Pang Lu's ambition is really huge, the first half of his life is self-denial, the battlefield is not slack, in the gray hair and sideburns of the year to gain the attention of the emperor, and finally worship him as the governor of the bandits, in the military general's official position is second only to the three major generalissimos. However, he always felt that his footsteps should not stop here, at least before he slept in the coffin, he still had the strength to fight for and seek higher positions and honors.

When he came to carry out the task of exterminating Wohua Mountain, there were some officials and generals who were openly and secretly attached to him and recommended him to become the fourth generalissimo of soldiers and horses, even if his martial arts strength did not reach the level of a nine-stage grandmaster, but his merits for many years have already shone much brighter than before the other three marshals succeeded to the throne, and the reason why he has not been promoted over the years may be just because the emperor abolished the government, and almost did not realize that Pang Lu was already one of the best among the generals.

The eleventh prince first in order to win the support of Pang Lu, he once asked the emperor to ask for the promotion of Pang Lu, although the emperor has a temporary important matter in the harem to deal with the temporary pressure, but almost most of the hundred officials think that Pang Lu has this qualification, the remaining officials except for some disagreement with Pang Lu, that is, Pang Lu is old, not enough to support the responsibility of the generalissimo of the northern soldiers, this position should also be selected from the young and capable, such as the head of the Bian family, the head of the Luo family, etc.

Later, in order to win over Pang Lu, the Seventh Prince also took several important ministers to face the saint, and proposed to promote Pang Lu's official position, otherwise it would cause negative emotions among other officials. However, at that time, the emperor had no intention of dealing with it, thinking that the succession ceremony of the generalissimo was too cumbersome, and he also asked the emperor's relatives and relatives to read the speech with him, so he absurdly rejected the request of the seven princes, and sternly reprimanded the spread of the phenomenon of forming parties and running private interests in the DPRK and China, and the seven princes retreated in a huff.

Although Pang Lu nominally supported the eleventh prince and did not dislike the seventh prince, he was only living for himself, for his own merits and honors, and rarely participated in the battle between the princes. His case is piled up with marching suggestions sent by the two princes, as well as some suggestions and guidance from the eldest prince, but he never thought of replying to the letter, what he wants to do is to use military merits to make a name for himself, so that Pang Lu really has the record of sitting with the other three generalissimos, even if the emperor is unwilling to worship the commander, but the general trend is not up to him.

However, Pang Lu's march encountered great obstacles, although the capital armor soldiers he led were well-trained, but the real combat effectiveness was completely inferior to those bandits in Wohua Mountain, and even the elite of them was difficult to compete with the elite of the other party.

The combat effectiveness of the entire army cannot be trained overnight, even if there are officers who are good at training, it will take at least a few months to raise a steel elite soldier, but the emperor does not have much time left for him, and his life does not leave him a lot of time. Li Zhengxing and Luo Yaohua can only be regarded as mediocre in military training, although Lu Xingyang has this ability, but he seems to have obeyed the orders of a certain prince, and he has always been perfunctory in military training. Several people of Jinshuizong don't understand the things of this battlefield, and the only ones left are their own generals Deng Zhun and Zhao Shi, the former is too impatient to train the soldiers, although the latter is the best choice, but after the battle of Xiaoyongcheng, he can no longer carry out his mission, and the training has to be put down again.

Pang Lu originally planned to use stratagem and military formations to forcibly exterminate the mountain bandits in Wohua Mountain, the layout of the Yanyue Array, and then the Battle of the Jiaozhi Plain and the Battle of the Camp, all showed Pang Lu's excellent combat awareness and combat command ability again and again, although the generals of Wohua Mountain were extremely outstanding, and the soldiers of Wohua Mountain were strong, but he was able to rely on his own experience to forcibly suppress it, although he did not win, but he understood that this was not his incompetence in leading the troops.

