Chapter 17 The so-called cooperation between the inside and the outside (3)

"You still won't listen to the persuasion...... Xu Le! ”

When he heard these words, Xu Le's whole face sank, he never expected that in addition to Xie An, the target of his intention to assassinate, there were two uninvited guests in the tent, and these two uninvited guests had an inseparable relationship with him.

[Her Royal Highness the Princess...... and, Qi Sik ......]

Squinting his eyes, Xu Le subconsciously clenched the sword in his hand, during which he glanced at the tent with some concern from the corner of his eye.

Also, after all, although Xu Le said that he was reckless, he was not a complete fool, seeing Xie An, Liu Qing, and Qi Zhi waiting for the rabbit here, how could he not understand that this was a trap. Therefore, he subconsciously glanced at the tent, for fear that a large number of assassins from the East Ridge would suddenly pour out of the tent. After all, although Xu Le's martial arts are stronger than most of the generals of the Jizhou Army, once he faces the Dongling assassins who are good at joint attacks and assassinations, it is still relatively precarious.

But to his surprise, since Xie An lit the oil lamp, no one has trespassed in.

As if seeing the concerns in Xu Le's heart, Qi Zhi sighed slightly, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, there will be no outsiders entering, including the Dongling ......."

"......" frowned and glanced at the sword in Qi Zhi's hand, Xu Le opened his mouth slightly, wanted to speak and stopped, and after a few hesitations, said in a deep voice, "In other words, are you going to take me personally, Qi Zhi?" ”

Qi Zhi's eyes flashed a little hesitant when he heard this, and after sighing slightly, he asked in a deep voice, "Xu Le, in all fairness, adults have treated you and me well these days, why do you want to do such a despicable thing?" ”

"Disgraceful?" Xu Le laughed three times after hearing this, glanced at Liu Qing and Qi Zhi, and said mockingly, "You two turned their backs on the Taiping Army for the sake of wealth and wealth, defected to the Zhou Dynasty, and even led troops to attack my Taiping Army brothers, which is despicable!" - I, Xu Lesheng, am the general of the Taiping Army, and I am a ghost of the Taiping Army when I die, so why is it wrong to help my Taiping Army succeed?! ”

Now, Xu Le obviously knew that it was impossible for him to retreat safely, so he simply didn't hide it, and poured out the dissatisfaction in his heart.

"Fifty thousand Taiping Army brothers, Your Royal Highness the Princess! - This is the last time I, Xu Le, will call your Royal Highness the Princess! Fifty thousand Taiping Army brothers, Your Royal Highness the Princess, in accordance with the will of the second generation of the commander, that is, your mother, Her Royal Highness Liu Qian, vowed to restore our Southern Tang Dynasty, for this reason, Commander-in-Chief Chen Bei, Vice General Yang, and many brothers were buried in Jiangling, buried in a desolate and inaccessible place, but how does Her Royal Highness the Princess treat these righteous people?! -- Defect to the Zhou army and attack our Taiping army in turn......"

Liu Qing's face turned slightly red when she heard this, although she also had her own hardships and thoughts, but some words came out of Xu Le's mouth, and they were not without lethality.

"The most hateful thing is you!" Raising his hand and pointing at Qi Zhi with his sword, Xu Le shouted angrily, "Her Royal Highness the princess has gone astray, as a subordinate and a general of the six gods, you are not persuaded by Feifei, but fueled the trouble...... What benefits did Zhou Guo promise you?! ”

"Xu Le, what do you mean by that?!" Hearing this, Qi Zhi's eyes widened angrily, and he reprimanded angrily, "I, Qi Zhi, have always followed a righteous word, how can I be tempted by glory and wealth? - The reason why I switched to Lord Xie's command is that I feel that Wu Heng, the current commander of the Taiping Army, is not worthy of Qi's loyalty! - When Hukou first divided his troops, Wu Heng secretly asked his generals to convey the news to the Zhou army that his army had gone to Jiangdong, and to kill people with a knife, wanting to use the hands of Lord Xie to eradicate Her Royal Highness the princess and Marshal Chen Bei; After that, when our army was fighting bloodily in Jiangling, Wu Heng was obviously nearby, but he turned a blind eye to what happened to our army, and secretly took Liu Yan away from the Zhou camp when our Taiping army and the Zhou army were in a stalemate...... Why do such treacherous people call me Qi Zhi to be loyal?! On the other hand, Lord Xie...... In Qi's opinion, what Lord Xie said to us that day was very reasonable, and he caused a military disaster in vain, but it was a disaster to the people of Jiangnan. ”

"......" Xu Le was speechless, although he wanted to refute it, he couldn't find any facts.

