Chapter 178 183, Who is the traitor?
"Brother Jing, there may be something fishy about this matter."
Huang Rong said solemnly:
"Even if the Sun Moon Divine Cult really surrendered to Dragon Island, its massive siege of Yanziwu could very well be a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, or a trap to surround and attack the reinforcements. The Murong family soldier who reported the news might have been deliberately released by the Sun Moon Divine Cult."
Guo Jing had led troops in battles for so long and had also studied Wu Mu's Testament. Now he was proficient in the art of war and familiar with battle formations. Of course, he knew the possibilities that Huang Rong mentioned - to lure the tiger away from the mountain, transfer him and Huang Rong away from Xiangyang, and then send Feilong to steal home; or to set a trap in Yanziwu, surround the point and attack the reinforcements, and ambush and kill the reinforcements. Both plans were possible.
But he had no choice.
Regardless of whether the Sun Moon Sect's defection to Dragon Island and the attack on Yanziwu were true or false, he had to go and find out.
Otherwise, if the south of Xiangyang falls, the city of Xiangyang will be caught in a dilemma of being attacked from both the north and the south, and the situation of Xiangyang's 200,000 soldiers and civilians will become even more difficult in the future.
He sighed:
"I know what you said, Rong'er, but this is an unsolvable conspiracy. I have to go this time. Speed is of the essence, and it is too late to lead the troops. I can only go on my little red horse. Rong'er, you stay at home to guard against the flying dragon's sneak attack."
Huang Rong shook her head and said:
"Brother Jing, if you go to rescue alone, I will be worried about your safety. How can I stay at home with peace of mind? I must go with you. If there is a trap in Yanziwu, or even an ambush of Feilong, you can't deal with Feilong without me."
Guo Jing's "Great Power Curse" can give him the power to throw an elephant for a period of time. Combined with the "Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing", he is invincible in close combat and can easily defeat thousands of enemies single-handedly.
It is for this reason that Guo Jing is the backbone of Xiangyang City, and all parties unwilling to submit to the Semu barbarians also vaguely regard him as their leader.
But no matter how strong he was, he couldn't fly into the sky. Even if he could throw rocks and javelins, their range in the air was limited.
The flying dragon could just hover far away in the sky and delay him until the powerful spell became ineffective.
After casting the Power Spell once, one needs to wait an hour before being able to cast it a second time.
Therefore, only if Huang Rong goes along and uses the magic of "forming array" to restrict Feilong, will Guo Jing's supernatural power and Dragon Subduing Palm be put to good use and can they truly threaten Feilong.
"No, Rong'er, if you go too, who will guard Xiangyang?"
"Guo'er has mastered the art of war in recent years, and his martial arts skills are extremely high. He is also very prestigious among the soldiers and civilians in Xiangyang. His skill of 'taming birds' can also summon a large number of flying birds to harass the flying dragon riders."
"But the birds that Guoer summoned were all ordinary birds. A flying dragon can kill a large group of people with a single breath of dragon flame."
"But the flock of birds is agile. As long as they are not killed by the spray, they can fly onto the dragon's back and constantly harass the rider on the dragon's back, making it difficult for him to concentrate on riding the dragon. In addition..."
Huang Rong looked at Zhao Min who had been listening:
"Minmin, can you please help defend the city?"
Zhao Min's immobilization spell also poses a considerable threat to Feilong.
Unfortunately, the range of her spell was too short and it could only work within ten feet.
Not long after Zhao Min arrived last year, she encountered an attack by the barbarians from Dragon Island. She led the generals of Green Willow Manor to fight on the city for the first time, and she made a great success in one fell swoop. She froze a flying dragon over four meters long that was breathing fire and approaching the top of the city, and made it fall down the city. The rider died on the spot, and the flying dragon also broke its wings and could not take off. It was beaten to death by the masters under Zhao Min.
However, the barbarians of Dragon Island were very experienced in warfare. After several attempts with a huge dragon that could spit fire from a very long distance and had great power, they determined Zhao Min's threat range. From then on, Zhao Min's immobilization spell would no longer work.
But even so, she can still pose a considerable threat to the flying dragon.
At least where she was, the flying dragon didn't dare to be too arrogant and approach and spit fire.
Zhao Min certainly knew the principle of "the lips and the teeth are cold". As the princess of the Great Yuan Dynasty, it was impossible for her to be a slave to the Semu people. She immediately clasped her fists and said without hesitation:
"Master Guo and Miss Huang, please rest assured. If the barbarians from Dragon Island attack, everyone in Green Willow Manor will fight them with all their might."
Huang Rong trusted Zhao Min and held her hand with a smile:
"I feel relieved now that Minmin is willing to help."
Then he said to Guo Jing:
"Ask Fu'er to go to the back mountain of Xiangyang and go to the ancient tomb to ask Miss Long to come out. Miss Long's 'invisibility' skill is a great threat to the masters under the command of the Dragon Island Barbarians."
Hearing this, Ouyang Feng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly - so Xiaolongnu also has special skills?
