Chapter 13: The Destruction of the Nation

The King of Dian tasted a sinking face, as if he had thought of something, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, but he said to Zhang Jia with a pleasant face: "Envoy Zhang, if our clan has the art of immortality, how can it not be dedicated to Your Majesty?" It must be a villain who provoked it, intending to break the relationship between the Dian State and the Han Dynasty, and then mobilize troops, please tell Your Majesty that you must not trust this person. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhang Jia saw that the King of Dian had no change in his complexion, and saw that he had a ghost in his heart, but he didn't break it, his face still pretended to be full of indifference, but he said in a somewhat cold tone: "What the King of Dian said is very true, I will definitely tell Your Majesty the truth about this matter, if the matter is really what the King of Dian said, the informant will definitely die, if not, please ask the King of Dian to give Your Majesty a reasonable explanation at that time." ”

After the night banquet, Zhang Jia returned to the post station specially arranged for him by the King of Dian with a lot of heart. A short time later, a man dressed in a Taoist robe walked in through the door. Although the age of the Taoist is in his fifties, his eyes are full of light, full of energy, and when he walks, his feet are silent, and he is a rare master in the world.

Seeing Zhang Jia, the man bowed slightly and said, "The place where the coffin is carried in Kowloon has been confirmed, and the junior brother has also informed me of that place, but there are many poisonous insects and beasts in that place, so it's not a good place to go." ”

Zhang Jia snorted coldly, and said slightly angrily: "The King of Dian has the heart to dominate the world, if he continues his dragon vein, he will definitely be out of control in the future, even if it is the land of tigers and wolves, you have to go to the Daoist of Tianchengzi, and this matter will be entrusted to you and your junior disciples." However, this matter is not urgent now, and I will plan it after I get the immortal technique. ”

Tianchengzi is the brother of Tianjizi, a famous feng shui master in the country, and they belong to the same school. Tianchengzi shook his head and said to Zhang Jia: "When I came, I went to the palace of the king of Dian, and I happened to see that the secret agent surnamed Lu was executed by the king of Dian, and there are thousands of people and horses coming to the post station. There is not much time left for us, and Lord Zhang should immediately prepare and break through. ”

Zhang Jia stood up violently, slapped his palm on the wooden table in front of him, and scolded angrily: "The soldiers of the Dian State are no more than 10,000 people, and they dare to be so presumptuous, don't you know the consequences of doing this?" After thinking about it, he said to Tianchengzi: "Don't worry, the soldiers I brought this time are all good in the army, although you can't fight one against a hundred, but with one enemy ten is not a problem." As a matter of urgency, I will lead a hundred and ten guards to the gate of the city, and the Taoist chief is very skilled, so I will ask you to quickly spread the news to the soldiers outside the city, so that they can come to meet them. ”

After Tianchengzi left, Zhang Jia immediately gathered his personal guards, took his weapons, and hurried to the east gate of Dian City. At this time, thousands of soldiers sent by the King of Dian had already chased after him from behind. For a time, the sound of killing in the city of Dian shook the sky, and the flames were everywhere.

Killing countless enemies along the way, at the cost of losing half of his men and horses, Zhang Jia finally arrived at the East City Gate. At this time, the guards at the city gate were all cleaned up by Tianchengzi and his junior disciples, Zhang Jia did not dare to hesitate, opened the city gate and galloped away.

At the same time, the 3,000 soldiers who remained in the dense forest had also rushed over and quickly joined Zhang Jia and the others. The soldiers of the Dian Kingdom behind him were in hot pursuit, and soon caught up with them, Zhang Jia had 3,000 elite soldiers in hand, and suddenly became bold, so he turned back and fought back.

The soldiers of the Dian Kingdom rushed all the way, and they were already full of confidence in capturing Zhang Jia and others, but at this moment, a large group of people and horses were killed from the dense forest next to them, all of whom were soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

In the case of a comparable number of people, where are the soldiers of the Dian Kingdom who are the opponents of Zhang Jia and others, but in an hour, it is a foregone conclusion, and the remaining soldiers of the Dian Kingdom are only hundreds, and they have all been scattered. On Zhang Jia's side, there were only 200 casualties.

Zhang Jia saw that the soldiers of the Dian Kingdom were so vulnerable, so he moved his mind to level the city of Dian, if everything went well, it would be a great achievement. Thinking of this, Zhang Jia left 300 men and horses to wait in place, and he hurried to Diancheng with 2,000 elite soldiers, hoping to catch the other party by surprise.

