xymnovel Chapter 459, Part 2: Feng Yuanba, Old Zhu's scalp tingling.
Chapter 459, Part 2: Feng Yuanba, Old Zhu's scalp tingling.
Seizing every minute, Li Yuan had already stirred up a huge uproar throughout the country, and insightful people from all directions responded like wolves and tigers, joining hands to come forward.
At this critical moment, another catastrophe quietly arrived.
Emperor Yang of Sui was on a distant expedition to Goguryeo and had not yet returned. Various peasant armies and separatist regimes avoided his advance and temporarily ceased hostilities.
But when bad news arrived that Li Yuan had already seized the Sui Dynasty's stronghold, they roared like lions tearing apart their prey.
They swarmed in from all directions, besieging Li Yuan's camp.
However, this time, the situation is different from before.
In the past, separatist forces rose and fell one after another, checking and balancing each other. Now, Li Yuan controlled the central power of the Sui Dynasty and commanded widespread support.
The original core members of these separatist regimes have now all pledged allegiance to Li Yuan, causing his power to expand rapidly.
In the midst of chaos, Li Yuan seized control of the entire empire.
When Emperor Yang of Sui returned, he was captured alive without a fight.
In the power struggle at court, Li Yuan decided the outcome with a single move.
He ordered powerful ministers to arrest Emperor Yang, and also appeased former officials, turning hostility into friendship.
With Emperor Yang captured, heroes from all over the land submitted to him, and the winds of change swept in from all directions.
Li Yuan didn't need to say much; the Tang Dynasty was officially established as a result.
From launching its rebellion at the beginning of the year to declaring itself emperor at the end of the year, the Tang Dynasty was born in a grand and magnificent manner in just a few months!
Of course, what is most commendable about Li Yuan is not actually his hidden strength.
Rather, it was his children. Li Shimin was undoubtedly a great man, but Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were also formidable. In particular, Li Jiancheng made great contributions to the founding of the Tang Dynasty and was established as the crown prince at a young age.
Among the Li brothers, Li Jiancheng was much older than his younger brothers, even the second brother Li Shimin was 10 years younger than him.
Therefore, when Li Yuan first took office as the governor of Taiyuan, he only brought Li Shimin with him. His other family members were led by Li Jiancheng to live in Hedong, which was safer in the south, and he was also allowed to secretly make friends with local heroes and extraordinary people.
After officially raising his army, Li Jiancheng led his troops to conquer Xihe, participated in the campaign against Chang'an, repeatedly made military achievements, and assisted Li Yuan in seizing the Guanzhong base.
After occupying Chang'an, Li Yuan supported Yang You, the Prince of Dai, as emperor, changed the era name to Yining, and promoted himself to the title of Prince of Tang. Li Jiancheng naturally became the heir apparent of the Prince of Tang.
By general standards, Li Jiancheng was a relatively outstanding crown prince, often leading troops to pacify the four directions and sharing the burdens of the emperor and his father.
However, comparisons are inevitable. With his younger brother Li Shimin, a "great emperor of all time," Li Jiancheng, who was originally quite remarkable, suddenly paled in comparison.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin fought almost all the tough battles. A number of troublesome separatist forces, such as Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, and Liu Heita, fell to his military might.
Not only could Li Jiancheng not do it, but among all the civil and military officials, only the military genius Li Jing had this ability.
However, Li Jing's status was not high at first, so he could only follow under Li Shimin.
Because of Li Shimin's great achievements, Li Yuan insisted on bestowing the title of "General of Heavenly Strategy" upon this exceptionally outstanding son.
His status was even above that of princes and dukes, almost on par with the crown prince.
Two tigers cannot share one mountain; Li Jiancheng felt a strong threat.
Therefore, he joined forces with his fourth brother Li Yuanji to continuously suppress Li Shimin. The conflict between the two sides gradually escalated, and with Li Yuan's passive indulgence, it soon reached the point of no return.
Thus came the Xuanwu Gate Incident, a stain on Li Erfeng's life.
It can be said that Li Jiancheng posed a huge threat to Li Shimin at that time.
