Chapter 174: Loyalty
Zilong didn't know what the Beji people around him thought, at this time, when he saw Jiang Tiezhu kneeling, he couldn't help but flash, and directly helped Jiang Tiezhu up, and said: "Tiezhu, I am not popular in the Ming Dynasty, how can you kneel casually?
"Hehe!" Jiang Tiezhu took advantage of the situation, scratched his head, and said with a smile, "In order to avenge the blood feud between the soldiers and civilians of Ningxia, my lord went north to fight the Heavenly King faction alone, and the brothers all admired it! They all say that the adults are proud of the world, and they are the heroes of the world! We can serve under the command of the adults, which is really a blessing for eight lifetimes!"
At this time, the soldiers of the Ming army who came out to snipe had already reacted, they had all seen Zilong, and they had trained under Zilong for a long time, and they were very clear about Zilong luring the enemy Wu Sanxing alone, and then going up the mountain alone to persuade Jiang Yunsong to surrender! At this time, when Jiang Tiezhu said this, these dozen or so soldiers all rushed over, and they talked about their admiration for Zilong, but it was similar to what Jiang Tiezhu said.
Zilong didn't expect that his actions would provoke these soldiers to be treated so kindly, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart. But now is not the time to catch up, there are still more than 5,000 Heavenly King troops outside, and I don't know how many Ming troops have come this time, so I have to figure out the situation.
At that moment, Zilong raised his hand slightly, signaling everyone to be quiet. The dozen or so soldiers of the Ming army, led by Jiang Tiezhu, admired Zilong very much, and when they saw Zilong's order at this time, they all immediately quieted down. Hu Dulu over there saw that the soldiers of the Ming army were so elite, and he couldn't help but admire them even more.
I only heard Zilong ask Jiang Tiezhu: "Jiang Tiezhu, you are not guarding Ningxia, why did you suddenly run to Hetao? Who did you follow this order, and how many people came? Are you all in the forest now?"
Jiang Tiezhu, who was originally smiling, couldn't help but have a bitter face when he heard Zilong's words, and said, "This...... My lord, I can't say it. ”
Jiang Tiezhu is a fierce general who dares to rush and fight, he is not a person who can speak well, and Zilong also understands. But Jiang Tiezhu didn't answer any of his questions, and an inexplicable worry rose in Zilong's heart, could it be that he speculated in his heart, it really happened!
At that moment, Zilong was about to continue asking, but Jiang Tiezhu was also extremely shrewd, and shouted directly into the forest: "Big brother, Miss Miao, Xu Shoubei was found by me, come quickly!"
Hearing these two titles, Zilong's heart couldn't help but sink, it seems that his guess should not be wrong, it must be Jiang Yunsong and Miao Ling.
As soon as Jiang Tiezhu's words fell, after a while, there was a noise in the forest, and two figures walked out of the darkness. One of the women in red armor, after seeing Zilong, jumped directly with joy and rushed towards Zilong's arms.
When Zilong saw the visitor, he smiled bitterly in his heart, opened his hands directly, and hugged the person by the waist. Asili over there saw a woman hugging Zilong so affectionately, and she couldn't help but feel bored for a while, and almost burst into tears. But after hearing the man's words, he couldn't help but laugh again.
I heard someone say, "Brother, you can worry me to death! You're fine! I thought ...... I thought ......" said with excitement and almost cried.
"Okay, okay!" Zilong stroked Miao Ling's back dotingly, and comforted him softly, "What will happen to me?" But you, it didn't take long for you to dare to take such a risk, take the death channel, once something goes wrong, how do you let my brother explain to my mother?"
Before Miao Ling could speak, Jiang Yunsong immediately knelt down and said, "It's all because the subordinates are not good, they didn't stop Miss Miao, so the adults are worried!"
Zilong looked at Jiang Yunsong and felt very cordial, helped him up and said: "I know my sister's temperament very well, how can you stop it?" I also know that Brother Jiang cares about me, but walking through the death passage will cost human lives, tell me the truth, is there a lot of casualties?"
Jiang Yunsong replied bitterly: "It is true that hundreds of brothers were killed! But everyone made a life and death situation, and in order to save the adults, they were willing to die." ”
"Nonsense! Do you think this is the right thing to do? Did you violate the military order and lead troops north without permission?" Zilong asked.
Jiang Yunsong knew that Zilong was sad for his dead brother, and he was angry, so he lowered his head and replied: "My subordinates learned what happened from Brother Yi Dalong, and they were worried that the adults would be alone in the Hetao, so they took it upon themselves and took their brothers directly to the north!
"You ......" Zilong heard his words, and he was even more angry, and said, "Do you know the consequences of doing this?"
"It's none of the eldest brother's business! I also have a suggestion!" Jiang Tiezhu was afraid that Zilong would punish Jiang Yunsong, so he knelt down beside Jiang Yunsong directly, clasped his fists and said, "I proposed that I was afraid that the adults would be in danger in the Hetao, so I instigated the eldest brother to come!"
