The Villain's Counterattack

The world situation suddenly changed dramatically.

When ethnic groups on the grassland were fighting and the Mohe and Turks were severely weakened, the Liaodong army marched south to cooperate with the Luoyang army and captured Taiyuan in one fell swoop. Dou Jiande seemed to have been prepared for this and had stationed his main force in Shuofang early on, then turned south to attack Guanzhong.

Li Yuan was even more amazing. He spent a year strategizing and turning the power of many wealthy families into his own. Not only did he take over the entire Tuyuhun, he also sent a large number of people, supplies and wealth. All he paid for was a few cities, a lot of land in Guanzhong and Chang'an, and Li Tang's titles and official positions.

Seventy percent of Li Tang's army was in Tuyuhun, and twenty percent was in Xiliang. As soon as Dou Jiande's army arrived, Li Yuan immediately organized the private soldiers of wealthy families to resist. The troops of Tuyuhun and Xiliang were mobilized all day long but did not move eastward. Instead, the direct descendants and diehards of the Li Tang royal family continued to transport supplies to Tuyuhun.

By the time the wealthy families reacted, Li Yuan himself had already gone on a western tour, leaving behind an empty Chang'an City. Most of the officials had left, and the ones left were either diehards of the wealthy families, spies from various forces, or fools who couldn't see the situation clearly.

Dou Jiande made great efforts and defeated the mob of wealthy and powerful families and captured Chang'an. He immediately withdrew his defense and gave Shuofang to the Liao King Yang Xuyan.

Yes, it is to transfer Yang Xuyan and the entire Shuofang!

Dou Jiande was no fool, as he built up such a huge empire from scratch. He knew better than most people how powerful Liaodong was and how terrifying the Liao King Yang Xuyan was. So when Yang Xuyan wanted Hebei, he gave him Hebei, and when Yang Xuyan wanted Taiyuan, he gave him Taiyuan.

Now that he had a better foundation, he didn't even wait for Liaodong to speak and gave Shuofang away for free.

This was also Dou Jiande's cleverness. Before, Liaodong and Li Tang did not border each other. At most, the Sui royal family in Luoyang occupied Tongguan and controlled Guanzhong and Chang'an. Liaodong had no conflict with Li Tang on the surface, but now he gave Shuofang away, which was equivalent to handing a knife to Liaodong.

A knife that can directly stab Li Tang. You must know that Shuofang and Xiliang are directly adjacent to each other. Dou Jiande is not willing to block Liaodong and Luoyang independently, so he must drag Li Tang into the water.

Li Tang's withdrawal from Guanzhong caught Shi Feixuan off guard. She never imagined that Li Tang, which had been in a good situation and had won battles in a row, would suddenly lose its imperial city?

By the time he realized what was happening, Li Tang's palace in Tuyuhun had already been built for the most part. Only then did he realize that Li Yuan had already made preparations and had kept everything hidden from him and Cihang Jingzhai.

For a moment, Shi Feixuan felt completely hopeless. She then returned to Di Ta Peak overnight, intending to ask her master Fan Qinghui for advice in person, but she was met with an even greater blow.

Emperor Step Peak has actually become the base of the Demon Sect. Cihang Jingzhai has long ceased to exist, or rather, the Cihang Jingzhai that belongs to them no longer exists. A new Cihang Jingzhai has been quietly reborn in Liaodong. The owner of the Zhai is Grandmaster Bi Xiuxin, and the Saint Xiaoyin Tiannv Shi Qingxuan is also a Grandmaster-level expert.

The power of the new Cihang Jingzhai has been greatly reduced, but its top masters are not inferior to the Yingui Sect, which has two grand masters. The main force that destroyed Cihang Jingzhai was not the Demon Sect, but the Sui Dynasty royal family.

"Emperor Wu Yang Guang." Upon hearing this name, many things that she didn't understand before suddenly became clear. Shi Feixuan was in a very complicated mood, but when she looked at the situation in the world again, it was so clear.

Emperor Li Tang may have known about Yang Guang's existence a long time ago, and understood that Luoyang and Liaodong were one family. After the fall of Tongguan, he began to prepare a retreat. However, he knew nothing and was still foolishly running around for them to fight for the world and the Central Plains.

All the letters sent out from Cihang Jingzhai in the past two or three years were actually written by the Yin Gui Sect. This made Shi Feixuan unable to accept it. What on earth had she done? And why did she do this?

He keeps saying that he is the orthodox one in the world, but how ridiculous his righteousness is.

But when she learned more secrets from the Yingui Sect elders stationed in Cihang Jingzhai, Shi Feixuan became desperate.

