In the big tent, Gu Miao and Lan Qianye were desperately suppressing the formation to prevent the vision of Zhang Yi's death from being revealed to the world. Once this aura spreads across the heaven and earth, people will discover that a person of the Five Realms has died.
In the current situation where many people in the Six Realms cannot be cultivated, people from the Five Realms are the mainstay of any country or family. The strength of a country is largely measured by the number of people in the five realms.
Wu Gen didn't dare to let anyone know that Zhang Yi was dead, at least not now, so he used a formation to restrain this huge aura. I just didn't expect that the death of a person from the Five Realms would actually cause such violent fluctuations in spiritual energy. Suppressing this kind of vision was actually more difficult than killing Zhang Yi.
Finally, the three exhausted people collapsed on the ground, covered in blood. After resting for a long time, Wu Gen, who was the strongest, reluctantly got up and walked outside the tent.
Yang Zheng hurried over, looked at Wu Gen's embarrassed appearance and asked, "But it's done."
"That's it." Wu Gen sat down on the ground, "Bring me some water to get rid of the smell of blood on your body. In addition, kill all the people Zhang Yi brought."
"Zhuo Ke has surrounded and killed them all. All we have to do now is wait for news about Baoxiang." Yang Zheng waved his hand, and some soldiers came forward to wipe off the blood stains on Wu Gen's body.
Suddenly, the tent behind them collapsed. Lan Qianye and Gu Miao struggled to crawl out, their bodies covered in blood, both their own and Zhang Yi's.
After the tent was removed, the formation's legs were pulled out, and the scattered corpses were exposed to the sky. Yang Zheng pinched his nose and carefully rummaged through it. Most of the things had disappeared with Zhang Yi's death. Among the wreckage, an oil lamp and a copper-gold crow lay quietly on the ground.
Wu Gen didn't have much interest in oil lamps, but this copper-gold crow was a bit strange. Zhang Yi took out this object before entering the account, and the light heart in the human world actually moved, as if it was about to escape from the body.
After pondering for a long time, Wu Gen didn't know why, so he had to put the Golden Crow in his arms and wait for Baoxiang and the others to return.
After a while, a shuttle landed. Suoji jumped down excitedly, carrying a box of spiritual jade in both hands and came to Wu Gen. "Master, this time we found out that there are so many good things hidden in the Zouguo Temple." Things. Fortunately, Niu Chao has a good nose and discovered a cellar in the temple, which contains all kinds of treasures, even gold and silver are not qualified to be put in it. This trip alone is worth it.
However, this temple is quite enjoyable. In the backyard of the temple, nearly a hundred women and slaves are kept for the enjoyment of the priests and servants. Captain Bao intends to temporarily control these people in the temple and release them after we leave. "
"Is everything going well?" Wu Gen rummaged through the jade in the box, not only the spiny jade, but also the jade and jade.
"It went well, but when we invaded the temple, we didn't expect that there was a person from the Five Realms among them, and he was caught off guard and escaped." Suoji said with a look of regret.
"Huh?" Wu Gen suddenly stood up and threw away the spiritual jade in his hand, "Has Baoxiang been injured?"
"This man had a fight with Bao Xiaowei, and when he saw that there was no chance of winning, he ran away. Because Bao Xiaowei wanted to attack the temple, he had no time to catch up." Seeing Wu Gen's serious expression, Suoji also became nervous.
"You rush back to Matai Mountain immediately and inform Bao Xiang not to be greedy for property. The troops and horses will evacuate from Matai Mountain immediately." Wu Gen gave the order loudly. After thinking about it, he turned to Zhuo Ke, "Order the navy to move closer to the sea and let those ghosts go." The gang's boat arrived at the shore and took Baoxiang and others away."
Wu Gen couldn't help but be nervous at this time. On the northwest sides of Jiazhi City, there were still 100,000 troops guarding the capital. It only took half a day for these people to reach the capital.
