At this time, Li Jiangyao was standing in the small gate hole in the east of the city, directing the soldiers to carry arrows and fire oil to the city.

In the busy crowd, Shi Shiran walked over to a scholar in Tsing Yi and said softly with a smile: "My lord, are you busy?" ”

Li Jiangyao turned his head when he heard the sound, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Huh? Why are you here? ”

The person who came was none other than Situ Mushou, the official of Kawada Castle.

At this time, he was dressed in civilian clothes, and he was still smiling like a signature: "It's really fate to meet adults again." ”

Li Jiangyao had a good impression of Situ Wushou before, and said with a smile: "Lord Situ, we haven't seen each other for a long time, you are ......"

Situ Wushou: "Don't call the villain like that anymore, I'm not an official now, haha." ”

Li Jiangyao was slightly stunned, temporarily put aside the busy things at hand, and asked the other party curiously about the reason. Situ Wushou smiled faintly: "Last time, you annihilated the Turkic bandits, and gave our Shengtang Merchant Brigade a big breath of evil, and the villain originally wanted to do his best to find out Manny Khan together, but I didn't expect it to backfire." ”

It turned out that after Li Jiangyao and the others strangled the Turkic robbers last time, Situ Wushou reported the whole case, especially the matter of Mani Khan's fornication with the Turks, to the official and municipal bureaus.

However, it is a pity that since the robbers were not caught alive at that time, and there was no key witness, the Holy Tang side had no way to really take the overseer of the Broken Leaf Country. And the old king of the Broken Leaf Country was very protective and came forward to protect his cousin Manny Khan, so that in the end, the matter had to be closed.

Situ Wushou was quick-witted and guessed that Manny Khan would find out that the problem was with him and the dancer Tilian, so he gave her many years of savings to Dilian and asked her to return to her hometown of Qiuzi to avoid trouble, while he quit his errand in Kawada and hid Manny Khan far away to avoid retaliation.

"The villain grew up in Metasequoia City since he was a child, and there are some relatives and friends here, so after leaving Kawada, he returned here," Situ Wushou explained, "I didn't expect to be reunited with adults again, what a surprise." ”

Li Jiangyao saw that he was open-minded and free-spirited, neither indignant because of Mani Khan's affairs, nor did he care much about the position of the official city bureau, so he couldn't help but feel more good, and said with a smile: "What are you doing here?" Is it still the same old business? ”

Situ Wushou: "A while ago, the Turks attacked Metasequoia City, and many traders couldn't do it, so the villain didn't go back to his old business and run a restaurant, but just taught a few children in his neighborhood to read and write at home to earn some porridge money. ”

Li Jiangyao bowed his head lightly: "It's not peaceful these years, it's really not easy to do anything, it's not okay, it's going to be a war again." ”

Situ Wushou shook his head with a smile, then looked at the busy crowd and asked, "This city wall is only three or four zhang high, can it stop the horse bandits?" ”

Li Jiangyao: "Don't worry, most of the horse bandits are stragglers, and it is impossible to carry powerful siege weapons with them, so the main thing is to attack the city gates on all sides, as long as the city gates and city heads are guarded, there should be no big problem." ”

"What if they just besiege and don't attack?" Situ Wushou asked intentionally or unintentionally.

"There's no need to be nervous." Li Jiangyao was afraid that he would be worried, so he comforted: "The food stored in the city is enough for the people of the city to eat for a year, and if it drags on for a long time, the reinforcements from the Duhu Mansion can come to relieve the siege at any time." ”

"Well, will the bandits climb up to the city in the middle of the night?"

Li Jiangyao smiled: "That can only be done by a master." If you want to go to the city quietly, the number of people must not be too much, just Lao Du is enough to clean up. ”

"Then what if it'......" Situ Wushou hesitated for a moment and didn't continue.

"What if?" Li Jiangyao was a little curious: "Don't be restrained, speak boldly, there is no need to babble on your friendship with me." ”

Situ Wushou nodded gratefully: "Adult, don't blame me for talking too much, the villain just has more thoughts in his head, so he is a little verbose......"

"Tell me, what do you think?"

"Is that possible?" Situ Wushou pondered: "The horse bandits have long been in the city? ”

Although the other party's voice was not loud, in Li Jiangyao's ears, it seemed that a thunderbolt sounded in his ears, and the hairs on his back stood on end.

