Ding Kui stared at the suspected great archer for a while, and then stared at Master Kou for a while, "Strange, why does it feel like déjà vu?" He muttered in his heart, "It doesn't make sense, Prince Yinsha's people have never looked for me."
"Even if you are afraid of being recognized as being from the rebel side, you should still wear a mask. Won't it cover your entire face to conceal your identity?"
He could understand that the rebel masters were afraid of running into spies, and the people in the Intelligence Department could remember some of the famous masters. Shao Dianzhi and others were operating behind enemy lines, so it was necessary to keep a low profile.
"Or are you afraid of being recognized by me?"
This thought was irresistible when it popped up, and he searched his mind for all the people he had met before, looking for that sense of familiarity.
"I've probably never seen that look before. On the contrary, Master Kou's dark face is a bit unnatural. It's probably a mask carefully made by Master Disguise." He quickly confirmed that he had never seen these two sixth-level combatants.
There are not many people with a body as strong as Master Kou. Ding Kui compared the people he had seen one by one. Some were close but none were exactly the same.
"Funiu Mountain, those mysterious brothers?" He had only seen the mysterious second brother who wielded the ax from a distance. At that time, his mental power was not strong enough and his memory was a bit fuzzy.
"It shouldn't be. Eleven years ago, the brothers' combat power was at the mid-to-earth level of level five. Can they be promoted to level six now?" He overturned his guess, "Although others may also have adventures, it's not that coincidental.
Let's advance together. The mysterious archer had half of his ear shot off by Grandpa Qian. If there's something wrong with the guy in front of him, it must be the brothers from Funiu Mountain."
He finally decided to find an opportunity to lift the mask of the masked person and take a look.
To the west of Qatar City is a safe zone with relatively few military outposts and checkpoints. It didn't take long for Shao Dianzhi and his party to leave the strictly controlled area.
Ding Kui suddenly quickened his pace, passed several people and came to Shao Dianzhi, saying: "It's safe here now. You can leave as you came. You don't need me to escort you anymore."
"Uncle, if you have the chance, I hope you can meet my father." Shao Dianzhi planned to say goodbye to Ding Kui.
"I have a request," Ding Kui turned around and looked at the masked man, "I wonder if this person can meet with his true face?"
"I have a hidden illness that makes it difficult to reveal it to others. I'm sorry that I can't obey my order."
The masked person who heard this was an old man.
"Good boy, do you know how to respect the elderly and the virtuous?" Master Kou glared at Ding Kui again.
"Uncle, these two seniors were invited by the father to protect my nephew. My nephew can only treat each other with courtesy and dare not offend. If the seniors refuse, I hope my uncle will not force it." Shao Dianzhi advised.
Ding Kui stared at the masked old man closely, focused his attention on him, and asked word by word: "Have you ever been to Funiu Mountain?"
"Where I have been has nothing to do with you. If you are still aggressive and continue to use your mental power to oppress me, I will disregard Prince Zhi's face and ask you for advice." The masked old man took out a short bow and looked straight at him with sharp eyes.
Stinging Ding Kui's eyes.
Master Kou clenched his fists, making a sound like frying beans, and looked at Ding Kui with an unkind expression, indicating that he would take action if he disagreed.
Shao Dianzhi moved to block Ding Kui and said urgently: "You should give my nephew some face. The two seniors came with my nephew from Xihai Prefecture. They should have never been to the place you just mentioned. You must admit your mistake."
People."
He didn't think the two masters who protected him had ever met Ding Kui.
"Has he always covered his face?" Ding Kui withdrew his mental energy and turned to focus on Shao Dianzhi. He did not find that the old man with the masked face had any guilty reaction, and he did not rule out that he was pretending to be calm, so he had to find a much weaker target.
"Yes, my nephew covered his face when he first met his senior."
Ding Kui did not notice any uneasy mood swings in Shao Dianzhi, which meant that Shao Dianzhi was not lying. "I'm sorry, maybe I made a mistake." He cupped his fists at the old man with his face covered.
"It's not that I'm afraid of you. Firstly, it's not necessary. Secondly, it's to prevent attracting other people. If the two seniors are dissatisfied, Ding Kui will be waiting for you at any time in the future. Farewell!" After saying that, he released the fighting spirit dragon and then jumped on the dragon.
Back, ride on the dragon and fly into the sky.
He first flew to the north, presumably bypassing the city of Kada, and then turned to fly east.
"Brother, why don't you teach him a lesson?" Master Kou said angrily.
The masked old man gave a stern look in response, "Our mission is to protect Prince Zhi. If possible, don't cause trouble. We will talk about Ding Kui's rudeness later."
Now it is in front of Shao Dianzhi, so it is inconvenient for the masked old man to say more.
"You two seniors, don't you really have any issues with Ding Kui?" Shao Dianzhi stopped calling Ding Kui "uncle" behind his back.
"Even if I have any relationship with Ding Kui, it is still the Yang family's business." The masked old man did not answer directly, but the implication was that he told Shao Dianzhi not to ask further questions.
He and Master Kou were sent by the Yang family to help protect Shao Dianzhi, and were not Shao Dianyong's subordinates, so there was no need to be too polite to Shao Dianzhi.
Shao Dianzhi hit a soft nail and was still not ready to attack, so he had to order angrily: "Well, everyone, let's go quickly, we have to rush back to Xihaizhou as soon as possible."
