My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

She was unable to see into the longer term future, so naturally she didn't know how far the new emperor could go.

If she ignored Gao Jiayue's request this time, what else would she do?

Zong Yanli could not see this, so she could only seek to establish herself. The battle for the crown prince was bound to reappear, and the new king's position would eventually have to be inherited by someone. Zong Yanli could not stay out of it, so it was better for her to choose a king from the beginning.

The night before Gao Jiayue left, he received something in his camp.

"Your Majesty, this..." The object placed on the table was a broken half visor.

"Shut up." Gao Jiayue's heart was pounding. She winked at Hong Jian, asking her to go outside and take a look.

Hong Jian nodded nervously, turned and went out of the tent. Seeing no sign of anyone having been there, she came back and shook her head at Gao Jiayue.

Gao Jiayue suppressed the throbbing in her chest, walked to the table, reached out and carefully picked up the half mask. She looked at it carefully and did not see any writing or letter on the mask, but she recognized it.

This is Zong Yanli’s mask.

But why only half?

Gao Jiayue looked at the mask in her hand and seemed to be in deep thought for a long time before she turned around and asked Hong Jian to bring a box. She wrapped the mask with a handkerchief and put it in the box, placing it properly.

"Your Majesty, what is the purpose of General Zong Yan sending you this half mask?" Hong Jian looked at Gao Jiayue with a little worry. She had followed Gao Jiayue since she came to Beijing. Over the past few years, she had witnessed with her own eyes the difficulties Gao Jiayue had in the palace.

"Perhaps... it's an intention to form an alliance." Gao Jiayue stroked the wooden box and whispered, "The day when the half-mask is reunited, that will be the day we succeed."

"General Zong Yan..." Gao Jiayue's eyes were filled with unspeakable throbbing. She curved her lips as if she was a little sad and happy, and whispered: "Hong Jian, this time I'm playing chess and making a bet on the general situation of the world."

"Whether it's Gao or Wu." Gao Jiayue slowly opened her eyes, her expression gradually becoming stern and determined, she said coldly: "They all want to be stepping stones for my son. How can the ruler of a country compare to the ruler of the world?"

Hong Jian's eyes trembled slightly when she heard Gao Jiayue's words. She looked at her madam with complicated feelings and said, "Your Majesty, if you embark on this path, the things you will experience in the future will be much more difficult and arduous than these three years."

Gao Jiayue turned around and looked at her, her eyes distant and calm: "I have no other choice. Even if this road is full of thorns, I will go on."

Hong Jian took a deep breath, stepped forward and bowed to Gao Jiayue, saying, "I will do my best for you, Your Majesty."

Gao Jiayue smiled. The woman's delicate face was extremely beautiful under the candlelight, but her eyes contained an unspeakable tenacity and ambition.

The departure of Concubine Gao did not cause much change. Everything in the army remained the same. Gao's troops were stationed nearby. Except for necessary meetings, the two camps gathered together, and most of the time they took care of their own business. So far, there has been no major chaos.

The Wu State has been defending the city for a long time. Now that reinforcements have arrived, there is no reason for them to just stand there and defend it.

At that moment, they discussed matters in the military tent and sent Zong Yanli as the vanguard to launch an offensive against the Kingdom of Qing.

The two armies faced each other outside the city of Changfeng County. The beating of war drums and the blowing of trumpets, the fluttering of military flags, and the march of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses approaching. Yuan Hengduan looked at the erected Gaoguo military flag with a heavy expression on his face.

"Who is the general leading the Gao Kingdom's army?" Yuan Heng sighed inwardly. He didn't expect that the Gao Kingdom's reinforcements would arrive so quickly.

"He is a young general, his last name is Luo Chengren." Xu Yinghao frowned and said, "I have never heard of this man's name. Since he can be the leader of the Gao Kingdom, he must be quite capable."

"What are you capable of? Let's see what the fighting general has to say." Yuan Heng raised his eyebrows. Seeing that Wu State had sent a fighting general to challenge him, he turned and called out, "Go, meet him!"

The person who challenged the enemy in front of the formation was none other than Meng Qi, a captain under Zong Yanli.

Holding a heavy hammer, Monk shouted at Qingguo at the top of his voice: "Are you all fucking dead? You are really a group of straw sandals, but no one is willing to fight!"

This fight between generals, a verbal fight can also be considered a fight!

Monk was not a scholar to begin with, and he started to curse at the generals of Qing State with unpleasant words, which made them so angry that they were fuming. Then a big man holding a battle axe rode out on his horse and cursed, "How dare you, a rough and uncouth man, bark! You are courting death!"

"You unfilial son, you even dare to hit your own father!" Monk was not afraid at all, and he did not let anyone get the upper hand with his words. He swung his stone hammer and rushed towards the enemy general.