It is no wonder that after all, in addition to the two catastrophes brought to Jiangnan by the Great Zhou Dynasty thirty years ago and twenty years ago, the national policy is still quite enlightened towards Jiangnan, especially with the visit of Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, to Jiangnan, it can be said that the Great Zhou's policy towards Jiangnan is better than that of the north of the Yangtze River. The reason why the people of Jiangnan are still haunted by the Great Zhou is that the former Great Zhou emperor and tyrant Li Ji once brought two military disasters to Jiangnan and a tragic Jinling massacre, which caused the people of Jiangnan to hate the Great Zhou to the core.

"Less nonsense!" Xu Le yelled angrily, and no longer talked nonsense with Qi Zhi, without saying a word, he raised his sword and stabbed Xie An, and since Qi Zhi had sincerely surrendered to Xie An, how could he sit back and watch Xu Le harm his new loyal lord, snorted coldly and raised his sword to block, and the two jingled in the tent to start a vicious fight.

I have to say that Qi Zhi is worthy of being the Yuheng Divine General of the Six Divine Generals of the Taiping Army, although Xu Le is a powerful general under the command of Liang Qiuhao, the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, but it is difficult to suppress Qi Zhi in a real fight, and even more, because he is distracted, he is always worried about whether there will be assassins from Dongling, so that Xu Le gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Suddenly, only a soft sound was heard, and the sword in Xu Le's hand was actually picked up by Qi Zhi's sword. In addition to Xu Le's stunned expression, Xie An also looked at Qi Zhi in surprise, after all, in Xie An's opinion, Qi Zhi is a handsome talent who is not inconspicuous, others only noticed that he has the ability to lead troops that is not inferior to Fei Guo and Ma Dan, but they forget that he is also a fierce general who can write and martial arts. In fact, Qi Zhi is one of the six generals selected by Liang Qiuhao, the third commander of the Taiping Army, how can he be an ordinary person?

"Dang Changβ€”"

The sword fell to the ground with his hand, and Xu Le's whole person was stunned. Perhaps, he didn't expect Qi Zhi to be a hidden swordsmanship; Perhaps, it was because he could not accept such a fact.

However, on the other hand, Qi Zhi shot down the sword in Xu Le's hand, and there was no follow-up action, although the tip of the sword in his hand was pointed at Xu Le, but the unbearable color in his eyes could be seen even by a fool.

And at this moment, a faint sigh sounded in the tent.

"Alright, that's the end of the farce!" Just when Qi Zhi was a little at a loss, Xie An raised his hand to stop him from being ruthless to Xu Le. After all, Xie An could see that neither Liu Qing nor Qi Zhi could bear to kill Xu Le, a fierce general who was still loyal to the Taiping Army.

Standing up, Xie An waved his hand at Qi Zhi and motioned for him to take two steps back from his sword. Seeing this, Qi Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and immediately complied.

"Xu Le, do you hate this mansion for killing your third-generation commander of the Taiping Army?" Looking at the unruly Xu Le, Xie An asked in a deep voice.

Xu Le snorted coldly when he heard this, and with the idea of breaking the jar, he said coldly, "I can't wait to cut you with a thousand knives to comfort the spirit of the handsome man in the sky!" -- It's just that I can't do it! ”

Xie An shook his head when he heard this, and said, "You only know that your family's handsome is harmed by this mansion, so do you know that your family's handsome Chen Bei's real name is Liang Qiu Hao, and he is the cousin of Liang Qiu Wu in the main room of this mansion, that is, the brother-in-law of this mansion?" ”

"......" Xu Le was silent, in fact, he had been in the Zhou army for so many days, and there were some things that he didn't know, but he still couldn't turn a corner.

"Do you know that this brother-in-law of this mansion still laughed and talked about many things with this mansion before he died, and even entrusted this mansion to deal with major matters after his death?"

"......" Xu Le opened his mouth and was silent.

"The matter between this mansion and the eldest brother is not for you to know! -- It's not an afterthought, but if it were said that it was the Honfu who was defeated in Gangneung and the people who died were the Honfu, the Honfu would not resent him for it. Although my eldest brother and I are relatives, we are each our own master, and we have no regrets in death! ”

"......" Xu Le was silent, and asked coldly after half a ring, "What about my 50,000 Taiping Army brothers?" ”

Xie An shook his head when he heard this, and said, "See each other on the battlefield, each according to his ability, life and death are according to the destiny of heaven!" -- As a general of the First Army, don't you even understand this? ”

Xu Le glanced at Xie An coldly when he heard this, but did not speak.

