Witch Wind

Chapter 174 Carrying Firewood to Put Out the Fire (Part )

The walls and ground of the newly built Jieshi Mansion were all made of huge stones that were ten feet thick. The buildings in the mansion were also square and similar to the courtyard-like battle fortresses of the Xingtian family's ancestral home. The materials used were also huge stones, which were carved into mortise and tenon structures and reinforced with molten metal inside.

The entire mansion was solidly rammed by Xing Tianli using earth witchcraft. All the gaps between the stones in the huge mansion disappeared. The mansion, which was thousands of acres in size, looked like a single huge stone.

In the mansion, there stood huge totem poles, carved with countless ancient and ferocious witchcraft patterns, like twisted dragons, pythons, and ghost faces, which looked extremely hideous at first glance.

In the architectural structure of this mansion, Xing Tianli used the secrets of the great formation he learned from the "Tongtian Formation Classic". According to the positions of the 360 ​​star gods on duty in the Zhoutian period, with 360 battle fortresses as the hub of the formation, and cooperating with totem poles corresponding to the 1,296 star gods of the Milky Way, as long as there is enough primordial Qi in the whole mansion, under the personal supervision of Xing Tianli, it is enough to trap and kill powerful enemies with more than ten times his cultivation.

If we add the millions of armored soldiers and evil spirits in the Tongtian Yuling Banner, and let them prepare according to the Zhoutian Star Array, this mansion will be a disaster even if a Golden Immortal breaks in rashly.

Do Golden Immortals exist in this world today?

In short, just being in this mansion, one can feel the terrible pressure looming from all directions, and every breath seems to have a desolate, ancient, distant and unpredictable breath constantly invading one's internal organs.

Ever since Li Kuisheng entered the mansion and sat in the guest hall, he felt uncomfortable all over.

He was just a mortal who had never practiced martial arts and he felt the same way. The dozen or so bald and burly men who were accompanying him tensed their bodies and subconsciously took defensive postures.

Xing Tianli rushed in with Xing Tianren and other brothers. When he saw Li Kuisheng, Xing Tianli laughed: "Uncle Li, how did you find time to come and see me? Hey, how have you been recently? How come there is no news about you or the White Lotus Sect outside?"

When Li Kuisheng saw Xing Tianli, he was immediately delighted. He stood up and said with a smile: "The situation is great. We have already seized the three major provinces in the northwest and reorganized the refugees..."

A bald man suddenly coughed heavily, interrupting Li Kuisheng's words: "Old Li, this is related to military secrets, how can you speak out casually? Ha, this is my nephew Li, right? You should also call me uncle. My name is Xiangliu Baili, the lizard."

Xiangliu Baili laughed loudly, and his powerful laughter blocked all of Li Kuisheng's words. He walked to Xing Tianli carelessly, stretched out his right arm, and patted Xing Tianli's shoulder heavily: "You are born strong and sturdy, but don't be a silver-plated spearhead. Haha, uncles are here to beg for alms."

'Boom'!
Xiangliu Baili's palm, which weighed ten thousand pounds, slapped Xingtianli on the shoulder, and the wind from his palm was as violent as thunder.

Xing Tianli didn't move at all, looking at Xiangliu Baili with a puzzled expression.

Do you think this is still the Xing Tianli from Xiaolongqiu Town? At that time, the brothers Xiangliu Baiwei and Xiangliu Baifei were stubborn and wanted to use brute force to intimidate Xing Tianli.

At that time, Xing Tianli only had a few thousand kilograms of strength. Facing Xiangliu Baiwei, Xiangliu Baifei and other Xiangliu clan members, he was somewhat restrained and embarrassed. Even so, Xing Tianli did not really suffer any loss.

Now, you, the Xiangliu White Lizard, have an extremely thin bloodline of the Xiangliu clan. I'm afraid your blood essence has only been condensed to the first or second level. It's considered good if you have a strength of 30,000 to 50,000 jin, or more than ten or twenty tons.

Do you know how much static physical strength Xing Tianli, whom you slapped with all your might, without caring about him like an old man playing with a baby, has now?
1.6 billion tons, idiot!

Among the witches with witch bloodline, this is the gap between the low-level trash and the standard great witch!

An inexplicable anger welled up in Xing Tianli's heart - witches were truly extremely mysterious creatures. As their strength continued to increase and their bloodlines became stronger, the arrogance, brutality, and strong sense of hierarchy in their characters continued to strengthen.

How dare a small fry challenge the great witch?

