Twilight Boundary

"Master, the food protection army has arrived in front of the city, but was blocked."

Hu Ma and Lao Abacus came to rest on the low hill outside Huzhou City. The terrain here was considered high. Looking down, they could just see the confrontation between the grain-protecting army and the three-headed dragon soldiers and horses in Huzhou City.

Furthermore, he has disciples who do not eat cows and come to report the situation in the field from time to time, so that he can understand the situation one by one. Although he is not in front of the formation, he still has a clear understanding of the fire.

The person who came to report the situation this time was from the Cai Zi sect among the eight disciples who did not eat cattle.

If you don't eat cows, you will wear gold skins, and you will have eight sects, including one with gold characters. The disciples in it specialize in making troops, making arrows, building bridges and ships, and setting up battle formations.

Military advisor Tiezuizi is a disciple of this sect. Among them, the eldest brother in the sect has a dharma title, Jinchenzi.

Pi Zimen, on the other hand, often pretends to be medical practitioners and travels in disaster-stricken places. They usually sell Dali Pills, dig out corns, and trim their eyebrows when they have nothing to do.

But when times of crisis come, they have to rob the rich and give to the poor, cook meat porridge in the name of handing out life-saving talismans and seal scripts, and rescue the victims. They also need to select suitable disciples from among the victims to teach them writing skills and craftsmanship, and fill them with endless knowledge. Eat cattle in the Taoist sect.

Guazimen are people who travel around the world, perform martial arts, collect unique skills in the world, and pass on their skills.

The Cai Zimen mainly focuses on collecting intelligence and infiltrating the enemy. At critical moments, they are also responsible for betrayal and assassination.

Pingzimen pretended to be storytellers and drummers, spreading all kinds of fame and momentum. Yang Gong's name as King of Mingzhou was their work.

Of course, in addition to making a reputation, they are also good at destroying it. If you are targeted by them, no matter how well you are a good person who is respected by everyone, the story of picking up the widow's wall at night will spread throughout the streets the next day.

The Tuanzi Sect mainly manages various Jianghu forces and is quite prestigious in the Jianghu.

I don't know how many martial arts leaders were supported by them, and they were even their people from the beginning. Once they gain momentum, these people are often ready-made soldiers.

In Tiaozimen, they are responsible for burning incense, asking questions, worshiping gods, and worshiping ghosts. Of course, sometimes they also bully ghosts and fool gods.

In short, they are responsible for the affairs of ghosts and gods, and they are responsible for returning gods to the people without eating cattle.

As for the last Liu Zimen, he was responsible for spreading propaganda everywhere and inciting the nobles everywhere to rebel. It can be said that the ten surnames have been looking for the seeds of the emperor, and those who do not eat cattle have also been looking for the seeds of rebellion.

Looking back now, Yang Gong's father-in-law was one of the seeds sown by the non-eating cow. Later, this seed also took root and sprouted. By chance, Yang Gong became Yang Gong.

It is precisely because of these eight capable people that Hu Ma feels relieved about many things.

Now that the grain-protecting army is coming to attack Huzhou City, they have already cast their nets everywhere and made secret preparations. It’s not that the soldiers and horses in Huzhou City don’t know that when the grain-protecting army is coming to attack, there must be spies first, and they have already secretly made their plans. Few spies.

But they didn't know that in addition to the spies of the Food Protection Army, the non-eating cows also had their own arrangements, and even the Da Luo Dharma Sect had already had various spies keeping an eye on them.

The food security army and the three-headed dragon demon army in Huzhou have just met, but the battles have already started in various places.

"Blocked?"

Even Hu Ma felt a little surprised: "The food protection army, especially the 10,000 elites who came back from Shangjing, are the most ferocious, and there are many strong men in the army. I have seen the three-headed dragons in Huzhou in the past few days. Once again, it’s just a bunch of rabble.”

"What ability do you have to stop the food security army?"

"..."

"Dirty tricks were used!"

The Caimen disciple smiled bitterly and said: "Those three-headed dragons may also know that the food security army is powerful and that the soldiers and horses under their own hands are inferior. In the past few days, the food security army has been advancing, and the people are panicking and rushing towards the capital city of Huzhou. "

"So Huzhou soldiers and horses drove these people forward and used them as human shields. If the food protection army attacked by force, those people would be the first to die."

