Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 736: Lightning Attack on Tiger Head Mountain

After hearing what Liang Zhao said, Li Xuan couldn't help but smile.

He used to wonder why Liang Zhaoguan, who was such a high-ranking official, would still take the risk of following Emperor Yongyuan and become such a dangerous undercover agent.

But if we say that Liang Zhao is a daughter-obsessed person, then his fatherly love would be a bit too heavy.

At least for Liang Chuchu, the father's love is really a heavy pressure like a mountain.

I don’t know how Liang Chuchu would react when she knew the truth.

"Do you trust Wang Suyue so much?"

"If she didn't help Liang Chuchu, what would you have done?"

Li Xuan asked in confusion.

How could a father entrust his daughter's life and death to an outsider?
Even though Wang Suyue was once Liang Chuchu's friend, Li Xuan knew that they had been at odds with each other for several years ever since the fight they had when they were children.

After falling into trouble, even Liang Chuchu herself was surprised that Wang Suyue would help her.

In response, Liang Zhao just smiled and explained to Li Xuan:

"Master Xuan, General Zhongwu has been my good friend for many years. He is an upright man with good conduct, and so is his daughter."

"Of course, I have been secretly observing Wang Suyue for so many years. If I thought she was not worthy of my reliance, I would not have sent my daughter to the palace."

"At worst, you can retire with me after I am dismissed. But if you do that, I'm afraid it will be difficult to gain the trust of King Zheng immediately. King Zheng has always been cautious. If he doesn't have enough trust, I'm afraid even I won't be able to be reused."

Li Xuan shook his head and stopped dwelling on this issue.

No matter what Liang Zhao planned at the beginning, at least the result was good.

Liang Chuchu was safe with Wang Suyue. King Zheng also trusted him more because Liang Zhao was dismissed from office and his daughter was in trouble in the palace, which made his undercover work go more smoothly.

Although Liang Zhaosi appears to be a gentle man, he is also a ruthless person.

Liang Chuchu has already paid the price for the mistakes she made against Jingyang Palace.

Then there would be no need for Li Xuan to continue to have a grudge with Liang Zhao.

Under the witness of Emperor Yongyuan, Liang Zhao was able to gain reconciliation from Li Xuan.

This made him feel relieved. Although he had made great contributions in the overthrow of King Zheng, if he offended the one who was chosen by heaven, his future days would not be easy.

"Well, now that the two of you have resolved your differences, I can rest assured."

Emperor Yongyuan said with a smile.

Li Xuan and Liang Zhao both looked up at him.

They all knew that Emperor Yongyuan would not summon them just for such a trivial matter.

"Mr. Liang, I summoned you today mainly to make a plan to quell the rebellion in Guanglin Prefecture as soon as possible."

As soon as Emperor Yongyuan started talking, Liang Zhao immediately understood and stepped forward to report:

"Your Majesty, the supplies that King Zheng has accumulated over the years are stored in the city's treasury as well as in many locations outside the city."

"Now, His Royal Highness the Third Prince and His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince have conquered all other strongholds, but there is still one most important stronghold that has not been taken."

Li Xuan was listening at the side and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He didn't expect that the third and eighth brothers had been doing quite well during this period.

Last night, he only heard Princess Ankang mention it in passing, but he didn't know that the two brothers had won so many battles.

The two of them had always had a bad relationship, and I don’t know what’s going on recently?

"Ah Xuan, this is why I summoned you today."

Emperor Yongyuan also talked about the purpose of summoning him today.

"The terrain of Hutou Mountain is difficult to attack and easy to defend. The third and eighth brothers organized several attacks, but all failed and suffered heavy casualties. Several decapitation operations also ended in failure."

"Oh, is there an expert guarding that Tiger Head Mountain?" Li Xuan asked.

Logically speaking, the two princes should have no shortage of experts around them.

There will be at least a few eunuchs in flowery clothes from the Imperial Household Department.

But if even they can't do anything about it, it seems that the people in charge of Hutou Mountain are indeed difficult to deal with.

"I heard there is a third-rank master on the mountain who is extremely difficult to deal with."

"Other masters in the palace have other tasks, so it's hard to spare some manpower for the time being, which is why it has been delayed until now."

Emperor Yongyuan talked about the situation at Hutou Mountain.

Li Xuan nodded. He heard from Princess Ankang last night that the situation around the city had just been pacified.

There are many experts lurking in the dark near the city.

Although few of these people are of the top third rank, all of them are highly skilled in martial arts, unlike the rebels who are mostly a mob.

In order to ensure the safety of Emperor Yongyuan, the masters of the palace were busy cleaning up these people.

"Ah Xuan, you are fast and your cultivation is high now. I want to entrust this matter to you."

"Hutou Mountain is more than 200 miles away from here, but with your speed, you should be able to go back and forth today."

It seems that Emperor Yongyuan hopes that Li Xuan will launch a surprise attack on Hutou Mountain.

This matter was not difficult for him.

