When Wei Changtian said these words very casually, You Wenzong's figure suddenly trembled uncontrollably, as if he had heard a horrible story that was both lame and funny, but also sent chills down the spine.
You must know that these are more than 200,000 high-level warriors.
Not to mention that Wei Changtian is only of the third level, even if he is the first level, or even a true immortal, there is absolutely no way he can fulfill this sentence.
So, why does Wei Changtian dare to say this?
What is his purpose?
"Master Wei..."
After a brief daze, You Wenzong stared at the man in black robe opposite him and said calmly: "This joke is not funny."
"joke?"
An almost arrogant sneer appeared on Wei Changtian's lips: "Master You, I just said that everything I said is true."
"Oh? Then I wonder what the young master is going to do?"
You Wenzong also showed a trace of sarcasm: "Since the young master can annihilate all my army right away, then you can let me die to understand, right?"
"Hahaha, of course."
Wei Changtian laughed twice and walked step by step to the position only one step away from You Wenzong, which caused the surrounding soldiers to become extremely nervous in an instant.
However, neither of them looked at the yellow-armored soldiers who were clutching their weapons tightly.
"Master You, didn't you and Ning Yongnian both think that I had set up an ambush in Niutoushan?"
"Tsk tsk, actually your guess is very close."
"I did set up an ambush, but it was not at Niutoushan, but right here."
"here?!"
You Wenzong's eyes widened suddenly, and he suddenly looked at the endless black line that was vague and invisible in the darkness in the distance.
Wei Changtian glanced at him, and then continued with some emotion:
"To be honest, if you really switch to the Jinyuan front line, then my plan will really be in vain."
"But now it seems luck is on my side."
"Master You, you can't escape..."
"impossible!"
Suddenly, You Wenzong's expression turned cold, and he interrupted with a sneer: "Mr. Wei, you don't have to bluff here!"
"My army had already scouted the entire route before setting off, and there was no ambush at all!"
"What's more, your Shu army only has 30,000 people left. Even if you add tens of thousands of Li troops, it's only a mere 100,000 people. How can you compete with my army of nearly 300,000 people?!"
"Master Wei, do you really think I am that three-year-old child?!"
"..."
You Wenzong's voice suddenly rose to a higher volume, and his words reached many people's ears very clearly.
Sensing that the atmosphere between the two men suddenly became tense, several lieutenants had drawn their weapons, ready to rush into the encirclement to rescue people at any time.
Although they will most likely be too late by then, their attitude must be shown.
After all, You Wenzong was the military governor appointed by Ning Yongnian anyway, so it would be somewhat unjustifiable if he died like this.
However, Wei Changtian still had no intention of taking action.
He just looked at You Wenzong with a smile and pointed at the gravel on the ground with the tip of his knife.
"Master You, what do you think is weird about these gravels?"
"..."
Although he didn't know what conspiracy Wei Changtian was playing, You Wenzong still lowered his head and looked down subconsciously.
Stones the size of finger caps and yellow sand are mixed on the surface of the floating soil, which looks nothing out of the ordinary at first glance.
"snort!"
With a cold snort, You Wenzong was about to speak.
But before he could say anything, he suddenly froze again.
Because You Wenzong found that the sand and gravel under his feet seemed to be shaking slightly.
The amplitude of this tremor is very small, but it does exist, as if it is caused by thousands of troops rushing far away.
However, intelligence shows that the Shu army has clearly passed through Niutoushan and headed for Shuzhou City, and most of Dali's reinforcements are still on their way to Shuzhou!
So where did these soldiers and horses come from?!
Looking at Wei Changtian in great shock, You Wenzong suddenly leaned down on the ground and stared at the grains of sand with wide eyes, thinking that he had just seen it wrong.
But it turns out this is no illusion.
Even when the tremors of the sand and gravel became more and more obvious, and the thunder-like "rumbling" sound in the distance became louder and louder, fear appeared in You Wenzong's eyes for the first time.
