Vol 2 Chapter 2817: The calm before the storm

Chapter 2813: The calm before the storm

Styx had previously had the idea of ​​obtaining the complete version of "Blood Nerve" by accepting Jia Fu as his disciple, but it was shelved because the war in the Central Plains was ongoing and Jia Fu was a general participating in the war.

Now that Styx has caused a big disaster, accepting Jia as a disciple may be the only way to offset the disaster, so he has to hurry up.

Although Styx couldn't wait to accept Jia Fu as his disciple, he didn't know where Jia Fu's position was.

After the Battle of Dunqiu, Jia Fu handed over the military power to Li Cunxiao because he was too seriously injured, and then he concentrated on recovering from his injuries.

After Li Cunxiao took over the military power, he first rested for a while to lower Le Yi's vigilance. During this period, Bai Qi took the opportunity to capture Baima City, and Li Cunxiao also moved all the wounded soldiers in Dunqiu to the rear. .

The reason why Li Cunxiao moved the wounded soldiers was naturally because Dunqiu was located on the front line and belonged to the war zone, so it was hard to say what would happen.

Li Cunxiao could not guarantee that Dunqiu would not fall, and it was even possible to abandon Dunqiu voluntarily. And just in case, evacuating all the wounded soldiers in advance was undoubtedly the safest way.

Therefore, Jia Fu is definitely not in Dunqiu now, but is recuperating in the rear area of ​​the Qin army, which can be roughly inferred to be in the south of Jizhou.

 As for where exactly? It is naturally impossible for Styx to know, so he needs to rely on the magic sect forces to help him find out the information.

Jia Fu withdrew to the Qin army's rear. He certainly did not retreat alone. There were thousands of wounded soldiers who retreated together. Therefore, it was not difficult for the Demon Sect to search for Jia Fu's traces.

“Grandson of Ding, my grandpa’s life is left to you. You have to hurry up and don’t be too grindy.”

Minghe secretly looked forward to it, hoping that Ye Dingzhi, his grandson, would be more helpful and find out Jia Fu's location as soon as possible and tell him, otherwise his life would really have to be left in Yanzhou.

Styx sent two flying pigeon messages less than three hours apart. As his first flying pigeon message was sent back to Mount Tai, the entire Demon Sect exploded.

Before Styx went down the mountain, he promised everyone many times that he would only do one thing when he went down this time, and that was to bring back his grandson Niu Hong. He would never participate in the war in the Central Plains, let alone take action against anyone in the war.

It was precisely because of Ming He's repeated assurances that Ye Dingzhi dared to let him go down the mountain with confidence.

But after the Styx River went down the mountain, Ye Dingzhi had a bad premonition in his heart. He always felt that something would happen to his grandfather when he went down the mountain. As a result, his premonition came true.

Grandpa actually killed dozens of Qin soldiers in front of thousands of Qin troops, and almost killed Qin general Yu Hua.

When Ye Dingzhi saw the news, his vision went dark and he almost fell over. After all, he knew very well what the news meant.

This means that the Demon Sect broke its promise and knowingly provoked Da Qin again. If Ying Hao knew about it, he would definitely attack the Demon Sect even if it was to protect his own face.

By then, there will be no room for turning between Da Qin and the Demon Sect, and the conflicts accumulated before will completely erupt, and the Central Plains will be filled with war and blood.

Ye Dingzhi does not think that after the end of the Demon Sect, the alliance of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Ming + the Demon Sect will be able to defeat the flourishing Great Qin. In his opinion, the end of the Demon Sect will only delay the war and bring more troubles. Just casualties.

 Originally, if the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Wei, Song, and Ming Kingdoms and completely occupied the Central Plains, the Central Plains might only need one million casualties at most. But if the Demon Sect ends now and the level of war rises further, the number of casualties may exceed one million more.

 Among the casualties among them, soldiers naturally accounted for a minority, and the vast majority were ordinary people, either starving to death due to lack of food, or dying from corvee service...

Originally, none of this would have happened, but if Niu Hong hadn't come back even after death, grandpa wouldn't have come down from the mountain in person. If he hadn't come down from the mountain, he wouldn't have taken action. If he hadn't taken action, the conflict between the Demon Sect and Da Qin wouldn't have happened. intensify.

 So, the initiator of all this, the greatest source of all evil, is his cousin, Niu Hong.

