Chapter 394: Fighting and Plotting
Tian Xiaoding followed the team led by the Second Fox King and his wife to rescue the fishing team on Linghu Island. The victory was decided, but something happened halfway through.
The three shape-shifting demon beasts on the other side saw that their side suffered heavy losses, and there were two fox king and his wife pressing the three of them to beat, and their lives were at stake, if the three of them didn't say well for a long time, they would be killed by the two fox king and his wife.
Therefore, they jumped over the wall in a hurry, separated one person, and came directly to Xiao Ding's side, injured Xiao Ding, and took away the Ahri beside Xiao Ding.
The three shapeshifting demon beasts turned around and fled with Ahri, and the two fox kings originally wanted to chase after the three of them. However, the three shapeshifting demon beasts threatened Ahri, claiming that if the two fox kings and his wife dared to chase them, they would kill Ahri immediately.
The two fox kings and his wife threw a mouse bogey, and then stopped.
And before leaving, the three shape-shifting demon beasts also said that if they wanted to exchange for Ahri, they needed to ask the Great Fox King to bring ten Spirit Fox Spirit Pills and go to Shenlong Island to negotiate with their Demon King.
The other demon beasts, seeing that the three leading shape-shifting demon beasts had fled, they didn't want to fight anymore, and they also wanted to find a chance to slip away, but their cultivation was relatively low, and the number of Spirit Fox soldiers dispatched by Spirit Fox Island this time was also large, even if they wanted to escape, they didn't have the ability to escape.
Therefore, in the end, all the remaining demon beasts were annihilated.
Because Xiao Ding was seriously injured, he did not participate in the subsequent battles, and after taking the Yuan Dan, he has been sitting cross-legged on the board of the boat, running exercises to heal his injuries.
Until the end of the battle, the two fox kings and his wife led the team back to Linghu Island, and Xiao Ding's internal injuries still did not heal.
After entering the cave at the headquarters of Linghu Island, the Second Fox King was ashamed to tell the Big Fox King what had happened.
The Great Fox King Hu Zun and his wife were shocked when they learned that Ahri was taken away by the demon beasts, and although they cultivated profoundly, it was difficult to calm down for a while.
At the same time, after the big fox king learned that Xiao Ding was seriously injured, he hurriedly arranged his subordinates and sent Xiao Ding to a separate cave to rest.
According to Ahri, the spirit foxes who have been transformed live in this cave, there are hundreds of large and small caves inside, and after entering from the outer cave to the inside, it is like a labyrinth, if you are not familiar with the path, it is difficult to get out after entering.
Fortunately, the cave that Xiao Ding was sent into was a cave near the outer cave, and he had already arrived after walking a short distance inside.
Next, the Big Fox King and his wife and the other fox kings gathered in the outer cave to discuss how to rescue Ahri. These little ones don't know.
It took an afternoon for Xiao Ding to heal his internal injuries.
At dinner, the Great Fox King sent his men to bring delicious fish and meat to Xiao Ding. All the spirit foxes on Linghu Island basically eat meat for three meals a day, after all, they are all foxes themselves and don't like to eat grains and the like.
When Xiao Ding walked out of the cave and came to the outer cave, he saw the nine fox king couples, still sitting together, discussing how to rescue Ahri.
It turned out that their opinions were divided, so they discussed it for a whole afternoon, but there was no final conclusion.
Xiao Ding listened to their discussion for a moment, and he already knew what they were thinking.
Among them, Hu Zun, the big fox king, Hu Shuo, the fourth fox king, and Hu Lai, the fifth fox king, advocated mobilizing all the Linghu soldiers on Linghu Island to directly besiege Shenlong Island, where the demon king was located, and forced the demon king to hand over Ahri.
However, the two fox kings Hu Zhou, the seven fox kings Hu Luan, and the nine fox kings Hu Chou were against the proposal of the big fox king, and the three of them believed that once the Linghu Island was dispatched, the other party might not be afraid of the threat and kill Ahri directly, and if there was no fox king on Linghu Island to lead the spirit fox soldiers to guard, it would be easy for the demon beasts to occupy the nest. Therefore, the three of them suggested that if they sent troops to attack Shenlong Island, they could only send half of their troops at most, and the Nine Great Demon Kings should also leave half of them to guard their hometowns.
However, the three of them, Hu Che, the Three Fox Kings, Hu Gao, the Six Fox Kings, and Hu Lu, the Eight Fox Kings, felt that it was too irrational to send troops to attack Shenlong Island. They felt that it was better to prepare ten spirit fox Neidan according to the requirements put forward by the other party, and let the big fox king take them to Shenlong Island to negotiate with the demon king of the demon beast in exchange for Ahri.
However, several other fox kings strongly opposed this opinion, and the three of them felt that even if they took ten spirits
Fox Lingdan went to negotiate with the Demon King, and the other party might not agree to release Ahri, the other party just set a trap and waited for Linghu Island to throw itself into the net.
Moreover, if you take ten spirit fox inner pills, it is equivalent to beating the ten demon foxes who have turned into humans on your side back to their original form, and the cultivation of thousands of years will be ruined, which is not much different from killing these ten spirit foxes. Whoever this matter is put on, no one will destroy their self-cultivation. It's hard to say whether this thing is true or not, and the Great Fox King is unwilling to ruin the cultivation of ten of his subordinates like this. They all belong to the same ethnic group and are more or less related.