If it were the generalissimo of several soldiers and horses here, if the nine-dan grandmaster did not use the extraordinary martial arts strength to suppress it strongly, it was very likely that they would not be able to deal with the soldiers and horses of Wohua Mountain; This is Pang Lu's self-confidence, and it is also Pang Lu's precise positioning of the Wohua Mountain military camp, as long as the commanders in their military camp do not die, even if they double the number of troops, they will not be able to break through the Jiaozhi Plain.

After Di Lang's matter slowly subsided, Pang Lu called Deng Zhun and Sun Huan to his residence alone to talk secretly, Deng Zhun followed Pang Lu for many years, and made countless contributions to Pang Lu's birth and death, so naturally there was no need to hide anything. Sun Huan, as a member of the Jinshui Sect, although he has a friendship with Pang Lu, but he is always an outsider, and today's death of Di Lang, Pang Lu just used a little trick to deceive Sun Huan's blood and loyalty to himself, which can be said to be a lot of money.

Pang Ludao sat in the right position and said loudly: "Sun Huan, Deng Zhun, do you know why I called you alone?"

Sun Huan said: "Could it be because of Di Lang? I have already announced before, all the punishments of the punishers of the Jinshui Sect have nothing to do with Uncle Shi, I know the severity of it, so naturally I will not cause any more trouble for Uncle Shi." ”

Pang Lu shook his head and said: "Senior nephew Sun Huan, you think too much, what I want to arrange is not this matter, after all, Di Lang is dead, everything is over, there is no way to recover, even if Senior nephew Sun Huan is a little responsible, but Jinshui Sect will inevitably ask me."

Naturally, my troubles are indispensable, but I can relax. ”

Deng Zhun said: "Governor, could it be that I have a new combat mission to carry out?"

Pang Lu said: "You guessed right, there is indeed an important matter that you need to do at the moment, and it must be the two of you." Our army was originally divided into three ways to encircle and suppress the mountain bandits in Wohua Mountain, but nearly two months have passed, and there has been no progress, so I made up my mind to recall General Zhu Gai of Jinhui City and General Jin Lin of the northern mountains and forests of Wohua Mountain, and open a gap in Jiaozhi City in the united army. ”

Deng Zhun pondered: "Could it be that the two generals have encountered some trouble on the road and need our support?"

Pang Lu paused, took a map from the side, and said: "Here in the northern mountains and forests, they met Meng Lang, the fifth commander of Wohua Mountain, this person led a lone army to move to the Jiaozhi Plain, Jin Lin They found out that they decisively carried out an encirclement and suppression attack, and had besieged an army of Meng Lang in a mountain for more than three days, but Meng Lang was brave and extraordinary, they could not attack for a long time, what we have to do is to give them full support, and take or even kill Meng Lang with lightning speed. ”

Deng Zhun said: "Governor, this matter is not trivial, when we received the news, I am afraid that the Wohua Mountain military camp also received the news, our trip will definitely encounter their interception, and the mountains and forests are not conducive to our army's combat, even if we have an advantage in numbers, but I am afraid it is still difficult to quickly strike at Meng Lang." Why don't you summon all the generals and discuss countermeasures together?"

Pang Lu said: "You are right, this matter is very important, but what we can think of, the second commander Liang Jin and the mysterious army staff officer in the Wohua Mountain military camp will also think that I want to use the advantage of numbers to hide the army led by you in several armies, so that they will not be able to notice, and wait until we successfully defeat Meng Lang, and then turn around and besiege and kill, and we can win a complete victory." ”

Deng Zhundao: "The governor is smart, but the specific implementation method is still not clear, and I ask the governor to make it clear." ”

Pang Lu said: "You each lead 3,000 elite soldiers, wait for the dispatch outside the city, and when I divide Luo Yaohua and the three of them into three routes of soldiers and horses, and feint to harass Wohua Mountain, you will take advantage of the chaos to pass through the Jiaozhi Mountain Range, and go to the Cloud Falcon Mountain in the northern mountain forest, Jin Lin and General Zhu Gai should be there, you will act from the north and south, according to the plan I left, as long as there is no accident, I believe that you can quickly annihilate the Menglang soldiers and horses, and take the Cloud Falcon Mountain." ”

"The last general will obey the order!"

