The veteran Taoist disciples were also very smart. When they saw something was wrong, they turned around and fled on horseback.
"Abandon your shield, go into battle lightly, and pursue!"
Wu Qi shouted loudly, his voice rolling like thunder.
At his order, all the pursuing guards threw away their shields and other luggage, and then only one man and one horse were left, and they pursued them hard.
On the open plain, a suitable cavalry spread out.
Zhao Hongming sat on horseback and saw Wu Qi and others divided into three groups, forming a siege.
Under them are all military horses carefully cared for by the Wei State, with outstanding foot strength.
Most of the horses owned by Lao Dao were wild horses, which were difficult to compare with the horses of Wu Qi and others, and they were quickly overtaken by Wu Qi and others.
"combine!"
"hunting!"
The Imperial Guards on both sides pulled out the sabers on their waists, gradually changed their direction, and converged towards the center.
At the same time, the speed is changed to charge.
The two parties quickly came into contact.
When the final encirclement was formed, there was no suspense.
There are more than ten disciples of the old Taoist, but they are all ordinary martial artists, and their cultivation level is almost at the pulse-opening level.
Faced with the siege of sixty or seventy people from Wu Qi and others, they had no power to fight back.
Not to mention that Wu Qi and others were still fully armored and well-equipped.
Under Zhao Hongming's gaze, these apprentices of the old Taoist priest fell down from their horses one by one, and it was unknown whether they were alive or dead on the ground.
Some were unfortunately trampled by horses and turned into a puddle of mud.
In the blink of an eye, a dozen experienced disciples were killed.
There were no casualties on our side.
Wu Qi cleaned up the battlefield, regrouped and returned to the team.
He walked up to Zhao Hongming, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, I'm glad you have lived up to your command."
Zhao Hongming's eyes swept over the numerous guards.
Their armor was more or less stained with blood, which added a lot of solemnity to them.
Zhao Hongming looked away and looked at the woman not far away.
At this time, the woman from Qingtian Tower walked towards Fang Mingda's cold body little by little under the gaze of everyone.
She ignored the blood on the ground and held Fang Mingda's body in her arms.
His eyes gradually turned red, and then two lines of clear tears flowed down silently.
Zhao Hongming drove his horse over and said in a condescending tone with no expression on his face: "Tell me, what's going on?"
The woman came to her senses after hearing Zhao Hongming's question. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves and took two deep breaths to calm down the turbulent emotions in her heart.
After a few breaths, the woman seemed to have regained her composure. She carefully put down Fang Mingda's body, then turned around and gave a deep salute to Zhao Hongming.
She could see from the behavior of the people around her that the man in front of her was not only highly cultivated, but also had a distinguished status, so she did not dare to show any slightness and said: "I am a disciple of Qingtian Tower, and the person who died is my senior brother."
"Some time ago, senior brother got the news from somewhere that an old Taoist from Shangxian Sect used human life to refine elixirs, so he took me to pursue him all the way from Luling."
"It's just that senior brother and I both underestimated his strength and were no match for him. Fortunately, senior brother fought tooth and nail and I escaped with my life. As for what happened next, you all know this noble man."
Using human life to make elixirs?
This was the first time Zhao Hongming heard such a thing, and he couldn't help but frown.
"Is this old Taoist related to the Immortal Sect?"
"yes."
If he remembered correctly, Gao Yanshi found out that the main reason why those refugees were willing to go to Ying County was because of the Shangxian Sect.
Now it seems that this Immortal Sect has no good intentions and has other reasons.
"I heard that there is a governor in Ying County. Does he not care about this matter?"
Hearing this, Jing Qiaoyan shook her head and said, "The Sheriff has his own important matters, and these refugees are not under his rule."
Jing Qiaoyan said nothing more.
Zhao Hongming understood it and didn't ask any more questions.
He walked to Lao Dao's body and stopped.
Gao Yanshi beside him was like a roundworm in Zhao Hongming's stomach. He got off his horse, walked to Lao Dao in small steps, and groped around on him for a while.
He found a piece of parchment, as well as some wish stones and scattered elixirs.
Gao Yanshi carefully folded it and presented it: "Your Majesty."
Zhao Hongming unfolded the parchment and found that what was recorded on it was a formation for refining human life.
It can capture the essence and blood vitality of living people, and then use it to strengthen itself and achieve the purpose of extending life span.
A complete evil skill.
From this, we can roughly judge that there is a high probability that Shangxianmen is also an extreme cult.
If he wanted to learn this formation, he would have to constantly use other people's lives to fill it.
Zhao Hongming considers himself not a kind person, but he is not so mad as to take human lives to do such a thing.
He threw the formation away and said, "Burn it."
Gao Yanshi accepted the order happily.
Zhao Hongming drove his horse: "It's been delayed for so long. Let's go. We must reach Ying County before dark."
"yes!"
Under Wu Qi's intention, all the horses brought by Lao Dao and the others were gathered together and brought behind them.
Although these horses are not good horses, they are still horses after all, and it is a pity to let them go like this.
Anyway, it turned out that they were all ownerless things and could just be taken away as trophies.
With a determined look on her face, Jing Qiaoyan placed the body of her senior brother Fang Mingda on the horse and slowly hung it behind Zhao Hongming and others.
Chang Wubing, who was following the team, approached and lowered his voice: "Your Highness, she..."
"As long as she doesn't bother me, just let her go." Zhao Hongming didn't care about this and silently speeded up.
Jing Qiaoyan also hurriedly followed.
After walking for almost half a day, Zhao Hongming and his party successfully entered Ying County.
There are ten cities in the entire Ying County, and Zhao Hongming's palace is located in Luling among these ten cities.
Luling is not far from the border of Yingjun.
Zhao Hongming worked hard and the group finally arrived at Luling City before dark.
The city wall of Luling City is not tall, but it is very new.
At this time, there were many guards patrolling back and forth.
Jing Qiaoyan, who was following them, saw Lu Ling, nodded to Zhao Hongming and others, said goodbye silently, and went elsewhere.
After Jing Qiaoyan completely left, Zhao Hongming's face squirmed before returning to its original appearance.
"Let's go. Let's go into the city with Gu and meet the county guard for a while."
From hearsay along the way, Chen Shenghai, the governor of Ying County, may not take him, the newly appointed King Wu of Wei, seriously.
Looking at the whole world, very few of the kings who have been entrusted can achieve fame.
Zhao Hongming glanced at the city gate and walked over solemnly with his men.
Starting today, this borderland officially welcomes Zhao Hongming, its nominal owner.
(End of chapter)
