When they first left the Tianjue Mountains, Lin Yan and others were quite cautious. But later it was discovered that this worry was somewhat unnecessary. After all, Yang Guang could not be bored and had been arranging a team of people to ambush them outside the Tianjue Mountains.
Instead of returning to Nanman, Lin Yan and his party took a detour to the Tang Dynasty. The first goal now was to understand the situation first.
The detour will naturally take a lot of time, but crossing the Tianjue Mountains is too dangerous. Once you enter the real core place, you can't predict what kind of danger you will encounter. Now that we are not in a hurry, there is no need to take such risks.
Moreover, this period of time on the road can also be used by Lin Yan to familiarize himself with his own condition so that he can more perfectly master this new power.
However, after the trek, they encountered trouble when entering the Tang Dynasty, because the interrogation became much stricter. After inquiring, Lin Yan and others found out that there was a war.
In fact, the border area between the Southern Barbarians and the Eastern Tang Dynasty was relatively tense, but some merchants could still pass through normally. But it's different now. No matter what your identity is, you will be subject to far more scrutiny and questioning than usual. If you do anything wrong, you will be arrested immediately.
Looking at this situation, Lin Yan frowned. The identities of these people were more or less problematic, and it was difficult to walk through the surface. Otherwise, they would be arrested as spies. Then they would be arrested. It's troublesome.
Lin Yan also caused a lot of trouble when he joined the army as Yan Ling. Now, I'm afraid the wanted order against him has not been lifted yet!
As for Ming Ya being a Southern Barbarian princess, Monk Chen and Guo Toad were members of the Jianghu community who were not controlled by the imperial court. Apart from Miao Miaomiao's status as a disciple of the King of Medicine, Lin Yan also did not know Miao Miaomiao's actual background.
All in all, if they want to cross the border without causing trouble, they have to think of some other ways.
Fortunately, Lin Yan is now a master of the Xiantian realm, so it is not too difficult to find a relatively weak place to pass through. Of course, this is because there is only a small friction between the two sides now, and there has not yet been a full-scale war. Otherwise, the level of martial law will be raised again, and it may not be so easy.
After all, the generals may not be afraid of fighting in the battle formation, but there are still people trying to assassinate them, and the attack and killing of high-level warriors still poses a considerable threat to the generals.
It's just that this method is generally not used easily by both parties, because once it starts, it becomes a "decapitation plan" between the two parties. In the end, people are panicked, but it is difficult to affect the overall situation.
The game between countries will not be a decisive factor because of the death of a few important figures. It can only be said that it will have a considerable impact. As long as the national strength remains, it will eventually recover.
After Lin Yan successfully crossed the border with Ming Ya and others, he forged a new identity and began to understand the current situation.
Lin Yan, Ming Ya, and Miao Miaomiao dressed up as students studying abroad. Since the first two were originally academy students, there was no sense of inconsistency in changing into Confucian robes. Miao Miaomiao was obviously very influenced by pharmacology in addition to pharmacology. A good education, and it is naturally very suitable now.
As for Monk Chen and Guo Toad, they are obviously Jianghu people. There is no need to deliberately dress up as students. They can just play the role of bodyguards, but it is also very reasonable.
Soon, Lin Yan and others grasped the current situation, lamenting the rapid changes and arranging the next plan.
With the strength of these few people, it is obviously difficult to shake the overall situation, and there is no need to intervene in disputes between countries. Now we should wait and see how things will develop next.
However, the situation quickly changed in a way that no one expected. The Xihuang side directly inserted the army into the hinterland of Tang State with an unstoppable charge.
I don't know whether the Huangren were too brave or the soldiers of the Tang Army were too weak. In short, the battle situation was one-sided. In the end, it was only after sending a large army that they could stop the attack.
Now, although this desert army is brave, it is a lonely army. The Eastern Tang Dynasty is planning to encircle and devour them. However, the pressure on the north and south sides increases instantly, forcing the Tang Dynasty to allocate most of its troops to deal with them. The situation suddenly seemed a little short of manpower.
Originally, the Western Wilderness was supposed to be relatively divided and chaotic. The reason why such a powerful army suddenly appeared made the Tang people extremely puzzled. They once suspected that there was something wrong with their intelligence system.
In fact, in the face of this sudden attack in Xihuang, Dongtang did not receive any information beforehand, which really made people lose confidence in this intelligence system.
The Northern Desert Buddhist Kingdom still maintained a tentative attitude and did not find too fierce conflicts with the Tang army. However, the Southern Barbarians seemed a bit unscrupulous, and the intensity of their attacks was far greater than before.
Because of the relationship between the Western Wasteland and the Northern Desert, Nanman felt that he had seen an opportunity, so he acted mercilessly.
In the Yuan Realm, the world was divided into nine parts, with the Southern Barbarians, Western Wilderness and Northern Desert each occupying two parts, while the Eastern Tang Dynasty occupied only three parts, which was still the most fertile and prosperous land. This would inevitably cause extreme imbalance among them.