"My lord, we also have a share!" The dozen or so soldiers of the Ming army also knelt directly behind Jiang Yunsong and Jiang Tiezhu, and said, "Please don't punish Jiang Qianzong!"
"Please don't punish Mr. Jiang Qian!" As soon as the words fell, in the dark forest, there was a uniform voice, and I don't know how many people came out together.
Zilong didn't really want to punish Jiang Yunsong, but he felt that it was very sad that so many brothers had died, and Jiang Yunsong was already a grass coward, and it was not easy to become an official and soldier again, and his identity was bleached!
Miao Ling could naturally feel Zilong's mood, first glanced at Jiang Yunsong, and then said: "Lord Xu just doesn't want everyone to be in danger, not really punishing Jiang Qianzong, you don't have to be like this!"
Jiang Yunsong also didn't expect his subordinates to intercede for himself together, and he was moved in his heart, so he took advantage of Miao Ling's steps to get up slowly and said, "My subordinates are willing to go to the soup for the adults, and they will not hesitate!"
"I am willing to go to the soup for the adults, at any cost!" all the soldiers shouted in unison.
Seeing this meeting, Zilong couldn't help but nodded, patted Jiang Yunsong's shoulder, and said: "I don't really blame you! You can come to help me, from my heart, I can only be grateful! But you have forgotten yourself! You were originally born as bandits, and you were finally recruited by the official army and lived a normal life, but now for me alone, you have come in danger, and you have killed and injured so many brothers, I, Xu Zilong, am sorry for you!"
While speaking, Zilong gave a deep salute to the soldiers.
At this time, all the soldiers of the Ming army, including Jiang Yunsong, understood why Zilong was angry just now, and it turned out that he was worried about the future of himself and others. All of them were moved in their hearts, and they only felt full of the mood of the death of a confidant.
Jiang Yunsong also had a pair of tiger eyes full of tears, and said excitedly: "I mistook the brothers! But if the adults are in trouble, I, Jiang Yunsong, will never sit idly by! Give me another chance, I will definitely come north, and I will never regret it!"
"Swear allegiance to Lord Xu and never regret it!" all the soldiers shouted in unison.
Seeing all the soldiers like this, Zilong was greatly moved in his heart, put away his worries, and said arrogantly: "Okay! Since all the soldiers believe in me so much, then I will lead everyone to eradicate the Heavenly King Sect and make a great contribution to the imperial court! When the time comes, everyone will definitely return to their hometowns in fine clothes, and no one will be buried in a foreign land!"
"Swear to follow Lord Xu to the death!" all the soldiers heard Zilong's assurance, and they all shouted in unison, and their morale soared.
These shouts, even the disciples of the Heavenly King Sect in the distance had already faintly heard them. Sima Ji, who was about to start advancing step by step and going to set fire, couldn't help but stop and slowly hesitated.
One of his subordinates beside him couldn't help but ask, "Hall Master Sima, why did you stop advancing?"
"Did you hear the screaming just now?" Sima Ji looked at the dense forest with an ugly face, and asked without looking back.
"I hear you!" replied the man.
"Then what do you think!" Sima Ji continued.
"It's just the death struggle of the Beji people, and they are swearing to be a master!" said the subordinate nonchalantly.
"Hey, is it really that simple?" Sima Ji could hear this voice far from being like the roar of hundreds of people, at least thousands of people!
The subordinate didn't see Sima Ji's face, and continued: "Hall Master, this must be the case! They saw that we were about to set fire to the forest, and they knew that the forest was probably unable to stay! So Hu Dulu, this old boy, was ready to give full play to his old profession, re-energize the fighting spirit of the Beji people, and have a dying struggle!"
"If only it were that simple!" Sima Ji sighed and said. He didn't say the hidden worries in his heart, this time in order to exterminate Hu Dulu, Sikong Xuan had already used a lot of manpower and material resources from the Heavenly King Sect. At this point, there is no way back. There is no other way than to fight forward and kill Hu Dulu. Otherwise, if Hu Dulu is let go, even if he is alone, it will be a great challenge to the prestige of the Heavenly King Sect.
Sikong Xuan knows this truth, and Sima Ji also knows it. Although he doesn't know what the situation is in the dense forest now, Sima Ji is still more confident that the victory in this battle must belong to his side. After thinking about it, Sima Ji's face froze and said, "Are you ready?"
"Everything is ready, the army on all sides has brought something to ignite the fire! Another thousand cavalry troops are roaming outside, ready to hunt down the Begi people who rush out!, please give the hall master!" The subordinate replied directly.
"That's good!" Sima Ji looked at the dense forest and said slowly, "Start fighting!"
"Yes!" the subordinate excitedly clenched his fists and waved his hand directly. The drummers and trumpeters over there listened to the order, and they all directly beat the war drums, blew the battle horns, and notified the armies on all sides to march together.
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