Realizing that Ning Jiang might not have planned to serve the king at all, but Ju Zhirong couldn't say it.

Although in Weiyuan's army, he was nominally... or the commander who was officially appointed by the court, and these days, when Ningjiang was absent, he actually led the entire army.

But he knew very well that the backbone of this army was Ning Jiang. Wang Keyuan and many other young generals were promoted by Ning Jiang from the bottom, and Yue Qing and others were also the best ones who took the initiative to surrender from the world. Although Ning Jiang does not have any official positions at present, everyone is called "bachelor" and "leader", at least so far, the spirit of the entire army is supported by Ning Jiang's personal charm and ability.

Without Ningjiang, there would be no qualitative change in the entire Weiyuan army, no martial arts masters who helped them defeat Agubeng, no various mysterious but unexpected weapons, no unpredictable and profound military formations and tactics.

Even Ju Zhirong, although he was much older than Ningjiang, was increasingly relied on Ningjiang at this time, but even he could not imagine what this army would become without Ningjiang. I am afraid that it would be vulnerable to the barbarian army like other Chinese troops?

If Ning Jiang really doesn't plan to serve the king, then he knows deeply that he can't do anything with himself.

Even if everyone is willing to follow him and face another main force of the barbarian army, he is not sure of winning.

After vaguely guessing Ning Jiang's plan, Ju Zhirong was silent. He had accepted the Confucian concept of loyalty and filial piety since childhood, and after realizing this possibility, he was shocked and even unacceptable. However, once he calmed down, he began to understand that he could not make any changes regardless of whether he accepted it or not. After all, from the perspective of reality, this entire army, including him, could not have the emperor far away in the capital, but Ning Jiang...

After a while of silence, Ju Zhirong finally fully supported Ning Jiang's opinion.

After accepting the facts, he began to support the decision to divide the troops.

Since he did not intend to serve the king, he could only encircle and intercept Meng Yu's remaining defeated generals, forcing him to death step by step, but he did not do anything in one go to eliminate him.

As long as Meng Yu's remaining soldiers are still there, the Weiyuan army will have a reason not to immediately serve the king.

As the nominal commander of this army, Ju Zhirong had to cover up his "unofficial heart" for Ning Jiang. After all, after 800 years of Confucianism, the concepts of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If there is no reasonable excuse, once it spreads, it will inevitably be ruled by thousands of people.

Of course, they had no objection to the generals below. Although the previous big victory was inspiring, the entire army was indeed quite tired. Although Ningjiang's tactics to wipe out the remnants of the barbarian army were delayed, it was indeed more stable. After capturing the Shechuan City, step by step would also be conducive to the renovation of the entire army.

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Between the mountains between Lingzhou and Suizhou, a team of more than 20 people successfully avoided the spies released by the barbarian army attacking the capital, as well as small groups of barbarian soldiers who were robbing houses everywhere, and rushed towards Shechuan County.

The leader was a middle-aged man. Although he changed into casual clothes while avoiding the barbarians, his behavior still showed his pampering habits on weekdays.

This man, named Zhao, Dehai, was actually sent by the imperial envoy from the imperial court to Xuanzhao in the area of ​​Shechuan County. The barbarian army of Li Hu, the prince of Chunxin, had already begun to attack the city with all his might, and the capital was in danger. At this moment, Zhao Dehai took the emperor's edict to sneak out of the East City Gate and enthroned the former Gong of the Yuan Dynasty Ningjiang as the general of Zhenguo, and asked him to rush to the capital to rescue the capital.

Zhao Dehai knew that he had a heavy responsibility, so he carefully avoided the barbarian army along the way. In the middle of the night, he still rushed to the road overnight in order to complete the errands assigned by the emperor as soon as possible.

At this time, after a night of travel, they were resting in a forest. The weather was very cold, the wind and frost were heavy, and they set up a bonfire, warmed up their bodies, and ate some dry food they brought out.

Zhao Dehai had never had such a hard life before, and he felt that the dry cakes he had bitten hard was really hard to swallow.

"Sir!" a general who led his team to escort him whispered, "How about taking a rest here?"

Zhao Dehai gritted his teeth and said, "No, I can still hold on. Let's get on the road earlier, earlier..."

At this moment, the general suddenly pressed him down and swept his eyes to the faint darkness around him.

Under his suggestion, the others hurriedly pressed the bonfire with dirt. The fire suddenly became much darker, but there was still a little light, as if they were struggling in the darkness and would not go dark.

Zhao Dehai said restlessly: "What's wrong?"

The general whispered: "Nothing is right."

