Chapter 620 Southbound (Seventeen)
"What's the case with Han's surname?"
The lights were still on in Xie Yongzhi's house, and the flames of oil lamps on the short table were swaying, illuminating the room with a yin energy, like a haunted house. Xie Yongzhi's face was as gloomy as iron, and under the dim lights, he looked like an evil ghost who had just escaped from the underworld. Although Xie San opposite him was always kind to him, he was still frightened when he looked at Xie Yongzhi's appearance, and his forehead was covered with sweat.
He swallowed his saliva before answering: "It's still the same way, I'm not alive. If the Xu surnamed doesn't come in the past two days, he has to wait to collect his body. What kind of village party robes? I think it's all fooling people. Everyone is taking care of their lives these days. Who is willing to die for others? His mission and he has only four people, and one of them has been captured by us. How dare three of them come to seek death? In my opinion, Xu Le either fled back to Chang'an to move troops or go to Jiangdu to do so. He doesn't care about the life or death of this surname Han! It's useless to raise this person, and he has to prevent him from hurting people and escaping. It's better to kill him with one knife. Le handing over his head to the main family is somewhat of an explanation."
Xie Yongzhi looked at Xie San, but did not swear or get up and beat him up as before. Instead, he heard what he had to say. This reaction also gave Xie San courage. He coughed and continued:
"Now our opponent is not only Xu Le, but also a Meat Flying Fairy. I want to say that compared to these two, we should be more careful about Meat Flying Fairy Shen Guang. That man became famous earlier than Xu Le, and his skills were so powerful that he was scary. I heard that a pair of Meat Flying wings were born behind him to fly in the sky. When he was in Liaodong that day, he fell down from a cloud ladder that was more than ten feet high, and he spread his wings and flew back and forth several times. He did not suffer any damage at all, but instead scared several opponents to death. Who can compare with this method? No matter how many ambush we have, we can't prevent him from flying from the sky to kill people. Besides, this guy has naval troops under him. If he ignited a large group of officials and troops to kill Parrot Island, we would not be able to resist even if the entire army was wiped out."
"What should you do according to your thoughts?"
"Of course it's the best way to go!" Xie Sanzhuang raised his courage, "Kill the Han man and take his head to see his lord. We have some explanation. We still have a five-tooth warship in our hands. As long as we are determined to break through, the officers and soldiers will not stop us. No matter how capable the Meat Flying Immortal is, he will not fly to the ship to chase him. As long as the Duke of Tang's army arrives, we will take the warship with us. At that time, whether it is charging or working hard, we can make a contribution to the lord and make a future for ourselves. No matter what, it will be better than staying here. If you lose your family's fortune in this time, how can the lord revitalize the family business in the future?"
Xie Yongzhi saw Xie San frowned, but he did not make any noise. According to his past temperament, someone said such words, and he was already furious. He either cursed or punched him. If he got angry, he could kill someone.
But now the situation cannot allow him to have random attacks, so he has to suppress his anger and think about Xie San's words seriously. Otherwise, the slap may not be Xie San, but it is more likely that it will be the entire team and even the future of the Xie family.
The news that Shen Guang led his troops to come has spread on Parrot Island. Unlike Xu Le, Shen Guang is not old but has a long reputation. Whether it is the young master of the hero or the officialdom, he knows that the famous name of the Flying Immortal, and few people dare to provoke him. Even these Xie family members know that this person's art industry is amazingly difficult to deal with.
Originally, this person was regarded as a personal guard by Emperor Daye. No matter how powerful his skills were, it had nothing to do with the heroes of the green forest from both water and drought. However, he never thought that Emperor Daye would send him out to deal with this team this time. No wonder the head of the Xie family was so panicked after learning the news and ordered him to withdraw his troops regardless of all his orders.
As Xie San said, this group is related to whether the Xie family can revitalize their family business in the future. If it is destroyed by Chen Guang, it is unlikely to revitalize the reputation of the Wuyi Xie family. Killing Xu Le and his group can only be regarded as icing on the cake and not a timely help for the Xie family. Although it can be helpful to make good friends in the future when rewarding merits and practices, it is always necessary to have the capital to be qualified to get a share of the pie after Jiangshan Yiding.
Although the aristocratic families value their reputation, they pay more attention to strength, especially in troubled times. The Li family started out as a military Han and is now called the leader of the northern family. This is the best example. No matter how famous the Xie family is, how much their ancestors hide their luxury, if they do not have enough force, they are not qualified to participate in the sharing of the money, and the nobles will not speak for the Xie family.
In order to make good friends with the Li family, the head of the Xie family can intercept Xu Le and his party by losing some people. But the premise is that this team must be kept. Once this five-tooth warship and subordinates face a crisis of life and death, neither the Li family nor Xie Shufang's request will be taken into account.
Chen Guang led his troops to fight this time, and he was heading for this team. The Xie family also took a lot of effort to find out the matter at the last moment and inform the news in time. If he was one step later, the two armies would really encounter it on the water, even if the Xie family had five-tooth warships in hand, it would be difficult to get it well.
It’s not that Chen Guang’s ability is really so powerful that the last combat-reading unit of the Xie family is powerless to resist. At least in Xie Yongzhi’s opinion, from the perspective of combat power, his own people and horses are not unfair. After all, Chen Guang became famous for his martial arts, and not many people knew how capable he was to lead troops to fight. After all, war is not a war, and no matter how brave the general is, he cannot break the army alone. Besides, water war is different from land war. He has five-tooth boats in his hands, and his subordinates are used to manipulating boats. If he really let go of his hands and feet, it is still unknown who will die. The key to the fact that this team cannot fight with officers and soldiers is not combat power but the hearts of the people.
