Just when Han Qiumiao was asking about the situation of Xu Zhiqian and others, a righteous warrior shouted to Elder Mu Yan of the Leshan Sect in a panic.
"A large number of soldiers appeared at the bottom of the mountain! They surrounded our camp! Now there is a group of people approaching our camp!"
The warrior's voice was loud enough that people nearby could hear it clearly. Upon hearing the words, Elder Mu Yan immediately looked at Han Qiumiao, obviously wanting to see Her Royal Highness's decision.
"Huh, so that's it..." Han Qiumiao couldn't help but sneered. No wonder the evil masters retreated so decisively. I bet they still had their killing moves.
"How many people have come this time?" Wei Suyao frowned. The members of the Martial Arts Alliance had just fought a battle with the evil sect, and now they had less than ten minutes of rest. They had to fight the enemy again, which was too much for anyone.
"The number is incalculable. We only looked at it from the top of the mountain, and there were densely packed heads below. Moreover, they are well-armed and are not mountain bandits." A member of the Wulin Alliance said in a panic. Previously, he said that there were a large number of soldiers at the foot of the mountain, not a large number of enemies.
It's because the opponent is well-armed and different from ordinary evil thieves.
"Now it seems that the evil sect's siege of the Wulin Alliance's base is just a pretense. Their real killer move is the 30,000 city guards of the Northern Territory Shepherd." Han Qiumiao said tepidly, the evil sect besieged the Wulin Alliance's stronghold.
It's okay if they can succeed, but it doesn't matter if they don't, because their main task is to attract people's attention and divert the attention of the Wulin Alliance people.
While the Wulin Alliance was busy dealing with the siege of the evil sect, the Northern Territory Governor summoned his troops and rushed to the vicinity of Shiyuan City overnight to besiege Han Qiumiao.
At this time, the evil warriors quickly retreated, and the city guards from the north surrounded them. It was obvious that they had agreed on a time to put on a good show.
However, the Northern Territory State Mu didn't want to stick to the truth and be criticized by others, saying that he was colluding with the evil sect, so before the guards of the Northern Territory City swarmed up the hill, Xuanyang Tianzun and other evil sect masters retreated to avoid leaving evidence.
"Your Highness, the situation is serious now. I suggest the princess to retreat for the time being." Elder Mu Yan of the Leshan Sect finally couldn't help but persuade Han Qiumiao to retreat.
After all, at this time and that time, in the previous battle with the evil sect, they still had a 50% chance of winning. Now that we are exhausted from the long battle and encounter the city guards from the north, we have no chance of winning.
Rather than hitting a rock with an egg, it is better to protect yourself wisely. Mu Yan advised Han Qiumi to take advantage of this opportunity and quickly escape from the danger before the enemies swarmed up the mountain.
"What Elder Mu said is true. I just took a look at the top of the mountain. They have at least 20,000 soldiers and horses!" Uncle He Tai's face turned pale. They were really careless today. They drove away the evil believers and drove away the evil disciples.
Here comes a group of disobedient and traitorous ministers.
"I said, I won't run away." Han Qiumiao replied firmly. Hearing this, Uncle He couldn't help but worry for her: "I hope Your Highness, Princess, will think twice!"
"Your Highness, the people who invaded this time are official soldiers. And the people in this camp are harmless civilians. They have no reason to massacre unarmed people."
Mu Yan reasonedly analyzed that the city guards in the north were essentially different from the cultists. Han Qiumiao was unwilling to retreat before because he was worried that if he escaped, the cultists would attack innocent people.
Today's Beijing City guards are official military police after all. At least on the surface, they must be just and fair, and they must not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Han Qiumu fled from danger at this time, and the Beijing City guards swarmed up the hill. At most, they were in vain.
The innocent people in the north, as well as the members of the Wulin Alliance, are good and law-abiding people, and the other party has no reason to cause murder.
"If you're not afraid of ten thousand, you're afraid of the worst. What if they have human faces and animal hearts and really massacre innocent people?" Han Qiumiao asked in a cold voice, what Xuanyang teaches
What she did was outrageous to both humans and gods. Can she expect the Northern Territory Shepherd, who colluded with the Xuanyang Sect, to have mercy on the innocent people? If the other party swarmed up the hill, couldn't catch her, and massacred the people in a fit of anger, then what would happen?