Zhao Dehai looked around in panic. Although it was almost dawn, winter had already begun. In the cold weather, the monsters that were still pressing on the entire desolate land were difficult to dissipate.

With a pounce, a dull sound came from the other side. Zhao Dehai subconsciously looked over, but he could see nothing clearly. But behind him, there was a noise of blades pulling each other. With a bang, the light flashed, followed by a whistling sound of breaking through the air, and all the guards around him started to move.

Zhao Dehai couldn't see what was going on, but he just felt the gust of winds coming in panic. With a sound of blowing, someone fell down in front of him. Even in such a darkness, he could see the sudden splash of blood, and this was just the beginning.

Someone fell on the bonfire that could not be completely extinguished, sparks sprinkled, and white smoke spread between the black night and the rushing blood. "Take the master away first!" The roar of the general was like a lion's roar.

Zhao Dehai's arm was raised, and his stiff and weak legs moved, and he was almost half-dragged and pulled away. Behind him, a series of warriors were accompanied by several terrifying hums. Someone cursed softly: "Good guy, is it the 'Zhendong Lion' Zhushi in the army?"

The general shouted angrily: "Since you know the reputation of this general, how dare you come to die?"

The speaker sneered: "Whoever dies may die? Zhu Shi, you are a hero. This matter has nothing to do with you. If you go there, we will not kill you."

With two bangs, Zhu Shi's sword technique became even more fierce. He used the killing sword technique on the battlefield, with almost no tricks. He just attacked wildly. He was both fast and fierce, and forced the attackers to retreat. He shouted coldly: "Who are you? How do you know this general?" He thought he had encountered barbarian soldiers, but now it seems that these people are clearly Chinese. Although he has some reputation in the army, he has never walked in the world. After a few moves, he was actually called a name by these attackers of unknown origin, which made him realize that these people are definitely not ordinary.

The attacker who fought with Zhu Shi stopped talking. A goose feather knife flashed out in the dark and collided with Zhu Shi's horizontal knife. With the sound of the thumping blow, several branches broke, followed by another burst of energy.

Zhao Dehai was led by five guards and escaped from the woods. The sky in the east struggled to pull a hazy line of fish white. He turned around and didn't know whether it was life or death.

They dared not stay for too long and continued to rush.

At noon, they crossed a path. At this time, they had entered the boundary of Suizhou and passed a village on the way. The barbarian soldiers had passed by here, and the people in the village didn't know whether they were forcibly abducted or had already fled and could not see anyone.

The broken earthen house, the collapsed stone wall, and the naked woman's body beside a broken well. I think I know what happened before her death. They had no intention of staying here and continued walking forward. When they were about to pass through the village, someone suddenly walked out of a yard.

The five guards immediately held the knives in alert and protected Zhao Dehai in front of Zhao Dehai. The man in his forties and dressed clothes walked out of the yard. Although the weather was cold, he didn't wear much. He was holding a broken bowl with a gap in his hand and was drinking the porridge in the bowl. Seeing Zhao Dehai and others, he was fixed like a mountain, as if he was integrated with the ground.

The guards sent to protect Zhao Dehai were also carefully selected masters. At this moment, they immediately knew that the man was extremely powerful and even more nervous. The man probably saw that they were just passing by, and was startled by his sudden appearance from the door, instead of deliberately coming to cause trouble for him, he slowly took a step back. Behind him, three other people walked out, but they were a woman and two young men.

The woman said, "Brother, what happened?" Seeing Zhao Dehai and six others, Liu Mei raised her eyebrows slightly: "Who are they?"

The man said lightly: "It must be a passing by."

The five people who protected the imperial envoys could see that these people were probably just the people who passed by this abandoned village. They probably borrowed the uninhabited yard to cook something, which had nothing to do with them, so they protected Lord Zhao and prepared to leave.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves behind them approached quickly. Everyone looked at each other and saw more than a dozen masked men riding horses.

The five guards recognized the people chasing them at first sight, which were the attackers who had been last night, and quickly pulled out their swords. The masked men found that there were other people here, and they first stopped them and looked at the man and the three people behind him. The man took a step back to show that he had nothing to do with Zhao Dehai and others. There were many troubles in the world, and they were just passing by, so they naturally would not step into other people's muddy waters.

The five people who protected Lord Zhao knew that it was bad. Judging from this, Zi Shi might have been killed by these people. One of them whispered: "Sir, you will leave as soon as you start to fight!" They knew that this trip they might have to send their lives here. It doesn't matter if they die. The tasks sent by the court are of great importance, and they are only worried that they will die with their eyes.

