Chapter 2785: Conspiracy revealed, Niu Ruyi died
In Guo Jia's view, no matter whether the Demon Sect is defeated or not, it cannot prevent the Qin Dynasty from destroying the Three Kingdoms and completely occupying the Central Plains. At most, it will only delay it for a period of time.
From the perspective of Heibingtai, Guo Jia even hopes that Momen will end. Because he is Heibingtai, he needs to think about his subordinates, and dealing with Momen will undoubtedly gain a lot of credit.
But from the perspective of the people in the Central Plains, Guo Jia did not want the Demon Sect to end, because once the Demon Sect ended, it would mean that the war in the Central Plains would further escalate.
Don't underestimate the Demon Sect. The real power of the Demon Sect lies not in the Jianghu sects, nor in the masters of the Demon Sect such as Yuan Jiuling and Ye Dingzhi, but in the control of the local population and wealth in the Central Plains.
To put it bluntly, the hands of the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties could not reach anywhere, but they were jointly controlled by local powerful people and the magic sect.
If the Demon Sect comes to an end, then the Central Plains tycoons will also end. Although they do not have an army, they do have a population. Although they do not have generals, they do have talents who can be transformed into generals, as well as a large amount of money and food.
The Demon Sect has population, money, food, and talents, which also means that they can rely on bewitching local people to assemble a large number of rebels in a short period of time, and train them into an army by the disciples of the Demon Sect who are proficient in the art of war.
Although the untrained rebel army can never be an opponent of the well-trained Qin army, if there are too many people, it will cause some trouble to the Qin army. After all, the Qin army still has to deal with the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming.
Of course, the most important point is that when the people take up weapons, they are no longer people, but soldiers. Da Qin will definitely not show mercy.
With the fighting power of the Qin army, it would undoubtedly be a massacre against the people who were temporarily recruited. The Central Plains would also be filled with war and blood, and the population after the war would definitely plummet.
This is what Guo Jia doesn't want to see, so he ostensibly monitors the Demon Sect, but in fact he is meeting Cao Wei to prevent the Demon Sect from being dragged into the water by Cao Wei's conspiracy.
This is also the biggest difference between Guo Jia and Jia Xu, and it is also where he is inferior to Jia Xu.
If it were Jia Xu, he would not care what happened to the people. After all, they were not the people of Da Qin, nor would he care what happened to Black Ice Platform. After all, Black Ice Platform was just a tool of Da Qin. He would only leave a legacy to Da Qin at any cost. There is no hidden danger in the Central Plains.
Guo Jia is not as vicious as Jia Xu, and he cannot treat everyone as trivial. He does not want to be like Jia Xu, so if he wants to achieve the same goal as Jia Xu, he will definitely make more calculations and pay more. Much effort.
This is also the main reason why Guo Jia still often works overtime after taking over Black Ice Platform.
Looking at the few white hairs on his shoulders, Guo Jia couldn't help but sigh. When will this damn life end? The hard work is not rewarding, and he really doesn't want to work overtime anymore.
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Taishan Black Ice Platform Branch."
After a busy day, Guo Jia had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by his guards again.
Guo Jia naturally wanted to get angry, but when he heard that it was an urgent report from the Taishan branch, he ignored it and quickly took the letter. After reading it, he frowned and said to himself: "Ye Dingzhi is coming down the mountain at this time. What are you going to do again?”
If it were other people in the Demon Sect, Taishan Heibingtai would naturally not care, but Ye Dingzhi is the grandson of Styx, and there are faint signs of becoming the next generation leader of the Demon Sect.
Before Ye Dingzhi came down from the mountain, he went to Luoyang. After inquiring about Da Qin's attitude towards the Demon Sect from Bai Xiaosheng of the Fifth Dynasty, he indirectly helped Da Qin and the Demon Sect reach a consensus.
Therefore, when Ye Dingzhi went down the mountain this time, it was definitely not for fun, but because he had something serious to do.
After Guo Jiali thought for a while, he ordered: "Immediately send an order to Li Xiaoyao to protect Ye Dingzhi secretly to prevent Cao Wei's people from assassinating him, but he will blame me, Da Qin."
Guo Jia was predicting this move in advance. After all, if Cao Wei wanted to pull the Demon Sect into trouble, although there were many conspiracies that could be implemented, there were not many that could achieve the purpose of sowing discord.
Because only Styx, Kunpeng, and Kuigang can control the entire Demon Sect, and it is the joint decision of the three of them to sit on the sidelines and watch. They are afraid of death and are unwilling to go against Da Qin, and simple conspiracies and tricks obviously cannot affect them.
And Ye Dingzhi, the grandson of Styx, is obviously one of the people who can influence Styx. If he goes down the mountain and is assassinated this time, and dumps the blame on Da Qin, then Da Qin may not be able to remove the suspicion.