"Today's soldiers and horses in Huzhou are threatening to fight with the grain-protecting army for one day. If they lose, they will retreat. If they win, they will enter the city."

"..."

"Using the common people as human shields?"

Hearing this, Hu Ma frowned and said in a deep voice, "What next?"

"The food security army has been defeated for several battles."

The disciple said: "The fierce general under the three-headed dragon seems to have the ability to enter the palace. The weapon alone weighs several hundred kilograms at least. When he wields it, the people in the food security army are no match."

After saying this, Hu Ma understood.

Entering a house means at least entering a house, or even opening three doors.

The current team of the Food Protection Army is a group of Jianghu people from the Red Lantern Empress Association and rural warriors who came from the mountains. When it comes to their martial arts, most of them have climbed up the ranks.

Speaking of the fierce generals in this army, they are not even as good as the Baijia Army in Shima Town and the Iron Threshold Army in Guazhou.

Not to mention that the three generals did not take action, even if they did take action, they would probably not be able to defeat the opponent.

This military skill cannot be faked.

Zhou Liang and Zhao Zhu are considered good people. They have made rapid progress since joining the army, but they still have to work hard if they want to enter the government!

The current advantage of the Food Protection Army is that it has strong soldiers and horses and a solid foundation, but it still lacks capable generals. But if the fighting generals do not have the advantage, do they have to transfer the White Armor Army and the Iron Threshold Army?

Hu Ma thought to himself that the bargaining chip in his hand now was not only the food security army. The White Armor Army was built by Fairy Miaoshan after years of hard work in Shima Town. There were also Mr. Sun and Tang Tan in the army. Mainly supported by these two masters of staying up late.

As for the Tiejian Army, after they defeated the Yan family, Bushi Niu took advantage of the situation and secretly arranged it and pocketed it.

Both armies and horses can be mobilized by themselves. If they come and the three armies press the border, they will be trapped and the old dragon in Huzhou will be trapped to death.

But now, he has just left Mingzhou and he has to use all his cards?

Moreover, if we wait until these two groups of soldiers and horses come over, the momentum of the food protection army will also be weakened, and even more because the three groups of soldiers and horses will come out at the same time, the Mingzhou King will lose the momentum to fight against thieves.

While pondering, he thought of several ways, but he couldn't decide which one to use. He thought of something first and asked, "What is Yang Gong thinking now?"

The Caimen disciple gave a bitter smile and said, "Some are becoming stubborn and will never hurt the people."

…

…

"Your Majesty, since we have entered the first battle in Mingzhou, we must not lose our prestige."

In the military tent at this time, the military advisor Tiezuizi also frowned and tried to persuade: "They want to fight generals, which is of no use to us. Compared with ours, the soldiers and horses in Huzhou Fucheng are far behind, so I ordered them to go." , will definitely be able to break the city gate."

"But if we continue to fight against the opponent, there will be many variables. The more we lose, the weaker the momentum of the army will be. If the opponent comes to cover up the attack, we will easily suffer losses."

"What's more, if the momentum in the army is weak, the other party may use some evil methods against us."

"..."

Someone nearby also advised: "It is right to cherish the common people, but on the battlefield, the most taboo is to be merciful. Moreover, in front of Huzhou City, there are not necessarily common people, most of them are believers of the Niang'ermen, and some even voluntarily Serving as a human shield and even waiting for an opportunity to assassinate.”

"Simply let the spies in the city set fire to burn through Huzhou's capital city, cover it with a large army, scare away the people in front of the city, seize the city, and then give orders to pacify them."

"Otherwise, if we follow the opponent's rules in fighting a general, first say that the bronze-armored general is fierce, and second, if we really win, is it really possible that the opponent will open the city gates?"

"In the final analysis, they are just teasing us."

"..."

"No."

Many people agreed with Military Advisor Tiezuizi's plan, but Yang Gong shook his head and said: "It is precisely because this is the first battle that we must win in an upright and fair manner."

"With the name of the Food Protection Army here, we cannot ignore the common people. Although there may indeed be believers from the Niang'ermen pretending to be inside, but as long as there are real people inside, the knife of the Food Protection Army cannot be cut down on them."

