Chapter 290: One battle breaks the backbone of the Kong family!
Take one step and plan three steps ahead, this is the usual style of the innate gods!

Seven fifth-level masters joined forces and came to Jinling City. This is the first step!
Invite Ge Yan and Ge Yuan, the two great masters of the Gexian Sect, to help. This is the second step!
Tang Jianwen, a half-saint of the Legalists who had been hiding in the southern expedition army for half a year, made a final move to stop those from the Kong family who were trying to escape.

This is the real third step.

This is a critical moment.

The Kong family has a fifth-stage mid-stage semi-saint and a fifth-stage early-stage semi-saint burning their literary spirits.

With two against nine, they broke through the siege of Jia Cong’s nine-sided area.

The strength has shown signs of decline and it is obvious that it cannot last much longer.

Tang Jianwen, a half-saint of the Legalist school who had been hiding nearby, attacked at this moment, like striking a snake at its most vulnerable part.

“Great-grandfather, you go first!”

“Today’s disaster is actually Zongren’s fault.”

“The two brothers of the Yan family have died because of my negligence. When I came here today, Zong Ren had no intention of returning alive!”

At the critical moment, Kong Zongren’s face remained resolute.

Without saying a word, he burned Wen Po directly.

“When you see profit, think of righteousness; when you see danger, give orders.”

“You can entrust an orphan to me, you can entrust your life to me from a distance of a hundred miles away, and I will never let you take me away from me when it comes to a great event.”

In an instant, his strength improved by leaps and bounds, directly reaching the true fifth level of strength.

The mighty literary aura carried the semi-saint literary treasures up into the sky.

It directly broke the literary network formed by Tang Jianwen with his Legalist magical powers.

Open a new escape route for the last half-saint of the Kong family.

……

“Hahaha, how great!”

“Happy!”

“Jia Cong, what does it matter if you are better than me in today’s plan?”

“Five great scholars of my Kong family are coming to the capital!”

“I swear to slaughter everyone in your Jing’an Marquis’s Mansion, leaving no one alive!”

After the half-saint of the Kong family escaped, Kong Zongren became like a madman.

While fighting with Tang Jianwen, he shouted to Jia Cong with hatred on his face, and his words were full of joy that his great revenge was about to be achieved.

This time, the three parties joined forces to besiege and kill Jia Cong.

The four Western countries dispatched a total of ten fourth-level masters!
The Mohist school sent out four great scholars.

Only the great scholar of the Kong family has never been seen.

However, he had been sent to Shenjing by Kong Zongren a long time ago and had made two preparations in advance.

Even if something is wrong, it is in Kong Zongren’s plan.

The arrival of the five great scholars in Beijing was enough to wipe out Jia Cong’s Jing’an Marquis Mansion and the neighboring Ning and Rong Mansions in a very short period of time.

“Keng!”

It’s a pity that Jia Cong’s face didn’t look as furious as Kong Zongren had imagined.

The sword shadow turns into blue cloud, and the cold light disturbs the universe!
Although the power brought by the burning spirit is strong, it is ultimately like rootless water.

One point spent is one point less.

Difficult to sustain.

In this regard, the semi-saints of Confucianism and Taoism are far inferior to the powerful Yangshen of Xuanmen in terms of flexibility of means.

Half an hour later.

The Qingyun Sword slashed across Kong Zongren’s neck.

A sword pierced through the throat.

After taking a look at the happy smile still on Kong Zongren’s face, Jia Cong spoke lightly.

“If I wasn’t absolutely sure, why would I come to Jinling City?”

“By the same token, if I wasn’t absolutely sure, why would I leave Shenjing City?”

The words fell.

The expression of revengeful pleasure on Kong Zongren’s face suddenly froze, and then completely solidified.

Lost breath.

……

At this point, a great war finally came to an end!
The battles on the other two battlefields also came to an end.

Punish the evil, eliminate the demons, suppress the barbarians, pacify the barbarians, and eliminate the bandits!
The First Ghost Army Corps is composed of five ghost armies, with a total of more than 54,000 ghost soldiers.

Although there is no fourth-level ghost commander, they are led by fifty third-level ghost generals.

They were also unstoppable on the battlefield.

Without suffering much loss, they penetrated, divided and wiped out the enemy forces that were three times their number!
Even Western soldiers are flesh and blood, and have emotions of fear.

An army that can survive a collapse even if it suffers 30% casualties is already considered elite.

The battle damage was 50%, comparable to an iron army!
But even the Iron Army is far from comparable to the ghost soldiers who are willing to fight to the last man for Jia Cong.

After this battle, the First Ghost Army captured a total of 70,000 prisoners, nearly half of the total number of enemies!

As for the fourteen fourth-level masters of the enemy, four great scholars of the Mohist school escaped, and the ten fourth-level masters of the four Western countries were all left behind by the ghosts and gods under Jia Cong.

This includes the previous battle in the Quanzhou waters where Jia Cong led the South China Sea First Fleet against the Far East Combined Fleet of four Western countries.

The four Western countries have lost eighteen fourth-level masters at the hands of Jia Cong.

Masters of this level usually guard their own areas, either in large local towns or overseas colonies.

