When the casual cultivators in the valley gathered together and heard that people from the Legend of the World were coming to the mountains to kill, panic suddenly broke out in the crowd.
"Do you really want to fight?"
"Can we beat them?"
"A lot of people will die if we really fight."
"Why don't we stop fighting? We can negotiate with them and divide the valley into two areas, and then we can coexist peacefully without invading each other."
Some people are afraid of fighting and are unwilling to fight this battle.
Just a few days of carefree peace had already wiped away all the blood and anger they had that day.
"Fuck them!"
"You have to fight even if you can't beat them. We have to beat them to the bloody end to let them know that we are not easy to bully!"
"In their eyes, we casual cultivators are all lowly ants. Do you still want to be captured and used as slaves?"
"Peaceful coexistence? What are you dreaming about?"
"Phoenix Mountain belongs to us, they are not allowed to set foot there!"
There are also people who are not afraid of fighting and agree with Zhang Xiaozhu's point of view. They must guard Phoenix Mountain and prevent people from spreading the world from setting foot.
"If we want to fight you, fight us. We don't want to die in vain!"
"If I don't beat you, get out of Phoenix Mountain. You can go to the other eight mountains wherever you like!"
"Phoenix Mountain belongs to your family? I won't leave. What can you do to me?"
"I'll chop you first!"
The peace faction and the war faction started arguing and fighting.
This is what casual cultivators do, everyone has their own ideas, and no one obeys anyone. They are idle and free, without discipline or restraint.
Obeying orders and following orders and prohibitions are simply illusions to them, unless danger threatens each of them.
"Stop arguing!" Zhang Xiaozu shouted, suppressing the noisy quarrel.
He had long expected that some people would be afraid of fighting, so he was not surprised by the messy situation in front of him, and he already had a plan in mind to deal with it.
Zhang Xiaozhu looked around and said loudly: "Those who don't want to fight come to my left, and those who dare to fight come to my right.
Everyone, please move faster and let me see if there are more people seeking peace or fighting, so that I can make a decision as soon as possible. "
What he said to people's ears meant that if there were many people to fight, then there would be no fight; if there were many people to fight, then there would be a fight. But he had already made the decision in his heart that he must fight.
The reason why I say this is to see how many people dare to fight and to have a general understanding of our own combat power.
"Hurry up! Hurry up! The enemy is about to come! Fight if you want to fight. If you don't want to fight, don't fight. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Move quickly!"
Zhang Xiaopou kept urging, not giving the casual cultivators time to think and wait and see, allowing them to make a decision in the shortest possible time.
This can avoid some people who are timid but stand on the side of the main battle out of face. When a fight breaks out, such guys will become deserters and disrupt their own combat formation.
Under Zhang Xiaozu's constant urging, it still took half a cup of tea for the casual cultivators to separate.
As a result, Zhang Xiaopou breathed a sigh of relief. There were obviously more people fighting than fighting, which saved him a lot of words.
There are about 9,000 casual cultivators in the valley. At the moment, there are about 6,000 people standing on the side of the main battle, and about 3,000 people on the side of the main force.
Zhang Xiaozu pressed his hands on the crowd on both sides to signal them to quiet down, and then said: "The minority obeys the majority, let's fight this battle!"
He looked at the host and said: "If you don't want to fight, then stay away from the battlefield and don't cause us any trouble."
"No!" A burly man from the main combatant side waved his hands in denial and shouted: "Why should we let these cowards stay here to dig for treasures in Phoenix Mountain that we are guarding with our lives? Tell them to get out."
"Yes, tell them to get lost!"
"Phoenix Mountain doesn't belong to your family, why should you let us leave?"
"We won't leave, what can you do to us?"
"Yes, I won't leave."
The two sides disagreed and quarreled again.
The Main War Faction does not want the Zhu He Faction to enjoy the peace they have bought for their lives, and the main war faction also knows in their hearts that they have nowhere to go if they leave Phoenix Mountain. If they go to the other eight mountains, they will most likely be captured and used as slaves, so they must not Will not agree to leave.
