The King of Beasts smiles but does not speak [Shan Hai Jing]

"The lonely general will die with the country. It can be considered that this life is not in vain."

Being given such a big gift by the lord of a country, it is inevitable for anyone to be in a hurry, but the man who was greeted with such a big gift by the lord of Lin's country just kept silent for a moment, and then smiled.

"Your Majesty, since you are not afraid of dying with the country, how can I, Zou Wu, be afraid?"

The king was startled, and slowly got up and raised his eyes to look at Zou Wu: "Sir..."

Zou Wu sighed, and said leisurely: "It has been 300 years since the mountains and seas changed and Jiu Ming was separated, and this Lin's country has also had seven generations of monarchs."

He stretched out his robe, and looked at the yellowed map engraved with the five kingdoms with emotion.

"I saw how you bravely resisted the annexation of other kingdoms, and I also saw how you finally surrendered helplessly."

Zou Wu took a step forward and lightly stroked the area where the Lin family was: "My spirit beast clan prides itself on being higher than humans. Now you humans all know that you must be loyal to your homeland. I am both a spirit beast and a descendant of the ancient kingdom The Lord has saved and entrusted us, how could it be possible to betray Lin's country at this time, and to live on mediocrity."

"gentlemen......"

"Anyway, Zou Wu has nowhere else to go." Zou Wu looked back and smiled calmly, "Then let's bet on life and death."

perhaps......

Maybe I can live up to the trust and let the lamps of the Jiuming Kingdom be lit up and down the Lin's country again, it's unknown.

The general Xuan Ning sent to encircle and suppress Lin's country was Li Rong's general Fu Liu.Although this general is an ordinary human being, he has a reputation comparable to that of a spirit beast.

Although Zouwu is a spirit beast, he is an auspicious beast, not a beast capable of fighting, so he is useless against such opponents.

The city wall was closed tightly, and only Fu Liu was leading the horse.Although this person has a human body and face, there are three sharp horns of the same size growing on his head.This sharp horn is the symbol of the royal blood of the Li Rong Kingdom.

He held a knife by the side of the horse, the light of the knife was cold, but there was no sign of agitation on his face.

Seeing that no one came to answer after waiting for a long time, he waved his hand behind him and said softly to the guards who came up: "Go pass the third letter of surrender."

Seeing that the other party accepted the order, he added: "If the lord of the Lin Kingdom still refuses to surrender, then...then attack the city."

The messenger galloped his horse back two steps, pierced the brocade silk on the sharp arrow, and suddenly raised his arm to shoot.

The arrow was steady and ruthless, and it was nailed straight into the wooden pillar on the city wall, leaving a silk thread with a letter of persuasion written on it.

The guards on the city wall gritted their teeth angrily when they saw the brocade book, but they could only pull the brocade off with trembling hands, handed it to the people beside them and said, "Go and pass it to the king."

The man took the brocade, but didn't move for a long time. Seeing his companion looking at him suspiciously, he choked up and said: "Three surrender letters, this is the last one...Are we going to perish?"

"What nonsense!" The guard pushed him hard, but his eyes were already red. "It doesn't matter whether the country is subjugated or not? We are the people of Jiuming. Even if we die now, we are still loyal to the old master." , and died at the hands of the rebels. Isn’t this much better than living like a grandson before?”

The guard holding the brocade smiled sadly: "You are right. In my Lin country, there is no one who is afraid of death."

He finally took a decisive look at the cavalry of the Li Rong Kingdom standing in front of the city gate, and then ran towards the palace without looking back.

The moonlight was getting thicker, and everyone was covered with pouring fine tea.

Fu Liu's steed was deeply impatient because of the long wait, neighed for a while, and took two steps on its hooves in the square inch boundary.

Fu Liu stretched out his hand to stroke the horse's mane soothingly, but kept his eyes on the tower vigilantly.

Above the city tower, it was as quiet as no one's land.It has been a long time since the third Jiangshu was introduced.

Just when the guards behind Fu Liu couldn't bear it any longer, and were about to step forward to ask for instructions again, several open flames were suddenly erected on the city wall.

Then, a man wearing a brocade robe walked around.

Standing beside this man was a man in brown clothes with handsome features. Even though he saw many knives and halberds in the city, the man in brown clothes still smiled unabated, and even gave Fu Liu a condescending salute.

Looking at the man in brown clothes, Fu Liu couldn't help showing a meaningful smile.

"Zouwu."

Didn't expect this spirit beast to be so attached to love and righteousness, that it would not betray Lin's country even in such a situation?Is this going to live and die with this country?

And since Zou Wu is already ready for battle, the one next to him...

Fu Liu took two steps back on his horse, and cupped his hands towards the top of the tower: "But I never thought that the Lord of the Laurin Kingdom would come to the front of the battle in person."

"Hehe." The lord looked down at Fu Liu and sneered, "I'm sorry for you staying in front of my Lin kingdom so late at night."

Fu Liu shook his head: "I dare not. But I dare to ask the lord, have you received the three letters of persuasion from Li Rong?"

"Received." The lord squinted at Fu Liu, "You know my answer, and it's interesting to waste so much time."

Fu Liu narrowed his eyes and raised his hand back.

