"It seems that the person who cultivated this sword is an acquaintance of yours." After hearing what Gai Nie said, Wei Zhuang teased with a smile.
"Maybe." Gai Nie couldn't remember the source of this familiar feeling for a moment and didn't hesitate.
Who taught Han Xin had nothing to do with him, and he wasn't that curious, as long as he wasn't Guiguzi.
"Let's go." Wei Zhuang turned around and left, "The battle at Daze Mountain is over, it's time to get down to business."
Gai Nie turned around and followed Wei Zhuang, and asked at the same time, "What are you going to do?"
"When dealing with Luo Sheng, it naturally depends on what they want." Wei Zhuang replied with a sneer on his lips, "It just so happens that Daze Mountain has a lot of things they need but haven't gotten yet."
"The Stone of Fire..." Gai Nie immediately made a guess after hearing this, "Are you going to use this as bait?"
He immediately denied this speculation and changed his words, "No! It's not the Yinghuo Stone, it's Zhang Han!"
Wei Zhuang responded with a sneer, "If you can't get the Stone of Enlightenment, the biggest headache is not the snare, but if Zhang Han doesn't die, the snare will inevitably cause trouble!"
For Luo Wang, if they take the risk of killing Zhang Han, they must succeed, otherwise there will be endless troubles.
This not only means offending the Shadow Guards and Gu Xun to death, but it will also arouse the emperor's suspicion.
Zhao Gao was indeed the most favored minister before Ying Zheng's death. Even the Shadow Guards who were formerly nominally directly subordinate to the emperor may not have the same level of trust as the snares under Zhao Gao's command.
But this does not mean that Zhang Han's words are useless, even if the Shadow Guard has been stripped to Fusu now.
The battle of Daze Mountain has come to an end. Luo Wang must seize this last opportunity and kill Zhang Han at all costs.
In order to obtain the Yinghuo Stone, it is not necessary to mobilize all the Luowang members in the Daze Mountain area, but to murder Zhang Han, who is protected by the Shadow Guard, it is necessary to mobilize as many people as possible.
Now Zhang Han will not give them as good a chance as the previous three times.
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Daze Mountain, near the Vernal Equinox Stream.
Wang Li climbed out of the water in embarrassment, staggered to the open space aside, threw his stainless steel horse aside, and then sat down to catch his breath.
Around him, there were many armor-piercing soldiers who behaved similarly.
They were all lucky enough to survive the impact of the water flow.
Of course, there are far more than this few people who really survived, but the team was completely dispersed, and only this many people have gathered so far.
Looking at the corpses floating in the water, Wang Li didn't even know how he felt.
Happy? Angry? Humiliated? Fearful?
Maybe both.
Of course, what really occupied most of his thoughts now was numbness and fatigue.
At this time, Zhao Bu came over with a few soldiers and some wild fruits.
"General, I'm going to send someone to pick some wild fruits from the nearby woods and eat some to satisfy your hunger."
Struggling in the pouring torrent takes a lot of energy. Most of the surviving soldiers now have little strength, so he took people to find food as soon as possible.
Wang Li waved his hand and replied in a tired and slow tone, "Just share it with the brothers. I'm not hungry."
Seeing that their general was completely defeated, Zhao Bu couldn't say anything, so he could only wink and let the soldiers go down.
Wang Li summoned his energy and asked, "What are the casualties?"
Upon hearing this question, Zhao Bu also became a little depressed, and replied in a timid tone, "All the brothers have been scattered. We can only make a rough estimate at the moment. The damage is probably about 40%, nearly 3,000 people..."
The strong crossbow formation led by Wang Li had about six thousand people in total. This round of water attack killed at least a quarter of them directly. Including those who were seriously injured, the loss was more than two thousand and nearly three thousand.
If we add in the losses from the previous battle at Qingming Valley, Wang Li's crossbowmen were reduced by almost 60%.
This is the core unit of the Hundred-War Armor-Piercing Soldier. He was asked to kill more than half of the peasants, and he barely achieved any decent results...
Wang Li had no doubt that if a general with no background had turned the Armor-Piercing Soldier, one of the four ace armies, into this state, Ying Zheng would have directly ordered the cannon to kill him!
For the first time in his life, Wang Li felt hopeless.
Of course he won't die, but he will feel worse than death!
The Wang family has never lost so miserably.
Looking up at the sky, Wang Li sighed, feeling confused and frustrated:
"Sigh... I really can't believe that such a powerful person came out of nowhere among these peasants..."
Zhaobu wanted to find someone to take the blame for his general, so he pointed the finger at Luo Wang:
"Is it the one who snagged the trap or something who is mischievous and framed the general?"
