Zhu Nao

When the army on the mountain appeared, the Yanzhou soldiers were visibly disturbed.Although the formation was not chaotic, the small pacing and snorting sounds of the horses clearly showed that they felt the emotions of their masters.

Xie Wuji's brows were also tightened.

Things got worse.Originally, if there was only the bandit army blocking the way ahead, they would have turned around and detoured at worst.But now the appearance of the army on the hill blocked their way out.It seemed that war was inevitable.

Moreover, of these two teams, one is backed by the woodland, and the other is on the mountain. Xie Wuji can't be sure whether there is an ambush in the mountain or the forest, and he can't see how many people are in the front and back. They fight rashly, are extremely passive, and may face being surrounded by two situation...

Just as Xie Wuji was thinking about countermeasures quickly, he suddenly discovered something was wrong.

Not only him, Wu Cong on the side also noticed it, and whispered: "General, why did the bandit army suddenly become chaotic? Could it be...these two groups are not the same?"

The bandit army standing in front of them acted more panicked than them when they saw the people appearing on the top of the mountain. There was a lot of noise in the team, and many people pointed at the mountain.Obviously, they were also very surprised by the appearance of the people on the mountain.

Everyone was confused: What is the situation now?

After a while, Xie Wuji ordered: "Immediately send someone to investigate the identities of these two groups of people, and find out if there is an ambush on the mountain and in the forest."

The scouts were ordered to slip out of the team without making a sound, and circled towards the woods and mountains.

……

Opposite to Yanzhou Army.

Zhao Chongjiu looked at the group of black heads on the hillside, and gritted his teeth, cursing: "Damn it, it's those beasts again! The ghosts linger on! I'll make it clear that I will report to Master, let Master curse them!"

The younger brother next to him asked helplessly: "Jijiu, what should we do? Shall we still grab it today?"

Zhao Chongjiu glared at his younger brother: "Nonsense! How could we not snatch such a group of fat sheep after so much trouble? Didn't you see how fat their horses are? Just getting those horses is enough for us to sacrifice to Master this year." Already!"

The master in his mouth refers to Zhang Xuan, the founder of Xuantian sect who claims to be the emperor of Taiqing Xuantian.The sacrificial fire refers to the money and food that believers from all over the place handed over to Henry Zhang.And Zhao Chongjiu's "sacrificial wine" is a title given to him by Henry Zhang, and it is an "official position" in Xuantian Sect. As a sacrificial wine, he can lead the local believers.

The younger brother next to him whispered: "But those 'fat sheep' have so many war horses, and they all carry weapons. They look like official soldiers... What if it's not easy to slaughter..."

Zhao Chongjiu sneered nonchalantly: "What's wrong with the officer? Have you never seen an officer? The more officer you have, the fatter you'll be when slaughtered!"

These Xuantian believers looted everywhere, attacked cities and lands, and naturally they dealt with the government and soldiers a lot.The officers and soldiers only want to get paid to eat, and they are often unwilling to risk their lives to fight. Naturally, they will collapse at the first touch when they encounter the desperate congregation.Ever since, Zhao Chongjiu had long put the official army in his eyes, and instead regarded the army's ranks as a treasure house for them to obtain weapons, horses, and food.

The little brother always felt that the officers and soldiers he met this time looked different from the ones he met before, but Zhao Chongjiu was so confident that he didn't dare to grow up the enemy's ambition.He still had a frowning face: "But...the bandits from Tang Village are watching. When we fight 'Fat Sheep' and lose both sides, they will pick it up again if we are cheap. It's really not worth it."

These words touched Zhao Chongjiu's sore spot, Zhao Chongjiu clenched his fists and was speechless for a while.

These Xuantian believers who blocked the road and robbed were not considered bandits—at least they thought so.They are just devout believers, eliminating the evils in the world for the master.And the group of people on the mountain right now are the real bandits.This is not the first time they have suffered from those bandits.

Just two months ago, a caravan of hundreds of people passed by nearby, and Zhao Chongjiu led his men to rob them. Seeing that they were about to defeat the caravan with great effort, the group of bandits in Tang Village suddenly He rushed out, took advantage of the fact that both of them were injured, and snatched almost all the goods of the caravan!

After that incident, Zhao Chongjiu hated those bandits so much that he gritted his teeth, but he had nothing to do with them.Right now, the group of bandits reappeared, looking like they were watching the excitement on the mountain, clearly intending to repeat their old tricks, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, and then waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

In order not to make wedding dresses for others, or let these fat sheep run away? --no!Absolutely not!As long as this ticket is done, he will be able to "promote and make a fortune", and Henry Zhang will at least promote him to the grand sacrificial wine, so that he can lead more people and get more sacrificial fire!

Zhao Chongjiu hesitated again and again, knowing that it is best not to do anything in the current situation.So he ordered: "Send some people to talk to the fat sheep and tell them that I am the first sacrificial wine under Zhang Shijun's seat. As long as they are willing to hand over half of the horses and weapons honestly, I will let them leave alive , and will also ask Master to cast spells to bless them and prolong their lives."

