Chapter 182: Stabbing a brother in the back, the Rebel Alliance was defeated
The ninth day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Chongzhen.

Night has fallen and the lights are coming on.

A family dinner is being held at the residence of Wang Jiayin, the chief leader of the rebel forces in Qin and Jin provinces.

This was because Wang Jiayin saw his two right-hand men: his brother-in-law Zhang Liwei and his cousin Wang Guozhong, who came uninvited tonight, so he happily hosted this family dinner.

After three rounds of drinking, the three men’s faces were flushed with wine. Zhang Liwei and Wang Guozhong stood up and walked to Wang Jiayin’s side to urge him to drink.

“Brother-in-law!”

“Brother!”

“After drinking this cup, don’t drink again tonight. We still need to be vigilant at night to prevent the government troops from attacking at night. We can’t make mistakes!”

“Yes, yes! Brother, let’s do it!”

The three of them raised their glasses together and drank the wine in their hands.

“Pfft!”

However, at this moment, Wang Jiayin only felt a sharp pain from his heart, and suddenly felt weak all over, and was about to fall to the ground!
“Why are you?”

He turned his head with great effort, only to see his wife’s brother Zhang Liwei, who was looking at him coldly with a bull-horn magic weapon in one hand and a bloody heart in the other!

The heart in his hand, which seemed to be still beating slightly, was the one that Zhang Liwei had just dug out from Wang Jiayin’s back using the ox-horn knife in his hand!

“why?”

Wang Guozhong supported Wang Jiayin’s body and turned him slightly to prevent the hot blood gushing out from the big hole on his back from staining their clothes. Hearing this, he gritted his teeth and said, “I’ll let you be a ghost who understands.”

“Wang Jiayin, do you think the rebellion will succeed?”

“Why don’t you take a piss and look at yourself? What do you look like? Are you still thinking of rebelling and becoming the emperor?”

“You will be killed by the government sooner or later anyway, so why not let the two of us send you off early!”

“Lord Hong Chengchou and Lord Cao Wenzhao have both promised us that if we kill you, not only will we, the relatives of the traitor, not be held accountable, but we will be given great merits and the court will be asked to at least give us both fourth-rank military officers!”

“From now on, you will be able to bring honor to your family and rise to prominence in the near future!”

“Okay, you can go die!”

After he finished speaking, he swung the sharp knife in his hand, and with a flash of the knife, he cut off Wang Jiayin’s head. He held the man’s hair in one hand and kicked his headless corpse aside!
Poor Wang Jiayin reaped what he sowed. He was stabbed in the back by his most trusted brother-in-law and cousin. He died with his eyes open!

“Guo Zhong! Lord Hong Chengchou has assembled a large force at the west gate. Let’s go over there quickly to open the west gate and welcome the government troops into the city!”

“Yes, Brother Liwei, let’s hurry to the west gate, in case something unexpected happens, that would be bad.”

“Anyway, the people guarding the west gate tonight are all our trusted soldiers.”

“Oh, right! I also need to bring the official seal of Yangcheng with me and completely destroy the city’s protective formation. This is to prevent someone like my brother who has awakened his star destiny and can manipulate the city’s protective formation from appearing and taking control of the city’s protective formation again!”

“Very good! Brother Liwei is indeed very thoughtful. You are worthy of being General Cao Wenzhao, who was favored by Lord Hong Chengchou, and a grassroots general under his personal guard!”

After a while, the two men took Wang Jiayin’s head and the official seal of Yangcheng, quietly walked out of the gate of the mansion, and flew towards the west gate at full speed!

A quarter of an hour later, as the west city gate suddenly opened, teams of elite cavalry from the border army, led by Cao Bianjiao and You Shilu, rushed into Yangcheng in an endless stream!

“kill!”

“Kill all these thieves!”

“Master Hong said that for every thief’s head, there will be a reward of ten taels of silver! For every thief’s head, the rank will be promoted one level!”

