Qingling Punishing Heart

Chapter 433 The decisive battle is imminent
In the sunny afternoon, a continuous army marched towards the northwest of Haojing.

Su Ji was wearing a gorgeous war robe and a fierce black-faced evil spirit mask, and he was riding unsteadily on a horse.

Yuan Sheng was idle and bored, and asked curiously: "Master, what are you doing with a mask?"

Su Ji replied: "Do you know why most of the generals who lead troops to fight are so stern?"

"why?"

"Because many people bully the weak and fear the strong. When they see the vicious master, the timid ones are immediately frightened. Unfortunately, I am not as scary as others, and I don't want to have a stern face, so I can only wear a mask."

Yuan Sheng said: "I see. It seems that I have to wear a mask too. The uglier the mask, the scarier it is."

Looking at Yuan Sheng's innate ugly appearance, Su Ji said with relief: "No need, you are very talented in this area."

This was the first time Yuan Sheng was praised by his master, but he always felt that something was wrong.

The mountain wind whistled past, and there was a sudden ear-piercing cry of crows.

Gah!Gah!
A flock of crows skimmed through the trees and flew over the march.

The soldiers looked up at the same time, and the crows above their heads gathered more and more, covering the entire sky in an instant.Crows are all over the sky, and the crows are screaming one after another, screaming as if they have torn their throats, which is creepy.

Crows have been regarded as ominous birds since ancient times, especially soldiers who went to war, they are most taboo to encounter this kind of bird, thinking that if they meet a crow and sing at the head, it is a sign of disaster.

The soldiers started to beat drums in their hearts, and they couldn't help getting goosebumps. Many people lowered their voices and discussed:

"Where are there so many crows?"

"The old crow crows, disaster has arrived."

"When a crow flies over its head, there is no disaster without disaster."

"Shut your crow mouths!"

Facing the crow that reported the crime, the soldiers used the folklore methods to crack it. Some scolded, some spit, and some silently recited the five-character mantra of "Qianyuan Henry Zhen" seven times...

Suddenly, a crow swooped down and landed on Su Ji's shoulder, "quack" several times.

"Can you understand what it is saying?" Jiang Ling asked curiously.

Su Ji pondered and said: "Daoist Lu Ya told me that Jin Chanzi's reincarnation is in Mount Li outside the city of Haojing."

Jiang Ling was slightly taken aback, and murmured: "Daoist Lu Ya has been looking for Jin Chanzi for many years without success, but he just appeared before the final battle. It must not be a simple coincidence that these things came together."

"Disperse!"

Su Ji gave an order, and the crows spread out in all directions like black fragments, each flying in different directions, flying higher and higher through the clouds in groups, flying to the distant sky, and disappeared without a trace in an instant .

Two hours later, the coalition forces arrived at a small town on the border northwest of Haojing.

Su Ji originally expected to fight a fierce battle here, but he led the army to the pass, but found that there was a mess everywhere, the city gate was not covered, and there was not even a soldier guarding the city.

Yuan Sheng scratched his head in doubt.

This is not the first time that Su Ji has encountered such a situation.Usually seeing such a scene, the generals guarding the pass must abandon the city and flee.But this was originally the place where the West Sixth Division army led by the royal family of Zhou was stationed.What happened to the royal family of Zhou, and the army here must be dispatched?
Seeing the murderous army, the people were all frightened.

Su Ji looked around the city and found that most of the people in the city had fled, leaving only a few "gatekeepers" of rich families and the old, weak, sick and disabled who "refused to leave their homes".

Jiang Ling asked someone to check the number of stoves, and the report said that there were [-] stoves and [-] horse bones. From this, it was estimated that the army leaving here was about [-], which is not a small number.

The soldiers searched the city, dragged several old people out of their residences, and dragged them to Sujima.Facing the soldiers' inquiries about the original whereabouts of the garrison, the common people looked around and said nothing.

Su Ji got off his horse, drew his sword and asked, "If you don't tell me, you will die!"