The subordinate asked: "Then, what if they refuse?"

Zhao Chongjiu said: "If you don't want to, threaten them, tell them that even people as powerful as Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji have been cursed to death by the master, let them take a good look at how much they weigh... In short, at least let them hand over Two hundred horses come."

His subordinates were killed, so they hurriedly sent several people to the Yanzhou Army.

……

Xie Wuji was still waiting for news from the scouts, and while waiting, he was silently observing the surrounding terrain and the situation of the two groups of people.

After observing calmly for a short time, he found that the situation was not that bad.

The army standing in front of them, though large in number, was in a loose formation. The soldiers were yellow and emaciated, with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes. Obviously, they were not well-trained and serious troops, and their combat effectiveness would not be very strong.

As for the group of people on the mountain, they didn't put on a posture of making a move, they were more like watching the excitement.

In this case, getting out of here alive is no longer a problem.How to control these two forces with the least loss is the problem.

At this moment, Xie Wuji saw a few people running in the front line, as if they came to send a message to them.He watched coldly as his messenger went out to contact those people.

After a while, the messenger finished talking with those people and came back to report the situation to him.The messenger's expression was very strange: "General, they are members of Xuantian Sect."

"Oh?" Xie Wuji frowned.He came here for the cult, but he didn't expect to meet him so soon.He asked, "What did they say?"

The messenger said: "They said that as long as we hand over half of the horses and weapons to them, they will let us pass."

The officers under Xie Wuji couldn't help but sneered when they heard the words.Someone took the initiative to challenge Xie Wuji: "General, let me take 200 people to meet them!"

Xie Wuji did not agree.The opponent has woodland as their backing, it is not yet known whether there is an ambush in the forest, it is better not to underestimate the enemy.

He said lightly: "Go talk to them. Delay time and wait for the scouts to come back."

The orderly went again in a hurry.

……

An hour later.

Zhao Chongjiu's request for a horse has not been answered for a long time, and he is so anxious that he runs around.He sent a few more people to urge, after a long while, someone finally came back to reply.

Zhao Chongjiu hurriedly went up to meet him and asked, "How is it? Did they agree?"

The person who came back shook his head indignantly and said: "No, they are just playing us! Let us wait, saying that they want to count the horses, I thought they agreed! But after waiting for a long time, they actually gave us a bunch of horses manure!"

Zhao Chongjiu: "!!!"

He was furious: "There is such a thing? Did you tell them that I am the first sacrificial wine under the seat of the master? Did you tell them what I asked you to say?"

"Say it," the subordinates looked more and more angry, "I told them that the master is so powerful that he has cursed Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji to death. After a while, they started laughing and laughed so hard that they fell to the ground. roll."

"..." Zhao Chongjiu blew his beard and stared, "What do you mean? Don't they believe it? Why don't they believe it? I have seen Master cast spells with my own eyes! Have they seen the living Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji with their own eyes? A group of madmen! "

The subordinates said indignantly: "Jijiu, they dare to be so disrespectful to the master, let's stop talking, just hit them, beat them all to the ground!"

This time Zhao Chongjiu hesitated for a moment, but did not immediately agree.

Many of his believers believe that they are really protected by Henry Zhang and have the indestructible body of King Kong.But Zhao Chongjiu himself didn't believe it.He deceives believers to be pious, just because he can benefit from it.But he knew people were going to die, and he had seen many die.

Someone nearby reminded in a low voice: "Jijiu, are they delaying time on purpose? Will they still have reinforcements?"

Zhao Chongjiu was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized that this possibility was very high.Otherwise, why did the other party spend so much time playing tricks on them?

He looked at the Yanzhou Army in front of him, and then at the bandits of Tangjia Village who were still entrenched on the mountain, feeling more and more anxious.After walking around in place for a few times, he suddenly had an idea and decided to change his strategy.

He hurriedly turned around and said, "Quickly, send two people to talk to the bandits in Tangjia Village. As long as they are willing to join hands with us, we can share half of the fat sheep harvest with them!"

Since Fat Sheep refused to cut the meat honestly by himself, he could only ask other butchers to do the work together.No matter what, he must earn a vote today, otherwise, let alone get promoted and get rich, I am afraid that he will not even be able to keep his current position as a sacrificial wine.

His men got the order and hurried up the mountain again.

……

on the hill.

Sitting in front of the fire, Tang Ling grilled the skewers of grasshoppers skewered with branches. From time to time, he glanced at the two groups of people facing each other down the mountain, clicked his tongue twice, and continued to grill the skewers.

The bandits beside him yawned boredly and talked a lot.

"Why don't you grab it? Are they still planning to fight?"

"That's right, it's getting dark. Why are you still hesitating?"

