When Meng Zhang led a bunch of defeated soldiers back to the temporary camp, there was indeed a quick response from the Shui Tribe and the Black Jade Forest.
The Mermaid King was originally at odds with Meng Zhang, but he did not blame Meng Zhang for the failure.
In his eyes, Meng Zhang, like him, was a victim, framed by Xiao Qiao who commanded randomly.
If Xiao Qiao hadn't been anxious for everyone to lead the army to join them, they wouldn't have been ambushed by the monsters, and there wouldn't have been such heavy casualties.
Over in the Black Jade Forest, the Gray Peng King also encountered trouble.
After the army of monster beasts was entangled by monsters, only a few high-level monster beasts were able to escape in time. All the remaining monsters fell into the hands of the monsters.
Either they were directly devoured by monsters, or they were demonized and transformed into new monsters.
This army was dispatched because of the strong request of the Gray Peng King. It is also the Gray Peng King's strong idea to temporarily make a truce with the Water Tribe and fight the monsters together.
In the eyes of Meng Zhang and the Mermaid King, the monsters in the Black Jade Forest do not directly obey the orders of the Purple Sun Sect anyway, and if they are lost, they are lost.
But for King Gray Peng, he has to face criticism from within the Black Jade Forest because of this incident.
A group of opposition forces led by the Golden Monkey King questioned the position of the Gray Roc King and publicly accused him of being bribed by the Human Race and the Water Tribe and betraying the interests of the Black Jade Forest.
Next, the Gray Peng King had to temporarily fall into the internal fighting in the Black Jade Forest.
The internal strife took up a great deal of his energy.
In order to avoid suspicion, he had to temporarily terminate his cooperation with the water tribe and human monks.
In this way, when fighting against the monster army, our side loses another powerful reinforcement.
Although Meng Zhang didn't care about Xiao Qiao's attitude, he couldn't let him stir up trouble in the Purple Sun Sect.
Meng Zhang and the Gray Peng King secretly contacted each other and told each other the general story of the defeat.
The Gray Peng King has always been more optimistic about Meng Zhang, and with the Mermaid King as proof, he almost completely accepted Meng Zhang's statement.
King Hui Peng, who was already dissatisfied with Xiao Qiao, placed all the responsibility this time on him.
King Hui Peng told Meng Zhang that he would report the whole story to Ziyang Shengzong and help Meng Zhang clarify the truth.
But King Hui Peng also told Meng Zhang that the Xiao family had great power within the Purple Sun Sect.
If the Xiao family believed Xiao Qiao and insisted on making things difficult for Meng Zhang, there would probably be a lot of trouble later.
It would be best for Meng Zhang to communicate with the Xiao family and give a good explanation.
Meng Zhang knew that King Hui Peng and his backers were in the Purple Sun Sect and were not members of the Xiao family, so he could not tell Meng Zhang apart in front of the Xiao family.
After Meng Zhang thought for a while, he could only temporarily abandon military affairs and leave the camp alone to fly to Jiutian.
After he teleported to the Heavenly Palace, he went directly to see Xiao Liang, an old senior of the Xiao family.
Before Meng Zhang arrived, Xiao Liang had already received the latest news from Xiao Qiao.
Xiao Qiao said that Meng Zhang was unruly and did not obey Xiao Qiao's orders.
Moreover, he is too selfish. He only cares about preserving his strength and doing everything possible to avoid the battle and avoid monsters.
If it weren't for Meng Zhang's evil deeds, Xiao Qiao would have won a great victory over the monsters long ago.
Xiao Liang was dubious about Xiao Qiao's statement.
Xiao Liang had contact with Meng Zhang, and Meng Zhang's character was not as bad as Xiao Qiao said.
However, it is completely possible for a cultivator like Meng Zhang to conserve his strength and avoid fighting with monsters.
In fact, Ziyang Shengzong had never appointed Xiao Qiao as the leader of the monk army, let alone commanded all parties.
Xiao Qiao is just a messenger, responsible for communicating with all parties and coordinating everyone's actions.
However, Xiao Qiao relied on the prestige of the Purple Sun Sect to intimidate the remaining cultivation forces in the Daheng cultivation world to organize an army of monks. That was his ability.
In this kind of matter, Ziyang Shengzong will only support the winner and acquiesce in his various measures.
It would be a bit excessive for Xiao Qiao to intensify his efforts to gain command of the expeditionary army led by Meng Zhang, the Gray Peng King, and the Shui Tribe.
If he can successfully obtain command authority and direct everyone to quell the demonic disaster, the Purple Sun Sect will also continue to condone his behavior.
But now, Meng Zhang came to the door.
After meeting Xiao Liang, Meng Zhang went straight to the topic without going around in circles.
Compared to Xiao Qiao, Meng Zhang had a different story.
Because Xiao Qiao was eager for quick success and gave random orders, the army of monks led by Meng Zhang, the army of the Shui Tribe, and the army of monsters in the Black Jade Forest all fell into a trap and were ambushed and killed by the army of monsters.
After the first battle, our side was severely defeated and suffered heavy casualties.
Now, Meng Zhang, Mermaid King and Gray Peng King are all dissatisfied with Xiao Qiao's actions and want to ask Xiao Liang to seek justice.
Meng Zhang also told Xiao Liang that King Hui Peng had reported the matter to the senior officials of Ziyang Holy Sect through his channels.
After listening to Meng Zhang's words, Xiao Liang fell into silence.
Emotionally speaking, he is definitely more willing to trust his own people.
But rationally, he knew that Meng Zhang was probably telling the truth.
Otherwise, the Gray Peng King and the Mermaid King would not both be on his side.
But if this matter really gets bigger, it will not do any good to Xiao Qiao or the Xiao family.
Moreover, as an elder of the same clan, Xiao Liang is willing to give Xiao Qiao, a junior in the clan, another chance.
The cunning Xiao Liang spent a lot of effort to calm Meng Zhang down.
Xiao Liang, on behalf of the Purple Sun Sect, promised to provide more assistance to the expeditionary army led by Meng Zhang.
From then on, Meng Zhang could act independently and fight alone without having to obey Xiao Qiao's orders.
As the price for obtaining these benefits, this matter is over, and Meng Zhang should not continue to be entangled.
As for the Gray Peng King and the Mermaid King, Xiao Liang also had his own means to appease them.
Although the Gray Peng King reported to the senior officials of the Purple Sun Sect, Xiao Liang had the means to settle the matter as long as the Gray Peng King did not continue to persist.
Although Meng Zhang was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Qiao, he had never wanted to break up with the Xiao family.
The Xiao family is also a behemoth within the Purple Sun Sect, with a high status and a lot of resources.
If the Xiao family targets Taiyi Sect, then Meng Zhang will definitely be in a lot of trouble in the future.
Although the current solution has the meaning of making peace, it can at least settle the dispute as soon as possible and make everyone happy.
Meng Zhang just thought for a moment and accepted Xiao Liang's arrangement.
Seeing how knowledgeable Meng Zhang was, Xiao Liang had a good impression of him.
After negotiating with Xiao Liang, Meng Zhang hurriedly left the Tiangong and returned to the camp, thinking about the military affairs ahead.
The Gray Peng King and the Mermaid King were quickly appeased by Xiao Liang.
From then on, it goes without saying that Xiao Qiao was not qualified to command the Gray Peng King.
The Shui Tribe led by the Mermaid King no longer have to obey Xiao Qiao's orders.
