Chapter 20: Missteps
Xu Quan and his entourage landed on the shore, and ran to Yecheng, Yecheng is not far from here, and there is a mist and horses to help, only half a day to the outside of the city, Xu Quan entered the city and ran non-stop to Zhang's mansion, to Zhang's mansion, seeing that this mansion is unremarkable, it is by no means a rich family, there is a scholar outside the mansion, ask him about his intention, Xu Quan answered truthfully.
When the scholar heard it, he entered the house to report, waited for a moment and the door of the house opened, Xu Quan ordered everyone to rest outside the house, and since entering the house, there was nothing in the house, and it could be called the four walls of the house, and there was only one person in the hall, and the person was ragged and unkempt like a beggar.
Xu Quan entered the court and asked him where Mr. Zhang He was, and the man replied truthfully, "I am Zhang He." ”
Xu Quanguan had an ugly face, thief eyebrows, his whole body was stinky, and he was suspicious, so he took out Wu You's letter in his bag and asked him to read it carefully.
Zhang He did not have the intention of bathing and changing clothes, only called a son, let him temporarily take charge of the affairs of the government, and went with Xu Quan, although his appearance seemed to be like a stop water, in fact, he was ecstatic in his heart, he was young and learned the art of war, but his appearance was really disgusting, so he did not meet, although Xu Quan is not a strong party, but also has the appearance of an emperor, without thinking about it.
Wei Xiu saw that Xu Quan invited a beggar from the courtyard, and asked puzzledly, "Why did you go to such great lengths to invite him?"
Xu Quan smiled and said, "Wu You said that this person is very intelligent, and there must be a reason, and now it is the time to employ people, so he has to invite him." ”
A group of 100 people traveled quickly for ten days, passing through more than 10 bandits, the bandits saw its momentum, Xu Quan tied his waist to Kou Wei, did not dare to block the road and rob the road, a group of people returned to the village unimpeded, Shen Yue saw Zhang He in the village, and actually avoided the table unusually, and saluted with him, saying "Mr. Zhang is coming, there is a loss of welcome, disrespect and disrespect." ”
Everyone sighed when they saw this, and when Xu Quan dismounted, a man came at a gallop, hugged him, and asked, "Why have you been there for so long?"
Xu Quan was already exhausted, and forced a smile and said, "The road was delayed due to something, so I returned late." ”
Zhang He walked in the courtyard in the village, watched his martial apprentices practice martial arts and returned, to the main hall, saw Shen Yue, Xu Quan, and Zhao Yi, Chen Jin, Wei Xiu several people were there, and said with a smile, "I look at the so-called elite soldiers in Ruzhai, such as chickens and dogs." ”
When Chen Jin and Zhao Yi heard this, they were angry and rushed to the crown, wanting to cut it off, Xu Quan hurriedly stopped him, asked him to return to his seat, and asked with a smile instead of anger, "Dare to ask Mr. Zhang, what is a good general?"
The so-called good generals, even if they are good at fighting and can fight, if they have no good strategy, they are no different from bandits, the so-called elite soldiers, only learn the method of charging into battle, and have no independent consciousness, no different from the walking dead, Xu Quan heard it, and looked at Shen Yue's eyes, and understood it, and in front of everyone, Zhang He was named the governor of military training and the governor of 100 people, and then increased the number of martial apprentices in the village to 400.
Tuoyun Village is now one of the leading forces in Cangyun City, its name is well known in the city, hearing that it wants to continue to accept hundreds of martial apprentices, naturally rushed to go, Shen Yue asked Zhang He to manage the matter of accepting apprentices, Zhang He gladly accepted, only three days, he collected a hundred martial apprentices, all of which can be called talented.
Besides, Xu Quan, he has nothing to do recently, and continues to be accompanied by Qin Ran, as the saying goes, love is born over time, Qin Ran sees that Xu Quan is not an old and cunning person, his momentum is increasing day by day, and his appearance is also superior, An Neng is unmoved, but Xu Quan seems to have no such intention, and when he is accompanied by Qin Ran, he only does his best to be a friend, and he has nothing to think about.
Let's say that in Cangyun City, in the city lord's mansion, the city lord Cang Rang talked with a person by candle, and that person was Qian Ning, the father of Qian Yi, Cang Rang knew that his late-night visit must have something important to tell him, and after the two saw the ceremony, Qian Ning went straight to describe his intentions, and these two Haoqiang talked late at night, which was related to Xu Quan.
