With another "bang", the shadow of the tiger dragon exploded and then disappeared into smoke, and Li Cunxiao's fierce attack to kill Zhu Li was blocked again.
Just when Li Cunxiao's face was ugly, his tiger eyes flickered, and he was in doubt, a huge and resonant voice sounded in Zhu Li's mind again: "On Kunlun Hill, there is the God Luwu. He has a tiger body and nine tails, a human face and tiger claws. He is in charge of the nine divisions of the sky and the emperor's enclosure. The strange beast God of the Wild Body blesses him."
The sound was grand and deafening, and as the echo lingered, a huge, majestic and powerful tiger suddenly appeared in Zhu Li's sea of consciousness.
With its appearance, a strong wind suddenly blew around Zhu Li, and in the wind emerged an endless wild air, as well as a fierce and awe-inspiring breath of murder. Feeling all this, Li Cunxiao looked even more surprised, his eyes were vague, and he didn't know what to do.
A vast and fierce aura filled the surroundings, and the divine tiger in Zhu Li's sea of consciousness stood up. It was nearly a hundred meters tall, with tiger claws on its back and armor and boots, and tiger claws in front of its body. One claw held a shield and the other held a spear. Below the shoulders, it was all covered in heavy armor, and nine tails swung horizontally behind it, like nine giant pythons howling towards the sky.
As soon as Lu Wu appeared, the entire sea of consciousness was silent. Images appeared and disappeared, and countless bright lights immersed in Zhu Li's body. Zhu Li felt that the mysterious and familiar power of blessing emerged again. A soft and warm power quietly sank into his body. The power that had long been dried up suddenly surged out like a volcanic eruption. His body was immediately filled with endless strength, as if at this moment, even if there was a rock in front of him, he could smash it with one punch.
As the mysterious power gradually disappeared, his originally very strong muscles became even harder. If someone touched them, they would definitely feel that they were no longer like human bodies, but real lumps of iron.
Suddenly feeling the strength in his body, Zhu Li had an urge to rush out immediately and fight Li Cunxiao again, but he suppressed the urge as he had not lost his rationality.
Although his divine power suddenly increased and surged, and his body suddenly changed and became as hard as iron, the wounds in his body were still there. Although the Classic of Mountains and Seas had continuously produced elixirs and rare treasures to nourish him, it would take more than a day or two to recover.
However, Li Cunxiao's strength was obviously beyond his imagination. If he rushed out while being seriously injured, he would be the one to die. There was no other possibility.
However, at this time, facing Li Cunxiao, he was no longer powerless to fight back. Once he had the capital to struggle for survival, who would be willing to die if he could live
Although Li Cunxiao had an ugly expression and was inexplicably horrified, his original intention to kill Zhu Li remained unchanged. The strange scene around him only made him stunned for a moment, just a breath of time, and then he swung the Bi Yan Lao at Zhu Li again.
The Bi Yan Lao was extremely black, and it was like a faint light flashing when it was swung. In the blink of an eye, it was swung in front of Zhu Li again. He didn't even have time to think, he instantly raised the steel spear and tried his best to block it.
"when"
The spear and the hammer collided with a loud bang. Zhu Li flew sideways along with the force of the iron hammer. In the blink of an eye, he flew over the railing of Wei Bridge and fell into the Wei River like a meteorite.
Li Cunxiao was shocked by this sudden change. It was not that the other party was powerless.
Are you angry? How could you block my powerful attack
But before he could figure it out, he heard a "bang" and Zhu Lihe fell into the water, splashing countless water. Because he was wearing heavy armor and holding a steel spear, his body sank to the bottom of the water in an instant, and no trace of him could be seen anymore.
This series of events shocked Li Cunxiao so much that his expression changed drastically. He suddenly felt something was wrong. Zhu Li was not dead and had fallen into the Wei River. Could he have escaped? With this thought, he could no longer remain calm and immediately shouted, "Not good, Ah Tan, Xiu Xiu, hurry up, the two of you take a team of soldiers each and deploy defenses along both sides of the Wei River. Don't let him get away."
Hearing Li Cunxiao's sudden exclamation, Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu not only did not take any immediate action, but looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what was going on.
In their opinion, Zhu Li had been seriously injured, and it was Li Cunxiao who personally took his life, so how could he be allowed to escape? They simply did not believe that such an incredible thing would happen, so they were very confused.
However, Li Cunxiao no longer had the patience to stop and explain the reason to them. After giving the order to the two of them, he took the lead and immediately took off the bow from his shoulder. He suddenly shot dozens of feather arrows in the direction where Zhu Li fell into the water. With his arm strength and the fact that he was using his own specially made feather arrows, I am afraid that all of the dozens of feather arrows shot out would be able to penetrate deeply into the bottom of the Weishui River.
After shooting the arrows, Li Cunxiao turned around and found that Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu were still stupidly riding on their horses, standing in the distance, looking at him in confusion. This discovery made him immediately furious: "Assholes, I asked you to take a team of soldiers and horses and deploy defenses along the banks of the Wei River. Didn't you hear me?"
"Ah, General, are you saying that Zhu Li is not dead yet?" An Xiuxiu looked at Li Cunxiao in disbelief and asked with confusion on his face.
"No way, how could he still be alive after that?" Even Xue Atan muttered in a low voice.
"Get out, go quickly, or if you let Zhu Li go, I will want both of your heads." Li Cunxiao could not explain, because when he rode forward to kill Zhu Li, his back was facing the Flying Tigers and Xue Atan and others. He was the only one who knew about the strange scene that had just happened. Even if he explained, no one would believe him. He could only give orders forcefully and urged them again and again.