“Master Hong always keeps his word! Soldiers, follow me and kill the bandits!”…

Under the cover of night, the entire Yangcheng was suddenly filled with deafening shouts of killing, and instantly fell into a bloody storm!
……

The rebel armies in the two provinces inside the Great Wall were plunged into dire straits. Countless people were killed and wounded overnight, and it was unknown how many survivors there were.
However, at the source of the Jialu River outside the Great Wall, the construction of the Fuxing Army’s base is in full swing!
In the blink of an eye, it is March.

At this moment, this medium-sized spiritual land no longer had its original appearance and had changed drastically.

There are nearly 10,000 craftsmen of various kinds in the Fuxing Army, most of whom are highly skilled. Many of them are even master craftsmen who have participated in countless government construction projects and are very good at their craft.

Several large brick kilns for firing blue bricks, large lime kilns for firing lime, and tile kilns and porcelain kilns for firing various colored tiles and porcelain were also easily built and put into operation by these experienced craftsmen.

Since there was no shortage of technology, various building materials, and manpower, with the help of a large number of warriors, and more than 20 large treasure ships that continuously mined and transported back large quantities of various building materials from both sides of the river, the military and civilians worked together and it took nearly three months, which was enough time for everyone to complete the various projects planned by Li Dingguo himself.

Surrounding the entire huge Linghu Lake, there is a large and very neat and orderly town.

Along both sides of the lakeside avenue, neatly arranged rows of new courtyard-style houses are lined up. On both sides of the thirty-meter-wide blue brick avenue around the lake, trees transplanted from outside via the treasure ship are planted in an orderly manner.

The large public toilets every 100 meters on both sides of the Ring Road around the lake are buildings that do not belong to this era.

Apart from the lack of any city walls, there is basically no big difference between this place and other large towns within the Great Wall.

This brand new town is exceptionally clean and tidy, with various buildings arranged neatly, which is incomparable to any other town within the Great Wall.

Li Dingguo was very strict about hygiene and would not tolerate any violation.

Five large military camps are located in the four directions around this new large town, guarding this vibrant new lakeside city.

Although it has no city walls, this large new town outside the Great Wall is much safer and more comfortable than most of the large cities inside the Great Wall.

At this time, the island in the middle of Linghu Lake has completely changed.

There are various exquisite pavilions and towers with distinct layers. A large number of flowers, plants and trees have been transplanted on both sides of the blue brick avenue around the island and are arranged neatly.

This island in the middle of the lake will serve as the headquarters of the Renaissance Army in the future. It has taken the efforts of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians, and every building, no matter how big or small, has been built to perfection.

The most eye-catching building complex is the military headquarters building, which covers an area of ​​about nine acres.

Although it was only a two-story building, it was built like a gorgeous castle. Even the ground was covered with brightly polished bluestone slabs, which made people feel relaxed and happy. This military building was located in the center of the island, built on the edge of the highest mountain on the island, making full use of various terrains and trying not to waste any space.

In the huge backyard of the military building, there is an artificial lake formed by a large spiritual spring.

This was built by hundreds of skilled craftsmen who followed the drawings provided by Li Dingguo and excavated the area around the large spiritual spring through reasonable transformation.

Next to the Linghu Lake, which covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, there is a brand new courtyard building covering an area of ​​nearly a thousand square meters.

This is the new home of Li Dingguo, Hongmei and Xiao Douya.

On the entire island in the middle of the lake, apart from the dozens of courtyard buildings on both sides of the ring road, which are the new homes of various high-ranking military generals, only Li Dingguo’s family lives on the island.

Even among the dozens of courtyard houses along the Ring Road, most of them are still empty and no one lives in them.

Generals who have not reached the commander level are not qualified to live here.

This requires that someone has made sufficient contributions in the future and be promoted to a new leadership level.

Li Dingguo wanted to tell the officers and soldiers in this clear way that everything in the Fuxing Army is based on military merit, and the capable will be promoted and the mediocre will be demoted.

If you want to live on the island in the middle of the lake, you have to show what you can do!
In addition to these few buildings, the entire island in the middle of the lake is now covered by an enhanced version of the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array, and everywhere are various spiritual plants that have just been transplanted or planted not long ago.

The core of this enhanced Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array is naturally the Earth Spirit Pearl that has been transferred here.

The five elements spirit gathering formation set up this time was composed entirely of the inner cores of fourth-level monsters. As a result, the already very good spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the island in the middle of the lake was almost completely vaporized and looked hazy.