The Princess of Liao is Shi Qingxuan. The Prince of Liao, Yang Xuyan, is the youngest son of the late Crown Prince Yang Yong. He is also the direct disciple of the Evil King Shi Zhixuan and the current Master of the Bu Tian Dao, who has the full support of the Demon Sect.

The Demonic Sect has secretly unified, which makes Shi Feixuan extremely frightened. However, what makes her even more unacceptable is that the only grandmaster of the Buddhist Sect is actually from Liaodong.

The Buddhist disciple Yin Zhao's real name is Yang Shao, and he is the brother of Yang Xuyan. Because he practiced the secret Buddhist scriptures, he was taken away by the four great monks in his early years. He became the link between the four great monks and Liaodong, and also a trump card to ensure the immortality of Buddhism in the Central Plains.

Cihang Jingzhai, as the representative of Buddhism, was completely unaware of such an existence.

The breakthrough of Buddhist disciple Yin Zhao to the Grand Master level was arranged and promoted by Liao Wang Yang Xuyan. This only Grand Master of Buddhism in public was actually the Monk King under Emperor Wu Yang Guang in secret, and one of the four kings together with the Evil King Shi Zhixuan. The fight between the two of them in Emei, Sichuan was simply a play, a play in which two tigers fight and all the beasts suffer.

Mount Emei was originally the holy place of Buddhism chosen by Yang Xuyan, the holy land for summoning Buddhist disciples to become Buddhas. The so-called evil king's control over Sichuan and Shu was simply a cover. The evil king himself was rarely in Sichuan and Shu. He had always been working for Emperor Wu Yang Guang and King of Liao Yang Xuyan. Sichuan and Shu were also forces of the Sui Dynasty.

Liaodong, Luoyang, Sichuan, if you add Lingnan, Pegasus Ranch, Dongming Sect, the Five Hermit Elders, the Demon Sect, the New Cihang Jingzhai, and the Central Plains Buddhism, with so many forces united around King Yang Xuyan of Liao, who in the world can be their enemy?

Li Tang was not a good choice. Emperor Li Yuan of Tang had even made a choice to become the king of the Western Regions rather than the emperor of the Central Plains.

Young Marshal Kou Zhong's army wasn't up to par. Even though he had annexed the Jianghuai Army and begun attacking Shen Faxing, he was still far behind. Shi Feixuan knew that King Chu, Lin Shihong, was a member of the Demon Sect and was most likely a thorn planted by Liaodong in the south. If Kou Zhong couldn't remove him, there was no chance of even competing with Liaodong.

"why?"

Shi Feixuan didn't understand. Liaodong, or Yang Xuyan, could accept the Demon Sect, the Four Great Saint Monks, the Pegasus Ranch, the Dongming Sect, Tiandao Song Que, the Song Clan, and the Dugu Clan, but why couldn't they accept Cihang Jingzhai and instead wanted to destroy Jingzhai entirely.

You mean Taoism?

In Shi Feixuan's mind, Xiaoyaozi is the best representative of Taoism. However, she doesn't know that Xiaoyaozi is Yang Xuyan and the Three Crazy Taoists are also Yang Xuyan. She instinctively thinks that the orthodox Taoism is on the side of Liaodong.

After all, although the wanderer Ning Daoqi is a great master of Taoism, he has often been secretly scolded as a Taoist thief and a lackey of Buddhism.

"Unkind, unjust, disloyal, and unfilial." The Yingui Sect elder gave a very clear answer. "To be more specific, someone needs to be held accountable for the disaster in Yanmen County. Li Tang is unwilling to take responsibility, and the wealthy and powerful families are too scattered. As the mastermind, Cihang Jingzhai became the target of Emperor Wu's wrath."

Hearing this, Shi Feixuan's heart felt as if it was stabbed by a knife. She only learned about the rebellion in Yanmen County in which hundreds of thousands of Han people suffered afterwards. Her master never told her the whole story. He only said that the Sui Emperor was incompetent and the foreigners were cruel, and that only Li Shimin could save the world.

But the stage set up by Buddhism is a bit too cold-blooded.

The stage was set, but the one who ultimately benefited was not Li Shimin, who was promoted by Jingzhai. Instead, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty and Yang Xuyan of Liaodong became famous, and the final bitter fruit still fell on Cihang Jingzhai.

Shi Feixuan couldn't even imagine the forgiveness of all the captured survivors in Yanmen County and what kind of pain and torture her fellow sisters would suffer on the grassland.

Who should I hate for this?

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty?

King Yang Xuyan of Liao?

Invading Turkic tribes?

Or are they the people of Yanmen County who have lost their families but refuse to forgive Jingzhai?

Shi Feixuan came quietly and left quietly. She did not go to Liaodong, Chang'an, Tuyuhun, Yangzhou, or Luoyang. She wanted to walk around the entire Sui Dynasty to see what was going on in the world.