Seeing this, Xie An didn't care, and continued, "Let's reveal the past for the time being...... This time you helped the withered sheep, do you really think that the withered sheep can defeat our army? ――It doesn't hurt to tell you the truth, whether you secretly send someone to contact Niuzhu's Taiping army, or sneak up on a general in Niuzhu's Taiping army to meet in the grove on the east side, the Dongling people will quietly follow you. In other words, every move between you and the Niuzhu Taiping Army is under the control of this mansion, and the reason why you are not moved is nothing more than to look at the face of Liu Junshi and General Qi, and cherish your martial arts, I can't bear your life here, I hope you can stop the precipice......"

Xu Le's face changed slightly when he heard this, because from Xie An's words, he suddenly realized something. If it is said that the matter of his collusion with the withered sheep of the Niuzhu Taiping Army is really in Xie An's hands, it does not mean that he agreed with the withered sheep to attack the camp of the Zhou army, which not only did not help the withered sheep, but harmed him.

[Oops......]

Xu Le secretly screamed that it was not good, and thought of a remedy in his heart, so that he didn't listen to what Xie An used to persuade him.

However, Xie An didn't know what Xu Le was thinking, and he was still trying hard to persuade this general with good martial arts, not entirely for Xu Le's martial arts, the reason was Xu Le's status as a general of the Taiping Army. After all, every additional general who originally belonged to the Taiping Army under his command will be able to rebel against the generals under his command more smoothly when he faces Wu Heng, the fourth commander of the Taiping Army.

"How? If General Xu is willing to submit to the Great Zhou, the government can guarantee that the past is not to blame......" While persuading, Xie An slowly walked towards Xu Le and stretched out his hand to him quite sincerely.

Glancing at Xie An, who was close at hand, a thought suddenly flashed in Xu Le's heart.

Now he has realized that he secretly asked the withered sheep to deal with the Zhou army, which not only did not help the withered sheep, but harmed him. However, what if he was really able to assassinate Xie An, the commander-in-chief of the Zhou army? Is the situation on both sides very different?

Thinking of this, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Xu Le's eyes, and he knocked on the ground on one knee, pretending to be soft to Xie An, but in fact, his left hand quietly touched the short blade hidden in his boots.

Compared with Qi Zhi, who was overjoyed when he thought Xu Le was really willing to surrender, Liu Qing's eyes showed a bit of solemnity, and he couldn't help but stand up and take a few steps forward to take a closer look. After all, according to Liu Qing's understanding of Xu Le, the latter is not a general who can be persuaded with just a few words.

Sure enough, as Liu Qing expected, just when Xie An also thought that Xu Le was really willing to surrender, and subconsciously stretched out his hands to help Xu Le get up, he saw Xu Le raise his head suddenly, a pair of tiger eyes glared at Xie An, and the sharp blade in his hand stabbed straight towards Xie An's chest.

"Don't!" With an eager cry, Liu Qing subconsciously pounced towards Xie An, and at that time, Xu Le had no time to retract his strength, and watched the sharp blade in his hand stab into Liu Qing's shoulder socket with a pop.

The blade penetrated the body and blood splattered, not to mention that Xie An and Qi Zhi were dumbfounded, and even Xu Le, who was the perpetrator, was stunned.

"Gong ...... Her Royal Highness the Princess...... Xu Le looked at Liu Qing in disbelief, and the blood slowly flowed onto the back of his hand.

On the side, Qi Zhi reacted and scolded angrily, "Xu Le-!! ”

On the contrary, this angry rebuke woke Xu Le, and he subconsciously wanted to pull out the sharp blade that had pierced Liu Qing's shoulder and use it to stab Xie An again, completely ignoring Liu Qing's painful disappearance at the moment.

"Bastard!" Even Xie An originally wanted to spare Xu Le once, but at this time, he was shocked and angry, and subconsciously threw a punch and punched Xu Le in the abdomen.

Don't look at Xie Anwen as a weak scholar, but this punch is really strong, and one punch actually beat Xu Le, a strong man, back more than three steps in a row, and he held his breath in his chest, so uncomfortable. It's no wonder, after all, Xie An practiced martial arts under the professor of Liangqiu Dance to strengthen his body, and he has learned such a move to punch for several years, and when he is caught off guard, even a fierce general like Fei Guo can't bear it, let alone Xu Le?

"Xu Le-!"

Qi Zhiqiang, who was furious, pulled out his sword and subconsciously swung it at Xu Le, however, there was someone faster than him.

I only heard a loud noise, and an iron cable was thrown in from outside the tent, and it stirred Xu Le's neck with a bang, and saw that many of the barbs on the iron cable had pierced Xu Le's flesh and skin, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

"......" Qi Zhi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at the tent, only then did he notice that the sickle of the Four Heavenly Kings of Dongling Mo Fei had stood near the tent at some point, and subdued Xu Le with his strange blade.