"How, how is it possible..."
He tremblingly grabbed a handful of sand, and together with the tens of thousands of soldiers around him who had also noticed something was wrong, they turned to look to the west.
You Wenzong couldn't figure out how Wei Changtian managed to achieve "magic weapons descended from heaven", let alone where these soldiers and horses came from.
Until Wei Changtian also bent down and squatted in front of him, holding the shadow knife in his hand, and said with a smile:
"Master You, do you know where the west is?"
"..."
You Wenzong suddenly raised his head, and an almost absurd guess came into his mind in just a moment.
This was a possibility that he had never thought of, simply because it was too unbelievable.
But at this moment, this seems to be the only answer.
"Ten, one hundred thousand mountains..."
The Adam's apple was crawling, You Wenzong's voice was trembling, and his expression was a little dull.
Wei Changtian looked at his appearance and asked with a smile:
"Then Master You, what is there in the Hundred Thousand Mountains?"
"Demon, demon...impossible!"
You Wenzong shook his head violently, almost instinctively wanting to deny it.
But before he could say the next words, he heard several extremely frightened shouts suddenly coming from far away.
The shouts mixed with the rapid sound of horse hooves should come from the scouts who were on alert around them.
"Beast Tide!!!"
"A tide of beasts is coming!!!!"
"ah!!!"
"..."
The cry stopped abruptly at a certain moment, but the ground beneath his feet shook even more violently. After just a few breaths, it reached a level that made people unsteady.
You Wenzong looked at Wei Changtian with absent-minded eyes, watching the latter stand up slowly with an expressionless face, and gently raised the long knife in his hand.
In the distance, countless monsters have appeared in the dark night, rolling in like an endless black wave.
"Master You, nothing is impossible."
"Oh, please tell Ning Yongnian this sentence... Of course, the premise is that you can live to see the sun tomorrow."
"..."
In his ears, Wei Changtian's last words were drowned out in an instant.
In everyone's still stunned eyes, hundreds of golden lights suddenly appeared, and immediately turned into a golden dragon that was tens of feet long.
I saw this golden dragon tumbling several times in the air with extremely majestic momentum, and then led the black beast tide, jumped forward, and crashed into the military formation.
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The next day.
Daning Capital City.
Wei Xianzhi led people to surround the palace, Dafeng surrendered, and the counter-rebellion army encountered a beast tide.
In just three days, three major events happened one after another.
When big news comes too frequently, people have become somewhat immune, so most of them are not as excited as before.
Besides, although the army suffered a lot of losses as a result, it is said that only 60,000 to 70,000 people died, which presumably would not affect the overall situation of the war.
The only thing is that this tide of beasts is a bit weird.
You must know that Daning has not experienced this kind of thing for hundreds of years. Usually it is difficult for everyone to see even a group of monsters, let alone such a beast tide that gathers hundreds of thousands of monsters.
So why did the beast tide start? Why did it accidentally collide with the imperial army?
Some well-informed people said that this matter was closely related to Wei Changtian. It was he who colluded with the demon king and wanted to use the demon clan to destroy the imperial army.
Regardless of whether it is analyzed from the existing evidence or motives, such a statement is very tenable, so the impression of Wei Changtian among the people of Daning has plummeted again.
After all, rebellion is just an internal conflict within the country, and even colluding with foreign enemies like Dali and Dafeng is at best an internal conflict within the human race.
But hooking up with the demon clan is an act of "treason"!
Therefore, except for Shuzhou, almost all the people in Daning cursed Wei Changtian, and at the same time they were secretly glad that the latter's trick did not succeed.
But for Ning Yongnian, he didn't feel the slightest bit lucky in his heart at this time.
"Nothing is impossible..."
While repeating what Wei Changtian asked You Wenzong to tell him over and over again, the ink pen in his hand suddenly broke into two pieces with a "snap" sound.
"So, is this your back-up plan?"
"I'm not looking down on you..."
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Mao Shi, Shuzhou.