 “Damn it.”

 Ye Dingzhi’s eyes turned red, and he wanted to kill Niu Hong directly.

Just because of his willfulness, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will die to pay for his willfulness. How innocent are those people who died in vain.

Although Ye Dingzhi is a member of the Demon Sect, he is still kind-hearted. He will consider the innocent ordinary people who come first, but other members of the Demon Sect will not consider this. All they think about is how to survive this time. Minimize losses during catastrophe.

“Dingzhi, what should we do now?”

The deputy leader of Shura Cult, Zi Zaitian, looked at Ye Dingzhi with a serious face and said: "Master has broken the rules by attacking the Qin army in public. Ying Hao will definitely not be able to bear it this time."

Zizaitian is not only Styx's eldest disciple, but also Stygian's son-in-law. He is married to Styx's daughter, Tianfei Umo.

Since Tian Debang's cultivation has reached the stage of entering the late stage of becoming a grand master, so after Styx gave up his position as Shura leader, Kui Gang asked him to serve as deputy leader in order to stabilize the interior of the Demon Sect.

 In addition to Zizitian, Styx also has three direct disciples: Brahma, Lust, and Shiva.

 Among them, Shiva, who was at the peak of the middle stage of the Grand Master and was also the only female disciple, was sent to Tianzhu by Styx to find news about the "Blood Nerve", so he was not in the Central Plains.

Great Brahma is also in the middle stage of Grand Master, while Lushetian is at the peak of Early Stage Grand Master. Both of them are also the sons-in-law of Styx.

In addition to these four direct disciples, Styx also has four disciples who are actually masters and disciples, but do not have the name of masters and disciples. They are: Indra, Vishnu, Rutra, and Ghost Mother. Among the four great guardian Dharma kings of the Shura Sect, Indra and Ghost Mother are both in the early stage of grand masters, and the other two are half-step grand masters.

Although these disciples of Styx have weirder names than the last, they are actually all Han Chinese. They just abandoned their original names after joining Styx's command, and their current names come from the Shura Sutra.

Most of the contents in "Shura Sutra" were created by Luo Hu when he was in Tianzhu, so many terms in it have strong Tianzhu characteristics, which look very different in the eyes of Han people.

However, Styx obviously didn't care about this, and even used these alternative words to give his disciples a Taoist title to show the difference between the Demonic Sect and the Taoist Sect.

 In the Demon Sect, there are six great masters in the Styx lineage alone, as well as more than two digits of master masters.

This is enough to show how strong the overall strength of the Demon Sect is. Otherwise, how can it keep the various schools of thought out of the Central Plains?

Of course, among the three major factions of the Demon Sect, the Styx lineage is originally the strongest. Only the combined strength of Kunpeng and Kuigang can surpass the Styx lineage. At this time, everyone in the Taishan Hall was undoubtedly a high-ranking person in the Styx lineage.

Among all the people present, Ye Dingzhi was the youngest, but because he had already reached the master level at a young age, and because Minghe had been training him as his successor, everyone still regarded Ye Dingzhi as the weakest. headed by.

After hearing Zi Zaitian's words, Ye Dingzhi suddenly felt a headache. He naturally knew that Ying Hao would not be able to bear it this time, but this was obviously Niu Hong's fault, so why did he have to wipe his ass? .

"This time it is indeed our breach of contract first. No matter how Ying Hao reacts, we need to apologize to Ying Hao first and explain the reasons clearly."

 At this point, Ye Dingzhi showed a trace of confusion on his face. He knew that many people would not want to hear what he said next, but he had to say:

"If you can, you can pay a certain price. Even if you withdraw from one state or even two states, you must try to calm Ying Hao's anger."

As soon as Ye Dingzhi said this, everyone present went into a rage again.

 “What? Quit a state or two?”

 “No, I don’t agree. The price is too high.”

“There are only four states in the Central Plains. If we withdraw from two states, how will the people below be supported?”

  Such remarks are also supported by the majority of people.

 The four states under the jurisdiction of the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains are Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, southern Qingzhou, and northern Yangzhou.

Except for the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties, the Demon Sect is the largest Jianghu force in the Central Plains, and its sphere of influence extends throughout the four states of the Central Plains.

