The vanguard general Qi Feng just pleaded a little more for the hero of protecting the country, but he was slaughtered on the spot.
A few insignificant soldiers spoke foul words about the king, but they were easily pardoned to death.
No matter who it is, he will die if he wants, and he will live if he wants to live. This is the real power of life and death.
Ji Jiarong seemed to understand, but also didn't seem to understand. She just looked at the young king in front of her and couldn't help but tremble in her heart. It seemed that he was the faith and the soul of Yan Kingdom. General Yunhui was also stunned for a moment, until the king and the commander walked away, he and Ji Jiarong looked at each other and hurriedly followed.
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With the king's pardon in front, the Xuanjias did not kill when they carried out the commander's order, they knew it in their hearts, but after a thousand slaps, although they were not dead, they were as good as useless, and their faces were covered with bamboo boards. They were battered, all their teeth were broken, and seeing the weather getting hotter, if they managed to survive, it must be too hard for them to survive.
The military camp was in turmoil because of this, the king dispatched a hundred soldiers and went to the dense forest in front of the Qilin River Beach. Dare to say it on the stage.
The generals turned a blind eye to this, and they were dissatisfied with this little monarch who hadn't even grown his hair yet. Even though he had just arrived and prevented the city of Triumph from the plague, no one had forgotten , He killed their beliefs and killed the God of War in Yan State.
The soldiers didn't know there was such a thing as the plague at all, and they became even more indignant.
Nie Jia noticed this subtle change when he led his men back. The people who served him were all the elite cavalry under Shi Chen's command. They didn't show much, but the Northwest Army who passed by when he was out for a walk wanted to lie on the ground. Say hello, for fear of offending him somewhere.
In the hearts of the Northwest Army, I am afraid that he is a desolate and inhuman tyrant who takes pleasure in killing people.
Although both Jun Changsheng and Nie Jia acted like a tyrant.
Nie Jia didn't care about these, he didn't care about the gossip in the army, and after returning from Qilin River Beach, he couldn't come out of the king's tent all day because of the sweltering weather. He and Shi Chen did not avoid suspicion, they lived together in the king's tent from the first day, any important matters in the army were handled by Shi Chen, and small matters were handed over to Ji Jiarong.
For a while, no matter whether it was the front line or Triumph City, there was no such thing as Sikong Han, the left vanguard, inside and out. He obeyed Ji Jiarong's command, but Ji Jiarong hated him, and would never ask him to do anything. Zuo Xianfeng was originally a temporary official position, but Ji Jiarong dismissed him immediately, and Sikong Han changed from a prestigious left vanguard to an ordinary soldier again.
Although Sikong Han felt humiliated, he was never agitated. Knowing that he was being targeted, he withdrew his edge and became his own soldier at ease, without giving a single displeased look.
The dissatisfaction in the army suddenly accumulated to the peak, the king was in a daze, his own dirty army camp was still allowed to be suppressed by a woman, how would this battle be fought!
It's not that no one thought about taking advantage of this opportunity to assassinate the king, but let alone getting close to the king, except for General Yunhui and General Guide, no one else could even get close to the king's tent, and the king's food was still served by Xuan Xuan. As soon as Jia should prepare, it is even more difficult to assassinate the king than to capture Lutai.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, the plants are luxuriant, and the people in the army are restless.
That night, Nie Jia felt something, and without warning, two hundred soldiers were ambushed in the dense forest opposite the Qilin River Beach at night.
There were many mosquitoes in the forest, Shi Chen didn't want him to come in person at first, but seeing his excited appearance, he didn't say much, just tied his cuffs tightly before coming out.
The soldiers lay in ambush under the darkness, patiently waiting for orders, but the accompanying generals were a little impatient. I really don't know why the king chose the dense forest on the opposite bank for an ambush. Let alone whether the enemy army will attack at night tonight, even if it is true, they should be there Ambushes in the dense forest ahead in order to catch them off guard... The most important thing is that the king only brought two hundred people out, so what's the use of two hundred people!
"How does Your Majesty know that the enemy army will attack at night?" A bearded General Zuo squatted on a tree and pulled a branch to cover his face and asked in a low voice.
"Guess." Shi Chen answered for him expressionlessly. Nie Jia was lying on the grass, snuggled up next to Shi Chen and dozed off. Everyone was on alert, but he was so comfortable that he was about to fall asleep.
General Zuo choked, and Ji Jiarong said: "The weather is hot and the water level has dropped. A few days ago when Your Majesty brought me and General Song here, he found that the Qilin River was about to dry up. If you were an enemy army, would you take this opportunity to come in and burn the camp? "
The left general nodded. The Qilin River is facing the Northwest Army's food and grass camp. Because of the Qilin River lying across here, there is no need to worry too much. The defense is weak and only a small team is guarded to prevent the enemy from crossing the river. Once it dries up, it will be a dead end. If he had been Qi Jinyu, he might have touched it long ago.