Qian Ning looked around and saw that his mansion was empty, and secretly said, "Can the city lord detect the hidden dangers in the near future?"
When Cang Rang heard it, he fell into the clouds and mist, and asked, "Recently, Tuoyun Village has repeatedly eliminated bandits and returned victoriously, and the bandits around the city have been eliminated by it, dare to ask Brother Qian what is the trouble in my city?"
When Qian Ning heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Haha, Brother Cang's words are wrong, although the bandits are removed, it is difficult to prevent hidden arrows, if they are not removed, Brother Cang is afraid that his life will not be long in coming." ”
When Cang Rang heard it, he sat on pins and needles and said, "Why did Brother Qian curse me?"
Qian Ning waved a fan to extinguish the candle, and said, "The bandits outside the city have been removed from Tuoyun Village, and they have become famous, and they have recruited wise men on a large scale.
When Cang Rang heard this, he was shocked and said, "How can this be? I am not thin waiting for him, and he should not live up to me." ”
Qian Ning replied: "That's exactly the case, he will rebel against you! I think that these two people who are not ordinary people will be willing to live under the people for a long time? When the time is ripe, they will definitely seize power and usurp the throne, and if they are not removed early, they may be troubled in the future." ”
Cang Rang was at a loss, thought for a moment, and said, "Then what should you want me to do?"
When Qian Ning heard this, he smiled and said, "Don't disturb the city lord, I will use a plan to get rid of Xu Quan, and when Xu Quan and his party are all killed, they will be convicted of a trumped-up crime, and then let my son Qian Yi take over Tuoyun Temple, how about it?"
The next day, Cang Rang sent people to Tuoyun Village with letters, Xu Quan received the letter, opened the envelope and read it carefully, the content was to the effect: Zhao Ling, the head of the Zhao family, wanted to seize power and usurp the throne, the city lord wanted to ask Xu Quan to punish the Zhao family, and was afraid that the Zhao family was deeply rooted in this, and if it was forced, it would cause great trouble, so tonight a banquet was set up in a pavilion in West Berlin, twenty miles west of the city, so that Xu Quan went to the banquet, and then let him ambush his soldiers in the forest, and wait to throw a cup as a number, and kill Zhao Ling.
After Xu Quan finished reading, he was suspicious in his heart, if he really wanted to punish Zhao Ling for the city lord, he could use the soldiers in the city, why bother asking Xu Quan to be punished, and recently, Shen Yue went out and did not return, Xu Quan had to ask Zhang He.
Zhang He pondered for a moment and replied, "Don't worry, because there are many Zhao family members among the soldiers in the city, I am afraid that this matter will be leaked, so I ordered the owner of the village to be punished with him." ”
When Xu Quan heard this, his suspicions disappeared, Chen Jin and Wei Xiu in the village accompanied Shen Yue out, leaving only Zhao Yi and the village, Xu Quan summoned Zhao Yi and asked him to hurry up and be fifty strong tonight in the vicinity of a pavilion in the Baixin Forest, and wait for him to throw a cup as a number, that is, kill Zhao Ling.
When Qin Ran heard about this, he was also suspicious, implying that Xu Quan was careful in everything, and wanted to lead the remaining martial artists to go with him, Xu Quan was afraid that this matter would change, and Qin Ran had no power to restrain the chicken, so he was afraid that going together would become a burden, so he refused.
Speaking of Qin Ran, he secretly has feelings for Xu Quan, the two are often accompanied by light yarn, the beauty in his clothes is looming, but Xu Quan is not evil, Qin Ran has no choice but to touch his legs with jade feet when playing chess on a flat seat, wanting to express his expression, who knows that Xu Quan is still unmoved, and in desperation, Qin Ran has to secretly scold him for being wood, but he can't do it.
It was night, Xu Quan came as promised, saw that there was a banquet in the pavilion, Zhao Ling, Qian Ning, Cang Rang all arrived, Xu Quan made a salute, sat down after the ceremony, there were more than ten sergeants outside the banquet to guard, and there was no shortage of mountain wine in the banquet, I don't know why, Cangran toasted repeatedly during the banquet, Xu Quan had to respond, and drank into the stomach.
