Zhu Nao

Inside the gate of the Yanzhou City Tower, the soldiers lined up for battle were extremely nervous, and anxiety spread among the crowd.

They hope that the signal from the cult will come later, so that they don't have to go out to fight; but if they can't escape anyway, it's better if the signal comes earlier, so they can have a good time earlier.The long wait is the most tormenting.

At this moment, a shout suddenly sounded from the city tower: "Come! Come!"

Through the city wall, the soldiers below couldn't see the rockets rising into the sky outside, but soon, they heard the intensive and urgent sound of drums—the signal really came!

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Jiao Bie stood on the top of the city tower. With a distance of nearly a thousand meters, he couldn't see the details of the situation below, but he saw a cloud of smoke and dust flying not far away, and the shouts of killing gradually rose. It seemed that the two armies had begun to fight.

There was a rush of footsteps behind him, and it was Shi An who heard the movement and ran up.Shi An also saw the rocket and the smoke below, and hurriedly said: "Quick, open the city gate and attack!"

For this plan, they gathered almost all the more devout believers within a hundred miles. These believers don't know how to fight, and they don't have much time to support it. The time is fleeting.The Yanzhou Army had fought earlier, which might have allowed a few more believers to survive.

Jiao Bie didn't wait any longer, and ordered: "Let's fight!"

Inside and outside the city wall, the sound of drums was intertwined, the heavy city gate was slowly pushed open, and the soldiers rushed out like flowing water!

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outside the city.

Cui Cheng and all his subordinates were subdued, Xie Wuji didn't kill them on the spot, he just had them bound hands and feet and escorted back.

On the way Cui Cheng was escorted, he kept looking back in the direction of the city wall.The undulating terrain blocked his vision, making him unable to see the city gate clearly, but suddenly, he heard the vibration of the ground and the shouts of soldiers.

——The gate of Yanzhou city opened, and the army inside came out as scheduled.

Cui Cheng closed his eyes in despair.

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After half a cup of tea.

Jiao Bie and Shi An stood on the watchtower and observed the battlefield.The Yanzhou army that went out of the city has rushed to the enemy's front.The soldiers in the front row of the two sides fought hand to hand, and after fighting for only a moment, the coalition forces appeared invincible and started to retreat!

The sudden change made Jiao Bie and Shi An dumbfounded.

"Your army... is so capable of fighting? No, why is it that Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao's army is so invulnerable?" Shi An couldn't help being surprised.It wasn't long after the fight, and they actually beat the enemy away?If they knew this earlier, why were they afraid of Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao?You can win by hitting directly!

Shi An's brows were beaming with joy, but Jiao Bie's expression became more serious: something is wrong!

He looked in a further direction, and saw that the smoke and dust had gradually faded from the place where he thought the cultists and the coalition forces were fighting, but it didn't look like they had just experienced a fierce battle at all.The ground is not full of dead bodies, and the ground is not stained with blood...even the cultists are gone!

What kind of war can make one party disappear alive?Could it be that Zhu Xie's coalition forces have developed the ability to swallow people?What a joke!

Jiao Bie realized something was wrong, his face changed suddenly, and he said anxiously: "Oh no! It's been tricked!"

The drummers didn't know what happened yet, and they were still desperately beating the drums for the attack.When the soldiers on the battlefield saw the enemy retreating, they didn't know where they were going, so they took advantage of the victory and pursued them.

Jiao Bie rushed towards the big drum, and yelled at the drummers viciously: "Stop! Stop! Back off, let them back off immediately!"

The drummer was taken aback by his sudden trouble, dropped the drumsticks in his hand, and bent down to pick them up, hastily changing the rhythm of the drumbeat.

Shi An also rushed over and grabbed Jiaobie by the collar: "Why are you retreating? How can you retreat?? If you retreat, what will my followers do? Don't retreat! Kill me, kill them all!"

Jiao Bie kicked Shi An to the ground and shouted, "Idiot! I'll kill your ancestor!"

Although the sound of the drums had changed, the army had already rushed a thousand meters away, and it was too late to follow the order to change formation.The troops at the back were the first to hear the sound of the drum, turned their heads and began to run back; those who ran at the front did not hear the sound, and continued to rush forward; .In a blink of an eye, their formation was completely disorganized.

