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Chapter 427: The Demon King Enters the Mountain
Lu Yuanzhi looked at Hai Wuyang, who was sleepy but forced to be serious, and couldn't help feeling a little amused.

However, I still approve of Hai Wuyang's reaction.

If he had already appeared in the mountain and had not yet realized that the Demon King was about to attack, then he would be too stupid.

After Hai Wuyang finished asking the question, everyone's eyes turned to Lu Yuanzhi.

Even though there are already guesses, people still feel a little uneasy because they haven't received a definite answer.

Lu Yuanzhi said seriously:

"Hurry up and get up. The Demon King will lead his army to attack the mountain in the next two days."

Hearing this, Hai Wuyang jumped up from the stone bed, and after landing on the ground, he quickly walked to Lu Yuanzhi's side and said solemnly:
"Where did you get the news?"

The question was asked very cautiously. Lu Yuanzhi naturally knew what he meant. He looked at everyone's eyes and slowly opened his mouth:

"This story starts with the 100,000 demon soldiers that were annihilated in the mountains a few days ago..."

As he spoke, he began to talk about the leader of the Golden Cicada tribe of the Chaoyue United Demon Clan.

After listening to his long speech, Hai Wuyang showed a trace of worry on his face:
"What if the Demon King cheated?"

"No." Ji Xuan at the side took over his words at this time. He looked confident of victory and said with a gleam in his eyes:
"The rebellion of the Golden Cicada Tribe is not false. The Golden Cicada Tribe is not a large tribe to begin with. The Fire Phoenix Egg requires a lot of resources. The Golden Cicada Tribe does not have much fighting power, so the Demon King will not take it seriously. Therefore, it is very likely that there will be a conflict with the Demon King because of the sacrifice of the Fire Phoenix Egg..."

"As for Chaoyue."

When Ji Xuan said this, a smile appeared on his lips:
"He is actually a smart man. If he hadn't had a rift with the Demon King, he would never have risked the lives of 100,000 demon soldiers to win our trust."

The voice of Weiwu Hou also rang out. He looked at Hai Wuyang seriously and said:

"Besides, they don't know that we have set up a large formation on Wangyou Mountain, so we are not afraid of him coming. Even if he doesn't come and we organize a large army to attack the city, Yixing can return to the city to defend it, so we are already invincible."

After the two of them analyzed it, Hai Wuyang suddenly understood. He nodded thoughtfully and said:

"So the news that the Demon King is coming to attack the mountain is true."

"Well, we have to prepare early."

Ji Xuan looked at Lu Yuanzhi seriously, then slowly stood up and looked at Weiwu Hou and Hai Wuyang and asked:
"Old man, have you two set up your concealment formation?"

"Okay." Hai Wuyang answered first, with an excited look on his face:
"Even if the Confucian Defense Formation is activated, the Demon King will not be able to sense any fluctuations."

"Okay! In that case, let's just wait for the Demon King to come."

Ji Xuan felt a little relieved.

Hearing what they said, Lu Yuanzhi thought to himself that it was true.

The purpose of Marquis Weiwu and Lord Ji appearing in Wangyou Mountain was exactly the same as he had guessed.

"Then I will also wait in this mountain for the Demon King to attack."

Lu Yuanzhi stood up and looked at the winding path in the mountains, his voice was cold:

"Wangyou Mountain, what a perfect place for Zhong Lingminxiu to be buried. The Faceless Demon King is so lucky."

……

Looking at the foot of Mount Youyou.

A huge team of demon soldiers led the way ahead.

The leader was none other than Chao Xian, the eldest prince of the demon clan.

At this time, Chaoxian was leading the way, with a silver spear standing on the victory hook and an iron mastiff helmet on his body. His face had a completely different temperament from his brother Chaoyue, and the rough lion hair fluttered in the wind around his neck.

"Your Highness! There is nothing unusual ahead."

A fast horse came galloping from the mountains. It was the scout sent by the demon tribe to investigate the mountains.

"Haha, if that's the case, then let's go into the mountains! Continue to the central army to inform father, we will enter the forest first!"

After Chaoxian finished speaking, he pulled the reins and rode across the mountain path:
"I want to see what the hundred thousand soldiers and horses that defeated my demon warriors look like!"

At this point, a cold and disdainful smile appeared on his face:

"How on earth did my useless brother lose an army of 100,000 in one day!"

Hearing what he said, all the demon generals around him laughed out loud.

They were all close to Chao Xian, and were no longer surprised by the discord between the two princes under the Demon Emperor.

"I think he was frightened by Yong's commander, Lu Yuanzhi, and fled as soon as he saw the Yong soldiers."

"Hahahahaha! It is said that when Chao Yue was sent to Yong as an envoy, Lu Yuanzhi cut off her basket. I don't know if it's true or not."

