and too cruel." ”
Although it seems to be a reprimand, it is obviously not really a reprimand, in the eyes of a Dao Yuan real person like Nie Zhizhong, he has a long life, and ordinary mortals are just ants to him.
Dying one is no different from dying 10,000.
On the contrary, in Nie Zhizhong's view, Li Qianlong has the spirit of being a person who achieves great things, and only such a person can achieve great things.
Li Qianlong smiled: "What Mr. said is, but those who have done things since ancient times should not be too indecisive, once I take the authority of the Holy Dynasty, I will definitely be sympathetic to the people, benefit the world, and make up for it." ”
Nie Zhizhong nodded: "Although the voodoo blood rain is powerful and domineering, it is an ancient thaumaturgy, but it may not be able to completely suppress my cultivation. ”
After speaking, Nie Zhizhong exuded some mana, although it was not much, but it also made Li Qianlong's face change: "Mr. cultivation, it is breathtaking, and it is also a wizard of martial arts cultivation for thousands of years, and Qianlong sighs to himself." ”
Obviously, Nie Zhizhong is very useful for saying this.
At the same time, Taishifu.
The city guards have been defending to the death, and the forbidden army is anxious, and people die every minute, which can be said to be extremely tragic.
In the Taishi Mansion, in addition to the many immortal officials in the Shoufu Pavilion, there are also many officials, and there must be hundreds of people.
Although the enemy is current, everyone knows that once the forbidden army breaks through the Taishi Mansion, they who have no magic power will only wait to be slaughtered, but even so, the officials in the Taishi Mansion have not panicked from top to bottom.
The indifference and composure of that kind of high-ranking official is indeed extraordinary.
Although they are not afraid of life and death, they must care about the world, so everyone's expressions are extremely serious, knowing that today's battle will determine the future direction of the Holy Dynasty.
It can be said that it is extremely important.
Xiao Yu sat upright in the middle hall, and he knew very well that this time the Shoufu Pavilion had miscalculated.
Not only did he miscalculate, but I am afraid that Master Lu Yan also miscalculated, and no one expected that Li Qianlong would still hide the trick of voodoo blood rain in the end.
I have to say that Li Qianlong is really much more powerful than I imagined.