Who is responsible?
"How about... Xiao Qiuqiu hides first? Let's see what happens to them in the end?" Zhou Xingyun proposed a plan, asking Han Qiumiao to pretend to be a civilian, and when the guards from the Northern City arrived, they would say that she was under the cover of the martial arts alliance masters.
Run away and test the other party's reaction.
Xu Zhiqian and others have not returned to the camp for a long time. They probably discovered that the city guards from the north surrounded the entire mountain, making it impossible for them to get close.
After listening to Zhou Xingyun's words, Han Qiumiao felt that the idea was feasible.
The Northern State Shepherd sent a large force to surround the mountain. It was reasonable for Her Royal Highness to realize that the situation was serious and flee the danger first.
If the Northern Territory Shepherd believed it to be true, he would stop taking action and leave with the Northern City guards, and today's matter would be over.
If the Northern Territory Prefect still refuses to let it go and insists on venting his anger on innocent people, it won't be too late for Han Qiumiao to come forward to defend him.
Thinking of this, Han Qiumiao simply followed Zhou Xingyun's method and found a place to hide first to test the other party's reaction.
After the evil sect retreated, Hou Baihu had been secretly paying attention to Han Qiumiao's movements. Although he could not get close to Han Qiumiao and inquire about the conversation between her and Zhou Xingyun, Hou Baihu still watched Han Qiumiao's every move.
To be honest, when the evil masters retreated, Hou Baihu was still very frustrated, thinking that today's mission to capture Han Qiumiao would end in failure. Because he had no idea that the evil sect's siege of the Wulin Alliance camp was just a foreplay, and the real highlight was the show.
, actually at the back.
Now people from the Wulin Alliance urgently reported that tens of thousands of Northern City guards were surrounding the hilltop. Hou Baihu suddenly realized that this was the key to today's operation.
Hou Baihu's mood at this moment was both surprise and displeasure.
Hou Baihu was very surprised. Of course, there was a turn in the defeat. The members of the Wulin Alliance and the refugees from the northern border were trapped on the mountain top by tens of thousands of northern border city guards, making it almost impossible to escape.
The unpleasant thing is that Hou Baihu thought that he was favored by Master Zhou Mu. When he was in Lingdu City, the Lingdu Prefect entertained him very well. He was provided with fine wine, delicious food and beautiful women for them to have fun. As a result... an important matter, a
Didn't even tell him.
It's right to think about it carefully. Hou Baihu is just a disciple of Jianshu Villa. To the Northern Territory Mu, he is just a usable chess piece, not even a pawn.
Naturally, the Northern Territory State Shepherd would not tell him such an important plan.
However, Hou Baihu was not discouraged. At this time, he kept a close eye on Han Qiumiao and would never let Her Royal Highness hide the truth in order to gain the trust of Lord Zhou Mu.
In fact, Hou Baihu did think about betraying the Northern Territory Mu, joining the eldest princess Han Qiumiao, and telling Her Royal Highness the evil sect's plan to besiege the Wulin Alliance camp in order to win Han Qiumiao's favor. Unfortunately, Han Qiumiao didn't even look at him.
On the contrary, it was that unlucky libertine who got into a conversation with Her Highness the Princess...
Within a moment, more than 6,000 Northern City guards arrived as expected, pouring into the Wulin Alliance camp aggressively and surrounding the people inside.
Since the guards who appeared were all wearing the uniforms of the northern city guards, the common people who did not know martial arts were very surprised when they saw them, but they did not show panic.
The people in the Northern Territory probably thought that the Northern Territory City guards in front of them came to expel the evil warriors and protect Her Royal Highness the Princess. However, what happened next immediately shocked everyone.
More than 6,000 Northern City guards surrounded the Wulin Alliance camp.
Wai.