Wang Li would definitely not take the initiative to throw dirty water on Luo Wang. He waved his hand and said, "If she causes trouble again, it will be the battle in Qingming Valley."
"But last night's battle was not about such sneaky tricks...unless that woman Tian Yan is also a master of military affairs."
Wang Li doesn't quite agree that Tian Yanneng is a master of military tactics.
It's not that he looks down on women, but that's what he should think if he makes a rational judgment.
Knowledge these days is very expensive. On the one hand, it is due to the lack of books, and on the other hand, it is useless to have books.
There are hundreds of sages’ classics written by various schools of thought, and they all contain subtle meanings. If something can be expressed in one word, it will never be expressed in two words... without any punctuation marks.
Without the guidance of a professional enough teacher, you can even analyze the same book and the same paragraph to have two completely different meanings.
For military books, the guidance of famous teachers is particularly important, because studying hard may lead to some serious consequences, such as a man named Zhao.
Judging from the situation of the farmer's family, it is impossible for Tian Yan to get personal guidance from a master of military art.
So unless she is a genius, she could never be the leader of the farm party last night.
When Zhao Bu saw that Wang Li was not looking for someone to take the blame, he didn't say much on this topic.
Where the farmer found a master of war was obviously not something they could just guess here, so it was better to be realistic and take care of the present.
"General, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time."
"Farmers are familiar with the topography of Daze Mountain. They probably predicted that the water flow would slow down in this area and set up an ambush again."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Li nodded and agreed with Zhao Bu's judgment. He was about to speak when he felt a faint noise in the bushes next to him.
Wang Li, who was already frightened, picked up his horse and stood up suddenly, pointing at the bushes, "Who is it!?"
The visitor obviously had no intention of hiding and walked out directly. He was wearing Qin army armor and holding the Hiding Sun, one of the Eight Swords of the King of Yue, in his hand.
"Hiding the Sun?" Wang Li glanced at the Hiding Sun Sword, frowned and muttered, his tone was not a kind one, "It's you again? It's done me a lot of harm!"
Not only Han Xin Zongheng and Zhang Liang noticed Luo Wang's strange behavior in the battle at Daze Mountain, but Wang Li himself also noticed it.
After losing so miserably, he must carefully review the whole process to figure out any reason that led to his defeat.
The incongruity in the snare can be easily discovered.
Just because he didn't know Hua Ying's identity as a peasant spy in advance from Luo Sheng, it would be difficult for him to withstand scrutiny.
So his current attitude is very bad, even though his relationship with Luo Wang is very subtle.
Zhanri didn't care about Wang Li's attitude.
He has just suffered such a huge defeat, so it would be cool to give him a good look.
"General, I'm sorry, I'm here to help you." Zhanri bowed with his fists in hand, and then got straight to the point.
Wang Li sneered and responded, "I just hope you guys get away so you don't continue to harm me!"
He also made it clear that he knew that Luo Wang dug a hole for him in the Battle of Daze Mountain.
Zhanri remained calm and replied, "General, please don't show off your strength, otherwise not only will you be personally in danger, but your family may also be in danger."
After hearing these words that were almost threatening, Wang Li calmed down a bit.
Because what he said was the truth...at least it seemed to him the truth.
Wang Li himself also knew about the embarrassing situation of the Wang family, but he felt that the Wang family should not hide their capabilities and bide their time and give in, but should instead be proactive.
As long as the Wang family is useful enough, or even becomes the most useful one, they will never be abandoned by the emperor!
Regardless of whether this idea is right or wrong, Wang Li himself has to admit that based on this idea, the Wang family cannot make big mistakes, otherwise the emperor will probably catch you by the tail and send them all away in one fell swoop.
And his defeat was enough to give the emperor a reason to take action against the Wang family. It just depends on whether the emperor wants to do so.
For the sake of his family and his grandfather and father, Wang Li must suppress his temper and see what Luo Wang wants to say.
"What do you want to say?"
"General, please lend me a moment to speak." He turned to one side and made an inviting gesture.
Wang Li winked at Zhao Bu and then stepped forward.
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Daze Mountain, inside Shennong Hall.
Huaying's 'body' lay quietly on the bed, her face as pale as snow and lifeless.
Lian Yi, who walked in, looked at her sister's appearance and rushed forward in disbelief. However, no matter how she felt her pulse, breath, or heartbeat, she could not get any feedback that should exist in a living person.
At this point, even if she was unwilling to accept it, she had to admit that the sister who had taken care of her for so many years was dead.
Lian Yi couldn't help but burst into tears, something she had never done before even when she reunited with her sister.
Of course, this is normal. After all, one is lost and recovered, while the other is lost forever.