Zhang Xiaozhu looked at the negotiating party and said: "I have two ideas, please listen to them.
The first thought is, we won’t fight.
Then the valley was divided into three areas, one for the world, one for the peace party, and one for the main war party. Everyone would not interfere with each other and coexist peacefully.
Of course, if someone doesn't want peace and starts a fight or something, everyone can just treat them indifferently without any need to help or interfere. "
"I agree." The burly man on the main fighting side immediately raised his hand to express his agreement, then glanced coldly at the main fighting side, and hummed: "When the people who send the world destroy you, we will fight with them again, so as not to watch You are in disbelief."
The faces of the Lord and the people in Fang all changed.
They all knew in their hearts that if they lost the main fighting force to rely on, they would become lambs slaughtered by others, so they remained silent for a while.
Zhang Xiaozhu continued: "My second thought is that we should fight.
The people on the host and the other side do not need to participate in the war, and you will not be allowed to leave Phoenix Mountain, but you must hand in a piece of spiritual material every day from now on, as combat aid, for the people on the main combat side to improve their cultivation.
Listen, my brother and I don't want it together, so don't say that I want to take advantage of the opportunity to make money or exploit you. "
There are a lot of spiritual materials in the valley. If a person is not lazy and digs hard for a day, it will not be a problem to dig out two or three pieces of spiritual materials, so it is not a problem to turn in one piece of spiritual materials every day.
The request made by Zhang Xiaozu was reasonable and reasonable. We came from all over Jiuzhou and met by chance. There was no reason for one party to risk his life to protect the other party for free.
Hard work must be rewarded.
"I'll give you a cup of tea to discuss, and then give me the answer." Zhang Xiaozu said to the main party, and then turned to look at the main battle party and asked: "I will command this battle. Do you have any opinions?"
"Young Master is very courageous and resourceful. We are willing to listen to Young Master's orders." The sturdy man supported him.
"I am willing to listen to the master's orders." Others also expressed their opinions.
"Well, I will be brave and lead all the heroes to fight against the invading enemy.
Time is of the essence, so I’ll keep my story short.
Those who have cultivated below the fifth heaven realm come here, those who are in the fifth and sixth heaven realms come here, those who are in the seventh heaven realm come here, and those who are in the eighth heaven realm or higher come here.
Everyone, please move quickly so that we can arrange a battle plan later. "
Zhang Xiaozu gestured with his hands to indicate several positions, asking people of different cultivation levels to stand there.
There were only more than 200 people with cultivation levels below the fifth level of heaven. Zhang Xiaozu ordered them to provide assistance from the rear and take those who were seriously injured and incapacitated away from the battlefield for treatment in a timely manner.
There are more than 4,000 people who have cultivated in the fifth or sixth heaven realm. Zhang Xiaopou divided them into three combat teams and has no tasks assigned for the time being.
There were more than a thousand people in the Seventh Heaven Realm, and Zhang Xiaozu ordered them to be the main attack.
There were seven other people in the eighth heaven realm, but none in the ninth heaven realm. Zhang Xiaozu ordered these seven people to make sharp knives with him to tear apart the enemy's formation.
The cultivators saw that Zhang Xiaopeng was calm and calm at every turn, and he had the battle plan at his fingertips, and he was confident, like a general strategizing, and they couldn't help but admire and respect him even more.
"Sir, if you know yourself and the enemy you can win every battle. Shouldn't we first send someone to investigate the enemy's situation?" A man in a scholar's shirt suggested.
"Don't worry, I've already sent someone to investigate." Zhang Xiaozu said with a smile.
The man in Confucian shirt looked startled, then bowed to Zhang Xiaopeng in admiration.
He did not see Zhang Xiaozu sending people to explore the enemy's situation, which meant that Zhang Xiaozu had already considered it and had sent people to do it early.