Eighteen statues were destroyed within one year!
Not only did he destroy all the fourth-level masters of the four Western countries in the Far East, but also several of them were temporarily transferred from the four countries’ homelands.

If they continue to draw masters from the fourth realm here, there will be a shortage of masters in their homeland and overseas colonies.

……

“Today the Kong family rebelled and Jinling was besieged!”

“It was thanks to Marquis Jing’an’s timely arrival that the siege of Nanjing was lifted.”

Above the sky, Liu Yashan, a martial arts immortal from the royal family, expressed his gratitude to Jia Cong politely.

“This matter was originally caused by me, and I will be responsible to the end.”

“If I really want to thank someone, I would still like to thank Ge Yan and Ge Yuan from the Gexian Sect, as well as Lord Jianwen for coming to help!”

“This is how we were lucky enough to achieve some results.”

Jia Cong shook his head and attributed the credit to Ge Yan, Ge Yuan and the half-saint of the Legalists, Tang Jianwen.

Having said that, everyone present knew it.

Jia Cong’s enmity with the Kong family can be traced back to his first trip to the south of the Yangtze River when he wanted to eliminate the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou.

The salt merchant invited Kong family’s second son, Kong Chengxiang, which marked the beginning of the battle with the Kong family.

In the final analysis, it was all because of the grudges that occurred when he worked for the royal family.

“Hahaha, Marquis Jing’an is joking.”

“Three semi-saints of the Kong family were killed in one day. I’m afraid the backbone of the Kong family has been broken.”

“How can this be a trivial achievement?”

Master Ge Yan of the Gexian School stroked his beard and said with a smile.

This time, the Kong family, the Mohist school, and the four Western countries joined forces to dispatch ten fifth-level masters.

In Jia Cong’s calculations, the three semi-saint fighters of the Kong family, including Kong Zongren, died!
Only three of the ten men were left. It seemed that the results were average, but things were not simply a matter of comparing numbers.

When one reaches the fifth level, it is no longer something that can be achieved by talent, opportunity, or perseverance alone.

In a one-on-one fight, it is simply a fantasy for a fifth-level being to detain another one.

Even if you try desperately to keep him, if he counterattacks before dying, there is a high possibility that you will be dragged down and killed together with him.

Therefore, unless it is a life-and-death feud, no one would force an opponent of the fifth realm to stay.

And Jia Cong is ten against ten!
But there were three left!

No one can help but exclaim in horror at this kind of outcome!
Ge Yan has been practicing for so long that he is not only strong, but also has an accurate ability in judging people.

Since Jia Cong rose to prominence, he has always been able to defeat the strong with the weak like walking on a tightrope.

It’s okay once or twice, but after so many times, can it be attributed to luck?
Just from this campaign in Southeast Asia, Ge Yan saw it most clearly.

Jia Cong made many plans and tried many times, almost guessing every move of the Kong family. Such a character and means can be described as more than just a monster.

“You are so kind!”

Jia Cong nodded slightly and waved his hand.

Four streams of light flew over!

This is the most important spoils of war this time!

A total of four and a half sacred treasures.

Among them, the one from the Kong family who was in the fifth stage of the Semi-Saint realm left two pieces, and the remaining two people each left one piece!
“It is with your help that we have finally broken the siege of Jinling. It just so happens that each of you will get one of these four semi-saint treasures.”

“Don’t dwell on what’s good and what’s bad.”

As Jia Cong spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed, and the four semi-saint treasures fell right in front of Ge Yan, Ge Yuan, Tang Jianwen and Liu Yashan.

This unhesitating move once again made Ge Yan admire him.

Even if the semi-saint treasure is not as valuable as the eight-refined magic weapon used by the Xuanmen monks!

That is also used by cultivators in the fifth realm. It is not cabbage and its value cannot be estimated with common items such as gold or silver.

If anyone gets it but doesn’t treasure it well, he might be able to use it as a trump card in the future.

But Jia Cong divided the spoils without hesitation.

This demeanor alone is far superior to Ge Yan’s.

It’s not like the world’s top-notch Taoist sects had never been on good terms with the Gexian Sect in the past, but this time the great conflict broke out.

The Gexian faction still chose to ally with Jia Cong.

What for?
In the final analysis, it all comes down to being fair and distinguishing between gratitude and resentment!

He was ruthless in dealing with his enemies and was ruthless in eradicating them completely.

He was generous to his allies and was not greedy when it came to sharing the profits.

No one could have imagined that this was the behavior of a twelve-year-old boy.

“Please don’t refuse, otherwise I will feel uneasy!”

Seeing that Ge Yan was about to refuse, Jia Cong hurriedly added with a smile.

Cultural treasures have a price, but friendship is priceless.

Not to mention anything else, but the friendship between the Legalist Tang Jianwen and the Gexian School’s Ge Yan, a mid-stage Yangshen master, who hid in the dark all the way and followed the army on the southern expedition so as to provide support at any time.

It is more than what can be exchanged for a semi-saint treasure.

The biggest spoils after this war seemed to be four semi-holy treasures.

actually not!