"..."

He could only say this for some words, but he was thinking to himself: "Brother Hu has already made it clear to me before. He helps me win the world, and I help him get the destiny. Others cannot understand the word destiny. But after I became the king, I realized it deeply. ’

‘The more you use your means, the more you can seize destiny. "

"If Hui Hui only uses vicious methods, he will seize the city and kill the Grass-head King, but he may not be able to make the other party's fate obediently submit to me.'

'Besides, I boasted loudly in front of him, but when something happened, I could only ask him for everything no matter how big or small, or I could only kill him regardless of my reputation. How could I have the nerve to say that I could help? Fucked him? ’

‘He taught me the heavenly book from this world and changed my life. Isn’t that all his hard work was in vain? ’

"..."

"Wu Jin, withdraw your troops. I don't believe that there are millions of people in Mingzhou. There are so many powerful generals in the army, but I can't find anyone who can defeat this man!"

As soon as he thought about it, he shouted loudly: "If no one goes, I will go myself!"

Everyone was a little embarrassed after hearing this. If he withdrew his troops, wouldn't he admit that no one can fight him for the time being, and it would also strengthen the opponent's momentum?

Besides, you can't fight if you go in person...

But he didn't dare not listen, so he really withdrew his troops. As a result, even Huzhou's soldiers and horses were greatly surprised and started shouting. The fierce general did not pay back and rode his horse away, swearing loudly. .

On the other hand, some of the people leading the army breathed a long sigh of relief. The food-protecting army was pushing forward. They also sent many people to test it. They found that the food-protecting army had strong soldiers and horses. It was really scary. They were afraid that the other party would push forward. Only then did he want to fight as a general.

Unexpectedly, the opponent's general was defeated, so he actually withdrew his troops and admitted defeat.

In the grain protection army, everyone saw that no one could defeat the opponent's fierce general. King Ming wanted to fight in person, which also aroused the anger of his subordinates. Everyone rushed to attack and beheaded the enemy.

Only the military advisor Tiezuizi frowned, knowing that these subordinates were aroused, but if they really wanted to go, they wouldn't be able to fight.

But at this moment, someone suddenly came to report from outside the tent: "I heard that King Ming was begging for thieves, so I came here to help."

Someone welcomed four men. They saw that some had thick and long arms, reaching up to the knees, some were stout, some were tall and thin, and some were short and lean. When they arrived in front of King Ming's tent, none of them knelt down, but only held their hands in front of them in greeting.

When everyone in the audience looked at it, some people thought it looked familiar, but they couldn't recognize it.

Among the four people, the one with thick arms said: "We, the four brothers, are all natives of Laoyin Mountain. We used to help the general who protected food when he was fighting hungry ghosts. Now that he heard that King Ming was begging for thieves, he also went out of his way to Come out and help.”

Before he said a few words, he heard the sound of shouting outside and said with a smile: "The other party is too arrogant. Who can lend me a weapon or a horse?"

Yang Gong recognized them and was overjoyed. He smiled and said, "I will lend you my sword and my horse."

The man then took the sword and got on Yang Gong's horse. Without even wearing armor, he rushed out of the military camp with a blast of drums and gongs. Without saying a word, he rushed towards the bronze-armored general.

The two of them fought back and forth for more than ten rounds. They easily raised their swords and held the opponent's python spear. They said with a smile: "So it's just a wolf spirit?"

The bronze-armored warrior yelled, "Aren't you also a monster ape?"

"You are wrong."

The man who came down from Laoyin Mountain said: "I am the mountain king guarding the mountain under Fude Mountain Lord of Laoyin Mountain. I have a given name and I am called Yuan Kui. I am specially ordered by the mountain king to come down to help King Ming conquer the world."

"When King Ming gets his destiny, I will also be able to earn great merits. How can I compare to you who eat mixed blood with the old dragon?"

"..."

As he shouted, he became more courageous as he fought. With a fierce sword, he chopped off the bronze-armored general from his horse, then stretched out his long arm, cut off the opponent's head, and brought it back to King Ming.

