Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 785 - 646: The Decisive Battle 3_1

Chapter 785: Chapter 646: The Decisive Battle 3_1

While numerous people of the Heavenly Level within the Forbidden City were in the midst of a struggle, Phoenix Lord Huang Wuhuan, with red, angered eyes, was intently watching the ongoing battle amongst four individuals to the west of Beijing.

These were Shaofu Yu Jie, Zhonglie Duke Wen, Ao Shuying, and Dasiming who was at the center of their attack.

Huang Wuhuan was wreathed in the Phoenix Divine Flame, its radiance reaching up to hundreds of feet high, a testament to her current level of anger.

"Damn! Damn! Damn! These bastard, good-for-nothings!"

The Demon Market she had built just six months ago was demolished again by these people!

The three powerful individuals, experts of the Extreme Heaven, swept across Beijing. Even though Ao Shuying was not of Extreme Heaven, her destructive power from her deathly martial technique surpassed the others.

If it wasn’t for Shaofu Yu Jie and Zhonglie Duke Wen constantly splitting their power for ’suppression’ and ’protection’, the overflow of Zhenyuan Gangqi generated from their skirmishes would have devastated the whole Beijing prematurely, causing loss of life and injury.

The ’Jiuding Wulong Hunyuan Great Array’, too feeble, was incapable of handling their vigorous energy impacts.

As for Huang Wuhuan’s ’Demon Market’, it was mutually ignored by the two.

Although the entrance of the ’Demon Market’ appeared small, it overlaid with Beijing, possessing an enormous twelve-mile radius internal space, and did not benefit from the ’Jiuding Wulong Hunyuan Great Array’ protection.

Dasiming’s ’Decree of Heaven Sword’ sliced and pierced, creating gaping holes and cracks with each strike.

The same happened with Ao Shuying, with one punch, a corner of the market collapsed.

Despite Shaofu Yu Jie and Zhonglie Duke Wen’s profound Hao Qi and divine power, they could not preserve the Demon Market and tacitly left it aside.

They participated in the destruction - the northeast corner of the Demon Market was even blown up by Shaofu Yu Jie’s Hao Qi.

Mr. He was also disheartened, but he still struggled to pull Huang Wuhuan’s sleeve: "Phoenix Lord, please calm down! Calm down! We cannot afford to offend any of them."

"Don’t disturb me!" Huang Wuhuan fiercely flung her sleeve and threw Mr. He away: "These scumbags! They took advantage of me! Am I a mud doll to them? Who did I provoke?"

The thought of the Demon Market in ruins infuriated her, her heart ached with pain. The loss this time was even greater, even reaching the core divine artifact that opened the void of the Demon Market. The amount of silver coins required for repair might exceed three million—

Huang Wuhuan found herself on the brink of tears, her gaze swept across the four individuals, Ao Shuying (her mother’s friend), Zhonglie Duke Wen (elder), Shaofu Yu Jie (friend’s friend).

Her gaze filled with murderous intent finally locked onto ’Dasiming’.

Then, she transformed into a hundred feet phoenix, after a mournful cry, she charged directly at ’Dasiming’.

Dasiming’s gaze was ice-cold. With a single upward movement of her hand, she blocked Ao Shuying’s force of killing at ten feet away.

But now she has to use her ’Decree’ law to protect herself from the burns of Huang Wuhuan’s Phoenix Divine Flame.

——It’s difficult, Ao Shuying’s understanding of Martial Law approached the God Realm, and Phoenix Lord touched the peak of Hun. Even if she mastered the technique of Extreme Heaven, she could not ignore them.

Shaofu Yu Jie and Zhonglie Duke Wen were more of a top-notch existence in the same tier as her and she could only allot a tiny proportion of energy to deal with these two.

At this moment, a smirk appeared in Dasiming’s eyes: "Huang Wuhuan? It’s a good thing you came!"

At this point, she flipped her hand and a heavy golden book appeared.

——It was one of the replicas of the Book of Jinque.

Yu Jie did not care, as Dasiming had always been utilizing the power from the replica of this divine artifact to combat and pressure both him and Zhonglie Wen. For some time, The replica of Jinque was just not revealed by Dasiming.

