Chapter 490: Crossing the Boundary River at Night
The second interrogation was a light, Jiang Feng was much more detailed, he just asked casually before, and he really didn't expect anything in his heart, but it turned out that this guy was a soft bone who couldn't lie, and everything he said was the truth. So he casually threatened a few words, and when he was on the lamp, he was so frightened that his whole body was paralyzed, and he couldn't say anything, but because he was also a foundation building disciple, there were only two parts that were useful in the end.
The first part involves his uncle Hongzhi, this person is of unknown origin, originally not a disciple of Tianyin Temple, one day twenty-one years ago, Tongguang suddenly brought him back, in front of the three disciples, announced that he was admitted to the door wall, accepted as a closed disciple, at that time Hongzhi was only in the early stage of building the foundation. In this matter, Yideng still listened to what the master said, Hongzhi once saved the life of Jianxing, so the relationship between the two is very good.
Judging from these confessions, Hongzhi's origin is the key, Jiang Feng originally guessed that he was Tongguang's illegitimate son, but he categorically rejected this, because at the end of every year, Tongguang would chant in the Hall of Eternal Life in Wuliang City, and many disciples were present to listen, and when they arrived at the wonderful place, the Changming lamp behind Tongguang would bloom with a pattern of seven lotus flowers, which was a sign that it was not close to women.
Oh, it turns out that there are such mysterious things, it seems that Hongzhi was originally a model for Master Tongguang, but he has been guarding himself like jade for so many years, once he escaped overseas, there was no restraint, and he broke his work casually, and he thought that he would stay in Tianyin Temple for a long time, and there were too many precepts and rules.
The other part involved Song Zixun, Jiang Feng originally wanted to ask something about the garrison here, but Yideng's cultivation realm was too poor, and he had no chance to participate in the secrets, and what could get into his ears was basically gossip circulating in the army. According to Yideng, Song Zixun's fiancé died a few days ago, so her master sent her to Tianyin Temple, wanting to get acquainted with Jindan monk Yang Qingze, that is, Gongye Kai's proud disciple, and conclude a good relationship between the two sects in the future. However, although Yang Qingze was happy, Song Zixun seemed to be unwilling, so he ran from Qingxin City on the southern line guarded by Yang Qingze to Dustless City on the northern line.
Thinking that her fiancé should be Qin Yifan, she originally wanted to go to Lizong to make a contribution, but she was killed by herself and the black whale together, and went to Dustless City, which should also be in line with the intention of dispersing the knot, but as a result, she was deceived by sex, and was caught and given to herself as a testimony of the sincerity of cooperation. Jiang Feng automatically added the follow-up plot, as for Yang Qingze, he is now in Qingxin City, across the river from Thundercloud City.
Tianyin Temple's strongest Jin Dan is second only to the head Chen Fahe, so you have to be careful.
Jiang Feng thought for a moment in his heart, took off the well-fed lamp robe, and locked it up again, when he was heading south, he had already used the "seven-colored note" to inform Zheng Yiyu, so that he could move the intelligence network south as soon as possible, although he hoped that it was good, but he had not received any response yet, and he was still in the process of transferring.
He had just settled down and ordered Shen Lang, who was good at the "Five Elements Escape Method", to cross the river and explore within a hundred miles around Qingxin City, but with a confession, Jiang Feng ordered him to stay away from the big moat array so as not to be captured alive by the other party.
After waiting for two days, when Zheng Yiyu sent the first piece of information, Shen Lang also came back at the same time, bringing back a bad news, only a few low-level monks left the guard monks of Qingxin City, and there was no intention of retreating on a large scale.
Didn't you say that you would transfer monks all the way to the south and go straight to the hinterland of Qing Yuzong from the coastal area, of course, Jianxing didn't say it in so much detail, and the rest was made up by yourself, but Shen Lang's reconnaissance was enough to prove that the plan that Jianxuan said was not successful.
It won't be because of Song Zixun's disappearance, right? If that's the case, it would be self-defeating, but there is another possibility, that is, the sex is lying.
That's a big problem. The main force of the Jincheng League has been withdrawn to the Eastern Front, leaving behind the two weak brigades of himself and Leng Tingtao, wouldn't it be easy to eat?
