Volume 1 Chapter 258: Fall and Rise

Xiang Yun's physical fitness is so good, especially Song Yun, who has an extraordinary temperament and a domineering style, which makes Xiang Yun feel conquered.

It was still daytime, but it turned out to be late at night. The fluttering butterflies disappeared, the vibrant flowers wilted, and the snowdrops were gasping for breath.

It lay there to rest. The snow-white wild horse snorted lightly and ran quickly towards the distance. Even if Xuelihong wanted to chase it now, it didn't have the strength to do so. It needed to have a good rest.

Soon the night passed, the sun rose, and then shone brightly, reaching the hottest time of the day.

The flowers and plants all around covered a large area. The place where the two were now was hundreds of meters away from where they were yesterday. They were in a daze and didn't know how they got here.

The next step was to recuperate. When the crescent moon appeared and the sky was full of shining stars, Song Yun finally recovered a little.

Thinking about it carefully, she felt more and more wronged. Her eyes suddenly turned red and she wanted to cry, but the next moment Xiang Yun actually burst into tears in front of her. She didn't know how wronged he was. He actually covered his body, stared at her viciously, and cried miserably: "Hehehe, now you are an old cow eating young grass, you have taken such a big advantage of me and eaten my tofu. If you dare to do something to let me down in the future, I will make you pay!"

"Fuck!" If she wasn't so tired that it was difficult for her to move, Song Yun would definitely spit out blood in anger, then beat Xiang Yun severely and tear this nasty mouth apart.

"Why is this emperor so shameless? He is completely different from usual times when he is not serious. How can these two personalities appear in the same person!" Song Yun began to doubt her life. The aggrieved mood that she was planning to cry about was swept away. She was too exhausted to complain, so she silently crawled to the side and looked around for the clothes scattered everywhere.

After looking for a long time, Song Yun realized that even the nearest piece of clothing was thirty meters away. She had no choice but to stand up slowly, but as soon as she took a step, she felt a tearing pain and could not move at all.

Her feet went soft and Song Yun had no choice but to let her body fall slowly. However, the direction she fell happened to fall directly on Xiang Yun.

Soft in his arms, gentle and comfortable, Xiang Yun couldn't help but hum softly, and then something in his mind came to his mind again, he had rested enough anyway.

This frightened Song Yun so much that she quickly shouted, "No, Your Majesty, at least let me eat something to fill my stomach, otherwise, I will get a stitch in the side easily!"

"No, just drink some water!"

But Xiang Yun's stubborn temper was beyond Song Yun's ability to handle. In the blink of an eye, it was daytime, and Xiang Yun still had no intention of going back to look for the main force.

Until the end, Jiang Fei led an army of four million and left the Black Witch Kingdom and entered the pass of the Great Sun Dynasty, but Xiang Yun still did not return.

But Jiang Fei was not worried. After all, the man who had been able to survive the hands of his master was much more powerful than him. Nowadays, only the emperor could bully others, but no one else could bully him. Oh no, only women could bully the emperor.

After marching all the way like this, when Jiang Fei and his large army were less than five miles away from the capital, they suddenly heard a dragon's roar in the sky. Jiang Fei and the Huoyun Army all looked up and saw a huge five-clawed golden dragon flying over. On the dragon's head stood Xiang Yun and Song Yun, with Xiang Yun's warhorse Xuelihong standing behind it.

At this moment, Song Yun was acting like a little woman, leaning in Xiang Yun's arms with a blushing face, while Xiang Yun had a smug look on his face and was smiling.

When they left, there was not a single flower bud that could stand upright in the flower field that was nearly a kilometer in radius. All of them were destroyed by the two men, leaving only a field of withered flowers and withered willows.

Xuelihong was always in a bad mood, and Xiang Yun didn't know why. How could he know that Xuelihong didn't want to come back at all, and was still thinking about looking for the snow-white female wild horse among the flowers.

After returning to Beijing, Xiang Yun immediately summoned Zhu Qiyu, Wang Shu and Liu Yiyi, spread out the map of the vast landscape of the Black Witch Kingdom for them to see, and ordered the three of them to immediately organize people to set off to the Black Witch Kingdom to take over the territory, and mobilize the Fire Cloud Army from the cities near the southern border to begin to take over all military facilities and cities of the Black Witch Kingdom.

Xiang Yun believed that Song Hao was a smart man and would know what to do at this time. He believed that once these people were sent out, they would be able to carry out their tasks smoothly.

Xiang Yun was also reminded that if the people from the Black Witch Nation dared to make trouble in the slightest, or try to be submissive, they should be suppressed with violence without considering their feelings.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Xiang Yun doesn't want to delay the unification plan of the Great Sun Dynasty because of these trivial matters.