So in this way, the nine fox king couples were divided into three camps, each of them insisted on their own words, each said their own reason, and their opinions have not been able to reach a unity.
Xiao Ding saw that everyone was discussing very fiercely, so he coughed lightly twice.
When the fox kings heard Xiao Ding's cough, they quickly turned their heads to look over.
Seeing that it was Xiao Ding, the Great Fox King Hu Zun took the lead in saying with a smile, "Has Friend Tian's injuries healed? Why did you get out?"
Xiao Ding hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you for the care of the Great Fox King, the injury under him is no longer serious."
When Hu Zun heard this, he laughed and said, "Friend Tian is polite, where do you need to thank me? Obviously, I should thank you, but you were seriously injured for my daughter, and I feel very guilty in my heart, old man. Hahaha!"
Xiao Ding hurriedly shook his head and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, I am so ashamed that I am humble in my lower cultivation and failed to protect Ling Ai, alas, I am so useless......" After speaking, he let out a long sigh.
Hu Zun waved his hand and said heartily, "Friend Tian doesn't have to blame himself, you use the cultivation of Qi Great Perfection to fight against the ninth-order demon beast, it is already very difficult for you to save your life, where can I blame you?" What's more, at that critical moment, you were not afraid of danger, knowing that you would hit a stone with an egg, but you were desperate to save my daughter, your heart, the old man will naturally take it to heart, and when this matter is over, the old man will be free, and he will reward you again."
Xiao Ding felt bitter when he heard this, and said that he had come all the way here, and he met a friend, Ahri, but Ahri was taken away by the demon beast. It's hard to say when I will be able to return to Fengluan Continent or Huaxuanzhou, and now that I have completely fallen into the fox's den, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.
However, he still said politely, "I have been displaced here, it is Ahri who saved my life, and if Ahri had not fished me out of the sea, I would have become food for the belly of the sea fish." Therefore, seeing that demon beast coming over is not good for Ahri, I can't sit idly by, but unfortunately, my cultivation is too low, alas, ......."
Seeing Xiao Ding's expression very guilty, the Big Fox King comforted him and said, "Friend Tian, please rest assured, my daughter will naturally find a way to rescue her, no, our fox kings are discussing countermeasures."
Xiao Ding hurriedly asked with concern, "I wonder if the fox kings can discuss a specific way to rescue Ahri?"
The fox kings all shook their heads and sighed, "We discussed it all afternoon, but we didn't agree on it. I wonder if Friend Tian has any ideas?"
Xiao Ding saw that several fox kings were asking for his opinions, so he pretended not to know and asked, "So, I don't know what the countermeasures of the seniors are thinking, what are the differences?"
When several fox kings saw Xiao Ding asking, they didn't hide it, and they each said their own thoughts, but the opinions of the three groups began to argue again.
As soon as Xiao Ding saw that these fox kings were noisy again, he hurriedly raised his voice and said, "Seniors, don't argue first, listen to the juniors to analyze the situation first."
Seeing that Xiao Ding wanted to express his opinion, several fox kings all stopped arguing, and then said to Xiao Ding modestly: "Friend Tian, we know that you humans always have extraordinary wisdom, although we have been transformed into humans for almost ten thousand years, but in terms of wisdom, we are still far behind you human beings. So, we'd love to hear from you."
Xiao Ding bowed his hand to the fox kings, and then said politely: "Then the juniors will talk about some of my personal immature ideas, if the seniors think it is right, then think about it, if you think what I said is not right, it is unreasonable, then I haven't said it, how about it?"
Of course, the fox kings had no objections, and they all said in unison, "You say, there is no problem. If it's a good idea to rescue Ahri, we'll take it."
After Xiao Ding got an affirmative answer, he cleared his throat softly, and then said, "We humans have an ancient saying, which is called 'go up to the army to fight, then to fight the enemy, then to attack the army, and then to attack the city." There is also a saying, "A soldier who surrenders without a fight, and a good man who is good." I wonder if a few seniors have heard of it?" Xiao Ding pretended to ask.
In fact, Xiao Ding knew clearly in his heart that these spirit foxes would definitely not have heard these two sentences. Because these two sentences are from the "Art of War" plot chapter, this fox on Linghu Island must have never seen any "Sun Tzu's Art of War" thirteen articles and the like.
Sure enough, several spirit foxes have lived for so long, and even their lifespan is longer than the history of human beings on the earth, where can they go to hear "The Art of War"? So they echoed Xiao Ding and said, "I'm waiting for Wentian's friend to explain in detail."
Seeing that the demon kings were really fooled, Xiao Ding unceremoniously explained: "These two sentences are actually from a book on the art of war, which roughly means that the superior military action is to use strategy to defeat the enemy, followed by the use of diplomacy to subdue the enemy, and the second is to directly face off the two armies and defeat the enemy army by force, and the lowest strategy is to attack the enemy's city or base area. The strategic goal can be achieved without the two armies fighting each other, and this is the most clever strategy for fighting a war......