Chapter 20: The Innate Master
One hundred thousand rebels marched straight to the imperial capital, and the leader was called the Heavenly King of Zhenbei.
This Heavenly King of Zhenbei appeared out of nowhere. When he first appeared, he only had the cultivation level of the initial marrow refining realm, and led an rebel army of less than 3,000 people.
In the following four years, he showed amazing means, swept through many rebel armies, integrated them together, and turned them into a whole, and officially had the qualifications to shake the foundation of the Great Yan Kingdom.
This Heavenly King of Zhenbei made great progress in his cultivation, opened up the bridge of heaven and earth in one fell swoop, and became a congenital master.
Four years.
While fighting in the south and the north and integrating the rebel army, this Heavenly King of Zhenbei was able to break through from the initial marrow refining realm to the congenital realm, which was amazing.
With the Heavenly King of Zhenbei in charge, the rebel army could be invincible and unstoppable.
How important is a congenital master?
In a head-on fight, a Xiantian master is no match for a hundred thousand troops, but if a Xiantian master wants to avoid fighting, a hundred thousand troops can't do anything to him.
Moreover, if a Xiantian master is assassinating, without the obstruction of a strong man of the same level, if he is given enough time, he can kill all the high-level generals who lead the army.
Facing a Xiantian master, who dares to take on this dangerous task?
In the end, it was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Lu Qinghou, who recommended Zhou Long, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, as the commander, leading 50,000 Imperial Guards and 35,000 soldiers of the City Army to reinforce Humen Pass.
The Queen Mother readily agreed, and at the same time mobilized several marrow refining warriors from the East Factory to go to Humen Pass with Zhou Long.
Zhou Long is a talented commander. After arriving at Humen Pass, he quickly mastered the entire Humen Pass's armaments and repelled dozens of attacks by the rebels in succession.
Even the several assassinations of Zhenbei Tianwang were resolved by his wit.
The war was thus deadlocked, with the armies of both sides facing each other across the Humen Pass, waiting for the other side to show signs of fatigue.
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"This General Zhou usually keeps a low profile, is taciturn, and does not smile, but I didn't expect that he has such a skill that he can even block the assassination of the innate master."
In the backyard of the pawnshop, Li Xiaoer shared the news with Chu Chen.
Seven years later, Li Xiaoer, who was busy running the miscellaneous soup shop all day, had a hint of old age on his face, but his figure and clothes became more and more prosperous.
When it comes to the commander of the Imperial Guard, Zhou Long, Li Xiaoer can't stop talking about it.
Because he has dealt with Zhou Long several times.
On weekdays, Zhou Long often brings his Imperial Guards to Li's Miscellaneous Soup Shop to drink a bowl of miscellaneous soup.
It's strange that every time Zhou Long invites his Imperial Guards, he only orders a bowl of the most ordinary miscellaneous soup, and will not buy on credit, and even refuses Li Xiaoer's good intention to waive the bill.
In the past, Li Xiaoer found that Zhou Long seemed to live a shabby life. Not only did he patch up the clothes inside his armor, but he also rented a house.
At first, Li Xiaoer thought that Zhou Long was just pretending to be a show for outsiders.
The commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard was a big figure in the imperial capital. It was not easy for him to get money, right?
Later, Li Xiaoer found out that Zhou Long's family lived in real poverty.
"This is a really good general!"
Li Xiaoer was full of emotion and asked the waiter to add a little more to Zhou Long and others every time he served the dishes.
"Relying on a few Dongchang masters who have achieved great success in marrow refining, can they stop the innate master?"
Chu Chen frowned, thinking that this news was a bit outrageous.
As his cultivation continued to improve, he became more and more aware of the gap between the innate and the lower innate. The two are completely two levels and cannot be mentioned in the same breath.
The power of the innate warriors is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and they have the ability to crush the lower realms.
Even if ten warriors who have achieved great success in refining marrow join forces, they cannot threaten the innate master.
"It is said that those Dongchang masters are holding secret treasures taken out from the royal secret vault. With the help of the royal secret treasures, they can barely stop the Zhenbei Heavenly King together."
Li Xiaoer said in a low voice.
"Royal secret treasure?"
Chu Chen's expression moved, and he thought of the record in a wild history.
It is said that before the founding of the dynasty, the Great Yan Taizu had received the inheritance of the immortals. It is not ruled out that there are still some immortal treasures in the royal secret vault, such as talismans.
Or the inheritance of immortal magic.
Relying on such secret treasures, several Dongchang masters who have achieved great success in refining marrow can stop the Zhenbei Heavenly King.
But if it continues to drag on, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable for the Great Yan side.
No matter what the royal family secret treasure in the hands of those Dongchang masters is, it is a dead object after all, and there will always be a time when it loses its effect. For example, when the spiritual power contained in the talisman is exhausted, it is just a piece of waste paper, far inferior to a true innate master.
Zhou Long, or the court officials of Dayan, must find a way to break the deadlock.
Chu Chen did not expect that it was the Zhenbei Heavenly King who broke the deadlock.
November 6, the seventh year of Hongguang.
Zhenbei Heavenly King took the initiative to find Zhou Long and put forward a request.
As long as the Dayan side can meet his request, he can withdraw his troops.
Three hours later, the messenger galloped and brought the news back to the imperial capital.
The news came out, and the imperial capital was shocked.
Zhenbei Heavenly King's request was very simple. As long as the Dayan court sent the dull tyrant Zhang Pan and his father, Prime Minister Zhang Youxian, to Humen Pass, he would withdraw his troops.
The identity of this Zhenbei Heavenly King was therefore revealed. He was the eldest son of the Zhenbei Mansion.
Six years ago.
Zhang Pan was beaten up because of competing with the second son of the Duke of Zhenbei for the title of the most beautiful woman. In anger and humiliation, he led 3,000 guards to ransack the Duke of Zhenbei's mansion and exterminate the entire family.
The Duke of Zhenbei, who was once famous in the frontier, died with his family inexplicably, leaving only the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenbei and his family to survive.
Six years later.
The eldest son of the Duke of Zhenbei returned with great force, and avenged Zhang Pan as a congenital warrior.
As soon as the news came back, the masters of the East Factory and the city guards surrounded the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Most of the people in the imperial capital ran to the Prime Minister's Mansion to watch the excitement, not for anything else, just to see the miserable appearance of Zhang Pan and his son.
Zhang Pan relied on the support of his father and the queen mother to be domineering in the imperial capital for ten years. I don't know how many unscrupulous bad things he did, and the people of the imperial capital suffered for a long time.
Now that Zhang Pan is in trouble, the people of the imperial capital will naturally not miss this opportunity to express their grievances.
Chu Chen is no exception.
When Chu Chen came to the outside of the Prime Minister's Mansion, this area was already surrounded by people inside and outside.
Everyone looked at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, with expectation, anger, and joy in their eyes.
Seeing this scene, Chu Chen understood what it meant to be criticized by thousands of people?
This is it!
"Dog slave, you are so presumptuous!"
"Do you know what you are doing? Who gave you the right to arrest me?"
"I am the son of the Prime Minister and the nephew of the Queen Mother. Let me go quickly, a bunch of eunuchs, I will let my aunt chop off your heads and feed them to the dogs!"
At this time, a domineering and arrogant roar came from the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Then two black-robed eunuchs carried a pale-faced young man with sunken eyes, who was obviously overindulged in sex, and walked out.
This young man was the famous and infamous Dai Ba Wang in the imperial capital.
Zhang Pan.