Chapter 60, The General
At dusk, it's getting late.
Yuecheng, in the courtyard where Shi Kuo lived.
"General, the brothers caught a spy on the other side." A soldier in Xuan armor bowed down and clenched his fists and said to Shi Kuo.
Although the two armies have ceased fighting, the grievances accumulated over the years cannot be eliminated for a while, and the Yan army is still angry with the soldiers of the Zhao army.
Shi Kuo put down the military book in his hand, thoughts flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly, "Bring it in." ”
"Yes." The soldiers were ordered to retreat.
After a while, a thin man dressed in sackcloth, with a blue nose and swollen face, came up.
"Zhu Wushu has already told me that the two armies are truce, why did you come to inquire about the military situation in my city?" Shi Kuo was not angry and self-assured, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and he had a momentum that pressed towards the two monkeys.
The two monkeys laughed and didn't say a word.
Shi Kuo looked at the face of the second monkey, "If I'm not mistaken, you are the partial general of Zhu Wuxian's subordinates, called Hou Er."
You are a partial general, how can you do a meticulous job, and you are not afraid of losing your identity. ”
"Hey, General Shi still knows my name, I'm really ashamed!" The two monkeys easily broke free of the hemp rope on their bodies and stood up from the ground.
"You..." The soldiers in armor on both sides of the side had their eyes wide open, and they were about to come up and get the two monkeys.
The two monkeys looked straight, "I risked my life this time to relieve you of the disaster of Yan Kingdom, this is how you treat your benefactor?" Well!? ”
"Wait, step aside." Shi Kuo stopped the movement of the soldiers and ordered the two to retreat.
"General, Zhao Jun has been fighting with us for decades, don't believe this person's nonsense." The Xuanjia soldier knelt on the ground with a 'bang'.
"Stand down." Shi Kuo's voice was one point higher, "Ben will have his own decision." ”
"Yes." The two Xuanjia soldiers reluctantly retreated.
"Hey, General Shi's rule..."The second monkey shook his head, "Ordering and prohibiting is fundamental, look at the appearance of these two people, is General Shi not satisfactory in Yan Kingdom, it is better to come to my Zhao army." ”
"How the general will rule, I don't have to wait for the general to bother." Shi Kuozhong sat down again, holding the military book in front of him, "I don't know what happened to General Hou?" How can I save my Yan Kingdom? ”
The second monkey didn't rush to say, he sat opposite Shi Kuo, and diverted the conversation, "Although General Shi's soldiers don't listen to military orders, there is one thing that we can't compare, when there is no war, they are all in armor day and night, if they are placed in the Zhao army, they will have to bomb the camp immediately." ”
The two monkeys nodded in admiration and gave a thumbs up.
The muscles on Shi Kuo's face twitched, and he said, "That's because your Zhao army is too strong, and you will come to attack the city from time to time, and these soldiers under me can't cope with it in a hurry, so they can only wait day and night." ”
"Poof!" The two monkeys were drinking water from the spout of the teapot, and when they heard the words, a mouthful of tea sprayed on Shi Kuo's beard and military book.
Shi Kuo put down the military book with an expressionless face and brushed off the water stains on his beard.
"The two armies are fighting, each is its master, General Shi Lao forgive me." The two monkeys gave their hands, and then they were colored,
"The Yan army is in a catastrophe, and General Shi has prepared early."
Shi Kuo's face became solemn, and he leaned forward, "I want to hear about it." ”
The second monkey took out half of the talisman from his arms, "The major general's talisman is here, and what I said is not false at all."
Yesterday, a person came from outside the camp, wearing a bright yellow robe and embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, claiming to be the current emperor of my Zhao State, Zhao Ge, and took out a tiger talisman to order the whole army in my camp.
Generals Ma and Yuan Er naturally didn't believe it, not to mention that he was not Zhao Ge, even if he was Zhao Ge, the brothers were eager to break their bones and tendons, and hated the old general.
So he ordered that this man should be taken down and killed in front of the camp.
However, this person actually killed dozens of soldiers with one hand, and we and others have been taught by the young general, and their martial arts are several points higher than in the past, but they are still repelled by this person with a palm.
In the barracks, even if he has high force, he can only drink hatred under the battle array, but outside the camp there are forbidden troops from the capital all day long, and after seeing this person, he knelt down and saluted and shouted saintly.
Although the soldiers had doubts in their hearts, they were all soldiers of my Zhu family, and they still respected us, and formed a formation to bring the forbidden army and Zhao Ge's life together.
Before we could do anything, a person descended from the sky, claiming to be a monk guarding the border of Yan and Zhao, and wanted to take down Zhao Ge. ”
Speaking of this, the second monkey's eyes flashed with fear, "Who knew that Zhao Ge actually gave birth to black smoke, and a grimace appeared in the black smoke, and he bit on that person, just this moment, that person will not work, and he will fall from the sky."
Only then did the brothers see that the man was the personal guard of the old general, Ren Dong.
What did Zhao Ge say again, thinking that you have been guarding the border for many years, and it is meritorious to have no fault, spare your life, and pull out a wisp of black smoke from Ren Dong's body, and Ren Dong recovered.
Then he ordered us to gather our troops and horses to attack Yuecheng at dawn tomorrow, and after the city was broken, the people in the city would be killed, and the chickens and dogs would not be left.
Ma, Yuan... Major General Nian and General Shi Lao discussed the armistice together, and specially ordered me to report it. ”
The second monkey put away the talisman and took out a letter from his arms, "Ren Dong wrote another letter and ordered me to hand it over to the sitting monk of Yan Kingdom, I don't know who this sitting monk is, and I hope the old general will hand it over." ”
Shi Kuo took the letter with a heavy heart, not knowing what he was thinking.