It was precisely because Guo Jia knew this that he sent Li Xiaoyao to protect Ye Dingzhi in advance. Even if Ye Dingzhi was really dead by then, people from Da Qin would be present and involved in the protection, at least he would not be framed for nothing. .
Ye Dingzhi only went down the mountain to find his aunt Ming Tieshan, and then brought back his cousin Niu Hong who was injured on the battlefield, but he never expected to be caught in a conspiracy, let alone that people from Da Qin would come to protect him.
Ming Tieshan lives in Kaiyang City, the seat of Langya County, and Langya County borders Taishan County, so the distance is not too far.
Langya County was originally the Langya Kingdom, but was later abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang. It is the northernmost county in Xuzhou. Further north is the Qingnan Battlefield, Donghai County is in the south, and Taishan County is in the west.
Niu Mo forgot his official position in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the general, he also served as the prefect of Langya. After the Qingnan War broke out, he immediately led his army to support Qingnan.
As Niu Mowang's first wife, Ming Tieshan naturally lives in the prefect's mansion in Kaiyang City, the headquarters of Langya County.
After Ye Dingzhi and Mo Qixuan came down from the mountain, they drove quickly all the way through Bian County, Feiguo and Linyi, and finally arrived in Kaiyang four days later.
After Ye Dingzhi made his intention clear, Ming Tieshan learned that his son was injured, and naturally felt distressed. After learning his father's intentions, he immediately decided to bring his son with his nephew.
A group of three people set out again, but unexpectedly they were ambushed by a group of men in black when they were about to enter the realm of Mount Tai. The other party wanted to kill them without saying a word.
Although Ye Dingzhi, Mo Qixuan, and Ming Tieshan were all Grandmasters, there were also Grandmasters among the people who ambushed them, and there were quite a few of them, so the three of them thought it was people from Great Qin who had ambushed them.
At the critical moment, Li Xiaoyao arrived in time and not only rescued Ming Iron Fan, but also helped the three of them break out of the siege.
"Thank you for saving your life, hero. Please leave your name. Ye Ding will reward you generously." Ye Dingyi said with a sincere face.
Li Xiaoyao pretended to hesitate before revealing the secret: "Thank you, there is no need, as long as you don't give the shit basin where you were assassinated to me, Da Qin."
Ye Dingzhi was shocked when he saw this and said: "Li Xiaoyao, why is it you? Why do you want to save me?"
Ye Dingzhi naturally knew Li Xiaoyao, and he had chased Li Xiaoyao before, but he didn't expect that Li Xiaoyao would save him now.
"Of course I'm afraid that if you die, I, Da Qin, will take the blame." Li Xiaoyao said lightly.
Ye Dingzhi was trained by Ming He as his successor, so he was certainly not a fool. He understood the meaning of Li Xiaoyao's words, but suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly: "But what if this was done intentionally by your Great Qin? Pai Heibingtai came to assassinate me, and then sent you to rescue me, so as to frame the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains?"
"If you really think so, there's nothing I can do about it. In short, take care of yourself. This may be just the beginning."
After saying that, Li Xiaoyao left. He saw Ye Dingzhi's anger and understood that what he just said was not his sincerity, so he stopped talking and didn't need to say everything.
After Li Xiaoyao left, Ye Dingzhi, with a livid face, ordered Mo Qixuan and Ming Tieshan: "As for us being ambushed, it must be Heibingtai who killed us, otherwise we may be in trouble during this trip. dangerous."
Ming Tieshan was shocked when he heard this and said quickly: "Dingzhi, do you mean that the people who assassinated us were sent by the coalition forces? How is this possible?"
"There is no evidence, and I can't be sure, but it won't do us any harm to insist that it was Heibingtai."
After an assassination, Ye Dingzhi became more careful. As soon as he entered Mount Tai, he summoned a grand master and a dozen masters, and asked the grand master to protect him secretly.
Ye Dingzhi originally thought that the journey might be uneventful, but until he entered the Ming army camp, there were no disturbances. This also made Ye Dingzhi doubt whether the previous assassination was really directed and performed by Hei Bingtai?
When Ye Dingzhi arrived in Dongjun, ten days had passed since the previous battle, but within these ten days, the situation in Dongjun had changed again.
Because of Le Yi's plan, Bai Qi and Huang Feihu retreated north one after another. Jia Fu also suffered a small defeat at Dunqiu and was seriously injured. The military power was also handed over to Li Cunxiao, so the Qin army was on the defensive as a whole.
Le Yi originally thought that the Qin army would calm down for a while, but he did not expect that not long after Li Cunxiao took over the military power, the Qin army immediately launched a counterattack.
