Chapter 2816 The tranquility before the storm
Chapter 2813: The tranquility before the storm
The Styx had the idea of ??obtaining the full version of "Blood Nervous" by accepting Jia Fu as his disciple, but it was stranded because the Central Plains War was ongoing and Jia Fu was a general who participated in the war.
Now that the Styx has caused a big disaster, the acquisition of Jia Fu as his disciple may be the only way to fight against the disaster, so he has to hurry up.
Although Styx couldn''t wait to accept Jia Fu as his disciple, he didn''t know where Jia Fu was.
After the Dunqiu Battle, Jia Fu handed over the military power to Li Cunxiao because he was too seriously injured, and then he focused on recovering from his injuries.
After Li Cunxiao took over the military power, he took a break for a while to reduce Le Yi''s vigilance. During this period, Bai Qi took the opportunity to capture Baima City, and Li Cunxiao also transferred all the wounded soldiers of Dunqiu to the rear.
The reason why Li Cunxiao transferred the wounded was naturally because Dunqiu was located on the front line and belonged to a war zone, so nothing could be said.
Li Cunxiao did not dare to guarantee that Dunqiu would not fall, and it was possible that he would even give up Dunqiu voluntarily. In case of precautions, it is undoubtedly the safest way to transfer all the injured soldiers in advance.
Therefore, Jia Fu must not be in Dunqiu now, but recovering from the Qin army''s injuries. It can be roughly inferred that he is in southern Jizhou.
As for where is it? It is naturally impossible for Styx to know, so we need to rely on the forces of the Demon Sect to help him find out the news.
Jia Fu retreated to the Qin army to attack the rear, and he was definitely not alone. There were thousands of wounded soldiers retreating together. Therefore, it was not difficult for the Demon Sect to search for Jia Fu''s traces.
"Grandson of the Ding, I''ll leave my grandfather''s life to you. You have to hurry up and don''t be bothered."
Styx was secretly looking forward to it, hoping that Ye Dingzhi, the grandson, would be more capable and find out Jia Fu''s location as soon as possible to tell him, otherwise his life would be really explained in Yanzhou.
The time when the Styx issued two flying pigeons to send letters was less than three hours apart, and with his first flying pigeons being sent back to Mount Tai, the entire Demon Sect was completely in an uproar.
Before going down the mountain, the Styx had assured everyone many times that they would only do one thing when going down the mountain, that is, to bring back their grandson Niu Hong, and would never participate in the war in the Central Plains, and would not attack anyone in the war.
It is precisely because of Styx''s repeated assurance that Ye Dingzhi dared to let him go down the mountain with confidence.
But after the River Styx went down the mountain, Ye Dingzhi felt a bad premonition in his heart, and he always felt that something would happen to his grandfather go down the mountain this time, but his premonition was really fulfilled.
In front of thousands of Qin troops, my grandfather not only killed dozens of Qin soldiers, but also almost killed Qin general Yu Hua.
When he saw this news, Ye Dingzhi felt his eyes dark and almost fell head-on. After all, he knew too well what this news meant.
This means that the Demon Sect tear up the promise and provokes the Qin again if they knowingly commit it. If Ying Hao knows, even if it is to protect his face, he will definitely attack the Demon Sect.
By then, there will be no room for revolt between the Great Qin and the Demon Sect, and the conflicts accumulated before will completely erupt, and the Central Plains will also be full of war and blood flowing.
Ye Dingzhi did not think that after the Demon Sect ended, the Wei, Song and Ming Three Kingdoms Alliance + Demon Sect could defeat the Qin Dynasty at its peak. In his opinion, the Demon Sect ended, it would only delay the war and bring more casualties.
Originally, the Qin Dynasty destroyed the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming dynasties and completely occupied the Central Plains. The Central Plains may only require a maximum of one million casualties. However, if the Demon Sect ends up, the level of war will further increase, and the number of casualties will increase by more than one million.
Among these people, soldiers naturally account for a minority, and the vast majority are ordinary people, either starving to death due to shortage of food or dying from corvee labor...
Originally, all this would not have happened, but if Niu Hong hadn''t come back even though he hadn''t died, his grandfather would not have gone down the mountain himself. He would naturally not have taken action if he didn''t go down the mountain. If he didn''t take action, the conflict between the Demon Sect and Da Qin would not have intensified.