Li Xuan has just entered the third rank, but don't forget that he is a man of destiny, and is almost invincible at the same level.

Anyway, he is staying in the city just to rest, and going out for some exercise is not too much of a burden for him.

After Li Xuan figured out the situation, he immediately took on the task.

The entire Daxing is still waiting for them to save it, and they cannot be trapped in this small Guanglin Prefecture for too long.

Li Xuan jumped onto Emperor Yongyuan's desk, and after seeing the location of Hutou Mountain on the map clearly, he immediately prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Hutou Mountain is indeed not far from the city. If everything goes well, Li Xuan will be able to come back in time for lunch.

He hadn't been with Princess Ankang for many days and didn't want to go on a long business trip again.

Seeing that Emperor Yongyuan had no other instructions, Li Xuan ran out of the window and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After Li Xuan left, Liang Zhao complained to Emperor Yongyuan: "Your Majesty, why didn't you tell me earlier about the absurd things my daughter did?"

Liang Zhao shook his head, looking like he had a headache.

Emperor Yongyuan laughed and replied, "If you are not sincere, I am afraid that Xuan will find it difficult to reconcile with you. If he has a grudge against you, your future life will be difficult. That cat is not very kind."

Liang Zhao then showed a look of sudden realization, and then he thanked Emperor Yongyuan for his careful consideration.

……

"Ah chirp~"

Li Xuan ran not far out of the city when he couldn't help sneezing.

"Isn't it a cold?"

Li Xuan was half-believing and half-doubting, thinking that he had run too fast and caught a cold, but then he thought again and felt that something was wrong.

How could a third-rank master catch a cold?
Soon, the sneeze was forgotten by him.

Hutou Mountain is two hundred miles away from the city, but with Li Xuan's current speed, these two hundred miles can be reached in a blink of an eye.

Li Xuan was still waiting to finish his business and return to the city to have lunch with Princess Ankang, so he did not delay at all on the road and traveled at full speed.

As he hurried along, he had a clear view of the surrounding scenery.

The once prosperous Jiangnan area is now in ruins.

The ruins of villages and blood-stained battlefields can be seen everywhere.

All this proves that a war broke out here not long ago.

Before this trip, Li Xuan had only heard the four words "rebels rising everywhere", but was far from realizing the impact of these four words.

"King Zheng, that old bastard, will not let us rest in peace even after his death."

Li Xuan gritted his teeth in hatred and cursed in his heart.

What Li Xuan sees now are pieces of wreckage, but he doesn’t know how many innocent lives are buried beneath these wreckages.

Even though King Zheng was sure of victory, he still kept a backup plan in case he failed to usurp the throne.

But he probably had never thought that Emperor Yongyuan had Li Xuan, the man of destiny, to help him.

The evil dragon that had troubled him all his life was separated from the dragon vein by Li Xuan.

Not only did it preserve the dragon vein, it also eliminated the threat of the evil dragon.

But with the limited knowledge of King Zheng, he could only use this extreme method to weaken the luck of the entire Daxing to delay the disaster. But this approach is nothing more than drinking poison to quench thirst.

"We still have to find a way to put down the rebellion as soon as possible."

Li Xuan felt that he needed to have a good talk with Nilubai and other people from other martial arts holy places in advance.

Not only them, but also the Buddhist and Taoist sects and all the heroes in the world who are willing to lend a helping hand.

Compared with other concerns, suppressing the rebels as soon as possible and saving innocent civilians are the top priorities.

Along the way, Li Xuan's mood became increasingly heavy, but following the direction specified on the map, he soon saw the dangerous mountain called Hutou Mountain.

There was a military camp at the foot of the mountain, which almost blocked all the roads down the mountain, making it impossible for anyone to get through.

But even with such a large force, they still failed to defeat the rebels on Hutou Mountain.

Thinking of the third and eighth brothers working together to fight bandits here, Li Xuan couldn't help but wonder how the two brothers got along.

"Emperor Yongyuan is really bold. Putting these two brothers together, isn't he afraid that they will fight among themselves and scheme against each other?"

The Eighth Prince might not do such a thing, but the Third Prince’s character is not guaranteed.

During the previous competition in the Imperial Garden, the Third Prince seemed to be unscrupulous, and it was unknown whether the Eighth Prince had been ambushed by him during this period.

Arriving at the foot of Hutou Mountain, Li Xuan took a quick look and understood the situation on and below the mountain.

"There are actually thousands of people on this small Hutou Mountain."

Li Xuan frowned.

No matter how big the stronghold is, it will be very crowded with thousands of rebels.

If there is enough time, the rebels on the mountain can be trapped to death by cutting off their water and food supplies.

But for Daxing now, they don’t have such ample time.

Moreover, Li Xuan didn’t know what the attribute of the third-grade master on the mountain was. If it was of water attribute and he had stockpiled enough food, it would be no problem for him to survive for two or three years.

But now that Li Xuan is here, there is no possibility of this happening at all.