He also wanted to ask why he was sure it was tonight, but after meeting Shi Chen's displeased eyes, he shut up embarrassingly.
Not long after, the faint sound of horseshoes treading water came from outside the woods. Several spies entered the woods. The other commander seemed to suspect that someone was in an ambush and sent a few people to investigate in an unknown place. They happened to step into Nie Jia's place. Ambush circle.
Both General Zuo and Ji Jiarong secretly lamented each other's cunning, and they might make a mistake tonight.
As a result, after a few spies came in, Shi Chen took out a small knife as thin as a cicada's wing from his sleeve, hid in the shadow of a tree, and silently wiped the necks of several enemy soldiers, and then he shot There was a loud and clear bird cry, and he came back without a drop of blood.
Ji Jiarong and General Zuo were amazed and admired in their eyes. Before they could say anything, the sound of horseshoes stepping on the water suddenly became complicated after they got the secret whistle. Looking at it from a distance under the hazy moonlight, there were many black shadows, and there were thousands of people. So much!
The two immediately thought of the more than 100 plague-infected soldiers who were ordered to be killed on the spot by the king half a month ago. Qi Jinyu sent such a large number of people to attack the barracks at night, probably thinking that the plague had already spread in Triumph City by this time.
Otherwise, how could there be such a big fanfare... Are they trying to capture the king
"Our spy must have been killed as well." Ji Jiarong held down her saber secretly, her beautiful eyes glaring fiercely. Fortunately, the plague in Danyang County is only known to the generals who hold military power, and the frontline spies don't know the current situation of Triumph City, otherwise Qi Jinyu would not have dared to send so many people in.
Seeing Qi Jun wading across the Qilin River and walking along the dense forest to the camp, General Zuo jumped down from the tree in a hurry and was about to draw his sword, but a slender but powerful hand grabbed the back of his neck and pushed his whole head in. into the dirt.
"What are you panicking about?" Nie Jia let go of him without haste, her voice still so casual.
Ji Jiarong plucked General Zuo's head out of the soil by pulling his hair, and said, "Look at it, don't be impulsive."
Seeing that all the enemy troops had entered the dense forest, the camp would be half a mile ahead, but the king was still laying in ambush, General Zuo was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat. Looking back, the soldiers were also a little apprehensive. After all, the other party roughly estimated that there were a thousand people, and I only had two hundred on my side, and I had to spare some people to protect the king.
When General Zuo was despondently thinking of countermeasures, there were suddenly dense and shrill screams in the dense forest.
"There is an ambush! There is an ambush!"
"The general was hit by an arrow... the general is dead, the general is dead!!!"
There were endless screams in the dense forest, but no sound of swords colliding could be heard, only the screams of panic and fear.
General Zuo lay in the grass and felt a little scared, but he was very puzzled. Did the king set up an ambush in the dense forest ahead
"Kill!" Nie Jia stood under the moonlight from the moment the screams started, staring coldly at the dense forest on the other side of the river.
When dozens of Qi soldiers covered in blood and terrified escaped from the depths of the dense forest, Ji Jiarong immediately led the army to surround and kill them with an order!
General Zuo is still in a daze until now, what happened in the dense forest, thousands of people entered within less than half a stick of incense, and only forty or fifty people escaped! Are the others really dead...
He looked at the already quiet and pitch-black dense forest, and felt a little shivering in the scorching summer.
Dozens of Qi soldiers who escaped were also injured, more or less shot by arrows, and they were surrounded and killed by Ji Jiarong without any help from Nie Jia and Shi Chen. When several skilled soldiers rode their horses and fled towards the Qilin River, Nie Jia pressed Ji Jiarong's arrow.
"Your Majesty?" Ji Jiarong didn't understand why she sent someone back to report.
"That's the Jin Yuwei of the Qi royal family. Qi Jinyu must be nearby." Shi Chen put the blood-stained cicada-wing knife back into his sleeve, looked at Nie Jia and said softly, "Your Majesty, do you want to chase after me?"
"Of course I have to chase after him." Nie Jia's smile had a hint of bloodthirsty.
"Your Majesty, once you cross the Qilin River, it will be extremely dangerous. I don't know if it is Qi Jinyu's scheme. Please think twice, Your Majesty." General Zuo urged.
Ji Jiarong also felt that it was very dangerous to chase the enemy rashly, and wanted to persuade him, but saw the king put his foot on the left general's shoulder and got on his horse.
He pulled out the Asura Saber from his waist, the cold light on the blade was frightening at first, but the coldness was not as arrogant as in his voice, "Xuanjia Twenty-one!"
Dark figures appeared from everywhere, and even Shi Chen who was beside him knelt down devoutly on one knee.
"Weichen wait, listen to the order."
"Follow me, kill to Lutai!"
The Qilin River went straight through the mountain gorge, and there were a thousand or two iron cavalry standing in the gorge. Qi Jinyu, the crown prince of Qi State, was waiting in front of him on horseback, staring at the end of the darkness, frowning silently.