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Chapter 318: A brilliant plan defeats an army, and the counselor finally returns after defeating the army (asking for monthly tickets)
Pan Wanxiu led Nangong Wumeng in.

The most beautiful woman in the martial arts world looked at everyone in the room with a strange expression. She was worried that Li Guanyi and others might be in danger, so she rushed to the Tiele tribe as quickly as possible and then came back.

But what?
Not only did you kill the opponent, but you also took over this territory?
Nangong Wumeng bowed according to the rules, then took out the letter that Pojun had given her and said, "Mr. Pojun and General Qibili are leading two thousand golden scimitar cavalrymen and are on their way to help."

"Mr. Pojun was worried that the general was in danger, so he asked me to come here in advance with the letter."

"But it seems that I am worrying too much."

Li Guanyi laughed and said, "Nangong has worked hard. Lei Laomeng, quickly serve tea to Miss Nangong."

Nangong Wumeng coughed.

So Li Guan said: "Good tea!"

Lei Laomeng went to pour tea like a lackey. Nangong Wumeng reported on the military affairs, sat on a chair to the side, and said, "That's about right."

Li Guanyi unfolded the letter and saw words familiar to Pojun. After a brief reminiscence, the young strategist wrote: "Since you have come to the Western Regions, you should have noticed the current situation in the Western Regions. The only explanation is chaos."

"Warlords against warlords, tribes against tribes, city-states against city-states."

"The Demon Sect, the Dangxiang, and the Wolf King all have extremely violent conflicts with each other. Now I understand why the Living Buddha of the Western Regions went to Jiangzhou City that day and told the ancestor that he hoped to find a way out for the Buddhist sect in the Western Regions."

"If I hadn't come to the Western Regions, I would never have imagined that the situation here has become so bad and corrupt."

"In this situation, in my opinion, there is only one key word -"

"【speed】!"

"Since the various forces in the Western Region are balancing each other and are intertwined, we should cut the Gordian knot and gain a foothold before all the forces can react. According to common sense, this behavior will lead to attacks from each other, but the people in the Western Region are short-sighted and are pulling each other instead. This is a great opportunity for the lord."

"Quick victory."

"I am coming here with General Qibi. We should quickly take down a few cities and join the overall situation."

"I hope to see you again soon."

"Respectfully presented by Po Jun."

Li Guan read the letter, folded it carefully, accepted it, and said to the generals here with a smile: "Mr. Pojun's suggestion is similar to what we thought, but we encountered the invasion of the Demon Sect and had to fight quickly. Mr. Pojun was prophetic."

Nangong Wumeng blinked: "Demon Sect?"

Lei Laomeng told her what had happened during this period.

Nangong Wumeng frowned and said, "I have heard of this sect. It is very scary. It appeared in the world three hundred years ago. There was no such sect in the world before. Moreover, when the Demon Sect appeared, it was very fierce."

"The martial arts they teach are strange and bizarre. They don't seek to nourish the body, but only to achieve short-term lethality. Practitioners often have a short lifespan and will actively go crazy and pounce on and kill martial artists who are stronger than themselves."

"I didn't expect you to fight the Demon Sect so soon."

"Unlike me, I have been blown by the yellow sand for the past ten days."

"Luckily, I ran into some sneaky guys when I came here. I had a fight and won. They are tied up outside. They said they were scouts from the Huyan family. They were shouting fiercely and said they wanted revenge. I'd better let them go."

"I knocked out all their teeth, and then they quieted down."

Li Guanyi: “Huh?”

Lei Laomeng, the part-time scout: "Huh???"

Everyone in the Qilin Army's temporary military tent was stunned.

The woman sitting there held her tea and muttered, "They were obviously hiding from the wind and sand, who would have thought that seven people were caught behind the big rock?"

Lei Laomeng ran out to take a look and shouted, "Yes, it's those tongues that escaped from me before. My ancestor, you, you, you, you catch them all?!"

Nangong Wumeng said proudly: "Of course it is so!"

Li Guanyi and others went out and saw seven big men tied up with a rope, unable to struggle free - because in order to tie up Mr. Wen He, the military officers of the Qilin Army all had very good tying techniques and were quite proficient in the preparation of Ma Fei San.

The seven scouts were fed Ma Fei San and tied up with beef tendon ropes, making it impossible for them to break free. Li Guan was overjoyed: "Nangong, you are really our lucky star!"

Nangong Wumeng raised his chin: "That's it!"

"When I take action, is there anything I can't handle?"