But next, he discovered a gigantic peculiar space, covering this void.

This was a grey space filled with an aura of resentment and violence. Even Yu Jie felt a chill down his spine.

His Liuli Haoqi in this space appeared somewhat difficult, and it couldn’t stretch out fully.

Unexpectedly, this endless resentful and violent space did not breed any demons, it was completely empty all around.

Only a high platform in the center, atop the platform was a guillotine, engraved with the patterns of Thunderbolt and tilted in a broken state.

Despite the guillotine being broken, it still possessed a peerless sharp edge. Just the leakage of its aura made the people present feel a chill creeping up their necks.

"This is the Heavenly Execution Platform of the ancient Heavenly Court!"

The corner of Dasiming’s lips hidden behind the mask slightly lifted: "You do not want me to interfere with the Forbidden City, right? Good! From now on, none of us can leave here!"

As soon as she finished saying this, countless black chains broke out of the ground. They crisscrossed and completely covered this ashen-colored space.

At this moment, the faces of the four people who led by Yu Jie changed color.

Meanwhile, in a Star Shuttle traveling at high speed toward Beijing.

Within the Star Shuttle’s tiny inner space, three individuals sat, each wearing masks portraying ’Azure Dragon’, ’White Tiger’, and the ’Star Map of Ziwei’.

In the hands of the ’master of Zimei Palace’ was a small golden bird.

"The Marshal Todosiming’s intention is to let us choose between Li Xuan and the Forbidden City. Before the hour of Chen tomorrow, we must slay either Li Xuan, the Marquis of Guanjun, or the imperial grandson."

Qinglong palace master frowned immediately and was somewhat unhappy. "This is not in line with the rules. This matter has not been discussed by the Nine Palaces. Marshal Todosiming trespassed on his authority this time."

"What’s there to debate? Shaosiming and Taiwei, the two great masters of Zhuque, will definitely never agree. But when has Marshal Todosiming’s decision been wrong?"

The ’Master of Zimei Palace’, with her vermillion golden eyes looked at Qinglong palace master Si Shenhua and said, "Now, my Jinque Palace is at the edge of life and death. There is too much at stake to hesitate. Don’t forget, Si Shenhua! You have not cleared your suspicion on the matter of the previous Tianshi palace master betraying the Heavenly Palace."

The face behind Qinglong palace master’s mask turned slightly pale, then he fell into silence.

As the ’Master of Baihu Palace’ considered his options, he said: "I choose Marquis of Guanjun Li Xuan. As outsiders, we should not lightly interfere in the Dragon Conflict, otherwise we will surely suffer backlash. As for Li Xuan, although he is also of great importance, he is ultimately not of royal lineage."

After hearing this, the master of Zimei palace slightly nodded her head. Considering it from the perspective of avoid ’Dragon Qi backlash’, she also felt it more appropriate to deal with Li Xuan.

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When the Venus Star shone in the night sky, Leang Heng, the newly appointed ’Chief Executive of Jingying’, finally left Beijing.

Along with him, there were not only the 13,000 house guards that Leang Heng had ’borrowed’ from the major noble households in the city with all kinds of coaxing, threats, and enticements, but also the soldiers from all ten brigades and five army camps.

As Zhengtong Emperor had already given up the plan to attack the Forbidden City with the Jingying Forbidden Army, more than 70,000 elite soldiers belonging to the ten brigades were able to break away from the Forbidden City and participate in the war against Tongzhou in the southeast of the capital city.

The number of soldiers in the five army camps was about 60,000. The original strength of the five army camps was 120,000. However, some of them were taken into the palace city by Zhu Guoneng, and some of them had escaped and returned home. Now, the number left in Beijing was only 60,000.

Leang Heng knew how to boost morale. As he galloped amongst the ranks of the army, shouting loudly. The morale of the Jingying Forbidden Army, which had been somewhat slumping, was boosted a bit.

