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On the border of Wu Kingdom, Dugu Mo was on his way back to Wudu.
The defeated army rested for a long time, and finally caught their breath.
"Old Leopard, it seems that the capital of Jin has fallen? But what about Old Snake?" Among the helpers, the leader is Old Niu. He was in a hurry, so he directly asked the old Leopard who he was familiar with.
As the name suggests, the old man Niu is as strong and burly as a bull, and he specializes in outer martial arts. He has reached the level of a moon-level saint with only physical training, and he is the leading powerhouse among the outer sects of the Sansheng sect.
"The capital of Jin has been lost. Mr. Snake...was killed by Xiao Ruoyao's plan..." Lao Bao felt ashamed to face the brothers of the Three Saints.
When Niu Lao heard it, he couldn't believe it. He immediately arranged for someone to recount the number of people.
These supporters were also dumbfounded when they saw this defeated army. Unexpectedly, Dugu Mo, who had a city to defend, would lose so quickly.
There are less than 7,000 troops left in the total force, and almost all of them are injured. None of the seriously injured, because they all died on the road. The moon-rank saint Snake Lao was killed in battle, and he didn't even get his body back. Although female general Qiu was safe and sound, the Xuanwu Corps she led only had 600 soldiers.
fiasco! Only slightly better than Prince Xuan's fiasco!
However, Dugu Mo has the advantage of defending the city, how can he say that he is defeated
Above the high city, there must be three times as many troops to attack the fortifications.
The city defense of Jindu, coupled with the fact that Wu Guo's army was in a dangerous situation, naturally worked harder, Dugu Mo should be able to defend the city easily. Even if the army of Qi State to aid Jin State is elite, even if it has ten times as many soldiers, it will be difficult to capture it overnight.
Under the questioning of the masters who dared to respond, Old Leopard's eyes were blank, and he lost without knowing why.
Asking urgently, everyone just listened to him muttering, as if he was a little crazy.
Vaguely, he seemed to be calling a woman's name all the time: Xiao Ruoyao.
"Xiao Ruoyao? That little girl from the Sword Sect who is only fourteen years old?" Niu Lao had heard of her.
Everyone was just confused after hearing this, and they never imagined that the defeat of the army was all due to a woman.
Then I went to ask the female general Qiu, but the female general Qiu kept her whole body in the carriage and refused to show her face.
As for Dugu Mo. It's not easy for them to ask.
Niu Lao is the backbone of the Sanshengzong, knowing his true identity, he mourned in his heart: Poor young talent, I'm afraid he will go through this battle. Prince status is no longer possible in broad daylight.
At the same time, they also admire King Xuanwu in their hearts. Unexpectedly, looking for Dugumo predicted that it would be difficult for Dugumo to fight against the enemy Qi State's reinforcements, and unexpectedly sent them to help in advance. It's a pity that I went one step late, otherwise the situation of the battle may be rewritten.
Indeed, if Niu Lao led his people to arrive in time, although Wu Zhe would not be defeated, Jindu would definitely not be taken down so easily.
"Why did you lose..." Sitting on the horse, Dugu Mo kept muttering as if in a daze.
He boasted that he possessed both wisdom and ruthlessness, and he dared not say that he swallowed the world with arrogance, but at least he shouldn't have such a disastrous defeat under the advantageous circumstances.
Dugu Mo was indeed not thorough enough in many places. But it can be regarded as the number of heroes and heroes. After being in a daze for a while, he collected his mind and began to think about a very important matter.
Seeing King Xuanwu, what should I say...
After thinking for two full days, he returned to Wudu.
Everyone's head seems to be cloudy and rainy. Without saying a word, he went to see King Xuanwu.
Everyone knows that the strategy of the Jin Kingdom was planned and buried by King Xuanwu for more than ten years. How much painstaking effort has been devoted to it can lead to the occupation of the Jin Dynasty in the early stage, and even the north-south attack of the surprise army entering the country.
The results of it? Only thousands of defeated troops fled back, even joined the surprise attack army, and more than 50,000 elite soldiers of the Wu Kingdom buried their bones in other lands. He also lost three moon-level saints.
Even if King Xuanwu directly ordered Dugu Mo, the commander in chief, to be slaughtered in the street. No one finds it strange.
Unexpectedly, King Xuanwu met them at a station outside Wudu.
King Xuanwu only let Dugu Mo see him alone.
Dugu Mo bit his bullet, and walked slowly into the heavily guarded inn mansion.
Under the guidance of King Xuanwu's personal guards, Dugu Mobei took him to a fish pond in the mansion.
King Xuanwu is over forty years old, in the prime of his life. But at this moment, he was not wearing armor, just a black plain robe.
With his back to Dugu Mo, he was throwing fish food into the pond.
"Little Dugu Mo, please greet your majesty." Dugu Mo wanted to kneel down on his knees to salute.
Because the identity of the prince has not been disclosed, he is even more guilty of serious crimes. When he visited King Xuanwu, he would never dare to claim his child's identity. Otherwise, there is a great suspicion of begging for mercy, which is considered to be playing a tiger's beard.
"Stop kneeling, come and feed the fish with me." King Xuanwu's voice was hearty and rough, resembling the voice of a strong military general.
"Small ones don't dare." Dugu Mo stopped kneeling, but didn't step forward.
"come over."
"Small obedience."
Needless to say the third time, Dugu Mo walked up.
King Xuanwu was taller than him, standing half a head taller. He carelessly stuffed fish food to Dugu Mo, which was a small handful of crushed corn.
Dugu Mo didn't know how to feed these fish food...
King Xuanwu caught some fish food himself and threw it into the fish pond.
There was a wave of water in the pool, and a dozen red carp were eating fish food.
Dugu Mo didn't dare to throw food casually until King Xuanwu spoke again. Especially to vote with him, it seems to be offensive because of similar identities.
Before disclosing the identity of the prince, Dugu Mo had a good sense of propriety. If he dared to reveal any reliance on the identity of his biological son, he might lose his head.
King Xuanwu no longer urged him, but kept throwing fish food by himself.
Suddenly, King Xuanwu asked: "Mo, tell me, does the fish know that we feed it and cook it for fattening?"
"..." Dugu Mo thought for a while, and said in a rambling manner: "Everyone knows that they will die sooner or later. The only problem is how to live before death."
King Xuanwu didn't speak any more, and threw the bag of fish food hanging on the railing into the lake.
At the beginning, the water waves were still turbulent due to eating, and finally the pool surface gradually became quiet.
The fish were full, and there was only a little broken corn floating on the water.
King Xuanwu turned around and sat down in the gazebo on the pool, and said slowly: "In a stick of incense, let the fish in your hand eat the fish food in the pool. If you can't do it, or if you miss a piece of food, you will die yourself." Alright."
After hearing this, Dugu Mo didn't even tremble in shock or embarrassment, he just bowed to King Xuanwu: "Little one obeys the order."
The next moment, he carefully placed the fish food in his hand behind a piece of bluestone by the pond, and then jumped into the fish pond with a plop.
In the fish pond, he summoned all his profound energy and quickly caught eighteen carps.
It's just that during the catch, he pinched every fish to death.
Finally, he jumped onto the edge of the pool again, and stuffed the crushed corn fish food into the mouths of each dead carp, deep into their stomachs.
The whole process did not exceed half a stick of incense.
After seeing all his actions, King Xuanwu stood up and left.
But King Xuanwu also left a word to his personal guards. This sentence was light in tone, but it had a profound impact on Dugu Mo.
"He is my son, he issued an imperial edict and announced it to the world."