"General Hou returns to the army, if he is discovered, he will definitely be charged with collaborating with the enemy, it is better to rest here with me first." Shi Kuo pinched the letter and raised his head and said.
The second monkey grinned, "No, I'm General Zhao, and I've fought dozens of battles with Yan Guo, what's the matter with staying with you?" The brothers in the city are still waiting for me to reply.
General Shi Lao, farewell. ”
The two monkeys clasped their fists and saluted, turned around and left, without dragging mud and water at all.
Shi Kuo pinched the letter, his mind was heavy, staring at the present fixedly, and kept thinking.
"General, why don't you take this man? Let him go, and if the war resumes in the future, he will kill the sergeants of our army. The soldier in armor stepped in indignantly.
A pair of strange round eyes appeared in the visor, and there was a question in his tone.
"Prepare the horses." Shi Kuo clenched the envelope with one hand, stood up suddenly, and strode out of the court, "Order the whole army, prepare for battle to meet the enemy, go out of the city for ten miles and set up camp, make food on the third watch, and raise troops on the fifth watch." ”
"Yes." Although the Xuanjia soldiers were still unwilling in their hearts, they had to obey the military orders.
Shi Kuo strode to the stable, and without waiting to put on the saddle, he grabbed the horse directly and rushed towards the two-story building where Wei Chang lived.
"Immortal Master Wei, Zhao Jun is coming, Immortal Master is waking up."
Wei Chang lay on the bed with his stomach turned over, snoring loudly.
Shi Kuo was unceremonious, and directly pushed him awake.
Wei Chang closed his eyes slightly, and in the haze, he skillfully pinched the magic trick.
"What? Senior Brother Zhu has ordered a truce between the two armies, how could the Zhao army come to attack the city? Where did you get it? If the city is about to break, General Shi, I will take you away first. ”
Before his body fully got up from the bed, the mantra in his hand had already taken shape.
"General Zhu is not here, Emperor Zhao ordered the Zhao army to attack the city tomorrow, there is a letter from Zhu Cheng to guard the immortal master, Wei Xianshi quickly dismantle it."
Shi Kuo handed over the envelope clenched tightly in his hand, and the sweat oozing from his fingers left marks on the envelope.
"Hmm."
Before the Zhao army attacked, Wei Chang's magic trick was scattered, and the spiritual power that was about to burst out returned to the dantian in his body, and the spiritual power was precious, so it was better to cherish it.
Slowly, he stretched out his hands and took the letter. "Lao Shi, you are really disturbing dreams, you will attack the city tomorrow, and you can call me again when the war starts."
Shi Kuo didn't speak, and quietly watched Wei Chang open the letter.
Wei Chang's eyes swept over the letter, and suddenly became sharp, and he changed his unconscious appearance, straightened up, and held the letter in front of his eyes.
"How?" Shi Kuo looked at Wei Chang eagerly.
Wei Chang shook his head solemnly, "Emperor Zhao cultivated the evil method and practiced cannibalism, and now he has entered the fifth level of qi refining.
According to Taihemen, although he cultivated to the top of Emperor Zhao, he had no power to fight back in front of Emperor Zhao.
Emperor Zhao lives in the hinterland of the capital city of Zhao Kingdom, and there are eight Qi refining cultivators in the imperial city, he can actually come into contact with the evil law, and he must have eaten a lot of people with the help of his identity.
The monk sitting in the imperial city is the great companion of the first emperor of Zhao State, and he has watched Emperor Zhao grow up since he was a child.
He ordered the Zhao army to fight without declaring it, and after breaking the city, there must be no chickens and dogs left, and the lives of mortals in my city will be used to practice evil laws.
With hundreds of thousands of people in my city, it is enough for him to step into the foundation, and then use mortal blood and bones to refine a spiritual weapon.
At that time, even if the three immortal sects found out about him, he would have already colluded with the outer Dao demon cultivators outside the formation pass and flew away. “
"Shhh Shi Kuo gasped, he led troops to fight all his life, and only tens of thousands of people were killed, and Emperor Zhao actually planned to plot hundreds of thousands of people in a city.
"It should be now—" Shi Kuo frowned, this matter was beyond his imagination.
"Ren Dong's family in the mortal world is in the hands of Emperor Zhao, and it is inconvenient to send a message to Taihemen." Wei Chang patted the storage bag and took out a communication talisman from it, "I want to send a message to the door first, and then help you block Emperor Zhao before anyone comes from the deacon desk in the door." ”
The lines on the communication rune lit up, and a spark ignited from the very center.
Shi Kuo's eyes narrowed, "This battle is all in Emperor Zhao alone, the generals of the two sides are unwilling to fight, people are in me, it is better for you to sneak into Zhucheng secretly, join hands to guard the monks, fight one with two, kill this person, and solve the crisis." ”
Wei Chang listened to it and said to himself, "Yes, as long as you kill Emperor Zhao, everything will be stopped, he is a demon cultivator with five levels of qi refining, and Ren Dong and I are two six levels of qi refining, and if we start in secret, we will definitely be able to take this person's life."
If this happens, I will not only be able to return to the mountain gate to practice, but I will not have to worry about the use of it for cultivation before building the foundation. ”
"Okay, that's it!" Wei Chang gritted his teeth, took out two crystal clear, round and full spirit stones from the storage bag, sat cross-legged, and held a spirit stone in each hand and placed it on his lap.
"Gambling with his life and taking a fight, it has become a smooth fairy road from now on.
Lao Shi, you still go back to prepare for the battle, after I recover the spiritual power of the dantian, I will go to infiltrate Zhucheng and do it secretly, if I don't succeed, everything will depend on you. ”
"Okay." Shi Kuo was resolute, turned around and jumped from the small window on the second floor, landed firmly on the ground, turned over his horse, and galloped away.