Duan Qing saw Wu Long's well-organized arrangements and thought that if Wu Long had enough power, it would be hard to say who would win in this battle. It's a pity that there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and Wu Long has many followers and family members, so they cannot use their troops flexibly. If they want to defeat more with less, their chances are really slim. Everyone rested for a night to recharge their batteries.
The next day, when the sky was dim, the sound of horns could be heard from all around the mountain, and the army of the Earth King had surrounded Longshan on all sides. Wu Long moved nearly 2,000 old, weak, women and children to the top of the mountain, and ordered the remaining 3,000 people to be divided into four groups, each with their own defenses. Wu Long took Wu Chang and Duan Qing to the first line of defense at the foot of the east mountain to command.
In the distance, the Tuwang's army swarmed, and soon they arrived at the foot of the mountain. Seeing that the mountain was heavily guarded, the leader immediately waved his flag. The sergeants stopped ten feet away from the first line of defense on the mountain and quickly adjusted to an attack formation.
Both sides were ready with their bows and arrows ready. Just waiting for an order, a bloody battle was inevitable. Duan Qing was worried because he really didn't want to see the two sides fighting. If there is a war, there will be blood and blood everywhere, neither side can get any benefits, and there will definitely be heavy casualties.
At this time, a general in the Tuwang army rode up to the front and shouted: "Wu Long comes out and speaks."
When Duan Qing heard the voice, it was Tian Meng. Wu Long stood up and shouted loudly: "Tian Meng, what do you want?"
Tian Meng shouted: "Wu Long, you have been destined by fate. You have lost the help of God and the people. Stop your wishful thinking and be willing to admit defeat. King Tu has a destiny: if you lay down your weapons and surrender, your lives will be spared."
Duan Qing observed carefully and saw that Tian Meng was only fifteen feet away from him, and there were several big trees in the middle. Using enough internal strength, he could jump to the top of the tree, and then borrowing the power of the tree top, he could reach Tian Meng with one leap. around. Tian Meng's men were three feet away, so they would definitely be unable to rescue them.
Duan Qing had an idea and secretly thought that if he could capture Tian Meng, they would be able to use a rat weapon to prevent them from attacking for the time being. Then find a way to force the Tuwang to negotiate, which may avoid bloodshed and sacrifice.
Duan Qing made up his mind and said to Wu Long: "Uncle, please answer him slowly." Although Wu Long was puzzled, he did as he was told and continued to talk to Tian Meng.
Duan Qing quietly moved to one side, used his internal strength to draw out his sword, and suddenly jumped up high, flying from the air to the top of the tree at the foot of the mountain. He kicked off the branch and jumped into the air again, swooping down on Tian Meng like an eagle.
When Duan Qing jumped towards Tian Meng from the air, everyone on the mountain shouted "Okay", and the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain shouted "Be careful", and the people on the mountain and the people shouted together.
When Tian Meng's men saw this, they fired arrows one after another, and hundreds of arrows hit Duan Qing directly. Duan Qing was in the air, swung his sword and used a move called Iron Wall, which immediately shot down all the flying arrows, and followed him right in front of Tian Meng.
Duan Qing struck with his sword in the air. Tian Meng never expected that he would rush towards him from more than ten feet away, and hurriedly waved his sword to meet him. However, Duan Qing's sword energy flew towards Tian Meng's horse head. With the sound of "chacha", the horse's head fell to the ground, the horse's body jumped, and Tian Meng also fell to the ground.
Duan Qing landed next to Tian Meng, and with a few fingers of his left hand, he had sealed Tian Meng's key points, making him unable to move. Duan Qing immediately reached out with his left hand, lifted up Tian Meng, blocked him in front of him, and shouted to the officers and soldiers who were approaching from five feet away: "Everyone, stand back."
Everyone was stunned by his thunderous shout, their eyes were dazzled, their ears were ringing, and their steps could not help but slow down. Duan Qing hurriedly used his "sweep in all directions" to sweep at the feet of the officers and soldiers. The sword suddenly whistled loudly and was deafening. But when the dust settled, there was a ditch about a foot wide, half a foot deep, and nearly ten feet long in front of the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers were horrified and stopped moving forward.