After thinking about it, he heard the rumbling sound of the large array outside the city, and his heart froze, and he flew out of the big tent, but he saw that on the gray large array shield, several clusters of light bloomed like ripples, and outside that array, more than thirty monks had already gathered.
"Are they going to attack the city?" Wei Ruoguang stopped at Jiang Feng's side, his face solemn.
"No, otherwise there wouldn't be so few people. After observing for a while, Jiang Feng had already seen some clues, among the thirty monks, there was only one Jin Dan, not Yang Qingze, referring to the portrait given by a lamp, it should be a Jin Dan called "Qiu Shifeng", his ability was ordinary and not outstanding, and the rest were uneven foundation building monks, and there were even three or four Qi practitioners, hiding on the flying swords of their colleagues, occasionally throwing out a few talismans, laughing, like a leisurely stroll, and not the slightest nervousness.
Is this playing tricks on me?
Jiang Feng was not worried about how much damage an attack of this intensity could cause to the Thundercloud City's protective array, because the "Rock Turtle Eight Pillars Guarding Heart Array" here was actually the top grade in the earth system shield, and it would take at least four Jindan monks to bombard it with all their strength for an hour and a half before it could show a decline, although there were not many spirit stones left in the eyes of the Qing Yu Sect, but as long as they were filled, they could still be dimensioned.
"Master, do you want to go out to meet the enemy?" Wei Ruoguang stayed for a long time, and also felt the humiliation of the other party, it is not difficult to find that many monks are pointing and pointing through the big array, as if they are commenting on something.
"Take a look at the situation first, and give orders to go down, and it is forbidden to go out of battle, and there is no need to use your hands, but do not take the enemy lightly, and inspect the gates of the city, so as not to fall into their tactics of attacking the west. Have all the people of the city been withdrawn?"
"Wu Tiande used the title deeds of several Jinguang Pavilion shops as rewards, hired a group of street scoundrels, disguised as people who escaped from the northern line, and released false news, saying that several small towns around Gujing City on the northern line were broken by Jinguang Pavilion, and all the customs were slaughtered, so the people here were so frightened that they all ran away, and the total number of people left in the city would not exceed two hundred, so we could completely close the city gate and stick to it. ”
"This kid is treacherous, knowing that this place is adjacent to Tianyin Temple, and he has a good impression of their monks, so he uses the name of Jinguang Pavilion. Wang Xiandao, who was also standing on the side, snorted, he was usually very dissatisfied with Wu Tiande's rogue behavior, and now he is used here, although it is a little evil, but it is also useful.
The monks of Tianyin Temple attacked for half an hour and then retreated, but before the people who had been nervous for a long time could rest for a while, another wave of monks flew over, still led by a Jin Dan, and more than 20 monks under his command bombarded the big array. Although the power is limited, but Jiang Feng, who is defending the city, can not rest, Thundercloud City is seventeen or eighteen miles away, once the large array is attacked, the east, west, north and south need to be sent to the monks to check in case of accidents.
What a sinister tactic!
When the third wave of attacks came, Jiang Feng finally realized that the enemy was strong and I was weak, but my own side had the advantage of the big battle to protect the city, and the two sides faced each other at close range, which can be said to know each other and know each other, Tianyin Temple and the others could have come out of the nest, and most of them would have been defeated, but the other party actually used this kind of subordinate means, it seems that they want to further reduce the sacrifice.
Seeing the other words may be fake, but Tianyin Temple wants to preserve its strength and avoid fearless damage, and it seems to be true.
Hiss!
In the middle of the night, he was awakened for the fourth time, Jiang Feng finally came to the fire, and ran out of the tent, wanting to fight to the death with the help of the big array, but the night wind was very cold, and he suddenly thought that Tianyin Temple wanted to preserve its strength, why didn't he want to? In this Qingxin City opposite, no matter how many monks there were, they were only half of the monks in Tianyin Temple, and now in the city, almost all of their own family backgrounds, once they were defeated because of impulse, the Asshan Sect would be doomed.
No, I want to be calm!
It's a pity that these guys are really hateful! Just shrink their heads and endure it, and they are really unwilling.
What to do?
