Chapter 266: Jianghu Turmoil

At this time, the Jin Kingdom, facing the suddenly arriving army of the Han Kingdom, also immediately dispatched an army to resist.

However, the Jin Kingdom had long been eroded by the Mongols to the point of being unable to do anything.

Moreover, they still had to guard against the northern Mongol iron cavalry moving south, and they simply could not dispatch many troops.

It was only a mere five days before they were beaten to Kaifeng by Lü Bu and Ma Chao.

At this time, the Jin Kingdom's imperial family panicked.

At this time, the Jin Kingdom's northern Yanjing was now occupied by the Mongols.

While Kaifeng was their current capital.

If this were breached by the Han army, then their Jin Kingdom would perish.

Having no other choice, Wanyan Shouxu had to order Wanyan Heda, Yila Pua, and others who were guarding against the Mongols to return to the capital for reinforcements urgently.

However, Wanyan Shouxu clearly underestimated the Han army's methods.

Before the army could return for reinforcements, Lü Bu and Ma Chao's army had already breached Kaifeng.

And Wanyan Shouxu and a group of Jin Kingdom civil and martial officials did not escape, and were finally captured by the Han army.

Thus, the Jin Kingdom, which had long ruled the north, perished.

Lü Bu and Ma Chao continued to lead the army north.

And Li Mochou and the others also began to suppress the Jianghu forces within the Great Han's territory.

The first to bear the brunt was the Beggar Sect, the largest sect under Heaven.

Because the two leaders of the Beggar Sect, Hong Qi and Huang Rong, had already joined the Great Han's Hall of Worship, the Beggar Sect, under the leadership of the two, directly surrendered to the Great Han.

And Huang Rong, after cultivating the "Heaven and Earth Creation Martial Canon," also had her cultivation break through to the Innate Realm and was conferred by Liu Bian as a Fourth-Rank Tribute of the Hall of Worship.

Thus, the Great Han already had four tributes whose strength had broken through to the Innate Realm.

Among them, Hong Qi's strength was the strongest, reaching the Innate Fifth Heaven.

Li Mochou and Guo Jing were both at the Innate Third Heaven, while Huang Rong was at the Innate Second Heaven.

With such powerful strength, no one in the Jianghu was a match for the four.

Furthermore, with the assistance of the Beggar Sect, the largest sect under Heaven, it would be no problem at all for the four of them to pacify the Jianghu forces.

And Huang Rong had already sent people to find her father, one of the Five Absolutes, the Eastern Heretic Huang Yaoshi.

With the relationship between Guo Jing and Huang Rong, Huang Yaoshi joining the Great Han was already a done deal.

And Guo Jing also sent people to find Zhou Botong.

In the plan of the few, as long as these two joined the Great Han, then basically the major forces in the Jianghu would all join the Great Han.

The remaining ones would not be able to stir up any waves.

However, the most important thing currently was to find Zhou Botong.

Now, among those Jianghu forces in Changde Prefecture who wanted to resist the Great Han, there were people from the Quanzhen Sect participating.

Currently, these people were only discussing in secret.

Guo Jing and the others wanted to persuade the people of the Quanzhen Sect to withdraw through Zhou Botong, thereby joining the Great Han.

If they waited until those people took action, then everything would be too late.

By then, the Han court would not let them go.

In fact, this was because the Shadow Guard was not there.

Otherwise, the content of what these people discussed would have long been presented to Liu Bian by the Shadow Guard.

However, there is a saying: the more you fear something, the more it comes.

Just as Guo Jing and the others were on their way to Changde Prefecture, they received a letter from Guo Jia.

Jianghu forces led by Shaolin, the Iron Palm Sect, the Quanzhen Sect, etc., had actually assassinated the City Defense Commander of Changde Prefecture.

Secretly controlling Changde Prefecture.

Liu Bian, upon hearing this, was furious.

He immediately dispatched Zhang Fei and Zhang Shijie to lead 10,000 troops, meeting with Li Mochou and the four, to exterminate those Jianghu forces resisting the Great Han.

"It's over, this time the Quanzhen Sect cannot be saved!"

"Ma Yu, oh Ma Yu, you said you had nothing to do, why did you get involved with those people!"

"This is not like an old man eating arsenic, looking for death!"

Hong Qi, upon receiving the news, could not help but curse angrily.

Originally, in their plan, they intended to recruit the Quanzhen Sect.

It was just that the plan could not keep up with the changes!

Since Ma Yu and the others participated, it was destined that the Quanzhen Sect would have this calamity.

If this matter had not happened, they could still save the Quanzhen Sect.

Now, it was useless for anyone to come.

"It seems the Quanzhen Sect is going to become history!"

Hong Qi said somewhat disappointedly to Guo Jing and his wife.

"Sigh!"

Hearing Hong Qi's words, Guo Jing also sighed bitterly.

One must know that Daoist Ma Yu of the Quanzhen Sect could also be considered his master.

However, now that they had offended the Great Han, he was also powerless.

"Let us go, let us hurry and find General Zhang!"

"These things cannot blame others; they are all self-inflicted."

"Heaven's disaster can be avoided; self-inflicted disaster cannot be lived!"

Li Mochou had no good feelings toward the Quanzhen Sect and said to the three with a blank expression.

Given the relationship between the Quanzhen Sect and the Ancient Tomb Sect, it was already good that Li Mochou did not kick them while they were down.

After speaking, Li Mochou left first.

Seeing this scene, the three looked at each other, and subsequently followed Li Mochou's footsteps and left.

And at the same time, one of the Five Absolutes, Master Yideng, and the Eastern Heretic Huang Yaoshi were also rushing toward Changde Prefecture.

The events that happened in Changde Prefecture were now known to everyone in the Jianghu.

The two of them had also witnessed the power of the Han army.

The two did not think that those scattered Jianghu forces would be a match for the Great Han.

This time, it was said that the Jianghu would experience another bloody storm.

Quite a few Jianghu forces would experience a major reshuffle.

Three days later, Li Mochou and the four finally met up with the army led by Zhang Fei on the road.

Zhang Fei this time led 50,000 Xiangyang troops reserved by Guo Jia; during these days, their strength had also reached the strength of a First-rate Martial General.

Plus Zhang Fei, this powerhouse at the Innate Fourth Realm, dealing with those Jianghu forces was no problem.

"Hahaha, the four tributes have arrived."

"In this way, this General has even more confidence in this mission!"

Zhang Fei, seeing the four arrive, immediately laughed loudly with joy.

"General Zhang, your words are too heavy; with you here, even without us, I imagine you could also pacify those Jianghu rebellions."

The four, upon hearing Zhang Fei's words, repeatedly said they did not dare.

Subsequently, the few exchanged pleasantries for a while, and continued toward Changde Prefecture.

At this time, in Changde Prefecture, the Jianghu forces gathered here had also received news that the Han army was about to arrive.

"Everyone, I heard that there are 10,000 Han troops coming this time; this Great Han looks down on us a bit too much!"

At this time, a martial artist from the Hundred Flowers Valley said to the crowd with a loud laugh.

And others, upon hearing this, also followed with a loud laugh, not taking Zhang Fei's 10,000-strong army to heart at all.

"This time, we will first annihilate this 10,000-strong army of the Han Kingdom, so that later we can negotiate terms with the Han Kingdom."

"We must let the Han Kingdom know that our Jianghu heroes are not to be trifled with; from now on, they manage their own affairs, and the affairs of my Jianghu are decided by the Jianghu!" ===== CHAPTER 267 =====