Murong Chui was the founder of Later Yan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. He followed his father into battle at the age of thirteen. He was both civil and military, and extremely brave.
Such a person is actually a defector and will never be included in the Shan Hai Jing.
Zhu Li had no impression of defectors, nor did he know what this meant. It was the first time he heard of it in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. From the unusual warning tone of the strange book, he could infer that Murong Ba was completely different from the reincarnations of other heroic souls.
From the feeling alone, Murong Ba did not give Zhu Li any sense of familiarity or intimacy. He could even sense a fierce murderous aura from the other party.
Murong Ba at Zhuma Pass seemed to have discovered him as well. The two were like natural enemies meeting each other again. They sensed the threat from each other as soon as they met.
Zhu Li had no way of estimating how good Murong Ba's martial arts were. He was the reincarnation of Murong Chui. Judging from the information he had learned in his previous life, during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, apart from Ran Min, the Heavenly King of Wudao, Murong Chui was probably the most brave and powerful.
Even Tuoba Qian, the most powerful general of the Northern Wei Dynasty and a top-notch master, died at the hands of Murong Chui, which shows how difficult this man was to deal with.
What's more, when Murong Chui killed Tuoba Qian, he was already seventy years old. Now he is resurrected as Murong Ba, who looks to be only thirty years old. It is really hard to estimate how powerful he is.
"General, this man is brave and fierce. General Hanzhi may not be his match." When Yue Pengju saw Murong Ba, his expression became solemn and he immediately bowed and suggested to Zhu Li.
The meaning was very clear. Seeing Li Hanzhi so brave, Yue Peng felt sympathy for his talent. He didn't want such a brave general to be killed by the Khitans in the end, so he reminded Zhu Li and signaled him to recall Li Hanzhi.
Zhu Li was still immersed in shock. When Yue Pengju spoke, he seemed to be distracted, so he didn't hear it until Yue Pengju bowed and asked again: "General, I want to fight and replace General Hanzhi."
This time he heard it, shook his head slowly, and shouted directly to Li Hanzhi at the pass: "Hanzhi, come back."
As the saying goes, an expert can tell whether a man is good or not with just one move. Li Hanzhi knew that he could not do what Murong Chui did with his spear. Therefore, he was looking at Murong Chui with a serious face. He wanted to exchange a few moves with such a master, but he was afraid of losing his life in vain. How could he be willing to let Murong Chui run back in such disgrace, given his pride
Zhu Li's greeting made him stop hesitating. He looked at Murong Chui deeply and rode his horse towards the city. In front of the city, only Murong Ba was left on horseback with a spear, shouting a challenge.
At the city gate, Zhu Li turned his head with a serious face, looked at Yue Pengju, and said carefully: "It's not that Zhu looks down on Brother Yue, but Brother Yue may not be able to deal with this person. You should just stay at the city gate and I will go to meet him."
After saying this, he walked towards the city without waiting for Yue Pengju's response.
Upon hearing this, Yue Pengju became unwilling and hurriedly followed Zhu Li, walking towards the city together. However, he thought in his heart, it is unreasonable for a general to have his subordinates not take action, but for the "boss" general to take action himself.
While chasing Zhu Li, Yue Pengju hurriedly said: "General, you underestimate me. Compared with Gao Siji and Yelu Sala, I am confident that I can defeat them. Although Murong Ba is powerful, he has never fought with me. How can you know that he is so powerful
I am no match for him, then?"
At this time, the two had already arrived at the city gate. After hearing what Yue Pengju said, Zhu Li looked at him meaningfully, then looked around, and took a lance from a palace guard who was using it. The lance was upside down, and he held the shaft in one hand. While looking at Yue Pengju with burning eyes, he used one hand to push the lance down.
Following the direction of the force exerted by Zhu Li's arm, Yue Pengju looked up and saw that Zhu Li was continuously pressing down with one hand, and the entire lance was continuously sinking. The sinking speed of the lance was neither fast nor slow, and was very stable.
This outrageous scene shocked Yue Pengju, who had been asking for a fight, as well as Gao Siji, Gao Mian and other generals of the Mighty Army standing under the city, and Li Hanzhi, who had just returned from riding a horse. They looked so shocked that their eyes almost popped out.
Zhu Li's hand that was pressing down only changed position once. In less than three or four breaths, the entire lance was pressed into the mud by his hand. The entire handle was buried in the ground, leaving only a foot-long portion of the handle on the ground.
He wields the spear with one hand, with incredible power. Who among those present can do this
This fierce scene stunned countless people, no matter they were the elite of the Mighty Army, the palace guards of the Zhenyuan Army, and even the Yue cavalry and infantry guards led by Zhu Li himself, all of them looked at Zhu Li with admiration, and no one was an exception.
The brothers Gao Siji and Gao Mian had just been thinking hard about how to deal with Zhu Li in order to complete the task assigned by Li Quanzhong. After seeing this scene, they no longer had any ideas.