Therefore, the biggest source of all evil is his cousin, Niu Hong.
“It’s abominable.”
Ye Ding''s eyes were red with anger, and he wanted to kill Niu Hong directly.
Just because of his willfulness alone, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will die more, to pay for his willfulness. How innocent those who die in vain are.
Although Ye Dingzhi is a member of the Demon Sect, he is still kind-hearted. He will consider the innocent ordinary people first, while other people in the Demon Sect will not consider these things. All they are thinking about is how to minimize the losses in this great disaster.
"Dingzhi, what should I do now?"
The deputy leader of the Shura Sect, Zizai Tian, ??looked at Ye Dingzhi with a serious face and said, "Master has broken the rules when he attacked the Qin army in public. This time Ying Hao must be unable to bear it."
Zizaitian is not only the eldest disciple of the Styx, but also the son-in-law of the Styx. He married the daughter of the Styx, the concubine of the Styx.
Zizai Tiandebang''s cultivation has reached the level of entering the late stage of the Grand Master, so after the Styx gave up the position of Shura Sect Master, Kui Gang let him serve as the deputy leader to stabilize the internal affairs of the Demon Sect.
In addition to the Free Heaven, the Styx also has three personal disciples, Brahma, Sei Se and Shiva.
Among them, Shiva, who was at the peak of the middle stage of the Grand Master and the only female disciple, was sent to India by the Styx to find news about "Blood Nervous", so she was not in the Central Plains.
Brahma is also in the middle stage of the Grand Master, and the Susex Heaven is at the peak of the Grand Master in the early stage. Both of them are also sons-in-law of the Styx.
In addition to these four personal disciples, there are four disciples in the Styx who are in fact masters and disciples but not in the name of masters and disciples. They are: Indra, Vishnu, Rutola, and Ghost Mother. They are also the four Dharma Kings of the Shura Sect. Among them, Indra and Ghost Mother were both in the early stages of the great masters, and the other two were half-step great masters.
Although these disciples of the Styx have stranger names, they are actually Han people. After worshiping under the Styx, they abandoned their original names, and now their names come from the Shura Sutra.
Most of the contents in the Shura Sutra were created by Rahu when he was in India, so many of the nouns in it have a strong Indian characteristics, which seems very alternative to the eyes of the Han people.
However, Styx obviously doesn''t care about this, and he also uses these alternative words to serve as Taoist names for his disciples to show the difference between the Demon Sect and Taoist Sect.
Among the Demon Sect, there are six great masters and more than two-digit masters in the Styx lineage alone.
This shows how strong the overall strength of the Demon Sect is, otherwise how could it block the hundreds of schools of thought out from the Central Plains?
Of course, among the three major factions of the Demon Sect, the Styx is the strongest, and the combined strength of the Kunpeng and Kuigang can exceed that of the Styx. At this time, everyone in Mount Tai Hall was undoubtedly the top leaders of the Styx.
Among everyone present, Ye Dingzhi was the youngest, but because he had reached the level of a master at a young age, and Styx had always trained him as his successor, so everyone was still led by Ye Dingzhi, the weakest.
After hearing Zi Zaitian''s words, Ye Dingzhi suddenly felt a headache. He naturally knew that Ying Hao must be unable to bear it this time, but this was obviously a disaster caused by Niu Hong, but why did he ask him to wipe his butt?
"This time we breached the contract first. No matter what Ying Hao will react, we need to apologize to Ying Hao first and explain the reason clearly."
At this point, Ye Dingzhi showed a hint of confusion on his face. He knew that many people were unwilling to listen to the following words, but he had to say:
"If possible, you can pay a certain price. Even if you withdraw from one state or even two states, you must try to calm Ying Hao''s anger."
As soon as Ye Dingzhi said this, everyone present was furious again.
"What? Exit one or two states?"
"No, I don''t agree. The price is too high."
"The Central Plains has only four states in total. If we withdraw from two states, how should we support the people below?"
Such remarks have also received support from most people.
The four prefectures under the jurisdiction of the three Central Plains are Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, southern Qingzhou and northern Yangzhou.
In addition to the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming dynasties, the Demon Sect is the largest Jianghu force in the Central Plains, and its sphere of influence covers the four states of the Central Plains.