After Sun Huan and Deng Zhun withdrew, Luo Yaohua, Li Zhengxing, and Lu Xingyang were summoned to Pang Lu. The last thing Pang Lu called was Lou Zhong, who had been ignored, and since Di Lang's death, he seemed to be more isolated by Li Zhengxing and others, so even if he heard the order, he didn't seem so enthusiastic.

Pang Lu said: "Lou Zhong's nephew, are you blaming me?"

Lou Zhong said in a low voice: "No, Uncle Shi is always Uncle Shi, and it's not something I can blame." ”

"Oh?" Pang Lu touched his chin and couldn't help laughing, "Then you mean, someone will blame me anyway, those people should be from the Golden Water Sect, right?"

Lou Zhong raised his eyebrows and said, "The disciple doesn't dare." ”

Pang Lu said: "You are not bad, although you are not as good as Sun Huan in terms of ability, and you are not as good as Di Lang in terms of courage, but you know how to protect yourself, no matter where you are, this criterion can make you live longer." ”

Lou Zhong was stunned and said, "Thank you Uncle for your teachings, the disciple has been used." ”

Pang Lu stood up, walked to Lou Quan's side, and put his hand on Lou Zhong's shoulder, although Pang Lu was old, but that broad hand seemed to have a huge strength, Lou Zhong could feel that this was no longer an ordinary eight-lead power.

Pang Lu said: "Say what you think, are you dissatisfied with me?"

Lou finally gritted his teeth, he saw Pang Lu's bland look, and he felt an invisible oppression, he had never ignored Pang Lu's martial arts strength, how could a person who could reach the peak level of a military general in the Qin Dynasty be just a strategist. But what can make him feel oppressed is not only the deterrence of this strength, but also the plain but extremely terrifying voice of Pang Lu.

Lou Zhong's eyes darkened, he raised his head suddenly, and shouted loudly: "If it weren't for your provocative words, Sun Huan would not have really killed Di Lang, you are completely tying Sun Huan to your ship, and you have indirectly avenged your subordinates, others don't know, but I can see it, if someone from the Jinshui Sect comes to interrogate, I will definitely tell everything I know, Uncle Pang Lu, when that time comes, will you still press on my shoulder as you do now?"

Pang Lu's pupils constricted, and he suddenly turned his body around, and said: "You really know very well, it seems that you are not a complete reckless man, the Golden Water Sect has still picked out a few excellent disciples over the years, even if you are not excellent, I agree with you very much." ”

Lou finally said: "Are you planning to draw me closer to your camp?"

Pang Lu sat down again with a smile, and said indifferently: "Senior nephew Lou, you are a little too arbitrary, do you think I really care about the investigation of the Jinshui Sect? I am now the governor of the Qin Dynasty who suppresses bandits, and I am in a high position in a country, even if the elders of the Jinshui Sect can't get used to me, but what can they do? Do you dare to kill me? Cultivators above the status realm are not allowed to make a move against all mortals in Zhu Tianye, this is like an iron law

The rules are firmly bound to their heads, and how can I be blamed for the death of a disciple?"

"What's more, it was just between you, there were hundreds of pairs of eyes in my military camp who saw that it was Sun Huan who killed Di Lang with his own hands, and I also persuaded Sun Huan like that, would anyone believe that I caused Di Lang's death. Di Lang killed the loyal general I value the most because he escaped from the battle, I have nothing to say to him, if I don't kill him, do I want to continue to tolerate him and let him kill all my generals?"

"Lou Zhong, let me tell you the truth, when I was in the Jinshui Sect, my talent was so high that all the elders looked at it, but one of the elders was jealous that I had robbed him of the honor that his son deserved, so he privately created a drama in which I stole the secret books in the sect and framed me as a disloyal person in the sect. My current strength is all gained from cultivating again after leaving the Golden Water Sect, and it has nothing to do with the Golden Water Sect, have you ever done these things?"

Lou Zhong's pupils constricted, he looked at Pang Lu's sad and angry expression, he didn't know whether it was true or false, it was as if he had poked a soft underbelly in his heart, and there was no rebuttal.