Otherwise, Li Shimin wouldn't have been forced to resort to such extreme measures.
Su Ye looked at the lineup that Li Yuan had brought and felt a headache coming on.
There are quite a few ruthless people in the Li clan alone.
Not to mention those two beasts, Li Erfeng and Li Yuanba.
The combination of "Asian governor" and "powerless" is enough to send chills down your spine.
Li Er's command ability combined with Li Yuanba's unparalleled martial prowess.
With the Li family's presence, it's safe to say they could easily overpower most of the imperial star lineups on the Tianwu Continent.
Fortunately, Li Yuan's implanted identity allowed him to confront Yang Jian and the various imperial princes in the south head-on.
It has little to do with Su Ye at present.
It's just...it might be tough on Old Zhu.
Right now, there isn't a single capable fighter under Old Zhu's command.
The commanders are like Chang Yuchun, and the martial prowess is like Chang Mao, a top-tier general who would be a challenge even for the God of War.
If it weren't for the later addition of Zhu Tianpeng to the character Zhu Yuanzhang in the card game, it would have been a mistake.
He probably can't even find a war god under his command.
At this point, Xu Da and other key figures under Zhu Yuanzhang's command have yet to appear.
Suddenly, they came into contact with Li Yuan's family, who were heading north from the Great Xuan Dynasty.
It could be said that he was just starting out with a broken bowl when he encountered the Mongol army personally led by Temujin.
It's beyond words to describe how tragic it was.
Su Ye imagined the scene: Zhu Yuanzhang with his current forces, leading those ragtag Yellow Turban soldiers.
Su Ye imagined the scene: Zhu Yuanzhang with his current forces, leading those ragtag Yellow Turban soldiers.
Facing the Great Xuan army led by Li Erfeng, and the wild charge of Li Yuanba, whose combat power is at the ceiling of 110.
I immediately felt a chill run down my spine.
Just as I was about to leave the starting village, I encountered a world-class boss.
Who the hell can handle this?!
"Ding! The third person in the balance, Ying Gou of the Four Corpse Ancestors: Command 70, Strength 107, Intelligence 79, Politics 78."
Weapons carried: Netherworld Ghost Fang Halberd, Netherworld Shadow Steed
Characters included: Jiang Chen, the ancestor of zombies; Hanba, the god of drought; and Houqing, the ancestor of corpses.
The implanted identity is that of a member of the Ying clan of the Qin Dynasty in Xiling, and is currently obeying Ying Zheng's orders to launch an attack on the Dasheng Dynasty alongside the Qin Dynasty army.
Ying Gou, one of the four progenitors of zombies, was not originally a zombie, but a general under the Yellow Emperor.
According to legend, Ying Gou was defeated in a battle with Chi You because he failed to follow the orders of the Yellow Emperor.
Enraged, the Yellow Emperor banished Ying Gou to guard the Yellow Springs and the Underworld.
Although Ying Gou outwardly accepted the punishment, he was filled with resentment and dissatisfaction.
Hou, one of the four ancient gods, had its soul divided into three parts and escaped under the joint seal of Nuwa and Fuxi.
One of his souls drifted unintentionally to the Yellow Springs Underworld and encountered Ying Gou.
Ying Gou attempted to kill Hou's soul, but as one of the four ancient gods, Hou's divine power was far beyond Ying Gou's ability to match.
Ultimately, Hou's soul invaded Ying Gou's body and merged with Ying Gou's soul, causing Ying Gou to mutate and become one of the progenitors of zombies.
After merging with the soul of the Hou, Ying Gou's body changed, and the divine power within him turned into endless corpse energy.
Nourished by the corpse energy, Ying Gou's body became even harder, almost becoming indestructible.
However, despite his formidable strength, Ying Gou's resentment towards the Yellow Emperor deepened day by day, causing endless chaos in the world.
As the leader, the Yellow Emperor was ultimately forced to take up the Xuanyuan Sword and engage in a great battle with Ying Gou.
After a fierce battle, the Yellow Emperor finally destroyed Ying Gou's body with the Xuanyuan Sword, but Ying Gou's soul escaped with endless corpse energy and disappeared without a trace.