Inugami once again set foot on the road to Tucheng Qingli with the demon horse cavalry regiment led by Heiki. Because he was still weak, Hegui ordered his deputy to ride on the same horse with him. In order to facilitate the horse-riding dog god, he had to transform into a human. His human form was a young man wearing a white long-haired waistcoat. Although his hair was messy and his appearance was not handsome, he exuded an awe-inspiring righteousness.
The lieutenant of Hegui who rides with him is called Zhili. He and the second elder of the demon world, Shi Wangcheng, belong to the same lion demon clan and are somewhat related to each other. He is still young, and there is still a bit of childishness between his brows, but his unwillingness to admit defeat is very appreciated by Li Gui, and he will do his best to complete the tasks assigned to him, no matter how big or small, and he has a cheerful personality. , is very popular in the cavalry regiment. He and Li Gui are like master and apprentice as well as father and son, so he was selected as deputy general.
Along the way, he was tortured by the Inugami sitting behind him. From time to time, this old man would ask him how long it would take to reach Qingyang, or complain that his horse could not run faster.
It was already the second night when the massive cavalry regiment approached Qingli, Tucheng, and Ligui had no choice but to let everyone find a place to camp and rest outside the city for the time being, and then enter the city again early the next morning. Inugami, who was eager to return home, planned to leave them as soon as he heard this and return to Qingyang alone to find his companions.
The hedge ghost had just decided on a temporary camp location, but before he could dismount, he was blocked by three black figures that suddenly jumped out from the side, almost frightening his horse.
"Who is coming?! Do you know that we are the demon horse cavalry regiment from Dongyao! Don't you guys want to live?" Li Gui was furious, cursing and planning to chop with his knife.
But he was stopped by Inugami. He saw at a glance that the person who stopped them was his boss Chang Feng, and Honglian and Cang Xiezi were also nearby, so he quickly explained to Hegui: "Wait a minute, Master Hegui, this person It’s Chang Feng from the intelligence team, and he’s also my boss!”
Changfeng didn't expect Inugami to turn back so quickly. When he saw him, his facial expression became extremely stiff. He didn't have enough time to think about how to explain to him the fact that Xiaoqi was dead.
Inugami also read something from his eyes. Then he looked at Hong Lian and Cang Xiezi who were standing next to them. They both had sad faces and did not mention anything about Xiao Qi, so he asked tentatively: "Xiao Qi... ?”
"Alas, although we rescued her from the gang in the motorcade, it's a pity that she was poisoned by the Wild Scorpion and couldn't survive it in the end." Chang Feng lowered his head after finishing speaking.
"Then she... where is she now?" Inugami asked incoherently.
"Near the exit of the secret passage outside the city, Lao Wu is still guarding her."
Before Chang Feng finished speaking, Inugami transformed into the big white dog again and flew towards the place Chang Feng said without looking back.
Chang Feng looked at his back and paused for a moment, then turned to the leader of the cavalry regiment, Li Gui, and said, "Master Li Gui, the red-eared demons have predicted your arrival in advance and have deployed hundreds of artillery pieces in Qingyang City. That’s what we’re here to remind you of.”
"Artillery..." Hegui repeated.
He remembered that the young master had told him before coming that the main purpose of coming to Qingyang this time was not to have a large-scale conflict with the Demon Spirit Tribe, but to rely on the intimidating power of the Demon Horse Cavalry Regiment to make them lose the ability to continue resisting the royal city. ability.
He recalled what his master, the Amber Dragon King, would do if he encountered this situation, and then remembered that he would first ask to negotiate with the people in the city, and then see if he could use anything other than force after clarifying the intentions of both parties. There was a way to solve the problem, so he decided to follow this method and negotiate with the people in Qingyang tomorrow morning.
After Changfeng conveyed what Mochizuki told him, he said goodbye to Hedge Ghost and returned to the secret passage outside Qingyang City. He was worried about Inugami's condition from the bottom of his heart. He, Honglian and Cang Xiezi all had to apologize to him for failing to fulfill their promise to save Xiao Qi.
