Chapter 438 441 Profound Qi
The one-eyed man laughed and said, "Young commander is very lively in chatting and laughing. Sure enough, meeting is better than being famous. Mr. Jing's umbrella is not used to keep out the rain, but to kill people."

Shen Mu's eyes fell on him, and he smiled and said, "This big brother is..."

Shangguan Long snorted coldly: "Young Marshal is not from Kansai, no wonder you can't recognize its owner from Brother Zong's Guan Dao."

Shen Mu still couldn't think of anyone among the masters in Kansai who used the Guan Dao, so he said with a dry smile, "My brother has only been to Chang'an the farthest. As for what the west of Chang'an looks like, please forgive my ignorance."

"Shuangxiu of Cloud and Rain" Pi Shouxuan said: "Who in the world uses Guan Dao is better than Zong Luohou, you don't need to go to Guanxi to hear it!"

Shen Mu's heart was shocked, of course he had heard of Zong Luohou, this man was an invincible general under Xue Ju's command, he had defeated the Tang army in a row and had great military achievements.Later, Xue Ju and his son were defeated by Li Shimin in Qianshuiyuan and established the situation of dominating the pass. They thought that Zong Luohou had been slaughtered by Li Shimin, but now they are sitting here, not to mention taking revenge against Li Shimin.

Haha laughed, raised his glass and said, "So it's Brother Zong, I'm toasting you."

Zong Luo shouted "Okay" and raised his glass to drink with him.

Rong Fengxiang smiled and said: "The young commander-in-chief's visit to our house is not as simple as just drinking two glasses of water and wine?"

Shen Mu put down his wine glass, nodded and said: "That's right! This should be the ceremony first and then the soldiers! The younger brother is here to settle old scores, you should come together or one by one, the younger brother is all welcome."

Then he turned to Pi Shouxuan and said, "I wish the Empress died because of his futile use of Burning Jade and Stone to deal with Shi Zhixuan. Let me tell Pi Lao by the way."

Bi Shouxuan's face immediately changed, and he was speechless.

Rong Fengxiang, Shangguan Long and Zuo Youxian showed shock expressions at the same time.

Just one sentence shows that they are united with the Yingui faction and unwilling to surrender to the "evil king" Shi Zhixuan. The only thing that is puzzling is the close relationship between Yang Xuyan and Rong Fengxiang.

Zong Luohou pushed the table up and said: "Let Zong be the first to learn the young commander's famous swordsmanship inside and outside the fort!"

Zong Luohou raised Guan Dao with both hands, and put it in a posture.

The other five people moved to the four sides of the big court, vaguely forming a situation that surrounded the two people who were about to attack in the center of the court. The one guarding the gate was the "Ziwu Sword" Zuo Youxian, one of the eight masters of the evil way.

Shen Mu's thoughts flashed, he understood, and exclaimed inwardly.

On the surface, it seemed that the other party was talking about the rules of the world and only sent one person off, but in fact it was a clever tactical strategy.Just imagine that when Zong Luohou was fighting fiercely with him, the enemy who was watching from the side saw the right moment, took advantage of the advantage of being a bystander, and attacked in turn, how long can he handle it?
Having figured out the enemy's trick, Shen Mu laughed and said, "Excuse me!"

When all the enemies heard this, they were all stunned, the long sword was unsheathed from its back, turned into a rainbow, and struck at Zuo Youxian who was guarding behind.

Zong Luohou yelled angrily first, lifted his feet off the ground, and volleyed into the air. Guan Dao struck Shen Mu's back, and immediately the wind howled, full of momentum.As long as Zuo Youxian can block Shen Mu, he is sure to kill Shen Mu with several moves.

"Pong"!
"Sick scholar" Jing Zhaoning's iron frame umbrella opened, twisted and closed, and swept towards Shen Mu from the left; To prevent Shen Mu from escaping from the lobby.

One movement of Shen Mu affected and changed the original situation.

