ninety-eight, countermeasures
There is a pass that is only a few hundred feet wide between the mountains of Luan Die. There are 400,000 troops guarding here, blocking the Red Han army from the outside.
He Ciyan stood at the highest point on the top of the mountains, looked at the endless plain behind the mountain, slowly pulled out the sword sheath, and murmured in his mouth: "Swords are upright and gentlemen. Today, we should hold the straight sword in our hands to wipe out the vastness."
The blade was completely unsheathed and the cold light shone in the rising sun.
Yuan Weijing was by his side, his eyes surrounded by black cloth, allowing the corners of the dragon-patterned koi robe to float in the wind.
He Ciyan practiced sword skills in the first day middle school, waved his hand and threw the sword out of his hand. The tip of the sword pointed directly at Yuanwei, hovering in the air. "Is there any news about Ling Xi?"
"The spy sent a message and he was arrested in prison. The king envoy of the royal court recognized him and wanted to assassinate him, but failed."
"It seems that he is really unpopular there." He Ci smiled and said, "The people in Wangting want to kill him so much, it seems that he has caused a lot of trouble."
"Ling Xi has opposed the royal court many times, including the war between Yaqi and the two countries a few years ago. He has intervened in the recent civil strife in the Western Regions."
"The most coincidental thing is that he won. The two kings in the Western Regions were all dead. The elders changed to an obedient puppet and joined forces with Guyun Sect to drive Wang Ting out." He Ciyan raised his eyebrows and said curiously: "He also practiced the same forbidden technique as Wang Ting, Tian Ni. Ling Xi, Ling Xi, how many good things have you done?"
"Your Majesty asked me to warn you not to think of this Ling Xi anymore. This son is not a thing in the pool. Now he is getting richer and he is even more difficult to control. It is better to change to Ling Li and let him balance the court to control it." Yuanwei responded, his tone full of earnestness.
He Ciyan laughed disdainfully: "Ling Li? That cowardly waste? His younger brother was killed by Ling Xi and didn't dare to do anything. I believe that he is in control, and that he has the ability to help me balance the power of the court? That's a joke."
"Your Highness, think twice."
"Enough! Stop talking about this." He Ciyan shouted angrily: "I was able to play Ling Xi three years ago and let him come to beg me, and today I can do it."
Yuanwei stopped talking, bowed his head and said nothing.
The capital of Muzhou thousands of miles away was bustling with soldiers inside and outside the city, crowding all over the city walls. The road mobilized all the troops to gather here, preparing to attack Muzhou and go to the plains.
"Brother, just let Ling Xi out, he won't run away. Why are you keeping him locked up?" Ma Ying kept pestering the road and prevented him from focusing on his work.
The road was so annoyed that he waved, "Stop talking! This is impossible! I won't agree."
Ma Ying snorted coldly in anger, leaving him and said, "Ignore you."
"General Ma, the other generals are waiting in the meeting hall, you are the only one left." The commander said in the room.
"I understand, I'll go there right away." Malu picked up his hat, put it on and walked out of the house.
In the main hall of Muzhou Prefecture, everyone was waiting here early. It’s not that there was no other place to use it. The entire capital is the most luxurious of Muzhou Prefecture. Even if its owner took away a lot of precious calligraphy, paintings and jewelry before escaping, this building still has the solemnity and luxury it should have.
Every time Ma Lu came to the mansion, he would sigh that these bastards lived so luxuriously that they could not compare with them, who were born in rural and mountainous people.
He Shiying sat next to her seat and saw the road coming in, and smiled slightly at him.
Ma Lu's eyes dodged, and he did not dare to look directly at He Shiying. He quickly walked to the seat and sat down and said, "Everyone, we are now summoning the army to find out how to break through Luan Pass. Now He Ciyan is guarding there with 400,000 lackeys in the court. It is difficult to attack and easy to defend. Even if we have a million troops, we cannot defeat them there."
"If you want me to tell me, let's just establish a country. Anyway, Muzhou is rich and is a granary in the world. We don't have to worry about food and drink, so why do we have to continue fighting?" The long bearded man suggested: "One of us divides some territory and occupying mountains as kings. We are all able to break the territory and we are not afraid of them coming to attack."
"No vision." He Shiying rebuked after hearing this: "Do you think it's really that easy? The Tianwu Empire is now cooperating with Guyun Sect. When they ask for support from Guyun Sect, even I can't protect you."
"What do you think of the king?" The long bearded man responded unconvincedly.
He Shiying replied: "It is okay to establish a country, but you cannot truce the war with them, so that the Tianwu Empire will not have a chance to breathe."
"I have a plan." The thin man suggested: "The mountains around Luanguan are lush and plants are lush. We can take advantage of the fire in the south of the pass. That is the place where Liuli King is responsible for garrisoning. He is timid by nature, and he will inevitably panic when he sees the turbulent sea of fire. We will wait for an opportunity to attack and seize Luanguan. As far as I know, only one of the five scoundrels sent by the Tianwu Empire was a practitioner of Yuanling, and was stationed in the central Luanguan of Heciyan. Several of us can take action together and drag out this scoundrels so that they cannot escape to put out the fire."