After all, the Xie family was in decline. Not only could they not maintain their reputation, but their subordinates. Even in order to save their capital, the lord did not hesitate to break the remaining troops that had bleed money and offered them to the remaining troops, but it was still unsustainable. This group of people has been a water bandit for too long. Even if they tried to make them different from the real water thief, they were still inevitably infected with the nature of the thief.
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong and greedy for life and death, the thieves' temperament made this team dare not fight hard. Xu Le and his party had only four people, and they were riding on a merchant ship, so they naturally dared to attack. Chen Guang was famous and came with thousands of troops, so they did not dare to go against him. Before they had fought, they thought they would lose, and they had lost more than half of the battle without fighting.
Even after retreating to Parrot Island, everyone's hearts were still unstable. The reason why people were panicked and even misleading the police and sent out the police siege in the past few days was that everyone was afraid of Chen Guang and the official army led by him. For the Xie family, this was something that had never happened before. Xie Yongzhi knew in his heart that although this team claimed to be the elite of the Xie family to cover up their identity as a water bandit, they were actually becoming more and more like thieves. If this continues, after a year or two, he will probably not be able to control them, and the head of the family will be in vain.
Just like now, on the surface, Xie San came out to persuade him, but behind him was the instructor of other leaders. Taking this opportunity to test it was also a showdown. Li Caosao and his men were just puppets and had a low status in the military. However, in the past two days, some people have been trying to win over him and make friends with him, so it is naturally not difficult to imagine his intentions. When it is a gang, these bandits are useless. But if they really fall into the grass in the future, Li Caosao and others can give guidance. Make friends with them, they are planning to really become water bandits. The so-called search for the head of the family is just an excuse, and the purpose is to instigate themselves to escape. As long as the Five-Toothed Boat drives out of the Parrot Island, the place below is hard to say.
From Xie Jiao who was blamed for misleading the warning, the morale of the army began to float. Those leaders and subordinates who did not want to fight tough battles began to regard themselves as enemies, and whether they were dealing with Han Yue or the laziness on the patrol, they all put pressure on themselves. Even if they were killed by thunder, others would continue to cause chaos or even take the opportunity to expand the situation. In this way, no matter what the result was, the Xie family was destined to be unable to save it.
Xie Yongzhi had never read a book and didn't know why. He only knew that since he was the leader, he had to ensure that this team would not disperse. Even though he knew that Xu Le would definitely come here to save people, his trap was enough to hunt this invincible general, and he could only be forced to compromise at this time. He nodded:
"You make sense. Han Da is like a tiger. He hurt our three brothers along the way. He should have chopped his head long ago. But he had to keep him against Xu Le, so he has kept him until now. Now that there is such a variable, it is useless to keep him. Just do what you said and chopped his head and took it away."
"Then let's withdraw our troops?"
"It will be done tomorrow morning, and half a day is enough to clean up the property. With the silk and the savings over the past few years, it is enough for us to hide outside for a while. Since the Rou Feixian is Yang Guang's confidant, it is impossible for him to stay outside and not return. As long as he returns to Jiangdu, this place will still be our world!"
Xie San showed joy on his face and couldn't help but thank his subordinates. Xie Yongzhi waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, just do the thing quickly. If you take someone to kill the Han surname, you must keep the head well and don't break it."
"Pack to someone!"
Xie San was happily walking out on the hilt of the knife. Xie Yongzhi looked at his back and frowned. Xie San, who has always regarded him as his arms, also stood on the opposite side at a critical moment. This group of people had fewer and fewer confidants. Xie Yongzhi was not stupid in his mind, and was influenced by the Xie family environment. He had taken a lot of attention from internal struggles and was particularly wary.
He knew very well what this situation meant to the commander of a branch, especially when people are unstable, it is most likely to cause fire. Even if the lord finds out in the future, he will not pursue it. Compared with his subordinates, in addition to guarding against the flesh flying immortals, he must also beware of the robes and siblings around him.
Japan has been very worried these days. Now that this happens again, it makes him feel even more uneasy, and he always feels that something will happen unexpectedly. Although Xie Yongzhi is loyal to the master's family, he is inevitably nervous when facing a strong enemy. As the leader of the army, he must be calm and composed, so the pressure he bears is particularly great.
In theory, since he agreed to Xie San's request and his years of gaining power, his subordinates would not change immediately. He would lead his troops out of Parrot Island tomorrow, and there should not be any changes that night. But for some reason, he just felt upset and restless. Xie Yongzhi had been on the battlefield since he was a child and lived to this day, and it was definitely not luck. He instinctively felt that something unusual happened tonight, but he just couldn't figure out where the problem was.
Listening attentively, there was no abnormal movement outside the door. I lifted my nose and sniffed it a few times, but I couldn't smell any strange smell. In theory, the world was peaceful, but the more I did, the more I felt something was wrong. This night, it seemed that it was too quiet...
Suddenly, Xie Yongzhi's expression changed slightly, he pushed the door and shouted: "Come here! Come and go to the prison cell to take a look!"
Since you don’t know where the problem lies, just go to the most critical place. If Xu Le comes, the prison cell will be the place for war. If Shen Guang comes... then you have to leave it to fate.
Chapter completed!