as expected!
That night, as a young marshal and former army commander, Xu Ziling discussed the siege strategy with a group of generals and military advisors in his camp, but in the end he had no clue and could not find any effective strategy to defeat the enemy and had to go his own way.
After dispersing, when he was bored and patrolled the Chinese army camp with bright bonfires and tight security under the moonlit night, and when he reached the uninhabited high ground in the military camp, the imperial concubine Xuan suddenly said
Appeared in front of him.
God knows how the other party sneaked in quietly and waited for him here. Anyway, Xu Ziling was really shocked.
Of course, Xu Ziling, who knew that the other party was not kind or good, was more frightened, and there was definitely not much surprise anyway.
"ha!?"
"It turns out to be Master Fairy..."
"You are so unexpected!"
Under the moonlight, looking at the elusive nun in front of me who dared to break into the military camp alone, I remembered that my master and apprentice were bullied many times by each other when they were in Luoyang.
Just as he was about to say something, Xu Ziling's mouth suddenly showed a weird smile, and then he changed the subject and asked teasingly:
"but……"
"This is the camp of our Double Dragon Army. There are nearly 60,000 brave and skilled soldiers in the front, middle and rear camps. When Fairy Master comes here, aren't you afraid that I will yell and tell you whether Fairy Master will come back or not?"
Yes, Xu Ziling is not joking, he does have the urge to call people!
Although he has obtained various benefits of the 'He's Bi' and the 'Evil Emperor's Relic', and he had previously killed the "Scorched Earth Thousand Miles" Mao Zao within three moves, but facing the Cihang Jingzhai in front of him
He was still a little uneasy about the successor Shi Feixuan, and he did not have the confidence to defeat the opponent 100%.
After all, Huanwan had talked about it with the two brothers. That night, outside the Manqing Courtyard, she and Shi Feixuan fought with all their strength. At that time, it was said that if it hadn't been for their
Little Master Anne was present and secretly gave her guidance, fearing that she might have died!
Therefore, although his skills have greatly increased at present, facing the powerful enemy of Cihang Jingzhai in front of him, Xu Ziling, who lacks time to accumulate and digest the various benefits, of course does not dare to go against the opponent easily.
Especially now that as the head coach of an army, there is absolutely no room for failure.
certainly!
The most important thing is that, as far as he knows, this descendant of Cihang Jingzhai never acts alone!
For example: when he was in Luoyang, the other party had Ning Daoqi, the number one master of Taoism in China, "Sanren", many masters of the Li clan, heroes from all walks of life, and a group of eminent monks from Jing Nian Temple to support him; when he went to find Kou Zhong, in addition to
In addition to Chai Shao and Li Xiuning of Li Clan who went to Pegasus Ranch to avenge their kindness, there were also Fu Gongyou of the Jianghuai Army, Zuo Youxian, and a group of master generals under Xiao Xian and Zhu Jie!
But now, the other party came to look for him again, and it seemed that he had sneaked into the military camp alone. Xu Ziling couldn't help but feel guilty. He couldn't help but start to be wary of the darkness around him, not knowing what was lurking around him.
How many helpers are there from the other side?
The only thing that makes Xu Ziling somewhat relieved is that this is now within his own Chinese army camp. Although the opponent's masters may indeed be much more than his own, there are also more soldiers and horses on his own side. With swords, guns, crossbows and heavy weapons,
With the support of Arrow's guards, the two sides will fight to the death, but it's still uncertain.
"how?"
Looking at Xu Ziling's very rude tone, secretly guarded expression and small movements of looking around, there was a faint smile on that pretty face, and the charm of his posture was even more elegant in the moonlight, like a blooming epiphyllum.
Just like that, Concubine Xuan, who was looking so beautiful while looking at her, first sighed, and then she turned to Xu Ziling and asked softly and resentfully:
"Zi Ling seems to have a grudge against Fei Xuan?"
"Why are you so defensive?"
"Because of……"
"What happened in Luoyang at that time?"
Even now when Shi Fei Xuan thinks about what happened in Luoyang, she can't help but feel a little sad, sighing, and feeling ashamed and angry.
But no matter what, those things are in the past after all, and the dead can no longer be traced. It is useless for her to think about it, as long as she takes care of the present moment first.
"A grudge?"
Shaking his head, Xu Ziling said something slanderous and inconsistent.