These few times, the rabbit rose and the falcon fell. In an instant, Tian Meng was captured and the entire army stopped. Duan Qing held the sword forward with his right hand and held Tian Meng tightly with his left hand.
When Duan Qing saw the troops stopped, he shouted: "Don't worry, everyone, as long as you don't come forward, I won't hurt General Tian." At this time, someone recognized Duan Qing and shouted: "Uncle, what are you doing? ?”
Duan Qing said: "Go and report quickly, saying that I invite the prince to speak in front of the battle array."
Duan Qing turned to the mountain and shouted: "Uncle Wu and Brother Wu, please restrain everyone and not go down the mountain."
When everyone saw Duan Qing catch Tian Meng in one fell swoop, they were overjoyed and wanted to go down the mountain to meet him. Wu Long heard his shout and knew that he must have a plan, so he hurriedly ordered everyone to return to the mountain and hold on.
When the officers and soldiers saw that it was Duan Qing, they were naturally puzzled as to how the prince's son-in-law and the beautiful girl's husband could help the rebels. In addition, the general fell into his hands at this moment, so he could only stand still and send people to report to the King of Tu.
The King of Tu was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly came with his guards. The officers and soldiers separated on the left and right, and King Tu came to the front of the formation under the escort of Peng Yong and Xiang Feng.
King Tu saw Duan Qing standing alone between the two armies, holding a sword in his right hand and Tian Meng in his left hand. Seven or eight feet in front of Duan Qing was the Tuwang army, and more than ten feet behind Duan Qing were Wu Long's mountain guard subordinates.
The Tuwang shouted: "Duan Qing, the Gu family treats you well, but you betray the Gu family and betray the affection of the jade girl. Are you still a human being?"
When Duan Qing saw King Tu arriving, he said, "My father has misunderstood. I have not betrayed my father, and I will not let down Hongjun. I just want to ask my father to stop fighting and negotiate peace with Wu Long." After Duan Qing finished speaking, He stretched out his hand to untie Tian Meng's acupuncture points and put away his sword.
Duan Qing bowed to Tian Meng and said, "General Tian, I have no choice but to offend you today. Please come back."
Tian Meng was shocked that Duan Qing let him go like this. He still said viciously: "If you don't kill me now, you will definitely repay today's humiliation." Duan Qing didn't answer, so Tian Meng turned around and walked back to King Tu. King Tu also found it strange that Duan Qing would let go of the hostages so easily.
King Tu shouted: "Now that you and I are enemies but not relatives, I don't dare to be your father. Do you want me to let the tiger return to the mountain and raise the tiger to cause trouble?"
Duan Qing said: "Father announces his son-in-law's identity in public, and the ceremony must not be invalidated. The day father does not clearly terminate the engagement, he will become my elder. Wu Long and the others are not tigers, they are just ordinary people. Please invite father The king will let them live. If anything happens, you two can sit down and discuss it."
Peng Yong shouted: "Duan Qing, it's in vain that Sister Jade has a soft spot for you, but you have colluded with the enemies of the Peng family and become the enemy of the Peng family. You will all be annihilated today to eliminate the hatred in your heart. What do you think you are and what kind of peace do you think you are?" Damn it, this is really a daydream."
Duan Qing said: "Brother, I admire you. I think you are generous, but why can't you tolerate thousands of lives on the mountain? Why kill them all, which goes against God's virtue of saving lives."
Xiang Feng interjected: "Do you think of yourself as a Buddha, here to save the suffering? Today, the prince wants to completely annihilate the rebels, eliminate hidden dangers, and restore peace to Xiangxi. How can you stop him! It's really a mantis blocking the car, and you don't know your own capabilities."
Peng Yong and Xiang Feng said to King Tu together: "Your Majesty, please give the order. We will immediately exterminate the rebels and eliminate the trouble." Duan Qing saw that King Tu was hesitating, and there seemed to be signs of giving an order. Duan Qing was very worried. Once the two sides started fighting, it would be extremely difficult to stop it.