He suddenly realized that he had neglected an extremely important issue before.

In Li Jiangyao's subconscious, there was always a vague and erroneous impression that the ghost alliance horse bandits were chasing after the scout camp and driving all the way from Hump Bo to Metasequoia City.

Although Mamu had explained to him that this was not the case, he did not have time to think carefully because he was in a hurry to meet the enemy.

If the ghost alliance horse bandits are chasing them, facing a city like Metasequoia, of course, they will feel helpless; But if Gerhan had already made plans to loot Metasequoia City, and had given an ultimatum in a grand manner, then the whole situation would have been completely different.

The ghost alliance horse bandits must have made sufficient preparations to attack the city in advance, and it is very likely that as Situ Wushou guessed, they also sent spies into the city.

And Li Jiangyao's current defensive preparations are all in accordance with inertial thinking and in accordance with the former situation.

In his impression, the ambush of the two hundred ghost alliance horse bandits came first, and the retreat to Metasequoia City came later, so the scout soldiers arrived here and began to prepare for the battle in a hurry. Correspondingly, he took it for granted that the ghost alliance horse bandits were also acting in a hurry.

Now it seems that this is a blind spot in thinking, and a huge mistake.

If it was really as Situ Wushou said, when the horse bandits suddenly took out the city carts and ladders that had been prepared for a long time, and appeared under the city wall that was only three zhang high, and at the same time, the city was full of spies setting fire to sabotage, as the supreme military governor of Metasequoia City, he was only left in panic.

Li Jiangyao wiped the cold sweat from the corners of his forehead, looked at Situ Wushou and said: Thanks to this buddy, his words are equivalent to saving people in a city.

Situ Wushou was a little stunned when he saw Captain Li after listening to his words, and couldn't help but be a little curious: "My lord, what's wrong with you?" ”

Li Jiangyao woke up, raised his hand and patted Situ Wushou's shoulder: "It's nothing, I'm fine." Thank you very much, brother! ”

-

Flame Maple Forest City, Cloud River Manor.

A young man with a handsome face and a handsome figure was standing by the pool at this time, staring at the blue waves in the pool with his eyes, slightly distracted.

Kun Zhe, the third disciple of the Turkic Martial Saint Biluo and known as the "Divine Bow", walked to the young man's side and sighed softly: "Senior brother, what are you thinking?" ”

"Nothing."

Yun Qianxue retracted her gaze: "Master...... Going? ”

Kunzhe nodded: "Well, let's go." ”

He hesitated slightly, and then said, "Senior brother, since the old man himself is the master, it must be no problem. Whether it is a junior sister or a princess, they will definitely come back safely. ”

"I hope so......" Yun Qianxue responded softly, her eyes looking at the sky: "The big war is inevitable after all, and before that, they don't have much time." ”

Kunzhe: "I still don't understand, why do you have to start a war with Shengtang, didn't you just suffer defeat a while ago?" ”

Yun Qianxue didn't look at him, and after a moment of silence, she asked faintly: "Senior brother, do you know why a strong person is always strong?" ”

"Shizun once taught," Kun Zhe responded, "Only by constantly climbing to the top can we achieve the strong and strong." And once you stop moving forward, you don't need others to surpass, and you will gradually fall lonely. ”

Yun Qianxue turned her head to look at Kun Zhe: "This is the truth of martial arts cultivation, and the survival of the empire is also the same truth, do you understand?" ”

Kunzhe nodded thoughtfully: "Probably." Our Turks crisscross the continent, relying on the martial spirit, whether internal or external, the strong must continue to establish more powerful enemies, in order to maintain the vigorous vitality forever. This truth is understood by the little dolls of our Condor Clan. But ......"

Yun Qianxue smiled faintly: "You want to say, why does it have to be Saint Tang, right?" ”

"That's right! Persia, Great Food, Tianzhu, and the barbarians of the Great Northern Wilderness, there are many goals. ”

"The reason is simple, because only Saint Don is the same as us."

