chewing dragon

Chapter 268: Harden and try with the beard and edge
Seeing their leader's appearance, the surrounding crossbowmen looked at each other and smiled like robbers.

Then Li Shenxian replied without thinking: "Number one is naturally the so-called Xiuling Tiger Cavalry who dances with snake spears and wields big guns!"

"The leader's name is Zuo Yaoshi. His cultivation level is about the same as that of Lao Li, but because of his background, he has always been the most arrogant and rude. He always wants to ride on the neck of our Bazhou son!"

"The battalion captain has just arrived and has not yet shown his majesty. It is time to take action on this person and show his strength to the soldiers from all over the place!"

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi pursed his lips and thought to himself: "Sure enough!"

Nothing in this world should be taken for granted. How can it be like in a drama, where heroes cherish each other and worship each other?
Although he had shown great power just now, defeating one against a hundred, generously giving away treasures and showing favors, and was supported by the tiger-skin banner of Lord Langya behind him, but if we say that Li Shenxian was fearful of power and virtuous, he was convinced. He took it orally, so that he decisively led the crowd to take effect, and he was determined to take it from then on. No matter how he thought about it, it was still too hasty and childish.

In fact, because of the burning heart, Li Shenxian's every word, every move, every subtle change in his expression, or every small ups and downs in his tone, are reflected in the young man's mind and spirit, and are correct. It's every detail, nothing is missing.

Li Shenxian was indeed a man of temperament, and his move to seek refuge was sincere, but his sincerity was not so pure.

From the beginning to the end of this incident, it was not so much that Li Shenxian was surrendered by Qi Jingzhi, but rather that these Bazhou soldiers were in urgent need of finding a backer, and they happened to meet the young battalion who had a good background but went to the post alone. Lieutenant, it happened that the two sides looked at each other right again, so they staged a drama of encountering a wise master and returning a hero's heart.

Seeing that he just spoke a word to test the situation, the other party took the bait without hesitation. Qi Jingzhi had already figured out the thoughts of these people in a flash of thought.

Once he had this in his mind, most of his previous sense of absurdity dissipated, and instead he felt joyful because of this rather novel experience.

Although as a 16-year-old boy, Qi Jingzhi had no experience in controlling heroes or commanding armies, Lu Qiyun in his pillow dream did.

Even though the memory of Lu Qiyun may not be enough, Qi Jingzhi, as a former hunter in the mountains, has heard and seen a lot about the methods of training dogs and training eagles, so he can try to draw parallels.

As for whether he will completely subdue these people in front of him into his eagle dogs in the future, or will they backfire and end in a dismal ending... Just as Lu Qiyun's master Luo Zhenren said: "If you sharpen your beard, ask the world how many heads are there? And the front. Let’s try it and see what I can do!”

In fact, Qi Jingzhi's own master, Master Xuandu Guan, ordered his young disciple to go down the mountain to travel around the world, with the same intention.

Only by living in a place of honor and wealth, walking in a place of sorrow, but being able to maintain an unyielding will and a hard-working Taoist heart, can we have the chance to become a crane that soars into the sky.

So, Qi Jingzhi curled up the corners of his mouth and looked at Li Shenxian with a half-smile: "You also know that I am new here, and the situation is still unclear, so wouldn't it be unwise to offend Zuo Yaoshi and others rashly?"

Li Shenxian observed the words, and felt a shiver in his heart, and said quickly: "I dare not deceive the battalion commander. The reason why I, Old Li, wanted to instigate the battalion commander to take action to knock down the arrogance of Zuo Yaoshi's fellow is that although there are personal grudges involved, but The same is true for the sake of the battalion commander. As long as the battalion commander can accomplish this, he will be valued more and more by the Great Sima!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, even Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but feel curious: "What's the reason for this?"

