Chapter 410: Qin Liangyu, the pillar of Shu, was shocked by the bad news
Shiqu and Dafengbao in Shu.
This is a wild and primitive jungle with dangerous terrain. It gets its name because of the roaring winds all year round and the big trees attracting the wind. When the wind blows, the clouds surge, the forest waves rage, and the mountain wind howls.
In a medium-sized spiritual place in the core area, Qin Liangyu sat cross-legged on the ground.
There was a vortex of spiritual energy above her head, sweeping over an area of dozens of miles with a whirring sound. Countless spiritual energy and star power flowed along the Tianling Baihui point above her head and continuously sank into the sea of consciousness of the silver-haired Qin Liangyu.
Qin Liangyu was from Zhongzhou. She inherited the position from her husband Ma Qiancheng and is currently the Xuanfu Envoy of Shiqu. So far, she has never been defeated and can be said to be a famous female war god in Shu.
Three days ago, she suddenly felt that the bottleneck that was blocking her from reaching the peak of level five cultivation had loosened, so she hurried to Dafengbao, an intermediate spiritual place, and is now in seclusion to break through.
Qin Liangyu, who is already 64 years old this year, unexpectedly broke through to a great realm again, shocking the core members of the Qin and Ma families. They came to protect her in surprise and joy.
Qin Liangyu can be said to be the stabilizing force of the two families. In these troubled times, no accidents can happen.
"Xianglin, don't be nervous. Auntie will be fine. She will definitely be able to successfully break through."
Although Qin Yiming was indecisive and not a very outstanding person, far inferior to his cousin Ma Xianglin, Ma Xianglin was worried about his mother at the time, and was so concerned that he was restless and confused.
"Well, mother, you are blessed by heaven, and you will surely break through to the sixth level."
Ma Xianglin's clenched fists were so tight that veins were exposed. He took a deep breath and replied to Qin Yiming beside him, but his eyes were fixed in the direction of his mother Qin Liangyu.
The Qin family and the Ma family were entrenched in the Shiqu area, controlling nine gullies and eighteen streams, and were prominent in all directions.
All of this was achieved by Qin Liangyu through her own hard work. Outsiders have no idea how much blood and tears she shed.
Ma Xianglin only knew that his father, Ma Qiancheng, was falsely accused by the eunuch Qiu Chengyun at the end of the Wanli period and died of illness in the prison of Yunyang. His mother cried all day long.
However, Qin Liangyu, who built her family on loyalty and filial piety, not only did not become decadent, but instead became more and more motivated, and established a great reputation through countless battles with foreign enemies.
Even Qin Yiming's current position as deputy general was obtained because of His Majesty's high regard for Qin Liangyu.
Qin Liangyu, who already has the reputation of a female warrior, will be in trouble if she can break through to the sixth level this time.
Since Hong Chengchou, then governor of Qin, sent people to deliver a large amount of money and food to form an alliance with the White Spear Soldiers three years ago, the White Spear Soldiers have developed rapidly with a large amount of wealth and supplies.
From the original 30,000 white-flag soldiers, it has rapidly expanded to the current size of 180,000 combat troops, and its momentum has greatly boosted.
The reason why the White Spear Soldiers were able to develop so quickly was not only because they had received a large amount of money, food and supplies donated by Hong Chengchou in the past three years, but mainly because Qin Liangyu had a fortuitous encounter.
This sacred place of Dafengbao is a treasure land discovered by chance, and it is also the place where the Qin and Ma families raise troops.
Dafengbao belongs to the remnant of Qiyao Mountain in Wushan System. It has undulating mountains, green hills and crisscrossing gullies. It is extremely mysterious and steep. It is the highest peak in southern Sichuan.
With the great changes in the world in recent years, it is not surprising that an intermediate spiritual land has emerged.
"Buzz..."
At this time, probably because the spiritual energy of this mid-level spiritual land was insufficient, the spiritual energy vortex above Qin Liangyu's head seemed to be about to collapse. At this critical juncture, a golden ring flashed out from Qin Liangyu's sea of consciousness, and turned into an area of dozens of feet in radius, firmly suppressing the spiritual energy vortex!
At the same time, it emitted an unparalleled attraction, continuously drawing in the spiritual energy of the entire world within a radius of hundreds of miles, causing the originally shaky spiritual energy vortex to suddenly expand!
"This is the Qiankun Circle, a superb artifact that my mother found by chance!"
"It's safe. This is my life-saving divine weapon that protects my master! Mother's breakthrough this time is almost certain!"
Ma Xianglin, who had been frightened to a pale face, became as excited as a child when he saw this scene. He jumped up from the ground and shouted in a low voice with joy.
If he wasn't afraid of affecting his mother's breakthrough, he would have been dancing and cheering.
"it is good……"
Qin Yiming's expression also tensed up, then suddenly relaxed.