Before going up the mountain, Li Xuan made a special trip to the military camp to see how the third prince and the eighth prince got along.

But before Li Xuan entered the military camp, he heard the quarrel between the two from afar.

Li Xuan was quite familiar with the two brothers and recognized their voices at once.

"Did they really quarrel?"

Li Xuan shook his head and quietly followed their voices.

They were soon found in the main account.

In the main tent, besides the fully armed Third Prince and Eighth Prince, there were also several generals and eunuchs in flowery clothes standing by.

But apart from the two princes who were arguing fiercely, everyone else kept their heads down and remained silent, appearing to have very low morale.

"It seems that the defeats in the past few days have put them in a passive position."

The matter was reported to Emperor Yongyuan, who even asked him to send Li Xuan. It can be seen that they really had no other choice.

Li Xuan listened outside the tent for a while and quickly figured out the subject of the dispute between the two.

The third prince proposed to launch a surprise attack by climbing up the mountain from the back, with the help of military experts to lead the way and start the fight on the mountain.

But the Eighth Prince opposed such a risky battle, citing their previous casualties as a basis for opposition.

He proposed to set up checkpoints along the mountain roads, approach the mountains in a threatening manner, compress the rebels' range of activities on the mountains, create huge psychological pressure, make the rebels lose their composure, and wait until the opportunity arises to take them down in one fell swoop.

The Eighth Prince's plan is more reliable, but will take longer.

But as the Eighth Prince said, the rebels were trapped in the mountain stronghold, isolated and helpless, and they must have been under considerable psychological pressure.

As for the third prince's plan, regardless of its success rate, the risks are too great.

If they could do nothing to the third-rank master on the mountain, it wouldn't have dragged on until today.

It is still unclear whether the experts can open the way smoothly. If they are blocked by the rebels halfway up the mountain, the casualties will definitely be huge.

From the argument between the two, it was not difficult for Li Xuan to see that the third prince was more impatient.

"Old Eight, you don't understand at all. How many fighter planes will be wasted if we spend one more day here?"

"It is better to miss an opportunity to fight than to let your soldiers die in vain!"

The two princes each had their own reasons and neither of them would give in.

The others lowered their heads, speechless.

If they had a way, why would they let the two princes argue so fiercely?

Li Xuan stuck his head out and peeked into the tent, only to find that the two brothers had matured a lot.

The Eighth Prince, in particular, used to be a little afraid of the Third Prince, but now he dares to argue with him.

Moreover, Li Xuan saw that the eighth prince had a bandage on his arm, and he was obviously injured.

Although both of them are still teenagers, their temperaments have obviously become much more stable.

The third prince said that he had many years of experience in the army, but this was the first time he had the opportunity to lead an army independently.

It seems that this experience has brought great growth to both of them.

Seeing that the two men had almost stopped arguing, Li Xuan walked into the main tent at the right time.

"Meow~"

Li Xuan walked in and greeted politely.

Everyone heard a cat's sudden meow in the main tent and turned to look.

"Hey, why are you here?"

The eighth prince was surprised when he saw Li Xuan.

"Ankang is here too?"

As he spoke, he looked behind Li Xuan, but he didn't see anyone else coming in.

The third prince's expression suddenly turned unnatural when he saw Li Xuan appear.

For Li Xuan, the third prince really casts a big shadow on him.

Seeing that the two had quieted down, Li Xuan directly sent a message to them:
"Send someone up the mountain to collect the bodies immediately."

"Collect the body?" The Eighth Prince was stunned and asked puzzledly, "Whose body?"

The third prince looked around in horror, as if he was looking for something.

Li Xuan blinked and wondered, "Hasn't this kid ever heard me speak?"

Li Xuan has been too busy lately and his brain is not working well enough.

But he was too lazy to pay attention to these details. He just left them a few words and turned to go up the mountain.

"If any of you are slow, I will hang you on the flagpole and forbid you to let me down. I will hang you all the way back to the capital to report back."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

The Eighth Prince trembled all over and immediately gave a loud order:
"Gather the entire army and take down Hutou Mountain!"

The other generals were still in a daze, and the only eunuch in flowery clothes present immediately slid down to his knees before the Eighth Prince to receive his orders.

"Follow military orders!"

Apart from the two princes, this eunuch in flowery clothes was the only one who recognized Li Xuan.

"Master Xuan has arrived. It looks like reinforcements from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have arrived!"

The flowery eunuch was full of confidence.

He didn't know that the so-called reinforcements were only a cat, Li Xuan.

But before the soldiers could gather, a mushroom cloud suddenly exploded on the mountain.

boom--

The Eighth Prince became even more anxious when he saw this scene:
"Quick, assemble quickly!"

He knew that Li Xuan was a cat who could really do such a thing.

The Eighth Prince gritted his teeth, drew the sword from his waist, and ordered again:
"Royal Guards, follow this prince to attack Tiger Head Mountain!"

"charge!!!"

(End of this chapter)