The other side's troops were frightened, and the deputy general rushed out to snatch the general's body. Yang Gong was on the side, and Zhou Liang saw it and followed suit. After killing them, the soldiers and horses on both sides were instantly intertwined.

This big killing was different from the several losses suffered by the general just now. It was simply a one-sided crushing.

These ten thousand grain-protecting army elites, who had been to Shangjing, fought against the city's garrison, and had been baptized by the huge purple energy, rushed over together. They were simply unstoppable and frightening.

In just a few moments, the troops and horses under the three-headed dragon, which were barely equipped with armor, were defeated. Thirty percent of them were completely defeated. They scurried around like headless flies, or jumped into the river, or Either he died in the battle, or he knelt down and begged for mercy.

As for most of the people in Huzhou Fucheng, they really had no intention of admitting defeat. Instead, they quickly returned to Huzhou Fucheng, closed the city gates, and could not get out.

On the other hand, the chaotic people outside were abandoned and terrified all day long.

"Sure enough, I was tricked..."

Many people in the army felt helpless: "They just refuse to open the city gate, what can you do? When you attack the city again tomorrow, another group of people will come out of the city, what can you do?"

"The army is already here. What if they push the people to the top of the city when they attack the city?"

"The good reputation of the Food Guards was originally a sharp weapon, but now it is being used by the other party. Doesn't it mean that it has become a shackle that ties one's own hands and feet?"

"..."

"Well, the tiger actually thought that Yang Gong was light-hearted and not very good-looking before. But now he has sent down the four mountain-guarding kings under his command. This shows that he has changed his mind."

Hu Ma kept watching, thinking that he would have to take action this time, but he didn't expect that the tiger sent a fierce general, and Yang Gong also persisted. He won the battle first, and then the army covered him up, but he understood what he was thinking. Quite cheerful.

This is sometimes the case. The more the Food Guards themselves strive for success and the more they help, the more at ease they feel. Even those reincarnated people, there must be many of them now, are secretly watching the performance of the Food Guards!

Now this bet was made by Houerjiu and Shi Xing, and then he took over and executed it. The reason is also very simple:

It's a smart bet.

In fact, even myself and Erguotou thought deeply about it on the way back to Mingzhou, and finally figured out the reason why Houerjiu made a bet with Shi Xing at that time.

The internal logic is very simple, the world is unbeatable.

Houerjiu has researched and developed a method to invite Tai Sui, and the Ten Surnames have the same method.

Moreover, the old man of the ancestral temple made it very clear that the Imperial Master's Bai Yujing plan failed because the Shi surnames did not really approve of the hastily launched Bai Yujing plan.

Among the ten surnames, the smart people who have reached the top are more willing to accept being on the bridge, breaking through the obstacles, and truly gaining great freedom, rather than obediently being a noble master in the White Jade Palace of the Imperial Master.

As long as Bai Yujing is there, the ten surnames will not be truly great. The only great freedom is Bai Yujing's master, who is the national master.

And if you want to fight against Tai Sui, the reincarnated person also needs to gather almost all the power in this world to make everything reach the most perfect state. Therefore, the reincarnated person needs what the ten surnames have, and if the ten surnames want to break through the obstacles, they also need reincarnation. something in one’s hands.

In this case, let's take a big gamble.

This bet is not only about winning or losing, but also about winning or losing. The loser must be convinced and willing to hand over everything he has in his hands.

Only by winning in an upright and upright manner can the ten surnames be convinced. However, before, Hu Ma only regarded the ten surnames as opponents and underestimated the Jiao King. Now that he saw Yang Gong's style, he understood that he was more practical than himself in this step. .

Of course, there is still a problem that cannot be avoided. If the Ten Surnames lose, they refuse to admit their defeat...

...This problem is somewhat similar to what Yang Gong encountered now.

…

"What are shackles?"

At this time, Yang Gong also heard some complaints in the military tent, but he smiled and said: "These are obviously my neighbors."

After saying that, he asked people to drive these scattered people over, waved his hand and said: "Take care of the food!"

He cooked pots of porridge with salt in it and minced Bai Tai Sui Mo. He ordered the people who had just been trapped between the two armies and were out of their minds to come over to eat. He also rode a big horse and came over and shouted:

"Don't pretend to be a pity person like me. My life before was not as good as yours."