Seeing that his aunt was protected by her own divine weapon, he knew that there was no doubt that she would break through to a higher realm this time.
"Xianglin, I heard that Li Dingguo, who led the army into the pass and is now aggressively conquering cities in Qin and Jin, also has a natal divine weapon, and it is probably an extremely powerful innate divine weapon."
"Then Li Dingguo has already broken through to the early stage of level 6, and even has a level 6 spirit bird as his companion."
He said with some concern, "If His Majesty orders our White Spear Soldiers to go north to fight against the Restoration Army, I estimate that even if my aunt breaks through to the initial level of the sixth level, the situation will not be optimistic."
Although these White Spear Army generals, including Qin Liangyu, had never seen Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army, they were naturally a little uneasy considering that even the peerless genius Lu Xiangsheng was no match for them.
Although Qin Yiming has good innate talents and is proficient in both civil and military affairs, and has now reached the middle stage of level five, he is not a genius after all, and is far inferior to Ma Xianglin beside him in all aspects.
"so what?"
Seeing that his mother's breakthrough was unimpeded, Ma Xianglin said in high spirits, "Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army are strong, and our White-Pole Soldiers are no pushovers!"
"As long as the imperial court does not mess around and does not allow some good-for-nothings to command and supervise us, we will not be afraid of the Fuxing Army, whether it is the Governor-General of Sanbian Hong Chengchou or the Governor-General of Xuanda Lu Xiangsheng who is in charge."
Ma Xianglin was not bragging, but speaking the truth.
The White Spear Soldiers, who are as famous as the "Qi Family Army", once the strongest army in the world, do not get their reputation in vain.
Over the past few decades, the White Spear Soldiers were the only powerful army that could challenge the elite cavalry of the Later Jin Tatars with an equal number of infantry.
Although the equipment of the White Spear Soldiers is backward, their main weapons are simple spiritual weapons made of natural high-quality spiritual wood. With the help of a unique military formation, they can effectively kill any enemy in the Qi Refining Realm.
In the Huangfenglin area not far from the Dafengbao, a mid-grade spiritual land, there are large tracts of high-grade spiritual trees growing in that primeval jungle.
This huge Yellow Wind Forest area is also the foundation of their White Spear Soldiers. It is a forbidden area that no outsiders are allowed to enter. It is also a treasure land where spiritual soldiers are continuously produced.
It was thanks to the two sacred places, Huangfenglin and Dafengbao, that the Qin and Ma families were able to arm the extremely brave Tujia men and turn them into the famous White Spear Soldiers.
"Forget it, Xianglin, let's not talk about these disappointing things for now."
Qin Yiming looked at his confident cousin, shook his head helplessly, looked forward and said, "Aunt's breakthrough is no longer a suspense, and she will succeed soon."
At this time, the spiritual energy that was constantly flowing towards Qin Liangyu had begun to slow down. Qin Liangyu, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, was soaring with energy, which made Qin Yiming and Ma Xianglin extremely happy. As the spiritual energy vortex above Qin Liangyu's head suddenly dissipated, about an hour passed. Qin Liangyu, who had completely stabilized her cultivation after the breakthrough, looked up to the sky and let out a long roar. Then, her figure flashed a few times and then appeared in front of her son Ma Xianglin and nephew Qin Yiming, who were ten miles away.
"I congratulate my mother on breaking through to the sixth level of cultivation!"
"My nephew congratulates my aunt. I have finally achieved my wish and become one of the few Level 6 experts in the world today!"
Ma Xianglin and Qin Yiming hurriedly stepped forward, bowed respectfully towards Qin Liangyu, and said happily.
"Ah."
Qin Liangyu nodded in satisfaction, her ruddy face full of white hair showing joy, and said, "I couldn't imagine before that it would take so much spiritual energy to break through to the sixth level. I almost failed."
"Fortunately, my life artifact protected me at the critical moment, and I finally succeeded in breaking through. It was a close call."
"You two have now reached the middle and late stages of Level 5 respectively. If you have the opportunity to break through to Level 6 in the future, you must be cautious and find a large spiritual place to retreat first."
"Of course, if you are lucky enough to obtain a divine weapon, you can also break through in this Dafengbao spiritual land, but the probability of that is too small and can be almost ignored."
As a female war god who has lived for more than sixty years, Qin Liangyu is knowledgeable and experienced. How could she not know the rarity of her natal artifact and the difficulty of obtaining it?
It can be said that if you do not have great luck, even if there is a magical artifact in front of you, you will not be able to discover it, and you will not have the chance to refine it and recognize it as your master.
The saying that divine things are self-concealing is not just talk.
"Whoosh!"
At this time, a tall figure flashed over from a distance.
The person who came was the daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi.
