Jiuxi

Chapter 465 Chapter 463 [The setting sun is like blood]

When Lu Chen led the elite Qi border troops arrived, the Shen family and his son couldn't help but fall into despair.

This means that the Qi army has defeated the Zhehuang tribe led by Wei Wanjiang, and together with the Huining tribe who defected before the battle, the Tieyang tribe, which originally had an absolute advantage, directly became the target of siege by the three armies.

At this moment, even if they wanted to retreat, they couldn't leave.

Luo Yaozong would not give them this chance.

The Yalong leader, who had become increasingly low-key in recent years and allowed Shen Min to fan the flames in secret, finally no longer had any reservations on the premise that he already had a righteous name.

But seeing him personally leading the four to five thousand core soldiers of the Yalong tribe, with the spear in his hand, it was like entering a deserted place, with almost no enemies in front of him, and his burly body as tall as a mountain, as if a demon had come to the world.

This was in line with Lu Chen's first impression of him.

The Daqi border troops did not directly enter the battlefield. The main force that strangled the Tieyang tribe was still the Yalong tribe warriors led by Luo Yaozong and the Huining tribe soldiers brought by Bai Chang.

Under the command of Lu Chen, the Qi army was mainly responsible for blocking the Tieyang tribe's retreat and making up for the loopholes on the battlefield at any time. Only Lu Chen, who was proficient in command before the battle, and the elite border troops under his command could do these things perfectly.

"surrender?"

Seeing Luo Yaozong silently walking towards him, Shen Min sneered sarcastically: "You deceived me, and now you have succeeded. I believe you will promote the unification of Shazhou and become the true master of Shazhou. What a good plan."

Luo Yaozong knew very well that to capture the thief first, capture the king. From the very beginning, he targeted Shen Min, who was under heavy protection.

The spear was pointed at the ground, blood dripping from the tip.

Lu Chen made this decision based on the fact that the warriors of the Yalong tribe, led by Luo Yaozong, had beaten the Tieyang tribe to the point where they could only parry but not fight back.

He paused for a moment and said word by word: "The reason why you ended up today is nothing more than four words. It's your own fault."

Another important reason is that Lu Chen does not want the Qi army to have too much blood of Shazhou people on their hands, even if the Tieyang tribe in front of him is the culprit of provoking the civil strife in Shazhou. During the previous interception by the breakthroughr Huangbu, when Ye Jitang killed Wei Wanjiang and broke the opponent's formation, the Qi army did not continue to pursue the fleeing Zhehuangbu soldiers and allowed them to scatter and escape.

"enough!"

Until now, he still couldn't figure out why he had fallen into the trap set by the other party from the very beginning when Luo Yaozong summoned the heads of various departments to discuss matters.

As the sun set, he finally broke through the obstacles in front of him and came to Shen Min.

A sneer appeared on Shen Min's lips, and she said faintly: "Can you survive by surrendering?"

Luo Yaozong's steps stagnated slightly, his eyes grew colder, and he said in a deep voice: "Shen Min, what really led to your death was your ambition. No matter how many arrangements I made, if you didn't secretly collude with Jing Ren, didn't provoke In this civil war, who can shake your position in Shazhou? Who dares to attack you, the leader of the Tieyang tribe?"

Luo Yaozong moved forward with his gun in his hand and said as he walked: "You are defeated, surrender."

He proposed that Lu Chen come to Shazhou to discuss in person, hoping to find an opportunity to completely prevent the relationship between Shazhou and Qi from easing. At that time, Luo Yaozong surprisingly did not object and instead cooperated to promote the matter.

Later in the negotiation in the lobby of the ancestral home, Shen Tianyi repeatedly provoked Lu Chen, but Luo Yaozong did not say anything to stop him, which was undoubtedly fueling the arrogance of the Tieyang tribe.