Admittedly, this was just the vanguard of the enemy. Due to the rugged mountain road and limited mountain area, all the Northern City guards at the foot of the mountain could not rush up. Therefore, the leading officer only brought a group of elite troops up the mountain, while the rest were on standby at the foot of the mountain.
Seeing this, Elder Mu Yan of the Leshan Sect couldn't help but, as a representative of the Wulin Alliance, he and Elder Shao of Shuixian Pavilion took the initiative to come forward to greet him.
The guards of the Northern City are different from the evil sects. They belong to the official army, and the members of the Martial Arts Alliance must respect them. In the same way, the guards of the Northern City are not like the evil sects, who will abuse them without justifiable reasons.
Kill innocent people.
However, as soon as Elder Mu Yan and Elder Shao stepped forward, a young general next to the leading officer angrily pointed at the old man and shouted: "You are so bold and unruly! Lord Mu Qing of Beijing Prefecture is here, why don't you salute quickly!"
"Mu Yan, a disciple of Leshan Sect, pays homage to Master Qing. The common people do not know that Master Zhou Mu is here, so I am sorry for being so far away." Mu Yan and Elder Shao bowed to Master Zhou Mu politely and bowed to each other with their hands in hand.
The people in the northern border couldn't help but feel a little confused when they saw this. After all, the eldest princess Han Qiumiao was in the camp. Logically speaking, Lord Zhou Mu should be the one to pay his respects to the princess.
On the other side, a group of people, Zhou Xingyun and Han Qiumiao, huddled in the pile of rocks under the steep cliffs, secretly spying on the situation in the camp.
When the evil sect besieged the Wulin Alliance base, Tian Xuefeng and Shen Zhuangzhu sneak attacked Zhou Xingyun and punched him away, sending him crashing into a steep mountain cliff. As a result, he hit a pothole.
Han Shuangshuang, who was now extremely powerful, lifted a huge stone to block the hole. Zhou Xingyun and others could hide in the hole and observe the situation outside through the gap.
"Is he the Northern Territory Mu?" Zhou Xingyun looked at the leading officer. He was a strong man, about thirty-five or sixty years old, but... the Northern Territory Mu was a warrior, and his actual age should be older than
He speculated greatly.
"Beijing State Shepherd Qing Tianxiong was once a guard in the Northern Territory. Ten years ago, he personally went into battle to repel the barbarians from outside the Central Plains who invaded our Central Plains." Han Qiumi explained in a nonchalant manner, Northern Territory State Shepherd
Qingtian Xiong is a military general, and his strength is not inferior to Qi Yuan.
"Who is Qi Yuan?" Zhou Xingyun was a little forgetful and couldn't remember who this person was for a while.
"Enemies of the Xuanyuan family." Han Qiumiao glared at Zhou Xingyun angrily. Didn't he and Xuanyuan Chongwu help Qi Yuan build a tombstone at Shuimen Pass outside the capital?
"He's not my enemy. Besides...I'm not interested in men." Zhou Xingyun replied with a clear conscience. His memory will automatically filter out information that has nothing to do with beauties. Qi Yuan is a grown man, and he can only be evil if he remembers it.
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"Unexpectedly, the Northern Territory Mu Qingtianxiong is actually a peak warrior. His martial arts are indeed better than Qi Yuan." Xiao Yun confirmed Han Qiumiao's statement. The Northern Territory Mu Qingtianxiong is a quasi-glory realm warrior.
"Do you think they will retreat honestly?" Mo Nianxi asked curiously. Now Elder Mu Yan is stepping forward to deal with the Northern Territory Shepherd. I don't know what the final result will be.
"Of course not. Hahaha..." Rao Yue replied without thinking.
"How do you know it won't be the case? Maybe they will disperse voluntarily when they find out that Her Royal Highness the Princess has left." Uncle He Taishi said naively.
Zhou Xingyun was originally very reluctant to let Uncle He hide in the pit, but the old man followed him shamelessly, shouting to protect the princess...
When Rao Yue heard Uncle He Taishi's whimsical words, she could only send him two words with disdain... "Innocent."
"You!" Uncle He was immediately choked by Rao Yue's anger. Does this girl know what it means to respect elders? He is Zhou Xingyun's uncle!