Chapter 9: Retreat as Advance (4,000-word chapter)

Seeing Daoist Feng Nuo and the others retreating, Bai Cheng sighed, and on tiptoe, a ray of light fell on Sun Island. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The island was already in a mess, and all the buildings, including the two palaces of Yuanlong Palace and Wuying Palace, had already been flattened by the huge wave just now.

Shicai Baicheng pretended to be Chu Xilu and fought with Fengnuo Daoist in mid-air, so naturally he couldn't work. Therefore, while pretending to deal with the feint attack of Baicheng, the head of Fengnuo Dao urged a hurricane to blow up layers of huge waves, leveling the two islands of Sun and Taiyin.

The Divine Refining Grandmaster has opened up the essential gap with the Qi Cultivation Master, if there is no combat power of the same level to contain it, even if there are more Qi Cultivation Masters on the island, it will not help.

What's more, Daoist Ge didn't know where to invite the three major god refining masters, pretending to be a qi training master to snipe and kill people close to Chu Xilu on the island, and it was easy to defeat the island's defense line.

Bai Cheng fell back to the island, and the remnants of the masters on Sun Island had already gathered in front of him, ready to obey Chu Xilu's orders.

Bai Cheng's eyes scanned everyone like lightning, but he didn't say a word. Although there is information provided by Ge Daochang, whether it is the first time for him to play the role of Chu Xilu, there are some subtleties that he can't grasp after all, so he has to choose to be silent is golden.

Chu Xilu has always been cold, and he does not stay in the Jiuyao Islands for a long time, so he is not familiar with many people on the island. Therefore, Bai Cheng did not open his mouth, and everyone did not dare to open his mouth without permission.

After a while, someone finally couldn't help it, slowly walked out of the crowd, and asked respectfully, "Commander Chu, I don't know what happened to my family's manager?"

The person who spoke was a purple-robed eunuch, this person's surname was Kuang, he was about forty years old, his face was white, fat, fat, and fat, he was one of the deputy directors of Yuanlong Palace, and he had always been cautious, and when he fought with the three black-clothed people just now, he did not fight on the front line, which saved his life.

"The enemy is fierce, and Manager Liang has already been martyred. Bai Cheng said lightly.

"Ahh Beam... Liang is in charge of him..."Although the purple-robed eunuch saw that the rooftop was engulfed in fireballs, he also imagined that Liang Jiugong had escaped this catastrophe, and when he suddenly heard the news of Liang Jiugong's death, he suddenly had some tongues knotted and was almost speechless.

Bai Cheng's eyes swept over his face, but he didn't continue to speak, he knew the truth that if you say too much, you must lose it, especially when you meet for the first time, you must be careful to maintain it.

Seeing that Kuang Dake was speechless for a while, Bai Cheng simply stood on tiptoe, jumped on the reef, faced the sea, and turned his head to stop looking at everyone.

Behind him, Kuang Dake was full of grief, not to mention, several eunuchs in the team were even more like the sky had fallen, almost fainting to the ground.

This group of people was whispering, and the masters of the other islands also came to the sun by boat, including Director Zhou, the owner of the Meritorious Workshop on Taiyin Island, and the defenders of the five islands of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The two islands of Shicai Sun and Taiyin were attacked, and although the other defenders of the five islands wanted to come forward to help, they suffered from high winds and dangerous waves, and the ships could not go to sea, so they had to watch the two attacks on them.

After the leaders of the five islands landed on the island, they found the head of Wuying Palace, the only remaining deputy head of Yuanlong Palace, Kuang Dake, the head of Meritorious Fang, and Master Lu.

Bai Cheng turned his back to everyone and said lightly: "Chu is the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and he has nothing to do with the Jiuyao Islands, and he has no power to command you, so you should report everything that happened here to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will judge it." ”

Kuang Da said sadly: "Commander Qiyu Chu, the matter of contacting Your Majesty has always been independently controlled by Chief Liang, and we have not participated in it, and now that Chief Liang has been martyred, we will not be able to contact Your Majesty for a while." ”

Bai Cheng still didn't look back, and said lightly: "Chu is an outsider after all, you can't contact Your Majesty, it's good to contact General Wei, several of your commanders are all from the army, don't say that you can't contact General Wei." ”

Several people were stunned, and after a moment of silence, a rough man said loudly: "You guys don't have to hide it, we have reached the point of life and death, and if we don't drag it out with Commander Chu, are we going to wait for death here?"

This person is the leader of the Fire Island in the Jiuyao Islands, his surname is Shi, and he has the most fiery temperament, he said a word, and the rest of the people were silent.

Shi Ju said loudly: "Commander Chu, to tell you the truth, a few days ago, General Wei had a military order, saying that the Jiuyao Islands are isolated overseas, and once they are attacked, they have no power to fight back, even if the whole army is annihilated, it is also very possible." Therefore, let us listen to the full command of the highest cultivator on the island in the event of an attack, gather our forces in one place, and prepare to withdraw from the South China Sea. ”

Bai Cheng said lightly: "The Jiuyao Islands have been established for a long time, why does General Wei only have a military order now?"