In the early morning in Qingli, Tucheng, the golden demon horse cavalry regiment was approaching the city.
The fragrance of medicinal herbs and flowers in the air is mixed with the smell of burnt earth that has not completely dissipated, just like the atmosphere hanging over Qingyang City at this moment, there is a hint of weirdness. More than a hundred artillery pieces on each level of the Tucheng's Qingyang staircase are all facing down the city, which seems to illustrate the determination of the Demon Spirit Tribe. Outside the city gate, Li Gui first asked his deputy Zong Li to come forward to negotiate with the demon clan, while he led his team to wait a little further away.
Seeing that only one member of the demon horse cavalry group was approaching the city gate, the warriors of the demon spirit clan were a little confused. I saw the cavalry in golden armor reining in their horses outside the city gate. Without showing their weapons, they shouted loudly to the people above the city: "I am the deputy general of the Demon Horse Cavalry Regiment from Dongyao, Zong Li. I came here to negotiate on the orders of Captain Li Gui!"
"We have nothing to say to Wangcheng. If Dongyao insists on helping Wangcheng suppress our Demon Spirit Clan, then come and come, the only thing that will attack you is cannonballs!" the captain of the red team guarding the lower city responded to him.
"The royal city will definitely be able to think of other ways to save your young leader. Please believe what I say! Qingyun is full of tricks and lies. Many cities have suffered misfortune because they trusted him. I advise you not to fall for him. Become the enemy of the entire demon world!" Zongli continued to persuade.
The captain of the red team was still hesitating, thinking that there seemed to be room for negotiation with Wang Cheng. The two elders of Wang Cheng and Dongyao's Amber Dragon King were both people with great magical powers. If they had other ways to save Kui, they could To avoid a fierce battle, he just thought about whether to discuss it with the red-eared demon spirit and several other captains.
boom…
The sound of artillery tore through the air. Before the captain of the Red Team and most of the demon spirit warriors could react to what was happening, they saw that the young man who claimed to be the deputy general of the Demon Horse Cavalry had been blown to the ground. His armor was also scattered around, and his demon horse was frightened and retreated into the darkness.
"Who fired the cannon?!" the captain of the red team looked behind him and shouted.
In front of a still smoking artillery piece in the upper city, the red-eared demon spirit wearing lizard scales expressionlessly patted the gunpowder stuck to his hand. It was he who fired the cannon just now. For him, this battle must be fought, and the sooner it started, the better, because Kui had no time to waste any more. Based on his understanding of the Hedge Ghost, he thought he would attack the city directly. Unexpectedly, he had learned the skills of negotiation after being with the Amber Dragon King for a long time. But something as big as the deputy general's murder would definitely anger him, and he didn't believe he could still remain calm.
Li Gui watched from a distance as the mane he sent to negotiate was blown away by the opponent, followed by the sighs of his soldiers behind him. According to the rules agreed upon when the two armies of the demon world are at war, soldiers sent out to negotiate or negotiate peace are not allowed to be killed. However, he did not expect that he would send the deputy general to a dead end, and Zong Li was by no means just his. Lieutenant General is so simple.
He joined the Amber Dragon King's army when he was young, and then he was obsessed with becoming the greatest warrior. For this reason, he would not have any children without marriage. Zong Li was like his son in his heart, and was regarded as the greatest warrior. Great hopes were placed on it. Seeing Zongli's tragic death under the cannon, his chest was filled with raging anger, his eyes widened, and he could no longer control himself in calling out his sword.
"The demon spirits look down upon our Dong Yao so much, we must not let them off lightly! For the sake of the royal city! For Dong Yao! For Zongli! I'll rush up and kill them all! I'll kill anyone who dares to be a deserter! "He raised the big knife in his hand and rushed out after saying that.
