But I'm a male fox

She sat back facing Li Cheng again, her red lips parted slightly, and she drank another glass of wine.

If so, Li Cheng felt ashamed, and quickly asked: "Chongxiu, I was just..."

"Just what?"

"only......"

At this moment, the sun was setting, and the orange sunlight illuminated Zhu Chongxiu's delicate and ruddy face, making the girl look hazy and holy...

No, wait, she is already in her twenties this year, she is no longer a girl, let alone a child... but a female rebel leader who holds four provinces in her hands and whose reputation spreads all over the world.

But now, the female leader was leaning slightly drunkenly by the table, showing him a rare smile for outsiders, with a little blush dotted on her white face, like a delicate plum blossom blooming in the snow.

Li Cheng was insane for a moment. He didn't think about what words to follow after "just", but now he can only remain silent.

"Hee hee, Brother Li~"

Zhu Chongxiu didn't care about Li Cheng's non-answer, she gently took Li Cheng's hand, and said softly: "This is the first time I've told you my heart, so happy~"

"Feel sorry......"

"Why are you apologizing? I was too abrupt in the first place. I'm afraid I'm going to scare myself when the strength of the medicinal wine wears off."

Zhu Chongxiu stood up, picked up the flagon, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Let me ask Brother Li one last question."

"what is the problem?"

"If one day I marry someone else, will you accept it?"

Before the words were finished, the beauty stood up gracefully and left the courtyard, leaving behind only a faint scent of fragrance and a fox with wide-eyed eyes.

Can it be accepted?

That......

That is of course unacceptable!

How can my own cabbage make other pigs arch!

But I'm still a little nervous...

In a trance, Li Cheng unconsciously left the courtyard and returned to his bedroom.

After a long time, he was awakened by the creaking sound of the door opening, and came back to his senses.

It was Chen Youxi who entered the room.

"Youxi, why do you..."

"It was supposed to be the servant's house tonight~"

Chen Youxi smiled and pulled Li Cheng to sit on the bed, put the fox's head on the base of her thigh, stretched out her hand and gently touched the latter's temple and said:

"What, was re-shown by my younger sister as a general?"

"Uh...you guessed right..."

"You perverted fox, why are you so dishonest? Wasn't it bold when you wanted to eat two foxes at the beginning?"

Faced with Chen Youxi's teasing, Li Cheng raised his eyebrows, and pinched the tender face above and said: "Considering your behavior of crossing the line when you were in Shiwan Dashan, I don't think you have the right to talk about me!"

"Oh, forgive me, Brother Cheng~"

Something to say overnight...

But can't say.

Early the next morning, Li Cheng and others rushed back to Yongxing City and found that everyone here was already engaged in intense preparations for the Northern Expedition.

About half a month later, Zhu Chongxiu's army was finally ready.

On a dark and stormy night, three thousand sailors without night blindness took the vanguard and captured the water village on the other side of the river by surprise.

Afterwards, an army of [-] quickly crossed the river with the help of ships provided by Song Youzhong.

For a time, the world shook.

The next day, on the north bank of the river, in Lucheng.

Sun De, the general guarding this place, summoned all his subjects.

"Everyone, how should we deal with the traitor who led a hundred thousand troops to the city?"

Sun De asked Ji Yu's staff, putting on an appearance of worrying about the country and the people.

But in fact, he was still thinking about whether to surrender yesterday.

He only heard that Zhu Chongxiu would conduct a public trial to divide the land wherever he went. He was worried that the large tracts of land he had bought near Lucheng over the years would be taken away, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and decide to resist.

At this moment, one of his subordinates had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer: "General, although Lucheng is strong, it may not be able to defend against a hundred thousand troops plus the rumored demon cultivators... ..”

"You don't need to tell me this kind of thing!"

"Yes, General, the meaning of the last general is that we should rely on the Lao River that surrounds the city to defend...Of course, we can't do it by ourselves, but isn't there a dragon in the Lao River!"

"Ok?"

