Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 354 Making Trouble
After Ao Yan sent someone to deliver the jewels and human flesh and left, the ghost guard sat in the tent. He didn't even look at the jewels on the ground. He felt so distressed. Just when he was furious, he heard a report from outside the tent: "General, the evil Taoist priests have returned with their master and want to see you!"

The ghost guard punched the table, shattering it, "Bring them in!"

Several guards brought people into the tent, only to see a man wearing a loose black robe and a hood, with an extremely ferocious face. He walked in front of the ghost guard, bowed, and said hoarsely: "I am here to meet you, General!"

The ghost guard asked suspiciously: "Are you human?"

"Does the general mind my old bones?"

The ghost guard snorted and said, "I think you humans are too weak and unworthy to stand before me. You are only worthy of being a plate of meat on the table."

"It seems that the general is in a bad mood at the moment. If my guess is correct, is it because of the incident of the inner elixir being taken away?"

The ghost guard said angrily: "It seems that you are deliberately embarrassing me. Believe it or not, I will kill you!"

"The reason why I am showing off in public is to alert the general and test them on his behalf. If they are fighting for even one inner elixir, then there is nothing they can't do. How can we talk about trust and loyalty?"

The ghost guard shook his three heads, "Are you here to sow discord between us?"

"There is no need to sow discord between you two. I am here to rescue the general."

"Rescue? Haha, I have 20,000 soldiers under my command. You can ask them who dares to touch a hair of mine. I don't need a human like you to rescue them!"

"General, please don't take it lightly. Although each family has a small number of people, if they were to gather together, they would have more than 35,000 troops, almost twice the general's strength. Moreover, I have seen the layout of the camp. The general's camp is surrounded by three families and is in a dilemma. Therefore, I ordered my disciple to send the inner elixir and beg to see you and tell you the truth."

Gui Wei thought about it for a long time. He understood this principle. "That's just your speculation. We have an alliance."

"The covenant is nothing more than a tool for deception. Since ancient times, many people have died because of the covenant. I would like to ask the general, if they break the covenant, do you have a backup plan to punish them, or will you be completely defeated?"

The more the ghost guards listened, the less confident they felt. All three of them were stunned for a long while. "Then what do you think we should do?"

"General, do you think that they don't dare to do that because they need you to return to Qingqiu City to turn against the Empress?"

The ghost guard was shocked when he heard this, "How do you know this?"

"This invasion of this barren land was originally an action with little gain. Otherwise, why would we wait until today? With such a large scale, the city must be empty, and Qingqiu City has sent the most troops. In my opinion, the intention is very clear."

The ghost guard sighed, "Even an outsider like you can see it! What's your name and where are you from?"

"I am a wise man from the nameless island."

The ghost guard sneered and said, "Xianjue, the prophet and the foresight, this name is not modest, but I don't know if you have the ability to do it."

"May I ask, if the general seizes the throne, will he be able to sit firmly on it and have the strength to dominate the world?"

Gui Wei laughed and said, "If you don't try, how will you know the result?"

"Hahaha... General, that was not a test, but a fight. There are ways to retreat in a test, but there is no way to retreat in a fight. If you don't understand each other's strength, you may not even be qualified to fight. It's like that inner elixir. Even if I gave it to you, you couldn't get it because you don't have the strength."

The ghost guard said in a deep voice: "Are you here to humiliate me today?"

Xianjue said: "I came to rescue the general, how dare I humiliate him? The general's anger means that I have touched the general's heart, but the general is unwilling to admit it. Isn't the general trying to test my ability? This is what I have realized."

"Do you think that if you tell me this, I will believe you and keep you here?"

Xianjue chuckled again, "I dare to come here, so I am sure that the general will not kill me, because the general needs people like me. I dare to ask the general, will you do something that has no benefits?"

"Do you still need to ask this?"

"The three families have joined forces to destroy Qingqiu City and nominated the general to be emperor. They have lost many soldiers and generals, so what benefit will they gain in the end?"

The ghost guard thought again and again and said, "Qingqiu City has been the hegemon for a long time. They hate Bie Xin to the core and have long wanted to get rid of him." "It's not enough to hate him tightly. Only interests can drive them to join forces. Dividing Qingqiu City is their ultimate goal, and the general is just a chess piece of theirs. The general should know the truth that no egg can be left intact when the nest is overturned."

Gui Wei said: "What you said is exactly what I am worried about, but this is indeed an opportunity. The 20,000 troops are in my hands. If they break the agreement, I will make them pay the price!"

"I'm afraid that they have also calculated the 20,000 troops you have. Once Qingqiu City falls, they will surround you and force you to surrender when you return. You will have no choice." Xianjue continued, "You can become emperor if you want, but not now. There are two ways to become stronger. One is to accumulate strength to make yourself stronger, and the other is to consume those who are stronger than you. The current situation is designed by them. You will only be deceived by a beautiful promise."