The Styx is the strongest in the Demon Sect, so its sphere of influence is also spread across four states. If it withdraws from two states at once, it means that the sphere of influence is directly cut off. How can the people below accept this?
After all, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
Except for Zizai Tian, ??Da Brahma and Yuse Tian, ??the other senior officials expressed their opposition, and this was all within Ye Dingzhi''s expectations.
"Everyone, you don''t want to give up, but if you don''t give up, you can only go to war with Daqin head-on. If you ask yourself, will you have a chance of winning if you really fight?"
As soon as Ye Dingzhi said this, everyone present shut up.
Although they usually shouted, they were not fools. They knew that the chance of winning a war with Daqin was not high, so they did not dare to go to war with Daqin until they had no choice, but they did not want their own interests to be damaged.
"You must understand that this time we breached the contract first, and we also have a request for Daqin. Even if we really withdraw from the territory of the two states, we may not be able to calm down Ying Hao''s anger.
In addition, in the reply released by the other party, he also said that he would calm down Ying Hao at all costs and did not support us to go to war with Daqin directly. ”
In fact, Ye Dingzhi did not have much hope for withdrawing from the two states to calm Ying Hao''s anger. After all, the interests of the two states of the Styx were actually not much for Daqin.
Even the entire Demon Sect may not be able to get into the eyes of Daqin. After all, Daqin is simply a giant today.
This time, Styx really slapped Ying Hao in the face, and Ying Hao''s face cannot be offset by some interests.
The emperor was furious and buried a million corpses.
If Ying Hao could calm down, Ye Dingzhi would even be willing to withdraw from the four states, but the people around him would not agree, so he rationally proposed the two states.
Ye Dingzhi didn''t know whether Ying Hao could calm down at the cost of withdrawing from the two states, but at least he should be well-recognized. In addition, if he didn''t try it, there would be no hope at all.
Ye Dingzhi''s words were supported by Zizai Tian, ??Da Brahma and Yuse Tian. Even the three of them agreed, and the rest could only agree.
"We cannot put all our hopes on Ying Hao''s voluntary forgiveness, so in addition to surrendering to Daqin, we also need to be prepared to fight. We can''t be able to hold our heads back then."
At this point, Ye Dingzhi took a deep breath and ordered: "Transfer to the two demon ancestors, Kui Gang and Kunpeng, and ask them to come to Mount Tai immediately, just in case."
In just half a day, Ye Dingzhi experienced meetings and discussed and issued dozens of orders in succession, including admitting his mistakes to Daqin, summoning his disciples to the mountain, and notifying Kui Gang and Kunpeng, etc.
Ye Dingzhi''s order was conveyed, and before he could receive a reply from the Qin Dynasty, he received the second letter from the Styx. After all, Dongjun is not too far from Mount Tai.
After reading this letter, Ye Dingzhi was immediately excited. After all, the success rate of grandfather''s self-rescue plan was much higher than his apology and compensation.
Jia Fu is Ying Hao''s cousin. If his grandfather can accept him as his disciple and Jia Fu comes forward to help his grandfather plead for his love, why should Ying Hao give his cousin a little bit of shame, right?
But Ye Dingzhi didn''t know where Jia Fu was now. It would be a waste of time if he really sent someone to find him.
If the news comes back and I pass it to my grandfather, it will be impossible to have a few days left. By then, even the daylily will be cold.
Ye Dingzhi hurriedly found a map of southern Jizhou, stared at the thoughtful two hours, and finally came to a conclusion that more than 60% of Jia Fu might be in Yin''an County.
Jia Fu was injured and could not run too far, while Yin''an was one of the Qin army''s logistics supply lines.
Apart from Yin''an, only Fanyang County is the most likely.
Ye Dingzhi immediately wrote these ideas in a letter and uploaded them to his grandfather. After all, every minute and every second are extremely critical now. It is better to try your luck in Yin''an than to stay in Dunqiu indifferent.
Styx didn''t expect to receive a reply from his grandson so soon. He also thought it would take two or three days to find Jia Fu''s location, so he couldn''t help but feel reliable in the heart Dao Ding''s grandson.
When I learned from the letter that Ye Dingzhi speculated through the map that Jia Fu was likely to be in Yin''an, and the Styx did not sit and wait for death. He decisively chose to go to Yin''an to find Jia Fu. At this moment, Niu Hong also woke up.
(This chapter ends)