There was no skill involved in the battle between these two men. The weapons they used were all heavy blades, which were simply a result of their great strength.

The blows of the hammer and the axe were truly earth-shaking. Perhaps the fight on their horses was not satisfying, so the two men tacitly jumped off their horses and fought again.

The stone hammer made a hole when it hit the ground, and the battle axe made a groove when it was chopped down. The two of them were evenly matched this time!

After the fierce battle, both of them were sweating profusely, and they began to show signs of weakness after being exhausted.

In the past, Monkey didn't know why the general always made him practice martial arts with weights. In the beginning, not to mention boxing and martial arts, even running with weights made him so tired that he was panting like a dead dog. Several times, in order to finish running earlier, he secretly took off the iron plates on his ankles, and was discovered by the general and beaten with several military sticks.

Later, not only were iron plates tied around his ankles, but two more were also added to his waist and abdomen. Monk must have been in terribly pain.

The general said to him, "You fight with all your strength. When you have exhausted all your strength, it will be a matter of life and death."

"I am treating you harshly today because I want you to live! He dies!"

"Monkey, although you have some strength, it is far from enough to fight everyone. When you are exhausted, you will understand why I want you to do this."

Zong Yanli's words seemed to still be in his ears. Monk stood there panting with a stone hammer in his hand, and slowly raised his eyes to look at the enemy general in front of him who was also exhausted. He suddenly smiled, then loosened the stone hammer in his hand, bent down in front of the enemy general, pulled up his trouser legs, untied the tied ropes, and pulled out two pieces of iron.

The two groups of people who were watching the fight were a little confused when they saw this scene. Qin Wujiu was even more confused. Why did they start taking off their clothes during the fight?

Zong Yanli smiled, turned his head to look at Qin Wujiu and said, "General, we won."

Before Qin Wujiu could ask, he saw Monk pulled out two more pieces of iron from his armor around his waist, then he held the heavy hammer again and stood up.

Lian Pengxuan looked at Monk's rising momentum as if he had been freed from his restraints, and his eyes widened in disbelief. He looked at the discarded iron sheet and almost lost his voice and said, "When you fought with me, you actually carried such a heavy piece of iron on your body!?"

"Haha!" Monk smiled and said, "I got used to wearing it during training and forgot to take it off."

"It's all because my general is too strict..." Monkie looked scared, and rushed towards Lian Pengxuan, shouting angrily: "I have to put it back after the fight!"

Monchi's momentum was so strong that he didn't even look exhausted at all.

Lian Pengxuan was unable to defend himself and raised his battle axe to block it, but the axe was directly knocked away by the hammer. The huge iron hammer suddenly fell on Lian Pengxuan's chest, and the sound of the heart guard mirror shattering was heard.

Lian Pengxuan flew backwards and spit out a mouthful of blood foam. He rolled his eyes and fainted.

Meng Qi was not only a fighting general but also a man of martial ethics. He had no grudge against Lian Pengxuan. Since he had beaten him to the point where he had no fighting power at all, and failed to kill him with this blow, it was impossible for him to catch up and kill a man who had no fighting power at all. Therefore, he let the people of Qing Kingdom drag Lian Pengxuan away.

Monk obediently bent down to pick up the iron piece on the ground, then jumped on his horse and returned to the army.

"General Meng, what's this..." The generals beside Qin Wujiu looked at Meng Qi's return and couldn't help but look at the piece of iron in his hand.

"It's not a treasure, just a few pieces of iron." Monk handed it over, and the generals took it. The iron pieces were indeed thick and heavy. They could tell the real thing by weighing them in their hands. Then they thought about the first half of the fight, when Monk carried so many pieces of iron on his body and still held his ground.

This is really...

Everyone stood in awe, watching Monkie tie the iron sheets back together, feeling mixed emotions for a moment.

Qin Wujiu was even more amazed, and when he saw Meng Qi standing next to Zong Yanli naturally, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart, how come all these brave generals are under Zong Yanli's command! ?

After a great victory in the first battle, in the second battle, Qin Wujiu naturally asked Luo Chengren if he was willing to let his soldiers go into battle.

It was a good time to make a name for himself, so Luo Chengren naturally would not refuse. He did not order his men to go forward, but turned around and called out, "Bring me my weapons!"

As soon as Luo Chengren finished speaking, he saw three soldiers coming out carrying a battle axe. Seeing how hard they were struggling to carry the axe and from their heavy footsteps, one could tell that Luo Chengren's weapon was not light!

"Let me cut off the enemy general's ear to eat with the wine!" Luo Chengren laughed, mounted his horse, bent down, picked up his weapon and rushed out.

Luo Chengren behaves arrogantly, and even this fighting general is very arrogant.

