Chapter 353: Embattled
Qianzhou City, the General Altar of the Immortal Sect—
Shangling Heavenly Master sat high in the hall, his eyes slightly closed, and quietly listened to the report of Tongyu County by an envoy below.
"Last night, about 2,000 enemy troops of unknown origin suddenly raided Beizhai in Tongyu County, and Liao E, the envoy who hesitated to guard Beizhai, left his post without permission, and Lu Yan led his troops to rescue, and was unfortunately killed in the chaos, and the enemy took advantage of the chaos to leave the battlefield and flee westward."
After a pause, the envoy said: "The casualties of our army in this battle are not large, and the Divine Sect Army under Lu Yan has a total of 2,600 casualties, but... Most of the grain and grass reserves in the northwest of Tongyu County were burned by the enemy, and there was not much left. ”
A word, full of shock, although the people in the hall have already heard some rumors, at this time heard that the grain and grass in Tongyu County was destroyed, it is also difficult to hide the horror in the heart, now Qianzhou and the Shu army and the Linjiang army are in a stalemate, everyone knows what it means that the grain and grass will be destroyed.
Shangling Heavenly Master's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "What about Liao E? ”
"I have been escorted back by Elder Fire overnight, and I am waiting for the Heavenly Master to fall outside the hall."
"Bring it on." There was not the slightest fluctuation in the Heavenly Master's voice.
Soon, Liao E and his brother Wu Yu were escorted to the main hall, the two were extremely embarrassed at this time but had not been tortured, after being escorted to the main hall, Liao E just lowered his head and did not dare to speak, but Wu Yu on the side fell to his knees and cried: "Heavenly Master! Heavenly Master, this is all my brother's idea, I advised him not to send troops, but he didn't listen to it to cause such a catastrophe, I hope that Heavenly Master will spare my life! ”
Liao E, who was standing on the side, raised his head violently and looked at Wu Yu in horror, as if he didn't expect Wu Yu to say such a thing.
Wu Yu didn't look at Liao E, but just kept kowtowing on the ground.
Liao E's eyes were bloodshot, and he glared at Wu Yu, who was kneeling on the ground, and exclaimed, "I'm your own brother!" ”
Wu Yu paused, raised his head and looked at Liao E and said, "You are my own brother, why don't you think about your parents at home before doing things?" You and I are dead, who will provide for the two of them? If you are still my own brother, you will admit your mistake and hope that the Heavenly Master will spare your life! ”
Liao E was stunned for a moment, outsiders couldn't hear the reason, but he understood it. Wu Yu's words mean that the responsibility for the crimes committed by the two is inevitably death, and if Liao E can take all the blame on himself, the two brothers may be able to live one of them and provide for the old father and mother in the family.
"Haha!" Liao E suddenly burst into laughter, although Wu Yu's words were too ruthless, but it was not unreasonable. Liao E is the commander of the army, even if he told the truth that he made such a big mistake because of Wu Yu's instigation, he still could not escape death, but it was not as good as Wu Yu said, he took the blame alone, and he hoped that Wu Yu could still live.
"Not bad! This matter was done on my spur of the moment, one person does things and one person is responsible, Lao Tzu will go to apologize to the god of immortality! As soon as the words fell, Liao E suddenly burst into flames and slammed into the stone pillars on the hall.
The guards of the Divine Cult Army wanted to stop it, but it was too late, Liao E hit his head on the stone pillar, his brain shattered, and he couldn't survive.
The Heavenly Master on the top of the hall opened his eyes and looked at Liao E, who was constantly twitching, and with a slight wave of his hand as if he was not visible, the guards stepped forward and dragged the body out.
Wu Yu, who was kneeling on the ground, saw Liao E's corpse looking at him with a smile when he dragged it out, and couldn't help but feel unbearable, so he closed his eyes and didn't want to look at the blood on the ground.
An elder saw the guards cleaning the blood stains on the main hall, and pointed at Wu Yu and said, "Heavenly Master, this person is an accomplice of Liao E, and he also blasphemed the God of Immortality, and should be burned at the stake." ”
Wu Yu was startled, raised his head suddenly, and exclaimed, "No! No! Everything was done by Na Liao E, I dissuaded him, but he didn't listen to anything, and the Heavenly Master and the elders were aware of it. ”
Wu Yu looked at the Heavenly Master above, only to see him looking at him indifferently, without the slightest wave in his eyes, as if he had already regarded himself as a dead person.