"I know you all want to hide in the city when you see a war coming, but you are just hiding. Look, are the people in the city willing to let you in?"

"Our food security army started because someone was robbing food. We don't want to rob you of your three melons and two dates. So when you are full, go home wherever your home is. Don't disturb me when I go to the city to kill that guy." Go, old Jiao.”

"..."

As he spoke, he shouted to those around him: "Without travel expenses, I am also poor, and I only have tens of thousands of kilograms of blood food on hand."

"But one person is given two cornbread to eat on the road. This is spring plowing time. If they don't go back to farm, who will I ask to collect taxes after autumn?"

"..."

All the people were stunned and felt that this was outrageous. However, because the Mingzhou King scolded him so harshly, they gained some trust.

Forced by the dazzling swords and guns, after finishing the salty porridge in his hands, and under the cold-faced scoldings of the soldiers, the trembling Wei Wei took the bun and left. He walked straight for several miles, but no one came to chase him. Kill, this group of common people were also stunned.

In the military tent, they were discussing how to break the city and how to prevent the three-headed dragon in the city from using the people as human shields. When they were worried, someone suddenly shouted outside that they had something to talk about.

When they were brought in, they saw people dressed up as ordinary people, even holding the two steamed buns in their hands, crying: "King Ming, please be careful, the girls in the city are about to use evil methods to harm you!"

"To be honest, I am also a disciple of the Niang'ermen. I was originally going to hide in the army and assassinate King Ming, but I... I'm just a little stupid, not bad."

"I know who the good guys are."

"I came back this time just to remind Prince Ming that the owner of the Niang'er Sect is called Sister Deng Qi. She has special skills and can kill people with a knife at night."

"Now, they are capturing women and children everywhere in Mingzhou City, and they want to sacrifice them for knives. The more women and children are sacrificed, the more powerful the sword will be. You must be careful..."

"I have only one way, which is to ask Ming Wang to sit in a quiet room in the middle of the night, with a red cloth covering his head and a bronze mirror in front of him. Maybe he can avoid her knife. Otherwise, at dawn, this head will be gone. …”

"..."

"Kid someone to sacrifice?"

After hearing this, Yang Gong's face was full of joy. He looked at the people in the tent and said with a smile, "Did you see that? This city is about to be destroyed."

At this time, Hu Ma had also waited for the disciples of the Cai Zi Sect to report: "The three-headed dragons fought today. They were frightened by the bravery of the food security army and knew that they could not win."

"Now in the city, I don't know how many women, children and people have been kidnapped, ready to be sacrificed and cast spells."

"Actually, there have been a few people under the Caotou King or some strong bandits who came to Huzhou to cause trouble before, but many of them were lost inexplicably in the middle of the night because of her spells. Such a brain..."

"..."

Hearing this, Hu Ma was not surprised, but just curious: "But what kind of ability does the other party have? Can he actually kill people in the military formation?"

The Cai Zi Sect disciple smiled bitterly and said: "The key is here, I don't know."

"The disciples in our sect are all trying their best to find out, and some even enter the Niang'er sect to wear bellybands. Unfortunately, even in the Niang'er sect, this is the most mysterious method, and we can't find out the details."

"I only know this evil technique of the Niang'ermen. The more sacrifices there are, the more ferocious the sword will be. Many people are surrounded by experts to protect them, but in the end they die in confusion!"

"..."

"The world is too big. If you only stay in one place, you may not realize it, but if you go out for a walk, you will find that all kinds of evil secrets have emerged."

Hearing this, Hu Ma just sighed. This kind of thing of not knowing what the other party is and what moves he uses is really a headache sometimes. Even he doesn't know how to solve it.

If the other party uses this move on me, I won't be afraid. The old man can handle it.

But if you want to protect others, you are afraid of loopholes.

However, now that he has a way to deal with it, he is not worried and just said: "Yang Gong is hiding now?"

"No."

The Caimen disciple said: "He gave the order to attack the city overnight to rescue the people who were tied up and sacrificed by the Niang'ermen..."

"this……"

Hearing this, Hu Ma was a little surprised. After a long while, he smiled and said: "Old Yang really has an unexpected growth rate. In that case..."

"Go into the city and kill the dragon!"