Facing Su Ji's black-faced evil mask, the old man looked terrified, and just now he honestly confessed everything.The people in the city really didn't know why the emperor suddenly dispatched troops, they only knew that the little food left by the people in the city was robbed by the garrison who had all left.

After some verification, Su Ji ordered the food transport officer to distribute some of the food to several old people, and sent them several carriages to send them on the road.

After a while, following a rush of horseshoes, a scouting horse came to report: "I would like to report to the lord, there are two forked roads ahead, one goes directly to Haojing, the capital of Zhou, and the other leads to Lishan outside the city of Haojing; the first road There are obvious rut ​​marks; the second road has fewer rut marks, and there are people's daily discards along the way."

Jiang Ling speculated, "The Sixth West Division probably went to Mount Li."

"Where's Mr. Ji?" Su Ji asked.

Yuan Sheng replied: "I am sleeping in the carriage."

Jiang Ling raised her brows and said angrily, "How long will he sleep? The battle is imminent. As a military adviser, he is drunk all day, dreaming and dying. How can he be decent? Call him to see me!"

Yuan Sheng got the order, and just about to turn the horse's head, Su Ji shouted: "Wait!", turned to Jiang Ling and said: "Senior sister, let's go too."

The three of them walked to Ji Chengshi's carriage, and before they reached the door, they smelled a strong smell of alcohol.

Yuan Sheng stood outside the door and refused to go in.

Jiang Lingxiu frowned, questioning: "Third brother, is this person trustworthy?"

"When it comes to leading troops to fight, he is more reliable than me."

After finishing speaking, Su Ji opened the curtain of the carriage and walked in, only to see that the inside was dirty and messy, the cups and plates were messed up, the leftovers and fruit peels and empty wine jars were scattered all over the place, and the only way to settle down was to spread these wine jars and fruit peels with his feet.

Jiang Ling covered his mouth and nose, feeling that this place smelled like a stable, and immediately shook his head, thinking that the stable smelled better than here, and he would rather smell the horse's butt immediately than stay longer.

"I can't stand this fellow! Tell him yourself."

Jiang Ling turned around and walked out of the carriage. Seeing Yuan Sheng covering his mouth and snickering, he realized why the little monkey refused to go in just now.

Su Ji turned his head to look at Ji Chengshi who was lying in the carriage, knowing that he was still angry. After all, he was forced to be a military adviser, so he couldn't help feeling unhappy.After taking a few glances at Ji Chengshi, Su Ji turned around and was about to leave when someone behind him said:
"Is this gone?"

Ji Chengshi asked, turned over, eyes still closed.

Su Ji said lightly: "I can't wake up a coward who pretends to be asleep."

"You call me a coward?"

"good."

"Hmm... well said." Ji Chengshi sat up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and said drunkenly, "... why are you looking for a coward?"

Su Ji said: "I promised to help you save the small building. Now I know that Gao Xiu led the monks from Jiulong Island to occupy Lishan Mountain, and the person I'm looking for happens to be in Ligong Palace."

"Who are you looking for?"

Su Ji dipped his fingers in the wine and wrote the word "Baosi" on the ground.

Ji Chengshi's face changed slightly, and he lowered his voice and said, "The person you are looking for is the queen?"

Su Ji nodded, and said in a low voice: "So, I plan to split into two groups now. Mu Lingyu and I will go to Mount Li, and you will assist Leader Jiang Ling. Li Rumei, the envoy of the banner, led the coalition forces to encircle the capital of Zhou, Haojing."

Ji Chengshi stretched his waist, yawned and said, "Why do you think I will help you?"

Su Ji asked back, "Why did you come to Yunmeng Mountain to look for me?"

Ji Chengshi was speechless, bowed his head and remained silent, as if he still had some worries in his heart.

Su Ji took out a bronze bird mask, handed it to Ji Chengshi, and said, "Put it on and do what you want."

(End of this chapter)