"As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, let alone a local dragon? If the general can persuade the Jiaolong King at the foot of the Lao River with great gifts to help, and make waves when Zhu Ni is crossing the river, we will have a chance if we attack halfway across the river. Did you win?"

The general participated in telling him that he was not very confident, but it was the only strategy he could think of.

Sun De was overjoyed and immediately decided to accept it.

He immediately ordered his subordinates to plunder the people in the city in the name of helping to exterminate the rebels, and after swallowing half of the people, he sent the remaining half to the river to worship the Dragon King Temple there.

Unexpectedly, the Tao is one foot tall and the devil is ten feet tall. The Jiaolong in Grandma Hanoi already knew what happened in the city.

The fourth-grade red dragon finally took half of the remaining treasure from Sun De's pocket in a daze, and asked him to donate a large sum of spirit stones out of his own pocket, before agreeing to help blow a few breaths during the war.

For this, Sun De hated his teeth so much that he had no choice but to do anything.

Three days later, Zhu Chongxiu's army pulled out the surrounding fortresses, and swept them like a tsunami.

Sun De nervously led the troops, lined up beside the sheep and horse wall outside the city, waiting for Zhu Chongxiu to rush out when he was attacked by the wind and waves when he was crossing the river!

A quarter of an hour later.

Two quarters later.

three......

When half of Zhu Chongxiu's army arrived in front of the city gate, the storm that Jiaolong had promised had not appeared for a long time.

Sun De panicked a little.

After waiting for a long time, waves finally appeared in the Grandma River—but what finally emerged was not the scarlet dragon that Sun De expected, but a green dragon with asymmetrical horns.

Moreover, instead of attacking Zhu Chongxiu's pontoon bridge, this blue dragon flicked its tail and threw a black object the size of a carriage in front of him.

Sun De took a closer look and saw that it was the huge dragon head of a red dragon!

The dragon's head was severed from the neck, the blood was still warm, and the eyes were wide open, obviously looking like he was dying.

This time, Sun De was dumbfounded.

Soon he realized that there was also a dragon on the opposite side, and it was much stronger than the ground dragon he invited!

This, how to fight this?

In a panic, Sun De simply patted his horse back to the city.

This action directly lowered the morale of Lucheng, which was not much at all, to the extreme in an instant. Many soldiers even gave up the city to join the battle, and wanted to take the opportunity to sneak back into the city, causing unexpected congestion at the gate of the city.

Naturally, Zhu Chongxiu would not let this opportunity go, and decisively led the crowd to attack the city, which immediately aroused a large defensive formation in the city.

In the sky, Li Cheng quietly observed this scene.

The guardian formation of Lucheng is a very simple formation of water and trees, and there are not many changes, but relying on the abundant water vapor of the nearby river and the wood vapor of the dense forest in the north of the city, it can achieve a kind of ingenious effect. The power is definitely very strong, and it looks like a master's handwriting.

It's a pity that not long ago, Chen Youxi sneaked into the city on his own initiative and destroyed the formation.

Therefore, on today's battlefield, if this formation persists for at most another hour or three, it will be destroyed by Zhu Chongxiu.

Li Cheng reckoned that in this way, the good sister would be able to capture the entire Lucheng even before the sun set.

Therefore, he is not worried about the battle situation below at this moment, but is staring at the sky in the northwest.

Just when the army below was about to capture the city gate, three blue streamers approached quickly.

Li Cheng probed with his spiritual sense and judged that it was a third-rank and two fifth-rank sword cultivators, and then he drove the clouds under his feet to block their way.

"Three friends, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Don't get in the way! Wait, you... are Li Cheng, the nine-tailed fox!"

Since there was nothing to hide his face, the third-rank sword cultivator immediately recognized Li Cheng.

But then he was shocked by the frightening monster power around Li Cheng.

"...You are already at the second rank?!"

Li Cheng smiled and didn't answer.

In fact, it's not just him, Chen Youxi and Liu Shishi are also at the second rank. When they were in the tomb, they took the elixir first and then entered the picture. They have already reached the peak of the third rank, and the next breakthrough will come naturally.