Zhao Dehai gritted his teeth and shouted righteously at the attackers riding on horseback on the opposite side: "I think you are all Chinese. Why do you accomplices for the tiger, serve the barbarian army, and ignore the national justice, and the people are in danger?" He thought that he had no grudges with the people in the martial arts world. Since these people were so eager to kill him, they naturally wanted to stop him from going to the Ning family army to promulgate. Who else would do this except the traitors who were bribed by the barbarians?

However, the masked men did not answer, and all dismounted, holding all kinds of weapons and rushed towards Zhao Dehai and others.

"Sir, go first!" One of the guards shouted, and the knife in his hand slashed away. Before the knife arrived, a figure flashed in front of him. With a bang, the masked man who rushed in front was shocked. The big man who had finished drinking the porridge was already facing them, looking at the masked killers with his hands behind his back.

The masked killer in the lead shouted: "Who are you? This matter has nothing to do with you, don't meddle in other people's business!"

The big man sneered: "The world is in charge of the affairs of the world, what can I do?" Beside him, the woman and two young men also came over to block the masked killers with him. The woman sneered: "In broad daylight, she hides her head and hides her face, and sneaks. It seems that you also know that you have no face to see people."

The masked killers were murderous intent, and the person in the leader said coldly: "Say it again, this matter has nothing to do with you, don't seek death by yourself."

The man slowly took two steps forward. Somehow, with the pace he took, his invisible momentum rose rapidly, making him as insurmountable as a mountain. The masked man in the lead finally changed his face: "Is it not the 'mountain to pass' Fu Dingbo and Fu?"

The woman smiled and said, "Since you know the name of our boss, you must be of some origin in the world." A young man next to her said disdainfully: "It's a pity that he is a shameful scum."

The masked man said lightly: "Since Fu Daxia is here, you must be the other three heroes among the four heroes of Huangshan, Humph... But everyone in the world knows that the four heroes of Huangshan, Fu Daxia alone owns the three words "Huangshan", and the remaining three are just the words "Four" with Fu Daxia."

The woman smiled again and said, "I know you were trying to anger us on purpose, but this is the fact, so we won't be angry with you. If you have the ability, you take off your mask and let us see who you are?"

The masked man snorted. He knew that among the four heroes of Huangshan, although these three were far inferior to Fu Dingbo, they were all among the top-ranked. But Fu Dingbo was a quasi-grand master. Considering the appearance of the Nine Yin Scriptures, it was equivalent to erasing the boundary between the first-rank master and the grand master. Recently, there have been countless quasi-grand masters who entered the grand master. Even if Fu Dingbo was one of them, he would never be surprised.

"Let's go!" Without saying a word, he took the masked killer beside him and suddenly pulled away, got on his horse, turned around and left.

The woman snorted, "I ran very quickly." She turned around and looked at the six people who were rescued by them: "Who are you? Why do these sneaky guys kill you?"

Zhao Dehai bowed and said, "Thank you for your help. I am the imperial envoy of the court. I went to the Shechuan County area to see the scholar Ning in Shechuan County and announced an edict on behalf of the emperor. I didn't expect to encounter these evil people on the way. These evil people were probably the scum of the Chinese who surrendered to the Manhu. They intercepted the officials, but they didn't want the Ning family army to rush to the capital."

The woman called Xu Jiaolong. The two young men, one Yu Zhicheng and the other Yuan Chengjiang, were called the Four Heroes of Huangshan with Fu Dingbo, the "Mountains Are the Pass" and Fu Dingbo. After hearing this, he looked at each other. Yu Zhicheng slowly said, "Although we don't want to meddle in other people's business, we can't ignore this matter." Yuan Chengjiang smiled and said, "Because this is no longer a matter of the court, nor a matter of the world, but a matter of our entire China. Besides, we were originally determined to meet the leader of the Ning League to see if there is anything we can help. Since we happened to meet, we happened to serve as a meeting gift."

Xu Jiaolong asked, "Boss, what do you think?"

Fu Dingbo said in a deep voice: "The country is in danger, so you can't ignore it." Looking at Zhao Dehai: "Let's protect you and get on the road together."

Zhao Dehai bowed his hand and bowed heavily: "A few righteous people are so righteous, so the officials will serve the people of the world, thank you." He knew that these people in the martial arts world were not officials or profit, and everything they did was for the word chivalrous, so he did not say unnecessary words. At that moment, the four heroes of Huangshan set off with Zhao Dehai and rushed to Shechuan County.

Far behind them, one of the masked killers whispered: "Catcher, what should we do now?"

The masked man in the lead also had a headache: "I didn't expect that he would run into the four heroes of Huangshan here, it's difficult to deal with!" I really don't know how to explain to the leader.
Chapter completed!