A large number of cavalrymen in golden armor were like a flaming cloud, following the hedge ghosts as they surged toward the Qingli City Gate. The red-eared demon shouted and fired, and the artillery deployed on each floor was fired continuously. The continuous sound of artillery made the cavalry temporarily deaf, and all they could see were the gray color of dust blown up by the cannonballs on the ground, the bright red blooming like flowers on the bodies of their fallen comrades, and the gradually burning flames. of yellow.
They came one after another, trying to cross the clouds of bullets and walking on the corpses of their companions. Li Gui saw that the number of cavalry under his command was constantly decreasing, but there was no way out, so he had to keep moving forward. When they finally broke into Qingyang City, there were very few cavalry left that could still fight. The 5,000-strong demon horse cavalry regiment had been reduced to more than 1,000 people, and they were evenly matched with the Demon Spirit Tribe warriors.
A green whirlpool of demonic power burst out from around Ligui, frightening the demon warriors standing in front of him to the point of being stunned. He took the lead and used a flying move to knock away those who were blocking him, and then he continued to chop down a group of them with his sword. For a time, the two sides were fighting in close combat, causing countless casualties. The air was filled with screams, the sound of weapons clashing, and the screams of ghosts and wolves. The red team guarding the lowest level soon became unable to withstand the sharp offensive from the cavalry regiment. The orange and yellow teams hurried down to support them, determined to prevent Heigui's team from continuing upward.
At this moment, a demon warrior wearing armor unexpectedly appeared between the two armies. He did not attack the cavalry regiment, but instead kept flying the two scimitars in his hand. Flying back and forth, he knocked them to the ground one by one with the back of his knife, obviously trying to get them to stop fighting.
This mysterious figure is Mochizuki. After he asked Chang Feng to bring a message to the Demon Horse Cavalry, he thought that the hedge ghosts would be afraid of the power of artillery and would not attack Tucheng Qingyang. Unexpectedly, he ignored the variable of the red-eared demon spirit. . When he heard the sound of the cannon near the secret passage outside the city, he knew something was wrong, but by the time he arrived, the war between the two armies had already been ignited, and it was getting more intense.
Having lost his lieutenant, Li Gui had no sense at all, and he only wanted to fight to the end with the demon clan, but he fell into the hands of the red-eared demon. In his eyes, the last demon spirit son is just a cover. He doesn't mind at all whether the demon spirit clan survives or not. The other clan members are just his pawns. He needs chips to make this deal with Qingyun, and what he wants is Everything he did was just for his son Kui to survive, for which the sacrifice of anyone and even himself was necessary.
Wangyue has come to Li Gui and persuaded him: "Li Gui, calm down and listen to me. Don't fall into the red-eared demon's trick. The royal city sent you to quell the war!
Without saying a word, Li Gui almost injured Mochizuki with a swing of his sword. Zong Li and so many of his warriors were killed by the Demon Spirit Tribe one after another. How could such hatred be caused by just a few words from a person who appeared out of nowhere? That put it to rest. As the commander of the cavalry regiment, he must avenge his soldiers by washing the soil with blood.
Judging from the skill of the mysterious man who just appeared, although he tried his best to conceal it and seemed to be just to prevent the two parties from continuing to exchange fire, Li Gui still felt that his demon power and combat power were powerful, and it was very likely that he was even superior to himself. But it didn't matter. Anyone who blocked him would fall today. He decided to deal with this mysterious man with a strange identity first, so he jumped off the demon horse.
Mochizuki sighed. He didn't expect that this hedge ghost really had the temper of a cow. He couldn't reason with him at all. He thought that he could only try not to hurt the cow and just knock him down, so he still held the scimitar behind his back. Get ready for his challenge.
"Fighting with the back of a sword? Are you looking down on me?! I won't be grateful to you just because of this." After speaking, Li Gui raised his sword and took a few steps towards Mochizuki, and the two started a duel in the still smoke.