My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

[North City was besieged on all sides, with frequent battles. Duke Zhen Guo suffered severe injuries in battle against a Devil Emperor. Subsequently, many high-ranking officials of the Northern Expedition Army died in the conflict.]

[The injury of Duke of the State, Cheng Shiyuan, along with the casualties among the high-ranking officials of the Northern Expedition Army, greatly demoralized the troops.]

[An unforeseen upheaval caused by the Great Yan Dynasty gravely affected Duke Zhen Guo and many high-ranking officials of the Northern Expedition Army.]

[After Duke Zhen Guo and the high-ranking officials of the Northern Expedition Army fought desperately to repel the Demon Beasts, Qin Gaozhi, who took over Qin Yanqiu's position, gradually rose to a high rank within the Northern Expedition Army. Qin Gaozhi became the highest-ranking commander beneath you.]

[You hadn't expected that once Qin Gaozhi had risen to a high position, he would cease to be loyal to you and instead pledged allegiance to Emperor Zhou. Emperor Zhou also found an opportunity to take back the Northern Expedition Army, and the power of Duke Zhen's Mansion declined once again.]

[Even as the Great Zhou Dynasty continued to decline under the machinations of the King of South Ming and others, whether your Duke's Mansion had its own Northern Expedition Army became irrelevant—it couldn't reverse the decline of the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, you ultimately couldn't accept this situation.]

[You couldn't accept the betrayal of Qin Gaozhi, someone you had always trusted.]
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[Upon reflection, with the unexpected deaths of Duke Zhen Guo and the high officials of the Northern Expedition Army, power within the Northern Expedition Army inevitably fell into the hands of Qin Gaozhi, making him the top commander, second only to you. You sensed that there was more to it than an accident; it was definitely no mere mishap.]

[After the death of Emperor Zhou, Qin Gaozhi didn't pledge loyalty to the newly ascended Empress of Great Zhou, but rather sided with the King of South Ming. And after you killed the King of South Ming, Qin Gaozhi, fearing your revenge, disappeared without a trace.]

[You are determined not to let Qin Gaozhi off easily and vow to teach him a profound lesson.]

[Two-star mission: Teach Qin Gaozhi a profound lesson.]

[Mission reward: Devil Transformation Armor (Heavenly Grade)]

Cheng Guang listened attentively to the system mission prompt. As the mission prompt in his mind concluded, he was stunned.

What is this situation?

After Qin Yanqiu's death, did Great Yan Dynasty suddenly withdraw troops from the Border Area battlefield due to internal chaos?

What kind of turmoil was it that made the Great Yan Dynasty disregard the lives of all its citizens and retreat from the Border Area battlefield, allowing countless members of the Devil Clan to enter the dynasty's territory?

You should know that Cheng Guang vaguely remembered that in one of the system mission prompts, despite the dynasty being on the verge of being overthrown, Emperor Zhou still didn't allow Duke Zhen Guo to lead the Northern Expedition Army back from the Border Area battlefield.]

Could it be that the chaos in the Great Yan Dynasty was even more dreadful than the overthrow of the dynasty itself?

Cheng Guang didn't quite understand for a moment.

At the same time, his gaze also fell upon the name "Qin Gaozhi" mentioned in the system mission prompt.]

He had quite a memorable impression of Qin Gaozhi.

This man was Qin Yanqiu's sycophant, and not just any sycophant, but one who only allowed himself the pleasure, not letting anyone else even have a glance.]

Cheng Guang stroked his chin, examining the system mission prompt, with thoughts swirling in his mind.

The system mission prompt mentioned that because of the turmoil in the Great Yan Dynasty, many of the Devil Clan approached North City from the Border Area battlefield, putting North City into a state of being attacked from both inside and outside.]

But even so, Cheng Guang didn't believe that Duke Zhen Guo and the high-ranking officials of the Northern Expedition Army would die because of this.

After all, North City hadn't been breached, and no Demon Beast had broken through the Northern Expedition Army's defensive line to infiltrate the Great Zhou Dynasty's territory.]

Therefore, it was possible that Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, and Qin Beifeng, and the other high-ranking officials of the Northern Expedition Army, might have been injured, but it was absolutely impossible for them to have died.

Even if they had died, at most only one or two of them would have perished.

But...

All the high-ranking officials of the Northern Expedition Army dying at the same time, allowing a greenhorn like Qin Gaozhi to take a top position in the Northern Expedition Army, even becoming one of the highest commanders—

That was simply too absurd.

Cheng Guang speculated that there must be hidden circumstances that he didn't know about.

Perhaps Duke Zhen Guo and the high-ranking officials of the Northern Expedition Army weren't slaughtered by the Devil Clan but were backstabbed by their own people instead.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so coincidental.]

The thought made Cheng Guang's scalp tingle, and for the moment, he couldn't guess or figure out who might be behind such a move against Duke Zhen Guo in North City.

Moreover, this was a substantial plot.

To cause chaos in the Great Yan Dynasty, to withdraw troops from the Border Area battlefield, to let the Demon Beasts besiege North City, and to even plot to exterminate all the top powers in the Northern Expedition Army, including Duke Zhen Guo, a Sky-Man.

It definitely wasn't as simple as merely colluding with the Devil Clan.

Who could be the person behind this?

Was it Emperor Zhou?

Was it Qin Gaozhi?

Or someone else?

Cheng Guang felt utterly confused.

In his view, Emperor Zhou was unlikely to be the culprit. Perhaps Emperor Zhou was worried about the power of Duke Zhen's Mansion being too great, but he surely wouldn't have made these needless moves, for he was still relying on Duke Zhen Guo to guard the frontier of Great Zhou.

If he were to plot the murder of Duke Zhen Guo and the Northern Expedition Army's high-ranking officials,

In the end, if the frontier were undefended and disaster struck, the ones who would suffer the consequences would only be the Great Zhou Dynasty and Emperor Zhou himself.

And Qin Gaozhi...

Cheng Guang furrowed his brows, immediately dismissing this man from consideration.