Jiang Feng returned to the tent, thought for a long time, called Wu Tiande alone, and ordered him to take someone to do a secret thing, and then went straight to the big array, patrolling quickly nearby, and picked up half of the "Seven Angles Gray Crystal" in his hand, which he collected two in the Whale Sea Islands, and after using up half of it on the northern line, there was still a leftover.
Sou!
Taking advantage of a monk's inattention, Jiang Feng suddenly broke out of the big formation, went straight to a monk in the early stage of foundation building, and slapped the opponent's waist with a palm, but saw that the monk was bleeding when he boarded, and fell to the ground with the flying sword, Jiang Feng did not like to fight, and immediately returned to the formation, and sat on the "flying boat against the wind", but when he saw the leader Jin Dan following the sound, he heard the report of his subordinates, glared at himself fiercely, and motioned everyone to take dozens of steps back.
"Do you dare to come out to fight?" The middle-aged Jindan monk was not in the portrait of Yideng, judging from the robes, some of them looked like Song Zixun's classmates.
"It's good here, why be angry?" Jiang Feng deliberately angered him.
"On the day the city is broken, I want you to look good. That Jin Dan put down a cruel word, seeing that Jiang Feng did not come out to fight, and at this opportunity, Wei Ruoguang also stole out of the big formation, injuring a lone Zhuji, he couldn't help but look cold, and with a wave of his hand, he retreated with his subordinates.
This time, it was clean for a long time, but when the morning dawn first appeared, it came again, this time led by two Jin Dan, so even if Jiang Feng attracted the attention of one person, it would be difficult to take advantage. This time, Jiang Feng commanded everyone and practiced with them across the big array, and he could also see that the other party was also training the low-level cultivators on his side, even so, why not cooperate, there were many low-level spirit runes obtained from the looting shops in the south of the Dustless City, not inferior to these few.
But he threw off a few spirit runes, but he chose to retreat and called Wang Xiandao and Wei Ruoguang to discuss together.
"Here!"
Jiang Feng circled a place on the map, which was Renshou City, one hundred and eighty miles southwest of Qingxin City, and it was also the largest city in the middle of Tianyin Temple, and the intersection of the north-south trade routes. "This should be regarded as the hinterland of Tianyin Temple, and there should not be many garrisons, if we go to loot, it should be worth the trip. ”
"Rather than sitting here and being humiliated, it's better to take the initiative!" Jiang Feng estimated that the attack on the opposite side would be carried out for several rounds, until his side was exhausted, he would go out and give himself a thunderous blow, and he was in a weak position, and there was no way to resolve it, so it was better to find another way and seek the initiative, just as Li Rulin, who had listened to Tao coldly, said, it is the best policy to fight, and fighting in Tianyin Temple is much more refreshing than fighting in Qingyu Sect.
It's just that in this way, most of them have fallen into the reputation of "taking advantage of the chaos to loot".
But what does it matter, these territories, even if the Jincheng Alliance wins, it can't be mine, the Assayama Sect lost the protection of the patriarchal system because of this battle, there must be a place to make up for the lost "forty-seven years", right?
Wang Xiandao hesitated for a moment, still disapproving, "Labor division attack far away, I am afraid there are many variables, although they are really scoundrels, but if Thundercloud City can hold on for two more days, they can explain to the alliance leader for a short time, why take the risk?"
"Wealth is in danger. Wei Ruoguang agreed with Jiang Feng's thoughts, "Our Shallow Mountain Sect has always been barren, if we don't take this opportunity to loot some assets, how can we compensate for the losses in this battle, if we hadn't paid thirty third-order pieces out of our own pocket before, I'm afraid our supplies would have been a problem this time." ”
"What you said is true, but ......" As soon as the spirit stone was mentioned, Wang Xiandao was suddenly speechless, if he really counted on the great treasury of the sect in this battle, he would indeed be overstretched now, if it wasn't for the fact that a large number of pills and talismans had been replenished in advance, and everyone had configured a defensive magic weapon according to the situation, in the fierce battle on the northern front, the attrition of the Qianshan Sect would only be more.
These are all real spirit stones that can be exchanged, don't look at the war is the affairs of the alliance, but the alliance has not sent down even a single spirit stone, with the intensity of the opponent's attack and attack, tomorrow night, I am afraid that I will have to pay out of my own pocket to fill the spirit stones consumed by the large array.
