After a heavy rain, the air is no longer so hot, the ground is slightly muddy, the dark clouds in the sky have not dispersed, and there are still no stars.
At night in Changping City, candles were lit in the homes of the people, and the streets seemed unusually quiet. The atmosphere of war once again enveloped this small border town, and the tense atmosphere silently suppressed every beating heart.
Ten miles north of the city, a military camp added a bit of dignity to this isolated city.
The reason why Wang Jian chose to set up camp here was to make Zhao Jun tremble and let the shame of the past continue to sting their hearts.
To the northeast of the camp, a group of people and horses suddenly appeared. The leader was a man in white robes and a white horse. He was about thirty years old and was driving the horses slowly and slowly.
The clothes of the sergeants in this team were soaked through. Looking at the mud on the horses' hooves, it seemed that they had not stopped in the rain and had been on their way.
The leading general, in his prime, did not wait for instructions, and directly rode his horse into the camp, and went straight to Wang Jian's Chinese army's tent.
"Father, I'm back."
It turned out that the general walking forward in the rain was Wang Ben.
Wang Jian looked at Wang Ben who was soaked all over and felt a little distressed in his heart, but he complained: "I told you to come back, but I was not in a hurry. Why did you come back in the rain? Go and change your clothes before coming back." talk to me."
"good."
Wang Ben responded, exited the tent, took the guards who had followed him back to change into clean clothes, and then returned to the main tent.
"How's the situation ahead?" Wang Jian asked.
"Go back to my father." Wang Ben cupped his hands and said, "After we returned to Changping, it turned out that Li Mu suspected fraud and did not pursue us or attack the lost cities."
"Then what is he doing?"
Wang Ben said: "Li Mu seems to be inquiring about our further information, and he has divided his troops and set up camp outside Yecheng."
"Hmph, if he dares to attack the city, we will immediately attack eastward." Wang Jian said, "If they return for reinforcements, then we will withdraw."
"Understood." Wang Ben said, "In short, we just don't want to confront their main force head-on."
Wang Jian smiled and said: "If the State of Zhao thinks that it has lost those cities and does not come to attack the city, then we will find the right opportunity to capture one or two more of his cities to see if King Zhao can survive. gas."
"Then should we consume Li Mu's military strength first?" Wang Ben asked.
Wang Jian shook his head and said: "It's useless. After consuming it, King Zhao will replenish his troops, which is of little significance to us. Don't forget the task that the king gave us. We must hold them back and consume their troops." forage."
"But Commander-in-Chief, Huanjue seems to have not been doing anything steadily since he received the king's order to cross the Yellow River eastward." Wang Ben said.
Wang Jian frowned.
A commander is most afraid of improper coordination among generals, leading to strategic mistakes, resulting in more serious losses or missing good opportunities.
The King of Qin originally had good intentions and wanted Huan Jie to send out surprise troops to help Wang Jian to pull back the Zhao army. However, the unforeseen variable was whether Huan Jie would sincerely cooperate with Wang Jian.
"What's the latest news from Huanjue?" Wang Jian asked.
Wang Ben said: "I came to report from the scouting horse before, saying that Huanjue was preparing to attack Fanwu."
"Pan Wu?" Wang Jian narrowed his eyes and said, "It is close to Taiheng Mountain and the terrain is quite complicated. If we cannot attack it for a long time, we may be in danger of being deeply surrounded."
"What should we do?" Wang Ben asked.
Wang Jian sighed softly: "Huanjie didn't send a scout horse to discuss tactics with me. He probably didn't want to share the credit with us. If that were the case, it would be even more dangerous. Now I just hope that he won't be greedy for credit and rush forward, ruining the big thing. .”
Huanjue, who set out from Shangjun, was not under Wang Jian's command. Although his position and military strength were inferior to Wang Jian's, he was also the commander-in-chief appointed by King Qin alone.
"Do you want to inform the king about this?"
Wang Jian hesitated for a moment and said, "If we tell the king now, will it appear that we want to take credit?"
Wang Ben thought for a moment and said, "Although the king won't think that we are meddlesome, I'm afraid Huanjue will think too much about it in the future."
Wang Jian said: "How about this? Let's allocate 20,000 troops to support Huan Jue. If he captures Fanwu, then everything will be fine. If he can't defeat Fanwu, he will most likely be pursued by Li Mu, and so will we. Cover his retreat."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now."
After Wang Ben left, Wang Jian frowned and thought for a long time.
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Ying Zheng, who was in Jiuyou, was actually thinking about the battle with Zhao Guo. As soon as it got dark, he opened his eyes and looked at the sky, thinking about his next plan.
"Master." A small voice came from beside him, "What are you thinking about?"
Ying Zheng was startled and looked toward the voice, only to find that the little Nian beast was looking at him eagerly.
"Are you able to speak?" Ying Zheng couldn't control his voice as soon as he was happy, "That's great, I thought it would take a few more days."
"Hehe, actually I should have been able to do it before going to bed last night." Xiaonian Beast said, "You must know that I was reborn from Nirvana, so I am different from a normal cub."
The two women were awakened by their conversation and were startled when they suddenly heard the little Nian beast talking.
Ying Zheng ignored them and asked Xiang Nian Beast, "Do you still have Xi's memory now?"
Little Nian nodded: "Yes, but it's not complete. I only vaguely remember that I made a big mistake and you punished me, and then gave me a chance to be reborn."
Ying Zheng held one of the little paws of the little Nian beast and said sincerely: "I'm sorry, I made you suffer. Do you resent me?"
Little Nian Beast shook his head: "I can be reborn. It's too late to thank you, so how can I resent you."
Judging from the previous behavior of Xiaonian Beast, it indeed regards Ying Zheng as its master and has changed its past.