Duan Qing shouted: "My lord, once the war begins, both sides will be destroyed. Even if you can wipe out everyone on the mountain, you will suffer heavy casualties. These officers and soldiers also have wives and children. Can you bear to make their relatives suffer? There are thousands of people on the mountain. Can you cruelly kill the old, weak, women and children? How can your conscience be at ease?"
Duan Qing shouted with all his strength, and the sound shook the whole country. People on the mountain and down the mountain heard it clearly and couldn't help but change their expressions. Peng Yong said: "How powerful can a group of rabble be? The army will fall apart in a moment." After hearing this, Duan Qing thought that if he didn't use his full strength today, it might not be effective.
Duan Qing said coldly: "Brother looks down on others. You know that if one man works hard, ten thousand men cannot do anything."
Xiang Feng said: "Even if a group of defeated soldiers fight tooth and nail, what can they do to me?"
Duan Qing shouted sternly: "Okay, let me show you the result of one person's hard work."
Duan Qing drew out his sword, used his full strength, and swung a "sweeping all directions" move towards a group of horse legs eight feet away to the side. Suddenly there was a cold light and a sharp whistle.
When there was no light or sound, dozens of horses' legs were cut off at once, and the people on the horses fell to the ground with a "bang bang bang". Everyone was shocked. It was obvious that Duan Qing was merciful and only cut off the horse's legs. If he chopped off the horse's legs, no one would survive.
King Tu, Peng Yong, and Xiang Feng looked at each other in astonishment. They didn't expect that Duan Qing's skills were so high. Even if he used all his strength in the competition that day, Peng Yong and others could hardly block a few of his moves.
Duan Qing saw their expressions changing and said, "Master Xiang, if I fight with all my strength, how many attacks can you block? Not to mention the thousands of people on the mountain who are trying their best, how many people will be killed or injured?"
Tuwang said: "Duan Qing, do you want to threaten the Gu family? Even if you have world-class martial arts, can you stop thousands of troops?"
Duan Qing said: "My father's words are serious. How dare Duan Qing threaten my father. Of course Duan Qing cannot stop your thousands of troops. Even if he blocks them, there will still be many casualties, but I have no intention of hurting anyone."
Duan Qing paused and then said: "Father, back then King Xiang Yu had unparalleled martial arts skills, but he killed too much and was unpopular. In the end, Wu Jiang committed suicide and died. It can be seen that force is not enough to rely on, and people's hearts must not be lost. Today, my father is determined to go his own way and kill. The old, weak, women and children on the mountain, and the soldiers at the foot of the mountain died innocently, will we lose the support of the people? Please think twice, father."
The Tuwang hesitated for a moment. Tian Meng and Xiang Feng looked at each other and shouted in unison: "All the troops obey my orders and attack with me!"
Seeing King Tu's hesitation, the two wanted to kill him first and tell him later, thus creating an established fact. The troops slowly stepped forward, and at the critical moment, an orange-yellow figure suddenly jumped out from behind, floating like a fairy, and reached Duan Qing's side in an instant, and then four blue figures followed and landed behind her.
When Duan Qing saw them, it was the beautiful lady Hongjun and her four maids. Hong Jun shouted to the troops: "Stop all of them. Father has no orders. Anyone who dares to move will be killed without mercy."
The Jade Girl is like a saint in Xiangxi and is deeply loved by everyone. At this moment, the jade girl is wearing an orange-yellow royal dress, standing gracefully and gracefully, like a fairy descending to earth, with a certain majesty of her own. As soon as Hongjun shouted, the troops stopped involuntarily.
Duan Qing quickly said to Hong Jun: "This place is dangerous, please leave quickly."
Hongjun smiled slightly and said, "You still have some conscience."
It turned out that Hongjun had been behind. When she heard that Duan Qing had appeared, she hurriedly walked to the front with four maids, and saw that Duan Qing had been talking to King Tu and others. Hongjun listened carefully. After she understood, she realized that Duan Qing had not changed his mind and was indeed here to save people.