When he went to the east gate of Dian City, there was no one to guard it, Zhang Jia was overjoyed, and drove straight in with more than 2,000 people. In the middle of the way, a large number of Dian soldiers rushed out of the streets and alleys, and they were all exterminated by him with thunder. The soldiers of the Han Dynasty have been fighting abroad all the year round, not only have strict military discipline, but also are well-trained, how can they be compared with these soldiers of the Dian Kingdom who defend the city all year round?

After a protracted street battle, Zhang Jia led the remaining more than 2,000 soldiers to rush to the palace of the King of Dian. The soldiers of the Dian Kingdom saw that the soldiers of the Han Dynasty were like rainbows and unstoppable, and they had already had the heart to retreat, some of them were still defending to the death, and the other part of them had already lost their armor.

The guards at the palace gate are not comparable to ordinary soldiers, they are all dead soldiers of the King of Dian, and they sealed the palace gate, Zhang Jia and others could not attack it for a while. At this moment, for some reason, there was a sudden killing sound in the palace gate, and then the palace gate was opened.

After the palace gate was opened, more than 200 soldiers came out of it, and the leader of the people claimed to be a Han secret agent, who came to pick up Zhang Jia and others. After Zhang Jia confirmed the identity of the visitor, he no longer hesitated and led a large team of men and horses into the palace gate.

There were almost no obstacles along the way, Zhang Jia and the others were overwhelmed, and rushed directly to the outside of the palace of the King of Dian and surrounded it. However, what Zhang Jia didn't expect was that after the soldiers went inside to search for a while, they came back and told him that the king of Dian had disappeared and the dormitory was empty.

Zhang Jia reacted immediately, and immediately ordered a thousand soldiers to divide into three ways and seal the exits of the palace of the King of Dian so that no one could escape from it. It didn't take long for a general to come back, and he pushed a tied man in front of Zhang Jia.

The general told Zhang Jia that the person who was tied up in front of him was a great-grandson of the King of Dian, named Wei Chong, who was too weak and sick to escape, so he was arrested. In the case of being cut off a pair of hands, the taste filled had to explain honestly and tell Zhang Jia that when the war had just started, the king of Dian, just in case, had already taken the taste clan on a big boat, left from Dianchi Lake, and went to the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain.

Zhang Jia knew that Wan Poison Mountain was the real place where the first king tasted Qiang's bones, that is, the place where the Nine Dragons carried the coffin, but he was very strange, why did the King of Dian flee there, could it be that there were still his hidden people there? Or is there a secret passage there for him to escape?

Taste fill told Zhang Jia that the terrain of Wanpoison Mountain is dangerous, there are steep cliffs on three sides in the southwest, north and south, almost unclimbable, and the east is close to Dianchi Lake, only there is a small road there to the top of the mountain. However, there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain, and outsiders are also dead and alive when they enter, not to mention that there are giant crocodiles hidden in the waters of Dianchi Lake near the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain, which adds to the difficulty of going up the mountain.

After figuring out the whereabouts of the king of Dian, Zhang Jia killed the king with a sword, and rushed to Dianchi with all the soldiers, and saw a big boat on the lake heading to the west, gradually moving away, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

There are small fishing villages near Dianchi Lake, and it is not difficult to find boats, but those boats are too small, I am afraid that they will be knocked over by giant crocodiles before they reach Wanzhi Mountain, but where are they going to find big ships now? Just when Zhang Jia was in trouble, a spy came to report that the king of Dian had built a total of four large ships, and in addition to the one that had been driven away, three other ships must have stopped at the naval camp.

When I arrived at the place where the naval camp of the Dian State was located, in a body of water, there were indeed three big boats parked. However, the king of Dian seems to have expected that Zhang Jia and others would come to seize the ship, and he has ordered someone to set fire to the ship. By the time Zhang Jia led the soldiers to extinguish the fire on the ship, the ship's mast, sails, and cabins had all burned out, and only one of the three big ships was still well preserved.

Zhang Jia knew that there was no other way at the moment, so he ordered the soldiers to go to the vicinity to catch craftsmen, and be sure to repair the three big ships in the shortest possible time. On the other hand, in order to prevent the King of Dian and others from escaping from Wanpoison Mountain, Zhang Jia sent 300 soldiers to guard all the passes around Wanpoison Mountain.

It took nearly twenty days, and the three large ships were all repaired according to the specifications of the Han Dynasty warships. Although the soldiers at each pass did not find that the King of Dian had escaped from the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain, Zhang Jia was still very uneasy, so as soon as the big ship was repaired, he divided the two thousand soldiers into three groups of men and horses, boarded the three warships respectively, and immediately headed towards the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain.

