Zhu Sanxian was frightened by these words. After a while, he came back to his senses and said: "Master, you are the one invited by Baixi Village to help out, right?"
Huwa nodded and said: "Yes, I agreed to Baixi Village's request and stayed to help them deal with the bandits... Zhu Sanxian, I came here today to advise you not to go to Baixi Village to die, because I also want to save the Shanyao clan.
"
Zhu Sanxian hesitated and said: "But I have sworn to those leather-armored men that I will definitely go. How can I not keep my word?"
Huwa smiled: "The condition they agreed to you is nothing more than a magic weapon. If you give up colluding with the bandits, and the Shanjiao tribe will stop participating in this matter, I will give you a magic weapon!"
Zhu Sanxian's eyes lit up and he said, "Is this the flying stone?"
Huwa shook his head and said: "This is my personal magic weapon. Of course I can't give it to you. But Baixi Village wants to thank me for a magic weapon. Then you can pick it out yourself."
Zhu Sanxian's eyes dimmed again and he said: "But, but, I have already sworn an oath to the mountain god and my ancestor, the Pig-headed God, and I will never break the oath as long as I live. What should I do now?"
Zhu Sanxian is obviously tempted. He is not hesitating, but he is worried because he neither dares nor wants to break his oath. In such an era, in people's consciousness, oaths are even more important than life. Gods and ancestors have been regarded as
He swore an oath in his name. If he didn't abide by it, anyone who knew about it would never deal with him in the future and would be betrayed wherever he went. It would be even worse than killing him.
The reason is quite simple, because in the simple concept of most people, such words are not counted, so what else can this person believe? What else can't be done by a person who can even break his oath?
Abandoned? This kind of person is not worth dating, let alone following.
Huwa looked at the frowning pig-headed clan leader with great interest, and suddenly smiled and said: "What you promised was just to lead the clan to grab food, right?"
Zhu Sanxian nodded quickly and said: "Yes. It's a very simple thing, and it's to vent my anger for the Shanjiao clan." Then he said weakly, "I also promised that if there is a master who blocks it, I will take action.
of."
Huwa also nodded and said: "This is simple. Didn't you fight me today?"
Zhu Sanxian quickly shook his head and said, "Not today, but that day when we are grabbing food."
Huwa frowned: "Let's not talk about the physical things for now, let's just talk about grabbing food. I don't object to you teaching Baixi Village a lesson. I know a little bit about the grievances between the Shanjiao Tribe and Baixi Village, and they are indeed a bit shameful.
You should be taught a lesson and pay a price..." The next words were said in a controlled tone so that others could not hear.
After listening, Zhu Sanxian raised his head and said: "Master, you are really a master! Is this okay?"
Huwa showed a child's natural and innocent smile and said: "Of course it will work, why not? You don't have to let the tribesmen go into the village to fight, you can just grab the potatoes and go home, so why pay the price of extermination and rush into the village to fight for those people?"
Do rogues stand up to swords and guns? If you really become the accomplices of rogues, no matter whether you are the opponent of Baixi Village or not, the city wall will not let go of the Shangao tribe afterwards! If we can’t find the rogues, why can’t we find you?”
Zhu Sanxian was overjoyed and said: "Okay, that's it! But...can I make a request?"
Huwa: “Do you have any other suggestions?”
Zhu Sanxian: "Let's fight again, just outside Baixi Village. This time no one is allowed to use magic weapons, we fight with bare hands. No matter who wins or loses, I will leave after the fight. I will never lead the Shanyao tribe.
Rushing into the village... You are right. Regardless of whether we are Baixi Village's opponents or not, this will be a disaster for the entire clan."
Not only Huwa couldn't help laughing after hearing this, but even Panhu showed a look of disdain. On the surface, Zhu Sanxian's request seemed to be to abide by his oath. After all, he would also take action by then, but more importantly, it was to find
To save face. Today, the tribesmen in the distance could not clearly see the situation when he was whipped all over the sky in the woods, but they must have guessed that their clan leader must have been dealt a terrible blow.
Zhu Sanxian was very envious of Huwa for having a portable magical weapon and being a monk of the Four Realms, but he considered himself a demon with profound cultivation and the gift of magical powers to protect the body. If both parties did not rely on weapons and magic weapons, they could only fight with bare hands.
If we fight, we will never be dealt with in such a mess by Huwa.
Seeing that Huwa didn't answer, Zhu Sanxian quickly said: "Actually, I don't have to win. I just need to use all my means to fight evenly."
Huwa said angrily and funny: "You want to fight me again with nothing? Well, I will satisfy your request."
Zhu Sanxian nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course!" Then he added a little uneasily, "If I win, can you still give me your magical weapon...?"
Huwa: "Whether you win or lose, I will give it to you, but you have to wait until the matter is over. Anyway, it belongs to Bai Xiying's family, and it was Bai Xiying who bullied your Shanjiao clan in the past... Zhu Sanxian, you are with me
You have to swear an oath in front of me."