Shi Ju's voice paused for a moment, then he sighed and said: "Chief Administrator Qiqi, General Wei also said in his letter that in the past, there were several great God Refining Grandmasters in the Shou Clumsy Palace, even if someone watched, they didn't dare to do it without permission, but now some changes have happened, and several grandmasters are not here, so..."

Bai Cheng snorted coldly and said, "Isn't Chu a refining god?"

With a "plop", Shi Ju knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice: "Commander Chu, Shi Mou didn't mean that! It's just that two fists are hard to beat with four hands, there are not many enemies, no matter how strong Commander Chu is, he is only one person, and he can't be distracted to deal with it."

"Why didn't you say this before?" Bai Cheng said coldly.

Shi Ju sighed and said: "Commander Qi Chu, Shi didn't say it before, firstly, the island is under the full control of Chief Liang, and his old man will never agree to evacuate, and secondly, Chief Liang is also a master of refining gods, Shi Mou thought that with his old man in charge, he would not miss so quickly anyway, but I didn't expect..."

Hearing this, Kuang Dake in the crowd snorted coldly and glared at Shi Ju.

Although Shi Ju didn't say it explicitly, he was already blaming Liang Jiugong for being vulnerable and being killed so easily.

When Bai Cheng heard this, he said lightly: "So, are you all willing to listen to Chu's dispatch?"

When everyone heard this, they knelt down together and said, "I'm willing to listen to the dispatch of Commander Chu." ”

Bai Cheng nodded slightly, turned around, and said coldly: "The Jiuyao Islands can no longer stay, so go back and prepare as soon as possible, pack up the important items, discard all the crude benzene items, and return to Chen Country together in three days!"

When everyone heard this, they nodded yes together.

Bai Cheng continued: "The five islands of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth were evacuated by the original commander of the five islands, Taiyin Island was evacuated by the director of the Meritorious Fang Zhou, Taiyin Island was evacuated by the deputy director of Yuanlong Palace Kuang, and the two islands of Rahu and Jidu were evacuated by the director of Wuying Palace. ”

After some orders, several people who were named took the orders and left.

Bai Cheng didn't wait for everyone to leave, and then asked, "Deputy Chief Kuang walks slowly, how many people are left with me from the Imperial Forest Army?" ”

Kuang Dake turned his head, with a bitter expression on his face, and said after a long silence: "Commander Qi Chu, all the masters in the Imperial Forest Army have been killed, and no one has been left..."

Bai Cheng's face changed, and he feigned anger and shouted, "What did you say!"

Kuang Dake hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "All the masters in the Royal Forest Army have been martyred!"

Bai Cheng Chang sighed and pondered for a long time before he said, "Okay, it's a well-deserved death, I know, you guys go and get busy." ”

When Kuang Dake and the others heard this, they hurriedly left here, knowing that Chu Xilu was in a bad mood and never dared to meet Bai Cheng again.

Three days later, a huge fleet of hundreds of ships on the side of the Jiuyao Islands was mighty and ready to go.

At the very core of the fleet is a giant sailing ship flagship that grows a hundred feet, Bai Cheng stands alone in the bow, and behind him stand Kuang Dake, Director Zhou and others.

Staring at the Jiuyao Islands for a long time, Bai Cheng sank down and said, "Let's go!"

Seeing Bai Cheng's order, the crew next to him hurriedly waved the flag in their hands and waved the flag, and the huge fleet saw the flagship's order, so they slowly set sail, slowly left here, and headed for the north of the South China Sea.

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Three months later, the fleet arrived in Qiongzhou, the southernmost part of the Chen state.

This fleet is very large, and it is all elite soldiers, and there are no pirates on the road who dare to come forward to harass them, so the journey is extremely smooth and there is no waves.

After the fleet docked in Liuzhou, Bai Cheng led a few people such as Kuang Dake and Director Zhou to rush to Jianye, while the rest of the sergeants were stationed along the coast of Liuzhou, and all the degrees were supplied by the Taishou Mansion in Liuzhou.

During this period of time at sea, Bai Cheng constantly tested the impression of the people on the Jiuyao Islands on Chu Xilu, constantly corrected his behavior, and when he arrived in Liuzhou, his demeanor and movements were no different from the original Chu Xilu.

Except for Baicheng is the master of refining gods, the rest of the people are also masters, starting from Liuzhou, day and night, resting people and horses, more than 2,000 miles a day, less than a month of effort, has rushed to Jianye City.

The matter of the Jiuyao Islands had been reported to the capital through various channels a few months ago, but the person concerned had not yet arrived, so he did not say it very carefully.

