Chapter 405: The Wind of the General
The young man with the baby on his back was about twenty-three or fourteen years old, with a tall figure and very handsome features.
This person is supposed to be a military general of a certain tribe, and he is wearing a set of bronze armor, which is different from the heavy helmet of the Bird Clan warriors, and the armor worn by this person is a simple light helmet, with few armor pieces, and only protects a few vital points on the upper body.
Earlier, this man may have experienced a terrible battle, and his armor was very badly damaged, and the shaft of the spear he used also had many sword marks.
The young man was surrounded by more than thirty people, who were supposed to be from his clan, and were wearing the same armor as the young man.
However, these people were not very friendly to the young man, and the sword was unsheathed and the sword was rattling.
The baby behind the young man was still young, still swaddling, and he couldn't see his face, but the baby was crying at this time, and the cry of a baby girl was different from that of a baby boy, and it should be a baby girl.
The leader was a man of thirty-five or sixteen years of age, who was holding a long sword, but it was not unsheathed. After surrounding the young man, the man in his prime slowly walked into the encirclement and stood five steps in front of the young man.
"Zhu Qianwei, don't come to harm?" asked the middle-aged man with a smile.
The young man looked at the visitor coldly and did not answer.
The middle-aged man sighed, "Alas, why are you doing this?"
The young man still didn't answer.
"To this day, you are considered faithful, so leave the child to me. The middle-aged man said.
The young man glanced coldly at the middle-aged man, "Let's do it." β
The middle-aged man said, "Although you are strong in martial arts, it is impossible for you to kill all of us, and you know the consequences of doing it." β
The young man was silent.
"Zhu Qianwei, this is your last chance," said the middle-aged man, "give me the child, go back with us, the king is merciful and forgiving, as long as you are lost, you will not dig into the crime, not only can you save your own life, but your family will also be spared." β
"The king has been killed by you, where is there still a king in Kui City?" the young man said coldly.
"The sinner is mediocre and cruel to his people, and he is also to blame for ending up like this. The man in his prime said loudly.
Listening to the conversation between the two, Wu Zhongyuan vaguely guessed what was going on, Kuicheng is a larger tribe in the Southern Wilderness, this tribe is a tribe with mixed surnames, the clansmen are all people, and they do not have any heterogeneous blood, it is a bit inaccurate to describe it as a tribe, in fact, they are more like a small country, the city is located on the coast of the South China Sea, and it controls a large beach that can be salted in the South China Sea.
Since salt is a necessity of life, Kuicheng is very rich, and the city built is also very large, and there are many people in the city, it seems that there are 50,000 or 60,000 people.
The Kui Xi in the mouth of the middle-aged man should be the city lord of Kuicheng, there may have been a mutiny in Kuicheng, the young man should be a member of the royalist faction, and the baby girl on his back must be the daughter of the deceased city lord.
Everyone has preconceived ideas, and Wu Zhongyuan is no exception, listening to the conversation between the two, he takes it for granted that this is the rebels chasing and killing loyal ministers, trying to kill the daughter of the former king and eradicate the roots.
But what he didn't expect was that the young man did not refute what the middle-aged man accused the former king, which showed that what the middle-aged man said was likely to be the truth, and the slain city lord of Kuicheng was indeed a faint king.
The man in the prime of life did not seem to want to make a move with the young man, and although he was surrounded by him, he kept trying to persuade him to surrender, and the man in the prime of life spoke more and the young man responded less.
The names of both parties must not be mentioned in the conversation, Qianwei is not the official position of a young man, but a name, and this person is called Zhu Qianwei. And the middle-aged man's surname is Qi, his name is Qi Tong, and he is Zhu Qianwei's colleague.
Wu Zhongyuan was originally wearing the green dragon armor, but the green dragon armor is also heavy armor, and it is rare to wear it on the body, so he took off the green dragon armor and sat on a big tree on the top of the cliff to listen to the conversation between the two in the valley.
It may be that he is afraid of Zhu Qianwei's martial arts, or it may be that he misses the old feelings, Qi Tong has been trying to persuade Zhu Qianwei to hand over the baby girl, on the grounds that the original city lord Kui Xi has done too many bad things, and it is not worth Zhu Qianwei's allegiance, nor is it worth Zhu Qianwei to accompany him to the funeral.