Everyone interrogated these scouts, but they were stubborn and refused to say anything.

After Shi Dalin went in with a circle of medicine powder, accompanied by bursts of ghostly howlings, these tough-minded scouts from the Western Regions actually confessed immediately, wishing to tell them everything about their bed-wetting when they were children.

Li Guanyi and his men immediately grasped the situation of the troops coming from Huyan City.

Most of the 10,000-man army are capable of fighting and have hunting skills. Currently, they have less than seven days of food and fodder supplies. The city lord who is leading the army has the cultivation level of the fourth level of heaven, the general has the cultivation level of the fourth level of heaven, and 300 elite soldiers have entered the country. The rest are ordinary brave warriors.

I don't understand the flow of Qi of the Central Plains military strategists.

A commonly used tactic is volley fire, which is extremely deterrent when thousands of arrows are fired at the same time.

Li Guanyi said: "... barbaric and biased, but it is a very dangerous fighting method in the wild. If there is a famous general leading heavy-armored infantry and a large military defense formation, they can basically be defeated with a very small casualty ratio."

"But……"

Fan Qing, who was best at this kind of battle formation, grinned.

Heavy armor and heavy shields represent perfect quenching and casting technology, as well as a large amount of iron ore. Even in the Central Plains, heavy armored shield infantry is a high-level military force second only to heavily armored cavalry.

You need to have a strong physique, strong internal energy, and great endurance.

And that set of luxurious equipment.

Li Guanyi was silent for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Nangong Wumeng who was eating fruit over there. Nangong Wumeng raised his head, leaned against the chair, picked up a fruit with his left hand and put it into his mouth. His hair was hanging down, and his neck was white and slender. He happened to turn his head and saw Li Guanyi.

The young prince's eyes were full of expectation, brilliance and longing.

Like a civet cat waiting to be fed.

Leaning against the chair, using the two legs at the back of the wooden chair to support himself, with the two front legs raised, Nangong Wumeng was dazed, then his hair stood up, he jumped up, holding the fruit in his mouth, raised his right hand and pointed at Li Guanyi, saying:

"You, you, you, were you expecting me to find you an iron mine?!"

Li Guan looked away without changing his expression: "No."

"You obviously do!"

"Where could there be iron ore here?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Nangong Wumeng insisted that it was impossible to find it in the Western Regions, so Li Guanyi said, "Just go out and wander around when you have nothing to do. If you find anything special, come back and report."

Fan Qing pondered and said, "My lord, this army of archers is quite difficult for us now. As I said before, fighting against the city wall is a good idea."

Li Guanyi thought for a moment and said, "However, I have a better method."

He waved his hand, asking everyone to gather around him, and then told them the plan he had just thought of. Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and they looked at each other and said, "This seems to work..."

"It should be okay."

“However, there are some areas that need to be improved.”

As soon as Li Guan proposed a plan, all the generals thought it was feasible, so they immediately made preparations. On the one hand, they governed the lives of the people in the towns and settled the various tribes of Batur, and on the other hand, they summoned the rangers who were willing to fight.

At the same time, Huyan Chengji was angry because his scouts were eliminated. He went to the front line and followed the target tribe, but found that he had arrived at a small town. Although the town was small, because it was in the Western Regions, there were often big storms in the spring and autumn in the Western Regions, which raised large amounts of sand and hit people in the face, so most of the gathering places had walls to prevent wind and sand.

It’s not big, but there are archers on the wall.

Huyan Chengji sent people forward, but they were forced back by a volley of arrows.

After a closer look, they discovered that the city wall, which was originally only used to prevent sandstorms, had actually been built with arrow turrets similar to those in the Central Plains. Archers hid behind them and shot arrows, which caused some cavalry losses on this side.

Huyan Chengji sent people to yell, "It is the Lord of Huyan City, who is here to track down the traitors who killed Master Huyan Yinshi. You are just a small town with only a thousand garrisons. Why don't you quickly send those people out to make amends? Do you still dare to resist?"

Lei Laomeng inside the city wall imitated the Western accent and shouted: "Those tribes came into our territory and gave Master Xiao many benefits. We must protect them. You don't have any skills, how dare you act so presumptuous here!?"

"Aren't you afraid that the Holy Church will send heavenly soldiers here to hang you?!"

The two sides exchanged insults.

Lei Laomeng was not at a disadvantage and cursed:

"The tribe presented Master Xiao with a fine golden sword."

"There are seven gems on the scabbard. If you want to come in, or want people, send these out too!"

