Chapter 142 Chapter 142-143 Cleaning up the Spoils (1/2)
The most important thing is that someone from Qianshan Sect has already escaped, so it doesn't matter if one more Lao Wu is released. Moreover, if Lao Wu is released, he and Lao Si, who escaped, will inevitably become mortal enemies.
At least in the short term, these two guys will not come to trouble him in Liaoyuan City again.
"Okay, you hand over the storage bag and magic weapon first, and I will let your junior brother leave." Feng Tianzong said.
Qianyang glanced at the fifth junior brother, but said nothing. He handed over the flying sword under his feet, the storage bag on his waist, the magic robe on his body, the hairpin on his head, and a magic weapon in the shape of a small mountain.
"Senior brother, I'm sorry for you. I swear here that I will kill Bu Naibo in this life..." He wanted to say that the other party was a coward, but thinking of the scene of his surrender to Feng Tianzong just now, he didn't seem to have the face to say that the other party was cowardly.
Qian Yang understood what he meant, but shook his head and said, "No need, live well and return to the sect!"
"Brother!" Lao Wu called out, but he also knew that it was useless to say anything at this time, so he simply turned around and left.
Feng Tianzong saw that the other party had gone far away, and he manipulated the metal and stone, and flew to Qian Yang with a cloud method, and punched out, smashing Qian Yang's head.
A cultivator without magic weapons has lost at least half of his combat power. When he had magic weapons in his hands, he was not Feng Tianzong's opponent, not to mention that he had handed them all over now.
Even if he could secretly leave one or two magic weapons, Feng Tianzong's real body was not here at the moment, so what was the use of him exploding himself? The final result could only anger Feng Tianzong.
Although his fifth junior brother had already run away, he was only a foundation-building cultivator after all. Feng Tianzong had a puppet in the Jindan period in his hand. Even if he let the fifth junior brother run for a while, he could still catch up.
So at this time, it was completely unnecessary to play some tricks.
Feeling that the two bone spirit puppets chasing the fleeing Old Four were about to fly out of the range of his spiritual consciousness, he simply let them retreat.
It doesn't matter if Old Four runs away. The Fifth Brother of Qianshan Sect will go to settle accounts with him. Let them fight each other. Anyway, there should be no threat to his Liaoyuan City.
Seeing Feng Tianzong kill all the enemies, Jin Hongzhi, who was commanding the withdrawal of troops in the rear, knelt on the ground with a thud. He knew that with Feng Tianzong's strength, he couldn't run away.
Feng Tianzong was indeed staring at this guy. He was also hesitating whether to kill this old guy. Killing him would be a one-stop solution, and he could also take over the entire Northern Frontier.
But the concubine Jin Jinyun served him wholeheartedly for ten years. Even if she didn't have any merit, she had worked hard. Even if she didn't have any hard work, she had worked hard to keep the hibiscus tent warm.
One night of marriage is a hundred days of grace, and a hundred days of marriage is as deep as the sea. Isn't it not good to kill her father without any mercy?
"Forget it, since he dared to collude with the enemy and send troops to attack me, he deserved his death. Let's kill him!" Feng Tianzong thought fiercely.
Jin Hongzhi also knew that he was in danger now, and his life and death depended on Feng Tianzong's thoughts. As an official who had been rampant in the Northern Frontier for many years, he had done everything from reselling food and grass to raising bandits to protect himself, but he was still able to control the military power of the Northern Frontier for a long time. This person's ability to guess people's hearts was not small.
Seeing that Feng Tianzong did not kill him immediately, but hesitated for a while, he knew that he still had hope of survival.
"Master Feng, I am still useful. Now the entire Northern Frontier is under my control. I am willing to surrender! As long as Master Feng is willing to accept my surrender, we can take over the entire 15 cities in the Northern Frontier without bloodshed. There is also the important town of Jiemen Pass in the world." Jin Hongzhi said loudly.
At this moment, he didn't dare to act like a father-in-law anymore, and didn't dare to call him son-in-law anymore, for fear that Feng Tianzong would be even more angry when he remembered their close relationship and that he had betrayed Feng Tianzong.
"If I kill you and take over this Zhenyuan Army, do you think there will be anyone in the entire northern border who can resist me?" Feng Tianzong said while hanging in the air, looking down at Jin Hongzhi who was prostrating himself.
"Yes, I will, Master Feng, you don't know that you don't have a good reputation among the gentry of Daxia.