He Shiying's eyes lit up and agreed, "This is almost the same. But I think it's useless to attack the pass guarded by King Liuli. It's better to add the northern Luan Pass where Lingli is located. Lingli is only in his early twenties, and he only led his troops during the Southern Hungarian Rebellion. At that time, we will attack three groups, and Ma Ying lure Lingli to lead his troops out of the pass. Ma Ying and I will join forces to uniform the only guarded Kanbiaojie, the North Pass, and then seize the North and South Passes together, and jointly accelerate He's words and let him be attacked from three sides."
"It's good to do it, but what should I do with that ferocious beast?" said the thin man worriedly.
They all knew about He Shiying's assassination of Ling Xi last night.
You should know that He Shiying is a nine-stage, close to the peak, and is also a person from the royal court. She has countless skills and can fight against the peak of the Kuai Realm.
The purple-haired beast was so cruel that it smashed He Shiying into the ground with one claw. The cruel aura that was occasionally exposed made them, the group of people watching secretly, feel a little palpitations.
"Don't worry about that ferocious beast. It is with that boy. As long as we keep it secret, it will guard the boy honestly and will never come to join the war. Besides, haven't I taught you how to stimulate potential? At worst, you can start the forbidden technique and you can easily defeat the group of the Tianwu Empire's broken realm." He Shiying immediately fed them a peace of mind so that they would not let them think about it.
The people from Malu thought about the changes that the Tianni Technique brought to him over the years, and no longer worried, they agreed.
After everyone left, the thin man's soul moved and a message came out.
A soldier a few miles away immediately took out paper and pen from his arms and wrote down a letter, recruiting a pigeon, and letting it fly to the direction of Luanguan with the letter.
Late at night, in a study room, He Ci lit a candle and read all night. He silently recited it in his mouth and recorded the obscure knowledge in the book. Yuan Wei pushed the door and held a letter in his hand: "Your Highness, our spies have important letters to report."
He Ciyan took the red line of letter paper and opened it to check the contents on it.
"Haha." He Ciyan couldn't help laughing: "It seems we have won. Get my luggage for me and get out of here."
Yuan Wei asked in confusion: "Why? Is there anything mentioned in the letter?"
"One of their generals turned against him. This is his confession. The evil people's plan was clearly written on it." He Ciyan kneaded the letter into a ball, put it in his palm and burned it with rootless fire. He spread the ashes in his hand and said slowly: "He also mentioned what forbidden technique is related to Tian Ni. Ling Xi should understand this thing. You will write an urgent letter for me later and find a way to hand it to Ling Xi, so that he can explain it to me."
"Yes." Yuanwei nodded and responded.
"I inform Ling Li and Uncle Liu, and those who are still able to break the boundaries, I want to discuss strategies against the enemy with them."
After thinking about it, Yuan Wei asked: "Do you have to be more cautious about this matter? What should I do if the enemy deliberately designed it to reveal it to you?"
"It's okay, we defend, they are attacking. You have to figure this out to make good use of strategies. Not every strategy can be used at will." He Ciyan picked up the book again and studied it.
"Your Highness, please take a rest. After discussing with them, it is better to go to bed." The Yuanwei covered the lamp paper, making the lights in the house dim.
He Ciyan smiled, poked a hole in the lamp paper, and read the book with a bright light: "Please take care of yourself."
Bang bang bang bang!
Ling Xi, who was practicing hard, was awakened by a series of knocks. A jailer stood outside the room and grabbed the iron railing and threw a stone inside, hitting Ling Xi.
"Hey! Wake up! Check it out!"
Ling Xi's cultivation was disturbed and he couldn't help but feel annoyed. Interference to others' cultivation is a taboo among practitioners like them, so serious that it makes overnight cultivation in vain.
The prison guard should be new, not very clear about Ling Xi's name, and was startled by Ling Xi's occasional outburst. Hong Jing, outside the cell, raised his head, and looked puzzled in his eyes. I don't know which one was unlucky and provoked Ling Xi.
The jailer staggered back a few steps and was frightened by Ling Xi.
Seeing this, several other jailers laughed gloatingly, and ignored Ling Xi and checked on other people who were imprisoned.
Ling Xi sat down cross-legged again, just about to practice, when Xiao Ling's voice came from his ears: "What's wrong with that stone."
Ling Xi swept to the stone when he heard this. There was a small note wrapped in it. He sucked the stone with his soul, held it in his hand and pinched it into powder, leaving only the small note.
Ling Xi spread out the notes to check. He was not as powerful as Xiao Ling's soul. He could recognize the fonts written on the paper by scanning it.
The information on the paper was unexpected to Ling Xi. He raised his head and took a look. The prison guard who had been scared by him had winked at him, hinting that he had sent a message.
Ling Xi hesitated whether to help He say something, Xiao Ling's faint words made him firm in his mind: "Don't forget that Ling Yingxi is also in Luanguan. How can she be finished under the nest?"
A small flame appeared at his fingertips, and he wrote a line of words on the back of the note, wrapped the note in the cracked divine ridge again with stones, and threw it to the prison guard.
The jailer picked it up as if nothing had happened and left.
Chapter completed!