Chapter 352 Confrontation (Part 1)
Yi Xifeng watched the scenery around him changing and said softly to Zhang Ming, who was leading the team in front of him: "Do you think that bald man will come back again?"
The leader, Zhang Ming, who was wearing brocade clothes, said bitterly: "Come back? Humph! Kill him!"
The fair boy squinted at Qin Hongyao next to Zhang Ming. Seeing her looking at the young man in brocade with affection, Yi Xifeng shook his head and muttered: "Isn't it just that he has a crush on your wife? He's just so petty, there's nothing wrong with that. Generous!”
As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at Li Xintian and Zhao Long beside him, and Zhang Ming, who was leading the team in front, apparently heard the fair boy's muttering, turned back and glared at him, and sneered angrily: "Are you generous? Please be generous and don’t stand between them!”
It turned out that when everyone was marching in three groups, the front, middle and back, Xia Mingfei, Lu Huahua, Zhao Long, and Li Xintian were protected by Yi Xifeng's eight-way sword curtain, and they were arranged in four directions: the front, back, left and right of the young man.
It's a coincidence that Zhao Long's "Dragon Eye" and Li Xintian's "Kun Eye" are both perceptual skills. I don't know whether it was intentional by the fair boy or a coincidence. Zhao Long and Li Xintian are located on the left and right sides of Yi Xifeng respectively. That's what Zhang Ming said, Yi Xifeng stood between the two of them, separating them well.
"Hey! I'm trying to balance the abilities of the two of them. They are both detection and perception-type stunts. Can you put them on one side?" Yi Xifeng rolled his eyes and said in vain.
Zhang Ming hummed twice and said nothing more.
Yi Xifeng and his party stayed overnight at Jianghu Tavern. Zhang Ming naturally knew everything about what happened in the past few days. Including that night when Yi Xifeng and Zhao Long drank on the rooftop. And later, Zhao Long took advantage of drinking to express his feelings to Li Xintian for the first time.
I still remember that shopkeeper Zhang who was settling accounts on the first floor at that time, when he felt all this with his soul, he once laughed at himself, feeling that he was not as brave as these brats when it came to emotional matters!
They didn't deliberately rush forward. After all, they were already deep into Chunfeng Town. Although they could deceive Ji Rentu before, they knew in their hearts that Chunfeng Town was not allied with Yinren Town at all.
So along the way, everyone's speed was not very fast.
After about a stick of incense, they could already see the general outline of Chunfeng Town. Although it was past midnight, the bright moon in the sky could still distinguish the difference between the house and the jungle.
There is no difference between Chunfeng Town and Yinren Town. More than 95% of the area under its jurisdiction is covered by dense forests. This is very common in Luoye County. The real gathering place of villages and towns actually does not occupy a large area.
However, the size of the land mentioned here is only relative, compared to the sphere of influence of the entire town. If you really want to walk around the gathering place of Chunfeng Town, you can take a long time to visit the large and small piers scattered on the tributaries.
However, when everyone stopped to discuss how to enter Chunfeng Town, the girl wearing a black and gray mask suddenly let out a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Yi Xifeng was right next to the girl. Naturally, he immediately noticed something strange about her and asked.
"Someone is catching up from behind, and there are quite a few of them." Li Xintian's voice was clear and gentle, but what she said at this time made everyone's hearts sink.
Zhang Ming frowned slightly and immediately closed his eyes, letting his spirit spread out so that he could explore behind them.
In just a few breaths, he opened his eyes, his eyes full of sternness!
"I didn't expect that Luoye City would be so bold and send a large force into the territory of Chunfeng Town! It seems that our lives are quite valuable!" The young man said with a smile.
Qin Hongyao's face also became extremely ugly. She thought that by getting rid of the pursuit behind her, she could be with her sweetheart forever, but she didn't expect that these people were so obsessed with them!
"They won't let us go... Zhang Lang, you, please leave quickly and don't worry about me..." Before the woman could finish speaking, Zhang Ming's big hands had already wrapped around her waist.
"Don't be stupid!" the man said softly.
"But...but..." Qin Hongyao's eye circles gradually turned red, unable to conceal the anxiety in his heart.
Zhang Yanshi, who was at the back of the team, walked over. He didn't hear what everyone said. After thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice:
"Everyone, get ready first. I think this group of people is not just coming for us. Do you still remember what Ji Rentu said when he just met us? I always feel that something big must have happened in Chunfeng Town. It’s just that we don’t know it yet.”
Xia Mingfei also nodded. After all, he had worked in intelligence, and the analysis of this kind of situation was what he was good at.
"I agree with Captain Zhang's opinion!" In just one sentence, he made his position clear.
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Qin Kai and Ji Rentu led the team the year before last. The armored man noticed that the other party's aura was somewhat disordered. He was confused and asked: "General Ji, your aura?..."
The bald man didn't care about the other party's directness, but simply told the other party what happened to Feng and Pier. Qin Kai frowned when he heard this, and after a while he said in a deep voice: "According to what you said, this Yan Mingbo actually hid his strength, and judging from the skills of the four hundred masked soldiers, this Chunfeng Town is not like It’s as simple as we imagined.”
As a well-known military leader in Luoye County, Ji Rentu naturally knew a lot about the so-called elite soldiers. He said with a gloomy face: "Those four hundred people, it's okay to say that I saw them fighting against the four hundred black cavalry I brought, only half of them were relatively strong, and the remaining two hundred were actually at the level of ordinary elite soldiers. .”
