"My lord, did you just say that there is a lake in this damn place?"
The one-eyed dragon was stunned for a long time, and then asked with a suspicious look on his face.
Hearing this, the prince sneered and didn't want to pay attention to him. He just rode his horse and took a few steps forward.
As soon as we got close to the forest, a rolling heat wave hit us.
The prince felt as if he was standing next to a stove on a hot summer day, and even breathing suddenly became difficult.
In fact, the horse under the seat immediately raised its body, turned around and ran backwards.
Seeing the wretched state of the prince, the one-eyed dragon chuckled and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty! It's no different from a stove here now. Even though we humans can withstand the heat, these horses can't."
"If Your Majesty is really in a hurry, you can ask your men to go in on foot first."
The prince finally reined in his horse, and when he heard the one-eyed dragon's ridicule, he felt a little unhappy.
But the prince couldn't get angry, after all, he still needed the power of the one-eyed dragon.
Besides, this place was indeed very hot after experiencing a fire. No one could walk in this temperature alive.
Thinking of this, the prince felt a little more at ease.
However, he still did not leave here, but waited in place.
When the temperature reaches a level that the horses can bear, he will personally lead everyone in to clean up.
Again.
Not a single person from the Tang Dynasty envoys could be left alive.
Not even a horse from the envoy could survive.
At this moment, deep in the forest, next to the lake.
As soon as the members of the envoy group climbed ashore, they felt a wave of heat.
Fortunately for Muchuan, after all, he was nourished by the Shiquan Dabu Pill, which made his ability to resist temperature ten times that of ordinary people.
However, when Muchuan turned his attention to others, he realized something was wrong.
Almost everyone showed expressions of pain and difficulty breathing.
Among them, the elderly and women are the most important.
"Master, isn't it too hot?"
Xue Rengui was breathing heavily, and the sweat on his forehead was flowing down like a waterfall.
Even Mu Yingchen's face was flushed with heat, and her small chest kept rising and falling, as if she had difficulty breathing.
These two people are considered to be among the top in terms of physical fitness in the envoy group, let alone others.
As expected, the sound of plops falling into the water kept resounding, and some people couldn't bear the heat and hurriedly got into the water.
"Master Mu, there is absolutely no way to go."
"Yes, yes, it's so hot here near the lake. If we go further inside, I'm afraid everyone will be heated to death!"
The ministers in the envoy group all said bitterly.
It's not that they don't want to listen to Muchuan's orders, it's just that they can't handle the high temperature at all.
Seeing this, Muchuan also frowned.
He knew very well that if a person sweats a huge amount in a short period of time, he will die of dehydration.
Under such high temperatures, if the envoy group forced a breakout, at least 80% of them would die.
Is it possible that I have to wait here for the other party to come to my door?
Muchuan's heart was full of irritability.
No matter who you are, I will uproot you and wipe you out!
Muchuan swore secretly in his heart.
Muchuan has always adhered to the principle that no one will offend me and I will not offend others. Now that someone wants his life, he will naturally not turn a blind eye.
At this time, the system prompt sounded suddenly.
"Decapitation mission: Kill the main leader of the conspirators. Mission reward: Vibranium-made equipment (optional). Failure penalty: Deduction of all points."
This newly emerged mission shocked Muchuan.
Not to mention the task content and rewards, the failure penalty alone made Muchuan dare not despise it in the slightest.
Deducting all points means that Muchuan will lose the system and everything it has given.
Once the system is lost, Muchuan may disappear from the world in a few days in this turbulent era.
Action must be taken!
Muchuan gritted his teeth and glanced at everyone.
The old, weak, sick and disabled people soaking in the lake can be left behind first, and some elite soldiers from the envoy group can be selected to follow them out and carry out the beheading operation.
It is said that to shoot a man first, shoot a horse, and to capture a thief first capture the king.
As long as the opponent's main leaders are killed forcefully, this army will surely retreat without a fight.
"Everyone, who dares to rush out with Mu first?" Muchuan glanced at the marching troops and asked loudly.
As soon as he said this, the ministers who were soaking in the lake panicked.
"Master Mu, do you want to abandon us?"
"Mu Chuan, you have such a cruel heart!"
Muchuan was also a little tired of seeing these nagging people.
He glared back and said helplessly: "Mu didn't say that he wanted to abandon all of you, sir. It's just that if we don't deal with the troops who are exporting, it will really be like a stick in our throats."
"So, Mu's idea is that everyone waits here, and then Mu personally leads a group of elite troops to surprise the opponent."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the ministers changed instantly, and they all praised Muchuan's profound righteousness.
Muchuan ignored this.
He has long seen clearly the true face of these ministers, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death.
These people are probably the epitome of the Tang Dynasty. Who knows how many corrupt people there are in that court.
"Sir, I am willing to follow you!"
"My subordinates are also willing!"
"Count me in!"
What Muchuan didn't expect was that there were many real men among the marching army, and there were actually six to seven hundred people willing to follow him.
"Okay, okay, our Tang Dynasty has loyal people like you, why should we be afraid of foreign countries!"
Muchuan nodded happily, changed the subject, and said: "It's just that the number of people in the surprise attack team cannot be too large, at most a hundred people. Any more will lose the meaning of the surprise attack."
"So I need to select people who are highly resistant to heat."
The biggest danger in this surprise attack was not the army of unknown origin, but the extremely high temperature in the forest.
After this screening, fifty-six people were left.
These fifty-six people are all southerners from coastal areas. They have lived in high temperatures since childhood and are not as sensitive to high temperatures as northerners.
After deciding on the candidate, Muchuan ordered everyone to take off their clothes, leaving only a pair of trousers to cover their shame.
Subsequently, the envoy group distributed all the remaining weapons to these fifty-six people, and barely scraped together the equipment for the surprise attack team.
"Master, why don't you let me go?"
Before leaving, Mu Yingchen pulled Muchuan with him, looking unhappy.
Hearing this, Muchuan reluctantly touched Mu Yingchen's head and said, "Xiaoying, you are quite skilled, but Gao Gao won't let you go just because of your agility."
"Then I can take off my clothes too!"
As he said that, Mu Yingchen even touched the buttons of his clothes and really planned to take them off directly.
Muchuan quickly stopped Mu Yingchen.
"Take off your head!"
"If your head comes off, you will die. Xiaoying doesn't want to take it off."
"..."
Muchuan sighed and lowered his voice: "You are a girl, so you can't take off your clothes."
Mu Yingchen blinked, still looking puzzled.
"Xiaoying, you have a more important mission."
Muchuan had an idea and quickly put on a serious face.
As expected, Mu Yingchen's eyes lit up when Muchuan said this.
"You stay here and monitor the surrounding activities at all times. You must not let the envoys be attacked."
"But I still want to follow the master."
"Obey, you perform your mission well. When you come back, I will give you an exclusive magic weapon."
