A Cai's work: The Emperor's Phoenix and the Abandoned Concubine: The Emperor's Phoenix and the Abandoned Concubine, Volume 1, 1990 Liancheng, destroyed!
When Feng Qingchen and the Ninth Prince were fighting Madam Min and the Ghost King at the Tianming Cliff, Wang Jinling did not rest either. Although he knew that the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen had appeared, he did not change his plan.
After searching for several days, Wang Jinling finally found out that the people who kidnapped Su Wenqing were related to the previous dynasty, and the Hundred Ghosts Palace was also involved.
Wang Jinling is a person who either doesn't take action at all, or if he does, he will make the other person suffer for the rest of his life.
The group of people from the previous dynasty were like rats, hiding in the dark and not easy to find. Wang Jinling did not plan to look for them one by one. Since it was people from the previous dynasty who took action, he would find the ones who had the best relationship with the previous dynasty, such as Liancheng.
Before, the Ninth Prince protected Liancheng openly and secretly, and no one dared to move, but now it is different. The Ninth Prince sent more troops to Liancheng, which means he is dissatisfied with Liancheng, so Wang Jinling doesn't need to send any more troops.
Liancheng did have some assets, but no matter how strong the army was, it could not compete with Dongling. Wang Jinling ignored the opposition of all the civil and military officials in the court, declared that he would bear all the consequences, and then directly ordered the troops to besiege Liancheng.
Surrounding but not attacking is to put pressure on Liancheng. After all, what he wants is Su Wenqing to return safely. As for whether to attack Liancheng or not, there is no rush. Liancheng is there and can be attacked at any time.
Liancheng was indeed as Wang Jinling thought. He was extremely nervous and tried his best to contact Madam Min and ask her to hand over Su Wenqing. It was really not worth it to destroy Liancheng for the sake of Su Wenqing. He didn't want...
They lost contact with Madam Min. Madam Min was busy plotting against the Ninth Prince and had no time to care about Liancheng. The people in Liancheng could only worry.
As for the Palace of Hundred Ghosts?
The Hundred Ghosts Palace is just like the people of the previous dynasty, good at hiding in the dark. Even if they want to cause trouble for Xiling and Nanling, they will take advantage of people's unpreparedness, just like a thief.
Wang Jinling had no intention of spending a lot of manpower and resources to cause trouble for the Palace of Hundred Ghosts. His goal was very clear, which was the location of the Palace of Hundred Ghosts overseas.
After destroying the lair of the Hundred Ghosts Palace, both the Ghost King and the little ghosts under him will naturally show up on their own initiative. Wang Jinling is not in a hurry at all.
After failing to find out the location of the Palace of Hundred Ghosts from Lu Er, Wang Jinling set his sights on Nanling Jinfan. Dongling and Nanling were at war, and Feng Liyou seized three cities and two towns in Nanling at lightning speed. Dongling should have stopped fighting, but at this critical juncture, the Empress Dowager of Dongling was kidnapped.
After investigation, it was found that the person who kidnapped the Empress Dowager was the Ghost King of the Hundred Ghosts Palace, and now he has disappeared. If you want to find the whereabouts of the Ghost King, you must find the location of the Hundred Ghosts Palace. Looking at the Jiuzhou Continent, the only person who knows the location of the Hundred Ghosts Palace and is not a member of the Hundred Ghosts Palace is Nanling Jinfan.
Nanling said that Nanling Jinfan was dead, but Dongling just didn't believe it and insisted that Nanling hand over Nanling Jinfan. If Nanling insisted that Nanling Jinfan was dead, then he could just hand over the body to them.
Nanling naturally refused, and this refusal further confirmed that Nanling Jinfan was not dead. Dongling naturally refused to let him go. Wang Jinling ordered Feng Liyou to continue beating Nanling until he handed over the person.
Not enough food?
Not enough weapons?
Not enough war horses?
