I Possess a Scroll of Demon-Subduing Records

Dongping Bo did not suspect that the other party had any ulterior motives, and asked very frankly, "What great wealth and honor?"

"Is showing one's face in front of the king considered a great fortune?"

"What good news?"

The Earl of Dongping was already intrigued.

The man then began to explain.

His suggestion was also to send a woman to the king, and he already had a target for this woman.

To the east was a tribe called the Yuezhi, which had little contact with the outside world.

The Yuezhi had a beautiful little princess, whose appearance was so stunning that she seemed like a fairy descended from heaven.

If we present it to the king, he will surely be satisfied.

The Earl of Dongping immediately became interested and asked about the situation of the Yuezhi. He learned that the Yuezhi was just a small tribe, with an estimated total of less than a thousand people.

This small tribe has produced an exceptionally beautiful woman; it would be perfect to have her as a gift for the king.

Immediately, the Earl of Dongping sent people to the Yuezhi to demand the return of the people.

The Earl of Dongping did not personally appear. In his view, it was simply a matter of the messenger going over and saying something, and the other party would obediently send the little princess to the king's bed.

Li Hu did not expect that the men he sent out were also very arrogant. When they arrived at the Yuezhi tribe, they began to act arrogantly and demanded that they offer up pure young girls to serve them.

Although the Yuezhi were a small tribe, they worshipped the moon, were of noble and proud character, and were not afraid of powerful figures.

They received the Shang envoys out of courtesy, but they did not expect the envoys to be so arrogant. When the envoys asked them to offer their little princess to the Shang king as a concubine, the Yuezhi were completely enraged.

In their view, if the Shang king sincerely wanted to marry the princess as his queen, it was not unacceptable.

But the envoy's rudeness, and the fact that he only offered to be a concubine, is intolerable.

Immediately, the envoy sent by Li Hu was severely beaten and thrown out.

Li Hu was also shocked when he learned of this.

How could you not handle such a small matter?

The envoy who was beaten naturally exaggerated, saying how arrogant the Yuezhi were.

Li Hu knew that this wasn't entirely true, but it was also a fact that the envoy he sent out had been beaten.

He was, after all, the Earl of Dongping; to strike his messenger was to slap him in the face.

So he wrote a letter to his son Li Ao, instructing him to lead a thousand armored soldiers to teach the Yuezhi a lesson.

The Yuezhi had fewer than a thousand people in total, so sending a thousand armored soldiers to maintain order was already more than enough.

That's what Li Hu was thinking.

But he didn't clearly define what a lesson should be.

His point was simply to let the other party know they were wrong.

However, Li Ao interpreted it as a way to severely punish the Yuezhi.

So he led a thousand armored soldiers straight to the Yuezhi.

Initially, the Yuezhi did not intend to clash with the Shang Dynasty. After discovering the danger, they sent the young people in their tribe to the mountains for refuge, leaving the elderly and those who could not run to deal with the Shang people at the foot of the mountain.

If any accidents happen, young people are more likely to survive in the mountains.

When Li Ao arrived at the Yuezhi tribe, he met with the tribal chief and made his demands.

First, the princess had to enter the palace to serve the king.

It's just a small tribe, so even a princess isn't anything special.

Secondly, execute the man who struck the messenger that day.

Finally, they handed over one hundred able-bodied men to be enslaved.

The Yuezhi could not agree to any of these three demands.

Leaving aside the first one, even if the little princess herself is willing to avert the disaster, she would absolutely never agree to the latter two.

The Yuezhi people were resolute and determined not to submit.

Seeing that negotiations were failing, Li Ao, relying on the power of his subordinates, ordered an attack.

The village was left with only the elderly; those who could run away had all fled, so naturally they were no match for an elite army.

But these Yuezhi people fought to the bitter end, and not one of them surrendered.

The Yuezhi people on the mountain saw the tragic scene below and were filled with righteous indignation.

Those who died at the foot of the mountain were all related to them, either their parents or relatives.

The Yuezhi people were deeply saddened to see their village on fire.

At this moment, their little princess Jiang Linglong stepped forward.