"Ah!"
"How dare I?"
Although he said that, if he could, he really wanted to turn his face and refute it loudly: You, a master fairy, can easily attract a large number of helpers and use your power to overwhelm others. I, Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, are two brothers.
If it weren't for the influence of my master Anne, I would have died countless times by now. How could I easily offend a giant Buddha like you?
Of course, Xu Ziling would definitely not say that easily.
Even though the two dragons are currently at odds with each other and the forces they represent, he still needs to be a little cautious without completely breaking up, especially since practicing the "Secret of Immortality", his temperament has changed.
As he became more indifferent and calm, he did not want to make things worse without the other party showing any hostility, and he also did not want to easily fight with others.
"Don't you dare?"
"Does that mean there's still a grudge?"
"Why……"
After nodding her head and roughly understanding what Xu Ziling meant, Shi Feixuan sighed sadly again, and a more sad look began to appear on her face.
And if someone were here now and saw her expression, without knowing the whole story, they would definitely blame the stern-faced Xu Ziling on the side, right?
But fortunately, there are no other people here, and even if there are people, they will only be soldiers from the main camp of the Ssangyong Army. Even if they really see it, they will definitely follow Xu Ziling's orders unconditionally and will not easily favor or believe her pretentiousness.
of a strange woman.
"..."
"The moon is in the sky, the night is still young..."
"On the south bank of the river, next to Zhenjiang City..."
Then, without waiting for Xu Ziling to speak, the concubine turned around and walked to the bonfire not far away. She stood there majestically and began to look at the rugged river surface in the distance under the moonlight and the dark, ferocious beast.
Like Zhenjiang City.
If it were in the past, looking from here, it would have been a very beautiful picture of a moonlit night with thousands of lights and stars shining on it, right?
However, at this moment, after the Ssangyong Army began to attack Zhenjiang, under the curfew, the usual lights of thousands of houses in the city had been extinguished long ago. On the contrary, the lights on the city were bright and there were many people, and Li Zitong on the river was
The ships of Wu State came and went in a hurry, and under the endless chill, all the beauty was washed away.
"Such a beautiful scene at such a beautiful time, but it contains endless murderous intentions and wronged souls..."
"Ziling."
"You said, when will there be peace in this world?"
After looking at the moonlit river scene for a while and softly chanting a few words with emotion, Master Feixuan suddenly turned around and asked Xu Ziling with a compassionate gesture.
"..."
It's a pity that Xu Ziling didn't talk to him.
He just waved his hand towards the distance and seemed to have discovered the situation here and the strange woman Shi Feixuan was talking about. He waved to the patrol soldiers who were hesitating whether to come over to investigate. After gesturing to indicate that the place was okay for the time being, he took two steps forward and stood.
He reached the side of Shi Feixuan and looked deeply at the river.
"Peace?"
"Ah!"
After a long time, when Master Fei Xuan couldn't bear it any longer, he smiled resolutely and murmured like a chant:
"The peaks and ridges are like clusters, the waves are like raging, the mountains and rivers are inside and outside Tongguan Road. Looking at Jiangdu, I feel hesitant. I am sad that wherever the Qin and Han Dynasties traveled, thousands of palaces and palaces have been turned into dirt."
"When prosperity comes, the people suffer; when it dies, the people suffer..."
"If you want peace, unless the world is unified, otherwise..."
"Absolutely impossible!
"
Yes, when the world is in chaos, all the powerful families and heroes are taking advantage of the opportunity to cause cholera in the world. If you want to bring peace to the world and let the people live a good life again, in addition to wiping out the powerful families and the heroes who took advantage of the chaos,
, there is absolutely no other better way!
And this was the reason why Xu Ziling resolutely led his troops to attack Zhenjiang even though he didn't like fighting by nature.
Xu Ziling's brother Kou Zhong wants to be emperor and is competing for the throne. So what else can Xu Ziling do besides risking his life to accompany the gentleman and trying his best to bring peace to the world?
"!
"
"When prosperity comes, the people suffer; when it dies, the people suffer..."
She didn't expect that Xu Ziling could read such a good poem. Shi Fei Xuan couldn't help but be a little surprised and surprised, and couldn't help but murmur the last two lines and savor them carefully.
"Zi Ling is really talented in literature!"
"Fei Xuan has learned a lesson."