Kun Zhe was stunned for a moment: "You mean, if we don't beat him, he will also come to provoke us?" ”

Yun Qianxue shook her head: "That's not necessarily. But one thing is certain, only the army of the Holy Tang is qualified to mobilize and unite the entire Turks, and only the world of the Holy Tang can satisfy the appetite of the Turks. ”

Kunzhe nodded silently, waited for a long time, and suddenly said, "Have you heard?" The leaders of several tribes, because they opposed the all-out war with the Holy Tang now, were given ...... by the Great Khan"

Yun Qianxue smiled: "Don't say it's sweating, even if the mountains are cold, I'm afraid I can't easily agree." The Blood Wolf Clan has already lost its capital in the Western Ghost Desert, if he doesn't start a war and take revenge, how can he explain it to his people? ”

Kun Zhe sighed helplessly: "In that case, let's fight, we may not be afraid of Shengtang, it's just ...... I hope that everything will go well for the master and that he can save the princess and Inas in time. ”

Yun Qianxue didn't answer, still staring at the pool calmly, but there was already a fire-like light flashing in her eyes.

If it weren't for Ashina's dissuasion, how much he wished that he would go to the East in person to rescue his beloved.

However, Yun Qianxue, who is in the military, has more important tasks at the moment, which requires him to devote himself to preparation.

"By the way, what about Brother Shuxuan?" Yun Qianxue suddenly asked, "Did he go with Shizun?" ”

Kun Zhe shook his head: "Second Senior Brother didn't leave. First, Shizun likes to be alone and doesn't want to be in the way of others. Second, his vicious exercises haven't completely come to fruition, so it's not easy to leave at this time. ”

Yun Qianxue's sword eyebrows tightened, and she said in a deep voice: "What? Ge Shuxuan is still doing that evil thing? Didn't I warn him last time? ”

Kunzhe: "What's the use of your warning?" The old man didn't speak, and of course the second senior brother had no scruples. ”

"Bastard!" Yun Qianxue scolded fiercely: "If it is harmful to Tiande, isn't he afraid of retribution?" ”

Kunzhe sighed: "Alas, who said it wasn't? But the second senior brother said that his method was derived from the holy scriptures of Zoroastrianism, and even the high priest agreed with it, so what could it not be. Senior brother, is what he said true? Let's teach the classics, is there really such a thing as poisonous people? ”

Yun Qianxue said angrily: "There's a fart!" Feed and refine the living people with all kinds of poisons, and make them monsters that are not human or ghosts, is there such a serious sect in the world that can have such evil things?! ”

"Then why didn't the master and the high priest stop him?" Kunzhe was a little puzzled.

Yun Qianxue did not answer this question, but the unfathomable, unangry and arrogant man appeared in her heart.

If it weren't for his approval, how could the master and the high priest let Ge Shuxuan go unchecked?

After a while, Yun Qianxue suddenly asked another thing: "Do you know where the people used by Ge Shuxuan come from?" ”

Kun Zhe nodded: "The second senior brother mentioned it a while ago. Originally, he singled out some prisoners from small tribes to refine poisoners, but after being scolded by you, he didn't touch the Turkic people again, but picked up Persian prisoners of war and slaves. In addition, he also proudly told me that the poison man was almost finished, and when the time came, he might be able to form a poison army and sweep the world. ”

Yun Qianxue snorted disdainfully: "it!" To fight the world, you should challenge a strong enemy with dignity, even if you lose, you are still glorious even if you lose. Engage in some demons and monsters, and make the world shameless! ”

"Hey, I don't think he can help it," Kun Zhe smiled helplessly: "The Ghost Dou Clan has always been evil among the Turkic Eight Pillars. They were poor and couldn't afford to buy so many ink jade crystals. If you want to practice kung fu, you can only find another way. ”

Yun Qianxue glared at him: "Is this a reason?" I made it clear to Ge Shuxuan last time that as long as he is willing to give up refining poison people, I will give him as many spars as he wants, but what? Isn't it still that dogs can't change their eating?! If it weren't for the fact that the master strictly forbade the disciples to fight, I would have demolished his broken ground and abolished his martial arts now! ”

Kun Zhe saw that the senior brother was really angry, and hurriedly persuaded: "Don't don't, don't be impulsive." Seeing that the Eastern Crusade was about to begin, the Turkic Eight Pillars needed to unite at the time, but the young master of the Yunhe clan was fighting with the young master of the Ghost Fighting Clan at this time, how should the Great Khan deal with it? ”

Hearing him mention Ashina, Yun Qianxue's heart couldn't help but sink, he thought for a while, and waved his robe sleeves: "Go, you will come with me to meet the Great Khan!" ”