"They have gone too far! We cannot let the blood of our people be shed in vain. Anyone willing to join me in revenge, step forward!"

When Jiang Linglong said this, all the clansmen stood up.

"Those under fourteen, step down. The older ones, take care of the younger ones. The rest of you, come with me!"

Jiang Linglong preserved the tribe's fire and arranged for several people who were not suitable for combat to take care of the children, while taking everyone else away.

All the young people of the Yuezhi are here.

In total, there are only about three hundred people.

These people were not all skilled warriors, but the hatred in their eyes was the source of their strength.

Li Ao was still burning, killing, and looting in the village, unaware that a group of vengeful people had already ambushed them from behind.

They hadn't expected this at all either.

In their view, the remnants of the Yuezhi had only fled and were probably hiding in some corner, barely surviving. Why would they take the initiative to attack?

When they returned, they were met with a crushing defeat.

Traps, poisonous fog, and sneak arrows—they are impossible to defend against.

Jiang Linglong didn't order her men to fight head-on; instead, she led them in a roundabout tactic.

The Yuezhi people were naturally more familiar with the mountains and forests in this area.

Although the enemy outnumbered them, every step they took was within Jiang Linglong's calculations. Jiang Linglong, hidden in the shadows, constantly drew her bow and shot arrows, reaping one life after another.

Li Ao suffered a major setback and his mental state collapsed.

Relying on their superior numbers, they continued to order their soldiers to pursue.

"These rats! Kill them all, leave no one alive!"

He was issuing orders, unaware that a pair of sharp eyes had already been fixed on him in the jungle.

With a whoosh, an arrow flew out.

Li Ao realized what was happening and easily pried it off.

He also possessed cultivation, so naturally he wasn't afraid of being attacked by a cold arrow.

Just as he was about to sneer, an arrow pierced his brow.

His smile froze instantly; he had no idea how that arrow had been shot.

Upon seeing that Li Ao was dead, the soldiers panicked.

They abandoned the pursuit and began to flee in panic.

Since they were a defeated army, only concerned with fleeing, they were no different from pigs.

Jiang Linglong and her men followed them all the way, leaving their corpses in their wake.

In the end, of the thousand armored soldiers, fewer than a hundred escaped.

Surprisingly, none of Jiang Linglong's subordinates died.

This surprised even Jiang Linglong.

She seems to possess an innate ability to lead troops and fight.

She had only ever hunted before, and had no idea she possessed this skill.

On the other hand, when Dongping Bo learned that Li Ao had led a thousand armored soldiers to teach the Yuezhi a lesson, and that almost all of the thousand soldiers had been lost, and that Li Ao had also died at the hands of the Yuezhi people, Li Hu was dumbfounded.

He never imagined that such a small matter would turn out like this.

The total population of the Yuezhi was less than a thousand, equivalent to that of a single village.

For such a small tribe, having a hundred warriors would be considered quite good.

The soldiers he dispatched were well-trained and well-equipped.

How did they lose?

Li Hu didn't understand, but he was deeply shocked.

After the initial shock, he realized that his son was dead.

The defeat was a minor matter; the death of my son was the real issue!

Although he could still have children, he knew how difficult it was to cultivate a suitable successor. Li Ao had finally grown up and was capable of standing on his own, but things had turned out like this...

Overwhelmed with grief and anger, Li Hu's eyes flashed with a chilling light.

He wanted revenge for his son!

"Pass on my order: dispatch three thousand elite troops to find the remnants of the Yuezhi and leave no one alive!"

The wheel of fate turns slowly.

A storm begins with a single ripple, and from that moment on, a catastrophe of earth-shattering destruction begins to brew.

Lin Yi had no idea what the Earl of Dongping had done behind his back.

It is common for nobles to control a certain number of private soldiers. Lin Yi is not yet able to completely take back and absolutely control them, so he has not made any moves in this area for the time being.

Therefore, the Earl of Dongping was fully capable of mobilizing his own troops, which was commonplace in this era and did not constitute a rebellion.

Mobilizing troops to kill the emperor is what constitutes treason.