Zuo Youxian snorted coldly, drew out the Meridian Sword, pointed the sword at Shen Mu who was approaching him quickly, the sword energy was intense immediately, and the righteous energy of Meridian followed the sword, watching Shen Mu hit his chest, even Shen Mu didn't dare to doubt that he didn't have enough Ability to prevent him from breaking through and going out.

If Shen Mu came to Luoyang just to make trouble, he would try his best to break through and leave now. He only hates that he has a bigger goal, which is to help Wang Shichong repel Li Shimin. In the future, I still don't know how many unpredictable nuisances I will have to deal with this group of powerful enemies who are determined to put him to death, and who have Wang Shichong secretly agreeing to their actions.

Therefore, the moment he drew out his long sword, he made a firm determination to show his prestige, and must rely on a more sophisticated strategy to deal with the enemy to the end and deter the enemy.

Shen Mu advanced into the realm of the long sword, instantly calculated the enemy's distance and the next moment's position, unexpectedly improved and forced Zuo Youxian to retreat quickly, turning around, and the escape potential will be joined by all the enemies In the dangerous position of the siege, one strike is strange, and he faces Guan Dao that Zong Luohou slashed in the air.

The faces of all the enemies changed, who would have thought that when he was attacking Zuo Youxian with all his strength, he would be able to come up with such an almost impossible and miraculous transformation.

Amidst the angry shouts and cold snorts, the enemies changed their tactics one after another and attacked Shen Mu fiercely, but they were all delayed by a line.

Zong Luohou had no time to change his tactics to greet each other, he could only watch Shen Mu's long sword follow a natural and mysterious line in the void, closing the sword towards himself.

It seems to be done deliberately, and it is also like planting willows unintentionally. Its momentum has a kind of mysterious and mysterious, mysterious and unpredictable flavor.

"when"!
The long sword slashed at the sharp edge of Guan Dao, Zong Luohou felt as if he had been hit hard by a big hammer on his chest, and Guan Dao was forcefully pulled away by the irresistible spiral force, that kind of uncomfortable and powerful This feeling of helplessness is really the first time in my life.

With a "wow", a mouthful of blood spewed out, and he staggered and fell.

Zong Luohou himself must be a master, and at worst he would not be seriously injured by Shen Mu in a face-to-face meeting. The problem lies in his lack of time to change his moves. What was originally an imposing move turned out to be a defeat without success and misunderstood the enemy's reality. with.Shen Mu, on the other hand, calculated accurately and acted with momentum, so he was able to defeat the enemy with a single strike.

Sure enough, all the stupid enemies slowed down and did not dare to attack recklessly.

At this time, Zuo Youxian, Rong Fengxiang and Shangguan Long were all located on the side near the gate, behind Shen Mu, far away.

Jing Zhaoning and Bi Shouxuan are on the left and right sides of him, and Jing Zhaoning is the closest.

Shen Mu swayed again, as if he wanted to pounce on Bi Shouxuan on the right.

Rong Fengxiang had sharp eyesight, and shouted: "Teacher Jing, be careful."

Shen Mu smiled and said, "It's too late!"

He rushed to the side, and swiped his sword at Jing Zhaoning, who was the first to attack with an umbrella.

His strategy is to never allow the opponents to form a group attack situation. As long as the strategy is appropriate, they can be defeated one by one, otherwise they will surely die.

Zong Luohou barely stood still at this time, and Shen Mu's sarcasm came into his ears, thinking of his fame in the first life, he was lost under Shen Mu's sword, and spit out another mouthful of blood, unable to fight again.

The mystery of the battle between the two sides and the changes in the situation are beyond the comprehension of others. If someone is watching the battle at this time, they will only see that the positions of the people are constantly changing, and they fight quickly without any delay.

Jing Zhaoning snorted coldly, opened the steel umbrella abruptly, and spun to meet Shen Mu's long sword.

Shen Mu knew in his heart that this kind of evil soldier must have strange techniques and tricks. If there are only two people in a decisive battle, he will take all kinds of methods to test the enemy with great interest to see what tricks the other party can conjure up.At this time, powerful enemies were on the lookout, and there was no such leisure anymore. Suddenly, he turned over and came to Jing Zhaoning's head.