Guo Jing's "great strength", Huang Rong's "array of formations", Yang Guo's "controlling birds", Zhao Min's "immobilization", Xiaolongnu's "invisibility", the five great earthly evil tricks and the seventy-two strange skills are all skills of great practical value. No wonder Xiangyang can become the mainstay in resisting the invasion of Dragon Island into Penglai.
Although Guo Jing was worried about Xiangyang City, he also knew that Huang Rong would not allow him to go to Yanziwu alone to help. Seeing that Huang Rong had arranged everything in an orderly manner, he nodded and said:
"Okay. You and I will go to Yanziwu together to help. Guoer will be in charge of the city defense."
Huang Rong looked at Ouyang Feng again and said:
"Uncle Ouyang..."
"I'll go with you and Guo Jing." Ouyang Feng said calmly, "I can't let you call me uncle for nothing."
Huang Rong immediately showed joy on her face and bowed:
"Thank you, Uncle Ouyang!"
In Huang Rong's opinion, compared with other time travelers from different times whose backgrounds are unknown to her, Ouyang Feng, her and Guo Jing's mortal enemy, is more trustworthy.
Because she knew that even if Ouyang Feng and that old poisonous creature were the same person, with his arrogance, he would never surrender to anyone.
When she and Guo Jing were young, the old poisonous creature ostensibly assisted Wanyan Honglie, but in fact, he did everything just to obtain the "Nine Yin Scriptures" and never really listened to anyone's orders.
What's more, in this world, the old poisonous creature and the barbarian from Dragon Island have a feud over destroying a family and killing his nephew.
And if what this young Ouyang Feng said was true, then he was the most trustworthy "elder" for her and Guo Jing - to be honest, with Huang Rong's sensitivity and suspicion, it was impossible for her to believe someone else's one-sided words.
But Ouyang Feng's descriptions of Huang Yaoshi, which could only be understood by a close friend, and his unique temperament, which was completely different from that of the old poisonous creature, that was quiet, natural, deep and restrained, made her willing to believe that he was the close friend of Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong, and the martial arts teacher of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.
As for the martial arts of the young Ouyang Feng, whether he can be a strong reinforcement...
How meticulous is Huang Rong?
Just looking at Zhao Min's respectful attitude towards Ouyang Feng, you can tell that she must have tried Ouyang Feng's skills and may have been impressed by him.
Considering the strength of Zhao Min and Green Willow Manor, Ouyang Feng, who could convince Zhao Min, must be extremely powerful.
This matter seemed a little unbelievable. After all, according to common sense, the young Ouyang Feng should be far inferior to the old West Poison. But according to Huang Rong, it was not inexplicable.
This young Ouyang Feng was friends with Hong Qi, Huang Yaoshi, and Wang Chongyang, and he also married Lin Chaoying.
He has become close friends with several of the future Five Greatest Masters, and they often discuss martial arts and inspire each other. His martial arts skills will definitely far exceed the level of his contemporaries.
What's more, he might have seen the bronze gate and acquired a powerful magic when he came to this world - Huang Rong was wrong about this. Ouyang Feng came to this world on his own initiative and had never seen the bronze gate.
However, he already possessed extraordinary skills, so Huang Rong's guess was a lucky coincidence. ...
Amid the sound of rapid horse hooves.
Three horses galloped out of the Xiangyang city gate like the wind.
Among them was a steed that was as red as fire, with long hooves, tall and strong, and as majestic as a dragon. It was none other than Guo Jing's little red horse.
Huang Rong rode a large chestnut horse, and Ouyang Feng rode a black horse, and the three of them rode side by side, heading south.
Yanziwu was only a hundred miles away from Xiangyang. Even though the road conditions were not very good, with the speed of the little red horse and the other two best horses picked from thousands of miles away, it only took more than half an hour to see a large lake where the water and sky were one color.
Yanziwu is not located in the lake, but in a bay surrounded by two mountains with dangerous terrain.
When the three riders arrived at a land checkpoint leading to Yanziwu, they saw that the flag of the Sun Moon Sect had been hoisted above the checkpoint, and a team of Sun Moon Sect followers fully armed and wearing leather armor were stationed at the checkpoint.
"Did the Sun Moon Cult really attack Yanziwu?"
Guo Jing was startled, and rode his horse to the bottom of the checkpoint, and shouted:
"I am Guo Jing from Xiangyang! Which brother is in charge of the gate?"
Soon, someone poked his head out from above the checkpoint and shouted:
"Why are you here, Mr. Guo? I am Xue Fei, the incense master of the Tianfeng Hall of the Divine Cult! I am here to guard this pass under the order of the Cult Master!"
Guo Jing saw that the man on the top of the city wall was indeed Xue Fei, the leader of the Sun Moon Sect whom he had met before, and immediately asked:
"We are strangers from different places. Even if we are not from the same era, we are compatriots with the same culture and race. We should support each other and help each other. Why did your sect send troops to attack Yanziwu?"
"Master Guo, you have misunderstood! Alas, we did not attack Yanziwu for no reason..."