The reason why they only sent 500 people to attack the temple, and also specially lured Zhang Yi to the beach to rob and kill him, was to make the movement quieter and not alert these people. Now someone has escaped, and Matai Mountain is so big. How can five hundred people take care of the entire mountain? Someone will always find clues. How can this not make Wu Gen nervous?
"Fortress leader, you want me to bring someone to respond." Zhuo Ke released the letter falcon according to Wu Gen's order, walked to Wu Gen's side and said solemnly.
"No, just stop here. If there are too many people there, it will be difficult to leave." Wu Gen knew that his emotions had affected others, so he slowly sat down again and enjoyed the breakfast sent by his subordinates with peace of mind.
Lan Qianye and others also gathered around Wu Gen, sipping porridge with serious expressions, accompanied by salted fish that is common on the beach. No one spoke, there was only the sound of clinking bowls and chopsticks, and the atmosphere seemed a bit depressing.
Suoji hurried away with the shuttle. From time to time, other shuttles would drop down, put down the temple belongings, and then turn around and leave.
At this time, the shuttle has become the fastest way to transport war gains. Finally, a shuttle brought news about Baoxiang. They had evacuated Matai Mountain and were coming here at full speed.
Wu Gen took a deep breath, poured the last mouthful of porridge into his mouth, and then put down the rice bowl in his hand. This bowl of porridge has been placed in front of him for a long time, but Wu Gen never let anyone take it away. He just stared blankly at the salted fish in front of him.
Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief, taking big mouthfuls of porridge in their bowls, and low voices began to chatter.
The sun moved a little bit above the head. Wu Gen stood up and glanced at the mast that had appeared on the sea. "Zhuo Ke, send some people out to inquire about the surrounding activities. The shuttle also went out together. If there is any enemy, report it to Baoxiang immediately." .”
Zhuo Ke responded. It was already noon, and the fearless army stopped here, with no cover in all directions. With so many people, sooner or later they will be discovered.
Soon, Ran Peng and his men appeared on the shore and carried the goods on the shore to the ship. Therefore, the water here is shallow and the five large ships of the Fearless Army cannot reach it, so they can only use pirate ships for transfer.
"Master of the Village, Commander Yu has arrived offshore." Ran Peng walked up to Wu Gen, looked around and whispered, "On the way here, there was a shuttle spying from a distance. It seems that it should be a divine sect." Out."
Wu Gen narrowed his eyes and tightened his grip on the knife at his waist. Compared to Kuntian Continent, flying shuttles are not a rare thing in Tianyuan Continent. It is foreseeable that in the future, the air superiority of the Fearless Army will gradually be lost.
More importantly, the Divine Cult has followed, which also means that the Zou Kingdom's army is about to arrive. There are only 500 people in Baoxiang. If they are blocked on the road, there is no way to rescue them.
But at the moment, Wu Gen had no good solution. He could only wait and pray that Zou's army would not launch so quickly.
The tense atmosphere spread among the crowd, and everyone was looking at Wu Gen. After all, the lives and deaths of so many people depended on one thought.
"Master of the village, there is movement in the two camps guarding Jiazhi City. Thousands of men and horses in each camp are gathering towards the capital."
"There are more than a dozen warships on the sea heading towards the port."
...
Bad news came one after another. The Zou Kingdom was moving, and it was moving from land and sea at the same time. However, those elite troops on land did not rush directly to the seaside, but rushed towards the capital, and there were only 8,000 of them. This was the only good news among a bunch of bad news, indicating that Zou Guo had not detected the situation. Know the whereabouts of people like Wu Gen.
But soon, even worse news came. The troops who had gathered near the capital did not take any rest at all, but turned around and headed east.
The panic inevitably spread, and people were looking at Wu Gen eagerly. The Zou people are pursuing eastward. There are only about 500 people here. No matter how you look at it, they can't stop the attack of nearly 10,000 people. This is not a question of whether you are brave or not, but there is no need to throw your life here casually, it has no meaning at all.
Wu Gen was silent, standing with a knife in his hand, like a sculpture, looking towards the west expressionlessly.
The sun was moving westward little by little, the sky was getting darker, and his whole body seemed to be melting into the reddish sunset.