As everyone knows, Ji Rentu's evaluation of these black-turbaned dead men is already very close to the truth. Yan Mingbo had only two hundred black-turbaned warriors under his command. These were loyal warriors who had spent more than ten years of training.
Most of their strength levels are around the Qi Realm and the Power Realm. Even compared to the Tieyi guards of Yinren Town, they are not far behind. As for the remaining two hundred people, they are a group of elite soldiers who have been eliminated. Their loyalty is no problem, but their actual combat power is much lower than those of the real black scarf soldiers!
At that time, Yan Mingbo chased Li Chengqian from the Historic Valley, and when he got ashore, he expanded the original number of two hundred to four hundred. After all, when the strength was unknown, more people were still useful.
Qin Kai obviously heard the other party's worries and asked directly: "Besides these elite soldiers, is there any other profitable means in Chunfeng Town?"
Ji Rentu nodded and said with a wry smile: "At their dock, I saw a battleship! A huge battleship that can accommodate hundreds of people!"
"Battleship? This... Luoye City is not close to the river?..." Qin Kai, who was wearing heavy armor, obviously had his own habits, and immediately thought of the safety of the guards at the six gates of Luoye City.
But before he could finish talking to himself, he realized what the problem was.
"You mean, they kept this ship for themselves?" Qin Kai asked with some confusion.
The bald man let out a long breath, smacked his lips and said: "I hope not, I hope this damn Yan Mingbo has nothing to do and builds a big ship for fun. If this is the case, even if we capture Luoye City, Even Chunfeng Town cannot be defended! Even if it is defended, it will surely fall into a huge quagmire."
Among them, the senior officials of Luoye City all knew that the real reason for the annexation of Chunfeng Town this time was the pressure from Yinren. Only by conquering Chunfeng Town without any bloodshed can Luoye City regain its right to speak!
"They are right in front!" Qin Kai suddenly said in a deep voice.
Ji Rentu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "General Qin's cultivation has improved a step further! Haha, it seems that we can no longer call them both Beiren Tu and Nan Tiebei. From now on, they will be called Nan Tiebei and Beiren." Kill it! You are in front."
The armored man grinned. He naturally knew that the other party was joking and agreed casually: "Okay, it's settled!"
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"We are already coming this way, they should have discovered us too!" Li Xintian said anxiously.
Zhang Ming said in a deep voice: "High-level warriors in the chivalrous realm who have mastered the aura of inner energy are indeed very troublesome! They are still between the tactical level and the strategic level on ordinary battlefields."
Yi Xifeng frowned and asked: "Strategic level? Tactical level?"
Zhang Ming, who was wearing brocade clothes, looked back at the fair boy and said with a smile: "It's very troublesome to explain in detail. They are coming soon. If I don't explain, just remember that the strategic level is much more powerful than the tactical level."
Yi Xifeng quietly pulled out the Night Sword Hanxing from its scabbard, facing the moonlight in the night sky, and the cold stars slowly lit up from the blade of the sword.
"Tell us about the division of labor!" Zhao Long, who had always been silent, suddenly interjected and asked.
"Ji Rentu befriended me!" Zhang Yanshi said seriously. Looking at his eyes, this heroic young man's eyes were full of fighting spirit. Compared with half a year ago in the cavalry camp at Liangchengang, when he was seriously injured by the opponent's knife, this young man is still in the chivalrous realm, so he should be able to fight. Test whether the opponent's sword is faster or your fist is stronger!
"Qin Kai, mine!" Zhang Ming said calmly. As the only two warriors among everyone present, they naturally took on the two strongest opponents.
Zhao Long also pulled out the two swords from his waist. His expression had recovered after the elixir given by Zhang Ming, and he was no longer seriously injured. He also stared at the dark forest and said coldly: "Yin Shisan, mine!"
It would be reasonable to say that Zhang Ming and Zhang Yanshi came forward to deal with the bald man and the armored man, but Zhao Long's decision was a bit hasty. Yin Shisan is also named after Qin Kai and Ji Rentu. Although he is slightly inferior in terms of strength, he is still much higher than the others.
Logically speaking, it would be better for Lu Huahua to take action against Gang Leader Yin.
But everyone can understand why Zhao Long made such a decision. Before, outside the Shahe Gambling House, a boy with two swords almost died at his hands. Now, when we meet him again, how can we let the always proud Zhao Long let go so easily?
Just when Lu Huahua frowned and was about to say something, Zhang Yanshi reached out to stop her. Apparently, he also saw that Zhao Long had made up his mind.
"I'll come with you!" Suddenly, Yi Xifeng interrupted.
Zhao Long turned his head, stared at the fair boy, and said calmly: "I don't need help."
Yi Xifeng glared back at him unceremoniously and said, "Do you not need help, or do you not need my help?"
"What do you mean?" Zhao Long frowned.
"It's not interesting. I just want to beat up this kid. Why are you worried that I will steal your limelight?" Yi Xifeng asked with a smirk on his face. Li Xintian, who was behind him, pinched the fair boy lightly and whispered: "Stop making trouble, Brother Zhao didn't mean it like this!"
If this action was normal, only the two of them would know about it, but now everyone's attention is on Yi Xifeng and Zhao Long. Naturally, not a single move can escape everyone's eyes, and naturally it can't escape Zhao Long either. of.
Before Bai Ya could turn around to retort, he heard Zhao Long suddenly say: "Okay, let's compete to see who can kill this Yin Shisan first!"
Having said that, the boy with the double sword walked away to the side without looking back. He seemed to be setting up some traps or preparing some hidden weapons, but he looked like he was running away and didn't want to see Yi Xifeng's face again.