Li Shenxian immediately cheered up: "After that guy Zuo Yaoshi claimed to be a member of the Daqi clan, he kept an eye on Buddhism all day long. He led his cavalry to worship General Shensha every day, and destroyed the good Gouchen Courtyard. It’s so chaotic…”

"After the clan, do you respect Buddhism?"

Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but frown: "Is this so-called Zuo family similar to the Yongmen family in the past, but the Jiang Qi Xiaozong rooted in the army? Such a family actually abandoned the Saint Jiang Taoism and turned to Buddhism?"

At that moment, Li Shenxian continued: "It is said that when the emperor of the country just issued the decree to reopen Gouchen Yuan, Fuya Temple generously presented a snake flag. That flag has a great background, even if it is the emperor of the country and the Grand Sima I’m not willing to refuse.”

"Along with the Weishen Banner, there were also Zuo Yaoshi and five hundred Xiuling Tiger Cavalry. Because of the Weishen Banner, Da Sima had to give Fuya Temple some thin noodles, and after picking and choosing, left Zuo The pharmacist and one hundred elite tiger cavalry sent back the remaining four hundred cavalry."

Li Shenxian paused and saw the thoughtful look on his battalion captain's face. He had obviously heard it, and then he continued to show off with some pride: "I also just saw the Zuowu banner on the battalion captain's mount, and suddenly I felt like it. I have a plan..."

"Most of our Grand Sima wanted to rely on the Snake Banner to set up a Snake Army Governor's Mansion, but we didn't want to take advantage of Fu Men and Zuo Yaoshi, so we resorted to dragging the tactic to see if there was any good man who could kill Zuo Yaoshi. Suppress the arrogance of He Xiuling Tiger Cavalry. At that time, they themselves will fail to live up to their expectations, and Fuya Temple will naturally have nothing to say."

Qi Jingzhi raised the corner of his mouth in a sarcastic arc, nodded slightly and said, "Well, that's a good idea."

"It's just that I don't want to have a grudge with others, let alone be used as a cover on the flagpole or a memorial tablet on the table."

Hearing this, a light flashed in Li Shenxian's eyes.

He was not annoyed at all. Instead, he put away his sly and smug expression before and said with approval: "Although the captain is young, he is very independent, and he is so calm... Hehe, we are waiting for brother Bazhou. The future is becoming more secure!”

Qi Jingzhi smiled casually: "Brother Li said before that he was also a hunter. I still didn't believe it, but now I understand..."

The corners of the young man's mouth turned up slightly, full of admiration: "A talented person like Brother Li who is thoughtful and well-versed in the world, even if he doesn't know archery, he will definitely be a good hunter in the mountains and forests!"

Hearing this, Li Shenxian curled his lips and was about to say a few polite words to his camp captain when he suddenly heard the rumble of horse hooves coming from outside the forest.

Everyone followed the sound and saw many cavalrymen wearing iron armor and holding snake spears approaching fiercely. They stopped on the corridor outside the forest and stared at the Bazhou crossbowmen in the forest.

Qi Jingzhi could see clearly that all these cavalrymen, without exception, had a piece of colorful tiger skin padded under their saddles. No wonder they called themselves tiger cavalrymen.

Once the horses of ordinary cavalry collided with these tiger cavalry, they would immediately panic and run away.

"Well, I don't know whether the owners of these furs died from listening to Zen Master Zhenyou chanting sutras, or from refusing to listen to sutras?"

Qi Jingzhi was thinking about this weird idea when he heard someone outside the forest shouting: "This is Daqi Gouchen Courtyard, how can it be so noisy? Li Shenxian, if you can't restrain the country bumpkins under you, Zuo can Do it for me!”

Amidst the strange shouts and shouts, a young rider stood out from the crowd of more than a hundred Xiuling Tiger Riders. He was unpretentious, looked down upon the wolves, and exuded a sense of fierceness and domineering all over his body.

What is particularly eye-catching is that a flaming flag hangs above the head of the young cavalry. On the flag is a purple-robed and crowned god with the head of a human and the body of a snake.