The ghost guard sighed and said, "In your opinion, what should I do now?"

"I said, I'm afraid the general won't dare to do it!"

"If I dare to rebel, what else can I not do?"

"Destroy these three families, return home, and rescue Qingqiu City."

The ghost guard was shocked and said: "Ah, I'm afraid this can't be done!"

"Since you care about that inner pill, you should take it back. As long as the general wants to do it, I can definitely help you do it. Once their military forces here are destroyed, you will have solved your worries. Then you can go to relieve the siege of Qingqiu and gain the trust of the empress. Then you can attack the other three families. When they are seriously injured, the general will be unstoppable and destroy them. By then, the empress will at least enfeoff one of them to you. Does it matter whether you are emperor or not?"

The six eyes of the ghost guard finally showed fascination, "If it weren't for your guidance, I really wouldn't be able to escape this dead end. Your strategy not only broke their situation, but also trapped them in a dead end. But I'm worried that the three of them combined have almost twice as many troops as mine. Even if they are destroyed, how many troops will I have left!"

"Hahaha... General, don't worry. I have my own way. You can destroy it without any effort."

The ghost guard became interested and ordered the guards and Xianjue's disciples to leave. He let Xianjue sit in front of him and talked with him until midnight before letting Xianjue to rest.

After arriving at the camp, Xianjue let out a long sigh and whispered to his disciple, "Lingkongzi, go tell Yuanjun before dark that the big fish has been hooked. Please implement the original plan!"

It turns out that Xianjue is unobstructed. In order to hide from others, he disguised himself as a vicious old Taoist priest and changed his voice to increase the sense of mystery.

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Before dawn the next day, Lingkongzi returned to the tent and informed Wuzhan that Wang Ben had led 50,000 light cavalry to Handan, and Yuanjun had gone to persuade Wang Ben to adopt Wuzhan's strategy.

After hearing this, Wuzhan shook his head and sighed, "Yuanjun will only return in vain. Wang Ben will never adopt my plan. Fifty thousand light cavalry are just for the prejudice of one person. Well, glory will always fade. In this way, I am one step closer to my original idea. But I feel sorry for Yuanjun. He will be heartbroken for a while!" After saying that, he closed his eyes, and it was not known whether he was sleeping or thinking about something.

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At noon, the ghost guards called Wuzhan into the tent. As expected, they had learned that Wang Ben was 500,000 cavalrymen and was 500 miles away from Julu City.

A large number of people from Julu fled, and it was difficult to find humans, and the food they brought was limited. In the eyes of the more than 50,000 monsters, this move was undoubtedly to send them fresh and abundant human and horse meat, while the combat effectiveness of the 50,000 cavalry was almost negligible, it was like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. They had no military tactics, and in the face of barbarism and power, military tactics were meaningless.

What the four generals were worried about was how to distribute the food, and they even had a dispute. In the end, they negotiated to distribute it according to the number of enemies killed. In order to avoid scrambles, they allocated the food in approximate areas, and each family only sent out 5,000 beast soldiers.

What made Guiwei angry was that they had the largest beast army. In this way, he basically got an average number, and the extra beast troops became decorations and required more food than other families to support. He believed in Wuzhan's judgment more and let Wuzhan command his 5,000 beast troops.

At night, Lingkongzi brought back the letter that Bixia gave to Wuzhan. Not only did Wang Ben not adopt Wuzhan's strategy, he also ridiculed Wuzhan, "How can a minister who has lost a city talk about strategy!" After a day of rest, he would have a head-on battle with the army of monsters in the wilderness of Julu, so Bixia had to wait and see.

After reading it, Wuzhan said nothing. This result was already expected. In fact, there were many people in the court comparing the two of them behind their backs. As the Grand Marshal, Wang Ben was very reluctant to lower his status to make the comparison. In terms of achievements, Wuzhan could not be higher than him, which could only increase Wang Ben's jealousy. Therefore, Wang Ben needed a victory to shut those people up. How could he adopt Wuzhan's strategy?

In fact, Wuzhan also took advantage of this point and told Wang Ben the guerrilla tactics. In this way, Wang Ben would avoid this tactic, and the result would naturally be defeat.

Wuzhan did not hate Wang Ben out of jealousy, but rather a deep hatred for him. He only regretted that Wang Jian died early and did not give Wuzhan a chance.

Wuzhan has been thinking about this problem for a long time. It has nothing to do with the country or the common people. Even if he becomes a sinner for all eternity, he still wants revenge. Maybe his parents only hoped that he could survive in their reluctant eyes before they died. But as a living person, he has to do it. Even if it is a powerful empire, he must destroy it.

Wuzhan takes revenge in his own way. There is only one person in the world who knows this way, and perhaps even that person has forgotten it.

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(End of this chapter)