"It's a pity that I can't 'see' what's behind the scarf mentally. The old man's reaction was normal, but Master Kou was a little strange. Should I ask Grandpa Kun to catch up with me and test it again?" Ding Kui was still struggling on the road.
He originally wanted to forcefully lift off the masked old man's face, but it was hard to defeat the four-handed man with his two fists. The evil tiger was still afraid of wolves, so he might not be able to do it if he really wanted to do it. He would also risk offending Shao Dianyong, which was a bit outweighing the gains.
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"Hmph, I heard what Young Dianzhi said. The two old guys are not from Prince Yinsha. They can only be from a few families who have defected to the rebels. I can't believe it if I check them one by one. They can train great martial arts masters and great masters.
There are not many archery master families."
If two master-level experts can be sent to protect outsiders, then there must be more in the family. This family has at least three master-level experts. If Ding Kui hadn't picked up two giant dragons in vain, the Ding family wouldn't have as many as three.
"Even if it is proven that they are the mysterious brothers from Funiu Mountain, it cannot prove that they participated in the assassination of me. If the mysterious brothers had done it themselves, I would have died. This investigation must be carried out secretly, and there is no need to give any information before the situation is clear.
Provoke a powerful enemy on your own."
Ding Kui slowly straightened out his thoughts and realized that he could not act too hastily. The Funiu Mountain incident was in deep water back then, and the forces involved in it that dared to risk Jiang Tong's wrath should not be underestimated. Even with his current strength, he may not be qualified to challenge.
Rushing back to the military camp outside Xixuan City, he immediately convened a meeting of officers above the staff level of the division to study and arrange the action of burning the East Camp.
"It's easy to burn Dong Daying, but it's difficult to block Xixuan City. Does blocking it with eyes count?" Wang Chou made a joke.
It is very difficult for more than 30,000 troops to surround more than 40,000 enemies, and the arrogant generals of the Eighth Army have no confidence.
"Indeed, the enemy's morale is still there and they dare to fight our army. How much food and grass is left in the city?" Hua Mo was also thinking about what happened after the fire attack.
"The food stored in Xixuan City can last an army of 100,000 men for a month. It will take at least two months for the enemy to run out of food. If we reduce the number of troops by half during this period, we can last longer." The information Ding Kui has is relatively reliable. At least he has two pieces of information.
The organization works for him.
"How about we attack Huatong City again and organize the people on Huatong Mountain to evacuate to Baiting City? We can apply to the headquarters for the 71st Division to participate in the battle." Ma Zhi thought about the last action. The loss was not big, but the gain was not small.
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"How can we be defenseless after our own army has suffered losses? This time there will definitely be no defenders leaving the city to die. The forbidden magician in Xixuan City can quickly support Huatong City, so a sneak attack may not be effective." The staff officer of the 76th Division came out to deny it.
Ma Zhi's proposal.
"The Minfu Camp has built twenty giant trebuchets, which can be used to attack the city from two directions. It is enough for our existing troops. How about letting the Minfu try to dig tunnels?" Hua Mo's staff officer proposed an idea.
idea.
"No, there are enemy troops with Forbidden Laws stationed there, and fighting in the tunnels is very dangerous." Ding Kui knew very well what methods the Forbidden Laws had, "Okay, let's talk about the rest later. Tomorrow, the 72nd Division will be the main attack, the 76th Division will contain it, and the 73rd Division will
The regiment assists, the special operations battalion assists in the attack, and the cavalry brigade goes to the east to ambush and annihilate the enemy if they refuse to enter the city."
He was afraid that the meeting would go off topic, so he simply set the tone first and then asked the staff of each division to refine the action plan.
For those who participated in the meeting, military operations such as the burning of Dongda Camp were something they were familiar with and there was no need to bother discussing them.
Not every military camp is so easy to burn. The prerequisite is to be able to pour kerosene into the enemy's military camp, and then ensure that rockets are continuously fired into the military camp. There must also be troops to put pressure on the enemy so that the enemy cannot take action.
Put out fires.
The Shaodian army that besieged Xixuan City met all the conditions, so Ding Kui easily went off topic during the meeting. Under Ding Kui's control, everyone claimed their own tasks, and the meeting ended quickly, as if they were discussing unilateral actions.
, completely did not pay attention to the reaction of our own army.
In the evening, the 74th Division escorted the kerosene to Nanda Camp. Xie Luoli, who was in charge of leading the team, asked to compete with Fan Yuzhen's team as soon as he arrived.
The Eighth Army often holds internal competitions. Although Xie Luoli's brigade has not faced Fan Yuzhen's brigade alone, Xie Luoli's personal strength is higher than Fan Yuzhen's, so he is confident.
Ding Kui asked Fan Yuzhen to be found, and then announced in public that Xie Luoli and Fan Yuzhen's brigades would compete in a martial arts competition. They would be responsible for intercepting and killing enemy scouts in the next three days. Whichever brigades killed more would win.
Jiao Mingguang secretly asked Fan Yuzhen, "Captain Fan, has Master Ding taken back the golden bamboo crossbow?"
"No."
"That's great!" Jiao Mingguang waved his fist excitedly, "You have the golden bamboo crossbow in your hand. We will definitely win this competition."
"Hmph, that Jie Luoli is too much of a bully. He deliberately picks me to compete because he is a warrior who can kill generals. I will beat him down when I advance." Fan Yuzhen is a little angry. Xie Luoli's suggestion of a competition is tantamount to
Slap her in the face.
"Haha, is that right? If you advance, you can knock him down?" Someone asked with a smile.