As soon as Huyan Chengji heard it, he knew it was his son's precious sword. He was so angry that his eyes almost turned red. He sent soldiers to attack the city, but to no avail.

After another attack, this group of Western Region archers were beaten by the crossbow machines and went to camp in the back, cursing. After several days, the food for the men and horses was so scarce that the 10,000 cavalrymen could not bear the consumption of food. However, Huyan Chengji refused to leave because of the revenge for his son's murder and for the sake of his face.

Everyone knew that the person who killed his son was here, and he would run away.

Where is the face?!
He just ordered that the soldiers' rations be reduced by half so that they could hold out for a little longer.

But I drink and eat delicious food every day.

Another day, there was a sudden sound of fighting in the town. Hu Yanchengji was puzzled when he saw the town gate open and a big man on horseback rushed in. He saw that he was from the Central Plains and shouted, "I am a merchant from the Central Plains."

"We are doing business here, and this Master Xiao has detained us and is fighting with all of you strong soldiers. We don't want to be in the same boat with him, so we killed him secretly and presented him to you."

This man was none other than Changsun Wuchou. He was far away and raised his hand to throw a box. It flew over and landed on the ground. When the box was opened, there was a fat head inside. It was Xiao Dayin.

Huyan Chengji recognized this man and knew that he was a local noble. Adding to Changsun Wuchou's appearance, he believed him 70% in an instant.

Zhangsun Wuchou held out a golden curved knife and said loudly, "We found this knife in this man's house and are willing to give it to the city lord. We have also captured that tribe and are willing to give away everything inside."

Huyan Chengji held the knife and chopped off Xiao Dayin's head. He cursed angrily, tears streaming down his face, and then said, "I will kill all those who killed my son, sell the women to the lowest tribes as slaves, and chop the men taller than the wheels into pulp."

Changsun Wuchou comforted him, and then mentioned the names of many nobles in the Western Regions, shocking Huyan Chengji, and then said: "The head of our Chamber of Commerce is also trapped here. Hearing about the reputation of Huyan City Lord, he is willing to host a banquet to entertain you. Please!"

The 10,000 men led by Huyan Chengji had been hungry for several days. They hesitated for a moment, but because they felt the morale of the troops was a little uneasy, they agreed. So the town brought out many delicious foods to entertain them. The leader was a young man with a high profile face, who toasted politely.

After Hu Yanchengji had eaten his fill, he was about to ask where the tribe was, but suddenly he felt blurry. Hu Yanchengji's heart froze, and he realized something was wrong. He suddenly drew his knife and said, "You guys!!!"

"Poison?!"

He turned around and saw smoke rising from the tents of the troops he had brought with him.

His heart skipped a beat, knowing that something bad was about to happen. However, he did not know that in the camp, tens of thousands of brave men were lying on the ground. Hou Zhongyu's [Ten Fragrances Soft Bone Powder] was something that these Western men had never seen before.

There is absolutely no drug resistance, and everything is numb.

This strategy was a series of steps. They used the golden scimitar to attract Hu Yanchengji's anger and face-saving character, and calculated that they had no supplies. Finally, they used Xiao Dayin's head and the nobleman from the Western Regions that Changsun Wuchou knew to gain their trust. Then Shi Dalin gave them drugs, and they were all anesthetized.

Li Guanyi has certain abilities in overall situations, trends, small-scale strategies for turning things around, and command, but at his age, none of them has reached the world-class level. However, he is still useful in the Western Regions.

The general of Huyan City drew his sword to fight. He still had some strength left, but the effect of the drugs on him was greatly suppressed. He would have woken up in half a cup of tea, but Zhangsun Wuchou and Fan Qing joined forces and knocked him unconscious.

Hu Yanchengji looked at Li Guanyi who was sitting there and said unwillingly:

"At this age, yet so cunning!"

"Surprisingly, he is not inferior to the Wolf King's son."

"You, who the hell are you?!"

Li Guanyi said: "Since you asked me my name, I have to remember it."

The young man touched his beard and said:

"My name is Tianger."

"I am just a merchant from the Central Plains passing through the Western Regions."

Hu Yanchengji was so angry that he almost spat out blood. He cursed: "Central Plains merchants? How can those people who only know how to trade and have no martial arts have such means? How dare you insult me?!"

After saying this, he summoned up his strength and swung his sword. The internal energy on the blade surged, inhaling and exhaling three feet of clear energy. He swung the sword, shouted loudly, and used the Western Region sword technique [Ten Thousand Miles of Yellow Sand] to go straight for Li Guanyi!