"Is it because those officers and soldiers are strong and strong, and those cultists dare not grab them?"

"Don't dare to grab it, why do you stand there? I think they are afraid that we will take advantage of it again, so they dare not do it."

"Then why don't we pretend to retreat first? Come back later when they are almost done fighting?"

"Boss, what do you think?"

Tang Ling roasted the grasshopper and bit off one off the skewer, so hot that he gasped.After a while, he asked inarticulately: "Have you found out the identities of these officers and soldiers? Where did these people come from?"

The person next to him shook his head and said, "Brother, I can't find out. They don't fly flags, who knows their numbers? We have sent people to ask along the road, but no one has heard of their identities. I really don't know their names. It came out of nowhere."

After gnawing on the bunch of grasshoppers, Tang Ling threw the branch into the fire, feeling really puzzled.What is the origin of this army?Looking at the equipment, it looks like an official army, but in terms of momentum, it is far from comparable to the official army he has seen in the past.

It may be that he is at a height and can see more clearly.He didn't regard Xie Wuji's troops as simple fat sheep like the followers of Xuantian Sect. On the contrary, he looked down from a high position and could see clearly: Although the Xuantian Sect has a large number of people, the Yanzhou army is strong and strong. Offset the disadvantage in numbers.

But he doesn't really care who is strong and who is weak.Anyway, he is a fisherman, and when the snipe and the clam are fighting each other, he just takes advantage of it.

At this moment, someone suddenly ran over.

"Boss," the man ran to Tang Ling's side and whispered reports in his ear, "Xuantian sect sent some people here, saying that they want to join us in slaughtering fat sheep. They also said that they would like to share the profits with us." Half and half."

"Oh?" Tang Ling wiped his mouth with great interest, "This Zhao Chongjiu is more generous than I thought. He has suffered such a big loss in my hands, and he is willing to join hands with me to slaughter fat sheep? Heh... Interesting ..."

The subordinate asked: "Then do you want to promise them?"

Tang Ling thought about it, maybe the two parties below were trying to win him over.Anyway, now that the initiative is in his hands, it depends on who bids higher.So he said: "It's not impossible. Talk to them, if there is really a big deal to pick up, you can try it."

……

Down the mountain.

The sky turned from indigo to red, the temperature plummeted, and it would be night in a while.

Another hour passed in a blink of an eye, and the two armies were still facing each other down the mountain, and the "fisherman" was still sitting and watching on the mountain.Some people dare not act rashly, some are not eager to make a move, and some have other plans, so the situation continues to be deadlocked.The formation of Yanzhou Army is still neat, but the formation of Xuantian Sect has become more and more chaotic.

Xie Wuji observed everything with cold eyes.

A scout quickly ran towards him: "General!"

Xie Wuji cast his eyes on him.

Scout Report: "I found out. There are about 1000 people on the mountain, they are local bandits. They were originally formed by the villagers of Tang Village, so they called themselves 'Tang Family Army'. The Tang Family Army made a living by looting houses. No, the two sides have clashed many times before."

Xie Wuji is silent.Finally, he found out the details of the two groups of people.It turned out that on the one hand, they were cult members who were working for tigers, and on the other hand, they were bandits who took advantage of the fire.No wonder they came all the way, the houses and villages were all empty, and the people here either joined bandits, or joined cults, or had already fled.

There was a moment of sadness in Xie Wuji's heart, but he suppressed it in an instant - it is not appropriate to think too much on the battlefield, there are hundreds of brothers waiting for his order.

At this moment, another scout ran back.

"General, general," the scout panted, "the cultists sent a few people to the mountain, most likely they want to discuss with the bandits and join forces to deal with us."

Wu Cong frowned when he heard the words, and whispered: "It's getting dark..."

If after dark, those two people really join forces to deal with them, the situation will become very unfavorable again.Although they have spent a lot of time investigating the surrounding terrain, the enemy must have lived here all year round and must be more familiar with the terrain than they are.Then their situation will be very bad.

Everyone looked at Xie Wuji, waiting for him to give orders.

How will Xie Wuji give the order?Will you send people up the mountain to negotiate?Even if you don't ask the bandit army to join forces, you have to stabilize them first so that they don't join forces with the cultists, right?

Under everyone's earnest gaze, Xie Wuji first looked up at the very dark sky, nodded slightly, and then spoke unhurriedly.

He said lightly: "Wu Cong, you order two hundred soldiers immediately."

Wu Cong lifted his spirits and waited with bated breath.

Xie Wuji said: "Go around from the east and attack the mountain!"

Wu Cong was stunned, and everyone was stunned.

Attack... the mountain?It turned out to be the first to attack the mountain? !Instead of attacking the cult members who blocked their way, but attacking the Tang family army who sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight?

This... isn't this pushing the bystanders into the arms of the enemy?

However, Xie Wuji's expression was determined, and he had no intention of withdrawing his life at all.

He was right, he just wanted to catch the fisherman first!