After careful consideration, Xiang Yun felt that if he wanted to truly unify the territories of the Mahayana Kingdom and the Black Witch Kingdom, it was not enough to just do these things. He had to let the armies of each country stay in their own countries. Even if all the powerful officials of the two countries were replaced by people from the Great Sun Dynasty, if these generals were dissatisfied and wanted to rebel, it would be easy to kill the officials, which would easily lead to successive rebellions in various places.

This didn't work, so Xiang Yun called Jiang Yue over again and ordered: "All the existing well-trained Fire Cloud Army will be unified for me, and then divided into two groups to enter the Mahayana Treasure Country and the Black Witch Country to replace their border guards and the garrisons in the major military camps to maintain the law and order of each country;

The armies of the Mahayana Treasure Kingdom and the Black Witch Kingdom, from the garrisons of each city to the armies of all military camps, will all be transferred to the Great Sun Dynasty for me to be trained as the Fire Cloud Army. Those in the west will be transferred to the east of the Great Sun Dynasty, and those in the south will be transferred to the north. Do you understand?"

Jiang Yue was slightly gloomy when he heard this, then he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if you do this, so many people will leave their homes. I'm afraid it will arouse public anger and mutiny. Moreover, if a large number of foreign troops enter the dynasty, I'm afraid they will take over the throne and become the host."

Xiang Yun was silent for a while and then said, "I am here to command the Great Sun Dynasty. They can't make any waves. You only need to worry about how to transport the armies of the two countries to the Great Sun Dynasty."

"So, anyone who is unwilling to come will be dismissed from his military post and sent back to his hometown to become a civilian. If anyone dares to riot, I will suppress them by force!"

Jiang Yue's heart sank when he heard this. He was afraid that this time, large numbers of heads would fall to the ground and rivers of blood would flow.

As expected, the fall and rise of a dynasty is impossible without bloodshed.

As if knowing what Jiang Yue was thinking, Xiang Yun stood up and walked in front of him, patted his shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "It's not that I am cruel and inhumane, you have to understand that I really don't have time!

Do you remember the day when I was captured alive from the palace? All of you were powerless, including me. Do you want to experience that feeling again?"

Jiang Fei heard this and shook his head silently. Xiang Yun walked aside and sighed, saying, "Outside the Great Sun Dynasty, there are too many enemies that are far beyond our imagination. After the Great Sun Dynasty is reopened, an endless war will come immediately. By then, there will be no time for us to rest!"

"Therefore, I cannot tolerate that after the re-establishment of the country and the outbreak of the endless war, the internal situation of the Great Sun Dynasty is still unstable and a rebellion may break out at any time!"

"In one country, three armies with different strengths and cultures, do you know what this means? If the thoughts, combat effectiveness, command and action are not unified, then the huge army of the Great Sun Dynasty will be a mess. At that time, let alone 100% combat effectiveness, even 50% will be difficult to exert!"

"We can still afford to lose now. If we lose in a big war, the people of the entire Great Sun Dynasty will die, not just the army, but also countless civilians!"

"So Jiang Yue, kindness does not lead to military success. I covet your high hopes. Don't be soft-hearted at this time. Kill me a Fire Cloud Army that only has one belief in military power!"

After hearing this, Jiang Yue felt extremely heavy in his heart, with mixed feelings. He then closed his eyes and bowed in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to your high expectations!"

Xiang Yun nodded, as if he was tired, waved his hand and said, "Go away, come to the palace another day and drink with me."

"Yes!" Jiang Yue nodded in response, stood up and turned to leave, but when he reached the door of the imperial study, he suddenly stopped and turned to ask: "After the founding of the country, what are your chances of success?"

Xiang Yun was startled when he heard this, he slowly raised his head, stared at Jiang Yue for a long time, then slowly raised a finger.

Jiang Yue's pupils shrank slightly, and he turned around and walked away without any hesitation, very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed. This day was the first day of the month. The sky was slightly brightening. In Kunning Palace, Xiang Yun and Zhen Rou smiled at each other. Behind them, there were three or four palace maids helping them to change clothes and dress up.

On this day, Xiang Yun wore a newly made five-clawed golden dragon soaring cloud robe, a golden dragon belt with nine beads tied around his waist, an imperial green dragon jade pendant, golden dragon soaring cloud boots, a dragon head with nine beads crown on his head, and held the golden steel Yaohua Gentleman Sword specially made by the Firearm Workshop.

Zhen Rou's outfit was equally extraordinary. Her clothes were as luxurious as Xiang Yun's, except that Xiang Yun's were decorated with a five-clawed golden dragon, while hers had a pattern of an auspicious fire phoenix. Xiang Yun was covered in gold, while she was covered in red, both of which were equally eye-catching.

After both of them were dressed, Xiang Yun took Zhen Rou's hand and slowly walked towards the Golden Palace of the Great Sun Dynasty.