Let's say that Zhao Yi led fifty warriors to hide quietly in the forest, and suddenly felt something strange behind him, looking back and seeing that there was nothing empty behind him except for fifty warriors, that is, one person, and no birds or beasts.
Zhao Yi held his breath and stared at the courtyard, but suddenly felt a chill behind him, turned his head, but saw that there was still nothing behind him, and the fifty martial disciples had collapsed in a pool of blood.
Looking at the banquet again, Cang Rang pretended to be abnormal, Xu Quan squeezed his eyebrows and made eyes, although Xu Quan was half drunk, he did not forget his intention, and immediately threw the cup, and the silver cup fell to the ground, and the sound was extremely crisp.
The ambush in the forest was exhausted, Xu Quan rushed up, but Zhao Ling had no fear, Xu Quan just wanted to roar, but saw that the ambush soldiers in the forest were wearing silver armor and holding halberds, not the warriors under his command, he was shocked, but he saw that Cang Rang had turned over and left the pavilion, and shouted, "Take it down quickly!"
Xu Quan knew the plan, and when he saw that the matter had come to this point, he had to grab the gun and go forward to hold Zhao Ling, wanting to coerce Zhao Ling to retreat from the enemy temporarily, but unexpectedly, an off-string arrow shot directly into Zhao Ling's throat with lightning speed, Zhao Ling was stunned, and Qian Ning also turned over and ran out of the pavilion.
Xu Quan saw that the enemy was coming aggressively, about 30 people, including 5 100 enemies and 25 10 enemies, and he was alone and could only resist the enemy, so he thought about his countermeasures.
One of them drew his bow and arrows, and fired two arrows at the same time, Xu Quan raised his spear to block one arrow, while the other arrow went into his shoulder, and when the enemy saw that Xu Quan was wounded, he had no intention of saying a word and rushed towards him.
Xu Quan summoned the holy shadow and speared the enemy, but he was helpless to be outnumbered, several of them were ten enemies, and the blade was chopped, Xu Quan was difficult to cover, so he had to dodge, although he was embarrassed to avoid, but he was inevitably injured.
Suddenly, Xu Quan saw twenty-five ten enemies swarming to gather to form a circle to surround it, and then were able to attack one place, Xu Quan suddenly felt that the sky was dark, and he couldn't dodge but had to meet his blade, several knives in his body, the skin was open, Xu Quan took the opportunity to kill a person, that person fell to the ground, Xu Quan took advantage of the gap and rolled out of the formation, but his body has nearly ten wounds, all of which are deeply visible, if there is no holy shadow to help, I am afraid that he has already died under the chaotic blade.
Xu Quan held the Shadow Spear tightly, standing side by side with the Holy Shadow, the twenty-five people saw that their side had been killed and wounded, and they were furious and killed Xu Quan, Xu Quan had to fight and retreat, so that the Holy Shadow was the forerunner, first squeezed the first person, so that he was dizzy, and then rushed up to kill his people, and then rolled away in embarrassment to avoid the white blade, and fought in a roundabout way, during which he stabbed one more person, but he was hit by several blades and two arrows.
Although Xu Quan killed five people in this way, his body was also incomplete, unrecognizable, Xu Quan only felt dizzy, weak, and knew that he had lost too much blood, but the enemy knew his routine, and killed side by side.
Xu Quan saw that he had no chance to take advantage of it, and he knew that there was no more chance to turn around, so he had to fight for his life, but he was already exhausted, and stepped forward to kill one person, took several blades, and two blades in his body, his shoulders were exposed to white bones, and even if the Holy Shadow tried his best, it was difficult to protect the master.
Xu Quan rolled out of the formation again, but he no longer had the strength to get up, the enemy saw him fall to the ground, relieved, they had never seen such a strong cultivation but only ten enemies, but unexpectedly Xu Quan suddenly got up his upper body, threw the gun away with all his might, and one person was stabbed by the gun and died.
The enemies returned to their senses, but saw that Xu Quan's shell was full of black smoke, and the three souls and seven souls of the deceased were all eaten by the shadow, at this moment, Xu Quan's guns had broken a hundred, and the guns ate three hundred souls, seven hundred souls, and Xu Quan cultivated to a hundred enemies in an instant.