Chapter 2608: The death of the first generation door god, Ying Wen
The reason why Hou Qing suddenly took action to assassinate Chi You was naturally because Liu Yu sent him there.
Liu Yu wanted to defeat the Southern Barbarian Army within two months. After all, the war situation in the north also worried him, so he sent Xing Tian and Lu Ya to meet Zhou Bo. Naturally, he wanted to defeat Chi You. Chi You was killed in battle.
But what Liu Yu never expected was that when Chi You faced Xing Tian, he actually blocked Lu Ya's immortal-killing flying knife. This was enough to show that Chi You's strength had surpassed Xing Tian's and reached the level before he had broken through the great master. The level of Li Cunxiao and Xiang Yu.
Liu Yu naturally didn't think that Chi You couldn't break through the Grand Master. After all, for someone who could reach this point at a young age, breaking through the Grand Master was basically a sure thing.
After Xiang Yu broke through the Grand Master, he single-handedly defeated the 18 princes and made their country miserable.
After Li Cunxiao broke through the Grand Master, he fought against the Li Tang Kingdom alone. Even Li Yuanba and Yang Jian were no match.
What Xiang Yu and Li Cunxiao could do, couldn't Chi You, who was at the same level, be able to do it?
If Chi You really breaks through the Grand Master, with his ambition, ability and strength, the Kingdom of Shu will really never have peace.
At this thought, Liu Yu felt a wave of fear in his heart, and his fear of Chi You reached its extreme. He could no longer bear Chi You's existence, and was determined to eliminate this serious trouble for Shu.
However, Xing Tian and Lu Ya couldn't kill Chi You even if they joined forces. Now that Lu Ya's trump card has been exposed, it will definitely not be easy to use, and Chi You will not be stupid enough to challenge the two of them alone, and he can still Is there any other way to get rid of Chi You?
After much thought, Liu Yu could only think of one solution, and that was to ask Hou Qing, who was at the Half-Step Xuan Realm, to take action. After all, in the entire Shu Han Dynasty, Hou Qing was probably the only one who could deal with Chi You.
The 'Hundred Schools Agreement' stipulates that the great master is not allowed to take action against the king, otherwise the whole world will attack him.
It was precisely because of this rule that when Taoist Taoist Taiqing did not abide by the rules and went down the mountain to kill Ying Hao, the grand masters on the pro-Qin side accepted the call one after another, while the grand masters on the anti-Qin side just waited and watched and did not help Taiqing.
Not only Ying Hao must abide by this rule, Liu Yu must also abide by it, otherwise he will be the one who suffers.
But Chi You was not a Han. As the barbarian king of southern Shu, he could not even be ranked on the list of powerful generals, so he was naturally not within the protection scope of the Baijia Agreement.
Liu Yan, Liu Ji, and Liu Yu all sent people to assassinate Guo Chiyou more than once, but they were unsuccessful.
Chi You's own strength is too strong. Although he is not a grand master, a grand master is not his opponent.
Wang Yue, farmer Xu Xing, another Taoist great master, and many masters went deep into Nanzhong to assassinate Chi You. This was also the strongest assassination attempt against Chi You.
As a result, except for Wang Yue and Xu Xing, who escaped with serious injuries, everyone else left their lives in Nanzhong.
From then on, the Shu Han side no longer dared to send people to assassinate Chi You, because there was basically no possibility of success.
Chi You was not within the protection scope of the Baijia Agreement, and so were Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan, Qing Emperor Huang Taiji, Jin Emperor Aguda, and Conflict. The reason why none of them were assassinated is somewhat complicated.
Ying Hao needs them to fight against each other in order to continuously consume the vitality of the northern aliens.
The major princes of the Central Plains needed them to contain Great Qin in the north. Even if they did not play a role in containing much, just like the Southern Kingdom, as long as they existed, they would have an impact on Great Qin's northern garrison.
Since Da Qin and other countries need their existence, they will naturally not send Grand Masters to assassinate them.
But even if assassins are sent, they may not succeed.
Kublai Khan and others naturally knew that they were not protected by the Baijia Agreement. They were also afraid of encountering Grandmaster-level assassins, so the guards around them were naturally extremely tight, and there were also Grandmasters secretly guarding them. Normally, this was not the case. In the palace, which is like a military camp, assassins will hardly be given any chance.
Therefore, even if you are a great master, it is not an easy task to assassinate the king.
If Liu Yu hadn't been able to barely command the queen after proclaiming himself emperor, he wouldn't have thought of assassinating Chi You.
Before Liu Yu became emperor, let alone him, even Liu Ji, the Queen was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Not only the queen, but also Zhulong.
