Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 93: Brothers in Life and Death

The east was ablaze with red, the mountains and rivers were rolling, flocks of birds were flying by like colorful clouds, chirping, Meng Yi, wrapped in his quilt, slowly woke up and saw the rising sun. His wounds were covered with boiled herbs. Although his whole body was still in great pain, he had regained consciousness. Suddenly he thought of something, sat up abruptly, and shouted anxiously: "Where is my brother?"

Several trusted aides rushed forward to support him and advised: "General, don't get up, lie down and rest!"

Meng Yi said angrily: "I ask you, where is my brother?" Before he fell into a coma, he knew that Wuzhan had risked his life to suck out the poisonous blood for him, so when he woke up, the first thing he wanted to know was how Wuzhan was doing now, in other words, whether he was still alive.

The relative said: "The Taoist priest worked hard all night to take care of the general last night. He went to collect herbs before dawn. After returning, he boiled some medicine for the general. He should be resting by the cliff now."

Meng Yi felt relieved when he heard this, and said, "Help me up quickly, I want to go see my brother!"

The confidant said: "The general has not recovered from his serious injury and it is difficult for him to move. Let the Taoist priest..."

"Help me up quickly, or I'll go by myself!" Meng Yi ordered.

The confidants did not dare to disobey, so they had to help Meng Yi up, passed through the cavalry team that was repairing, and came to a rugged stone cliff. They saw Wuzhan leaning against the stone wall with his eyes closed and resting. The confidants wanted to wake Wuzhan up, but were stopped by Meng Yi.

Seeing Wuzhan's pale face, Meng Yi thought to himself: "My dear brother is already suffering from a terminal illness, yet he not only risked his life to suck out the poisonous blood for me, but also used his already insufficient blood to save my life. A brother who shares life and death with me like this is what I need in this life." He then whispered to his confidants to get some bedding, and he was helped to sit on the ground, intending to wait for Wuzhan to wake up.

Wuzhan never slept well, and he seemed to sense someone coming to his side. He opened his eyes slightly and found that it was Meng Yi who was supported and sat beside him. He quickly stood up and said, "Second brother is weak and needs to rest. How can he walk around casually? If he does, the poison will worsen."

Meng Yi saw Wuzhan wake up and said regretfully, "It's my fault, brother. I wanted to come visit you, but I woke you up."

Wuzhan said: "Second brother wants to see me, why not just send me over? Why bother coming here in person?"

Meng Yi said: "My dear brother, you risked your life to save me. I am really worried about you. I must see you with my own eyes to feel at ease. My dear brother, I cannot thank you enough. Please accept my greetings!" As he said this, he was about to kneel down.

Wuzhan hurried forward to support Meng Yi and said, "Second brother, you are embarrassing me. Since we are brothers, why do you have to do this?"

Meng Yi said with tears in his eyes: "My dear brother, you are right! My dear brother, you are right!" With Wuzhan's help, he sat back in his original seat.

Wuzhan said, "Although we annihilated another cavalry yesterday, we never expected that Qiu Linshan would escape. Now our whereabouts have been exposed. We can no longer ambush Huyan Lieri's cavalry. The infantry is in Shenmu and cannot arrive in time. Second brother is injured and cannot command in battle. We have less than 20,000 cavalry to fight against nearly 50,000 cavalry. The chance of winning is slim. They suffered heavy losses in this invasion and may not march from Jiuyuan again. I advise second brother to retreat to Shenmu and make other plans to avoid their onslaught."

Meng Yi said: "This time I am leading the garrison in Xianyang. Xianyang is short of manpower. If it takes too long, it will certainly worry Your Majesty. Rumors in the court say that it is impossible to stay in Shenmu and I will definitely be recalled. Once I return to the court, Huyan Lieri's cavalry is the strongest and will break through Shangjun again and march into Taiyuan. By then, the six northeastern counties will be in danger. Only now, blocking their way, is the best time to annihilate them. Moreover, Tongwu Hou has received my pigeon letter and will definitely lead 20,000 cavalry to chase after them. At that time, we will attack them from both sides and Huyan Lieri will definitely be defeated!"

