Chapter two hundred and seventy seventh practitioners on the bank of the river
When the man in black night clothes left, Chen Jinru did not give any positive answer.
In a sense, he can speak on behalf of the Chen family and even make decisions on most matters.
It's just that there are some matters that are too important, and of course he needs the decision of Chen Baowuan's father, Chen Zhonggong.
A little later, a flying eagle fell into the camp.
A waiting practitioner took off the brass tube from the eagle's feet and handed it to him.
Chen Jinru took out the secret note from the brass tube, and under the moonlight he could clearly see the secret text on it as thin as ants' feet.
A shocked light appeared in his eyes.
The message conveyed in this sealed note shocked him even more than the previous message that the emperor had decided to make Xiao Hong the marshal of the expedition to the north.
For him, the powerful ministers under Linchuan King Xiao Hong, including the second gentleman Xiao Jin, are only worthy of attention, but they do not make him feel that they are his opponents or stronger opponents than him.
What's really scary about the Xiao family is that the emperor is too trusting and tolerant of the Xiao family.
If one day the emperor's attitude towards the Xiao family completely changes, it won't take him long to completely defeat the Xiao family.
Among all the opponents in the world, the Demon Sect of the Northern Wei Dynasty was the one that he couldn't understand and feared the most.
In a sense, Lord Mo Zong of the Northern Wei Dynasty is the senior he needs to learn from and surpass.
In his opinion, this battle was originally a contest between several figures like him in the Southern Dynasty and the Demon Sect and the eldest princess of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
He considered himself to be at a huge disadvantage compared to the Demon Sect.
Mo Zong had many fanatical followers throughout the Northern Wei Dynasty, but in the Southern Dynasties he could only plan with all his heart. He had to win the secret battle with the Xiao family and other clans before he could accomplish some of the strategic intentions he wanted to achieve.
But he didn't expect that in Meishan, he would actually pass by this terrifying opponent.
Because according to what this sealed note said, Mo Zong had been to Meishan and stayed in the Meishan area for a long time.
He can't imagine now that if they meet by chance, if he and the practitioners he leads happen to kill the Demon Sect, what kind of impact it will have on the course of the entire war. The issue he must consider now is the Demon Sect.
What exactly did you do when you entered Meishan?
If you don't know what your opponent has done, you can't understand your opponent's long-term intentions.
Moreover, this secret note shows that after entering Meishan, the Demon Sect had no contact with those of the Princess of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Chen Jinru's brows were deeply furrowed. In his opinion, this was an issue that needed more attention than Xiao Hong's incident.
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"Cut their retreat and don't let them escape!"
"Don't let them cross the river! Kill them all!"
The reason why people have doubts and incomprehensions is that they cannot be as high as the sun, moon and stars, and have a clear view of everything that happens in the world, no matter how big or small. At this time, while he was deep in thought with his brows furrowed and unable to let go, he was just a few meters away from Taigu.
A fierce battle was taking place in the countryside of Fuyu County, which was not even a hundred miles away.
In the dark night, there were constant shouts, whistles of arrows, the sound of gold and iron clashing, and screams.
When the war between the Northern Wei and the Southern Dynasties intensified, some bandits and bandits who were like rats crossing the street had room to survive.
After the Zhenwu Army was mobilized from many places, the horse thieves who had actually disappeared in many places in the Southern Dynasty also began to show signs of resurgence.
Sometimes there is a fateful and wonderful connection between all things. At this time, the party participating in the war is an iron strategy army.
The number of this Tie Ce army was more than 200, and what they were chasing at this time were the horse thieves who had wandered over in the Guanghan County area.
This group of horse thieves initially numbered more than 300 people, but except for a few bandits from Guanghan County, most of the others were idlers who had joined in the past few decades, and some were also members of these horse thieves.
During the robbery, felons were robbed from several cells.
Compared with the most mediocre local army, these people's combat effectiveness is just a mob, not to mention the Tie Ce Army, which is more experienced and knows how to fight better than the local army.
This group of horse thieves had been hunted down by the iron Ce army for several days. At this time, there were only more than a hundred people left. In the previous battle, this group of iron Ce army even killed most of the horses of these horse thieves.
He couldn't bear to let go of the crossbow arrows.
Even so, both sides relied on their feet, and the physical strength of these horse thieves inspired by the fear of death was almost exhausted. When they fled to the countryside of Fuyu County, most of them kept letting out painful and desperate howls, both of them
There were blood blisters all over the feet, and the muscles were twitching constantly.
The life-saving straw in the eyes of these horse thieves is a river that looks extremely wide in the dark.
Even though most people are not very good at swimming, in their opinion, even if they swim randomly along the river, at least some people can survive and not all of them will be killed by these cat-and-mouse iron soldiers.
At this moment of approaching death, most people will feel that as long as they throw themselves into that river, they may be survivors.
However, their intention had been noticed in advance by the Tiece Army. With their physical strength far exceeding theirs, dozens of Tiece Army had already circled the river and blocked their retreat in advance.
At this time, the reeds by the river were also ignited by Tie Ce's army, and the sky-high flames began to burn, illuminating the desperate and fearful faces of these horse thieves.
Not far from the river here, there is also a village, but it is very small, with only five or six households.
At this time, the fighting was fierce, and the brave ones among these horse thieves, who knew there was no way out, also began to want to recruit some Tiece troops to accompany them on the road, so even the general who commanded this Tiece army did not notice that these five or six families
It seemed too quiet at this time and there was no change.
Amidst the loud killing sounds and the red light that filled the sky, there was still no firelight in these five or six households, and there was not even the slightest sound in the houses.
Tie Cejun began to harvest.
Even though there are still some brave people among these horse thieves, this kind of desperate struggle is too futile for them who still have some strength left.
A group of more than ten Tiece Army sergeants used their best fighting method to continuously cut through the formation of these horse thieves like a sharp blade.
No one noticed that among the five or six almost eerily quiet houses, a dark shadow quietly walked out.
This is a young practitioner.
He was also wearing the clothes of the Southern Dynasty. Just smelling the thick smell of blood in the air, his face began to be filled with a sense of fanaticism and greed. The real energy in his body was turbulent like many hungry wolves.
This turbulence caused the air outside him to emit a low roar.
A layer of vague black energy then spread out from his skin.
The strange noise finally attracted the attention of some recent Tiece Army sergeants.