In fact, Mo Fei has been near the tent since he beat Xie An's palm, but Qi Zhi and the others have not noticed it. It is not an exaggeration to say that even if Liu Qing does not take the initiative to block the sword for Xie An, Mo Fei can also use his unusual blade to resolve the crisis for Xie An, and subdue Xu Le, this is the conceit of being the number one assassin in the world, but Liu Qing doesn't know this.

"Don't ......" half-supported in Xie An's arms, Liu Qing endured the sharp pain on his shoulder, gritted his teeth and shook his head and said, "After all, I am ashamed of them, don't kill him......"

Holding Liu Qing gently, Xie An only felt a wetness in his left hand, of course he knew what it was.

was originally out of kindness to call Xu Le to rein in the precipice, but he didn't want to hurt Liu Qing because of this, so you can imagine how angry Xie Anxin was at this moment.

But looking at Liu Qing's pleading eyes, Xie An couldn't give up his heart, and after glaring at Xu Le, who was already full of sluggishness, he said coldly, "Let him go, Mo Fei!" -- From this day forward, this person must not step into our army! ”

......Seeing that Xie An didn't plan to kill Xu Le, Mo Fei frowned slightly, but Xie An's words had come to this point, and he didn't say much, he shook the iron rope in his hand and broke the iron chain that was strangling Xu Le's neck.

However, at this moment, he saw Xu Le suddenly stretch out his hand and grab Mo Fei's iron cable. I saw that the barbs on the iron chain pierced into the flesh of Xu Le's hand, and the blood flowed, which was unbearable.

"Accidentally injured Her Royal Highness the princess, and the general Xu Le deserves death! - General Xu Lezi despises Wu Heng as a person, but he does not want to follow Her Royal Highness the princess anymore...... The world is so big, there is no place for me Xu Le, why don't I go back to the underworld and follow the handsome again! ”

After that, as soon as he pulled the iron cable, he only heard a snort, and most of the flesh of his throat was hooked off by the iron cable, which was doubly infiltrating.

Such a tough move not only stunned Xie An, but even Mo Fei, who was used to seeing life and death, was also moved. In all fairness, he didn't use the iron rope in his hand to kill the people he wanted to kill, but so far he has never met a hero like Xu Le, who doesn't say a word even if his throat is crushed.

"Bang!"

The corpse slowly fell, slamming to the ground.

Looking at the corpse of this Taiping Army righteous soldier named Xu Le, although Xie An was still a little angry in his heart, he couldn't admire Xu Le's toughness. And in addition to admiration, there is more than sighing.

At the moment when Wu Heng set up another door and Liu Qing and Qi Zhi switched to the Zhou army, perhaps only this Xu Le still remembered Liang Qiuhao, the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army to whom he was loyal, in his heart. And the death of this person undoubtedly means the end of the era of Liang Qiuhao of the Taiping Army.

"Thick burial!"

Xie An let out a long sigh and ordered Mo Fei to bury Xu Le's body, and then summoned Qin Ke'er and asked her to bandage Liu Qing's wounds.

Walking out of the handsome tent with Qi Zhi, I have to say that Xie An's mood is quite bad. Perhaps, the reason why he couldn't bear to execute Xu Le was not just for the sake of Liu Qing and Qi Zhi's face, but more importantly, Xu Le was a very important general under his brother-in-law Liang Qiuhao before his death.

But it's a pity that some heroes and righteous people can't be persuaded in a few words, Liang Qiuhao is, Thunder is, and Xu Le is also.

"Your Excellency......" seemed to notice the worry on Xie An's face, and Qi Zhi hesitated to speak.

Probably guessing what Qi Zhi was thinking, Xie An shook his head and sighed softly, "This mansion is fine." - I'm sorry, Qi Zhi, I asked you and Liu Qing to come, I thought that I would be able to convince Xu Le this time......"

Qi Zhi smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said sincerely, "The adult is really benevolent and righteous to Xu Le, but it's just ...... That's fine, that reckless man, who respects Marshal Chen and Adjutant Yang Yu the most in this life, let him go with those two, it's okay......"

"Hmm......" I didn't know what to say, Xie An could only nod, then took a deep breath, and changed the topic, "I don't know what the situation in the camp is......"

As soon as the words fell, two Dongling assassins appeared in front of Xie An one after the other, knocking on the ground to tell the military situation.

"Lord Qiyu, the general of the Taiping Army of Niu Zhu, Wei Zhuang, did not advance but retreated, and generals Zhang Dong, Ou Peng, Liao Li and other generals led the army to chase after and chased out from the east side of the gate!"

"My lord, the big thing is not good, the south side of our military camp was attacked by the Niuzhu Taiping Army, and it is suspected that the main force of the Niuzhu Taiping Army!"

"Huh?" Xie An frowned slightly when he heard this, and then let out a long sigh.

[I haven't seen you for three years, not only has the city government increased greatly, but the means have also become ruthless, withered sheep ......]