"Then can you promise me not to hurt anyone's life again?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Not even those who invade the territory?" Little Nian Beast asked.
Ying Zheng said: "In the future, Lishan will be protected by me, and outsiders will not be able to enter at all. How can they invade the territory? But if someone wants to steal the treasures in my tomb in hundreds or thousands of years, you can do it." He treats it as dinner."
In this way, one person and one animal started chatting until their stomachs growled.
Hu Yu brought some leftover fish and shrimp from Binghuang, Wu Chan started a fire, and the three of them and one beast ate them all.
After eating and drinking, we found the one-eyed snake and started on our way home.
After getting into the abdominal pouch, Wu Chan carefully padded the bird's nests with ice silk clothes to ensure that the temperature inside would rise and would not have any impact on the seed insects.
"How do you feel about this journey?" Ying Zheng asked.
Hu Yu said carelessly: "It's okay. This grilled fish is a bit monotonous and doesn't even have any condiments."
Wu Chan said: "I think the fish is quite delicious, the meat quality is good, and there is no earthy smell, otherwise why would Jiu'er like it so much?"
"The problem is that Jiu'er has never tried any other way." Hu Yu said.
"This is true."
Ying Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "I said you two always think about eating. I'm asking you what you think of Fire Phoenix and Ice Phoenix."
Hu Yu said with a smile: "I have never seen this kind of magical bird in my dreams. Although I heard legends about them when I was a child, I just thought those were myths and stories imagined by our ancestors. .”
"Now you know they are all true?" Ying Zheng said.
"It's still a bit unbelievable." Wu Chan said, "They are somewhat beyond our understanding, and we do seem too small in front of them."
"Yes." Hu Yu followed, "Just when the fire phoenix spits out a mouthful of fire, we all have to look like grilled fish." The three of them laughed.
Little Nian Beast, who had been silent all this time, whispered: "So you'd better not mess with it."
Ying Zheng asked curiously: "It seems that you beast tribe are a little afraid of the bird tribe. This is the case in Twenty-Seven. Is it because of the suppression of blood?"
At this time, the abdominal sac contracted, as if Twenty-seven heard his words.
Little Nian Beast said: "Although there is no bloodline suppression, if we fight, we really can't beat him."
"Then what is the relationship between your beast tribe and the bird tribe?" Wu Chan asked.
The little Nian beast sighed: "Spiritual beasts like us are better. Those ordinary beasts and insects are not born to be used as food. You have also seen the hundreds of birds facing the phoenix, but they like to eat fish. Shrimp, if there are no fish and shrimp, then it will be the turn of those insects and beasts.”
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "Don't your mythical beasts also eat insects and beasts? From this point of view, those ordinary insects, beasts, fish and shrimps are destined to be eaten by your mythical beasts and birds."
"That's right." Little Nian Beast chuckled, "Fortunately you brought me here to eat the forbidden fruit, otherwise I wouldn't be a tribute on the table."
The three men and one beast laughed again.
Talking and laughing along the way, time passed quickly, and before we knew it, we were back at Lishan Huoyan.
Yaizhen looked at the little Nian beast who jumped out first and said, "It seems to be going well."
Little Nian Beast nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I'm back and everything is going well."
Ying Zheng followed him out, and Hu Yu and Wu Chan also filed out.
After briefly describing what he had seen and heard this time, Ying Zheng said: "This time I wanted to retrieve some Ice Gu seed insects, but I didn't expect that the leader of the Ice Phoenix tribe would take Xiao Shi to see Lord Fire Phoenix, so I was delayed for an extra day. .”
"How do you feel after seeing the fire phoenix?" Yazhen asked.
"It's a bit depressing. The sense of oppression there is very strong." Ying Zheng said, "It makes people want to worship."
"Haha, I blame me for not telling you in advance." Yaizhen said with a smile, "Didn't you tell it that you wanted to see the Dragon Emperor? But before you go, you have to be mentally prepared. The Dragon Emperor's sense of oppression is much stronger than that of the Fire Phoenix. times."
Ying Zheng's heart tightened, imagining what the Dragon Emperor looked like and the tense and suffocating atmosphere.
Yaizhen looked at the little Nian beast and asked, "How do you feel?"
Little Nian Beast replied: "Fortunately, I just felt a little weak after eating the Xuan Guo. Thanks to eating a lot of grilled fish afterwards."
Hu Yu covered his mouth and smiled, but Wu Chan touched the mysterious fruit in the package with one hand and rubbed his belly with the other hand.
Ying Zheng touched the mane of the little Nian beast, looked at Yazui and said: "Senior, I want to go to Kunlun Mountain after a while. I originally thought about asking you to come with me, but then I thought about your goal. It’s too big, so I want to take Nian Beast there to see it.”
When Wu Chan heard this, he became nervous and asked with concern: "What, you want to go by yourself?"
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "That place is so weird and unpredictable, I don't want to take you with me. After all, there are no humans in Kunlun Mountain, and there are no mythical beasts guarding it."
Indeed, the uninhabited Kunlun Mountains seem to be more dangerous than the Jiuyou where the mythical beasts and birds live.
"Even if you don't take us, at least you can take the Meng brothers with you." Wu Chan said.
Ying Zheng said: "Even if I take them, I still want to take Little Nian Beast with me. After all, it has a very long memory."
Yaizhen understood his intention, so he nodded and said: "Okay, set out when you want, and come to me when you are ready."
"Okay." Ying Zheng knelt down and said to the little Nian beast, "How about I try hard when the time comes."
Little Nian Beast smiled and said, "You took me out to play, and I thank you before it's too late."
"Then it's settled."
After chatting for a few more words, Ying Zheng and his two ladies got up to say goodbye and went back to Xianyang.