Everything has to be prepared by yourself, and then think about the previous looting outside the dustless city, because it was promised that seventy percent of the income would go to the individual, and the rest would be divided equally, so the harvest could be counted thoroughly, and a total of four third-order goods were gained, although most of them were low-level materials that were not really cashed into spirit stones, but for the people of the Qianshan Sect who were used to it, it was indeed a huge amount of money.
"No, we're careful. Wei Ruoguang said, "Let's grab it and leave." However, in a hurry, it is easy to attract the attention of the other party, and when crossing the river, most of them will be surrounded outside the city. ”
"I have asked Wu Tiande to dig a secret tunnel outside the east gate. Now, there should be four or five miles of scenery. From here, we then took a detour across the river. Jiang Feng pointed to a remote ferry, but when he saw the relief on the faces of the two of them, his worries dissipated.
"What about this Thundercloud City?"
"An empty city, what is there to defend, and it can't be defended at all. Once we surprise Renshou City, most of them will have to run after us. ”
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Bluestone mesa.
"Rulin, I know what you mean. ”
Leng Tingtao rectified the military affairs, inspected the garrison again, and then returned to the military tent, Li Rulin came to persuade again, hoping that he would lead the crowd to Thundercloud City, where the city protection array was more solid, and assist Jiang Feng in defense, but he still refused.
"That's what I want. Leng Tingtao walked over to the hanging map and drew a big cross on Thundercloud City, "Think about it, this is my only chance to expand my territory." Even if they win, what territory will the Jincheng faction and the Huanglongmen give us if they take the territory of the Qing Yu Sect?"
"It's just like this...... Li Rulin was taken aback and took a deep breath, "It's just that this timing is not very good, if Tianyin Temple betrays its trust and the Asshan Sect is defeated, the probability that we can survive here alone is not very high." Moreover, the alliance leader's side ......"
"The alliance leader has the idea of the alliance leader, but I know that Su Liqing and Zuo Zician should not believe in Tianyin Temple. But they chose to obey the command and went to the Eastern Front, why?"
"The Eastern Front is scorching, but it's safer. If the alliance is there, then the sect is there. Li Rulin said.
"Yes, in comparison, the Western Front is in dire straits. Rulin, you still have to think of a way, how can you protect my Lelin Sect and all the people!"
"Show strength, do the opposite!" Li Rulin pondered for a moment, "Since they are worried about losses, they must choose the weak one to break first." ”
"How?"
"I immediately rushed to Lizong and invited a few prefecture-level cultivators to sit here. Once they arrive, remove the protective array and make it look like they're ready for a big battle. ”
"Will they be fooled?" Leng Tingtao was deeply skeptical.
"It's just a few days of delay, enough to protect yourself. ”
"That's very good, you go and return quickly, the big Ku spirit stones are all in Lan Gui, you go and use them. Leng Tingtao threw out a black lacquer tiger talisman.
"Yes!"
Li Rulin took the tiger talisman and went out of the account without looking back, Lan Gui, although he has some business skills, but he is actually a villain, he is usually not to be seen, but since the head of the house transferred the treasury from his own hands to him, it must be in line with this kind of dirty work of expropriation and tyranny, it is better not to tarnish his reputation, this, he understands the hardships of the head of the house.
But thinking about Lan Gui's attitude, he was a little unhappy.
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With consensus, things fall into place.
Jiang Feng, Wang Xiandao, and Wei Ruoguang discussed the map for a while, and then called all the Xuan-level monks to enter, and put the plan together, everyone looked different, or excited, or nervous, or worried, but on the whole, they were all gearing up, and it seemed that the previous harvest was enough to inspire people.
Just after the eighth attack on Tianyin Temple, taking advantage of the slanting sun, Jiang Feng gathered everyone in one place, changed into night clothes, Jiang Feng deliberately went out of the battle, one or two miles to the north, and looked at Qingxin City across the Pantuo River, attracting the attention of the other party's spies, and after staying for half an hour, it was estimated that everyone had sneaked away from the tunnel dug out by the east gate, Jiang Feng rushed back to the city, taking advantage of the night, went straight to the east of the city, all the way to the south, and stayed until the middle of the night, and finally joined the people who took the first step, and then crossed the boundary river of the two sects, Pantuo River.
This place is sixty miles away from the location of Qingxin City.