The young man was drinking by himself. He tilted his head and the blade just brushed past him.

Li Guanyi bent his fingers and knocked.

The blade light that was powerful enough to cut through iron armor and rock was shattered completely.

Hu Yanchengji said unwillingly: "You, you obviously drank too."

Li Guanyi: "Oh, didn't you say that?"

He drank a sip of the monkey wine that Lei Laomeng brought:

"I am immune to all poisons."

This plain sentence seemed to pierce the lungs more than a knife. Huyan Chengji's lungs were injured and he was so angry that he spurted out a large mouthful of blood. He looked up at the sky and fell down. He had fainted. Li Guanyi stood up and said:

"Let's have some wine and meat, and then you can go."

"Tie them all up!"

The people from Batur's tribe had already come out, and with the ropes they had prepared during this period, they tied up all these people. They captured these tens of thousands of cavalrymen without bloodshed, and captured all the young and strong men.

All 30,000 horses were transported into the city, and the captives were handed over to Fan Qing for disposal.

Although the supplies were not much, there were all kinds of light and heavy armor in Western styles, as well as weapons packed in woven baskets. The armed forces were continuously transported into the town. The army was swallowed up, and Li Guanyi suddenly discovered a very serious problem.

With tens of thousands of extra mouths to feed, the merit money accumulated by the Demon Sect from Xiao Dayin was visibly consumed with the daily food consumption. Fan Qing organized and mobilized these young and strong people to undergo labor reform and reclaim land.

Farmer Xu Tiange organized the farming.

These captives were unwilling, but they dared not speak out.

This barely stopped the financial losses.

Li Guanyi wondered if Nangong Wumeng had really thrown away his fortune with just one sentence? Only then did he realize how difficult it was for Yan Daiqing.

Li Guan looked at the statue of the Demon Sect, which had a strong aura of humanity.

Li Guan pressed the statue with one hand, and the Jiuzhou Ding in his body roared continuously. He wanted to wash it clean with the mellow breath, but there was no way to temper it at the moment.

A large tripod needs to be cast.

Li Guanyi tried it a little bit, but the humanity and good fortune of the tens of thousands of people here seemed not enough to cast the Nine Cauldrons. Even the small Nine Cauldrons were too heavy. They were important tools for the country and could not be cast easily.

“…Tens of thousands of people are still not enough.”

"Even if you need the earth veins, gold and iron, it's not enough."

"Logically, we should have a good rest, but time waits for no one..." Li Guanyi was silent for a moment, then raised his eyes to look into the distance. The sky was azure blue and far away. The whale fishermen were moving very fast, and they had already destroyed several small outposts of the Demon Sect in the past few days.

Lao Siming used the Black Turtle Dharma Image and magical powers to convey the message to Li Guanyi.

It was probably because this old fellow's eyes were blood-thirsty, and he was demolishing things along the way. Basically, all the disciples of the Demon Sect who fell into his hands were killed, and those who had practiced martial arts were all crippled. The garrison was burned down, which was not far from the stronghold of the big city.

At Li Guanyi's strong request, Lao Siming followed the angry and mad whale fisherman to pick up things, and picked up all the statues that embodied the humanitarian fortune of the area, as well as the money, gold and silver.

"Oh, I heard that the fishing rod was for you, but I almost burned it."

"Whatever you say, I won't give it to you even if I throw it into the water to fish!"

"My old man added."

"Yaoguang girl is following you too. If you have no money, Yaoguang girl will have nothing to eat, not to mention snacks, she won't even have a steamed bun. We can only starve together. She doesn't have your immortal body that can't die."

"The fisherman held his breath for a while, then turned back and used the formation to create a big pocket and stuffed all the money into it."

"Hahaha, don't worry, the black turtle is very capable of carrying things."

Li Guanyi was helpless. The last sentence from old man Siming seemed to reveal something.

Li Guanyi thought for a moment, stretched out his hand, with a faint golden light on his fingers, pressed it on the back of the black turtle, wrote a word and asked: "May I ask how many of the Demon Sect statues you have in your hand at this moment?"

On the back of the black tortoise, the golden words disappeared here, and finally slowly lit up with new ones:
"The fishermen dismantled the whole way."

"He basically demolished it one area at a time, and he didn't try to hide his actions at all."

"Since the other party knows that he is here, there is no need to hide it. He should be open and aboveboard, and tell the entire Demon Sect that the whale fisherman who surrounded and killed the entire Demon Sect alone is here."