Wuzhan said: "If Tongwu Hou hadn't chased us, wouldn't we be in a desperate situation?"

Meng Yi said: "No, we are old friends. He is experienced and will definitely not miss such an opportunity, let alone put me in a desperate situation. You will know when the time comes."

Wuzhan looked at Meng Yi who was full of confidence, smiled and said, "There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. He only needs to think about it and the Meng family will fall from the sky. How can my second brother hand his life over to others at such a critical moment?"

Meng Yi smiled and said, "You are worrying too much, my dear brother. You don't know him. He will definitely come here. Don't worry, I will take care of the rest. You have worked hard for me all night, so go back to rest." As he said that, he ordered his confidant to help him up and slowly left.

Wuzhan looked at Meng Yi's back until he went away, then he closed his eyes. After a moment, the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

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The sun was scorching, the grass and trees were withered, the earth was like a steamer, the horns were blaring, the hooves were beating like thunder, and the Hun cavalry appeared from the distant horizon. After a moment, nearly 50,000 Hun cavalry slowly appeared in the field of vision, with flags waving, horses neighing, and they slowly approached the hillside with great momentum.

Under the general's flag, there was a man with a burly figure, angry eyebrows and tiger eyes, and a beard as long as needles. He held a pair of wolf-toothed iron hammers in his hands and looked extremely ferocious. Sitting under him was a giant red-flame wolf. The wolf's eyes were as fierce as will-o'-the-wisp fire in the night, its white teeth were as sharp as swords, its red mane fluttered like flames, and its black claws were as sharp as knives. As it swayed and moved, it made low growls and looked ferocious and terrifying.

A man beside him, riding a bay horse, with eyes wide open, was the escaped Qiu Linshan. His 10,000 cavalrymen were reduced to less than a hundred in an instant. He was extremely angry. Until now, he still hadn't figured out how Sukotaku's cavalrymen were annihilated, leaving him defenseless and ambushed. Looking at Meng Yi on the slope, wearing armor, sitting upright on his horse, with cavalrymen in battle formation on both sides, he thought to himself: "He was poisoned by my needle, but he didn't die. Could he have a magic medicine?"

Seeing that the Wolf Division was almost at the foot of the hill, Huyan Lieri saw Jin Xingzi sitting on the Roaring Sky Tiger, playing with Xukotaku's goose-wing long sword. Xukotaku's head was hanging next to the tiger saddle. He raised his hand and shouted, "Stop!" As soon as the order was given, the 50,000 cavalry stopped immediately and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Huyan Lieri glanced at the Qin soldiers and said to Qiu Linshan contemptuously: "Do you think these cavalrymen in front of you can annihilate all of Sukotaku's Tiger Division and kill Sukotaku?"

Qiu Linshan said with regret: "General Wolf, don't let your guard down. I think Meng Yi is much better at leading troops than his brother. Maybe General Tiger was ambushed by him just like me."

Huyan Lieri snorted coldly and said, "You were ambushed because you were careless. I don't believe that their mere 20,000 cavalry can defeat my 50,000 Wolf Division today. You are boosting their morale and destroying your own prestige. Watch carefully as I cut off Meng Yi's head and send it to his brother."

Qiu Linshan was speechless and ashamed by what Huyan Lieri said, and he felt full of regret.

Huyan Lieri let go of the Red Flame Wolf and walked forward to Meng Yi, shouting, "I was worried that you would escape, but I didn't expect you would still dare to die here. I want to ask you, were you the one who killed Xukotaku and destroyed his Tiger Division?" His voice was like thunder.

Meng Yi smiled slightly and said, "It's the same for us. It was indeed me who killed Sukotaku, but the annihilation of his 30,000 cavalry was done by my brother alone." He gestured to Wuzhan beside him.

Tens of thousands of Huns focused their attention on him. They could not tell what abilities such a thin man could have. However, there was no need for Meng Yi to lie to them. Perhaps this man was really a military genius.