At the locations of the formation nodes, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth liquefied into streams of varying sizes, meandering along the low-lying areas in all directions.

After a round of extensive transformation, the island in the middle of the lake looks like a fairyland from a distance, which is amazing.

“Brother, Sister Hongmei!”

“Come and see, there are new discoveries here!”

At this time, Xiao Douya’s cry was heard from the edge of Xiaoling Lake in the middle of the lake island.

Li Dingguo and Hongmei were seriously performing two ancient five-element basic spells towards a large spiritual field. When they heard Xiao Douya’s shouting coming from the other side, they looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

Since moving into his new home, Xiao Douya has been running around on the island in the middle of the lake every day. It seems like he can’t get enough of looking at this fairyland-like island.

I don’t know when she will stop being so curious and be able to calm down.

The two of them then displayed their skills and flew towards where Xiao Douya was.

“Brother, the mysterious tree root you have been taking care of for the past two months has finally started to take root and sprout today!”

Xiao Douya looked delighted, pointing to an inch-long seedling that had sprouted from the ground, and said to Li Dingguo and Hongmei who had just arrived, “Why does it grow so strangely? The leaves of this seedling are actually five-colored!”

“And I can sense that the vitality that has been completely revived in this seedling is actually too strong!”

“When I stand near here, I feel refreshed and clear-headed.”

She had nothing to do today, so she came here to see whether the piece of dead tree root that Li Dingguo was most concerned about was alive.

As a result, I was really surprised that it actually took root and sprouted.

This seedling, which has only emerged an inch above the ground, has leaves in five colors. They look crystal clear and very beautiful.

None of the three had ever seen such a magical spiritual root seedling.

“Brother Dingguo.”

Hongmei observed it carefully, and then said to Li Dingguo, “This miraculous seedling looks like a sapling, but it might be an unknown spiritual root fruit tree, and its grade will not be low.”

“The breath of life it contains is so rich. It is at least a rare high-grade spiritual root. It may even be a top-grade spiritual root.”

“If it is a fruit tree, it will be even better. In the future, when its fruits are ripe, we can eat them directly.”

She was right. If this magical spiritual root was a spiritual fruit tree, it would most likely be harmless and could be eaten directly given the rich breath of life it was emitting.

Even if you can’t tell what species it is, it’s definitely edible.

“Well, not bad, not bad.”

Seeing that the mysterious tree root he had cultivated had finally begun to take root and sprout, Li Dingguo was very happy and said with a smile, “I believe that with the nourishment of the rich spiritual energy in the core area of ​​this mid-grade spiritual land, the assistance of the Five Elements Gathering Spirit Array and the Earth Spirit Pearl, and the cultivation of the ancient Five Elements basic spells we are using, its growth rate should not be slow.”

“Whether it is a fruit tree or not, the strong breath of life it exudes now must be beneficial to us. Maybe in the future, it can give us a big surprise.”

There are some magical legends about spiritual roots in this world, but Li Dingguo has never seen any relevant books or records so far.

Although he guessed that this spiritual root fruit tree was extraordinary, he was still confused.

But no matter what, it is undoubtedly a rare spiritual root of very high grade.

“Xiao Douya, Hongmei, the two of you please move aside for a moment.”

He waved his hands at the two girls excitedly and said, “I will cast the Earth Spirit Technique and Cloud Rain Technique on it once each, and try to replenish the energy it needs for growth.”

Now that he had seen this mysterious spiritual root begin to take root and sprout, Li Dingguo would of course do his best to cultivate it.

This spiritual root, which looks very extraordinary at first glance, might really give me a surprise in the future.

If it is an extremely rare and top-grade spiritual root, then you are very lucky.

Top-grade spiritual roots are extremely rare and generally grow in top-grade spiritual lands, most of which are occupied by top-level demon beast forces.

The legendary top-grade spiritual root is of great use to any warrior in the Qi Refining Realm, but unfortunately its maturity period is too long.

But no matter what, now that this mysterious and unusual tree root has begun to take root and sprout, it is a great thing that deserves everyone’s joy.

(End of this chapter)