Text Chapter 969: Never Again

On February 4th, nearly a month had passed since Gong Shangming's army completely defeated the Tianjue Empire's army, but there were not many smiles on the Tianji Palace in Tianji City. One bad news after another.

"Commander Gong is here." The eunuch announced loudly.

A group of civil and military men looked sideways, and saw Gong Shangming in military uniform, with a long sword on his waist, and gold-plated boots stepping into the hall step by step on the blood-red carpet.

In the Battle of Dongning City, Gong Shangming became famous all over the world, and he was already the number one general of Tianji Empire. At the same time, he has also achieved his status in the Tianji Empire, which is below one person and above ten thousand people.

Even the Emperor Bei Mingyuan attached great importance to this Confucian marshal.

"Commander Gong is here, give me a seat." Bei Mingyuan said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gong Shangming knelt on his knees and said, "But I can't sit down. There is new news coming from afar. This news makes my face very dull."

"Oh, what news."

"Sikong Yao and Baize mercenaries occupied Huoyuan City, and more than a dozen states and counties in the entire Huoyuan Province fell one by one. The province has already swallowed it in one gulp."

"It makes no sense."

Bei Mingyuan jumped up against the case, his face full of fury: "What the hell is this little girl Sikong Yao thinking? Is she trying to rob and rob half of my country? Commander Gong, as the marshal of the empire, you are in Dongning! You defeated the Tianjue Empire's million-strong army in the first battle of the city, you must have a way to take back the two provinces from Sikong Yao, right?"

Gong Shangming's face was livid: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, I can't."

"Why."

Gong Shangming looked up at Bei Mingyuan, and said: "First, our treasury is already in the red, and we can't afford more food and weapons to fight. Second, our military strength has declined to an unprecedented degree. Dongning City The First World War was a decisive battle with the Tianjue Empire's millions of troops with the power of our Tianji Empire. After the First World War, Chen Yu was defeated, and we were not much better. The Yanji Corps, the Lanji Corps and the newly established There are only less than 200,000 soldiers left in the army of nearly 500,000 horses, and there are so many seriously injured that many wounded soldiers are unable to set foot on the battlefield again. On the other hand, Sikong Yao and Bai Ze's mercenaries only have one chance to enter the battlefield directly. An ambush on the border of Huoyuan Province did not damage much at all. Instead, it captured a lot of troops from the Tianjue Empire. In addition to the troops they recruited, the current Baize mercenaries have at least 250,000 troops. , In terms of strength, we are no longer above Bai Ze's mercenaries."

"What..." Bei Mingyuan felt a chill in his heart, and said, "I knew I shouldn't have asked Bai Ze's mercenaries to come for reinforcements. This is simply inviting wolves into the house. I am so confused."

Gong Shangming smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, you are not confused, if there is no Bai Ze mercenary of Si Kongyao to use his tactics in Buguilin, I am afraid that Chen Yu will not be defeated either, if you do not invite Sikongyao to come, the Tianji Empire will surely perish. "

"Now, what should I do?" Bei Mingyuan asked with a ashen face.

Gong Shangming said: "Bai Ze's mercenary came here to lure wolves into the house, which is a bad thing, but it is not impossible for us to turn the bad thing into a good thing."

"Oh, Commander Gong, please tell me."

"Your Majesty, in the final analysis, Sikong Yao hasn't completely quarreled with us yet. She is still the Princess Xiping of the Tianji Empire. In my opinion, it is better for Your Majesty to give Sikong Yao an imperial edict and order her to lead Bai Ze mercenaries." Go south to attack the provinces of the Blackstone Empire, so that we can take advantage of the gap and recapture the two provinces in one fell swoop.

"good."

Bei Mingyuan stood up and said: "According to the plan, what if Sikong Yao does not accept my edict."

"It's up to her to accept it or not, and it's up to His Majesty whether to issue an edict."

Gong Shangming said indifferently: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to use your golden order."

"Oh, what's the use of my gold order?"

"I'm going to the Tianji Sect to meet the lord Sikong Ming. I'm afraid that the only one who can restrain Sikong Yao at this moment is his old man."

"Um……"

...

In the afternoon, the main altar of the Tianji Sect.

Gong Shangming held the imperial golden order and led dozens of guards into the main altar smoothly. Along the way, it seemed that the spring of the main altar of Tianjizong came earlier than other places.

In the depths, pear blossoms are in full bloom. It is rare to find such beauty and delicacy in Tianji City, even the Imperial Garden of Tianji Palace is not so elegant and unique, but in the depths of the pear blossoms is a thatched cottage, Sikong's famous residence.

A disciple walked in front and said respectfully: "Sect Master, Marshal Gong Shangming is asking to see you."

"Squeak..."

The wooden door opened slowly, Sikong Ming was dressed in a white robe, and walked out vigorously, but if you look carefully, you can find that his feet didn't touch the ground at all, and every step made a ripple of frost, which was very miraculous.