As the taste said, the three warships were safe and sound along the way, except when they approached the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain, a huge crocodile appeared in the lake. The crocodiles were very ferocious, they swarmed in groups, and they kept ramming the ships along the way, and if it weren't for the hard, thick wood of the hull, I am afraid that they would have pierced many holes.

Zhang Jia secretly said in his heart that he was prescient, and he did not rashly use those small fishing boats in a hurry, otherwise he and all the soldiers would definitely feed the giant crocodile in the water at this moment, thinking of this, he couldn't help but be a little afraid.

After some tossing, the three large ships finally approached the landing site smoothly. Zhang Jia wanted to lead everyone to capture the King of Dian immediately, but he thought that he did not know the situation in the Ten Thousand Poison Mountains, so it was a bit risky for the whole army to advance in this way, so he ordered Tianchengzi and his junior disciples to lead half of the soldiers to be the vanguard and go in to investigate the situation, while he and the remaining half of the men and horses were on standby.

Zhang Jia told Tianchengzi that there were three purposes for this trip, one of which was that if no accident happened, he must capture the king of Dian alive and force him to hand over the secret method of immortality; second, to break the feng shui pattern of the place where the coffin is carried in Kowloon, so that the taste clan has no chance to turn over; Third, if there is a change on the way, so that things change, use the sound of arrows as a signal, and then he will lead the rest of the soldiers to meet them.

After Tianchengzi received the order, he led a thousand soldiers to start heading towards the depths of the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain. After waiting in place for five days, Tianchengzi and the others still did not come back, and there were no arrows coming out of the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain, Zhang Jia couldn't help but be worried.

After another five days, Tianchengzi and the others still didn't have any news, Zhang Jia couldn't bear it anymore, and decided to take the rest of the people into the mountain. But at this moment, a familiar figure came into his sight, who is it not Tianchengzi?

But what surprised Zhang Jia was that he didn't know what Tianchengzi encountered on this trip, when he came out, there were only a dozen people left, and including Tianchengzi, everyone was seriously injured and looked very embarrassed.

Tianchengzi didn't have time to explain to Zhang Jia and told him to sail back immediately, because danger was about to come. Although Zhang Jia was full of doubts in his heart, he could see from the anxious looks of Tianchengzi and the others that the matter had reached a moment of great urgency, and he no longer hesitated at the moment, and immediately gave orders to let all the soldiers set sail and sail back.

After the warship started, Zhang Jia couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and looked back, the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain was the same as before, quiet and a little weird, but he didn't see the imaginary danger, and when he came out of the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain, he couldn't help but have some doubts about Tianchengzi.

Tianchengzi's chest was cut with a long opening, and due to excessive blood loss, his face was as pale as paper at the moment. After the military doctor treated Tianchengzi's wounds, he was relieved. Seeing Zhang Jia's suspicious face, Tianchengzi smiled bitterly and told him that there were nine waterways connecting Dianchi Lake under the tomb of King Dian, because when the tomb was destroyed, the partition wall of the waterway was broken, and the things inside ran out along the waterway.

Zhang Jia was taken aback, so he asked what was coming out of the ancient tomb, and what happened to the King of Dian in the end, did he get the secret method of immortality?

Tianchengzi told Zhang Jia that the thing that ran out was the South China Sea merman, the tomb guard beast in the tomb of the King of Dian, and the number was terrifying, and most of the people he brought with him died because of it.

As for the people of the Wei clan, except for the whereabouts of the Dian King Wu, all the others were killed, and there are no living people on the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain now, and some are just poisonous insects and corpses all over the mountain.

The demise of the Taste clan also means the demise of the Dian Kingdom, which is naturally a good thing for the Han Dynasty, but for Zhang Jia, if he can't find the immortal technique, that is his biggest dereliction of duty, and he can't help but feel ashamed of the expectations of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Just when Zhang Jia was a little disappointed, suddenly a soldier came to tell him, there were many monsters that looked like people and fish climbed up on the two warships on the left and right, those monsters were very ferocious, and in less than a moment, the soldiers on it had suffered heavy casualties, and what was even more terrifying was that the warship began to sink for some reason.

Zhang Jia was horrified in his heart, and suddenly thought of the shark that Tianchengzi said in his mouth, but he didn't want the other party to come so quickly. Tianchengzi told Zhang Jia not to panic, saying that those mermaids are also flesh and blood, and they can be broken by a phalanx of ten people, and the top priority is to stabilize people's hearts.

Under the leadership of Tianchengzi, more than 500 soldiers formed large and small phalanxes to prevent those sharks from boarding the ship at the edge of the ship. But at this moment, a huge crocodile quickly swam from the front, and on the back of the giant crocodile, Zhang Jia saw in horror the king of Dian and the wizard of the Dian country. (To be continued.) )