On July 16, 69th year of the Black Iron Age, it was about 9 o'clock in the morning. The sky was a little gloomy, and the atmosphere in Mopan City was tense and depressing.
Zhang Yi, Niu Ben and Shi Gandang rode towards the castle on the top of the mountain. Three other people followed behind them on horseback. They were Jiang Hua, Zhou Rui and Liao Fan. None of the six were wearing armor or weapons.
It was already midnight when we returned to Mopan City last night. Er Jingang led a group of troops to guard the mountain pass and ordered Zhang Yi's troops to camp at the foot of the mountain. Only Cao Meng was allowed to go to see General Cao.
Has the matter been exposed?
No.
Er Jingang was quite polite in his words. He even praised Zhang Yi a few times when he mentioned that he defeated two strongholds in a row.
Zhang Yi understood that General Cao was suspicious and was afraid that he would lead his troops to rebel.
In fact, there is no need for General Cao to worry. There are still hundreds of defenders in the castle. Without a large-scale armed force, it is impossible to capture the castle.
On the city wall, there is a watchtower every few dozen meters. The archers inside can cross-shoot. Even if someone rushes up, they will fall in the rain of arrows. There are all kinds of defensive equipment. As long as there is a Vajra standing guard, plus hundreds of defenders. , even if thousands of troops come, they can only look forward to it and sigh.
The strategy used to deal with copycats is completely useless. After the first iron gate of the castle, there is a thousand-pound gate. Once it falls, you cannot get in or get out.
General Cao was always on guard against the attack of Liu Kai, the wolf from the northwest, and constantly strengthened the defense facilities of the castle. Finally, it became impregnable and became a hard nut that no one could chew.
Therefore, Zhang Yi never thought about fighting head-on. It would only cause huge casualties to the soldiers and civilians participating in the battle, and it might not be possible to conquer it.
You can only use meter.
Walking on the mountain road, Zhang Yi could hardly see a few pedestrians. People were hiding at home. News of the destruction of the two teams spread, and 600 people died at once, as well as four big leaders. This has never happened before. However, people are worried and don't know what more terrible things will happen next.
Arriving at the foot of the castle, Zhang Yi and others got off their horses. After waiting for half an hour, the sentry on the top of the city blew a low trumpet.
The iron gate opened, and a group of guards came out, wearing uniform armor and carrying steel swords on their waists. They looked like wolves and tigers. This well-equipped guard only listened to General Cao's orders.
Zhang Yi, Niu Ben and Shi Gandang entered the castle after being searched and inspected. The horses were left under the care of Jiang Hua and the others so that they could evacuate quickly in case of emergency.
The guards were quite polite to the military advisor, but said that General Cao had an order that from today on, no one is allowed to bring weapons into the castle.
This fully shows that General Cao has entered a state of high alert.
In the eyes of Zhang Yi brothers, the castle suddenly turned into a dangerous tiger's den, inside which lay an evil tiger that could go crazy at any time.
…
The General's Mansion was as dark as ever, and it took a while to get used to it.
Zhang Yi brothers stepped into the mansion calmly. Without conclusive evidence, General Cao would not do anything to them.
General Cao was sitting on a big tiger-skin chair, and his expression could not be clearly seen for a moment. The Great King Kong and the Second King Kong stood on his left and right, their faces also shrouded in darkness.
"The military advisor is back." General Cao said slowly.
"I'm back, lord." Zhang Yi stepped forward, clasped his fists and bowed in salute.
When he raised his head, he saw General Cao staring at him with a frosty face.
Zhang Yi's heart was frightened, but he tried to stay calm. He believed that General Cao wanted to link him to the destruction of the two teams, which was by no means an easy task.
"They are all dead, did you know?" General Cao said in a low tone.
"Who do you think is dead, my lord?" Zhang Yi asked in surprise.
"Everyone, except you, Sanjingang and Liang Dingtian's team all died in the battle." Dajingang said.