This god has an ancient appearance and a profound aura. A huge snake body protrudes from the hem of his purple robe, circling like a wheel. On the snake's neck are two human heads with red crowns standing side by side. They look the same, except for one with an angry look. , looking down at the common people, while the other has soft eyebrows and compassionate eyes.

"That guy is Pharmacist Zuo, and the flag flying above his head is the Snake Flag." Li Shenxian muttered, and saw his battalion captain gently nodding, and then stepped forward: "Pharmacist Zuo, today it is my Ba Zhou Erlang is on duty, it’s not your turn to point fingers!”

Hearing this, the young cavalry general smiled sadly: "Li Banzi, this is the capital of Jiang Qi and the old palace of King Huan! You are a descendant of a distant branch of the surname Ji. You have to bow your head when you are under the eaves! Zuo Although he is not a mandrill, he is still missing a big boy!"

Li Shenxian immediately became furious and filled with murderous intent: "If you call me Li Banzi again, don't blame a certain family for being ruthless!"

But Pharmacist Zuo just pretended that he hadn't seen her and sneered, not forgetting to add fuel to the fire: "Why, you don't want to be our eldest son?"

"This is easy to handle. Zuo will peel off the skin and cramps of your bullshit 'Bazhou Shooter' and 'Li Family Tiger', make it into a horse bridle, and put it under our precious ass. Wouldn't it be a good thing?"

Zuo Yaoshi waved the snake spear in his hand and circled the Bazhou crossbowmen in the forest. His smile was full of disdain: "You may still be kings and hegemons in the high mountains of Bazhou, but when you encounter our Xiuling Tiger Cavalry, , bow your head when you should, and stop overestimating your own capabilities and worrying about the Governor's Mansion of the Zuowu Army!"

"It should be noted that in front of Zuo, Li Banzi can only call grandpa obediently!"

As soon as these words came out, the Xiuling Tiger Riders burst into laughter.

Being so humiliated by the other party, Li Shenxian calmed down.

He tightened the General's Feather Arrow in his hand and whispered: "Lieutenant, there is something wrong with this guy... Even though he was arrogant in the past, he is not like this."

Qi Jingzhi laughed and pointed at the Zuowu flag that was rising above Bannu's head: "When he mentioned the Zuowu Army Governor's Mansion, he was clearly talking about me."

Li Shenxian was so angry just now that he didn't care to look around. It was only when the young man reminded him that he discovered the strange change that was just around the corner.

I saw the Zuowu flag shining brightly, rising until it was almost as high as the Snake flag before stopping. The Zuowu flag on the flag was glowing with colors and its long tail reached the sky, showing its majesty without any sign of weakness.

The snake flag at the other end was provoked, and the flag fluttered in the wind. The two-headed snake-bodied god on it seemed to come to life, and the four eyes seemed to be real. Those who saw it felt their hearts sink, and even their thoughts were stagnant. point.

Zuowu Banner suddenly froze, and then the flag's surface began to flutter violently, as if he had suffered a small loss in the previous aura confrontation.

After all, the current Zuowu banner is just a weapon spirit, and it is inevitably somewhat innately inadequate compared to the Snake flag above Zuo Yaoshi's head.

Bannu seemed to sense something, raised his head and let out a strange cry that was half tiger roar and half horse neighing, which immediately disrupted the formation of a hundred Xiuling tiger riders.

The war horses with tiger-skin bridles on their backs reacted in different ways, some retreated cautiously, some jumped forward excitedly, and most of them scratched the ground hard in surprise, or they also raised their heads and responded with full awe. neighing.

At the same time, the Zuowu Banner, which was originally slightly weak, seemed to have received some kind of gain, and was able to withstand the pressure of the Snake Banner.