The Styx lineage is the strongest in the Demon Sect, so its sphere of influence is spread across four states. If it withdraws from two states at once, it will be equivalent to its sphere of influence being cut in half. How can the people below accept this?

  After all, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

 Except for Zi Zaitian, Da Brahma Tian and Luise Tian, ​​all the other senior officials expressed opposition, and this was what Ye Dingzhi expected.

“Everyone, it’s not that I want to give up, but if you don’t give up, you will have no choice but to go to war with Da Qin head-on. Ask yourselves, do you have any chance of winning if we really fight?”

As soon as Ye Dingzhi said this, everyone present shut up.

Even though they usually clamor loudly, they are not fools. They know that the chance of winning a war with Da Qin is not high, so they dare not go to war with Da Qin unless it is absolutely necessary, but they do not want to harm their own interests.

“You have to understand that it was us who broke the contract first this time, and we also asked Daqin for help. Even if we really withdraw from the territory of the two states, we may not be able to appease Ying Hao.

In addition, the official reply also stated that Ying Hao would be appeased at all costs and did not support us directly going to war with Da Qin. "

 In fact, Ye Dingzhi didn't have much hope that withdrawing from the two states would calm Ying Hao's anger. After all, the interests of the two states in the Styx River system were actually not much for Great Qin.

Even the entire Demon Sect may not be able to catch the eyes of Da Qin. After all, Da Qin is simply a behemoth now.

 Styx really slapped Ying Hao in the face this time, and Ying Hao's face cannot be offset by some benefits.

The emperor was so angry that he laid down millions of corpses.

 Ye Dingzhi was even willing to withdraw from the four states if he could calm Ying Hao's anger, but the people around him were unlikely to agree, so he rationally proposed the two states.

Ye Dingzhi didn't know if Ying Hao could be calmed down at the cost of withdrawing from the two states, but at least he had to have an attitude of admitting his mistakes. Otherwise, if he didn't give it a try, there would really be no hope at all.

Ye Dingzhi's words were supported by Zizai Tian, ​​Da Brahma Tian and Luise Tian. Even the three of them agreed, and the others could only agree.

“We can’t place all our hopes on Ying Hao’s initiative to forgive, so in addition to surrendering to Da Qin, we also need to be prepared to fight. We can’t wait for the killing when the time comes.”

At this point, Ye Dingzhi took a deep breath and ordered: "Send a message to the two Demon Ancestors, Kui Gang and Kun Peng, and ask them to come to Mount Tai immediately, just in case."

In just half a day, Ye Dingzhi went through meetings and discussions, and issued dozens of orders in a row, including admitting his mistake to Da Qin, calling his disciples back to the mountain, notifying Kuigang Kunpeng, etc.

Ye Dingzhi's order had just been conveyed, and before he received a reply from Da Qin, he received the second flying pigeon letter from Styx. After all, Dongjun was not too far from Mount Tai.

 After reading this letter, Ye Dingzhi suddenly became energetic. After all, the success rate of grandpa's self-rescue plan was much higher than his apology and compensation.

Jia Fu is Ying Hao's cousin. If grandpa can accept him as his disciple, and Jia Fu comes forward to intercede for grandpa, why should Ying Hao give his cousin some sympathy?

But Ye Dingzhi doesn't know where Jia Fu is now. It would be a waste of time to really send someone to find him.

 It would be impossible to wait for the news to come back and pass it on to grandpa by myself within a few days. Even the day lilies might be cold by then.

Ye Dingzhi quickly found a map of southern Jizhou, stared at it and pondered for two hours, and finally came to the conclusion that more than 60% of Jia Fu might be in Yin'an County.

Jia Fu was injured and could not run too far, and Yin'an was one of the Qin army's logistics supply lines.

Except for Yin'an, Fanyang County is the most likely.

Ye Dingzhi immediately wrote these thoughts in a letter and sent it to his grandfather. After all, every minute is crucial now. It is better to go to Yin'an to try his luck than to stay in Dunqiu and do nothing.

Styx didn't expect to receive a reply from his grandson so soon. He also thought it would take two or three days to find out Jia Fu's location, so he couldn't help but feel that Daoding's grandson was really reliable.

When he learned from the letter that Ye Dingzhi speculated through the map that Jia Fu was most likely to be in Yin'an at this time, Minghe did not sit still and decided to go to Yin'an to find Jia Fu. At this time, Niu Hong also woke up. come over.