Author: Chongyangzi

"Entered?"

Ji Tianci's tone suddenly increased by eight tones, and an incredible look appeared on his face.

It's incredible!

In addition to the 800 Imperial Guards, the army on the southern front also has the heads of the major gentry in Gusu County.

These gentry heads are all very powerful, and the weakest is the strength of a quasi-grand master.

It can be said that although the imperial guards on the southern front have the smallest number of people, their theoretical strength should be the strongest among the three armies.

After all, a quasi-grandmaster burst out with combat power is comparable to ten Royal Guard soldiers, or even twenty.

As a result, such a luxurious lineup was surrounded by the bandits from Taihu Lake.

No one can run out yet.

Ji Tianci couldn't control the anger in his heart, and slapped his palm on the table and roared.

"what is going on?"

"Also, how did the news come back?"

Hearing Ji Tianci's questioning, a trace of cold sweat broke out on Wei Yanfeng's forehead.

In his heart, he was also very angry.

This operation of the Imperial Guard completely lost the face of their Imperial Guard.

How did he raise his head in front of the palace?

Wei Yanfeng said with a tough forehead: "Your Highness, the news was sent back by Feng Yinglin!"

Ji Tianci frowned.

“Didn’t it mean that everyone was surrounded?”

"Why is Feng Yinglin back?"

"According to Feng Yinglin, he was released by the water bandits from the Wuchang Sect and passed on the message."

After hearing the news, Ji Tianci was silent for a moment, suppressed the anger in his heart, and summoned Feng Yinglin.

At this time, no matter how angry you are, you cannot solve the current dilemma.

The most urgent task is to rescue the trapped Imperial Guards and the heads of the gentry families in Gusu County.

Since the news came, it was surrounded, not encircled and annihilated.

This shows that Wuchangmen did not kill everyone and killed everyone.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Yinglin pushed the door and went in to pay homage to Ji Tianci.

"See Your Highness!"

"Old Feng, what's going on with the situation on the southern line?" Ji Tianci asked straight to the point.

The great defeat on the southern line directly led to the failure of his overall plan.

Moreover, this defeat was also his first failure after entering Taihu Lake, breaking the myth of unbeaten by his Imperial Guard.

This is not good news.

This means that the psychological advantage of the Imperial Army over the Taihu Lake bandits began to fade.

Feng Yinglin cleared his throat and said in a uneven tone.

"Your Highness, the army on the southern front advances to advance towards the old nest of the Wuchang Gate as planned, but he never expected that he would fall into the trap of the Wuchang Gate."

"How did you fall into a trap?" Ji Tianci frowned and frowned.

Feng Yinglin lowered his head, thought for a moment, and a trace of perseverance flashed in his eyes, as if he had made up his mind and said to Ji Tianci.

"Your Highness, I doubt..."

"There is an insider!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a thick sense of horror suddenly appeared in Ji Tianci's eyes, and he almost jumped up.

Insider?!

At the first moment, Ji Tianci thought of Zhang Haimei.

If anyone in the fleet is most likely to be an insider, then Zhang Haimei is the one who belongs to it.

However, Zhang Haimei has been staring at by Aunt Qing, so how did the news come out?

Ji Tianci couldn't figure it out for a moment, and he didn't continue to think about it.

The most urgent task is to rescue the army on the southern front.

"Old Feng, what message do you want to send when you come back from Wuchang Gate?"

Feng Yinglin nodded and said, reminding Ji Tianci.

"Your Highness, the request made by the Impermanence Sect is very excessive."

"Please don't get angry!"

"explain!"

"Look at me, how excessive is the Impermanence Gate?"

"The Impermanence Gate requires ransom!"

"Three million taels!"

Feng Yinglin expressed the requirements of the Impermanence Sect.

This request was not only Ji Tianci, but also Wei Yanfeng clenched his fists with angry fists, and flames were sprayed out from his eyes.

A group of water bandits actually dared to ask for ransom from their Imperial Guards!

This is simply...too rampant!

Ji Tianci was very angry!

I wish I could kill it right away!

However, there are thousands of hostages in the hands of the Impermanence Sect. Unless he does not care about the safety of the hostages, he must not act so recklessly.

What’s more important is that among the hostages, there are many gentry from Gusu County.

The logistics of the Imperial Army must also count on the gentry of Gusu County.

If the heads of the gentry of Gusu County died on a large scale, it would inevitably lead to unstable defenses and even affect the logistics of the Imperial Army. This was something Ji Tianci could not accept.

Moreover, the ransom requested by the Impermanence Gate was three million taels.

This number is very subtle.

Because the property they searched from Manshan Island, the total amount was about three million taels.

Obviously, this action by the Impermanence Gate is revenge.

After pondering for a while, Ji Tianci chose to compromise.

"Old Feng, just go and write back and say that I agree!"

"I can pay one million taels first and trade the heads of the major gentry in Gusu County."

When Feng Yinglin heard Ji Tianci's decision, he stood up and bowed to Ji Tianci, and said with admiration and gratitude.

"Your Highness Gao Yi!"

Ji Tianci shook his head.

"Gou is not Gao Yi, but Gu just did what he should do."

"The real righteousness is Feng Laoyi."

"You came out to report the news, but you didn't run away halfway. With your strength, you can escape far away after you come out, so why bother to wade into this muddy water."

Hearing Ji Tianci's teasing, Feng Yinglin smiled bitterly.

"Your Highness, you are joking!"

"As the representative of the gentry of Gusu County, I was selected as the messenger of communication by Wuchangmen."

"If I really escape, how can my Feng family stay in Gusu County?"

"Of course my Feng family is the most powerful family in Gusu County, but it is far from being able to cover the sky with one hand."

"If members of other families know that because of my cowardly escape and the death of many heads of the family, our Feng family will definitely suffer revenge from other families."

Feng Yinglin did not hide it, and said his thoughts very frankly.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to escape!

But he can't escape!

If they escaped, their Feng family was in Gusu County and would never have a foothold again.
To be continued...