Chen Sheng and others watched on the sidelines, looking at each other in silence. In the end, they only sighed softly.
Jianqing stood behind everyone, watching this scene calmly. He seemed to suddenly remember something, reached into his arms, and took out a pill.
A round pill with a light golden color.
This was the medicine that Gu Xun had sent him to treat Lian Xin's illness.
According to what Gu Xun told him in the letter, this medicine seems... very effective.
Dianqing didn't have any feelings for Hua Ying, but things hurt their own kind, and besides, Lian Yi was also involved, so it wasn't like he wasn't touched at all.
If he had been willing to take action before, maybe Huaying could have saved his life.
And this medicine is probably the only remedy he can try now.
He did it as soon as he thought of it. Without any hesitation, Dianqing stepped forward and squeezed everyone away. He stuffed the pill into Huaying's mouth, then pinched her throat and pulled it, using external force to make Huaying swallow the pill.
"What are you doing!?" Chen Sheng yelled angrily and grabbed Juque directly, looking like he was ready to take action.
He was very repulsive to the ceremony, and just ignored Huaying and Lianyi for the sake of each other.
As a result, the ceremony suddenly went crazy, and Chen Sheng naturally became furious.
Lian Yi was also a little dumbfounded and didn't understand what Jianqing wanted to do.
The people present who understood the ceremony the most were the Zhu family.
After Jianqing took the medicine to Huaying, he immediately looked at the Zhu family and said, "Master of the Zhu family!"
Zhu Jia understood immediately, raised his hands, and moved his ten fingers together to release a few streams of true energy, which were integrated into Huaying's body, accelerating the dispersion of the medicine, and guiding it.
To be honest, he didn't know if it would be useful.
Gu Xun was a miraculous doctor, he knew and recognized this, but he was very doubtful whether the medicine that the other party sent to treat Lianxin could force Huaying, who could be said to be dead, back from death.
He had never heard of the magic medicine that could revive the dead before, and he didn't think that Gu Xun would casually hand over this magic medicine to Jianqing.
But what he didn't expect was that this kind of medicine really existed, and the cost was not particularly exaggerated - maybe it couldn't be said that, after all, the cost of Fuso Shenmu was difficult to simply quantify.
As the Zhu family used his own true energy to transform the medicine and activate the medicine to take effect, he noticed that Huaying's heart had really regained its vitality.
Although it is very weak, although it is still no different from the dead, at least now she can be regarded as a real living person.
This can really be saved!
Even when he was using his skills to save people, the mask on Zhu's face still switched to "乐" - this mask could represent his surprise.
Seeing this scene, Lian Yi and others also realized that there might be a turning point for Hua Ying, and each had a different reaction.
Liu Ji was the most surprised and couldn't help but murmured, "If I go, can you save this? What magic medicine was used!?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Dianqing, who had retired, answered honestly, "This is the medicine that the Imperial Master gave me before to treat His Highness Lianxin... I just gave it a try.
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"National Preceptor..." Liu Ji repeated Gu Xun's official position in a complicated manner, and then said with emotion, "What a miracle doctor!"
According to the current relationship between their farm family and the empire, Gu Xun, the imperial master, is obviously not their friend, and it is impossible for Liu Ji to comment more.
It is not appropriate to say bad things or good things.
Wu Kuang made a quiet gesture to him at this time, so as not to disturb the Zhu family.
Liu Ji hurriedly covered his mouth to express his understanding.
Everyone is focused on saving the Zhu family.
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"In this battle of Daze Mountain, what exactly did your net do? I don't need to stress it again, do I?"
In the forest, Wang Li looked at Zhanri and struck preemptively, "What else do you have to say?"
Zhan Ri calmly replied, "If the general had listened to subordinate Lu's advice and chosen to retreat, he could have avoided this disaster."
"Stop talking nonsense to me!" Wang Li waved his hand and cursed angrily, "Who is Tian Yan? Is she the one you're trapping!?"
"She can be." Faced with Wang Li's question, Zhiri replied.
"Ha!" Wang Li laughed angrily, "You guys are really not taboo about meat and vegetables!"
Zhan Ri refused to talk to him about this, so let's get back to the topic, "The general's use of troops in Daze Mountain was just in the name of suppressing the rebels, but now he has lost troops and generals. I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Not to mention that the general himself will be severely punished, I am afraid that your father Tong Wuhou will also be implicated."
"Don't do this." Wang Li was too lazy to listen to Zhanri's talk, "I am responsible for my own work, so I will apologize to His Majesty the Emperor!"
It is true that Wang Li is worried that the Wang family will be implicated in this, but he will not be caught in a trap because of it.