It doesn’t matter. Wang Jinling has supported Dong Ling in this battle with his personal strength. No matter what, he will not allow anyone to slap Dong Ling in the face and leave arrogantly.
Wang Jinling declared in front of all the civil and military officials: "I am willing to give everything in the Wang family to help Dongling in this battle."
Wang Jinling only wanted to shut up those anti-war people with these words, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected reward. As soon as Wang Jinling said this, the officials who wanted to curry favor with him donated silver and grain, saying that they would do their best for the country.
Some clever businessmen wanted to take the opportunity to curry favor with high-ranking officials of the court, so they made large investments and sent clothes and food to the front line in an endless stream, thus saving the court the trouble of sending people to escort them.
"An unexpected result leads to a great success." Wang Jinling had not expected that his small action would cause such a big response, and as smart as he is, he would not miss this opportunity.
After discussing with Fu Lin, Yuwen Yuanhua and several regents, he planned to reward those merchants who "understood the great cause" in the name of the court. Of course, this reward was not a material reward, but an imperial edict, a compliment of "a family of good deeds".
But even so, it was enough to make those wealthy businessmen who were not in high positions but had money happy. As a result, their enthusiasm for donations was even higher. When the Ninth Prince returned to the city, Dongling was fighting with Nanling fiercely, forcing Nanling to suffer unspeakably.
"Su Wenqing is dead. There is no need to wait for Liancheng to hand him over." The first thing the Ninth Prince did when he returned to the city was to send Su Wenqing's body back to the Su Mansion. The first words he said when he entered the palace were full of murderous intent.
Wang Jinling was stunned for a moment, then he put away all his smiles and nodded gently: "I know what to do."
That night, an urgent military order was sent to the front line, which had only three words: "Destroy Liancheng."
The leading general knew at a glance that these three words were written by the Ninth Prince himself. The strokes were vigorous and powerful, and the last stroke seemed to tear the paper, which showed how angry the Ninth Prince was when he wrote these three words.
The Ninth Prince personally gave the order to destroy Liancheng, and the leading general naturally did not dare to say a word. Seeing that Zhai Dongming, Ouyang Doudou, Si Cheng and other young and promising generals held great power, the leader naturally understood that as long as Liancheng was captured, promotion and title would be a piece of cake.
That night, the leading general launched the first wave of attacks on Liancheng: "Attack the city!"
The vanguard troops rushed directly to the city wall. Liancheng had been besieged for dozens of days, and everyone from top to bottom was like a frightened bird. When they saw the Dongling army attacking, the soldiers guarding the city felt weak in their legs and fell to the ground: "Oh my God, Dongling finally attacked."
In the past few days, the soldiers of Liancheng were almost going crazy because they were surrounded by Dongling’s army. They hoped that Dongling would fight quickly and leave after the battle; but they were also afraid of Dongling’s attack. They didn’t want to experience that kind of torment again in their lifetime.
Everyone in Liancheng was keeping their eyes on the area outside the city. As soon as Dongling launched the attack, the Lord of Liancheng received the news. Despite the late night, he immediately summoned all the officials of Liancheng to discuss countermeasures.
In the face of absolute strength, any countermeasures are unnecessary. The people of Liancheng discussed it over and over again, but could not come up with a good solution. Finally, a big boss was so angry that he directly cursed: "Where is Her Royal Highness the Princess? Such a big thing happened, where is she?"
The big boss has tried his best to suppress his anger. What he really wants to say is: they admit that they have caused such a big disaster; they also admit that they are unable to solve the disaster. Who said that it is their fault? Can they just pat their butts and leave?
"The young master is a man who values affection. If His Highness had not gone too far this time, the young master would not have done this. If it had not been for the young master's protection over the years, Liancheng would have been destroyed long ago." The old minister who was inclined towards the Ninth Prince called the Ninth Prince "Master" again. Unfortunately, the Ninth Prince could not hear it, and would not be moved if he did.
He and Liancheng will fight to the death!
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