Look at it from Jia Cong’s perspective!
The development of Shinto, to be more specific, requires silver, land, resources, and the souls of merit that can be canonized as ghosts and gods.

From a macro perspective, it’s prestige!
With his high prestige, all the heroes in the world considered it an honor to join Jia Cong.

He worked for Jia Cong during his lifetime and made contributions to the Shinto shrine after his death.

When it comes to prestige, what could be faster than climbing to the top by stepping on the corpses of the most sacred family, the Kong family?
“Then I will be ashamed to accept it!”

Seeing Jia Cong’s firm attitude, Ge Yan accepted the Half-Saint Wenbao.

With treasures of this level, no one would think it is too much, even if no one in the Gexian Sect practices Confucianism or Taoism.

There is always a place where it can be used.

“My Lord, what are your plans next?”

“I just heard that the thief from the Kong family said that he has sent people to Shenjing City to harm the family of the Marquis.”

“They are just a bunch of cowardly people hiding their heads and leaking their tails.”

“I have left enough people in Shenjing City to deal with the Kong family’s counterattack.”

Jia Cong shook his head and continued.

“In comparison, I am more interested in the Kong family’s ancestral land in Qufu.”

“For countless years, Konglin has been regarded as a holy place for Confucianism and Taoism, but no one except the direct descendants of the Kong family can set foot in it.”

“Hahaha, Lord Marquis is right. I have lived for so many years and have been extremely curious about Kong Lin.”

As soon as Jia Cong finished speaking, Ge Yan took over the conversation.

Before, although the Gexian faction had formed an alliance with Jia Cong, Ge Yan was unwilling to accompany them to the Kong family’s ancestral land to find out the truth.

But after dividing the treasure just now, Ge Yan truly saw Jia Cong’s character.

If I don’t continue to make friends and get closer to them now, I’ll have lived in vain for so many years.

“The Kong family actually dared to rebel openly. This is a good opportunity to see what they have hidden in Konglin.”

“Miaoji, today we, the ten fifth-level masters, have joined forces. Where in this world can we not go?”

With Ge Yan taking the lead, Liu Yashan and Tang Jianwen also followed suit and expressed their opinions.

“This time we are going to Qufu, our main purpose is to test the waters. If something goes wrong, the four of you will leave first.”

“I have my own way to break away and escape!”

After hearing this, Jia Cong gave instructions to several people.

It is still unknown what is in Konglin.

But Jia Cong knew exactly what he had.

The innate gods, born of heaven and earth, are immortal!

The development of Shintoism to this day has created fertile soil for Shintoism that far exceeds Jia Cong’s priesthood.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to condense the prototype of a higher level of priesthood in advance so many times.

After reaching the fifth rank of priesthood.

With the current scale of the Shinto shrine, even if Jia Cong died, it would take at most three years or at least one year.

With the daily prayers of Shinto believers, Jia Cong will be resurrected.

In Jia Cong’s opinion, it is a good deal to use a short sleep to get a glimpse of the Kong family’s greatest assets.

Of course, this is just the worst-case scenario.

Even if ten fifth-level masters joined forces, the result might not reach this level.

“good!”

Ge Yan bowed his head.

At this time, Jia Cong took the initiative to mention the matter of cutting off the retreat, comparing it with the previous incident where Kong Zongren abandoned the Yan brothers.

This undoubtedly made Ge Yan more convinced that it was correct for the Gexian faction to seek Jia Cong as an ally in this great struggle.

……

Shenjing City

cabinet
“Your Majesty, the battle report came from the Shenwu Camp yesterday. Commander Zhang Tingjun, under the order of Your Majesty, has launched three attacks on Mobei from Datong in the past six months.”

“We defeated five Tatar tribes, killed 30,000 enemies, and seized more than 100,000 cattle, sheep and horses.”

“All 120,000 soldiers of the Shenwei Camp have been recruited.”

“Among them, 20,000 were elite soldiers drawn from the nine frontiers as the backbone, and another 100,000 were recruited from good families in Shaanxi and Sichuan.”

“They are all strong and healthy people.”

Lin Ruhai reported to Emperor Shunde on several major issues that the cabinet had handled recently.

What was originally supposed to be done by the cabinet chief minister, Li Ge Lao, is now gradually being taken over by Lin Ruhai.

Emperor Shunde’s attitude was already known to everyone in the court and the country.

“I understand.”

“Lord Lin, in your opinion, who is the most suitable commander of the Divine Might Camp?”

Emperor Shunde nodded and asked Lin Ruhai casually.

Inspired by Jia Cong, Emperor Shunde fully realized the benefits of the position of Principal of Dongli Academy.

There are also completely different views on the Daqian military system.

Previously, all the troops in Daqian were nominally under the jurisdiction of the Five Military Commanderies, but later on, the troops in various places ranged from small garrisons to large local camps.

They all have their own commanders.

Logistics are under the control of the Ministry of War.

Rather than letting these civil servants and generals take charge of the military, which would lead to rampant corruption.

Why couldn’t Emperor Shunde take charge himself?
Therefore, after the Shenwu Camp, the second military force, the Shenwei Camp, which was personally under the command of Emperor Shunde, also began to be built!
(End of this chapter)