The fire demon was lazily cut off by the blade that shimmered white, and its mouth let out a mournful signal.

A pair of sharp claws tried to grasp at the stunned servant in front of him.

"Young Master Wang Fang!"

The servant came back from shock and looked at Wang Fang's group who had disappeared into the darkness, and his legs only regained their senses because of the fright just now. Immediately sat down on the ground, "I picked up a life!"

"Ah San, you take five people to the gate of the mansion to save people. The rest of you three will follow me to the inner courtyard!We must kill all the fire demons that have broken into the palace!" Wang Fang stopped where he was, and could see from a distance that a fire was burning at the location of the mansion gate.

"Young master, I only need to bring Mao, Xu and two people. The rest of the brothers, let them follow the young master to protect you!"

Wang Fang resolutely refused: "Don't argue anymore, the people you want to protect now are not me, but the people in the city!

"Survive the night, no matter what, as long as you get through. Tomorrow, the Bai family's reinforcements will arrive, and then we will be able to break out of the encirclement!" Wang Fang grabbed Ah San's shoulder, "You must guard the gate of the mansion, you must know that your responsibility is no lighter than that of Uncle Wang Lu." ”

"Don't worry, young master, even if we die in battle, we will definitely defend the gate of the palace to the death, as long as we still have a breath, we will never let a fire demon break into the inner courtyard. ”

Wang Fang solemnly patted Ah San's shoulder, "Let's go!"

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Xue Ren looked at the black light on the ring, and couldn't help but smile, "After all, the hundred clans are still the hundred clans, it seems that those old things haven't been forgotten." ”

"Your Majesty, there is news from General Jiang Huai in the east. ”

"Speak" Xue Ren glanced at the shadow under Shan Jiang's feet, and saw that the abnormality that happened before was just an illusion caused by the fire demon?

"The east gate of Qingyuan City is wide open"

Xue Ren held his index finger, "What's the matter? Patriarch Wang is thinking about escaping now?"

"No," Shan Jiang handed over a letter to Xue Ren, "This was sent by a man named Wang Lu in Qingyuan City. The subordinates have already checked it and there is no danger."

"Wang Lu?" Xue Ren was a little strange, he hadn't heard of the Wang family having this name.

"It's not uncommon for Your Majesty to have never heard of this person, Wang Lu's original name was Zhou Lu, and he was the younger brother of Wang Chang's wife, the head of the Wang family. ”

"People from the Zhou family?" Xue Ren remembered that the Zhou family was also a member of the hundred clans. It's just that the Zhou family's Jiyuan City is hundreds of miles away from here, why should they marry in this place.

"Although Zhou Lu's surname is Zhou, he is not a descendant of the Zhou family in Jiyuan City. ”

"Well, I guess I get it. Xue Ren looked at the words on the letterhead in his hand, "I don't know, General Shan knows anything about this Zhou Lu?"

Shan Jiang smiled ashamedly and shook his head, "Before that, Zhou Lu had never stayed in Qingyuan City, I heard that someone had seen him in the capital some time ago. The subordinates thought that this Zhou Lu had no value worth investigating, and it would not have the slightest impact on His Majesty's plan. ”

"Is it because he was originally a civilian?" he asked.

"Yes" Shan Jiang lowered his head, although he was not as familiar with Xue Ren as Xiang Zuo. But he still knows a little about Xue Ren's ambitions, even if he is a small person, as long as he has real learning, he has the ability to break into his own career.

"Don't underestimate these nameless people, the lion and the rabbit should also fight with all their might. What's more, now it is a lone wolf who is challenging this king."

Xue Ren handed the letter to General Shan and asked him to read it for himself.

"What a daring and delusional man, what qualifications does he have to compete with His Majesty. ”

"He wasn't qualified, but now I'm giving him it. Xue Ren grabbed the reins and counted out the 10,000 soldiers of the Guards Corps, "Commander Shan, you will stay here instead of this king, and I will send someone to inform you when the battle is over." ”

"Your Majesty! Our army is already victorious, why do you want to take such a risk?" General Shan couldn't understand why he agreed to Zhou Lu's naïve conditions since he had already released that group of devils.

"Even for the sake of the people of the city, this king must end this war as soon as possible. Xue Ren held the ring on his finger, the descendants of the Wang family were indeed able to kill the fire demon. But there is no way to really repel the fire demon, as the controller of the meeting, Xue Ren himself knows best.

"I can't control these fire demons as quickly as my heart moves. Xue Ren looked at the Qingyuan soldiers who were already lined up in the open space outside the city gate, and his gaze stopped on the man in cloth at the lead.

"Zhou Lu," Xue Ren thought of the name in his heart.

"Array. ”

10,000 soldiers of the Guards Regiment carried torches and lined up in an orderly manner.

Zhou Lu waited for the other party to put on a posture, jumped off the horse, and walked towards Xue Ren on foot.

"General, be careful that thieves take the opportunity to sneak attack!" The adjutant general behind him hurriedly chased after him and dissuaded, "The general's move is not intended to seek death!"

"This is the only way to save Qingyuan, if I don't die, the Yanyang Army will definitely disrupt the formation, if I die, they can also take advantage of this to break into the city and end this senseless battle completely. ”

Zhou Lu sent back the deputy general: "We have no chance of winning this battle. ”

"General, my subordinates are willing to accompany you. ”

Zhou Lu stared at his lieutenant for a long time, "Forget it, you better live well." ”

Xue Renli waited for Zhou Lu's arrival at the front of the military formation, and when he saw that he just bowed politely to himself, he said without humility or arrogance: "King Yanyang, thank you for giving me this opportunity to compete on the same stage." ”

"I'm not for you, I'm for the people of the city behind you. They may not even know what is happening outside at the moment," Xue Ren pointed to the empty city gate behind, "I thought that the Wang family had lost their minds, but now it seems that I was wrong. The Wang family still has such a reasonable person as you."

"Am I also a member of the Wang family?" Wang Lu laughed self-deprecatingly

"General Wang Lu, can you and I both know in our hearts that Qing Yuan has no chance of winning this battle. For the sake of a family of pedantic and conservative moths who only know how to live in pleasure, I ask you, general, is it worth it?"

Wang Lu was stunned and thought about it for a while, and shook his head helplessly: "It doesn't matter whether it's worth it or not, it's just about my own reputation." Although I was given a surname by the royal family, I was not a member of the royal family after all, but they were kind to me. I can do what I have today, and I rely on the support of the Wang family."

Wang Lu pulled out his sword and took five steps back, "This body, this life is only loyal to one master." Qing Yuan, Wang's"

"The choice is yours. Xue Ren also raised his sword and walked forward.

"I respect the general's choice. ”

"I have no way out," Wang Lu cut his finger and sacrificed blood to the Sword Ancestor

"The road of the hot sun is still endless, and the road is difficult. There is no turning back."

Xue Ren waved his hand, and the 10,000 soldiers behind him quickly stretched out their bows and swords to shoot a rain of arrows into the night.

The dim earth was illuminated by the firelight in a two-way passage, and neither Xue Ren nor Wang Lu could continue to move forward until they defeated each other.

"Kill!"

(End of chapter)