He suddenly came back to his senses and found that everything was under Zhang Xiaozu's control.
"Have you discussed it yet?" Zhang Xiaozu walked towards the main party and asked.
A man with a mustache walked out of the crowd, with a shrewd light in his eyes. He bowed to Zhang Xiaopou first, and then said: "We choose the second way, but we can only hand in one piece every two days -"
Zhang Xiaozu directly waved his hand to interrupt him, and said in a tone that did not allow for refutation: "Bargaining is not allowed, no one is willing to risk their lives to protect a group of unrelated people.
One yuan a day is distributed to them, which is only half a yuan a day on average. Do you think it is expensive? Or do you think their lives are cheap? "
"Okay, one dollar a day, one dollar a day." The mustached man nodded in agreement.
Zhang Xiaozu nodded and said in a cold voice: "Nothing will happen to you here. Just hide as far as you can. The battlefield is uncontrollable, but we must not affect you."
After saying that, he ignored them.
After a stick of incense, Niu Dawa, Jin Zhihui and Zhang Xiaobing, who went to explore the enemy's situation, returned.
"There are only people and horses on the front side."
"About 1,1200 people."
"It is a mixture of several different forces, with poor discipline and fighting independently."
"The Shen family is leading the charge. There are over 300 people in total, and the leader is not Shen Weiran."
The three of them reported the information they found to Zhang Xiaozu one by one.
Zhang Xiaozu sent out three teams from the fifth and sixth levels of heaven, arranged locations for them, and asked them to ambush them in advance.
He also ordered them to work in teams of five and ten, which were both combat teams and mutual supervision. No one was allowed to leave the large army. Those who insisted on breaking away from the large army must be the enemy's spies. Others could do so on the spot. Kill him.
Zhang Xiaozu then divided the people in the Seventh Heaven Realm into two teams. One team went to dig a hole halfway up the slope, and the people hid in it, and then covered it with rock ash.
Another group of people temporarily formed a team with more than 200 people below the fifth level of heaven, standing on the top of the mountain to attract the enemy's attention.
Then Zhang Xiaozu used rock ash to put on his makeup and quietly went down the mountain.
He walked quickly down the mountain for nearly a quarter of an hour, and came face to face with the people who were coming to kill him.
As Zhang Xiaobing said, the Shen family was at the front, but she didn't know the leading people.
Zhang Xiaopou's eyes fell on the leaders of the Shen family's team walking in front, and he couldn't help but feel happy, because these people were actually his acquaintances, the five brothers left in the rivers, lakes, mountains and rivers.
"who?!"
Zhang Xiaozu ran down the mountain without hiding, pretending to be in a hurry, and ran straight into the front of the Shen family's team.
"Dear old men of the Immortal Sect, don't panic, don't panic, I'm just a casual cultivator on the mountain." Zhang Xiaozu stood still, nodded and bowed.
His face was covered with rock ash, and his appearance was indistinguishable. His hair was also dyed pale by rock ash, and its true color could not be seen. His clothes were in tatters.
Afraid that the Shen brothers would recognize him, he deliberately lowered his tone of voice.
"Oh, you came just in time. I was about to go to the mountain to catch two people for questioning, and you rushed to deliver them to our door, saving us a lot of time."
Shen Shui walked out of the team with a sneer, reached out and grabbed Zhang Xiaopou's shoulder, and then lifted his arm and threw it. Zhang Xiaopou was immediately lifted up by him like a rag bag, and then he threw it over his shoulder more than ten steps away. He fell in front of the Shen family's team.
"Ouch!" Zhang Xiaopou screamed in pain as he lay on the ground.
Shen Hu frowned and stared at Zhang Xiaopou, and asked: "Why did you come down from the mountain in a hurry? Did something happen on the mountain?"
"The villain is here to inform the elders, reminding them that there is an ambush ahead, and they must not take this road up the mountain." Zhang Xiaozu said.