"Zhuo Ke, let everyone get on the boat." Finally, Wu Gen, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.
"Fortress leader, you..." Zhuo Ke looked at Wu Gen who didn't even turn his head and was still staring at the sunset.
"I...wait a little longer."
"Captain Bao is still more than thirty miles away." Suddenly, Suoji, who was sweating profusely, jumped down from the shuttle and reported loudly.
Wu Gen suddenly turned his head and said, "The pursuers are here."
"The pursuers are still more than a hundred miles away." Suoji wiped the sweat from his forehead, took the water bag handed to him by the person next to him, and drank it all in one breath.
Wu Gen finally let out a sigh of relief, "Quickly escort Baoxiang and the others here, and the ship is ready to set sail."
At the moment when the sun sank into the western mountains, billows of dust and smoke finally appeared on the horizon. A convoy, escorted by cavalry, was rushing here desperately.
Since there were few horses, these people rode two people on one horse, and there were even many people sitting on carriages.
Baoxiang took the lead in urging his horse to the shore. He jumped off the horse and approached Wu Gen. "There are too many things and too few horses, so I threw some away."
"But he's injured." Wu Gen looked at the motorcade and was speechless. Originally, he wanted to ask Baoxiang and the others to give up most of the belongings in the temple and only choose some spiritual jade, elixirs, etc., but he did not expect that this private salt dealer was still reluctant to part with most of the belongings, so he delayed. Such a long time.
"It's okay. I confronted the man from the Five Realms hiding in the temple and he ran away." Baoxiang patted his chest.
Soon, someone came down from the ship to help and moved all the people and goods on the convoy.
"Let's get on the boat." Wu Gen waited until everyone was on the boat safely before pulling Baoxiang towards the seaside.
The boat slowly left the coast and headed towards the sea against the waves. On the shore, there were gradually sparse pursuers, looking at the fleet's whereabouts, which also meant that Zou Guo's pursuers had arrived. After a while, a large group of soldiers and horses appeared in sight, surrounded by a young general.
Wu Gen was sitting on the boat, and his brows suddenly moved. This general had met him once, and it was Zou Ning, the second prince of the Zou Kingdom.
Seeing the fleet leaving, this man shot an arrow viciously, then turned around and ran towards the port.
"Captain, they should be looking for a ship in the port. Plus, they have to board the ship so they can't catch up with us." Zhuo Ke walked to Wu Gen and pointed in the direction of the port.
"Is there only a dozen warships coming from the north?" Wu Gen suddenly asked.
"Exactly, our army is not weaker than the opponent at sea now. Even if they collect more civilian ships, our navy is not afraid of them." Zhuo Ke's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Send an order to Yu Feng and the others, and prepare for an ambush on the Dangshen." Wu Gen finally decided to give the Zou troops a beating before leaving, especially after seeing Zou Ning, "It's fine if the enemy doesn't pursue them. If the enemy catches up, move slowly to lure them, and if necessary, abandon some small boats."
Yang Zheng, who was beside him, was thoughtful, looking at the increasingly dark horizon, "But if something is wrong, I am ready to attack this second prince."
"I always feel that there is something strange about what happened this time. We have obviously discovered that we are attacking the temple. Instead of mobilizing the army to surround it, we are sending troops like sheep shitting. We have no intention of fighting to the death." Wu Wataru held the sides of the boat with both hands and tapped lightly with his fingers.
"It was such a big thing that the temple was robbed, and so few soldiers were sent out in the end. It didn't look like they were ruthless at all, but it seemed like they were going to show it to us and the world. So, I wanted to give him a fight and see how the other side looked. What is the intention? As for this Zou Ning, he is of no importance. If he comes out at this juncture, he is either being used by others, or he is taking the initiative to show his favor to the divine religion."
"Whether it's a fight or not, I don't think there's any need to kill this Zou Ning. He's just a poor guy who wants to gain power." Yang Zheng sighed quietly.
"Let's go into the cabin, it's getting dark." Wu Gen patted Yang Zheng on the shoulder, knowing that he was remembering his life experience.