In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trick is a paper tiger, especially the Five Tigers of the Gao family who are known for their ferocity. Their worship of force is beyond the reach of ordinary people. They watched everything Zhu Li did, and the look in their eyes when they looked at each other was no longer scrutiny, nor exploration, but an expression of worship, as reverent as if they were worshipping a god.
After doing all this, Zhu Li looked at Yue Pengju calmly and said solemnly: "Brother Yue, is this ok?"
Yue Pengju's eyes twitched a few times, and after a while he said depressedly: "I can't do it. If I am allowed to use skills, I might give it a try, but if I want to be like the general and do all this with brute force, I dare not show my ugliness."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Li sighed and said, "I am not showing off this trick. During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, Tuoba Qian, the most powerful general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, had done it before. But in the end, he still died at the hands of the god of war Murong Chui. And Murong Ba outside is not weaker than Murong Chui at all. It's in vain for Brother Yue to go there."
Murong Ba is the reincarnation of Murong Chui. Murong Chui, who is in his twenties and approaching thirty, must be more terrifying than Murong Chui, who is nearly seventy years old.
Zhu Li said this to give face to Yue Pengju. If he had been impolite, and Yue Pengju rashly went into battle, he might not be able to come back until he fell into Murong Chui's hands.
Of course, this is just Zhu Li's estimation. How could he know that Yue Pengju had made no progress in this life
The reincarnation of any heroic soul should not be underestimated, let alone this Murong Ba, who is a defector among the heroic souls.
Zhu Li had seen at least a dozen reincarnations of heroic spirits, but this was the first time he had encountered a defector. From the cautious warning given in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it could be seen that this was definitely a very difficult person to deal with.
"Yes, subordinate.
... ..As you command." Yue Pengju agreed with great difficulty.
This is like a person who makes a living by editing programs. He finally encounters a groundbreaking big bug. He is ready to work hard to solve the problem, but suddenly finds out that his boss is even better at solving this kind of problem. However, as soon as he takes action, the means he displays are so good that he feels inferior to his boss. You can imagine how he feels.
Seeing that Yue Pengju finally stopped rushing to fight, Zhu Li breathed a sigh of relief. Isn't Yue Pengju strong? Who dares to say that he is not strong? But in terms of martial arts, compared with Murong Chui after he turned evil, the outcome would be hard to predict.
During the period of the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms, Liu Yu was the most talented military talent, followed by Murong Chui. Even Zhu Li's master Wu Dao was slightly inferior to Murong Chui in military talent.
There is no other reason, because the Heavenly King Ran Min was eliminated by the brothers Murong Ke and Murong Chui. History has always judged heroes by their success or failure, and this is ironclad evidence.
Murong Chui resurrected and transformed into Murong Ba, making a comeback. As the only disciple of the King of Heaven, he had no choice but to face him head-on.
Zhu Li mounted his Red Hare, picked up his double-edged spear, rode out of the pass and headed straight for Murong Chui. He wanted to see to what extent this guy, who was known as the god of war among the Di people, had reached in terms of martial arts.
Zhu Li did not dare to underestimate Murong Ba. He went out with Gao Yuan and his three thousand guards from the Xianzhen Camp to fight.
Murong Ba sat calmly on his warhorse, staring at Zhu Li who was riding towards him, with an indescribably strange expression.
The other party was a very heroic young Han Chinese man, who looked harmless, but for some reason, he always gave him a very dangerous feeling, as if a mouse met a cat, and the two seemed to be natural enemies.
"Who are you? I, Murong Ba, will not kill nameless people under my spear." Zhu Li gave Murong Ba a very dangerous feeling, so he did not dare to be careless and started to ask.
"I am Zhu Li from Shuozhou, please give me some advice." Zhu Li did not dare to neglect him. This man not only had a high IQ, but was also very skilled in martial arts. In any plot, novel, or historical fact, such a person would be the least likely to die.
Shuozhou, this name was not unfamiliar to Murong Ba. In his previous life, he broke through the mountains and conquered Pingcheng of Northern Wei, which was not far from Shuozhou. Pingcheng of Northern Wei was near Datong in later generations, so it was naturally not far from Shuozhou.
If the Khitan did not choose Lulong as their target, then when they went south, the most likely option would be to attack Junduxing, and then plunder all the way south along Hedong.
"You have come all the way from Shuozhou. Aren't you afraid that we will take the opportunity to send troops to Junduxing?" Murong Ba said with ill intentions, with a hidden threat in his voice.
Zhu Li smiled calmly upon hearing this, and said proudly: "You can't even take Juyongguan. Now Junduxing and Piantouzhai in Shuobei, even if I give you another 200,000 men, you won't be able to shake it."
"General, you challenged me, and I accepted the challenge. Is it interesting to say these things during the confrontation? If you want to threaten me, General, you'd better not worry about it. It will only make you laugh if you say it out loud."
"Hmm" Murong Ba was moved.
According to Zhu Li, these two passes have probably been built to be impregnable by the enemy, and they are very sure that they cannot take those two passes at all.