At this moment, two groups of cavalry suddenly rushed out from the two wings of the coalition army, galloping on horseback, blocking the retreat of the Yanzhou army!

At the same time, another large army rushed towards the city gate on the left!

Standing on a high place, Jiao Bie had a panoramic view of the changes in the battlefield situation, and his heart also fell to the bottom.He was in great pain, but he had to make a decision immediately: "Quickly, close the city gate, close the city gate quickly!"

The messenger hesitated and said: "General, but the people who went out to fight in the city have not returned yet..."

Jiao Bie shouted: "I told you to close the city gate!! If you don't close the gate, the enemy will rush in!!"

The messenger did not dare to disobey, and immediately ran down the tower to deliver the order.

Shi An was still mad: "Where are my troops? Where did my troops go?! They have already beaten them away?? Impossible!! Jiao, you! Did your lieutenant general betray us?!"

For a moment, Jiao Bie also suspected that Shi An and his Xuantian disciples had betrayed him, otherwise why was there no disciple army on the battlefield?But Shi An is standing here, unless he is also the one who was betrayed, otherwise, how could things turn out like this?

Jiao Bie was completely confused about who betrayed whom, and who was the one who was betrayed.His mind was in a mess, and he kept giving orders, making the last effort to make up for it.

On the city tower, chickens fly and dogs jump; on the battlefield, mourners are everywhere...

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Withered grass and remnant clouds connect the battlefield, and the blood splatters clothes in the blood.Chensha glanced at the empty city tower, but saw the horse's head slanting towards the sun.

After the hustle and bustle, as the sun sets, everything returns to tranquility.

When it was getting late at night, Cui Cheng, whose hands and feet were all bound, was escorted to the top of the city tower.Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji were there, commanding the army to clean up the battlefield and transport the luggage into the city.

Seeing Cui Cheng approaching, Zhu Nao whispered some instructions to Jing Zhe who was at the side, and Jing Zhe temporarily took over the command.

Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji sat down side by side, Cui Cheng was pushed to kneel in front of them.

Facing the tricks that tried to deceive them, Zhu Nao still had a kind face, showing no anger or hatred at all: "Vice General Cui, you saw it. Your chief general has lost, and the battle is over."

Cui Cheng was silent for a moment, then asked in a low voice: "How did the governor and the general know that the villain is a fraudulent surrender?"

Zhu Nao smiled and said, "It's not your fault. It's just what people want."

Before Cui Cheng and after Cui Cheng, whether it was in the Yanzhou army or the cultists, people kept surrendering to Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji—just like in Yanzhou when Xie Wuji was away a few months ago, there were also people constantly Surrender to the cult—those who surrender bring a lot of information, those secrets that Shi An and Jiao Bie have worked so hard to hide, will reach the ears of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji almost in a blink of an eye.

Under such circumstances, no matter how cautious Cui Cheng was, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji knew his real purpose without any effort.However, the two did not expose it, and used their tricks to weaken the cult, deepen the conflict between the Yanzhou Army and the cult, and finally staged today's good show.

Cui Cheng asked again: "Is Jiao Bie alive or dead?"

Zhu Nao said: "He, Shi An and others will be beheaded at Shikou tomorrow."

When the army sent by Jiaobie was blocked by the coalition forces, Jiaobie had someone close the city gate in time, preventing the coalition forces from rushing into the city, but the battle still ended quickly—this is the end of the matter, even though Jiaobie still wanted to die Struggling, but no one is willing to struggle with him.The city gate had just been closed, and the defenders in the city opened the city gate on their own initiative, bound Jiaobie Shi'an and others, and left the city to surrender.

Yanzhou City, which had been occupied by the cult for several months, finally returned to Xie Wuji's hands today.

Zhu Nao said: "Deputy General Cui, although you are in the wrong, I understand that you are a person who values ​​friendship. General Xie and I will give you a chance to make up for your merits. Are you willing to surrender sincerely?"

Cui Cheng just kept silent.