If you want to persuade others, you have to list what bad things Kui Xi has done, Qi Tong said three things, one is that Kui Xi is addicted to alcohol and wastes political affairs. The second is the indiscriminate torture of Kui Xi and the cruelty of his courtiers. The third is to build a large number of buildings and indulge in extravagant pleasures.
At first, Wu Zhongyuan didn't care, but the more he listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, how could the situation Qi Tong say be similar to the ridiculous things done by the king of Shang who was confused by Daji?
Zhu Qianwei did not refute when Qi Tong stated Kui Xi's crime, which shows that Qi Tong did not wronged Kui Xi, and Kui Xi did do that.
Qi Tong said a lot, but Zhu Qianwei only said a few words, one of which was, 'The king was not like this originally. And the other saying: 'The king is gracious to me.' β
Qi Tong then began to criticize Zhu Qianwei for being foolish, saying that he was not worthy of giving up his life for a faint monarch like Kui Xi.
"Why are you going to kill them all? She's not a boy. Zhu Qianwei said.
"Who says that a woman can't be a king? The throne of Kuicheng has always been hereditary, although this baby is a girl, but she has royal blood, if she does not die, it will be difficult for the people in the city to accept the rule of the king. Qi Tong said.
The persuasion lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and it turned out that Qi Tong was indeed delaying time, and the purpose was naturally to wait for reinforcements to arrive, and after a quarter of an hour, another group of men and horses arrived from the west, and the number of people surrounding Zhu Qianwei increased to more than fifty.
As soon as the reinforcements arrived, Qi Tong didn't say anything to Zhu Qianwei anymore, turned around and left, and after walking out of the encirclement, his right hand was raised slightly, and he ordered an attack.
The reinforcements were led by a middle-aged man, neither this person nor Qi Tong participated in the siege of Zhu Qianwei, after the attack began, the two stood together, and talked in a low voice while sweeping the formation.
Due to the sound of killing in the field, Wu Zhongyuan had some difficulty trying to hear the conversation between the two clearly, but if he listened carefully, he could still hear that the two were talking about how to force out the dragon turned into a dragon by the psychic soldiers and get the dragon halberd after killing Zhu Qianwei and the baby girl.
Before this, Wu Zhongyuan had no position, and he didn't know what was going on in Kuicheng, until the person who came later said to Qi Tong, "The elder brother made a decision and killed the sinner during the banquet, and the king will be rewarded in the future." It dawned on me.
The aura cultivation of these soldiers is not high, most of them only have light red aura, Zhu Qianwei is red aura, and Qi Tong has the highest aura cultivation among all people, but it is only shengxuan crimson, Kui Xi, the city lord of Kui City, can be hacked to death by this person with a sword, which shows that Kui Xi's aura cultivation is worse, and it is likely that there is no aura cultivation, so there is a reasonable explanation, the reason why Kui Xi later became mediocre and brutal is likely to be affected by the demon king.
There are two reasons why it is suspected that the demon king is responsible, one is that the demon king can only affect the divine consciousness of those who have no aura cultivation, or the aura cultivation is inferior, and the higher the aura cultivation, the more difficult it is for the demon king to influence the left and right. The second is that the salt of the entire Southern Wilderness comes from Kuicheng, and part of it is also supplied to Middle-earth, and if something happens in Kuicheng, it will have a huge impact on the salt supply of the entire Southern Wilderness and even Middle-earth.
If this matter is really the Demon King's trouble, then its purpose is to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, as long as it controls the supply of salt, all the tribes of the Southern Wilderness will be subject to it.
However, there is one thing he can't figure out, that is, if this matter is really done by the Demon King, it can completely control Kui Xi's divine consciousness all the time, and let him cut off the salt supply of the Southern Wilderness and Middle Earth, why let him destroy the country and change another person to be the city lord.
At this time, Zhu Qianwei has been under siege, although this person's aura cultivation is not high, but he has the courage to be invincible, a spear makes a supernatural spirit, there is a degree of advance and retreat, both offensive and defensive, it may be that he can't retreat with his whole body, and he has not tried to break through, but he has never rushed to besiege his own people to kill the killer, only injured but not killed, the injured are very many, but none of them died.