In the past, when the Tang Dynasty was powerful, they did not dare to touch its edge easily. Some conflicts were controlled within a certain range and had a bottom line.
But the situation today is different. The successive rebellions in the Tang Dynasty have consumed a lot of its national power. Among them, the former prince raised an army to fight against the Tang Emperor Li Luolin under the banner of orthodoxy.
Of course, he did not rebel directly. After all, he still wanted the title of "righteousness". He just said that there were treacherous villains around the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. He was only persecuted and had no choice but to raise troops to clear the court. He definitely had no disobedience. .
It's just that this kind of statement is just for others to hear. I'm afraid even he himself won't believe it.
Under this situation, the Tang State was already facing internal and external troubles and lost its former strength.
Although Yang Guang's rise to power was not glorious, it is undeniable that he is a true hero and has his own keen vision and judgment on the battle situation. Even though the Xiaose Rebellion had not yet been settled, he still resolutely sent out troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, because this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
In addition to these large-scale armies, some ordinary bandits and bandits saw that there was a profit, so they gathered people and began to burn, kill and plunder.
These strong men in the green forest use the slogan of "acting chivalrously and doing justice", but in fact they are just doing some dirty things.
Whether it was some wealthy Zhuangzi or poor farmers, they were all unscrupulous and took away everything they could, including gold, silver, rice, grain, and women, and killed all the men.
In essence, these people bully the weak and fear the strong, and do not dare to provoke the army or some large cities. However, even so, they caused a lot of damage and made the people panic.
When the Huangren held back the Tang army, the Nanman took advantage of the opportunity and actually broke through the border, and the army directly entered Jiangling.
This place can be regarded as an important town in the Tang State, and the wealth it possesses is unimaginable. Before this, the Tang State had never thought that such a thing would happen. By the time the matter is settled, it's too late!
The Southern Barbarians are essentially a poor land, but they are much better than the Western Wilderness and Northern Desert. However, wealth is still concentrated in the hands of a small number of people, and the barbarians at the bottom are still living in poverty.
When Jiangling City was breached, the soldiers' eyes widened at the prosperity they could see, and then they began to covet it. After receiving orders from their superiors, they began to plunder like locusts crossing the border.
Murong Ke ordered "not to seal the sword for three days." Naturally, he was not very interested in gold, silver, jewelry and the like, but he also knew that the soldiers below needed these things, so he simply let them grab them!
In his view, the way to use troops requires not only military discipline, but also the use of interests to mobilize the enthusiasm of soldiers. In this way, they can be willing to work hard.
When these barbarians entered the city, they started burning, killing and looting unscrupulously. For a time, Jiangling, which was once prosperous and prosperous, became a hell on earth. The cries were loud, and the blood flowing on the streets gradually gathered like a stream and lingered for a long time.
During this period, countless women were humiliated. Some were so strong-willed that they would rather commit suicide, but some frantic barbarians were unwilling to let go of their corpses.
More weak women were unable to resist. Some were bullied in turn and then killed mercilessly, while others became numb, as if they were walking corpses, not knowing who to tell them about their suffering.
A few ferocious barbarians suddenly broke into the home where the husband and wife were living together. They insulted his wife in front of the husband, then killed his children with a grin, and finally brandished a knife in the man's angry, desperate but powerless eyes. ended his life.
Things like this happen every day. These barbarians have turned into devils, completely unleashing their darkest side and doing the most ugliest things in the world.
Later, there were more and more corpses in the city, exuding a stench. The senior leaders of the Southern Barbarians were also afraid that a plague or something would cause big problems, so they had people transport the corpses outside the city.
Three days later, as carload after carload of corpses were transported out, the mass graves outside the city had piled up on a dozen hills, and there was no room for these corpses!
Black crows were noisy, wild dogs were passing through, and it was a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
The massacre in the city ended, but order was not restored. It was just that the killings on the surface decreased and turned into the dark.
The plunder has tasted the sweetness, and it is impossible to stop these barbarians. And the top management seems to be turning a blind eye and allowing this kind of thing to develop.
They stopped at Jiangling and used this as a stronghold to spread towards the surrounding cities, but they did not disperse their forces too much to prevent the Tang army from seizing the opportunity to defeat them one by one.
Under Mo Yukan's suggestion, some wealthy and powerful families who cooperated during the massacre of the city were retained in order to restore the city's functions in a short time and facilitate subsequent expansion.
Whether these people were sincere or fake, the barbarians gave them a certain degree of protection. Naturally, they did not dare to think otherwise. They started to operate as soon as possible, and Jiangling began to become the reserve granary of the southern barbarians.
After the city's functions gradually recovered, people began to flow in and out, but it was quite strict.
On this day, some outsiders dispersed into Jiangling City. They were all dressed up in various appearances. They seemed unrelated, but they were vaguely related.
One of the young men wearing a bamboo hat raised his head, with a look of hatred in his deep eyes, and said in a low voice: "Barbarians, wash your necks and wait, your death has come!"