"No way, how is it possible?" Zhang Yi said even more surprised, "I can still understand Liang Dingtian's death. It's just that he was incompetent and so manic. But I can't understand the death of the three Vajra leaders.
Yes! Did you meet an assassin again?"
"You really don't know?" Er Jingang asked.
"I really don't know. When I came back in the middle of the night last night, you stayed at the foot of the mountain and let us camp in the wild. I didn't know about this until I came to see General Cao early in the morning!" Zhang Yi said.
Er Jingang stopped talking.
After a while of silence, General Cao asked.
"Military advisor, after you captured Jigong Village, you went to attack Xinghua Village. Why didn't you take Cao Meng with you?"
This is a question. General Cao asked Cao Meng carefully last night. He believed that Cao Meng must stay with Zhang Yi.
"It's like this, my lord, it was already midnight when Xinghua Village was captured. Firstly, I felt that Cao Meng was guarding the property of Xinghua Village to make people feel at ease. Secondly, I led people to sneak attack Jigong Village and climbed the cliff in the middle of the night.
We risked our lives, and I didn’t want Cao Meng to make a mistake and not be able to communicate with his master.” Zhang Yi explained.
Both reasons are very good.
"Let me ask you again, military advisor, after you captured Jigong Village, why did you go directly to Yuhuangling instead of waiting for Cao Meng to go with you?" General Cao asked again.
"Reporting to my lord, I want to capture Yuhuangling in one go and wait for Cao Meng to join me with his belongings, but that will waste too much time." Zhang Yi said, "I ran to Yuhuangling to see if the opponent's defense was tight.
If there is an opportunity, we will set up camp and wait for Cao Meng to arrive. I was planning to attack Yuhuangling last night, but unexpectedly I received an order to withdraw. Cao Meng was very clear about the whole process."
General Cao seemed to have nothing to say.
He listened to Cao Meng's detailed account last night and found a loophole in the time. Speaking of which, it was right to let Cao Meng take care of the property after the stronghold was taken, which showed that Zhang Yi had no selfish motives. However, Zhang Yi was not with Cao Meng for more than a day.
Within his field of vision, this time period was enough for him to run to Songjiazhai and Changshan Village.
At this time, General Cao was in a state of high alert, and of course he would not let this loophole go easily. After pondering for a moment, he asked again.
"Military advisor, how many miles can you cover in one hour if you lead a march?"
Unfortunately, General Cao did not give up his doubts and continued to investigate further.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Just when Zhang Yi was preparing to deal with it, the guard announced that Taoist Zhuge was here.
I saw Xiaolong stepping into the general's mansion with a smile. He must have heard the news about the destruction of the two teams, but he didn't take it to heart at all.
The Taoist servant followed him, holding a silver plate in his hand, and on the plate was an exquisite carved white jade box.
Xiaolong glanced at Zhang Yi, Niu Ben and Shi Gandang, who seemed a little surprised, but didn't take it seriously and walked straight to General Cao.
"Taoist Zhuge, how can you laugh when my master is in a bad mood?" Er Jingang scolded, "Don't you know about the loss of troops and generals?"
"I know, but it's none of my business." Xiaolong laughed.
Everyone was shocked. Did Taoist Zhuge deliberately step on the tiger's tail? Did he not know that the end would be disastrous?
Who would have thought that Xiaolong's next words would be even more surprising, just listen to what he said.
"This matter has nothing to do with General Cao!"
King Kong became angry, roared like a beast in his throat, stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Long by the collar.
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Five brothers versus three, they can fight to the death!
At the most tense moment, I heard General Cao shout, telling Donkey Kong to let go.
"Taoist Zhuge, what do you mean by this?" General Cao asked. He was still very calm and could tell there was something in Taoist Zhuge's words.
Xiaolong straightened his messy Taoist robes and said with a smile on his face.
"Thanks to the love of God, I practiced for three days and three nights, and finally made the Soaring Dragon Pill for General Cao!"
Everyone was stunned, and then heard General Cao's laughter, and he was ecstatic.