Jing Zhaoning was worthy of being a master, and immediately changed his posture to greet each other, cutting the edge of the umbrella to Shen Mu's lower body, very fierce.

Shen Mu hit the edge of the umbrella with his toes, made a muffled sound of "pop", and at the same time jumped up, laughing and saying: "No attack is coming!"

Jing Zhaoning's whole body trembled violently, although he didn't vomit blood like Zong Luo's throat and was injured, he was still full of energy and blood, extremely sad.

Although Jing Zhaoning is a master, there is still a long way to go when compared to Shen Mu, a world-shattering figure.

Zuo Youxian, Shangguan Long, Pi Shouxuan and Rong Fengxiang knew something was wrong, they were afraid that Shen Mu would break out, they all jumped up to chase after each other, they became their own practitioners, and there was no longer any chance of encircling them.

Shen Mu's so-called non-attack is precisely to trick the enemy in this way.

With a tumbling, Shen Mu tapped his toes on the crossbeam, and swooped towards the defeated Shangguan Long with his sword in one.

Although the three partners on his side were all in the mid-air of the lobby, Shangguan Long felt that he was alone and could only deal with Shen Mu's earth-shattering blow with his own strength.

Before the sword arrived, the piercing sword energy had already enveloped him and locked him tightly. Shangguanlong's dragon-headed iron staff changed from attack to defense, and he had no other desire but to save his life.

"Chong"!
Shen Mu and Shangguan Long passed by each other, the latter threw away like a kite with a broken string, Shen Mu used his strength to move sideways, caught up with Rong Fengxiang who was changing to descend, and wiped it away with a sword.

Rong Fengxiang was no match for Shangguan Long, he swung his long sword sharply, and hit the long sword with a sound of "dang".

Shen Mu let out a long laugh, and exerted all his strength, which caused Rong Fengxiang to fall down, while he used his strength to rise up again.

At this time Zuo Youxian and Pi Shouxuan had exhausted their true energy, they could only continue to descend to the ground, unable to stop them.

Shangguan Long fell to the ground with a "Peng", the dragon's head staff rolled aside, making a noisy rubbing sound, blood gushed out of his chest, you don't need to look carefully to know that he has only a few breaths left.

Seeing that Shen Mu broke through the top, he laughed again, tapped the beam again with his toes, and jumped towards Zuo Youxian who hadn't touched the ground yet.

His bravery and ingenuity were beyond the imagination of the enemy before he took action.

In one breath, Shen Mu slashed more than a dozen swords without any traces of chiseling at the "Ziwu Sword" Zuo Youxian, who was ranked among the "Eight Great Masters of Evil Dao" like a rainbow in the blink of an eye after landing. The sword is full of aura, and the angle is strange and tricky, there is no gap in the middle for the enemy to counterattack. Before Rong Fengxiang, Pi Shouxuan and Jing Zhaoning rushed to help, Zuo Youxian was overwhelmed and retreated steadily.

Suddenly, the three formidable enemies who surrounded him were all scattered and fled by him.

At this time there were boiling human voices and the crackling sound caused by the fire. Of course, Shen Mu guessed that it was Linglongjiao who set fires everywhere in the Rong Mansion for him, and Rong Fengxiang and others all changed their expressions.

Fearing that Linglongjiao would not be able to resist coming in to help him, Shen Mu stopped the attack and said with a smile: "This battle ends here, if you want to kill me, I will accompany you at any time."

"Ding dong, congratulations to the host, the setup was successful and you got 9000 points."

After that, he stood up, smashed through the tile roof, avoided hundreds of arrows of profound energy that were almost blindly shot from [-] directions, and changed his direction just like that, broke through the encirclement and escaped.

Shen Mu returned to the house where he lived in Luoyang, Yang Gongqing and Zhang Zhenzhou were waiting for him to come back, both of them looked solemn.