"How could it be false? I saw with my own eyes that when the Demon King was reshaping Chao Yue's body, he took the Yang-boosting grass."

"Hahahaha!! You have no balls! You might as well throw a hair at His Majesty!"

"........."

The more they spoke, the more outrageous they became.

Chao Xian, who was riding in front, heard these words but didn't care at all. Instead, he felt more comfortable the more he listened. He let out a long whistle:
“Into the mountains!!!”

Even the scouts of the vanguard unit in the mountains could hear the sound.

……

"How many troops and horses?"

Wu Qianfeng never thought that the demon soldiers of Wangyou Mountain really regarded this place as a must-fight place. He was just training soldiers in the mountains, and before they had even finished training, they had already killed 100,000 demon soldiers...

"More than 10,000. They should be the enemy's vanguard."

"Oh."

Wu Qianfeng's eyes flashed with a sharp light:
"Ten thousand front troops, do you see the commander's flag clearly?"

"First, if it's correct, it should be the team led by the Demon Crown Prince Chao Xian."

Wu Qianfeng raised his eyebrows slightly:
"It seems that the Demon King attaches great importance to our team in the mountain."

Having said this, he waved his hand, and a majestic aura appeared on his body:

"Where is Wang Guoshun?!"

"The general is here!!"

When Wang Guoshun heard this, an eager look appeared on his handsome face. As expected, when he heard Wu Qianfeng calling his name, he could no longer contain his excitement and stood up directly with a voice as loud as a bell.

"I order you to lead 8,000 Yuanyang soldiers to set up an ambush on the mountainside. Act according to the situation and save your own life first."

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Wang Guoshun took the order directly, slowly left the tent, gathered 8,000 soldiers and horses, and marched towards the heart of the mountain monster in a mighty manner.

……

"Has Chao entered the mountain first?"

The Faceless Demon King sat on the carriage, listening to the news brought by the scouts. His huge mouth rubbed his teeth against each other, making a teeth-grinding sound.

"Well, pass on my order. The central army will follow me into the mountains! The rear army will follow closely!"

There was a hint of excitement in the Faceless Demon King's voice:
"I want to see whether that army is stronger or I have better teeth!"

"Yes!"

The 30,000 central troops, following the Demon King's orders, followed Chao Xian's vanguard army from a distance and headed towards the mountains.

The Demon King did not bring too many troops with him during this expedition. He left the main force in front of Xuzhou City to continue the siege and only brought 50,000 demon soldiers into the mountains.

In fact, according to his idea, there was no need to bring so many soldiers and horses. Two thousand would be enough to plunder the enemy. When he saw the demon soldiers, he would directly use his true form as the Demon King and swallow up the soldiers of Dayong in the mountains in one gulp.

But thinking that there was still a Lu Yuanzhi in Xuzhou City and a national teacher in Dayong Kingdom who was eyeing him covetously, he did not want to waste his energy in vain, so he simply led the army himself to engage in a confrontation with the troops in the mountains.

……

"coming!"

At the top of the mountain, Lu Yuanzhi and everyone else looked towards the foot of the mountain. "The vanguard is the team of the demon clan's eldest prince Chao Xian, about 10,000 people."

"Well...Frontline Wu sent troops to intercept the enemy's front army."

While watching, Lu Yuanzhi told the three people sitting leisurely next to him what he saw.

"How's the battle going?"

Ji Xuan drank with a leisurely look on his face.

"We haven't met yet. According to the speed of both sides, we will probably have to wait for half an hour."

Lu Yuanzhi's eyes were sharp, and he looked further towards the foot of the mountain. After a long time, a smile appeared on his face:
"The central army led by the Demon King is about to enter the mountain."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Ji Xuan's eyes flashed, and he stopped drinking. He stood up and walked to Lu Yuanzhi, stood shoulder to shoulder with him, lowered his head and slowly looked down the mountain.

Sure enough, they saw about 30,000 soldiers and horses hanging about 20 miles behind Chaoxian's troops.

"What do you mean?" Lu Yuanzhi felt Ji Xuan standing behind him. He slowly turned around and asked solemnly:

"Should we activate the formation now, or wait a little longer?"

"Wait a minute."

Hearing this, Ji Xuan hesitated for a moment and looked at Weiwu Hou who was doing nothing on the side.

At this moment, Weiwu Hou had a look of satisfaction on his face, enjoying Hai Wuyang hammering his legs.

"Hit this side too..."

Marquis Weiwu stretched out his big foot and placed it on Hai Wuyang's leg.

Hai Wuyang said nothing, nor did he look up at anyone. He just nodded gently and continued to massage his legs.

"Although the Confucian and Taoist formation covers the entire mountain, the suppression force is weaker at the edge and stronger at the center. You have to wait until the Faceless Demon King moves inside."