And this is also the reason why he dared to show up directly now.

After all, even the top forces like Bailianzong and Xuanshajiao can't just come up with three second grades casually. People like Ning Suzi are not born with energy.

To put it bluntly, with Li Cheng's current cultivation base and his surrogate death, even if he comes back in the sky, he is confident that he can pay a certain price and escape.

"The three fellow Taoists are here to help the imperial court destroy the rebel army?"

Facing Li Cheng's straightforward question, the three people on the opposite side fell silent, which basically meant acquiescing.

Li Cheng had expected this.

It is absolutely impossible for the Dagan court to let Zhu Chongxiu's Northern Expedition go, so they will definitely send out reinforcements. However, they cannot produce enough soldiers and horses for the time being, so the only option is to ask monks to help.

The centipede is dead but not stiff. Although the Daqian is so chaotic, after 500 years of accumulation, whether it is using favors or treasures, in the name of the imperial court, some upper third ranks can be invited to help.

Seeing that the three of them seemed to be at a loss, Li Cheng waved his sleeves, set up a few desks in the clouds, and said with a smile:

"There is a way that everything in the world is in the world. The number of days has changed, and the artifacts are easier to buy. It is a natural principle to return to those who are virtuous...Why do we monks in the mountains participate in it?"

"If the three fellow Taoists don't mind, why not sit here for a while and wait for the soldiers below to finish fighting?"

The third-rank swordsman couldn't hold back any longer, sighed, cupped his hands and said: "Li Yaowang, I offended you."

After finishing speaking, he drew out his long sword and slashed at Li Cheng with a sword aura.

However, this sword energy is only a standard third-rank power, and it is obviously just a perfunctory one.

When Li Cheng raised his hand, he blocked it with the flying firefly sword protecting his body.

"Li Yaowang is very capable, I am ashamed of myself, so I leave."

Then, the sword cultivator gave another salute, and led the two disciples away without delay.

Li Cheng looked at their backs and thought to himself: Is this a job for the Xianxia world?

He shook his head with a smile, and looked at the battle situation below. Even though he was 100% sure that Zhu Chongxiu had the upper hand, he still couldn't help feeling slightly worried.

Since that evening conversation, he thought of Zhu Chongxiu more and more.

After the three monks ran for a few miles, the young disciple asked puzzledly, "Master, is it really okay for us to just walk like this?"

"What else? Fight recklessly with a second-ranker? The even more powerful Liu Shishi is hidden somewhere."

The third-rank cultivator frowned and said, "The pair of monsters have become second-rank now, and there are not many people in the world who can control them. At least, a small sect like ours can't do it."

"What about the Three Jade Seal Sects and Faxing Temple?"

"It's okay to just look at strength, but how can you only look at strength in this world?" Seeing that the disciple was not enlightened, the third-rank monk explained in a deep voice:

"You know, this Li Cheng is clearly standing on Zhu Chongxiu's side now, so it's hard to say what their relationship with Xiaoyaoshan Zhang Tianxing is, and that one is also a first-class one! Can you not worry about that?"

"Besides, the current situation in the world is unclear, and maybe the dynasty will change. People like first-rank monks. If they act rashly, violate the fate of fate, and provoke the jealousy of the children of destiny, it may affect their own ascension to immortality."

"In short, this kind of thing has a lot to do with it. The strength of our sect can't be interfered with now. As for the favor we owe to the imperial court... Well, I will help save a few clans up the mountain in the future and accept them as apprentices. That’s what pays off.”

A few hours later.

Because Zhu Chongxiu deliberately did not besiege the city, Sun De saw that the situation was unfavorable, so he took several carts of treasure and some personal guards and fled from the north gate in a panic.

His running like this directly caused the remaining defenders to give up resistance. Zhu Chongxiu was able to occupy Lucheng much earlier than Li Cheng expected, and firmly established his first base on the north bank of the river.

After entering the city, the female leader immediately ordered people to take over the treasury, lighten the granary, release the list to calm the people, and strictly prohibited any soldiers from burning, killing and looting.