As Xue Fei spoke, he made a few gestures, and soon the gate of the checkpoint slowly opened. Xue Fei even went down from the city wall, and went out of the city gate with only a few followers. He bowed to Guo Jing and Huang Rong, and said sincerely:
"Master Guo, Master Ren has received reliable information that the Murong family of Yanziwu has defected to Longdao and wants to be the lackeys of Longdao. Yanziwu is adjacent to our sect's Blackwood Cliff. Master Ren is worried that Yanziwu will collude with Longdao to attack Blackwood Cliff, so he took the initiative and led his troops to attack Yanziwu."
"The Murong family took refuge on Dragon Island?" Guo Jing frowned and said, "But the messenger sent by the Murong family for help claimed that it was the Sun Moon Divine Cult that took refuge on Dragon Island."
"This is the wicked one who complains first!"
Xue Fei said decisively:
"What kind of temper does our leader Ren have? How could he be willing to be a running dog of the Semu barbarians? As for Murong Fu, our leader saw at a glance that he was a hypocritical and treacherous villain and had been on guard against him for a long time. Now that the Mur family has taken refuge in Long Island, it is sufficient to prove that our leader has a good eye and can predict things like a god!"
Huang Rong asked, "Do you have any evidence that the Murong family went to Long Island?"
Xue Fei said confidently:
"Evidence? Of course there is! After we captured Yanziwu, we found secret letters between Murong Fu and Long Dao in Murong's study, and even a roll of imperial documents, as well as a crown, a scepter, a sword and other items! It turns out that Long Dao promised Murong Fu that he would be crowned king and that Xiangyang and one-third of Penglai Island would be given to him as his territory. Murong Fu was bribed to surrender to the enemy!"
He said with a look of relief:
"Fortunately, our leader was decisive. As soon as he heard the news, he took the initiative and led the army to attack. Otherwise, I'm afraid Murong Fu would have plotted against us!"
"This……"
Guo Jing and Huang Rong looked at each other. Faced with the two contradictory statements, which sounded reasonable, even with Huang Rong's intelligence, she had no way of telling which was right and which was wrong.
They also had some understanding of the system of Dragon Island, and knew that the barbarians of Dragon Island practiced a kind of "parliamentary system", in which a parliament was composed of several Dragon King families and some powerful nobles, who took turns in governing.
For the conquered lands, the feudal system was implemented, enfeoffing lords of all sizes and allowing them to govern themselves on the condition that they provide money, food and slaves every year. As long as the contributions were in place, Dragon Island would not care how the lords governed their territories.
In addition, when Dragon Island needs to go to war, each lord must prepare his own dry food and troops to support Dragon Island.
Therefore, it is possible that Longdao offered Murong Fu the condition of being crowned king and rewarded with territory.
However, the total population of Xiangyang City plus one-third of Penglai Island would not exceed 500,000. As the king of such a small country, he still had to serve a suzerain country. Would Murong Fu really agree to such conditions?
Guo Jing and Huang Rong were unaware of Murong Fu's morbid obsession with "restoring the country", but Ouyang Feng knew it very well.
He was a paranoid man who was obsessed with restoring his country. He was willing to worship Duan Yanqing as his father and even kill his trusted family members. In the end, he went completely crazy for his dream of becoming emperor.
Not to mention the throne of king with the right of autonomy, even if he was only granted a duchy and Xiangyang with a population of 200,000, he would probably accept it with joy.
Therefore, Ouyang Feng felt that with Murong Fu's paranoid personality, it was really possible that he would defect to Dragon Island for this promise.
I just don’t know how the Sun and Moon Sect learned the news and took decisive action to strike first.
However, considering Ren Woxing's character, and since he lives next to Yanziwu, it is not impossible for him to secretly find an opportunity to use the "Three Corpses Brain Pill" to control a few people in Yanziwu and get information.
At this time Guo Jing asked again:
"Has your sect taken over Yanziwu? How is Master Murong?"
Xi Fei laughed and said:
"Yanziwu was captured an hour ago. Murong Fu and his trusted family generals and soldiers were captured. The leader did not kill them. He said he would take them to Xiangyang and summon all the comrades to publicly try the traitor."
After hearing what he said, Guo Jing was already somewhat inclined to believe what the Sun Moon Sect said. Otherwise, how could Ren Woxing dare to spare the lives of Murong Fu and his group, and even plan to take them to Xiangyang for a public trial?
Huang Rong did not believe this and said calmly:
"Is Master Ren in Yanziwu? Can you take us to see Master Ren?"
Regardless of whether there were traps in Yanziwu, she believed that with her and Guo Jing working together, they could evacuate calmly even if there were traps. Moreover, now there was the unfathomable uncle Ouyang Feng by her side?
As for Huang Rong's request, Xue Fei said frankly:
"If it were anyone else, I wouldn't dare take him to see the leader without first notifying him. But since you are Mr. Guo and Ms. Huang, just follow me. By the way, this knight looks unfamiliar, who is he?"
"He is one of our elders." Huang Rong said with a smile: "Although he is young, he is of a high generation."
"So that's how it is." Seeing that Ouyang Feng was of extraordinary bearing, Xue Fei did not ask any further questions. He ordered everyone to guard the checkpoint well, and led Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and Ouyang Feng through the checkpoint alone, and went to Yanziwu along a narrow road sandwiched between two mountains.
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