Only then did Weiwu Hou leisurely begin to explain to Lu Yuanzhi.

"I see."

Lu Yuanzhi nodded in realization, then turned around and looked towards the mountain. Then he realized something was wrong:

"Doesn't that mean that the Demon King is going to attack the place where Wu Qianfeng is training his troops?"

"How could he possibly attack us?" Lu Yuanzhi's gaze quickly shifted to Wang Guoshun's troops who were ambushing Chaoxian's troops.

"Chao Xian is not as weak as you think."

Ji Xuan said with a solemn tone:

"Kingdom Shun alone cannot stop Chao Xian."

"ah??!"

"During the battle at Yumen Pass, Chao Xian's combat power was already as strong as that of an ordinary fourth-grade warrior. After so many years, I think he should be even stronger."

There was a hint of reminiscence on Ji Xuan's face.

When Lu Yuanzhi heard this, he was shocked and wanted to rush down the mountain, but Ji Xuan grabbed him:

"Why are you going?!"

"Rescue!"

"If you want to get rid of the Demon King, how can he believe it without making some sacrifices?"

Lu Yuanzhi wanted to break free, his voice even sounded a little loud:

"You can't just send someone to die!"

"That's better than sacrificing more people!"

Ji Xuan's voice was extremely gloomy. He stared at Lu Yuanzhi intently. Although his hair was white, his aura did not diminish in the slightest:
"You've been with me for so long, how come you don't even understand this?"

"I..." Lu Yuanzhi wanted to say something, but found that he couldn't say anything.

"If you appear in front of Wang Guoshun's army at this time to block Chao Xian, you will be exposed to the Demon King in the central army. If he detects any unusual movements, all the plans of so many years will be in vain!"

Weiwu Hou's face was still relaxed, and he said with a hint of sarcasm:

"My child, as a commander, how can you not understand that a merciful person cannot lead an army?"

At this point, Marquis Weiwu's voice had become extremely disgusted:

"Appropriate sacrifices, for the survival of more people in Dayong, do we still need to be taught this principle?"

Lu Yuanzhi pursed his lips, took a deep breath, glanced at Weiwu Hou lightly, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

But at this moment he also knew that doing nothing at this moment was the best choice.

He said nothing, his eyes fixed on the mountain troops who were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

With his eyesight, he could see it clearly.

……

"My men! Follow me and kill!!!"

Wang Guoshun, along with his 8,000 men, watched Chaoxian's troops gradually fall into their encirclement, and a smile appeared on his face.

This time the credit goes to me again.

His movements were extremely quick and decisive. Even as he spoke, he had already ridden his horse to the front of the ten thousand demon army. The nearly one hundred soldiers in the personal guard camp around him surrounded him tightly and started his killing spree.

"laugh!!"

The long sword flashed coldly, and a huge head flew into the sky.

The ambushed demon soldiers were obviously not unprepared. After seeing the ambush troops coming out from all around, Chao Xian in the army had already galloped out.

"Ding!!"

He grasped the spear in his hand and killed a group of soldiers rushing towards him with one shot. He waved the spear in his hand expressionlessly. Blood flowers like red flowers bloomed between heaven and earth and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, seven or eight soldiers of the Yuanyang Army fell under the tip of his gun.

"kill!!!"

There is no need for excessive words, as hand-to-hand combat is all about bravery.

Compared with the demon troops killed before, the demon troops brought by Chao Xian were obviously extraordinary. Not only were they fully equipped with armor, but the weapons in their hands were also sharp and sturdy.

This caused considerable hindrance to the Yuanyang Army's formation.

"Ding!!" A spear from the Mandarin Duck Army pierced the body of a demon soldier, but the fatal blow was blocked by his armor.

The demon soldiers who reacted were not willing to be outdone, and they shuttled back and forth between the mountains as nimbly as fleas. On the narrow mountain roads, the demon soldiers with full armor had obviously greatly improved their combat effectiveness.

"puff!!"

The sharp blade in the demon soldier's hand cut a bloody wound on the soldier of the Mandarin Duck Army.

"Ah!!" Screams rang out one after another.

After fighting for half an hour, Wang Guoshun had already sensed something was wrong. With just a cursory glance, he was able to roughly determine the casualties on both sides.

Half of each...

This situation of war was unacceptable to him.

But he also knew the principle of keeping the green mountains, there is no fear of running out of firewood. He had no reinforcements behind him, and the enemy's central army was about to arrive.

So without hesitation he shouted:
"Sound the horn! Retreat!!!"

After saying this, he rode his horse towards the mountains.

Seeing this scene, Chaoxian paused, looked at Wang Guoshun's back, and an intriguing smile appeared on his face:
"Want to run? Can you run?"

(End of this chapter)