Then, with those eyes that were filled with wonder and shining with an inexplicable divine light, he could not help but look at the tall and handsome Xu Ziling in front of him for a long time, as if it was the first time he had met Xu Ziling, who was already an adult at such a young age.
After becoming the commander-in-chief of an army, a well-read, talented and charming young man, Shi Fei Xuan continued to smile and sigh:
"If all the heroes in the world could have Zi Ling's broad mind and compassion for the common people, why would the world be unhappy?"
"pity……"
"People's hearts are fickle and selfish, and Fei Xuan sometimes feels like she has no idea what to do."
After saying that, the master concubine Xuan turned around and stood a little closer to Xu Ziling, looking at the river view side by side, as if the two of them were the kind of close friends who talked about everything.
Or like a close friend.
"..."
Xu Ziling didn't say anything, just glanced at the other party blankly.
Although he wanted to say that the poems he saw in a miscellaneous book in senior Lu Miaozi's study, and those miscellaneous books were given to senior Lu Miaozi by their little master Anne, the poems were not actually his, Xu Ziling's
In the poem, he only slightly changed a few words.
However, he did not explain much in the end.
After all, the relationship between the two parties was very delicate, so he just continued to look steadily at the rugged surface of the river in the distance under the moonlight and the dark city of Zhenjiang, which was like a ferocious beast that wanted to choose people and devour them.
"Speaking of which..."
"Fei Xuan came down from the mountain to enter the secular world this time because she was ordered by her master to find a clear master for the people of this world, so as to stop the endless conquests and killings, and so that the people of the world can be relieved of the suffering of 'rise and fall' as soon as possible!
"
Then, after finishing the inspection, she saw that Xu Ziling didn't say anything. After thinking about it for a while, the concubine Xuan sighed with emotion again.
"But then..."
"When I look at Ziling today, it doesn't look like someone who has the ambition to conquer the world. I don't know why I lead troops here to fight. Is it because of Kou Zhong?"
"If not..."
"I expect that Dingzi Ling will bring a confidante to live a life of wandering around in clouds and wild cranes, making tea and cultivating Taoism without caring about worldly affairs, right?"
"How can one do such unprovoked killings outside Zhenjiang City like what they are doing now, so as to bring peace to the world as soon as possible and create more variables for the early emergence of the Ming Dynasty?"
As she spoke, Shi Feixuan once again slowly lowered her head with a wry smile, as if she was talking to herself, or she seemed to feel unfair about what Xu Ziling was doing?
"!
"
"I see."
"Tonight, Master Shixianzi is here to be the lobbyist?"
Although the other party did see through him at a glance, and he was very thorough in his words, knowing that he was indeed not the kind of person who liked to be competitive and focused on power, but after roughly understanding the other party's intention, Xu Ziling still looked at him with a glance.
Rin, then snorted in a very unkind tone.
"In that case..."
"It's useless to talk more. Fairy, please come back!"
Then, after one last glance at the other party, Xu Ziling finally had no intention of embarrassing the other party, but issued the eviction order with some displeasure.
"this!"
"Brother Xu..."
"No, Ziling..."
"Are you really unable or unwilling to contribute a small amount to the common people in this world and to help the countless suffering people in the world to escape from the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible?"
Although Xu Ziling changed his face instantly and saw through the purpose of his trip, Shi Feixuan was not too annoyed. She just continued to plead plaintively, trying to use the righteousness of the world to convince Xu Ziling, who in her opinion did not want to participate in the struggle for hegemony.
The young heroes of the world.
"This is a strange thing!"
"Shi Xianzi, is it possible that you think what Zi Ling is doing now is not to contribute to the common people of the world and to the early peace of the world?"
"Or……"
"Because Zi Ling's brother Kou Zhong is not the 'Ming Lord' that Shi Xianzi thinks in his heart, so Shi Xianzi wants to persuade or instigate Zi Ling?"
"In that case, Fairy, it's better not to waste any more words."
After speaking expressionlessly, Xu Ziling looked at Jiang Mian again.
At this point, he roughly understood what the other party meant.
Obviously, their Double Dragon Army's raid on Shen Faxing and Li Zitong must have frightened the other party and the forces they represented, so they tried every means to interfere with it?