Bai Qi and Huang Feihu both led their troops straight towards Baima, but Li Cunxiao remained at Dunqiu, standing still as if he was still resting and reorganizing his army.
Bai Qi and Huang Feihu's actions forced Le Yi to transfer Yin Zhou from Yan County to prevent Baima's defenders from being insufficient in number.
In addition, although Li Cunxiao of Dunqiu did not move, Leyi had to guard against it. After all, Li Cunxiao's 3,000 Flying Tiger Army could withstand the 50,000 Wei and Ming coalition forces. Now he had an additional 20,000 army in his hands. The threats were not made in vain.
East County, Baima.
Le Yi originally had a headache due to the war, but when he learned that Ye Dingzhi had come to Dongjun and encountered an assassination on the way, he subconsciously thought that it was Xun You who sent someone to do it, and quickly asked Xun You if he did it.
Xun You was also aggrieved. He did have this intention and took action, but the target was not Ye Dingzhi. After all, Niu Hong was right under his nose, but he went to assassinate Ye Dingzhi. That was not looking for the far side.
After listening to Xun You's explanation, Le Yi felt that it made sense and believed that it was not him who did it, but who could it be if it wasn't Xun You?
Could it be that, as Ye Dingzhi said, it was really someone from Heibingtai who did it?
But this doesn't make sense.
Le Yi felt that it was definitely unlikely that Hei Bingtai did it. After all, Da Qin had reached an agreement with the Demon Sect. If Hei Bingtai assassinated Ye Dingzhi at this time, wouldn't he be looking for trouble?
As for who it is? There is a high probability that it was Cao Wei's people who did it. After all, pulling the Demon Sect into trouble was indeed a major way for Cao Wei to save himself.
And he assassinated Ye Ding once, and then
But since it was Hei Bingtai who killed Ye Dingzhi, Le Yi was naturally happy to see such a situation.
Le Yi and Xun You looked at each other and said nothing. This topic was dropped and no one should mention it again.
"By the way, military advisor, you won't really attack Niu Hong, right?"
As soon as he thought of this, Le Yi was shocked and said quickly: "Ye Ding was assassinated. If something happens to Niu Hong, it may be self-defeating."
"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, You's target is not Niu Hong, but someone else, and his hands and feet are very clean, so no one will doubt us." Xun You explained with a smile.
Hearing what Xun You said, Le Yi felt relieved. There were enough bad things on the battlefield, and he didn't want to lose completely outside the battlefield.
On the other side, Ye Dingzhi brought the Ming Iron Fan. After entering the Ming camp, he briefly explained what happened there and prepared to take Niu Hong away.
Grandpa Minghe, father Niu Mowang, and mother Mingtieshan all hope that Niu Hong will return to Mount Tai and stop participating in the war in the Central Plains.
Niu Hong was originally planning to leave with his mother, but when he learned that his mother was assassinated by Hei Bingtai on the way and almost died, he was completely angered and refused to leave at all. Give the despicable Da Qin some color.
"Mom, if I don't leave, my child will never become a deserter. My leg injury will be healed in less than a month. There is no need to go back to Mount Tai to recuperate. The bumps along the way may worsen the wound."
Niu Hong said stubbornly, but his eyes were full of anger.
Ming Tieshan and Ye Dingzhi looked at each other, knowing that they might have made a mistake, but Ming Tieshan still advised: "Hong'er, so what if you recover from your injuries? Can you beat Jia Fu or Li Cunxiao? On the battlefield? Just leave the matter to your father, mother just wants you to be safe."
"..."
Niu Mowang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, saying that a son is important but a husband is not, right? Jade face still cares about me, Lao Niu.
No matter how Ming Tieshan and Niu Mowang tried to persuade him, Niu Hong just refused to leave.
Ming Tieshan also had a bad temper, and immediately decided to take him away by force, but unexpectedly a guard suddenly came to report: "General, it's bad, Second General, he, he..."
Niu Mowang's expression changed, he picked up the soldier and asked, "What happened to my second brother?"
"Second General, his injuries recurred and he died."
"What?"
Niu Mowang's eyes widened immediately, and after calling out "Second brother" sadly, he left without looking back and rushed to the ward of his second brother Niu Ruyi.
Seeing this, Ming Tieshan didn't care to take Niu Hong away. After looking at his nephew Ye Dingzhi, he saw that Ye Dingzhi was also frowning at this time, and then shook his head at her.
After Ming Tieshan understood this, her heart suddenly sank, and she wanted to take her son away even more. After all, the situation was too complicated now. She couldn't tell who was the enemy or the friend, except for her nephew and husband. Who should I believe, and how can I rest assured that my son will stay in a place of right and wrong?
(End of chapter)