After coming to Jianye City, Baicheng did not enter the city, but stayed in a post house outside the city, Kuang Dake entered the palace alone to report to Chen Yao, and Zhou entered the general's mansion to report to General Wei.

Chu Xilu has always been withdrawn, and it is not surprising that he is reluctant to enter the palace at this time.

Kuang Dake entered the palace for less than a day, set off early in the morning that day, and returned to the post house in the evening.

"Commander Qiyu Chu, Your Majesty does not blame your old man, please enter the palace for a while. Kuang Dake was respectful, he knew His Majesty Chen Yao very well, and knew that this person was not a generous person, he thought that even if he didn't die this time, he would have to peel off a layer of skin, but Chen Yao didn't blame him at all, but said good words to appease, which made him a little unbelievable.

"Alas, even if Your Majesty doesn't blame you, how can Chu go to see Your Majesty?" Bai Cheng sighed, waved his hand and said.

Chen Yao's attitude was already in Daoist Ge's calculations, although Chen Yao was His Majesty Chen Guo, but there were very few God Refining Masters available in his hands, he had already lost Liang Jiugong, if he blamed Chu Xilu again, he was afraid that he would be overstretched.

What's more, Chu Xilu has a deep relationship with the Northern Buddhism, and he is about to rely on the power of the Northern Buddhism at this time, so naturally he will not offend Chu Xilu fiercely.

"What did Commander Chu say, this matter was handled by Chief Manager Liang, if something was wrong, how could it be blamed on Commander Chu?" Kuang Dake hurriedly said.

"Manager Liang has already been martyred, how can Chu put the blame on a dead person?" Bai Cheng's face sank.

Kuang Dake's words, I'm afraid it wasn't his own meaning, but the news that Chen Yao borrowed from his mouth. Ge Daochang is right, Chen Yao is really a kind person, just see that Liang Jiugong is loyal to him, but he abandons Liang Jiugong like a shoe, and puts all the blame on Liang Jiugong.

"Alas..."Kuang Dake was short of words for a while.

Bai Cheng flicked his sleeve robe and said coldly: "I won't go to the palace, and I won't see Your Majesty!"

Although he was fully prepared, it was better not to enter the palace if he could not enter. There are many formations in the palace, and if you fall into the palace, you are afraid that you will not be able to get out.

"Lord Chu, you..." Kuang Dake's heart was shocked, he had received the news before leaving, he must invite Chu Xilu into the palace on this trip, otherwise he would not be able to please him if he went back again.

Bai Cheng snorted coldly, turned around and brushed his sleeves away, as if he didn't want to hear him explain again.

Kuang Dake was just about to chase after him, but he felt that his arm was numb, and his whole body was like an electric shock, shaking like chaff. He thought it was Chu Xilu who was furious, and was about to open his mouth to explain, when he suddenly found a piece of paper in his hand.

Bai Cheng's figure gradually drifted away, and he said lightly: "This is a letter of pleading from Chu, and I also ask Deputy Chief Kuang to forward it to Your Majesty, Chu made a big mistake this time, and he has no shame to stand on the court, and he only wishes that the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha will be with him for a long time." ”

Kuang Dake was dumbfounded, holding the letterhead in his hand neither advance nor retreat, and after a long time, he sighed and turned around to leave the station.

The letterhead in Kuang Dake's hand was not written by Bai Cheng, but it was Ge Daochang looking for Danqing's skillful hand, imitating Chu Xilu's handwriting, not to mention Chen Yao, even if Chu Xilu was alive, I was afraid that he would not be able to see the difference.

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Three days later.

Dressed in gray cloth and with a broken sword at his waist, Bai Cheng came to the edge of the Yangtze River alone, bought a small boat from the fishermen by the river, and planned to cross the river to the north.

A large river separates the Shenzhou continent from it, with Song, Chen, Jin, and Liang to the south, and Zhou, Wei, and Qi to the north. Because the north and the south were often at war, there were no boats crossing the river, and the only way to cross the river was to cross the river on their own.

Bai Cheng sat alone on the bow of the boat, the boat was windless, and slowly sailed towards the north of the river, although his face was calm, but his heart was a little worried. In the letter, he claimed to be guilty, saying that he wanted to return to the hidden forest, but in fact it was just a statement that retreated into advance.

The Jiuyao Islands fell, and Liang Jiugong died on the battlefield, but only Chu Xilu survived. No matter how stupid Chen Yao is, he will suspect that there is something wrong with Chu Xilu.

If he rushes into the palace at this time, I am afraid that not only will he not be able to gain Chen Yao's trust and successfully spy on secrets, but I am afraid that he will be guarded against in every way, and if he can't say it, his identity will be revealed.

Instead of this, after discussing with Daoist Ge and Daoist Fengnuo, he decided to retreat and lure Chen Yao to take the initiative to keep him.

It's just that this method is a bit risky, in case Chen Yao is too suspicious of him and doesn't keep him, all the plans in front of him will be in vain. (To be continued.) )