Just as everyone was discussing to find Xiao Zhao, Zhou Zhiruo stood up at this time and said, "Look, the two of them are back!" Saying that, Zhou Zhiruo pointed at them.

Zhang Wuji and the others also looked in the direction pointed by Zhou Zhiruo, and saw Xiao Zhao and Pasha holding hands and slowly walking towards this side.

And Zhou Zhiruo waved at them, and Xiao Zhao and Pasha also waved in response.

Moments later, the two of them arrived on the second floor of the open-air inn where they were.

After the two sat down, Yang Buregret handed two plates of cut mutton to the two of them. And Zhang Wuji poured a cup of milk tea for the two of them.

Zhang Wuji asked at this time, "How is the situation?" ”

Xiao Zhao took a sip of milk tea and replied, "The situation is not good. ”

Zhang Wuji looked at Zhao Min at this time and said, "As expected, we are a step late." It seems that the Persian Patriarch has been bulldozed by your father and brother, alas~! It's a bit of a pity though. But there's no way around it. It seems that the only purpose of our trip is to persuade your father and brother. ”

After Zhao Min nodded, he spread his hand and said: "This is also a matter of no choice, after all, my father now has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and no matter how strong the Persian Ming Sect is, it will definitely not be able to defeat our Mongolian iron cavalry." I think that back then, when Genghis Khan of Mongolia went on his first expedition to the west, there were only more than 100,000 people, and he was defeated by these people, known as Khorezm, the conqueror of the world. ”

"Now my father's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, although most of them are people, and there is not much combat power available, but it is not something that a small Persian Ming Sect can withstand."

Zhang Wuji touched his chin and then said, "Look, should we transfer the soldiers and horses over there in Chagatai?" If you don't give your father a little deterrent, with his old man's character, I'm afraid he won't negotiate with us. ”

Zhao Min replied, "That's right."

Looking at Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min talking to themselves, Xiao Zhao swallowed the mutton in his mouth, and then said, "No, son, sister of the county lord." ”

I heard Xiao Zhao say "no". Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min turned their heads to look at her.

Zhang Wuji asked, "What is not?" ”

Zhao Min also muttered and asked, "Yes, what is not?" Could it be that the Persian Patriarch is still surviving? Not completely exterminated by my father? ”

Then Zhang Wuji said: "This is not a strange thing, after all, the Persian Ming Sect has been entrenched in the Western Regions for hundreds of years, although it is not a tree with deep roots, but the cunning rabbit still has three holes, they should not be unprepared at all, it seems that we are not too late." ”

"Nope! It should be said that it is just right! This is just a good opportunity for me to win over the hearts and minds of the general teacher, but it is a little tricky that the two sides did not lose both, but the situation fell one-sidedly in favor of the king of Ruyang, and it seems that I will have to make more efforts to meet my father-in-law. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Wuji couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.

He found that anyone who was his father-in-law didn't seem to end well.

The first father-in-law, Zhu Changling, was starved to death by himself, and the second father-in-law, Wu Lie, and the quasi-father-in-law, Yin Yewang, were both beaten by themselves.

As for Yang Xiao, who is also a prospective father-in-law, he is both respectful and fearful of himself. Not to mention the King of Ruyang.

However, Yang Xiao is an exception, after all, Yang Buregret should have married Yin Liting. If it weren't for Zhang Wuji's obstruction and changing this year-old love, according to the description in the original book, Yang Buregret should have even given birth to a child by now.

Just after Zhang Wuji finished speaking, Xiao Zhao's words made the air freeze instantly. Stunned everyone.

Xiao Zhao swallowed the mutton in his mouth and said, "The current situation is indeed one-sided. However, it was not the side of King Ruyang who fell to the side, but the side of the head teacher. ”

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and speechless for a long time.

Zhao Min broke the silence after digging out his ears.

"What? The situation is one-sided, in favor of the Persian archbishop? Xiao Zhao! I heard you right! Zhao Min said in surprise.

Pasha also said at this time: "I heard you right. That's true. Originally, when I inquired with Sister Xiao Zhao, when I first heard the news, Sister Xiao Zhao's reaction was the same as everyone else. After that, Sister Xiao Zhao took me with me, and the two of us confirmed this fact after repeated inquiries. ”

Yang Buregret muttered: "No wonder the two of you came back so slowly, it turned out that it was really a repeated verification of the reliability of the intelligence." ”

When Zhang Wuji heard this, he felt that this matter was very new.

He sat down and asked, "Oh? What the hell is going on? There are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the king of Ruyang, even if most of them are people, there are 40,000 or 50,000 elite soldiers who can be used in battle. Moreover, the father and son of King Ruyang are both brave and good generals, so how many people can the Persian Sect have? These 40,000 or 50,000 Mongolian elite soldiers can trample the chief sect to death. ”

Xiao Zhao said: "There are only four or five thousand people in total." ”

"What!" Zhao Min couldn't help but exclaim with wide eyes. "My father and brother Wang, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, can't destroy a sect of four or five thousand people?"

But at this time, Zhao Min thought of something, she asked: "The location of the main altar of the Persian Ming Sect is built on the mountain, the road is tortuous and narrow, the Mongolian cavalry cannot be deployed, and there is also a natural danger to rely on, easy to defend and difficult to attack?" ”

If it is really as Zhao Min said, then this matter is not difficult to understand.

After all, the Mongols couldn't gnaw a city by more than 100,000 people, and it was not impossible to have a fortress.

At that time, the Diaoyu City in the Southern Song Dynasty was not captured by the Mongols from the beginning of the Mongols' invasion of Bashu to the destruction of Lin'an City in the Southern Song Dynasty and the surrender of Emperor Gong of the Song Dynasty.

In the end, after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the defender Kaecheng surrendered, and Diaoyu City was taken over by the Yuan army.

If the location of the Persian Patriarch is also a fortress like Diaoyu City, it is not surprising that the father and son of the King of Ruyang have not been able to attack it for a long time.

At this time, Dai Qisi's voice came: "The altar of the Chief Sect is in the 'Yuluo Mountain' in the northwest of Yulong Jiechi, and it is called 'Bright City'. Although it is built on the mountain, the area around it is flat and low, and the rest of the place is mostly plains and deserts, which is not easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Hearing Dai Qisi's words, Zhang Wuji said at this time: "If that's the case, it's strange. Could it be that the main soldiers and horses of this Huojia Sect are properly dispatched, and the sergeants under his command can be ten with one? Or do they have very powerful firearms? ”

Thinking of this, Zhang Wuji also made up his guess.

He felt that the reason why the Mongols had been unable to attack for a long time was that the head teacher had mastered more advanced and modern firearms.

After all, when they were on Spirit Snake Island before, the guns on their ships were very well-made.

And the best weapons against the nomads are muskets and cannons. If Huojia had more advanced firearms in his hands, then it was normal that he would not be able to take a city garrisoned by thousands of people.

However, Xiao Zhao's words poured a basin of cold water on Zhang Wuji's head.

Xiao Zhao said at this time: "The firearms on the head sect's side are indeed powerful. But it's just amazing. I have heard from nearby merchants who supplied grain and grass to the Mongols that during the initial battle a few months ago, the Mongols did suffer a loss of artillery, but in recent days, as the Mongols continued to harass and consume, it did not take long for the Commander's gunpowder to run out. A cannon without gunpowder was a useless lump of iron, so the head priest was beaten and retreated. Retreated all the way to the City of Light. ”

(End of chapter)