Pang Lu said with a smile: "To be honest, I don't have any good feelings about Jinshui Sect now, Di Lang's kind of scum killed my generals, what's wrong with me killing him? ”

Lou finally licked his chapped lips and said, "You're not wrong. ”

Pang Lu said: "You actually know the disciple of that elder, can you guess who it is?"

Lou Zhong said indifferently: "I don't know. ”

Pang Lu said with a smile: "I don't know how to hide the panic in my heart, don't you? You know very well which of the older generation of martial artists in the sect has succeeded to the position of elder one after another, but you just don't dare to say it." Your current elder in charge of the sect is my senior brother at that time, if I can stay in the Jinshui Sect and continue to practice, I will definitely become the first martial artist in the history of the Jinshui Sect to enter the status realm, and what about your elder, after practicing for so many years, his elder father has so great expectations for him, after so many years, he only entered the status three years ago, I know very well. There is no such thing as absolute fairness in the world, Di Lang will kill my subordinates, and it will be the same if I killed Di Lang with a trick, and so will your respected elder and his father. ”

"Senior Uncle, since you used to be a disciple of the Jinshui Sect, why don't you tolerate us because of this, do you know that if you let Senior Brother Sun Huan kill Di Lang, Sun Huan will not be able to escape. Lou Zhong's eyes were slightly sad, and his voice trembled a little: "He can't escape, and I can't escape, the new sect master of the Jinshui Sect is already in the process of cultivating, if we make these mistakes, we will become the blade of the young sect master, you are forcing us to die!"

"Hahahaha!" Pang Lu laughed and said: "Lou Zhong, Lou Zhong, why haven't you seen it clearly, why haven't you noticed those things yet, it's so disappointing to me." Haven't you ever thought that since it is your Sect Leader who has a grudge against me, then why would he want to send a few of you to help me fight? He saw that I was becoming more and more appealing in the Qin Dynasty, so he wanted to relieve me, so that he could use my position to do things in the next step. ”

Lou Zhong shouted lightly: "I don't believe this, the head of the Jinshui Sect has a respected status as an elder, how can he climb to the aid of a military general of a small country? Uncle Pang Lu, you also attach too much importance to your identity, you are just a military general in the mortal world, but in my Jinshui Sect, you are just an ordinary person. ”

Pang Lu took off his armor, took out a letter from it, handed it to Lou Zhong, and said, "This is a letter written to me by your Sect Elder, who clearly requested that after I win the battle, with the convenience of my power, I will open a road in the northern territory to facilitate the disciples of the Jinshui Sect to obtain gold and silver. It's not that I, Pang Lu, can't recognize my position, but although your Jinshui Sect is called Zhu Tianye Great Sect, it is actually just a small sect with little name, and its daily expenses are very large, so I have to use the hands of ordinary people to help them maintain the stability of the sect, which is the real inside story. ”

Lou finally looked at the letter in disbelief, he had no way to confirm whether the handwriting in the letter was true or false, but the elder seal at the end of the letter could not be faked, the content of this letter was exactly what Pang Lu said, it was the request that the elder of the Jinshui Sect first made to Pang Lu.

Pang Lu said again: "You don't know that your kind Sect Elder never thought that you would be able to return to the Golden Water Sect, and you, Di Lang, and even the other disciples who came to my camp were not enough to attract his attention. The strength of the Bloody Hand Shura is strong and talented, although he can be cultivated as a core disciple, but he is not very right with your young sect master, it shouldn't be said like this, Sun Huan doesn't look down on Jin Ji at all, let me ask your young sect master will let such a person stay in the sect?"

"I know these inside stories very well, that's why the elder of the sect will send you to my military camp, the beautiful name is 'experience', in fact, it is to give you a place to be buried, he didn't want you to go back from the beginning, the Jinshui Sect has never sent the disciples of the sect to the battlefield of the mortal realm, and your sect elder is also clever, so clever that you are still happy to go. It's not so much that I killed Di Lang, it's better that your Sect Elder killed him! Now, do you understand?"