But now Liu Yu is the emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty. Even if the queen does not want to see Liu Yu, based on his status and position, the queen who still loves the Han Dynasty must help him.
Liu Yu also knew that it was not easy to get Hou Qing to take action, so he tried his best to exaggerate the critical situation of Shu Han at this time.
"The two countries of Qin and South joined forces to attack Shuhan from the north and south. Both the northern and southern defense lines were in danger, especially the southern line, where four and a half counties fell.
If I hadn't arrived in time with my reinforcements, I'm afraid the entire southern Sichuan would have been occupied by the southern barbarians.
If the Southern Army cannot be defeated within two months, there may also be problems on the northern front.
However, Chi You, the king of the Southern Barbarians, was as capable of commanding troops as Yue Fei and Xue Li, and his bravery was as good as that of Li Cunxiao and Xiang Yu.
It is not easy to defeat the 150,000 Southern Army under his command within two months. "
Seeing that Liu Yu, who was high-spirited not long ago, was now so depressed, Hou Qing also felt that it would be very difficult to win within two months, and Chi You's potential and threat were too great, so he was persuaded by him and prepared to do it himself. Get rid of this big problem for Shu Han.
However, Hou Qing didn't say that it was 100% possible. After all, he could only look for opportunities to assassinate him, instead of rushing into the army to kill him alone. If Chi You didn't come out, there was nothing he could do.
In addition, the land of Nanzhong has always been mysterious, with forces such as the Witch Cult, Twelve Cave, and Moon Worshiping Cult emerging one after another. Hou Qing also knows whether there are any old monsters in Nanzhong who can rival him in strength.
Seeing that Hou Qing had agreed, Liu Yu felt relieved and felt that Chi You was bound to die.
In Liu Yu's view, the total population of Nanzhong is less than three million. The birth of a Chi You would be like smoke rising from the ancestral grave. It is absolutely impossible to give birth to a master of Hou Qing's level.
Liu Yu's guess was correct. There were indeed no masters in the Southern Kingdom who were accurate to the Half-Step Xuan Realm, but there were two very special great masters, Shen Tu and Yu Lei.
According to legend, in ancient times, there was a pair of brothers named Shen Tu and Yu Lei. Both brothers were good at catching ghosts. If an evil ghost came out to harass the people, Shen Tu and Yu Lei would capture it and tie it up to feed the tigers.
Later, in order to drive away evil spirits, people painted divine tea and Yu Lei on their doors, which also had the effect of driving away ghosts and avoiding evil spirits. The divine tea was painted on the left door, and the Yu Lei was painted on the right door. It has been passed down to this day that the two of them are also ancient Chinese The mythical 'first generation door god'.
Shen Tu and Yu Lei are both Ying Long's carriers. As ancient mythological figures, both of them are naturally very powerful. After they were born, they were implanted in Nanzhong and became the elders of the South Kingdom's national religion, the witchcraft sect.
It was precisely because of the existence of the two of them that Hou Qing's assassination attempt against Chi You failed.
Chi You was still too careless. He didn't think anyone would dare to send an assassin to assassinate him, nor did he think anyone in the world could assassinate him. Therefore, even if the war was approaching, he still went out to explore the terrain as usual, and the result was given to Hou Qing. Opportunity for assassination.
Chi You was only in his thirties, and his internal strength had already reached the half-step master level, while Hou Qing, who was in his seventies or eighties, was already at the half-step mystical level.
Although the age difference between the two was more than forty years, and their cultivation level was almost a huge difference, it was natural that Chi You could not be a match for the Queen.
However, Chi You also trained both internally and externally, and his external skills far exceeded his internal skills. This was the fundamental reason why these warriors, who specialized in physical training, were able to leapfrog and defeat the great master.
Chi You's physical strength was no worse than that of Hou Qing, so he would not be instantly killed by Hou Qing. However, the noise of the fight between the two sides was too loud, so it alerted Shen Tu and Yu Lei not far away, as well as Ying Gou who was staying in southern Shu.
Ying Gou and Hou Qing have been friends for a long time. When Zhu Long led the team to besiege Ying Long, if Hou Qing hadn't bullied the few and severely injured Ying Gou, leaving him to waste more than ten years to recover from his injuries, Ying Gou would have probably died. He has already broken through to the Quasi-Half-step Profound Realm, instead of just reaching the peak of Grandmaster.
Zeng Jin's old enemies reunited again, and Hou Qing wanted to get rid of Chi You again to eliminate a major trouble for Shu. Naturally, Ying Gou would not let him succeed.
