Without waiting for Zhou Xiuying to answer, Xu Hongru, who was forced back by the spear array of the white pole soldiers, shouted: "Ji Qingwen, you little thief is here to buy people's hearts for me." Put Xiuying out? You've almost captured her alive now, would you have the kindness to let her go? ”

Ji Qingwen sneered: "Of course I have such a good intention." Sect Master Xu, the use of troops here today is not to annihilate all of you, but just to ask the sect leader to lead all the men and horses of your sect to return to the ground in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. ”

"It's as simple as that?" Xu Hongru asked after enduring the gunshot wound.

"Yes, it's that simple."

Ji Qingwen only said half a sentence, and then Li Yan behind him reminded in a low voice: "Use the method of agitation to provoke Xu Hongru, or it may have a miraculous effect." ”

When Ji Qingwen heard this, he immediately had an inspiration, and then he said, "Not only do I want to release Miss Xiuying, but even Sect Master Xu can leave." However, I have said in advance, Sect Leader Xu can only retreat to Zhejiang in place here, and cannot run elsewhere. ”

Xu Hongru said: "Why is this? I, the White Lotus Sect Master, do I still have to listen to you, the court eagle dog, at my command? ”

Ji Qingwen said with a smile: "Sect Master Xu has misunderstood, how dare I order your old man?" It's just that under the emperor's order, he wants to annihilate the White Lotus Sect completely. But if Sect Master Xu is afraid of being in the next place and running around, then I am afraid that I will have to waste another effort to find the sect leader in the decisive battle, wouldn't it be troublesome? ”

Xu Hongru really fell for this not clever "radical method", and scolded: "Ji Qingwen, you don't have to be ashamed, when did I, Xu Hongru, be afraid of you?" ”

Ji Qingwen laughed and said: "I remember that the first time I met Sect Leader Xu was in Xi'an City, and later I also dealt with Fucheng and Nanjing twice. In these few encounters, sect leader, when did your old man not run away in a hurry? Now I still have the face to say that I am not afraid of me Ji Qingwen, this self-confidence is very admirable. ”

What Ji Qingwen said is the truth, and the facts that happened to Xu Hongru are not very glorious.

This made the pale face of the White Lotus Sect's Great Sect Leader Xu Hongru suddenly turn red with shame, and scolded again: "Ji Qingwen, you are less brave in your tongue. According to the deity, there is no need to find another place, just fight here. ”

Although the current White Lotus Sect is just a rabble, it still obeys Xu Hongru's unified command. If it was a decisive battle in this narrow carp mouth, it would not be particularly difficult to defeat, defeat, or even kill Xu Hongru, but once Xu Hongru lost control of the White Lotus Sect, then the 100,000 White Lotus Sect followers would scatter and become a group of unrestrained mobs, and they would be in danger wherever they went.

And the troops, material resources, financial resources, and energy required to clean up these bandits who are making trouble everywhere are much greater than defeating a Xu Hongru head-on.

It was precisely based on this consideration that Ji Qingwen had previously made the decision to block the White Lotus Sect outside Fujian Province and choose the boundary of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province as the decisive battle.

To this day, Ji Qingwen still has not changed his decision.

Therefore, he did not agree to Xu Hongru's challenge, and said coldly: "Sect Master Xu, if you want to die, you don't have to wait today. I see that you are already sleepy today, why don't you go back to Zhejiang first, rest and recuperate, and then fight to the death together? Otherwise, if you don't win in the next battle, I'm afraid that even if Sect Master Xu loses, you won't be convinced! ”

Ji Qingwen "sent to death" one by one, "people are sleepy and lacking horses", and one by one "lost", as if Xu Hongru was already a loser before he fought.

This made Xu Hongru extremely angry, but under the extreme anger, the White Lotus Sect Master, who had been tempered by setbacks, suddenly calmed down.

He suddenly realized that in such a narrow mountain pass as Liyukou, which could not give full play to the superiority of troops, it was indeed more advantageous to Ji Qingwen's capable pikemen and musketeers. And Zhou Xiuying, the most powerful "White Lotus Holy Maiden" under his command, is now even more controlled by the enemy, not only can not help himself at all, but will immediately die under the opponent's spear musket because of Xu Hongru's challenging behavior.