Zong Yanli's eyes were deep as he watched Luo Chengren rush out to kill the general with such ferocious force, but in the blink of an eye he saw the battle axe in his hand suddenly split into two machetes. Before the enemy general could see clearly, it split into two knives in front of him and directly cut off his ear.

"Ah--!" The enemy general screamed and almost fell off his horse. Fear and panic were in his eyes. He covered his bleeding ear and retreated.

"Hahaha!" Luo Chengren laughed loudly, rode back on his horse, threw the ear to Xia Liguo and said, "Give it to me to soak in wine!"

"..."Everyone felt a chill on their backs when they saw Luo Chengren's posture, and suddenly thought, if the Wu Kingdom and the Gao Kingdom were to face off in the future, how could they win if they encountered such a strong opponent?

Qin Wujiu also had mixed feelings. He took a deep breath and clenched his fists. He looked at Zong Yanli and asked in a low voice, "If I let you fight him, what are your chances of winning?"

Zong Yanli took a deep look at Luo Chengren and said conservatively, "Fifty-fifty."

Luo Chengren's weapon is no lighter than her Wolf Que!

Moreover, Luo Chengren's weapon was very strange. When it was closed, it was an axe, and when it was separated, it was a knife.

Even though Luo Chengren behaved extremely arrogantly, he was capable of both offense and defense during the battle, and was obviously a veteran who had experienced many battles, and was by no means as arrogant and contemptuous of the enemy as he appeared.

Zong Yanli did not dare to underestimate him, and naturally did not dare to speak so confidently before they had ever fought.

Qin Wujiu was shocked again when he heard Zong Yanli's words. He looked at Zong Yanli with a complicated expression, and said after a moment's hesitation, "You go to this final fight."

"Don't tarnish the reputation of our Wu country's fierce general." Qin Wujiu might have developed a competitive spirit, and his intention was to let Zong Yanli chop off the general's head!

Let the soldiers of Gao State take a good look, they also have a powerful general in Wu State who is as powerful as Luo Chengren!

Zong Yanli immediately turned around and said, "I obey your orders!"

Luo Chengren was originally sitting on the horse with his body tilted. When he turned around, he saw that the one going into the third fight was Zong Yanli. He could not help but sit up straight, staring at Zong Yanli as he mounted his horse and walked out to the battlefront with a black long sword in his hand.

"His knife looks familiar to me." Luo Chengren narrowed his eyes and stared at the long knife in Zong Yanli's hand.

"The Zong Yan clan all use long swords. Zong Yanli is the son of Zong Yanhongjing, the commander of the Pingnan Camp. As a son follows his father, he naturally uses a long sword as well." Xia Liguo, who was next to Luo Chengren, touched his short beard and said with squinted eyes.

"Zong Yanhongjing..." Luo Chengren then revealed an expression of sudden enlightenment. No wonder he felt so familiar!

Since he started to fight, Luo Chengren had never been defeated in battles with generals, until the battle outside Pingnan Yingkan Pass that year, when he fought with Zong Yanhongjing. This man had clearly never fought with him before, but it seemed as if he had figured out the mystery of his weapon and was prepared for it.

Although Luo Chengren injured Zong Yanhongjing, he was defeated in that battle.

Luo Chengren was angry for a long time because of this incident, but before he could find a good opportunity to get back at his own game, Gao State withdrew its troops and asked for peace.

Unexpectedly, after so many twists and turns, the Zong Yanli he met turned out to be his son?

Luo Chengren squinted his eyes and watched very seriously. His father was so brave, he really wanted to know if his son could surpass his father.

As Zong Yanli went into battle, the Kingdom of Qing seemed to be in a dilemma. After waiting for a long time, they actually saw that there were two people from the Kingdom of Qing sending out to fight!

Qin Wujiu couldn't help but curse: "Despicable!"

The two men going into battle were none other than the two brothers Chai Da and Chai Lin, who were extremely famous under Yuan Heng's command. One of them held two knives, and the other held two swords. Their figures and appearances were almost identical. These twin brothers had quite a reputation.

"You brothers have a deep affection for each other. You come in pairs to die." Zong Yanli saw that there was no fear in the eyes of the two Chai brothers. He drew out his long sword and shook it, saying in a joking tone.

"..."

Qin Wujiu was a little confused. Why did he feel that Luo Chengren was so arrogant?

The one in our family isn't much better, right?

The two Chai brothers didn't waste any words with Zong Yanli. They attacked from the left and right. Seeing the flashing of swords and sabers, the two enemy generals stabbed around with four blades. Then they saw that Zong Yanli only had a long sword. All our soldiers were worried for Zong Yanli and stared at the three people fighting with a slightly nervous look.

Although Zong Yanli was fighting against two people, he did not seem impatient or flustered, and the Chai brothers cooperated perfectly.