After Ying Gou sensed Hou Qing's aura, he rushed to Chi You's location at full speed. However, only after he got there did he realize that he didn't need to take action at all.
There are also masters in the South Kingdom. Although they can't defeat Houqing one on one, they can still match him together.
With Shen Tu and Yu Lei around, even if Ying Gou couldn't take action, Hou Qing wouldn't be able to kill Chi You, but Hou Qing still decided to take action. After all, this would disgust the Queen and gain the gratitude of the Southern Kingdom.
Facing the joint efforts of Ying Gou, Shen Tu, and Yu Lei, Hou Qing knew that the operation could not succeed, so he decisively chose to retreat and told Liu Yu the news of the failed assassination.
Liu Yu originally thought that Hou Qing's action should be 100% successful, but it failed, so he was naturally disappointed. But after listening to Hou Qing's detailed account, his disappointment turned into shock.
"Senior, what did you say? Chi You's successful fusion of the dual skills?"
Liu Yu's face was full of disbelief. After all, the difficulty of integrating the two skills was much more difficult than breaking through the Grand Master.
Hou Qing said seriously: "Yes, Chi You's skills have two completely different attributes, and there is no conflict between them. Only the fusion of the two skills can explain it."
There was another sentence Hou Qing didn't say, because the words he said were suspected of being used for his own assassination, but even if he didn't say anything, Liu Yu could guess what he wanted to say.
Killing a half-step grandmaster in the half-step profound realm is not as easy as killing a chicken, but it only takes one or two moves.
If it weren't for Chi You's fusion of dual skills, and the quality of his skills was no less than that of the great master, how could he have persisted under Hou Qing until Shen Tu Yu Lei arrived.
"It's going to be difficult now." Liu Yu sighed.
If the assassination fails this time, Chi You's guards will only become tighter in the future, and it is impossible to give Hou Qing a second chance to assassinate him.
As long as Chi You is not dead, the Southern Barbarian army will not be in chaos. The Shu army can only take back the southern Shu counties by force. Even if they can win, they will pay a heavy price, and they may not be able to get rid of Chi You, a major problem.
Hou Qing saw Liu Yu's worries and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Although I failed to kill Chi You this time, I did injure him. In the next one or two months, he should not be able to fight again." Joined the war.”
When Liu Yu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. If Chi You had not participated in the battle, the Shu army might really be able to defeat the Nanman within two months.
Liu Yu took advantage of Chi You's injury and was unable to participate in the battle, and personally commanded the army to launch a counterattack, and widely publicized the news that Chi You was seriously injured and was about to die, in order to undermine the morale of the Southern Barbarian army.
Chi You was concentrating on recovery, but Liu Yu did this and had to stand up to break the rumors and stabilize morale.
But the rumors were easy to break, but the injury was not so easy to recover from.
Chi You was unable to participate in the battle after being injured, and could only command the overall situation from the center. Without his participation in the battle, the military strength of the entire Southern Kingdom was reduced by -1, and their combat effectiveness and morale were greatly affected. Therefore, they were defeated by the Shu army and lost the city and territory, and began to gradually fall into the war. Downwind.
The Shuhan Army and the Nanguo Army, with an army of nearly 400,000, broke out in fierce battles in southern Shu, and the fighting continued, but Li Jing in the north was still fighting at Yangpingguan.
After a month of continuous fierce attacks, the Qin army suffered nearly 20,000 casualties, of which nearly 8,000 were killed directly in battle and 12,000 were seriously injured.
As the number of wounded soldiers increased, Li Jing transferred all military doctors from Yongliang and Yongzhou and opened a field hospital in the rear. Soldiers injured on the front line were immediately transported to the rear for treatment.
The casualties of soldiers were high, as were the damage to ordnance and the consumption of supplies.
So far, the Qin army at Yangping Pass has destroyed 1,500 catapults, 700 wells, more than 3,000 crossbows of various types, and 200,000 stone bombs.
To put it bluntly, 200,000 stone bullets alone can build a hill-like staircase, allowing the Qin army to climb directly to Yangping Pass, but they still failed to break Yangping Pass, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The Qin army's daily ordnance damage and material consumption at Yangping Pass were so great that relying solely on Yongliang's supply was naturally extremely stressful.
Li Jing had no choice but to borrow war supplies from He and Si Prefectures for emergency response.
Fortunately, the top officials of both states also agreed with Li Jing's move. They both felt that if Hanzhong could not be captured this time, it would be even more difficult next time, so they fully supported Li Jing in terms of supplies.
With the four states of Si, Yong, Liang, and He as his backing, Li Jing had no worries on the battlefield, but something happened outside the battlefield.
The Supreme Emperor Ying Wen passed away.