You are a bunch of trash whose blood is so thin that you can hardly gather extraordinary witch power. Do you know what the "great witch" means?
Under Xiangliu Baili's astonished gaze, Xing Tianli stretched out his left hand like lightning and grabbed his neck - poor Xiangliu Baili, he could not understand the power Xing Tianli now possessed, he could not even see how Xing Tianli grabbed his neck.

Xing Tianli raised his arm, and Xiangliu Baili was like a mouse without hair, being held in Xing Tianli's hand without any resistance. His throat was directly crushed, and he could no longer breathe a single breath. Wumin's strong vitality prevented him from dying for a while, and he could only struggle, twitching all over, his face flushed red, and his panicked eyes rolling wildly.

The dozen or so bald men who were accompanying him, a group of Xiangliu clan men whose strength was not as good as Xiangliu Baili, shouted in unison and were about to rush up to teach Xing Tianli a lesson and rescue their brother who had been "ambushed".

Xing Tianren and his brothers laughed strangely and rushed forward ready to fight.

They didn't know why, but ever since their bloodlines were opened by Xing Tianli, as their cultivation levels soared, their bloodlines became thicker and thicker, and their cultivation levels became stronger and stronger. Their instinct made them feel uncomfortable when they saw this group of Xiangliu family's children.

I really want to beat them up!

Hey, there is no doubt about it, the ancestors of both parties must have had a grudge against each other. This impulse to dislike them is completely the blood memory that comes with the blood... Then, follow your instinct and beat them!
The witch, who also makes a living by brute force, a small fry with a strength of more than ten thousand pounds, met a 'witch soldier' ​​with a strength of more than one million or tens of millions, who could become qualified soldiers in ancient times... Tsk tsk, he was beaten up badly.

In a few moments, more than a dozen bald men were beaten to the point of spitting blood, and lying on the ground with bruised faces and noses, unable to move.

Xing Tianren shook his fist, which was as big as an ordinary person's head, and said in surprise: "Yeah? Yeah? Yeah? Seeing you guys acting so provocative as soon as you came in, I thought you were such great masters, but I didn't expect that you are just a bunch of wimps? You dare to provoke our eldest brother?"

A group of Xiangliu clan disciples huddled on the ground, looking in disbelief at the Xingtian clan brothers who looked calm and at ease, without even a speck of dust on their bodies - how was it possible? In the northwest, each of them was a 'peerless warrior' who could charge into battle and capture cities with ease. In the three major provinces in the northwest, how many cities were captured because they were the ones who led the charge, wearing heavy armor and charging to the top of the city walls, which led to the fall of the city?
They are the "peerless warriors", they are the elite of Xiangliu clan, how could they be unable to defeat this group of people?
Xing Tianli snorted lightly.

He slightly stimulated his blood and energy, and a powerful aura of a great wizard level rolled up like a tsunami, filling the entire hall.

Li Kuisheng was fine, he just felt his heart beating wildly and his body felt heavy. Xiangliu, Baili and the others all fainted after seeing black. Xing Tianli only released a little bit of Qi and blood, but it almost broke their blood vessels.

The level gap is so huge, so huge that it is impossible to fathom. It is not surprising at all that there was a performance like that.

Throwing the limp Xiangliu White Lizard aside, Xing Tianli said with a smile: "Uncle Li, sit down, have some tea and snacks first. Well, it's okay, these guys were just scared by me, they will wake up soon."

"Let's talk business first. I'll host a welcome dinner for you later."

Xing Tianli pulled the dazed Li Kuisheng to sit down, and asked with a smile: "You have already conquered three provinces? That's fast enough, isn't it? But why is there no news at all in Jiangnan? I have been reading the court reports these days, hehe, that's called peace and prosperity, that's called peace and prosperity for the country and the people!"

Li Kuisheng grinned strangely: "This is really the style of this group of corrupt officials. They always report good news but not bad news. But I didn't expect that they would dare to collude with others and cover up such a big thing?"

Shaking his head, Li Kuisheng began to tell what they had done during these days.

Things are simple.

They suddenly launched an uprising, broke through the city, opened the granaries, and released the grain. As a result, hundreds of millions of disaster victims from several major provinces in the northwest swarmed up, shouting the name of White Lotus and joined their army.

In less than a year, the army composed of disaster victims, armed with various cold weapons looted from government warehouses, and cooperating with the army commanded by Li Kuisheng and others, which was equipped with hot weapons donated by Yingji, swept across the three provinces in the northwest that were most severely affected by the disaster.

When Li Kuisheng heard the news that Xing Tianli was conferred the title of Duke and rushed over from the northwest with his men, the three major provinces had already been completely absorbed by the White Lotus Sect.