After sitting down, Zhang Zhenzhou first asked, "Where is the young commander going?"

Shen Mu said as if nothing had happened: "When you come to Luoyang, of course you have to visit your old friend Rong Fengxiang, and slaughter Shangguan Long. What is the important thing? Are you two so tired that you don't go to sleep and stay here with me through the night?"

Yang Gongqing was stunned and said: "Slaughter Shangguan Long?"

Shen Mu smiled and said: "These are just minor incidents. I also saw Zong Luohou, who gave me a sword to kill me. I am afraid I will have no face to stay in Luoyang. Yes! What's the matter with you? "

Zhang Zhenzhou said: "I received news at dusk that Li Shimin's vanguard troops have arrived in Xin'an."

Shen Mu asked in astonishment: "Isn't Xin'an the city west of Cijian? It should belong to Wang Shichong. Why did Mr. Zhang say that the Tang army can enter at any time?"

Yang Gongqing smiled wryly and said: "The reason is very simple, because the chief and deputy generals Luo Shixin and Li Junxian who are in charge of guarding the city have led the entire city's soldiers and civilians to surrender to Tang, and Cijian is in danger of being attacked head-on."

Cijian is to the west line of Luoyang, and Hulao is to the east line of Luoyang. It must be known that Luoyang is adjacent to the dangerous Beiman Mountains in the north, and then the Yellow River. The mountains and rivers form a natural barrier to the north.Luoshui is a tributary of the Yellow River. It flows from the northeast and forks into Luo and Yi rivers in the east of Luoyang. After Luoshui flows through Luoyang, it turns westward; Yishui flows south.

Shouan and Yique are the most important cities next to Luoshui and Yishui in the south of Luoyang respectively.

When Li Shimin's army came to the east, Cijian was the first to bear the brunt, which was the must-take place for attacking Luoyang.If Cijian can be captured, Li Shimin's army will be divided into two groups, stationed in Beiman Mountain all the way, attacking Luocheng on the south bank of the Yellow River, or even attacking Hulao in the east.The other way is to march towards Shou'an, occupy Shou'an and then attack Yique. Therefore, the survival of Cijian is really in a critical position in the entire offensive and defensive battle of Luoyang, and there is no room for loss.

Zhang Zhenzhou said sadly: "Xin'an City is very well-defended, and with Cijian echoing in the east, it should be as stable as Mount Tai. Even if Li Shimin has the ability to capture Xin'an, he will have to pay a huge price. Now Li Shimin takes Xin'an into his pocket without spending a single soldier. Here, Wang Shichong's wishful thinking of using Xin'an to stop the Tang army will no longer work, which makes him more wary of generals with different surnames."

Shen Mu's only consolation is to know that Zhang Zhenzhou has not yet intended to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, otherwise Li Shimin would be happy instead of heartbroken.

Yang Gongqing said: "Just now, Zhen Zhou and I have studied carefully, and there is only one way to repel Li Shimin."

Shen Mu rejoiced and said, "I haven't thought of a way to defeat Li Shimin, tell me quickly."

Yang Gongqing and Zhang Zhenzhou looked at me, as if they were unable to speak, and seemed to expect the other party to speak.

Shen Mu felt very strange, and immediately came to his senses, he said in shock, "You don't want to bring down Wang Shichong, do you?"

Zhang Zhenzhou sighed: "Is there a better way?"

Yang Gongqing said with a wry smile: "This is the only feasible way now. Wang Shichong's use of the same clan will lose the hearts of the people! If the young commander replaces him, it will boost the morale of the army. Who doesn't know that the young commander is the biggest contributor to defeating Li Mi, especially Li Shimin The only one to fear."

Shen Mu frowned and said, "The problem is that the important military power and the control of the city are in the hands of Wang Shichong's relatives. If something happens to Wang Shichong, the entire Zheng National Assembly will be in chaos and the army will be defeated. It will only benefit Li Shimin in vain."