Leang Heng said that their enemies were not the entire 370,000 Jizhou army. Only the Iron Cavalry, nearly 20,000 strong, the Shenji right and left camp, nearly 40,000 strong, 10,000 infantry of the Weisuo division and 30,000 man strong of the dynamic army, in total less than 100,000 strong.

As for the words of Leang Heng, army officers from from all ranks of Jingying were willing to believe.

It was a simple rule, unless the entire 370,000-strong army from Jizhou had grown wings, it would be impossible for them to travel several hundreds or even thousands of miles over a single night, to the capital city.

On this side, there were nearly 140,000 elite soldiers from Jingying alone; those 13,000 house guards are all skilled in horse archery, equipped with armor and mounts, they can be considered 13,000 equipped iron cavaliers.

In addition to this, 230,000 troops of Weisuo division had already started moving towards Tongzhou.

Any way they looked at it, it was unlikely they’d lose the fight. That Marquis Guanjun Li Xuan, surely he wouldn’t be the god of war, Bai Qi reborn.

He was able to break an army of 700,000 demons in Chengde, which must have been due to some sinister plot or trick.

But this time, it would be a fair and square battle.

The key fact was that Leang Heng presented actual gold and silver, the departure fee was ten silver coins, and if the battle was successful another fifty silver coins would be rewarded.

If they succeeded in decapitating enemy soldiers, it was fifty patterned silver pieces per head, and if they died in battle, the burial silver would start at two hundred pieces.

"Li Chengji is in command of 30,000 of the Transport Army and has successfully established a position on the west bank of the Chaobai River. What do you eat? Just watching it?"

Upon learning of the situation, Leang Heng berated the feathered rider who was responsible for transmitting military intelligence.

The man’s face turned pale, he didn’t dare to retort until Leang Heng calmed down a bit, then he began to explain, "General, this is because there is already a Iron Cavalry of 10,000 from the Jizhou division that has already crossed the river. Our scouts had been broken through by them three times, and we lack cavalry in our army. It’s tough to counter them before our large army arrives."

Leang Heng frowned and fell silent.

He knew what was going on. This time Yu Jie and Jingtai Emperor went to Taiyuan, they not only took away 30,000 cavalrymen from the ’Sanqian camp’, but also took away 7,000 elite riders from the nearby Weisuo to Beijing city.

As such, Beijing city currently had approximately 5,000 knights from the Ten Brigade and Five Army Camps, and 13,000 armored cavalry formed from the temporary collection of family guards.

Finally, Leang Heng uttered a hum: "So it means, that three hours ago he had anticipated this? Li Xuan has indeed some skill in warfare. You pass my command to Ma Lin, letting him press on, forcing the cavalry of Jizhou’s division to the other side of the river.

Aside from the thirty thousand transport army, not a single soldier or knight from the Jizhou division is allowed to stay on the western bank. Then hold their position and await my arrival."

The feathered rider quickly mounted his horse and galloped away to deliver the command.

At this time, Leang Yuan, who was behind Leang Heng, couldn’t help but ask, "Isn’t this too defensive? Our military strength is multiple times more than the enemy. Moreover, why must Li Xuan take the Tongzhou route? Isn’t the northern Huairou Shunyi area a viable option? It just seems inappropriate to gather all our troops in Tongzhou."

Leang Heng tilted her head and took a gance at Leang Yuan. He thought sending this brat to the Sixprinces division to work was the right decision.

This guy learnt a lot during his youth - military strategy, geography, his knowledge about victories obtained via strategic positions were all lost on him.

It’s most convenient to take the route of Tongzhou from Jizhou to Beijing. Tongzhou is the key passage to the capital city and also the end of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, with numerous warehouses.

As long as Li Xuan occupies here, it is equivalent to grabbing the neck of the capital city, and the tens of thousands of reinforcements from Jizhou that would subsequently advance eastward would not be worried about food and supplies.

Even if Li Xuan ultimately loses the field battle, he only needs to cut off the Tongzhou’s transport and within at most ten days, the capital city and the entire northern Datong Town would face the threat of a food shortage.

Therefore, Leang Heng would absolutely not allow Li Xuan to occupy Tongzhou!

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