Xiangliu Baiwei actually proclaimed himself the "White Lotus Emperor", established a court, and appointed officials from all sides. Officials at all levels, including provinces, counties, towns, etc., were all properly arranged.

Afterwards, the army rushed out of the northwest and headed straight for the two rivers, two mountains and four major provinces.

From the northwest to the Central Plains, there is the Wuding River, a vast water area comparable to a large river, and the Daxing Mountains, a "gentle" mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles, but the highest peak is only a hundred feet high. The Great Jade Dynasty surveyed the territory and demarcated four provinces near the Wuding River and the Daxing Mountains: Hedong, Hexi, Shanbei, and Shannan. Each of these four provinces is five or six times the size of Jiangdong Province, and the land is generous, with endless plains. There are tens of billions of people, and it is one of the most important granaries of the Great Jade Dynasty.

Because of the nourishment of the Wuding River system, the four provinces of Shanhe have always had good weather and good harvests. The annual grain production is enough to meet 40% of the needs of the many provinces in the northern part of the Great Jade Dynasty.

If the land is vast and there is plenty of grain, the population will be prosperous and there will be many large landowners.

The big landlords value their lives, so naturally they will collude with the government and form private armies.

In particular, the northwestern provinces had suffered from severe drought for several years, and the court of Dayu Dynasty blocked the news and did not announce it to the public. Most people in Dayu Dynasty were unaware of the matter, but the four provinces of mountains and rivers, which were only separated from the northwest by several barriers, knew it well.

There will inevitably be refugees in a major disaster, and refugees are likely to become bandits, so the government offices of the four provinces of Shanhe were on high alert. The big landlords were even more frantic in purchasing arms, arming their private armies, and joining forces with the government soldiers to block the only few transportation routes between the two places.

The White Lotus army that swept across the northwest encountered a heavy blow in the four provinces of Shanhe after breaking out of the northwest.

After two months of attack, the enemy suffered heavy casualties but made no progress.

The loss of food and supplies was even greater. If the White Lotus Sect, which had tens of millions of members, could not get enough food supplies, it would be in danger of collapse.

The Kingdom of Yingjishi, which was flirting with them, told them very frankly - they had all the weapons and equipment they wanted, but as for food, sorry, they didn't even have enough food of their own and were still frantically purchasing food from hundreds of countries in the Far West. How could they give it to the White Lotus Sect for free?
Even if Xiangliu Baivi offered a large sum of money to purchase the goods - they swept through three provinces, killed countless officials and landlords, and confiscated an astronomical figure of wealth. They were not short of money, but only of food.

But the response from the Yingji side was very straightforward. The Yingji people were not short of money, but they were short of food.

They were willing to offer more arms in exchange for the White Lotus Sect's conquest of the four provinces, and then they would directly trade the more advanced arms for the grain reserves in the four provinces!

But as for food, the British would not give out a single grain of rice.

Xing Tianli took a sip of tea and looked at Li Kuisheng in surprise: "But, with the people from the Xiangliu family here, how can we not deal with the officers, soldiers, and militia?"

Li Kuisheng's face became extremely strange. He took a big gulp of tea and said in a deep voice: "The Xiangliu family, wearing heavy armor, is invincible against those cold weapon soldiers on the battlefield, but they are also easily killed by gunfire. After all, they are not invulnerable to swords and guns."

"Especially, right after the war, there were many more foxes and fierce dogs in the ranks of the officers and soldiers. Each of them had amazing fighting power, and was no weaker than those of the Xiangliu family. There were even some bears and tigers that no one could control except Xiangliu Baiviper and a few other leaders."

Xing Tianli suddenly realized that it was the ancestral land behind the Dayu Dynasty that had exerted its influence?
No wonder.

With the cultivation level of Xiangliu Baivi, if Dayu Dynasty sent out a few old monsters like earth immortals and heavenly immortals, the White Lotus Sect would have collapsed long ago. The reason why they didn't send out was probably because those old monsters valued their lives and were too lazy to take action in the Dharma Ending Age?
This is consistent with Xing Tianli's understanding of them.

These old guys didn't care how big a war the turmoil of the White Lotus would cause, and they didn't care at all about the deaths and injuries of ordinary soldiers - the Dayu Dynasty had a territory of tens of millions of miles and a population of trillions. The deaths and injuries of hundreds of millions were nothing.
"Food?" Xing Tianli smiled. "Don't worry, Uncle Li. There are so many big grain merchants in Jieshi County. Not to mention the food for tens of millions of believers, even the food for all the people in the three provinces can be easily raised within three to five days."

"Just." Xing Tianli frowned.

