Chapter 63: King Chen Arrives at Zhongwang Mountain
Zhongwang Mountain.
Qianlong Villa.
People inside were filled with panic and an uneasy atmosphere, like a haze, permeated the entire villa.
Fortunately, Bai Qing had anticipated this and ordered the more than 20 dead men to guard each other to avoid chaos.
At this moment, Bai Qing climbed up and looked into the distance.
He stands on the tallest building in Qianlong Villa.
He looked at the Zhennan Army at the foot of the mountain and looked back inside the villa from time to time.
"Sigh... Mr. Bai is a martial artist, and he only wants to solve everything with one sword. The young master has always only sent me to use force. All other important matters have been taken care of by senior brothers. It has never been my turn to take orders. How can it be my turn today?"
Come to me and take charge of the overall situation?"
Bai Qing rubbed his eyebrows, feeling distressed.
If someone were to coordinate the overall situation for him at this moment, and let him hold the steel knife and cut wherever he pointed, there would be no need to use his brain, just effort.
How easy would it be to go up the mountain of swords and descend into the sea of fire? Even if he were asked to attack the military formation alone at this moment, it was actually just a matter of lifting the sword?
"Master Bai, look..."
Suddenly, the brother next to him let out a low cry, with a slight tremor in his voice.
Bai Qing's eyes narrowed slightly and he looked over there.
I saw a group of people coming from afar at the bottom of the mountain, wearing black armor and neat military appearance, like a long black snake.
As for the person in front, because he was far away, even a warrior with eyesight like an eagle couldn't see clearly.
But looking at the stars holding the moon, and the clothes they wear, they are completely different from the surrounding soldiers.
Although they were far apart, one could still tell from the general appearance of the visitor's formation and clothing that the visitor's identity was extremely noble.
Among the sixteen palaces in Huai'an, the only one who is so noble is King Chen.
"Prince Chen is here."
Bai Qing clenched his fists and said solemnly: "How long."
The man next to him understood and knew that what Bai Qing asked was the hour that the young master mentioned. How long has it been?
He checked it and immediately responded: "Half an hour."
Half an hour has passed!
There's still half an hour left!
Bai Qing raised his head slightly, closed his eyes for a long time, and suddenly said: "If King Chen gives the order and the Zhennan Army attacks the mountain, can they hold it back for half an hour?"
The man next to him smiled bitterly and said: "A quarter of an hour is enough to charge head-on. Even if we can rely on the terrain of Qianlong Villa and the previous layout to delay the attack, it will not exceed two quarters of an hour at most."
Half an hour, four quarters of an hour.
They fought to the last drop of their blood, but at most they could block it for two quarters of an hour with the help of terrain and layout.
In other words, King Chen will have to be delayed for at least two quarters of an hour.
What method should be used to delay King Chen?
Bai Qing's eyes were cold and he gritted his teeth slightly.
And at this moment, someone suddenly spoke.
"Master Bai, look at King Chen's horse queen, something seems strange."
"Um?"
Looking down from the heights of Qianlong Villa, one can barely see a figure as thin as a grain of rice.
Only warriors like them with strong eyesight can barely distinguish one from the other.
That figure was wearing white clothes, not the black armor of the army, which was very different from the soldiers next to him.
The man didn't look like he was walking on his own, like... he was being dragged?
Several people present looked at each other, feeling a little strange.
"Do you think that man... looks like my senior brother?"
Bai Qing opened his mouth, but his mouth suddenly felt dry.
He has been a senior brother for many years, so he is very familiar with his senior brother.
Even though they were so far apart, he could still see that figure, the clothes, and the unyielding aura.
"That's... Mr. Lu?"
"Huh? It seems like it's really Mr. Lu?"
"That's right, it's Mr. Lu."
"Master Lu...has he fallen into the hands of Prince Chen?"
Everyone was silent for a moment and looked at Bai Qing.
Bai Qing clenched his fists and his expression changed again and again.
At this moment, a person next to him smiled bitterly and said, "Is it because of Mr. Lu that Prince Chen arrived later than we guessed?"
Bai Qing's breathing was a little heavy, and he gritted his teeth slightly, but did not speak.
This time the Villa cannot escape the disaster. He must do his best to protect the Villa while he is there. Even if he knows that he will die, he must fulfill the Young Master's entrustment.
But he originally thought that his senior brother Lu He, who was sent out by the young master, could escape this disaster.
Unexpectedly, the senior brother fell into the hands of King Chen.
"That's right. If he was greedy for life and feared death and just hid away, he would no longer be my senior brother Lu He."
Bai Qing laughed at himself and said: "The Zhennan Army's siege on Zhongwang Mountain must not be a secret to the outside world. When my senior brother gets this news, he will definitely not sit back and watch, let alone escape..."