As soon as he stopped gesturing, there was the sound of sharp arrows striking strings behind him.Thousands of sharp blades were all aimed at the Lord of Lin's Kingdom on the tower.

The people of Li Rong have always been famous for their superb archery skills, they can still shoot through Yang with a hundred steps, let alone a thousand arrows fired at such an obvious target.

As long as Fu Liu gives an order, the Lord of Lin's Kingdom will die together with the waning moon.

This is an inevitable fact.

But Fu Liu in front of the arrow array was not in a hurry to wave his hand. He looked at the Lord of Lin's Kingdom, then turned his eyes to Zou Wu, and then he let out a long sigh.

"But I don't want to, and now there is actually a country loyal to the Jiuming King Domain."

After all, Jiuming was an ancient country 300 years ago. For human beings whose lifespan is only a few dozen, that was a long time ago.

But the lord in front of him not only gave up his comfortable life as a vassal for this illusory "homeland" and resolutely decided to betray Xuanning, but at this time he was even determined to die with his whole country in order to show his loyalty to Jiu Ming!

Fu Liu slowly raised the long knife in his hand, and put it horizontally in front of his eyebrows for a moment, and then he immediately bent over and saluted.

This is Xuanning's highest etiquette besides the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers.

"I am truly grateful for your loyalty." Fu Liu sheathed his knife and slowly retreated into the battle, "But the enemy is different from us, and we are loyal to both... Please forgive me, I can only send you a ride gone."

He lightly raised his left hand, and just about to wave it in the direction of the king and Zou Wu.

——But someone took him one step ahead.

A shrill bird song suddenly resounded above the sky. The sound of the bird song came from far to near. Fu Liu and others, as well as the people of the Lin family on the city wall, all looked up.

But in the gloomy night, a small bird with light yellow soft feathers flew down lightly.

When the little bird approached and could clearly see the purple pattern on its body through the moonlight, Fu Liu shouted in horror: "It's a spirit beast!"

But it's too late.

A bright arrow came with a sharp sound, cut through the continuous cold wind, and suddenly struck Fu Liu's eyebrows.

Fu Liu's heart tightened, and he quickly raised his knife to block it.

With a tooth-piercing sharp sound, the sharp arrow collided with the cold knife and fell to the ground.

However, before Fu Liu could heave a sigh of relief, he only felt a chill in his brow.

He raised his eyes slightly in disbelief, but only saw a feathered arrow with long red feathers in front of him.

It turned out that what came just now was not just a feathered arrow.

But two arrows following one another.

Fu Liu couldn't even speak, and fell off the horse with a heavy head on his head.

The people of Li Rong never thought that their general would be shot down by an arrow, they were all panicked for a while, and the first horse even hesitated.

The guard standing beside Fu Liu looked at the dead body of his own general in grief, then gritted his teeth, and shouted out the command that the general had not spoken just now——

"Fire arrows!"

Although the people of Lirong Kingdom are already in a panic, but after all, the arrow is on the string, and it is not difficult to ride the wind.

In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, weaving towards the city wall like a dense net.

The yellow bird sang sharply, and one of its wings landed on the city wall, turning into a human form, and then calmly waved its sleeves towards the sky full of arrows.

A radiant light yellow barrier spread across the city wall in an instant. Thousands of sharp arrows hit the barrier "soundingly" and then all fell to the ground. Not a single arrow could penetrate the light yellow barrier!

The guard sighed, and said dejectedly: "Sure enough, it's a spirit beast, and... two more came!"

He looked up at the other side of the city wall, who had also turned into a human form, and said decisively: "Withdraw the troops!"

"We can't let them go!" Ruan Ruan quickly turned around to look at Shangzhuo, then glanced coolly at the Lord of the Lin Kingdom, "Let the arrows, shoot them!"

The Lord of Lin's Kingdom understood immediately, and quickly gestured to the archers on the wall behind him.

The situation was reversed for a moment.

It's just that Lin's country is not as famous as Li Rong, and it's not famous for its bows and arrows. In addition, the leader of Lin's country already has the intention of martyrdom, so there are not many guards on the city wall.

These sporadic arrows did not kill many Li Rong people.

Ruan Ruan cursed "trash" in her heart, and then turned around to signal for a discussion.

Bi Duan Shang's arrow had already been wound, and a few cold lights came out, bringing down a group of fleeing Li Rong people in an instant.

It's a pity that his ability alone is limited, and in the blink of an eye, most of the people of Li Rong have been hidden in the darkness, and can no longer be tracked by his arrows.

"Run away..." Shangzhuo raised his eyebrows, looked at Ruan Ruan and said, "What should we do now?"

Ruan Ruan looked at the army that had been buried in darkness in Lirong country, but suddenly lost his anger.

Vaguely, when it was time to set off, Liang Yu put his hands behind his back in front of the window and looked back at her.

"You and Shangzhuo must kill the general sent by Li Rong. As for the other soldiers in his ranks, you probably won't be able to stop them. But it's okay." He smiled lightly, "If you want to capture Li Rong, I have other ways. "

The author has something to say:

I've been on hiatus for several days...【Complicated face, stepping back step by step with guilty conscience...】

There are thousands of words to say, and finally turned into one sentence——

"It's almost the fifteenth day, I wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival in advance!" [Forced smile...]