Zhu Qianwei was merciful to his subordinates, but the warriors who attacked him killed him, knowing that he cared about the baby behind him, they restrained him by attacking the baby, trying to distract him and reveal his flaws.
Wu Zhongyuan is a master of qi training, and he is also a master of using a bow, but he is not a master of martial arts, Zhu Qianwei is the opposite of his situation, Zhu Qianwei's aura cultivation is mediocre, but the marksmanship is superb, picking thorns and smashing, pushing and refusing to block, dozens of people besieged, but no one was able to break through the close.
Before this, Wu Zhongyuan had always thought that good-looking moves were all shows, and the really powerful moves would not be very good-looking, but Zhu Qianwei's marksmanship reversed his idea, Zhu Qianwei's marksmanship is not only powerful, but also very chic when attacking and defending, the most commendable thing is that this kind of chic is not the result of Zhu Qianwei's deliberate pursuit, flowing clouds, calm atmosphere, the reason why this situation can occur is inseparable from years of hard work, and it is also indispensable to the psychological quality of being in danger, and it has a lot to do with its own rapid reaction ability, and it must also have enough wisdom, and need to be keen to foresee the opponent's intentions and possible movesγ
It is open and closed but not leaking, devastating but not losing its agility, and all of this is also based on the fact that he needs to take care of the baby on his back and the mercy of his subordinates, if he unloads the burden and shoots with all his might, there are at least a dozen corpses in the field at this time.
Wu Zhongyuan was originally sitting on the tree, after a short period of watching the battle, he floated down from the tree and stood on the edge of the cliff, wishing Qianwei the wind of a general, he appreciated it very much, the reason why he came to the edge of the cliff was to control the situation, in case of an accident, he could also save Zhu Qianwei in the shortest possible time.
"What person?!" Qi Tong found Wu Zhongyuan.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer, not everyone is worthy of talking to him, Qi Tong had already aroused his disgust by delaying time under the pretense of persuasion.
"I'm waiting here, don't want to get my hands on the dragon halberd. Qi Tong shouted again.
Rabid dog barking day, Wu Zhongyuan was too lazy to take care of it, the goat that was used as bait was still tied there at this time, and in the melee, Zhu Qianwei still needed to be distracted to protect the goat, so as to prevent the rope on its leg from being cut by the enemy and triggering the mechanism, he naturally did not want to besiege these people who were trapped in the trap and accidentally injured.
Zhu Qianwei is concerned about the old feelings, but the opponent is merciless, after half a pillar of incense, Zhu Qianwei was slashed in the chest, this knife was originally cut at the baby behind him, but Zhu Qianwei's aura was exhausted, and he could not dodge in time, so he could only turn around in a hurry and replace him.
Wu Zhongyuan was still wondering why Zhu Qianwei's kung fu was so good but he didn't try to get out of trouble, but at this time he finally understood that Zhu Qianwei only had red aura, which was not durable and consumed, and once the aura was exhausted, he couldn't last long with his strength alone.
Seeing that Zhu Qianwei's aura was exhausted, Wu Zhongyuan made a move.
But he didn't attack the people who surrounded Zhu Qianwei, nor did he attack Qi Tong and the others who swept outside the encirclement, but took a bow and arrow in his hand, condensed the true qi of the fire dragon, and shot an arrow at the waterhole below.
The dark iron arrows infused with the fire dragon's true qi are with a blasting effect, and after entering the water, the fire dragon's true qi is released, and there is a loud bang, and the waves are monstrous.
The dragon that had been dormant under the water was frightened out of the water, volleyed its claws, and snaked into the air.
Seeing that there were really antlers on the head of the dragon, Wu Zhongyuan was sure that it was the dragon halberd, and then took three arrows with his backhand, one first, and beat the dragon back to its original shape, and then sent an arrow to shoot the weapon it turned into into the encirclement where Zhu Qianwei was, and when the dragon halberd flew closer, he shot the last arrow, corrected the angle, and nailed the dragon halberd in front of Zhu Qianwei.
The incident happened suddenly, and everyone was stunned, including Zhu Qianwei, who looked up in confusion and looked up in surprise.
Wu Zhongyuan smiled and pointed at the dragon halberd, "I've given it to you, change weapons, and then fight ......"