Qiao He, the leader of the Nine Shadows, who was talked about by Zu Zhe, was still in a hurry two hundred miles east of Sumy City.

Although he was the leader of the Nine Shadows Sect, Qiao He had no pomp and circumstance, and only brought one person, and this person was also Fu Botao, the deputy commander of his war department.

Qiao Heqi is not good-looking, not tall, and even more thin among these people in Jiuyou, but he has an indescribable temperament, no matter where he is, people will not be able to ignore it, even if he doesn't know his true identity.

This temperament was not innate, but gradually cultivated from the time he joined the sect at the age of ten and was selected into the Ice Peak Cliff of the Nine Secluded Holy Land at the age of twelve. From the first day of entering the sect, the skinny Joe He was the one who deserved to be bullied, but everyone who provoked was defeated by him, either immediately or months later, no one could keep the shame on Jo He for more than a year, not even those senior brothers who had cultivated far beyond Jo He.

Build a foundation at the age of ten, pass the three veins at the age of twelve, and marry the Dan after nine years, this kind of speed is only comparable to Ye Cheng among contemporary disciples, and the two of them are both Eight Tribulation Golden Pills, which is also rare in the Nine Shadows. It's just that such an impressive experience is not perfect, there is one person Qiao He who has never been able to defeat, that is Ye Cheng, the two have competed dozens of times in the sect, all of which ended in a draw under the intervention of the elders.

Qiao He knew that this was the elder protecting the two, the two were of equal strength, and he was afraid that only the battle of life and death could determine the winner and loser, but he had to admit that it was Ye Cheng's existence that made Qiao He dare not slack off at all times, and he had to strive to be the best in everything, even now that the two of them are in charge.

Qiao He and Ye Cheng are stationed on the east and west wings of Jiuyou, which are both important strategic directions of Jiuyou, and Tianzun's intention to evaluate the two of them could not be more obvious.

After receiving the instructions from the inspector Wuping, Qiao He rushed to Wuping with his most powerful assistant Fu Botao lightly, both of whom were Jindan cultivators, and it only took one day to cross the territory of Keqin for 3,000 miles and arrive in Wuping.

But at this time, Johe received a request from the Keqin side to arbitrate the ownership of Sumy City.

Johe immediately slowed down and thought carefully about how to deal with it, this inspection was not an easy task.

"Brother Bo Tao, what do you think of this matter?" Both of them had already read the battle reports of Keqin and the guards, and the two sides had very different statements and did not give in to each other.

Fu Botao started Banjiazi earlier than Qiao He, and he was the first disciple of the two of them, but his qualifications were different from Qiao He's, not only was he nearly fifty years old to get married, but he was only a five-tribulation golden pill, in other words, Jindan's cultivation was already his apex.

Coupled with his honest appearance, he never fights with others in the sect, and this senior brother's sense of existence is very thin.

Despite this, Johe always respected him and never treated him slowly.

"Judging from the war report, there are quite a few strange things. No one was optimistic about the garrison before the war, and the performance of Xiaoshi Chengxia also confirmed this. Fu Botao said slowly, in fact, this matter is not complicated, presumably with Qiao He's acumen has already made a decision, but Fu Botao still needs to do his subordinates to sort out this matter. "Ninety-seven days to conquer Xiaoshi City, such a record is really not worthy of the prestige of the Ministry of Garrison. ”

Joe He nodded, motioning for Fu Botao to continue.

"But the battle of Sumy City is really incomprehensible," this is the key, a few days ago when Fu Botao got the complete battle report, he was really shocked, presumably Qiao He also felt the same way, "Three days of Kecheng, of which the battle was only half a day, from noon to Hai, the garrison war department annihilated more than 500 people, completely controlling Sumy City. ”

"Although that step is a second-class war department, but judging from the pre-war intelligence, it is not a fish belly," Fu Botao paused, these are the contents of the battle report, Qiao He naturally knows, and what follows is Fu Botao's true thoughts, "Although it seems absurd, I think that the garrison battle report is not exaggerated, but it may have reservations." ”

"Exactly!" This unreasonable battle report really bothered Johe, but if the garrison wanted to fake, where would they make up such absurd content, "Then how does the senior brother think the garrison did it?"

"Show it weakly, lure the enemy out of the city, and take advantage of his unpreparedness to gather and annihilate him!" Although Fu Botao did not go to the battlefield in person, his expectations were almost the same as the facts, and this is also the most likely tactic of the garrison department, and if you want to achieve such results, the implementation of tactics, the enemy's "cooperation" cannot be half a point wrong, "In addition, the garrison battle report mentioned that after the defeat of the infantry victory division and rebellion, the defense of Sumy City was lax, and the garrison department was able to easily break the formation, which is also consistent with the evaluation of the garrison department is not good at breaking the formation. From this point of view, the slaughter of Sumy City after the battle should also be caused by the rebellion of Bu Sheng, and has nothing to do with the garrison. ”

"Senior brother, do you think I should give Su Mei to the guards?" asked Johe again.

"A few days ago, I went to visit Uncle Quan," Fu Botao did not answer directly, this Uncle Quan is the mentor of Zu Zhe, the commander of the guard, "Uncle Quan was very sorry when he mentioned Zu Zhe, twenty years ago, when Zu Zhe's junior brother insisted on going down the mountain, Uncle Quan tried his best to keep it, and bluntly said that if Zu Senior Brother returned to the guard, there would be no hope of getting married in this life, and even Jindan would be difficult to achieve in the later stage. ”

Zu Zhe and Fu Botao went up the mountain almost at the same time, and now they are both mid-stage Jindan cultivators, while Qiao He, who is half a year younger than them, is already a late Jindan cultivator, and there is almost no doubt about getting married, but this is not that Zu Zhe's qualifications are inferior to Qiao He, if Zu Zhe did not return to the garrison twenty years ago to take on the responsibility of the commander of the garrison war department, he must not be much weaker than Qiao He at this time.

Fu Botao was full of regret when he mentioned Zu Zhe, but he also reminded Qiao He that although Zu Zhe was strong, he had missed the opportunity to cultivate......

This is the reason why Qiao He relies on Senior Brother Fu, Fu Botao may only have the wisdom of a middle-aged person, and has no talent in his own right, but he is thoughtful, calculates nothing to miss, and can always think of what others are entangled in advance, which is what Qiao He needs.

Qiao He did have the intention of recruiting Zu Zhe, not to mention Zu Zhe's cultivation, that is, he led the increasingly weak garrison to play such a record, which was already proud enough, and such a general was even more rare than a cultivation genius.

But Fu Botao's words made Qiao He dispel this thought, Jindan's mid-term cultivation is already embarrassing in Jiuyou, although Zu Zhe gave up the opportunity to cultivate in order to support the Ministry of Guards, this kind of loyalty is very rare, but in Qiao He's opinion, it is very unwise, what cultivators pursue is always only strength, if there is no strength in their own cultivation, everything is empty!

Fu Botao's analysis was the same as Joe's judgment, which strengthened Johe's determination.

However, the reasons put forward by the Keqin Ministry seem to be sufficient, but in fact they are far-fetched, and no war department has been deprived of war merits for hundreds of years, let alone such a great victory that is enough to be recorded in the history books.

How to act still needs Qiao He and Fu Botao to think in the long run, and the most important thing is not to chill the hearts of the Nine Shadows soldiers.