According to established history, she should have died in the battle with the rebel army in Houjiazhuang, Henan the year before last. However, due to the chain reaction caused by Li Dingguo, she has not left Sichuan until now, so she is still alive and well.
"Mother."
Zhang Fengyi was delighted when she saw the deep aura emanating from Qin Liangyu. "Congratulations on successfully breaking through the sixth level and becoming one of the strongest people in the world today!"
After she bowed to Qin Liangyu, she handed her a secret letter and said, "This is the secret letter I just received from the governor of the three borders of Qin, Hong Chengchou."
"Because the letter is marked as urgent, I dare not neglect it and will come to present it to you immediately."
Zhang Fengyi's innate talent can be said to be second only to Qin Liangyu among the White Spear Soldiers, and even better than her husband Ma Xianglin. She has now reached the peak level of level five.
Ever since they got married, the couple has been fighting each other, and Ma Xianglin has never won, which is the biggest anecdote among the White Spear Soldiers.
"Oh?"
Qin Liangyu frowned slightly when she heard this, and quickly took the letter with one hand, opened the seal, took out the letter and read it.
Qin Liangyu knew Hong Chengchou quite well. She knew that he was a rare shrewd man in the Ming Dynasty, and his military talent was even better than her own.
In the past two or three years, Hong Chengchou deliberately showed goodwill and allocated a large amount of money, food and supplies, which enabled the White Spear Army to expand rapidly and its strength more than doubled.
This favor was of great significance, and all the White Spear Soldier generals, including Qin Liangyu, kept it in mind.
Now that the other party had sent an urgent secret letter, Qin Liangyu naturally did not dare to neglect it.
The secret letter was very long, filled with a thick stack of manuscripts. Qin Liangyu read it carefully and it took her about an incense stick of time to finish reading it.
Her face became very serious. She looked up at her son, daughter-in-law, and nephew in front of her and said in a stern voice, "This time something big has happened!"
"Two months ago, Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army launched an all-out attack on the southern part of Qin. The six main battle armies marched southward in large numbers, conquering cities and territories with unstoppable force!"
"Although Commander Hong Chengchou is quite capable, he only has 300,000 elite soldiers under his command. The rest of the local garrisons are all incompetent, which has led to the continuous loss of cities and territories!"
"Ten days ago, the commander of the Renaissance Army, Hong Mei, personally led the main forces of the three armies to the city of Chang'an. Governor Hong Chengchou led 300,000 personal guards to fight, but was defeated and had to flee!"
"With the fall of Chang'an City, the entire Qin territory will soon fall into the hands of the Fuxing Army!"
"Li Dingguo's revived army is so powerful that it has already formed a momentum to sweep across the world. How can this be possible!"
Qin Liangyu, who was loyal to the Ming imperial family, was completely shocked this time. Her face turned red and blue as she angrily said, "Even Hong Chengchou, who is considered an outstanding commander, couldn't stop Li Dingguo's restoration army. Who will be able to control this bandit army in the future?"
"Six major battle corps, a total of million elite cavalrymen, each with two horses! How was Li Dingguo able to build them all in just a few years?"
“This is unbelievable!”
She was filled with shock and anger, her whole body was shaking slightly and her eyes were a little dazed.
Qin Liangyu, who had just broken through to the sixth level of cultivation, could never have imagined that the Fuxing Army, which had just entered the pass in large numbers at the beginning of last year, would be so powerful!
Not only did he defeat the two million-strong armies of the Later Jin Tartar in succession, he also easily captured the entire Qin territory and half of the Jin province!
That’s not all!
Hong Chengchou also explained that the restoration army on the southeast coast led by Li Dingguo had recently captured the entire Qingzhou Prefecture and occupied half of the Qi and Lu lands in one fell swoop!
If nothing unexpected happens, Jinan Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture will fall into the hands of the Fuxing Army one after another, and then Dongchang Prefecture will be the next, bringing the entire Qi and Lu land into their possession, and then completely forming a pincer attack on the Ming Dynasty from the east and west!
She took a long breath, tried to calm her mind, and continued, "Governor Hong Chengchou wrote to say that he has led his personal guards to retreat towards Hanzhong Prefecture, hoping to use the natural barrier of the Qinling Mountains in Hanzhong to block the next offensive of the Fuxing Army."
"He reminded us that the rebel forces led by Gao Yingxiang, who had been entrenched in the Huangzeling area at the junction of the three provinces, have now taken the opportunity to break out and move south. They are expected to approach the Xiangfan area and then go straight to Huguang."
"He reminded us to pay attention to the movements on the Kuizhou border to prevent the bandits led by Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong from entering Sichuan through Kuizhou."
"The world is now in complete chaos, and the Ming Dynasty is in danger!"
After she finished speaking, Qin Liangyu couldn't help but sigh to the sky, looking extremely lonely.
(End of this chapter)