At this moment, he had many complicated feelings about his senior brother's choice.
He seemed to feel that his senior brother had some deep-rooted stupidity and stubbornness, and he was going to die for it.
But if you think about it carefully, isn't that exactly what you are doing at this moment?
What if it was Bai Qing himself who was assigned this time?
"Senior brother, you are always calm, but you are so stupid..."
Bai Qing sighed: "But I've always been stupider than you."
——
At the foot of the mountain.
More than a hundred elite Zhennan troops, together with the master surnamed Lu, escorted King Chen here.
However, behind King Chen's horse, there was a man with disheveled hair and a white shirt stained with blood.
I saw that this man's hands were tied, and two iron hooks passed through his left and right shoulders respectively.
The iron hook was caught by the rope, dragging him all the way, dripping with blood, and it was scary to see him.
If he were an ordinary warrior, he would probably have died midway.
But Lu He was almost a master after all. Even if the iron hooks passed through his shoulders and he was dragged along, he could still stay awake.
He spit out a mouthful of blood, his eyes dimmed, and he raised his head slightly, showing a complicated expression.
He looked at the villa on Zhongwang Mountain, his eyes swept towards the vast military formation, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He came back before assassinating King Chen.
At that time, tens of thousands of troops were seen surrounding the foot of Zhongwang Mountain.
Although he is almost a master, even a true third-level martial arts master cannot enter Qianlong Villa under the siege of tens of thousands of troops.
What's more, there are more than 20,000 elite Zhennan Army troops surrounding the mountain.
Even if you are in Qianlong Villa, what is the use?
Don't say that he is not a master. Even if he is a master, he can only use the terrain to resist for a while in Qianlong Villa.
But in the end, they could not defeat the endless stream of elite troops.
So Lu He gave up returning to the villa and gave up protecting the young master Zhuang Ming.
He returned to Fengcheng and lurked halfway outside, intending to intercept and kill King Chen.
It would be best if King Chen could be captured alive. Even if he could not be captured alive, King Chen must be killed.
Once the chief culprit, King Chen, dies, the situation will be in chaos, but the siege of Zhongwangshan may be able to be rescued.
Unfortunately, I still miscalculated.
He misjudged King Chen's martial arts. Although he had been neglected for a long time, he could still block his own sword.
Miscalculating King Chen's caution, the powerful master beside him never left his side.
He also misjudged the strength of these hundreds of elite Zhennan troops.
If under normal circumstances, Lu He, a strong man who is almost a master, misses a single blow and deliberately escapes for his life, the grandmaster surnamed Lu may not be completely sure that he can keep him.
However, more than a hundred Zhennan troops surrounded him on the spot.
Plus a true master is standing in front of him.
Lu He knew in his heart that even if he became a master, he would not be able to escape.
"Aren't you loyal?"
King Chen turned his head and said slowly: "I know you are not afraid of death, otherwise you would not assassinate me for Zhuang Ming... But since you can die for Zhuang Ming, you must not want to see Zhuang Ming."
You will suffer death."
He put his hands behind his back and said in a serious tone: "I will not let you die happily. I want you to see with your own eyes how Zhuang Ming died, to watch me chop off Zhuang Ming's head with a knife, and then cut off Zhuang Ming's head."
, put it in front of you!”
Lu He gritted his teeth tightly, endured the severe pain in his shoulders, and said with cold eyes, "My young master is not that easy to kill."
King Chen said calmly: "Two of his great masters died in my hands, let alone a sick and weak body? You must be smart and scheming, so you can't die? No matter how smart and scheming you are, they are still flesh and blood, so you can kill them with one sword
So many ideas turned into empty talk."
At this point, King Chen laughed again, as if he was amused, and said: "I said I wanted to kill you before, but you were not afraid. But when I said you wanted to kill him, you were really angry. I never thought that there is such loyalty in this world.
You actually value other people's lives more than your own. It's a pity that you are only working for a merchant and a rebel. This loyalty is not for the king or the court.
It’s really astray…”
Lu He glanced at him, shook his head slightly, and said: "Compared to the young master, you are only superior to me in terms of status. Other than that, there is a real difference. I am willing to serve the young master because he has convinced me. As for you,
King Chen... is far from enough."
King Chen suddenly became furious, with murderous intent on his face, and shouted: "You idiot!"
The so-called difference between cloud and mud!
In his heart, he is the cloud in the sky.
As for Zhuang Ming, he is just an ordinary man in the quagmire.
But the difference between cloud and mud mentioned by Lu He is obviously the opposite.
This prince became the dust in Lu He's mouth, while the profit-seeking businessman became the clouds in the sky.
"Confusing right and wrong, I don't know what it means!"
"Now let me show you who is kneeling in the dust!"