Zhu Sanxian: "Okay, okay, of course I have to swear!"
At this moment, Panhu suddenly barked several times outside the woods, and Zhu Sanxian quickly shouted: "You don't have to come over, I have taken care of the situation here! ... Well, throw me a set of clothes in here
.”
They had been in the dense forest for a long time. The pig-headed men couldn't hear Zhu Sanxian's movements and were afraid that something might happen to the clan leader. They had already come around from the end of the ravine. As soon as they reached the outside of the forest in the dark, they were stopped by several people.
People noticed the movement. Zhu Sanxian had been lying in the pit while talking. The clothes on his body were gone long ago, so he never got up.
Those pig-headed men were really obedient and did not come in. After a while, the clan leader threw in a set of clothes. Zhu Sanxian put on the clothes very embarrassed, saluted the tiger baby, and said with a shy face: "I am in the mountains.
During the self-enlightenment practice, although I have obtained the innate supernatural powers of my ancestors, my progress has been slow after years of practice. I still don’t know the secret of the four realms..."
Huwa smiled and interrupted him: "You want me to teach you how to break through the four realms? OK, I'll teach you! But it's too late today, let's wait until we finish the business. Between the Shanyao tribe and Baixi Village,
There are still things to discuss."
After saying these words, Huwa called Panhu and left in a hurry in the night. It was almost dawn at this time. According to the information provided by Zhu Sanxian, the day when the rogue bandits colluded with the demon clan to loot the place was one day later.
After discussing with Zhu Sanxian, he just left. Such an important plan was settled so simply. Is it a bit too childish for him to do this? But Huwa is just a child, and of course he does things like a child, not that complicated.
Huwa and Zhu Sanxian discussed that the Shanyao tribe would go to Baixi Village as planned tomorrow and prepare to attack. This not only made Zhu Sanxian abide by his oath, but also showed it to the bandits.
If the rogue bandits discover that the situation has changed, quietly change their plans, and wait to loot again in the future, then Baixi Village has paid the price and made these preparations in vain. Baixi Village cannot continue to defend day and night, and without the help of experts in the future, the situation will be
Still very dangerous.
Therefore, the most important thing is to let the rogues show up and find out their identities. Zhu Sanxian obviously does not know the identity of those leather-armored people. He has only seen three of them. He did not know them before, let alone
I don't know what their names are.
On the way back, Huwa was still thinking about the principles that the mountain god had taught him, such as acting with integrity, using troops with surprise, and planning for unforeseen consequences. These are all ways to deal with worldly affairs.
Lingbao drilled the villagers, and even demolished many houses yesterday. These were all actions of "seeking unforeseen consequences," and they were all done properly and could be considered "acting with integrity."
So tonight's attack on the Shanyao Tribe should be regarded as "using troops by surprise", right? The so-called surprise means that it is unexpected and very effective. In Baixi Village, no one among the rogue bandits, including the Shanyao Tribe, would have thought in advance that a Shangao Tribe like him would
The problem has been solved. But what is even more "surprising" is that the rogue bandits will not find that the situation has changed until tomorrow.
Solving the troubles of the Shanjiao tribe was before the war, which could be regarded as "plotting it out as a sign"; and what he did and what he said to Zhu Sanxian were completely legitimate, and of course they were considered
"Act with integrity." The mountain god once used three things as examples, but after working on it for a long time, I realized that these three sentences can be the same thing.
Acting with righteousness and using troops with surprise are not necessarily two things. They are both included in the same truth. Only through personal experience can you understand clearly.
…
Huwa went out after dark and did not come back until sunrise. Tian Xiao and others were also very anxious. They were about to search around the village, but found that Huwa had already taken Panhu back to the village from the road. They
He hurried over and asked: "Little sir, you haven't returned home all night. Where did you go and what did you find?"
Huwa waved his hand and said: "Go into the courtyard and say, I went to meet with Zhu Sanxian, the leader of the Shangao Clan, beat him up and discussed some things. The bandits will come tomorrow. Our original plan requires
Make some adjustments."
…
The news that the bandits were coming tomorrow soon spread throughout the village, and everyone entered the most intense state of preparation for war. According to the originally discussed plan, Huwa was to lead and command the reserve army in the village, but now he has put this task aside
In exchange for Lingbao, he will guard the gap to the west tomorrow, which is the direction in which the pig-headed men are expected to attack.
Early the next morning, all the tribesmen had finished their meal. There were no battle formations practicing in the village. It looked peaceful from a distance, and there were no spears standing in the forest. The twelve battle formations were quietly hiding behind the village wall.
, placed the spear against the wall, and the other twelve reserve battle formations were also hidden behind the courtyard walls of the houses in the center of the village.
Near noon, the pig-headed men came indeed. There were more than a hundred of them in the dark, holding hoes and rakes in their hands. It was unclear whether they came to fight or to dig the ground. Each of them carried two large sacks on his shoulders.
.What are they doing carrying sacks? And these sacks are empty, obviously they are for carrying things rather than for trading. (To be continued...)