Luo Yaozong said frankly: "You provoked civil strife that had never happened in Shazhou for hundreds of years, and caused the warriors of the six tribes except Jinchuan tribe to fall into cannibalism. If you don't kill, how can you calm down the public anger? Not only do you want to die, you My son Shen Tianyi will also die. But you can stop immediately, so many people will not die, and I guarantee that a bloodline will be left in your Shen family."

In the end, Shen Min couldn't hold it any longer, and took the initiative to unite with Huang and Huining to attack Heishui Village for a very far-fetched reason. This made Luo Yaozong morally invincible.

On the noisy battlefield, Shen Min had fewer and fewer personal followers around him. There was no cowardice or fear in his eyes, but an obvious look of madness.

At that time, Shen Min thought that Luo Yaozong didn't see the secret behind this, but now he realized that this was the beginning of Luo Yaozong's design for him.

Shen Min stopped shouting, and then said in a cold voice: "At this time, you are still pretending to be a good person. Do you think I don't know that this matter has been your conspiracy from beginning to end!"

On the one hand, Lu Chen did this because Qi Jun had spent too much energy traveling back and forth and fighting these days, so he needed to be more conservative.

"Shut up!"

Shen Min's eyes were red, his face was ferocious, and he charged towards him with a long knife.

Even though Luo Yaozong fought fiercely for a long time, he still showed no sign of fatigue. His spear was as powerful as a swimming dragon, and he instantly isolated Shen Min's crazy sword light. Then he charged forward, and countless spear flowers bloomed in front of Shen Min.

For a time, Shen Min was surrounded by dangers, and he was in dire straits.

"Father!"

Upon seeing this, Shen Tianyi strode over from a distance, killing the Yalong warriors in front of him like a madman, holding two swords and running towards the side and rear of Luo Yaozong.

At this moment, a sound of rebuke sounded not far away.

"Shen Tianyi!"

A woman dressed in red swept across a distance of several feet. She whipped out the long whip in her hand and caught Shen Tianyi's left-hand sword. The powerful inner energy spurted out and reached the blade.

The so-called enemies were extremely jealous when they met each other. Shen Tianyi looked at Luo Jiujiu who appeared in front of him and knew that there was no way to go around to protect his father. He immediately gritted his teeth and threw out the knife in his left hand without hesitation.

A stream of light arrived in an instant.

Luo Jiujiu fell backwards, and the long knife flew over her head, but when she saw her left hand on the ground, she straightened her body again, then kicked her right foot on the ground, and flew towards Shen Tianyi like a shooting star. In the starlight, a cold light suddenly appeared, which was the long sword held tightly in Luo Jiujiu's right hand.

The only trace of reason left by Shen Tianyi told him that the situation in the Tieyang tribe was over and his father's life might be in danger at any time. If Luo Jiujiu could be held hostage at this time, it might be the only chance for their father and son to escape.

He knew that Luo Jiujiu's martial arts was taught by Luo Yaozong himself, and his talent had always been praised by tribesmen in Shazhou, but Shen Tianyi never thought that he was weaker than her.

Especially in this moment of life and death, it is still unclear who will win!
Luo Yaozong seemed to be aware of what was going on behind him, but he did not have any uneasiness or anxiety. It was obvious that he had great trust in his eldest daughter's martial arts. His eyes were always fixed on Shen Min, who was struggling in vain, and the spear was getting closer and closer to the vital part of the opponent's chest.

That bit of cold light seemed to break through the void, rushing towards his face with frightening murderous intent. Shen Tianyi's eyes were cold and he advanced instead of retreating.

He stepped forward wrongly, used his left shoulder to meet the tip of the sword, and then slashed diagonally with the sword in his right hand, reaching Luo Jiujiu's neck.

This was a life-for-life strategy. Shen Tianyi was betting that Luo Jiujiu didn't have the courage to die together. As long as she was forced to change her tactics, the next moment would be his opportunity.

However, he seemed to have forgotten one thing. For Luo Jiujiu, who dared to go to the capital of Qi alone to avenge his people, there was never too much consideration between life and death.

