At dawn, at the foot of Phoenix Cry Mountain, 4000 bandits set out under Zhang Zhongjian's lead.
Their bows were nocked and their sabers unsheathed. They looked aggressive and ferocious, as if they wanted to destroy Wang Shichong and occupy Luoyang.
Yin Shisan rode his horse and followed at the back of the team. He looked at Zhang Zhongjian, who was leading the team, wearing the Sky Slaughterer's armor and holding a two-meter-long machete in his hand. He thought to himself, This way, Wang Shichong's men won't be able to tell who is who.”
Yin Shisan and Zhang Zhongjian couldn't reveal their identities, or else Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng, and Cheng Yaojin wouldn't be able to escape Luoyang.
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Mount Fengming was not far from Luoyang City, so in less than an hour, 4000 bandits had arrived outside Luoyang City and blocked the west gate.
The drunk soldiers guarding the city last night had been woken up by their drunkenness. Their eyes were blurred and they could not fight at all. They could only close the city gates and shoot arrows randomly on the city tower.
"Retreat!"
Seeing this, Zhang Zhongjian raised his long saber and signaled his bandits to retreat ten miles and set up camp in the dense forest.
Seeing the enemy retreat, the West Gate Guard General hurriedly sent the news to the palace.
"Report!"
Early in the morning, Wang Shichong was discussing matters in the hall. Beside him stood the Iron Crown Daoist Su Wei, and in front of him stood two groups of generals the size of Luoyang.
"Enter!"
Hearing the voice of a report coming from outside the hall, Su Wei shook the horsetail whisk in his hand, and immediately, a young man wearing a helmet barged in.
Thump!
The colonel knelt on one knee, his face filled with panic."Reporting to King Zheng, Tu Tian has led the bandits from Mount Phoenix Cry to attack. They are currently stationed ten miles outside the west gate of Luoyang.”
"What?" Wang Shichong's expression changed.
His generals were even more indignant and expressed their desire to lead their troops into battle, kill Tu Tian, and bring his head to Wang Shichong.
Seeing this, Wang Shichong took out a token arrow and was about to pick a person from the generals when someone outside the door reported," Your Highness, General Qin Qiong and General Cheng Yaojin are here to see you."”
Wang Shichong was stunned. He put away the token arrow and shouted outside,"Please!"”
The generals in the hall looked towards the door and saw two generals, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, walking in from outside.
The tall and fat one was naturally Cheng Yaojin. Although he was not as tall as Tu Tian, he was still more than 1.9 meters tall. Her big belly protruded out like a bucket, and she needed to hold it with both hands when she walked.
The short and skinny one was naturally Qin Qiong. He looked like a skinny chicken beside Cheng Yaojin.
However, Qin Qiong was also more than 1.8 meters tall. He had a strong back and a strong waist, looking majestic and mighty.
"Greetings, Your Highness King Zheng." Qin Qiong said in a clear voice.
"Greetings, King Zheng!" Cheng Yaojin opened his mouth in a low and muffled voice. He looked at the table in front of Wang Shichong with his bell-like eyes and saw a token arrow on it.
"General Qin, General Cheng, there's no need to be so polite.”Wang Shichong said politely.
At this time, the Iron Crown Taoist Su Wei, who was standing beside Wang Shichong, suddenly said,"Generals, what do you mean by coming here?"”
As the saying went, one would not visit a temple for no reason. In the past, it was Wang Shichong who summoned Qin Qiong and the others before they came. Today, they actually took the initiative to come and came so early. Su Wei felt that there must be something wrong.
"We…"
Qin Qiong was just about to speak when he didn't expect Cheng Yaojin, who was standing next to him, to shout with his big belly," I, Old Cheng, heard that there's a person called Tu Tian who led a group of bandit soldiers to attack Luoyang. I thought that eating King Zheng's banquets all the time wouldn't contribute much, so I discussed with Second Brother Qin to specially come and ask for orders to attack Tu Tian!”
Cheng Yaojin spoke in a vulgar and carefree manner. After he finished speaking, he actually reached out to Wang Shichong and pointed at the military order in front of him." King Zheng, give it to me?"”
"Fourth brother, how dare you!"
Qin Qiong hurriedly shouted when he saw this. Cheng Yaojin then withdrew his hand in embarrassment and did not dare to say anything more.
To this day, Cheng Yaojin was only afraid of three people in the world. The first was Wei Zheng, the boss of the 46 friends of the Jia family. The second was Qin Qiong, and the third was Xu Shiji, the legendary Xu Maogong of the later generations.
The legendary Xu Maogong was an old Taoist who could calculate, a bit like Jiang Ziya in the Apotheosis of Gods. But the real Xu Maogong, who was also Xu Shiji, was actually an iron-blooded general who was capable of both literature and martial arts, decisive in killing.
It was precisely because of this that Cheng Yaojin was afraid of Xu Shiji. He had always felt that Xu Shiji was stern and unsmiling, as if he was secretly harboring evil thoughts to harm others.
"Haha, no worries!"
Wang Shichong saw that Cheng Yaojin was free and easy by nature and was very straightforward. He liked it very much. He actually picked up the token arrow that he had just put down and said to Qin Qiong," General Qin, in that case, I will give you 10,000 troops. You and General Cheng will go to the west gate of Luoyang to deal with Tu Tian."”
"Many thanks, King Zheng!"
Qin Qiong stepped forward to receive the command arrow and left Luoyang Palace with Cheng Yaojin. Seeing that 10,000 soldiers were already waiting on the drill ground, he immediately led his men to the west gate.
"Your Highness King Zheng!"
In the palace, the Iron Crown Taoist Su Wei had Wang Shichong order the other generals to retreat and leave them alone in the hall. He said to Wang Shichong," There's something fishy about this matter.”
"Oh?" Wang Shichong looked at Su Wei in confusion. He saw a trace of hesitation on Su Wei's thin face, so he said,"Military Advisor, what did you think of?"”
Su Wei said," Our people have just sent the news of Tu Tian rushing to the west gate. Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin actually knew in advance and came to ask for a battle. This is a little strange."”
" This..." Wang Shichong lowered his head and said nothing. After a long time, he said," The Three Sages Hall is near the west gate. It's normal for Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin to get the news in advance." Moreover, Luo Cheng was seriously ill in the Three Sages Hall. If Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin colluded with outsiders and did something that let him down, wouldn't they care about Luo Cheng?”
In other words, Wang Shichong didn't think that there was anything wrong with Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin coming to ask for battle.
Su Wei nodded lightly." Your Majesty is right. Perhaps I'm thinking too much. I'll take my leave."”
Although Su Wei said that he would take his leave, he actually did not return to his military advisor's residence after leaving the palace. Instead, he brought a few attendants and rode straight to the west gate of Luoyang to see what had happened there.
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"Second Brother, how was my acting just now?”
Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong had set off early, so they had already seen the city wall of the west gate. Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but speak to Qin Qiong with a smug expression.
"Not bad!" Qin Qiong laughed and said to Cheng Yaojin," 47th brother is indeed wise. I asked you to ask for the token arrow, and Wang Shichong gave it to you."”
"Hehe." Cheng Yaojin grinned." Some things have to be done by a reckless person like me. You are a meticulous person, but if you ask for the token arrow, Wang Shichong will inevitably think too much."”
Qin Qiong nodded and lowered his voice to Cheng Yaojin.”
"Don't worry!" Cheng Yaojin patted his stomach." I know!”
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