However, if the other party thinks that relying on Shi Xianzi, Cihang Jingzhai and that beautiful skin, they can instigate rebellion or persuade themselves to give up their determination to attack Zhenjiang City and drive all Li Zitong's Wu army away from Jiangnan, then don't even think about it.
!
"Young Master Zhong is my brother, or my fellow disciple. We grew up together in Yangzhou. Our relationship cannot be changed by a few words from a fairy."
"Besides..."
"I still have a master here. Instead of wasting your time on me, you might as well try to convince my master!"
Of course, this last sentence was used by Xu Ziling to tease the other party.
In his opinion, no matter who it is, it is simply impossible to convince their Master Anne, because in terms of the so-called "righteousness of the world", it is nothing more than playing the piano to a cow or chanting sutras to a bastard. Anyway, he
They didn't think that the Master Fairy in front of them could convince them of the little Master who couldn't even figure out the temperament of the two brothers.
However, except for Huanwen!
That little witch seems to have developed a small method to deal with their master. Xu Ziling even felt that the reason why the other party became the fiancée of his brother Kou Zhong and reached a cooperation between the Shuanglong Army and the Yinkui Sect was very difficult.
Most of it is because the other party has taken advantage of their terrible little girl master in some aspects?
"Ziling..."
"!
"
Shi Feixuan paused for a moment. With a miserable face, she still didn't want to give up. However, just when she was about to say something more, she was suddenly startled, and then she frowned slightly and looked in a certain direction?
"That's it!"
"That's it for tonight. If you have time tomorrow, Fei Xuan should have a good talk with Zi Ling."
"See you later..."
"Wang Ziling, think twice, are you doing it for the livelihood of the people in the world?"
After saying that, perhaps out of fear of someone coming, Shi Feixuan took another deep look in a certain direction, then turned around and hurried away, quickly disappearing into the night, leaving only
Xu Ziling left behind a faint floral fragrance that lingered in the night wind.
"..."
Of course, Xu Ziling did not stop him because he had no reason to take action and felt that leaving the other party would only cause trouble and was not conducive to his attack on Zhenjiang. Therefore, he was naturally indifferent and allowed the other party to leave.
"Hello!"
"Xu Ziling, why are you here?"
soon!
The demon girl Hanwan from the Yinkui sect appeared.
She didn't mind at all that the soldiers of the Shuanglong Army cast strange looks at her, and directly used Qinggong to fly up to Xu Ziling and asked in a crisp voice:
"Who was that person just now?"
"Why does Wen'er look like that Shifei Xuan from a distance?"
Looking at the direction where the woman just left, and then at Xu Ziling standing here blowing the night wind in front of her, Huanwan couldn't help but start looking up and down at Xu Ziling with suspicious eyes while asking.
"No need to guess."
"That's her."
Xu Ziling did not hide anything and admitted it directly and openly.
"!
"
"What is she here for?"
"Why are you involved with her again?"
Seeing that Xu Ziling had no intention of hiding anything, although the expression on Huanwan's face looked better, she continued to stare at Xu Ziling suspiciously, not knowing what she was thinking.
"It's nothing!"
"Aren't you trying to instill in me Cihang Jingzhai's so-called philosophy of serving the people of the world?"
"Stop talking about her!"
After first skipping the topic of Shi Fei Xuan, Xu Ziling, who had already noticed that Huan Huan seemed to have made a breakthrough, couldn't help but exclaimed and asked:
"On the contrary, it's you. Your cultivation level seems to be higher. You have finally broken through the seventeenth level of "The Great Magic of Heavenly Demon"?!"
"Is the spiritual cultivation method that Master taught you really that effective?"
Thinking of that late night ten days ago, and remembering the unforgettable look when he saw Huan Huan coming out of Master Anne's yard, Xu Ziling firmly believed that it must be what he thought.
"ah!"
"That's right..."
Hearing Xu Ziling's story was mentioned again, Huanwan was aroused, and then the sly expression on her face that she originally wanted to ask about Shi Feixuan suddenly became a little awkward and unnatural, and she seemed unwilling to talk more?
"correct!"
"Where's the master?"
"She's coming too?"
Then Xu Ziling asked again and looked in the direction where Huanhua just appeared.
Although he was shocked by Huanwan's futile improvement in cultivation level, Xu Ziling was of course more concerned about whether their Master Anne had followed. If so, he might be able to ask the other party to help them pull out the Zhenjiang City.
nail.