"Money is not a problem." Li Kuisheng said hurriedly: "We have seized more than hundreds of millions of silver coins in those three provinces, but we have nowhere to use them. The head coach said that according to the situation in Jiangnan, it is not a problem to buy grain at three or five times the price."

Xing Tianli coughed lightly and said, "It's not a matter of money. Uncle Li, you are here. Just tell me how much food and grass you want. Even if Xiangliu Baiviper is a piece of shit, we should give him a favorable price. But, he uses the title of White Lotus Emperor. Does he really want to be the emperor, or is the Xiangliu family behind him making a move?"

Li Kuisheng widened his eyes. Is this the Xiangliu family behind Xiangliu Baiviper?
Xing Tianli waved his hand and smiled: "Who cares? I've long disliked the Great Yu Dynasty. Since Xiangliu Baivi started the fire, I'll just add fuel to the fire. Well, the newly minted Lord Jieshi, when the country is in trouble, you should be loyal to the country and serve it, right?"

The Mid-Autumn Festival had just passed, and the taste of mooncakes was still in many people's mouths. On the second day after Li Kuisheng arrived in Jieshi County, the Jieshi Palace suddenly sent a telegram to the world.

The general idea is that there is a treacherous and evil man named White Lotus Emperor who has no intention of serving the country, but has gathered evil followers to start a rebellion, coveting the mountains and rivers and the four provinces. His wolfish ambitions are known to everyone; Jieshi Gong Xing Tianli, "has been deeply grateful to the country since childhood and is deeply grateful for the Queen Mother's immeasurable kindness", so he voluntarily raised an army to quell the rebellion in the northwest, in order to bring peace to the country and appease the people.

As the telegram was issued, the large-scale army of Jieshi County took action upon hearing the news.

A total of three million Dongyun servant soldiers who had taken chronic "Liushang Voodoo" and whose lives and deaths depended on Xing Tianli's thoughts, wore armor, carried swords, spears, halberds and other cold weapons, boarded transport ships leased by various countries in the International Concession, and rushed to the four provinces of Shanhe at full speed along the well-developed waterways.

Behind these Dongyun vassal troops, shiploads of food and ammunition stretched for hundreds of miles along the waterways, on an astonishing scale.

Along with these food and munitions transport ships, there were also a large number of troop transport ships moving forward. These troop transport ships carried the native army of Black Borneo and the army composed of good family boys recruited by Xing Tianli in Jieshi County.

These troops moved along the waterways, and whenever they arrived at an important port city, thousands of elite soldiers would land and brazenly take over the defense of all the towns and cities along the way.

In response, officials from towns along the way quickly submitted memorials to Fentian City. The shocked and angry Dayu Chao reprimanded the court, but Xing Tianli gave a very sufficient reason: "It is a long journey to the northwest to quell the rebellion. I... ahem, I should ensure the safety of my own food supply. May I ask, are those who impeached me in the memorial all accomplices of the White Lotus rebel party?"

No matter how angry and furious Fentian City was, Xing Tianli's army, which left by boat, still brutally occupied the towns and cities along the waterway.

For a time, the huge Dayu Dynasty was shaken. Officials from major provinces sent out spies one after another to frantically inquire about the behavior of the Jieshi Palace’s army, fearing that they would take advantage of the situation to do something unmanageable.

In this way, the Dongyun servant army under Xing Tianli's command, marched straight into the four provinces of Shanhe in a mighty and majestic manner, ignoring the crazy opposition of officials at all levels in the four provinces. They held their heads high, sang Dongyun's folk songs, and stepped into the battlefield in a carefree manner.

One touch, great defeat.

If you touch it again, you will be defeated.

Three touches, defeat.

A total of three million Dongyun vassal troops joined the battlefield. They fought with the White Lotus Sect only three times in one day before they collapsed. The three million Dongyun vassal troops knelt down and surrendered, and turned into a chaotic army of the White Lotus Sect on the spot!
This one incident alone is enough to make officials in the four provinces vomit blood.

But that's not all.

These three million Dongyun vassal troops used various cold weapons such as swords, spears, swords and halberds, but their accompanying baggage contained a large number of extremely advanced automatic firearms.

These advanced weapons were seized by the White Lotus army without even firing a single shot.

By the time the White Lotus army became familiar with the use of these new weapons, their firepower on the front battlefield soared dozens of times, and with just one battle, they broke through the defense lines of the four provinces of Shanhe.

In just a few days, more than thirty cities in the four provinces of Shanhe were destroyed.

For a moment, Fentian City was shaken, and the Dayu Dynasty was shaken.

(End of this chapter)