Huyan Lieri said to Wuzhan: "I will try to figure out how you killed them with your evil scheme, so that I can avenge him and wash away the shame!"

Wuzhan sat on his horse, looking at Huyan Lieri calmly, ignoring his question. At this time, Jin Xingzi on Xiaotianhu shouted unhappily, "If you want to die clearly, I'll tell you, it's not a conspiracy, it's the magic array 'Flying Stones and Quick Sand', you don't understand, in simple terms, it's to bury the person directly, do you want to try it?"

Huyan Lieri knew that he could not get any information out of it, so he said angrily, "How dare you tease me with such arrogant words? I will cut you into pieces and grind you into pulp in a moment!"

Jin Xingzi chuckled and said, "Your red-haired dog is not bad either. I also like to collect your dog heads. I plan to string the heads of the four great beasts of the Xiongnu together and hang them up for fun, hehe!"

When Huyan Lieri heard this, he flew into a rage and shouted, "You clown, you have the guts to come out and fight your grandfather!"

Jin Xingzi glanced at Wuzhan and saw that Wuzhan had no intention of stopping him. He then led the tiger forward and said to Huyan Lieri with a smile: "You always hold the seeds in your mouth and speak like urine. You are not afraid of strong winds that will blow away the seeds." As soon as the words came out, the Qin soldiers laughed.

Although Jin Xingzi is dull, he always quarrels with Ling Kongzi, so he is very tough in his words. Even ten Huyan Lieri cannot scold him better.

Huyan Lieri was a man of hot temper. He could not beat Jin Xingzi in scolding him, so he immediately became furious. He let his Red Flame Wolf run towards Jin Xingzi, who was approaching slowly, and raised his giant hammer high, "I will kill you!"

Jin Xingzi held up the goose-wing long sword that didn't match him in both hands, and laughed: "Okay, let me play with you for a few rounds!" Just as he finished speaking, Huyan Lieri's wolf-tooth hammer came whistling with a force of a thousand pounds. Jin Xingzi raised the Roaring Sky Tiger, and the Roaring Sky Tiger jumped to the side, and the hammer missed. "What a strong wind, good, good, fan it a little longer, the weather is suddenly so hot, let this poor Taoist cool down a little!"

Seeing Jin Xingzi dodge the hammer, Huyan Lieri raised up the Red Flame Wolf, leaped towards Jin Xingzi, and smashed him with another hammer. "If you have the guts, challenge your grandfather. Dodging is nothing!"

Jin Xingzi once again raised the Roaring Sky Tiger to dodge the wolf-tooth hammer, "If I don't dodge, am I waiting for you to smash me to death? You have no brains and only know how to use brute force. It seems that you, the four beasts of the Xiongnu, are all like you."

Huyan Lieri was furious and drove the Red Flame Wolf to chase Jin Xingzi, hitting him with one hammer after another. Each of these wolf-tooth hammers weighed two hundred pounds. No Huns dared to resist. Once they were hit, both the man and the horse would be crushed to death. He was invincible.

Before long, Huyan Lieri had smashed out more than fifty hammers in a row, sweating profusely and cursing incessantly, while Jin Xingzi, holding the Roaring Sky Tiger, happily jumped left and right, circling back and forth, making Huyan Lieri's wolf-tooth hammers miss every time, just like fighting with Sukotaku, constantly consuming Huyan Lieri's physical strength.

Jin Xingzi's cultivation has reached the Nascent Soul stage. If he uses magic, it would be easy for him to repel Huyan Lieri. However, Wuzhan has warned the two of them not to use magic without authorization, otherwise they will be discovered to be monsters, which will bring them unnecessary trouble. At the Cliff of Suicide, they were nearly recognized by Longquan, but Longquan was not paying attention at that time, so they luckily escaped.

If Meng Yi had not been injured, he would have had a good fight with the second most powerful general of the Huns today. Unfortunately, he could only wait and watch. He knew that Jin Xingzi was delaying time, waiting for Wang Ben to arrive with the cavalry. Looking at the deserted wilderness in the distance, he felt a little panicked.

(End of this chapter)