Zhang Zhenzhou sneered and said: "No poison, no husband. As long as we plan carefully, act ruthlessly, hotly, and quickly, kill all the Wang clan members in Luoyang City in one fell swoop, and then block the news, and then fake the decree issued by Wang Shichong himself, we can take over the other cities one by one. , to kill the generals surnamed Wang one by one, then why worry about the failure of the big event."

Because Shen Mu knew that the Momen and Turks were fully supporting Wang Shichong, he knew that it would be easy to win Wang Shichong.At the same time, he understands why Wang Shichong is so jealous of himself, probably he is also afraid of the situation before him.

Yang Gongqing said: "This matter was not something that Zhenzhou and I thought of first. Just then, Pei Renji, Minister of Rites, Pei Xingyan, General Zuo Fu, and Minister Zuo Cheng Yuwen Rutong came to me together and raised this matter with me. Shuai discussed it, and asked the young commander to assassinate Wang Shichong. However, their goal was to let Yang Tong, who was deposed by Wang Shichong, regain the throne, but it triggered my thinking. After discussing with Zhenzhou, we all agreed that it was wrong No way."

Shen Mu had a headache and said, "Let me think about it."

Zhang Zhenzhou shook his head and said: "If you want to do something, you must do it when the court is up tomorrow, otherwise if Wang Shichong leads soldiers to guard Cijian, we will lose our good chance."

Shen Mu shook his heart, and said decisively: "Okay! Prepare immediately, tomorrow morning will be Wang Shichong's death."

Shen Mu's thoughts turned, and he quickly analyzed the situation in front of him.It is related to his own life and death, and whether to help Wang Shichong defend Luoyang.

If Wang Shichong intends to kill him, the smartest thing he can do is to break out of the encirclement and escape immediately, and then ignore Wang Shichong's affairs.

But unless Wang Shichong knew that his subordinates were going to assassinate him, it would be unwise to kill Shen Mu.Not only has the relationship with Dou Jiande broken and deteriorated, but also the Young Marshal Army in the southeast has become his mortal enemy, which has a lot of harm but no benefit.

So the current problem might just be Wang Xuanying's private actions.Wang Shichong didn't know it, even if it was not easy to deal with, it was better than Wang Shichong's masters to surround and kill him.

Shen Mu replied: "Prince, don't be impatient, the younger brother will open the door to welcome you." While carrying the long sword on his back, he put the robe made by Chu Chu with a hidden sun-piercing bow on his left shoulder, and walked leisurely go ahead.

Just pushed open the door of the front hall, before stepping down the steps, the latch snapped with a "bang", and the outer courtyard door was slammed open, Wang Xuanying rode his horse to lead the way in, followed by a man with a murderous face and wide-eyed almond eyes. of glory.

In the blink of an eye, the courtyard was full of murderous Zheng Guo soldiers on high horses, Wang Xuanying's personal guard masters, everyone glared at Shen Mu, and put their hands on their weapons.

Shen Mu understood, and said with a chuckle: "If the crown prince fights against Li Shimin's Xuanjia fighters with such a mood that he can't even open the door, he will definitely lose."

Wang Xuanying pointed his halberd and said angrily: "Shut up! Let me ask you, our Dazheng regards you as a distinguished guest, why did you go to the Rong Mansion last night to kill people and set fire to it? Did you not take our Dazheng seriously?"

Shen Mu scratched his head and said, "Do you want me to shut up or answer."

Wang Xuanying was furious.

Rong Jiaojiao scolded: "I still have to make excuses to make excuses, if I have you today, I won't have me, come on!"

Shen Mu yelled: "Wait a minute! Let me ask you first, is the crown prince coming here according to the order?"

Wang Xuanying was slightly astonished, and immediately said angrily: "Do you still need to ask Father for instructions to kill you?"

The subordinates who came along realized that Wang Xuanying was not under the order of Wang Shichong to kill Shen Mu, and they all showed hesitation.If Wang Shichong blamed him for this, Wang Xuanying would at most be reprimanded, but they, the subordinates, would have to bear serious guilt.

(End of this chapter)

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