You will confiscate your family and even your land even if you surrender. You will be reduced from a gentry to an ordinary rich family.
This is absolutely unacceptable to the gentry, so they would rather rebel with their whole family and die in the rebellion than have their land confiscated and become ordinary civilians.
Master Feng, there is no benefit in killing me, it's just to vent your anger. I am willing to accept the punishment and let you vent your anger anyway.
But if you are willing to spare my life, first of all, my daughter Jin Jinyun will definitely be devoted to you and feel grateful. Endaide.
Secondly, with me leading the way, we can smoothly take over the fifteen cities in the northern border. Now the city defense forces of these cities are all under my command. As long as I am alive, those gentry can't command them. We can easily take down all those gentry.
Finally, even if you kill me, you can't get the complete Jiemen Pass. Jiemen Pass is the only gateway to the northern border from Daxia. There are formations arranged by successive dynasties, and the defense force is very strong.
The court of Daxia can watch the chaos in the northern border, because the northern border is close to the Hu people and there have been wars for years. The court has to invest a lot of money here every year to maintain its rule, which is not worth the loss. But they will never watch the fall of Jiemen Pass.
There have always been immortal masters stationed to defend the gate. With the support of the formation, it is extremely difficult to break through the gate. At least a large number of soldiers will be killed or injured. "Jin Hongzhi analyzed the pros and cons of killing him to Feng Tianzong one by one.
It is obvious that Jin Hongzhi's understanding of the situation is not comprehensive. At least the Great Xia court did not give up the northern border because it was not worth the cost to maintain the rule.
It is because the dragon veins in the northern border have been drawn away. Even if the rule of the northern border is restored, it will take hundreds of years to produce dragon veins again. For the Great Xia court, this place is already a chicken rib. It is tasteless to eat and a pity to abandon it.
However, in other aspects, Jin Hongzhi's analysis is still reasonable. If the gentry in those cities unite to rebel, even if he can suppress it, how many people will be killed and injured?
In Feng Tianzong's eyes, these people The people can provide him with taxes in the future. The number of gentry is not large, but if they incite the civilians to rebel, it will cause large-scale turmoil, and there will be a large number of casualties in collecting them.
Regardless of the enemy or the friend, the dead are all people who can provide taxes, and Feng Tianzong is also distressed to die one.
If the entire northern border can be taken without bloodshed, it is indeed more beneficial than harmful to Feng Tianzong, and it is reasonable to spare Jin Hongzhi's life.
Of course, what makes Feng Tianzong soft-hearted is the concubine Jin Jinyun, who spent the past ten years in the warm spring nights in the hibiscus tent. You have to give some face, and there are practical benefits.
"Okay, in this case, I will spare your life. I allow you to lead the Zhenyuan Army back. If you can let my people take over the 15 cities in the entire northern border before the New Year, I can forgive your sin this time.
If you can delay until after the New Year to take over, then you can be spared from the death penalty, but you can't escape the living crime. Do you understand? "Feng Tianzong said sternly.
There is still one month before the Chinese New Year. If we can take over these fifteen cities, we can collect taxes for one more year. This is the main reason why Feng Tianzong is willing to let Jin Hongzhi go.
Those are fifteen cities. Even if these cities have experienced natural disasters, rebellions and sieges by rebels, etc., even if the population is small, there must be at least more than 300,000 people, right?
If we collect taxes, it is not a small amount, which is enough to greatly improve Feng Tianzong's strength.
If there is no Jin Hongzhi as a guide, all the gentry will rebel. With Zhang Weiyu leading the new recruits, it would be good to recover two cities in a month. During the war, many people will be killed and injured, which will lead to a further decline in population.
This account can be easily calculated.
"Thank you, my lord. From now on, I will do my best to assist you and contribute to your great cause. "Jin Hongzhi, this shameless guy, just took advantage of the situation and thought that since Feng Tianzong had accepted his surrender, he might as well acknowledge him as his lord, which would save his life and prevent him from being punished later.
A man who knows the current situation is a hero. Jin Hongzhi has always felt that he is a hero. At least in terms of knowing the current situation, he did a very good job.
Although Jin Hongzhi also had considerable ambitions, after seeing the powerful destructive power of the immortal cultivators, his ambitions had long been wiped out.