“This has accumulated tremendous momentum.”

"This Western Region has really disturbed him."

"I already have thirteen statues in my hands."

"Seven million in Western Region money."

Li Guanyi's pupils contracted.

"This old guy is probably going straight to the largest city in the Western Region. The three largest bases of the Demon Sect are the ones you marked that day. Hu Yanjixuan's location is there..."

"After the sword maniac seals his sword, the biggest event in the martial arts world is about to happen."

"Boy, don't be late."

Li Guanyi looked at the old Siming's advice at the end. The old Siming and Li Guanyi both understood that if they only relied on the legendary whale fisherman, they could destroy the Demon Sect, but it would be difficult to completely eradicate it. Li Guanyi looked at the geomancy map and simply responded:
"This city is three hundred miles away from here."

"I still need some time, old man. Let's meet at the foot of the city in seven days."

The golden light slowly fell, and Li Guanyi said to himself:
"The largest city within 500 miles of the Western Regions is the capital of the ancient [Agni Kingdom]. The capital is quite large, surrounded by mountains and springs. Water is used to grow fields, and quinoa, winter wheat, and jujubes are grown. It has been occupied by the Demon Sect."

"A quick victory?"

In the past few days, there were two thousand young and strong people from Batur and other tribes who were willing to follow Li Guanyi to fight. Together with the mounted slaves rescued along the way, there were about four thousand people in total. Together with the two thousand Golden Scimitar Cavalry, there was an army of about five to six thousand people, which was neither too big nor too small.

"The Demon Sect?"

Li Guanyi thought about the complicated situation in the Western Regions and the beautiful woman, his eyes were calm and cold. His real opponent here was the Wolf King and the Emperor of Ying State, not the Demon Sect that had been operating in the martial arts world for hundreds of years.

At this moment, the Golden Scimitar Cavalry successfully arrived at Li Guanyi's location.

However, Qibili and others thought that they were coming to help, but when they arrived, the town had already been conquered. When they learned that Li Guan had captured tens of thousands of rangers without bloodshed, the Golden Scimitar Cavalry were all shocked.

Qibili calmed down and rebuked the cavalrymen, saying, "What a man our lord is!"

"Isn't this a matter of course?!"

The Golden Scimitar Cavalry all responded in agreement, with more respect in their hearts.

They had come here with the intention of fighting to the death, but what they saw was a great victory. Such a contrast naturally gave rise to many changes in their hearts.

Until now, the young hero and heroic lord that Qibi Li had told them about in the past two years had finally become a reality, from the vague figure in the intelligence and news they had received from the Central Plains.

Although they have not met yet, many of the Golden Scimitar Cavalrymen have some expectations in their hearts.

He defeated thousands of troops without bloodshed, so he is also a hero!

The Golden Scimitar Cavalry was waiting outside the city. Qibili personally drove his horse into the city to show his submission. He had no intention of using his troops to cause chaos. He was so brave and fierce, yet he knew when to advance and retreat. He was not the behavior of a simple fierce general as rumored.

Qibili and Pojun entered the city to reminisce about the past.

After Li Guanyi heard the news, he put down the statue in his hand and went to greet them. When he went over, Pojun was laughing and chatting with everyone. He had already established good relationships with everyone in Tiance Mansion. He was calm and unhurried. When he heard Li Guanyi's voice:
"Haha, Mr. Pojun."

Pojun paused slightly, turned around, and saw Li Guan taking a big step forward.

The 17-year-old boy had the same smile on his face as when they first met, as if he had walked out of the past, and laughed:
"It's been a long time since we last met, we are finally reunited!"

Pojun's eyes moved, but he saw no white hair.

He smiled and bowed, "Yes, my lord."

"We are finally reunited."

He was about to salute, but Li Guan took a big step forward and held Po Jun's arm. Qibi Li seemed not to be here. Li Guan said to Po Jun, "Sir, there is no need to do this. When we reach the Western Regions, the plan has been completed. Now we can go forward together."

Pojun raised his lips, pressed them down, and raised them again.

Nangong Wumeng imagined that there seemed to be a tail shaking violently behind this handsome strategist, and curled her lips.

Pojun and Li Guan exchanged greetings and felt very happy.

Today we are chatting like this, Yaoguang ah Yaoguang, guess who is not here? !
I defeated you in the end!

But in this pleasant atmosphere, the strategist glanced vigilantly.

But I saw a wisp of white hair emerging from one side of the house.

The counselor's smile paused.

"Um?!!"

(End of this chapter)