"Heavenly Master! Heavenly Master! I have a message that will definitely be able to overcome my crimes, and I hope that the Heavenly Master will be merciful and spare me not to die! ”
The Heavenly Master was still expressionless, but the elder on the side sneered, "Do you think this is a place for you to bargain?" If you don't want to say it, we don't mind letting you experience the Immortal God's punishment for the Filthy Cultists. ”
Wu Yu shuddered, the torture of the Immortal Sect was known to everyone in Qianzhou, and it was said that no one could keep silent under that kind of torture.
"I... I say! I say! Wu Yu paused for a moment and said, "There is one person among the filthy cultists who attacked Tongyu County last night, I believe that the Heavenly Master and you will definitely be very interested in him, if you can catch him, you will definitely be able to turn the tide of the battle!" ”
"Who?" The elder asked.
"King of Shu, Yang Yi!"
When he heard Yang Yi's name, the Heavenly Master finally opened his eyes, stared at Wu Yu with a torch of fire and said coldly, "What did you say?" ”
Wu Yu hurriedly told him what he had encountered along the way, of course, he persuaded his brother Liao E to send troops to arrest Yang Yi, and he reversed it, saying that Liao E was greedy for merit, and no matter how he persuaded him, it didn't work.
Wu Yu finally said categorically: "I dare to guarantee that Yang Yi, the Nine Nerds, must be among that group of people, please ask the Heavenly Master to learn from it!" ”
After listening to Wu Yu's story, everyone in the hall turned their eyes to the Heavenly Spirit, even a fool knew what kind of impact it would have on the battle situation if he could catch Yang Yi now.
Now the war in Huanxiang Mountain is stalemate, the grain and grass in Tongyu County are destroyed, Huanxiang Mountain must not be able to hold for long, and a few days ago there was news from Zhuzhou in the east, Li Cen's Linjiang army has broken through the city of Zhuzhou, and will enter Qianzhou west in a few days.
Catching Yang Yi, forcing the Shu army to retreat, and then going all out to meet the Linjiang army, this is the only hope for the Immortal Sect at present.
"Where is that rebel army now?" The Heavenly Master said coldly.
An elder arched his hand and replied: "Master Huitian, after we received Lu Yan's urgent report yesterday, Elder Shui had already led 10,000 Divine Sect troops to Tongyu County, but it was a pity that he was one step late, and he still let that group of filthy cultists succeed. ”
After a pause, the elder said again: "However, when Elder Shui arrived, the group of filthy cultists had just escaped not far away, and Elder Shui immediately led the troops to chase after them. ”
The Heavenly Master pondered for a moment and said, "Hmph... Nine nerds want to go to join the Shu army. ”
"Pass on my immortal order, all the Divine Sect troops along the way will try their best to intercept this group of filthy cultists, and all the roads leading to Qianxi will be completely blocked, if anyone can catch the Nine Nerds, this Heavenly Master will give him the secret of immortality, and enter the position of the Five Elements Elder!"
Everyone was amazed, not to mention that the Immortal Secret was a decisive martial art that only Heavenly Masters could learn in the Immortal Sect, just being promoted to the position of Elder of the Five Elements was enough to make countless people crazy, and the Elder of the Five Elements was a noble position second only to Heavenly Masters.
An elder condensed: "Heavenly Master, if we block all the roads, Yang Yi is likely to retreat south, and then escape from the encirclement from the southern entrance of Daque Mountain, and have to be guarded. ”
The corners of Shangling Heavenly Master's mouth twitched slightly, and he said coldly: "Hmph, this Heavenly Master just wants him Yang Yi to go there, and I will personally prepare a rich send-off banquet for him." ”
Ignoring everyone's puzzled expressions, the Heavenly Master of the Heavenly Spirit said again: "Pass on my order, mobilize all the troops around the southern entrance of Daque Mountain, move closer to Anning Town, and when you arrive with that group of filthy cultists, be sure to hold them back and wait for reinforcements!"
In addition, another 5,000 elite Divine Sect troops were dispatched to rush to the rescue of Anning Town,"
The elder hesitated and asked, "Heavenly Master, who will lead the reinforcements?" ”
Hearing this, the Heavenly Master of the Heavenly Spirit pondered for a moment, slowly stood up, and said leisurely: "This Heavenly Master personally leads the troops, I want to go and meet for a while what kind of ability our legendary Shu King is..."