Zhu Nao

On the mountain.

Tang Jiajun has never been able to reach an agreement with Xuantianjiao who came to negotiate.The reason is also very simple: both sides are alienated from each other, and they both want to pay the least price and get the most benefits.Under such circumstances, how could it be so easy for the two teams to join forces?

It was also due to Tang Ling's intentional delay of time - he felt that his current position was very favorable, and he should be the target that both parties at the foot of the mountain wanted to fight for.So he was also waiting for what conditions the official army would offer in order to win him over.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as he expected.

Until it got dark, the officers and soldiers did not send anyone up the mountain to look for him, and it seemed that they had never thought of joining forces with him to deal with the Xuantian Sect.

Tang Ling couldn't help but feel confused: What exactly is this officer army thinking?If you don't join hands with him, do you plan to deal with Xuantian Sect alone?Are they up to it?

Just as he was thinking about it, someone beside him suddenly stood up and made a silent gesture to the yawning Tang family army: "Shh, don't make a sound! Listen, there seems to be something moving down the mountain!"

The crowd originally gathered together to talk in twos and threes, but when the man shouted, they all shut up and listened blankly.Hearing this, he actually heard strange movements—it seems that there are people going up the mountain, and there are quite a few people!

Now everyone panicked.what happened?who?

Tang Ling hurriedly ordered: "Go and have a look!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the voice at the foot of the mountain became louder, and they could already clearly hear the shouts of killing. At the same time, a large area of ​​fire lit up below the mountain, almost surrounding half of the mountain.

The sky was dark and the situation was chaotic. They couldn't see how many people were attacking the mountain. They could only hear that the trees on the east side seemed to be shaking, and the flames below were united. There must have been at least 800 people in this battle. ah!

At this moment, the guards at the bottom of the mountain also ran up in a panic, shouting: "It's not good! It's not good! The reinforcements from the government army are coming to attack the mountain!"

——The sky was too dark, and the people of the Tang Army didn't see the two hundred Yanzhou Army quietly leaving the team and going around, thinking that the team that suddenly appeared to attack the mountain was the reinforcements that had just arrived.

The Tang family's troops who came down the mountain were all panicked, and before Tang Ling gave an order, the people had already started to flee down the mountain.Tang Ling saw that the team was in disarray, and knew that it was impossible to defend the mountain and resist, so he hurriedly fled down the mountain towards the road where there was no movement.

After the Tang Family Army brigade escaped from the mountains, the disgraced bandits gradually gathered around Tang Ling again.

"Boss," the subordinates asked in disbelief, "what should we do now?"

Tang Ling was still in shock, and gradually calmed down after wiping his face.Only now did he understand why the officers and soldiers neither acted nor came to win them over—it turned out that there were other reinforcements!Now that the reinforcements arrive, let alone dealing with a group of Xuantian Cultists, it is not a problem even if the two of them join forces to fight together!

Then their plan to reap the benefits of the fisherman fell through?

——Not at all!

Tang Ling rolled his eyes twice, and suddenly had a good idea.He slapped his thigh violently, immediately pulled out the two younger brothers, and ordered: "Quick, go back and find those officers and soldiers!"

"What?" The younger brother who was caught by him was stunned.Now go back to find the official army, are you looking for death?

"Look for those officers and soldiers, and tell them that we are willing to help them fight the cultists together!...No, that's not right!" Tang Ling said anxiously, "Just say that we wanted to help them deal with the cultists from the very beginning! We and The cultists are at odds with each other, and we were on the mountain just now to help them fight. We are with them!"

Everyone was stunned at first, but quickly reacted.

yes!The combat capabilities of the officers and soldiers were already much stronger than those of the cultists, and now that reinforcements have arrived, there is no suspense about the outcome of this battle.If they just leave like this, they don’t earn or lose, and they guard for nothing for a day; if they help the cultists to fight the officers and soldiers, they are asking for their own death, and only fools do it; but if they help the officers and soldiers, isn’t it Have you borrowed the wind from the army?Together with the officers and soldiers, the cultists were dealt with, so they can also pick up the cheap ones!

Once they figured out this relationship, all the bandits cheered up and hurriedly urged the two young men selected by Tang Ling to negotiate with the officers and soldiers.The two were scared and excited, pushed and shoved, and went back bravely.

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the other side.

200 people have already been sent out, and the officers under Xie Wuji led [-] light cavalry to guard around Xie Wuji vigilantly, guarding against enemy attacks at any time.

Even though they also knew that the enemy was just a rabble, they could not be compared with them, but the number of enemies was several times that of them, and Xie Wuji himself stayed here again.In case Xie Wuji has something good or bad, no one can bear the responsibility.So it's impossible for them not to be nervous.

Although some officers did not dare to say it, they inevitably complained in their hearts: the number of people is so small, Xie Wuji still divides his troops to fight the Tang army, what is he trying to do?If the enemies on both sides are provoked to join forces, wouldn't it be more disadvantageous for them?It's better to rush out directly, no matter what kind of bandit or cult he is, the first thing to do is to rush to Yanzhou!

