With the problem of the Northern Barbarians resolved, there will be no more worries about the future.
No, Northern Plain!
Therefore, the main focus should be on the battlefield, especially the ongoing battle of the Great Wasteland Commandery.
He looked at Wang Yue beside him and said in a deep voice, " Wang Yue, what's the situation with Jiang Wei now? They've already advanced into Great Wasteland Commandery, haven't they?"
"My lord is wise!"
Wang Yue nodded and explained, "After Ma Chao and his men broke through Great Wasteland Commandery, Jiang Wei also led his troops to formally attack Great Wasteland Commandery. However, Ning Kun fought to the death and refused to retreat, probably waiting for his reinforcements!"
"How long until his reinforcements arrive?" Lin Yi naturally knew about these reinforcements; they numbered 300,000.
"One day!"
One day is enough!
Lin Yi did some quick calculations. A day was enough for Jiang Wei and his men to cripple Ning Kun, since they had already annihilated a large portion of his forces.
Ning Kun is simply putting up a tough fight right now!
This was an attack launched by five elite legions. Of the 300,000 troops he had temporarily mobilized, only 200,000 remained. How could he possibly hold them off?
"This Ning Kun has a good eye; he immediately figured out our lord's intentions. He wants to defend the Fishtail Mountain Range!" Guo Jia sighed and smiled.
Once they crossed the Fishtail Mountain Range, the Xiliang Army would be completely liberated.
The three major cavalry legions of Xiliang could drive straight in and kill their way to the Great Ning, or turn around and seize Mountain and River Pass. The initiative was immediately in Xiliang's hands.
Ning Kun did not retreat even when facing an army of 500,000, which clearly shows that he had also seen this point. Unfortunately, he was an enemy.
Lin Yi nodded and smiled, " Ning Kun can't hold up the ship alone anymore, that's no longer a problem. By the way, how are the southern aristocratic families reacting these days?"
He had issued an ultimatum to these powerful families through the Net; whether they would know what was good for them was another matter.
"Many of these powerful families have submitted, but some are not content with their current status and are secretly accumulating power," Wang Yue sneered.
Accumulate strength?
Lin Yi was both amused and exasperated. Great Ning couldn't even beat me, so what are you trying to build up? I'll crush you in a minute, you know.
These people really won't learn their lesson until they're faced with dire consequences; they still want to fish in troubled waters.
He sneered, "Write down all these names. We'll settle accounts later. I'll create a Blacklist and show them what cruelty is!"
A prominent family, right?
Under absolute force, powerful families are like toilet paper for wiping their own bottoms, used however they please.
Where is Zhang Jiao?
" Zhang Jiao has taken the initiative to contact Li Yifeng, the Prince of Min, and has now become Li Yifeng's strategist, currently recruiting soldiers and horses."
"As expected of you, Zhang Jiao!"
Lin Yi's lips twitched. This guy's methods were indeed unconventional; he had become a strategist in the blink of an eye.
On the other side!
After leaving the main hall, Wang Yining didn't linger at all and went straight out of the palace. Taking a breath of the fresh air outside, he felt a sense of relief, as if he had just escaped a calamity!
He couldn't help but mutter, "This kid isn't very old, but his aura is terrifying!"
Just now, he clearly felt from Lin Yi what it meant to have the power of life and death, and what it meant for an emperor's wrath to cause rivers of blood to flow!
He felt that if he said even one wrong word, the entire Wang Clan would be wiped out.
Just look at Ning Kun and you'll know.
With an army of 500,000 men storming into the Great Wasteland Commandery, their fate was sealed; it was estimated that Ning Kun's entire family would be doomed.
Just because Ning Kun attacked Xiliang before, they want to leave Ning Kun's corpses strewn across the fields. What domineering power this is! It's simply ruthless.
Lin Yi was terrifying at that moment!
This terrifying pressure stemmed from his strength, making even the head of the Northern Wang Clan feel suffocated.
"Father, are you alright?"
Seeing his father come out, Wang Zitao outside couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and quickly went to greet him.
Lin Yi is different now; he's quick to kill.
Wang Yining shook his head and sighed, "I'm alright for now, I've escaped a disaster, but who knows what will happen in the future!"
Now that I have written this proclamation, there is no turning back. I will probably have to rely on Xiliang from now on, otherwise it will be a path to death.
He hadn't known the strength of Xiliang before, but the deployment of five armies this time made him clearly realize how terrifying Xiliang was.
With this lineup in place, he saw virtually no chance of victory for Great Ning.
The Great Ning is now in complete chaos. Even with the emperor's full efforts to suppress it, public resentment is boiling over in various places, and with Lin Yi stirring up trouble behind the scenes, there will be no peace whatsoever.
Under these circumstances, the destruction of Great Ning was practically a foregone conclusion.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and said, "It's a pity that Zijin was so disappointing back then. If she had agreed to this marriage and hadn't caused trouble, she might have become a concubine, or even an empress!"
What a great opportunity, and you just missed it, you idiot.
"Empress?"
Wang Zitao glanced at his father and said irritably, "Father, aren't you overthinking this? The Eldest Princess and that Lady Cai Yan are still there."
"Hmph, you don't know anything!"
Wang Yining glared at him and said irritably, "Even if you become a concubine, you still have a chance to rise to the top. After all, Xiliang is about to rebel now. What kind of principal wife or princess will she become in the future? She has no chance of becoming empress."
That girl is so foolish!
Holy crap!
Upon hearing this, Wang Zitao was heartbroken. This was the closest he had ever come to being the emperor's brother-in-law, and he had missed it.
My dear sister is so foolish!
Wang Yining fell silent, his gaze fixed on the distant capital. He couldn't help but sigh, "Your Majesty, it's not that I, Wang Yining, have wronged you, it's just that the enemy is too ruthless!"
Once this manifesto was written, there was no turning back; he could only follow Xiliang down a dark path.
He knew Li Anlan well; he would even purge anyone who hadn't betrayed him, let alone someone who had betrayed him—he basically had no chance of survival.
In his hands, not a single dog in the entire family was left.
Thinking of this, Wang Yining made a decision directly and said in a deep voice, "Send someone to contact the Wang Clan in Shu Region and ask them to fully cooperate with the Net people to disrupt the entire Shu Region."
This is their last chance; otherwise, they'll just be a pile of corpses!
He was well aware of how terrifying Lin Yi was, a terror that the Wang Clan could not withstand. If they still didn't know their place, their future would likely be extremely miserable.
"Father, those people probably won't agree. They already refused before!" Wang Zitao said with a wry smile upon hearing this.
"Hmph, times have changed. Do you think they'd still be so tough now?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than he saw a group of people approaching. He frowned, realizing that it was indeed an acquaintance.
Yan Zhengsong!
The fact that this second-ranked family in the north actually came all the way from Mountain and River Commandery shows they've sensed danger.
He couldn't help but sneer, "See? The Yan Clan, one of the most powerful families in the north, is second only to the Lin family. They've actually taken such a huge risk to come here in person!"
This is because they feel the terrifying pressure from Xiliang!