Chapter Seventy-Two: Nirvana
The current situation is very unfavorable for the Beast Control Empire and the Red Empire. After three successive defeats, the soldiers of both countries even developed a fear of the kamikaze camp, feeling that the kamikaze camp seemed invincible. And the kamikaze camp is high morale and full of fighting spirit, if the Beast Control Empire and the Red Empire send troops to attack the kamikaze camp again, the predictable result is still failure.
After some careful consideration, Jiang Xingming felt that according to the current situation, only the method proposed by Sun Yonglei was feasible. After all, no matter how strong Lin Xuan is, he will also have weaknesses. As long as there is a weakness, that's his chance.
In order to dominate the Heavenly Sword Continent, the Beast Control Empire secretly made a must-kill list. That's all the people who stand in the way of the Beast Control Empire's hegemony. Now Lin Xu obviously belongs to this category of people, and he is completely qualified to enter the must-kill list.
So, Jiang Xingming decided to put Lin Xu on the must-kill list from today onwards, and no matter what the price is, he must be killed.
"Okay, let's do it, assassinate Lin Xuan first, and then attack the kamikaze camp. Jiang Xingming said loudly to Sun Yonglei. He slammed the table heavily to show how determined he was, and if he didn't achieve his goal of killing Lin Xu, he would definitely not give up easily.
"Yes, my lord, then I will start looking for assassins now, and I will assassinate Lin Xuan as soon as possible. Sun Yonglei was also very happy to see that Jiang Xingming finally adopted his suggestion. At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
This is because Sun Yonglei has been worried that Jiang Xingming will insist on continuing to send troops to attack the kamikaze camp, so that he will have to go to great lengths to mobilize men and horses in the event of a foreseeable failure. After the Red Empire suffered three defeats in a row, the number of soldiers and horses has been greatly reduced, and the cordon has almost been lowered, endangering its own safety.
If the Beast Control Empire can still lose once or twice, then the Red Empire, as a vassal country, can't afford to lose at all. If you lose again, you will lose the qualification of your subject country, and you may end up in the destruction of the country. When the time comes, don't say anything about annexing the Shenghua Empire, you will perish first.
And now that Jiang Xingming agrees with Sun Yonglei's plan to assassinate Lin Xu, and puts Lin Xuan on the must-kill list, he will definitely send a senior swordsman to deal with Lin Xu. In this way, it will be much easier and safer for the Red Empire.
After Jiang Xingming nodded in agreement, he then asked Sun Yonglei, "Have you found out Lin Xu's cultivation strength?
"It's not clear yet. The spies sent back reported that Lin Xu was too cunning, and he deliberately left one hand when he shot, and did not show his true strength. After asking many people, the results were different, some people said that he was a sword qi, and some people said that he was a sword spirit. Judging from the fact that the two sword body cultivators we sent out were killed by him, his cultivation was indeed above the sword body, and he should be above the level of sword qi. Sun Yonglei told Jiang Xingming all the details he knew.
"In that case, if we send out sword qi assassins, we may not be able to succeed. Then we will choose the Sword Spirit Assassin to assassinate Lin Xu, and we must get rid of him as an obstacle to death. Jiang Xingming said fiercely while analyzing.
"Your Excellency, with the Sword Spirit Assassin in action, we will definitely be able to succeed. At this time, Lin Xuan finally died. After Sun Yonglei flattered Jiang Xingming in a flattering tone, he couldn't help but show a look of embarrassment, and said hesitantly: "It's just ......"
"Okay, you don't just want to. I have my own plans. Jiang Xingming seems to have Sun Yonglei's meaning. He interrupted him impatiently and said, "I'll choose the assassins." As soon as Lin Xuan dies, you will be responsible for transferring troops to attack the kamikaze camp. ”
"That's the best, Lord Xie. After Sun Yonglei listened to Jiang Xingming's words, he immediately turned his worries into joy and thanked him repeatedly.
It turns out that Sun Yonglei's difficulty is this. The Red Empire is too small, and there are not even many ordinary soldiers and horses, so there are even fewer high-level swordsmen. Even Sun Yonglei himself is just a sword spirit cultivator. This is already the highest cultivation swordsman in the Red Empire. It would be very difficult for him to send an assassin with sword spirit cultivation from the Red Empire.
Now that Jiang Xingming has personally promised to send assassins from the Beast Control Empire, it can be regarded as solving a problem for Sun Yonglei, and at the same time, it is also preserving a little bit of strength for the Red Empire.
Jiang Xingming was anxious to kill Lin Xu, so he selected two sword spirit monks as assassins to carry out the task of assassinating Lin Xu that day. One of these two assassins was named Ye Tianju and the other was named Wu Wenhui, both of whom were high-level swordsmen of the Beast Control Empire.
In order to let Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui do their best to assassinate Lin Xu, Jiang Xingming also promised heavy rewards to both of them. If they could come back with Lin Xu's head, then they would receive the greatest reward from the Beast Control Empire. This is undoubtedly a very tempting good thing for Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui.
Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui are both greedy for money. In order to reward them, they immediately mounted their ironclad horses and galloped towards the kamikaze camp. They also thought that this task was very simple, and they could kill Lin Xuan directly when they saw him. They never dreamed that Lin Xuan had just been upgraded and was waiting for their arrival.
Lin Xu has a good way of governing the army. Even though he has been away for more than half a month, the kamikaze camp is still in good order and maintains a very good momentum of development. In particular, the soldiers of the whole battalion were highly motivated, diligent in drilling, and never slackened.
When Lin Xuan returned from going out to cultivate, he was very happy to see that the kamikaze camp was still the same as before, and it had not changed in the slightest. He asked Leopard and Wang Lung for details, and learned that the kamikaze camp had not been attacked in the past half a month, and he was completely relieved that not a single soldier or horse had been damaged.
At the same time, the spies that Lin Xu had planted in Shayang City to listen to the enemy's movements also came back to report the news.
"My lord, my subordinates have heard important news in Shayang City, Jiang Xingming, the marshal of the Beast Control Empire, has sent two assassins to assassinate your lord, and it is estimated that they will arrive soon. I took a shortcut to get back before they arrived, so please be careful. The spy told Lin Xudao.
"Send an assassin to assassinate me? Haha! The beast-controlling empire, which claims to be the most powerful in the Heavenly Sword Continent, is also engaged in these indiscriminate little tricks, which shows that they are already poor in donkey skills and have no strength. I was waiting for their Assassins in the kamikaze camp, and I was waiting to see what they were capable of. Lin Xu looked disappreroving, and laughed.
However, in any case, the fact that the spies were able to detect such important news and desperately rushed back in advance to report to Lin Xu was also a credit. Lin Xu's rewards and punishments were clear, so he took out a hundred gold coins and rewarded the spies heavily.
He knew that it was not easy for spies to spy on news in the enemy's territory, and he had to risk great dangers at all times. If one day it is really exposed, being caught by the enemy will be a dead end, and maybe you will have to suffer all kinds of inhuman torture. So once you are able to snooze on important news, it is not surprising that the person who is a spy is rewarded handsomely.
Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui came to the Gobi Desert and found that the kamikaze camp was heavily defended, and even if they had excellent skills, it was difficult to find an opportunity to break in and find out Lin Xu's residence during the day. In desperation, they had to wait until the evening to make another plan.
The temperature difference between day and night on the Gobi Desert is very large. The day is as hot as summer, and at night it can be as cold as winter. Like tonight, the cold wind howled, and gusts of wind blew on the face with sand of different sizes, and it really hurt as if it had been stabbed by a sword.
Rao was like this, Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui also had to take advantage of the night to go to the kamikaze camp to spy on the situation in the fierce storm sand, hoping to find an opportunity to attack Lin Xu.
However, Lin Xu already knew that an assassin was coming, so he strengthened his defenses, both day and night. This made Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui deeply disappointed again. They wanted to break into the kamikaze camp without knowing it, but they couldn't do it at all.
And the only way is to break through. That would definitely trigger a battle, which also alarmed Lin Xuan and asked Lin Xuan to prepare in advance. That would not be any good for Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui.
Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui quietly circled around the kamikaze camp several times, but they couldn't find a breakthrough. Not to mention which house Lin Xu lives in, it is impossible to find out which area the people live in.
Until late at night, Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui braved the severe cold and shivered from the cold, but they were still at a loss for the impenetrable kamikaze camp, and could only sigh.
In addition to Lin Xu, a high-level swordsman, the kamikaze battalion also had three thousand soldiers and horses. As long as Ye Tianju and Wu Wenhui were not impatient, they would never dare to break into the kamikaze camp. When they were distressed, both of them already felt particularly impatient.
They didn't want to come in vain tonight, so they stretched out their poisonous hands to the guards guarding the outside of the kamikaze camp. The two men carried iron swords in their hands, and after killing one of the guards each, they quickly retreated and fled.
A soldier was brutally poisoned by an assassin, and the kamikaze camp immediately boiled, not only the squadron leaders and captains were awakened, but even Lin Xuan was already alarmed.
Lin Xuan came out and saw that the two soldiers were dead, but the swords in their bodies were different. From this, he determined that the two soldiers died at the hands of two of them. In the middle of the night, two Assassins had already visited.
"The Assassins are here, and I will avenge you. Lin Xu said very sadly at the corpses of the two soldiers, and solemnly made his solemn promise.
At this moment, Lin Xuan really felt heartache and felt particularly guilty. Because the Assassins were originally coming for him, it was only because they could not rush into the kamikaze camp to find him that they attacked the soldiers guarding outside. This made Lin Xu feel like he had killed the soldiers. Then it will be even more obligatory for him to avenge the soldiers.