For example, let their little master Anne take action and blow away the gate of Zhenjiang City with one palm?
"Are you asking Master?"
"She went to the Song Clan's mountain city!"
Huanwen said it directly and simply.
"The Song Clan came to invite them. They were originally looking for Kou Zhong, but when they saw that Kou Zhong was not around, they sent an invitation to her instead. She happened to have nothing to do, so she went along!"
"It was Song Yuzhi who came to invite him personally."
"Wen'er was originally planning to come and talk to you two brothers about this!"
She originally came here for this matter, but she had just met Shi Feixuan's nemesis, which attracted her attention immediately, so she didn't have time to take the initiative to talk about it.
"What?"
"Going to Lingnan?"
"But!"
"What is she doing in the mountain city at this time?!"
Hearing this, Xu Ziling immediately became confused.
He knew that at the moment, the Song clan was probably upset because they, Shuanglong, broke their promise and did not attack Chu State but instead went north to raid Shen Faxing and Kou Zhong suddenly cooperated with the Yinkui faction, but their master Anne happened to be at this time
Is it okay to go to Lingnan?
"Why are you panicking?"
"correct!"
"Where is my husband?"
Huanwan didn't think so and didn't explain. Instead, she asked about Xu Ziling.
"he……"
"He went after Shen Faxing!"
"It was he who asked me to besiege Zhenjiang first."
Xu Ziling hesitated for a moment, and finally just explained vaguely.
"Going after Shen Faxing?"
"Isn't Shen Faxing a complete failure?"
Huanwan frowned, because she could see that Xu Ziling seemed to be hiding something from her?
However, she felt that the concubine Xuan just had some conspiracy, and the Song family's invitation to Anne was more important, so she thought about it for a moment and didn't think much about it. She just hummed and said:
"never mind."
"Wen'er should go look for him on her own!"
After saying that, she used Qinggong again and floated towards the east like a ghost. She was not prepared to stay in this camp for a moment?
"you……"
Xu Ziling stretched out his hand and opened his mouth, but in the end he shook his head and did not hold back.
"..."
In this way, until the elusive little witch disappeared, and thinking about the equally elusive Shifei Xuan from before, Xu Ziling, who was in a state of confusion, could only look towards Zhenjiang City in the distance in the night and the river that was gradually returning to calm.
Look up.
Now, since he is the former army commander, his primary responsibility is to find ways to capture Zhenjiang as soon as possible and drive away or annihilate Li Zitong's soldiers and the difficult Qin Wenchao, and other things can be done
Let’s discuss it later.
But...
In a hurry, facing the impregnable Zhenjiang City managed by the enemy generals, facing the solid city connected to the river waterway and supported by the Wu Kingdom Navy from Li Zitong in the north of the Yangtze River, thinking about the futile offensive in the morning, at this moment
After a while, does Xu Ziling have any good ideas?
"That's it!"
"It's no use thinking too much!"
"It's better to go back and rest first..."
Therefore, Xu Ziling, who had no countermeasures for the time being, had no choice but to shake his head and turn around. He put aside the chaotic thoughts in his head and prepared to go back to his tent to rest. If there was anything he could do, he could wait until tomorrow to consider it.
After all, it was both Master Concubine Xuan and Huan Yaonu tonight. His mind was already messed up, and he didn't have any more experiences to think about for the time being.
"!
"
Otherwise!
He had just taken a few steps when he quickly stopped and suddenly turned around, staring at the Wu warships holding fish lanterns that were busy on the river in the distance, and then looked at the ships set up on both sides of the south and north of the Yangtze River.
Those two water villages.
After a long time, Xu Ziling's heart suddenly moved, and he finally came up with a brilliant idea to break the city.
"Ha ha!"
"Wonderful!"
"Just do it!"
Then, I don’t know what mysterious idea Xu Ziling came up with, which caused him to sweep away his previous decadent and tired look, and then just said a few random words, then gave a high-five, and then he was full of energy.
Turn around and leave quickly.
Under the moonlight, the endless chilling feeling is still there...
At this time, whether it was the Wu soldiers at the top of Zhenjiang City or the Ssangyong Army barracks outside the city, the lights were brightly lit and patrols were speeding back and forth. They were all on guard against each other and were not prepared to give the other side any opportunity to take advantage.
machine.
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Chapter completed!