In the flash of lightning, Luo Jiujiu's body drew a semicircle like a floating cloud, and Shen Tianyi's long knife almost cut down against her body.

The two of them passed each other, and Luo Jiujiu's horizontal sword flashed past. When they reached the end of the semicircle, the long sword came to Shen Tianyi's throat.

With a gentle tap, vermilion appears.

Then there was a thin line of blood.

Luo Jiujiu stood still, but Shen Tianyi did not fall down immediately. He only felt a pain and numbness, and quickly raised his left hand to cover his throat.

Blood oozed from between his fingers.

He yelled "ho ho", but couldn't pronounce a clear syllable, and his eyes were fixed on the front.

There, a spear penetrated Shen Min's chest.

Luo Yaozong drew his gun and brought out a cloud of blood mist.

The Shen family father and son looked at each other less than six feet apart, and then fell down almost at the same moment.

In the last moments of their lives, their eyes were still filled with hatred and malice.

After the two men were killed, the Tieyang tribe's soldiers, who were already on the verge of collapse, finally suffered a huge rout.

At this point, the overall situation has been decided.

Under the command of Lu Chen, the elite border troops of Da Qi checked for deficiencies and did not give the Tieyang tribe soldiers a chance to escape. Facing the red-eyed warriors of the Yalong tribe and Huining tribe, except for a very few people loyal to the Shen family and his son, , other surviving Tieyang tribe soldiers chose to surrender one after another.

On the flat ground outside Heishui Village, there were bursts of roars and cheers.

This continuous sound spread into the village and soon triggered an even more enthusiastic response.

Luo Yaozong handed over the spear that had killed countless enemies to his cronies, and then took Luo Jiujiu to the position of the Daqi border army. He looked at Lu Chen who came up to him, bowed his hands and said, "Thank you!"

Lu Chen returned the greeting and said: "Congratulations to the great leader for putting down the rebellion. From now on, Shazhou's internal and external troubles have been eliminated, and Shazhou can develop and grow with peace of mind."

Luo Yaozong savored his words. The so-called counterinsurgency was of course from top to bottom. This sentence meant that Lu Chen represented Da Qi and recognized Luo Yaozong's identity as the lord of Shazhou.

He couldn't help but look at the elite soldiers of the Qi State behind Lu Chen, then looked away and said to Lu Chen: "Although the civil strife has subsided, Luo still has a lot to do to restore peace to Shazhou. Luo has an unmerciful request, I hope Marquis Lu will not refuse."

Lu Chen was not surprised by this. Although the power of the Tieyang tribe had disappeared, the expected reinforcements from the Shuixi and Dashi tribes did not arrive. There was obviously an accident. In addition, how to integrate the various tribes in Shazhou was a very complicated problem. , Luo Yaozong will not be able to relax for a short time.

He said calmly: "It doesn't matter what you say, big boss."

Luo Yaozong said solemnly: "Luo will be traveling around Shazhou recently, so I asked Marquis Lu to take his family to temporarily stay in Heishui Village. While Luo is away, the safety of the people in the village will be entrusted to Marquis Lu. Otherwise, Luo will not be able to rest assured.”

Lu Chen was slightly startled. Of course he would not believe this reason. Judging from Luo Yaozong's performance in this civil strife, how could he not be able to control Blackwater Village.

He made this decision just to send a signal to Lu Chen and Da Qi that Shazhou would not become Da Qi's enemy.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen said: "Don't worry, Chief, Lu will definitely live up to his trust."

Luo Yaozong nodded, then said goodbye neatly and left.

Lu Chen looked into the distance, his eyes deep and distant.

Luo Jiujiu did not follow her father immediately. She stood beside Lu Chen, no longer as cold and decisive as when she killed Shen Tianyi by force. Instead, she seemed to be somewhat well-behaved.

As if he noticed the change in her expression, Lu Chen turned around and met her clear eyes.

At this time, the setting sun filled the earth, and the sunset glow looked like blood on the horizon.

(End of this chapter)