Chapter 539: Jianghu Turmoil

At this time, the Jin Kingdom, facing the sudden arrival of the Han Kingdom's great army, also immediately dispatched a great army to resist.

However, at this time, the Jin Kingdom had already been eroded by the Mongols to the point of being unable to do anything.

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

In just five short days, they were beaten to Kaifeng by Lü Bu and Ma Chao.

At this time, the Jin Kingdom's imperial family was in a panic.

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

And Kaifeng was their current capital.

If this were taken by the Han army, their Jin Kingdom would be destroyed.

Having no other choice, Jin Emperor Wanyan Shouxu had to issue an order, commanding Wanyan Heda, Yila Pua, and others who were guarding against the Mongols to hurry back to reinforce the capital.

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

Before the great army could even return to reinforce, Lü Bu and Ma Chao's great army had already broken Kaifeng.

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

With this, the Jin Kingdom, which had long ruled the north, was destroyed.

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

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

The first to bear the brunt was the world's number one great gang, the Beggar Sect.

Due to the two successive leaders of the Beggar Sect, Hong Qi and Huang Rong, having 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 practicing 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.

With this, the Great Han already had four Tribute 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 Innate Third Heaven, and Huang Rong was Innate Second Heaven.

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

Moreover, with the help of the world's number one great gang, the Beggar Sect, it was no problem for the four to pacify the Jianghu forces.

Moreover, 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 nailed-down matter.

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 make any waves.

However, currently, the most important thing 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 it would all be too late.

By then, the Great Han court would not let them off.

In fact, this was because the Shadow Guards were not there.

Otherwise, the content of these people's discussions would have long been presented to Liu Bian by the Shadow Guards.

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 message from Guo Jia.

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

They secretly controlled Changde Prefecture.

Liu Bian, upon hearing this, was instantly enraged.

He immediately dispatched Zhang Fei and Zhang Shijie to lead ten thousand great troops, together 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 better to do than get mixed up 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, then it was destined for the Quanzhen Sect to have this disaster.

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 the couple Guo Jing and his wife.

"Sigh!"

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

One had to 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 be blamed on others; they brought it upon themselves."

"Heaven's sins can be forgiven, but one who commits evil will not live!"

Li Mochou had no good feelings toward the Quanzhen Sect and said to the three with an expressionless face.

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 incident that happened in Changde Prefecture was now known to everyone in the Jianghu.

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

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

This time, it could be 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 rendezvoused with the great army led by Zhang Fei halfway.

The 50,000 Xiangyang Army that Zhang Fei led this time, which Guo Jia had reserved, had also reached the strength of a first-rate martial general during these days.

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

"Hahaha, the four Tribute have arrived."

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

Zhang Fei, seeing the four arrive, immediately laughed happily.

"General Zhang, you are too modest. With you here, even without us, I presume you could pacify those Jianghu rebellions."

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

Subsequently, after the few exchanged pleasantries, they continued toward Changde Prefecture.

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

"Everyone, I heard that there are ten thousand 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 loud laughter, not taking Zhang Fei's ten thousand great troops to heart in the slightest.

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

"We must let the Han Kingdom know that we Jianghu heroes are not to be trifled with. From now on, they manage their affairs, and the affairs in our Jianghu are decided by us Jianghu!" ===== CHAPTER 540 =====