You must know that in the White Lotus Sect, in addition to the sect leader Xu Hongru, it is the saint Zhou Xiuying's status that is the most respected. If she was killed by the imperial court officials, it would be devastating to the hearts of the White Lotus Sect disciples.

So Xu Hongru quietly sighed in his heart and said: "The surname is Ji, what you said sounds good, but in my opinion, it is not that you give the deity a chance to recuperate, but that your own soldiers and horses are weak, and you want to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and annihilate the deity, right?" Tell you, the deity is not a timid person, you can fight if you want to, and the soldiers who can be transferred can be transferred! ”

This is equivalent to carrying a ladder down the stairs for yourself.

Ji Qingwen is also a quick-witted person, and when he heard this, he sneered in his heart, and thought: You Xu Hongru can leave if you want to, and I won't let you go, so why do you say such a big set of words, isn't this taking off your pants and farting - is it too much?

But Ji Qingwen wanted to do this act of "letting the tiger return to the mountain" now, so he naturally didn't want to expose Xu Hongru in person, and said according to his meaning: "Okay, whatever Sect Leader Xu says." Anyway, today, I have no intention of fighting with you again, and I will ask the master to return to Wenzhou the same way, and I will never follow the pursuit. ”

"Could it be that this surnamed Ji thinks he doesn't have enough strength to defeat himself?"

This is the reason given by Xu Hongru, in addition to this reason, he really can't think of any better reason to make Ji Qingwen give up this low-hanging fruit.

However, at this moment, it doesn't matter if there is a reason or not, only to leave the place of execution of Liyukou first, that is the most important thing.

So Xu Hongru was afraid that Ji Qingwen would change his mind, but he still deliberately pretended to be ruthless, and said: "The surname is Ji, your words never count, why should I believe you?" Let's go, let's go, according to the deity, there's no need to go back to Zhejiang, let's have a big battle now! ”

In the face of Xu Hongru's nervous questioning, Ji Qingwen answered very easily.

"Sect Master Xu, if you don't believe me, that's human nature. Why don't I express my sincerity first and let Miss Xiuying go back. ”

As he spoke, Ji Qingwen raised his hand and ordered the white pole soldiers standing in the front row to raise their spears towards the sky, freeing Zhou Xiuying from the threat of the short sword at the tip of the spear held by the white pole soldiers.

Ji Qingwen gave such an order, but Qin Xiangzhen was not satisfied.

I saw her raise her eyebrows and say, "No! How does this work? It was not easy to catch this demon girl of the White Lotus Sect, how could she be easily released? ”

Ji Qingwen didn't have time to explain to Qin Xiangzhen, and said, "General Qin, don't worry about this matter. Miss Xiuying was captured by me, and what to do with it is naturally up to me. General Qin was frightened and injured just now, and please go down to rest, the matter here is good for Xiuying to bear in the next force. ”

Ji Qingwen's words were extremely decisive and ruthless, which made Qin Xiangzhen, a girl who was rude and had no one in her eyes, instantly remembered that she had just been rescued by Ji Qingwen and escaped from Zhou Xiuying's hands, and finally made Qin Xiangzhen shut her mouth.

Ji Qingwen saw that Qin Xiangzhen had no objections, so he said to Zhou Xiuying in front of him: "Miss Xiuying, what I said to Sect Leader Xu just now, you must have heard it, right?" If you want to go, just go now. ”

This is the third time that Ji Qingwen has let Zhou Xiuying leave.

For Zhou Xiuying herself, such a scene is not unfamiliar, but in front of these tens of thousands of troops, she was released by Ji Qingwen again, which inevitably made her the face of the "White Lotus Holy Maiden" a little unbearable, and said: "Why does Ji Gongzi need to be like this? Don't you forget, we are now your opponents to the death, so I am afraid it is not good to secretly indulge the enemy generals in front of the two armies? ”

Ji Qingwen heard that she hadn't changed her title of "son", so she knew that Zhou Xiuying still had a good impression of her, so she smiled and said, "Miss Xiuying, this is a mistake." It's my business whether to let go or not, and it's your business whether to leave or not. If you want to go, I will not stop you; But if you don't want to leave, you must stay here and die, and I can't do anything about it. ”