Especially the self-explosion of the cultivators just now, which killed more people than the combined siege of the two sides. Mortals are indeed like Like ants, they may not be specifically targeted. The aftermath of the battle alone may cause a large number of casualties.
Feng Tianzong waved his hand, indicating that he could leave. Although he promised not to kill Jin Hongzhi, this did not affect Feng Tianzong's disgust for him.
This kind of villain who changes with the wind is really hard to get close to. If he makes merit this time, Feng Tianzong is not going to use him. At most, he will allow him to keep his property and find an idle job to support him. This is not something that can be changed by Jin Hongzhi calling him lord.
"Wang Mingyuan, Zhang Weiyu, you two quickly organize soldiers to rescue the people and count the casualties at the same time. "Feng Tianzong said to his two trusted subordinates.
Feng Tianzong looked at the population of his own army again, which dropped from over 260,000 to more than 250,000. Affected by this battle, thousands of civilians and soldiers died.
It is still unknown how many wounded there are, and there must be many who died of serious injuries in the future. This number will not be small.
"These lunatics deserve to die. As cultivators, how can they be so unethical and self-destruct at every turn? This is too shameless.
No, I have to add this kind of self-destructive formation to my puppets. If I encounter a strong enemy in the future, I can also use these puppets to die together with the enemy. "Feng Tianzong thought indignantly. What he didn't know was that his predecessors had already done this.
When it comes to self-destruction, other sects are inferior. The evil spirit of self-destruction in the world of cultivation was brought up by the predecessors of their Puppet Sect.
Feng Tianzong looked at his remaining twelve bone spirit puppets, and felt really distressed when he thought of the three he lost. These bone spirit puppets were all sacrificed by him at the cost of a lot of time. But they were all his fighting power, and losing one was painful, let alone losing three in one battle?
He understood why the predecessors of their Puppet Sect were unwilling to fight with others. The little wealth they had accumulated with great difficulty was lost in one battle.
Usually, they worked hard to collect materials and refine puppets, and then integrate the magical seeds they had cultivated with great effort into them, so that they could refine truly powerful puppets. In the last battle, they were all lost, and the loss outweighed the gain.
Finally, it was time to count the spoils of war, which was the only thing that could make Feng Tianzong feel better today.
In total, two storage bags and several magic weapons were harvested. In fact, only the things of two people were harvested.
The two guys who blew themselves up, all the magic weapons on their bodies had already exploded, and the storage bags were blown up. There was nothing to be harvested.
The fourth brother ran away, and the fifth brother was released by him, and there was no harvest either. What Feng Tianzong harvested was the storage bag and magic weapon of the junior brother who challenged him at the beginning. This guy was relatively friendly and did not self-destruct. He was also favored by the family and the sect, and had a lot of magic weapons on him.
Another one was the magic weapon and storage bag of the senior brother Qianyang in the Jindan period, which he was willing to hand over in exchange for his fifth junior brother to leave.
As a senior brother in the Jindan period, the magic weapon in his hand was a very valuable thing.
The good things should be left for later. The first thing he opened was the storage bag of the junior brother. There was no jade slip of the technique, no magic weapon, and even no ordinary gold. There were only some spiritual herbs, a small amount of spiritual ore, and spiritual materials extracted from the spiritual ore for refining magic weapons.
"Bah, poor bastard, this dignified foundation-building cultivator has only so little in his storage bag, don't you feel ashamed?" Feng Tianzong put the spiritual ore, spiritual materials, and spiritual herbs into his storage bag in different categories.
Then he opened Qianyang's storage bag. Qianyang's storage bag was much more advanced than his storage bag. At least it was at the level of magic weapons. The internal space was very large, at least as big as a hall.
The spiritual herbs and spiritual materials also far exceeded that of the junior brother. After all, he was a Jindan cultivator and had more time to find various materials.
He couldn't use the spiritual herbs for the time being, but this thing could be sealed in a formation and could be preserved for a long time, and could exist as currency in the world of immortal cultivation.
This large amount of spiritual materials was different. He could use them to refine puppets in the future.
There is also a Qianshan Sect's spare defensive robe inside. This robe has several spells attached to it, and its defensive power is not bad, but it is the style of the Qianshan Sect, and he has no way to wear it. If it is changed, the formation on it will change.
Finally, there is a jade slip, which is actually the jade slip for refining magic tools of the Qianshan Sect. It is used to refine the Qianshan Sect's signature magic weapon Wanchongshan.
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