At this time, Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu also realized that something seemed wrong, and quickly assigned their subordinates, each leading a few hundred people, one to the north bank of the Wei River, and one along the south bank of the Wei River, to begin searching and guarding.
Zhu Li sank to the bottom of the water and never surfaced again, as if he had disappeared out of thin air. It was obvious that they were destined to gain nothing.
Fortunately, not long after, the reinforcements sent by Li Keyong and others caught up. Li Cunxiao could not explain why Zhu Li was not dead, so he forced them to search and deploy defenses along the Wei River.
At the same time, he also sent people to find boats to continuously salvage Zhu Li from the place where he fell into the water. He also ordered the reinforcements to disperse and extend the search for Zhu Li along both banks and in the east and west directions.
Dozens of ships searched for three or four days in a row, but failed to find even a hair of Zhu Li. At this point, everyone had no choice but to believe that Zhu Li must have escaped.
This result made Tian Lingzi furious upon hearing the news. Li Sigong was also furious upon hearing the news. Even Li Xiaochang looked at
Li Keyong's eyes turned unfriendly. Although Li Cunxiao caught up with Zhu Li and held him back, it was also a fact that Zhu Li was probably not dead.
It was no wonder that these people were so furious. They had forced Zhu Li to death this time. If Zhu Li had not died and escaped back to the north, the consequences would have been disastrous. Zhu Li was no longer a simple governor of a lower state. If Gao Su was really under his command, Zhu Li would be the overlord who controlled the ten states. When it came to revenge, not everyone could bear it.
Now, they have done bad things and made a great feud, but they didn't keep Zhu Li. It would be strange if they didn't feel aggrieved.
Tian Lingzi was unwilling to give up. On the one hand, he arranged for people to go to Chengdu to welcome Emperor Xizong back to Chang'an, and on the other hand, he secretly ordered the Shence Army to conduct a carpet search near the Weishui River. At the same time, he ordered that if Zhu Li was found, he must be killed no matter what method was used.
Not only Tian Lingzi did this, but Li Keyong, Li Sigong, Li Xiaochang and others all mobilized their own secret forces and spread a dragnet along the banks of the Weishui River, which even extended to the banks of the Yellow River at one point. Almost all the death squads and secret guards received orders to kill Zhu Li at all costs.
May of the second year of Zhonghe.
Zhu Li, General of the Left Guard, Commander-in-Chief of the Shanyu Capital and the Field Camp, and Governor of Shuo and Yun Provinces, led troops to recapture Chang'an.
In early June, Tian Lingzi, the eunuch who was personally appointed by Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty as the Guardian of the Ten Armies and the Twelve Guards, falsely accused Zhu Li of rebellion in Chang'an. When Zhu Li fled north, he sent people to hunt down Zhu Li. Zhu Li led nearly a thousand soldiers and more than a thousand guards in Shuozhou, fought a bloody battle with Li Cunxiao, and was seriously injured and fell into the Weishui River, and his life or death was unknown.
Tian Lingzi and Li Keyong mobilized tens of thousands of troops to wander around the banks of the Wei River, searching for Zhu Li, but ultimately found nothing.
In the same month, Gao Su, who completely controlled seven states including Xia, Sui, Yin, You, Ling, Yan and Sheng in Hetao, took charge of himself as the Jiedushi of Xia, Sui and Yin in Xiazhou. On the same day, Gao Su listed twenty-three major crimes of Tian Lingzi, Li Keyong and others, and called on heroes all over the world to purge the emperor and eliminate the eunuch party. He personally led the army to station at the border of Ling, Yan, Xia and Sui, threatening the nearby states and counties of the Tang court. Of course, Gao Su was not stupid enough to really rebel and attack the Tang. He made such a fuss just to create momentum and speak up for Zhu Li.
The charges specifically pointed out that Tian Lingzi, Li Keyong and others deceived the emperor and framed loyal officials, resulting in the unknown life and death of Zhu Li, the General of the Left Wuwei Guard and the Protector of Shanyu. The court must give an explanation.
In July, when Zhou Dewei and Meng Juehai, former generals of Shuozhou, were passing through Daizhou with nearly 70,000 troops and nearly 100,000 family members of the Cao army, they suddenly heard that Zhu Li was besieged, seriously injured and fell into the Weishui River, and his life or death was unknown.
In a rage, Zhou Dewei and Meng Juehai raided Daizhou, killing or forcing more than 30,000 Shatuo people to surrender. Even Li Keyong's father Li Guochang was tortured to death by the angry Meng Juehai, resulting in almost all the Shatuo people in Daizhou being killed or injured.
In early August, Guo Qizuo, Zhou Dewei, Gao Yuan and others supported Zhu Li's father Zhu Chun as the governor of Dai and Shuo states in Shanyang. Zhu Chun proclaimed himself as the acting governor of Dai and Shuo states, and was in charge of all affairs of Dai and Shuo states.
Such a series of drastic changes caused the warlords in Chang'an to feel uneasy. Li Xiaochang immediately returned to Yanzhou, Wang Chongrong retreated to Tongzhou, and Feng Shou and Dong Jin, generals under Gao Pian of Yangzhou, led their troops south to Yangzhou.
In the blink of an eye, except for the various generals who had set out early to Chengdu to welcome the emperor, the only two warlords left in Chang'an City were Li Sigong and Li Keyong who had nowhere to go.