Several officers were slandering, when the orderly suddenly rushed across the crowd and rushed towards Xie Wuji.

"Report—General! The Tang Army sent people to ask for cooperation!" The messenger said, "They asked to join us in destroying the cult!"

As soon as this remark came out, the officers who were still muttering just now were stunned.Tang Jiajun actually asked to join forces with them? !This...how could it be?

Xie Wuji said indifferently: "Tell them, we agree to join forces. Let them go around from the south and cut off the retreat of the cultists. After half an hour, I will use my three rockets as an order, and we will attack the cultists together."

——Obviously, Xie Wuji was not surprised by Tang Jiajun's reaction at all.In other words, all of this was within his expectations.

Immediately, there are smart people who want to understand the key.

A bandit army like Tang Jiajun is very cunning and likes to opportunistically.They are like a pack of wolves, they will never sympathize with the weak, they will only follow behind the strong and eat the flesh and blood of the weak.Therefore, it is impossible to ignore them, and they may bite the back of the butt at any time; they will also be plotted by them in every possible way; only by showing their fists to them and letting them know who is strong and who is weak, they will fart Dianpidian came to seek refuge with the strong.

Xie Wuji's method may seem dangerous, but it is actually the most effective method.

In fact, they can also ignore the affairs here, and rush straight to Yanzhou as some officers thought.But here the scourge of cults and bandits has become so serious that ordinary people cannot survive.Xie Wuji didn't want to let it go.So he would rather delay for half a day and clean up the mess.

The messenger sent the message according to Xie Wuji's intention.Not long after, Tang Jiajun's reply came.

"Everything is obeyed by the officers and soldiers, and the Tang family's army has no objection."——This is the words of Tang Ling.

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Opposite Yanzhou Army.

In the time of coming and going, the night was already dark.The disciples of Xuantian Sect did not dare to attack rashly, nor could they withdraw, nor did they dare to sleep.On this big night, the believers became more and more anxious.

Zhao Chongjiu was about to scratch his hair bald, and every once in a while he would grab his subordinates and ask, "Have you negotiated a joint venture with those bandits?!"

"Jijiu, no...you asked just now..."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"

Zhao Chongjiu's seven orifices were smoking, and he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so he drew out his knife and slashed wildly.The people around him backed away in fright, not daring to speak.

After a long while, someone finally came up: "Jijiu, it's not a solution for us to consume it like this. Otherwise, while it's dark, those officers and bandits should be sleepy, so let's simply sneak over and kill those officials." Army, rob their horses and leave quickly. Those bandits may not have time to come down the mountain and snatch us."

Zhao Chongjiu hesitated.This is not a way, otherwise it may not be a result until tomorrow morning!

After a while, he finally made up his mind, just do it!He immediately ordered: "Pass it on, let everyone wake up, we are going to attack the officers and soldiers immediately."

The subordinates received the order and were about to send a message, but suddenly there was a sound of "咻", a bright rocket suddenly split the dark night into two halves!

Everyone was stunned by this sudden arrival. Just as they were at a loss, they heard two more "咻咻咻", and the two rockets took off into the sky one after another, slightly illuminating the night sky.

The archer is so strong that when the third rocket is shot, the first rocket has just begun to fall.And when all three rockets turned around and fell, the sky returned to darkness.In just a moment, countless torches were lit up, illuminating the night brightly!

And what resounded together with the flames was the sky-shattering cry of killing!

Zhao Chongjiu was stunned for a moment, and quickly looked forward.Under the light of the fire, I saw a group of armored Dai Rui soldiers rushing towards them!

He couldn't see how many people were on the other side, he could only hear horseshoes like thunder, shouts like drums, arrays like chess, the sky was shocked!He had never seen such a terrifying army, as if a divine soldier had descended from the sky. For a moment, he was filled with fear, not knowing what mistake he had made to provoke this divine soldier to come to collect him, but he completely forgot what it was He led someone to stop the other party in front of the forest.

He didn't realize what had happened until the cries around him pulled him back from his sanity.

"Quick, protect me!" Zhao Chongjiu grabbed several people in a panic, turned around and ran back, "Get out! Get out quickly!"

When he saw the sharpness of the opponent, he gave up the idea of ​​fighting without any struggle.The believers who lacked training became a mess in an instant and lost the ability to resist.People didn't even hear Zhao Chongjiu's order. Some people turned their heads and ran back instinctively, while others ran towards the Yanzhou Army in a daze.

Several people surrounded Zhao Chongjiu and turned around, ready to flee, but before they could take two steps, the troops who ran ahead retreated back crying and howling.

"Sacrificial wine! There are enemies behind!" The believers cried, "We, we are surrounded!"

It was as if a basin of ice water had been poured on Zhao Chongjiu's body, making him shiver and feel cold all over.

how so……