After a long time, Cui Cheng said again: "Can Fu Yin and General Xie spare Jiao Jiang...Jiao Bie's life? Although he committed a serious crime, he was also bewitched by a cult, so it is understandable. He will not dare to do it again in the future. .If the governor and the general are willing to forgive him, the villain is willing to pay with his life."

Zhu Nao laughed, but Xie Wuji frowned.

Before a stick of incense, Jiao Bie and Shi An were also brought up to kneel here.They clearly knew that they were bound to die, but they still made the last struggle, kowtowed and begged for mercy, and asked Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji to spare their lives.But now, Cui Cheng knows that there is a way to survive, but he is rushing to die.

Before Zhu Nao could say anything, Xie Wuji said coldly: "Even if the two of them die, their crimes cannot be forgiven."

Cui Cheng was silent.This result did not surprise him.

Zhu Nao said again: "Vice General Cui, I know you must be in a complicated mood today. It is indeed a bit hasty to ask you to answer whether you are willing to surrender. Don't worry about this matter. I will give you a few days to think it over before we talk about it."

Cui Cheng shook his head, and said slowly: "The governor is generous, and the villain is very grateful. It's just that the villain knows that the crime is serious, and he has no face to live in the world. He is willing to die to apologize."

Zhu Nao was about to speak, Xie Wuji took it again: "Do you want to die with Jiao Bie?"

"Yes." Cui Cheng said calmly, "Jiao don't treat the villain with kindness. The villain failed to prevent him from committing a big mistake. Only by dying on the same day as him can he live up to his kindness."

"Have you figured it out? Is it worth it?"

"Think it over, it's worth it."

Zhu Nao realized that the topic of the conversation was wrong, and when he wanted to speak, it was still a step too late.

Xie Wuji said: "Okay. That being the case, I respect your choice."

Junao: "..."

Xie Wuji said: "After you die, do you have any family members who need to take care of you? Do you have unfulfilled wishes?"

Cui Cheng shook his head, knelt down and kowtowed: "No. Thank you, General, for your success. Great kindness, Cui Cheng will repay you in the next life."

Xie Wuji said: "No need. I respect you as a righteous man, and I will leave you a whole body."

Junao: "..."

Simply, refreshingly.Life and death are finalized in the blink of an eye.

Xie Wuji glanced at Zhu Nao, and asked him if he had any objections.

Now that we've talked about it, can Zhu Nao make Xie Wuji swallow what he said?In the end, he could only wave his hand to show his approval.So someone came up and took Cui Cheng down.

Xie Wuji was not that careless, he saw that Zhu Nao seemed to be helpless, and asked doubtfully, "Do you really want to keep him?"

Zhu Nao said: "I can't really say that...but he is indeed a usable person."

If it is not Cui Cheng today, but Huang Dongxuan and his ilk, Xie Wuji will be killed as soon as he says, then he has to stop whatever he says.A Cui Cheng, that's all, it's just a pity.

Zhu Nao shook his head and said: "Today, he was only in a moment of enthusiasm, and he devoted himself to death. If you keep him for three months, you may not regret it. If you still don't regret after three months, if you keep him for another year, you don't want to die."

People's hearts are never static. Time can kill everything. As long as you save your life, there is nothing that cannot be changed.

Xie Wuji was silent, and said in a low voice: "Why waste the righteous man?"

It's not that he couldn't think of this level, it's just that he has different considerations from Jun Nao.

Junao was slightly taken aback.Xie Wuji claims to be ruthless and ungrateful, but he respects the friendship of others.

He wanted to say something at first, but in the end he just rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "That's right. Since he has such a heart, let him."

Xie Wuji was going to check on the situation of the prisoners, but he took two steps forward and stopped again.He pursed his lips, and still said: "I'm sorry... If you have someone you want to keep in the future, please let me know in advance, and it's up to you to decide."

Zhu Nao's eyes wavered slightly, and he raised his eyebrows and said: "That would be great. If you have someone you don't want to keep, you can also say hello to me in advance, and I will think about how to hand it over to you."

Xie Wuji couldn't laugh or cry, he shook his head helplessly, turned around and went down the tower.