Three hours have passed since the end of the beast tide, but the aftermath has not yet ended, which shows how tragic the battle last night was.
Although Wei Changtian's words of "killing everyone" did not come true, the imperial army still paid a price of more than 60,000 people to kill all the 100,000 monsters that attacked.
This was the largest loss the imperial court had ever experienced since the Battle of Shuzhou. Including the wounded, the number of combatable troops in the army was instantly reduced from 300,000 to 200,000 after this battle.
Even though they still have an absolute advantage over the Shu army, if all the Dali reinforcements can reach Shuzhou, the outcome of this war will be really confusing.
Therefore, the army's next move becomes particularly important.
It was even so important that Han Zhao could no longer make the decision.
"General Han, hasn't the emperor sent an order yet?"
In the main tent, the pale-faced You Wenzong asked this question for the third time within an hour.
And Han Zhao also shook his head for the third time.
"Lord You, where the army will go next is of great importance, so the Emperor will naturally consider it carefully."
"You were injured last night, why not go back and have a good rest. I will let you know immediately if there is any news."
"No need, I'll wait here."
Shaking his head, You Wenzong didn't move at all, making it clear that he wanted to wait until Ning Yongnian received the latest order.
The curtains shook, and the smell of blood filled the quiet tent.
In fact, not only You Wenzong is waiting, but Han Zhao is also waiting.
Even Chu Xianping, who was far away at Niutoushan Pass, and Wei Changtian, who was heading to Niutoushan, were waiting for Ning Yongnian's final choice.
...
"Da da da, da da da..."
On the official road a hundred miles away from the main battlefield last night, Wei Changtian was holding the reins in one hand and galloping on his horse, holding on to a piece of jade in the other hand, for fear of missing the message from Han Zhao.
It was all he could do to arouse the beast tide in advance.
According to the original plan, these 100,000 monsters were supposed to wait until the imperial army was defeated and retreated from Niutoushan, then suddenly came out and dealt a fatal blow to the latter.
However, since Ning Yongnian suddenly wanted to change to Jinyuan, Wei Changtian could only advance this step.
There is no doubt that the disadvantage of this is that the lethality of the beast tide is reduced to a minimum, only consuming 60,000 troops.
The advantage is that it gives Ning Yongnian a chance to change his mind again.
First of all, the beast tide has appeared, so Ning Yongnian will most likely believe that there is no ambush in Niutou Mountain.
Secondly, the loss of 60,000 people from the imperial army also made it necessary for Ning Yongnian to end the battle as soon as possible before Dali's reinforcements arrived in Shuzhou.
It is too slow to go to the Jinyuan front line at this time, and reinforcements from Dali will definitely arrive by then.
Therefore, if Ning Yongnian wants to maintain his military advantage, he must go to Niutoushan.
Of course, he also has another option, which is to fight a protracted war.
But this is definitely not what Wei Changtian wants to see...
Facing the setting sun, the shadow of the war horse is stretched very long.
Wei Changtian rode forward silently, and then suddenly his eyes widened slightly at a certain moment.
Nearly four hours passed, and the Zimu Jade finally became hot again!
Ning Yongnian sent an order to Han Zhao!
Subconsciously holding his breath, Wei Changtian did not take out the code book, but just clutched the mother jade tightly.
In order to facilitate Han Zhao's communication, he had already made an agreement with the latter in advance.
The jade burned once, which represented Ning Yongnian’s order to rest in place.
The jade burns twice, which means that the army will still go to Jinyuan.
The jade burns three times, which means that the army will march towards Niutoushan.
"..."
The smooth jade body in the hand becomes hot and cools down.
After one breath, the second breath...
The setting sun rolled down like a fireball behind the Western Mountain, leaving a trace of sunset on the horizon.
Several birds were flying towards the sunset, as if they wanted to fly up to the sky to see what was there.
Wei Changtian had never felt that one breath lasted so long.
The mother-in-law jade in the palm suddenly became hot again.