While the Xiuling Tiger Riders were scolding and comforting their mounts, Li Shenxian couldn't help but mumbled: "Why do I, Old Li, see that there is a natural conflict between the Zouwu Banner and the Snake Flag? On the contrary, it is the battalion captain's The first mount is clearly the nemesis of those tiger cavalry!"

Qi Jingzhi also had doubts.

He originally thought that if others don't offend me, I won't offend others, but in the blink of an eye, he is being bullied and there seems to be some hidden secret, which may be related to the career of Ban Nu.

So, the young man suddenly chuckled: "Brother Li just got a magic arrow, don't you want to make a profit?"

Li Shenxian was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, and the same ferocious smile as before appeared on his lips again.

He immediately took two steps forward and said in a loud voice: "Zuo Yaoshi! If it were in the past, I, Lao Li, might still give you three points. But it's different now. Our Bazhou son has already joined the command of Qi Yingwei, the governor of the Zuowu Army. , I am no longer a lonely ghost with no one to take care of me!"

"Oh?"

In fact, Zuo Yaoshi had been eyeing Qi Jingzhi for a long time. Hearing this, his eyes became more fierce and sinister: "Are you the captain of the Zuowu Army who was kissed by Da Sima? Humph, I can't see you today!"

Without waiting for Qi Jingzhi's response, Zuo Yaoshi spoke again: "The Da Qi clan has been divided into left and right young masters since ancient times. My Zuo family is the descendant of Zuo Young Master. It has been passed down from generation to generation. Which branch do you belong to?" A descendant of Maimai, how dare you overestimate your capabilities and compete with Zuo?"

"I don't care whether you are really a member of the royal family or a countryman who has climbed the dragon and attached to the phoenix. If you are wise, get out of Gouchen Courtyard as soon as possible to avoid being ugly and humiliating your ancestors. It will be too late to regret it!"

Qi Jingzhi was too lazy to respond to such nonsense, so he turned to Li Shenxian and asked, "Is this Zuo Yaoshi always so annoying?"

Li Shenxian grinned and said with a serious smile: "This guy is famous for his sharp teeth and harsh words. If it weren't for the magical Wei Snake Flag and the amazing fighting power of the Xiuling Tiger Cavalry, I, Old Li, would have beaten him long ago. The floor is full of teeth!”

"Then beat him until his teeth are all over the floor!" Qi Jingzhi ordered without hesitation.

"Order!"

Li Shenxian had long been unable to hold himself back, and now he didn't even have the slightest hesitation.

Then I saw this man from Bazhou bend his bow like a full moon, and seemingly casually put the general's evil feather arrow on the bowstring, pointing at the Xiuling Tiger Cavalry outside the forest in the distance: "You stinky fish and rotten shrimps, you are in front of everyone all day long. Call me Li Banzi. Today, a certain family really wants to be Li Banzi, but who is not afraid of death and dares to be a certain family’s grandpa?"

It was obviously not the first time that Zuo Yaoshi faced Li Shenxian's arrows. As soon as he saw this Bazhou man raising his carved bow, he immediately placed the snake spear in his hand in front of him.

The only difference from the past is that Li's Tiger was not in a hurry to shoot an arrow, but took some wrong medicine. Not only did he call himself Li Banzi, but he also wanted to recognize his father in public?
Pharmacist Zuo almost suspected that he had failed to obey, but he heard Li Shenxian shouting by name: "Pharmacist Zuo, haven't you been clamoring to be the biological father of a certain family? What's the matter, now I have to recognize my grandpa, you?" Are you too cowardly to dare to agree?"

Hearing this, Pharmacist Zuo couldn't hold it any longer, and immediately sneered proudly: "What a big boy, Pharmacist Zuo is here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zuo Yaoshi's eyebrows suddenly lit up with flames, and the fierce flames illuminated the iron helmet on his head red.

Amidst the lightning and flint, everyone was startled by the roar of the carved bow and the thunderbolt!
(End of this chapter)