"I don't know why the Marshal came to see me as an old man." Sikong said with a smile, but he was very easy-going and friendly.

Gong Shangming immediately saluted and said respectfully: "Old Sovereign, I am here this time for Miss Sikongyao's affairs. Old Sovereign, does the old Sovereign know what Miss Sikongyao has done recently?"

Sikong Ming smiled slightly: "You mean Ayao, I don't know about it, Ayao has grown up, I can't control her with my old bones, I won't ask Ayao what she does, So I'm afraid the marshal came in vain this time."

"Old Sovereign."

Gong Shangming said earnestly, "Miss Sikongyao's Bai Ze mercenaries have successively seized the two provinces of Xishan and Huoyuan. Her actions are tantamount to treason. Could it be that the old suzerain really just ignores it?"

"Treason, is there any?" Sikong Ming smiled kindly, "Didn't His Majesty seal her as the princess of Xishan County? From this point of view, he must have given both fiefdoms to A Yao. This is our Sikong family. What an honor, the ancestral grave is smoking."

Gong Shangming frowned and said: "Old Sovereign, your majesty can't bear to say such a thing. Miss Sikongyao captured the Huoyuan province without even saying hello. Once your majesty pursues this matter, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be kind." ah."

Sikong Ming's face turned cold: "What, pursue it, whoever dares to touch a hair of my granddaughter just try it, don't think that I, Sikong Ming, can't do it if I don't do it for decades, I tell you, the old man will always be strong."

Gong Shangming was dumbfounded: "The old suzerain means... you don't care about Miss A Yao's misbehavior outside, but once His Majesty wants to sanction her, you will definitely intervene, right?"

"yes……"

Sikong Ming stroked his beard lightly, and said: "The old man said a long time ago that everything in the world has nothing to do with me, Sikong Ming and Tianjizong. A Yao is a sensible child. I can understand what she does, but who If you want to hurt Ayao, then don't blame me, Sikong Ming, for fighting this old bone with him."

Gong Shangming's face was blank, he had never seen such an unreasonable person in his life, and this person was actually the suzerain of Tianji Sect, known as the strongest person in the plane of Tianji Continent, even that Hui Angel Ziye might not He is stronger than Sikong Ming, but he will never make such unreasonable troubles.

This is simply an old fox.

Gong Shangming secretly thought this way in his heart, but he couldn't attack it. Once Sikong Ming got angry, the consequences would be disastrous. Sikong Ming's strength was unfathomable. It is possible to enter the palace and kill the king, and he can do it.

"Then... I will take my leave."

"No more, Marshal, remember not to hurt my family, Ayao, otherwise, the Marshal will understand."

"yes……"

Gong Shangming slowly withdrew from the Liyuan, his face became even uglier. He was ordered to be the marshal when he was in danger, but now it seems that this commander-in-chief position is really not easy to sit in. When I was sitting in the handsome position, I was worried all day long that I would be blamed, and every day was like a year.

"Commander Gong, what should we do now." Custer, the commander of Long Ji Corps accompanying him, asked a little uneasy.

"What else can I do, let's take a step and see."

Castor frowned: "I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for you to take a step forward. Recently, many important officials in the court have been talking behind your back. Maybe someday someone will jointly impeach you as a marshal." .”

"Oh, what are they talking about about me?"

"They said..." Castor hesitated to speak.

"Don't worry, just say it, Commander."

"Yeah." Custer nodded, and said, "They're talking a lot, saying that you are a man-eating marshal who ordered you to eat people when you were in the Broken Cauldron Realm. Now that you have been trapped in Dongning City for more than a month, your subordinates are full More than 200,000 corpses were killed, including civilians in Dongning Province, and even the three daughters of the prefect were eaten. They said, you, a man-eating marshal, are not even considered human beings, so how can you be worthy of being a marshal? Well, Gong Shuai, don't be angry, these... are just the jealous words of some villains."

"I know……"

Gong Shangming stood in the cold wind, the marshal's cloak was flying slowly, but his body under the cloak looked a little thin, he sighed and said, "It's so cold, let's go back earlier."

"yes."

However, when Gong Shangming came to the edge of the horse, he slipped on the stirrup several times, and even bent down on the horse's back, pressing his face tightly into the saddle. The saddle was very cold, but his heart was not cold. Gong Shangming didn't know whether what he did was right or wrong, and he didn't even know whether he should take the left foot or the right foot in the next step.

"Commander Gong, are you okay?" Custer whispered.

"fine……"

Gong Shangming raised his head and said: "It seems that the old suzerain named Sikong is going to be dead, we have to think of other ways, how can we take back the two big provinces from Sikong Yao, otherwise the south will not be peaceful, God The Ji Empire will soon be torn apart."

Castor nodded: "Yes."

He helped Gong Shangming get on the horse and held the rein, but said: "Does Commander Gong still want to continue fighting for those ungrateful villains?"

Gong Shangming straightened his iron helmet, his gaze was like a torch: "No, I continue to fight for my eternal fame, not for them, never again..."

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