Chapter 368: Stunning skills, the advantage is mine [Subscription required]

Fuye is a small town at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains with a population of less than two thousand.

The city is square and its outer walls made of loess are low.

Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci worked together to launch a military strategy, concealing the aura of their troops, and approached a mansion in the city.

"That's it."

Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong, one openly and one secretly, approached Yu Zong at the beginning.

The target of Yu Zhi's nobleman is actually very obvious.

But he was never caught.

He thought he had escaped during the chaos, but in fact it was Cao Wei who let him go, and used him to track down the whereabouts of Buddhists in the Western Regions.

The Buddhists, gathered at the foot of Mount Kunlun, were careful enough and had multiple hidden arrangements.

But they were still approached by the Wei army.

Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong stopped behind a wall.

The soldiers under his command have just completed the siege of the mansion.

The archers quickly occupied the surrounding commanding heights.

Taishi Ci was wearing light armor and took off the bow on his back.

Huang Zhong held a large knife in his hand and said to Zuo Ci and Master Nanhua who were accompanying him:
"We will launch an offensive later, and the enemy will scatter and flee. If something unexpected happens, you will take the lead."

Nanhua and Zuo Ci asked in surprise, "We two are going to lead the charge?"

Huang Zhong: "What else? If you want to be affiliated with the Wei Dynasty, shouldn't you show some respect?"

Taishi Ci: "Killing Buddhists is your token of surrender."

Nanhua and Zuo Ci looked at each other. The generals under the King of Wei followed suit and were just like him. They were like bandits and were completely unreasonable.

The two of them complained in their hearts but didn't dare to say anything.

"The king said that we can kill without restraint this time, and it doesn't matter if there are survivors or not!"

Huang Zhong finished speaking, frowned and looked at the mansion in the distance: "They should have been alerted, let's move."

Rumble!
There was already a team of soldiers, armed with powerful crossbows and large shields, ready to fight.

Upon hearing the order to attack, the entire team pushed forward with their shields in hand, exerting force suddenly as if they were hitting a city gate.

A loud bang!
The low earth wall collapsed with a loud bang.

Then came the dense stream of crossbow arrows, covering the area.

Inside the mansion, Supreme Xingji was assigning tasks when he suddenly stopped and his expression changed slightly.

"There are Wei troops!"

There are a lot of soldiers outside and the distance is a bit close, so it is impossible to hide from a master of his level.

When they gathered this time, there were four or five secret sentries posted outside and inside the city.

However, there was no movement at all beforehand, obviously all the secret sentries had been removed.

"Get ready, and break out on your own."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang outside, and crossbow arrows shot in from the windows and other places.

Some people were unable to dodge and were pierced by arrows as soon as they hit them.

Boom!

The earthen walls of the inner house also collapsed into pieces.

It was a group of Buddhists who rushed out from the inside and knocked down the wall by themselves.

Houses collapsed and smoke and dust rose everywhere.

Buddhists took the opportunity to flee in all directions.

Xing Jihe was in the crowd, flying close to the ground, his body drifting at an astonishing speed.

He jumped up and down and arrived at the next courtyard.

After rising and falling again, we arrived at another courtyard.

At the same time, several people following him kept fleeing in different places to confuse the public.

Xingji's way of escape made full use of the building's cover.

Moreover, he had excellent hearing and could tell that the Wei army's troops were dispersed in relatively weak areas, so he wanted to find an opportunity to escape.

But just as he jumped twice and was about to leap for the third time, an arrow suddenly appeared.

This arrow made no sound at all, not even the slightest sound of causing air flow. It was as if it came from the void and appeared directly in front of Xingji.

He fell rapidly.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and the arrow flew past his scalp.

Before Xingji could rejoice, the second and third arrows came one after another.

He tried his best to dodge the three arrows.

However, the man was trapped in this courtyard and fell back to the ground, losing the chance to escape.

On the top of the wall, two Taoists appeared silently, with their robes fluttering. They were Nanhua and Zuo Ci.

The arrow was shot by Taishi Ci.

But he didn't show up.

Archers of Taishi Ci's level, hiding in the dark, would give people a sense of fear that death is calling for their lives at any time, and the pressure they create would be even greater than if they showed up in the dark.

Xingji looked angry, but his tone was calm:

"The Buddha said: Ananda! Good and evil pursue people, like a shadow following a body, and cannot be separated. What should we do?

Ananda said: If someone falls into the evil path and cannot escape, he will die unjustly.

"It can help him escape from trouble!"

Along with the sound, the momentum that Xingji exerted became full of murderous intent.

Golden light flowed behind him, and a golden body appeared with four more arms as if made of gold.

Behind him, there appears a vague image of Buddha with his back to the world.

Xingji's figure became more muscular and taller with every breath.

There seemed to be the sound of Buddha's chanting coming from the secret orifices in his body, blessing him.

Master Nanhua took out a Taoist sword, slashed it in the air, and the sword energy surged. He immediately attacked, stabbing at Xingji's forehead.

when!
The vibrations of metal and iron.

Xingji stretched out an arm to block the sword energy.

On the other side, Zuo Ci stretched out his hand and pointed, and a gray object flew out from his sleeve. It turned out to be a big carp.

The fish is just an ordinary fish, but Zuo Ci’s Taoism is special.

He practiced the Taoist art of the universe in his sleeves, and his sleeves were like treasure bags.

Along with the carp, a talisman was also offered.

The talisman absorbed the dark energy of heaven and earth, generated a golden elixir, and pushed it into the carp's body.

Instantly, the carp seemed to have shed its mortal bones and turned into a dark yellow dragon, flying through the air, spitting out water and fire, attacking Xinji at an incredibly fast speed. It was when I swallowed a golden pill that I realized that the fate of a fish is determined by myself.

The carp was stunned, its eyes wide open, and was pushed by Zuo Ci's Taoist magic to attack the enemy.

It transformed into a dragon, shaking its head and tail, emitting golden light, like a Taoist flying sword, slashing towards Xingji.

"This Taoist has some tricks."

The brothers Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong looked out over the battlefield and watched the excitement from a building on the side.

Other soldiers and generals were also fighting everywhere, trying to capture the fleeing Buddhists.

"His Taoism is quite novel. He draws the energy from heaven and earth and transforms objects with the alchemy technique. He borrowed the body of a fish and transformed it into a dragon. It is actually his own practice. He attached the power of Taoism to the fish. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is a method of immortals."

Huang Zhong said, "Let's do it too. We should finish it sooner so that we can report back to the king."

Clang-clang-clang!

On the battlefield, Xingji's golden body strode forward, put his hands together, and the surrounding void suddenly tightened, forming a terrifying force field.

The shadow of Buddha behind him seemed to be turning around.

The blessing sounds of chanting scriptures are like the sound of a huge bell.

At this moment, a wave of sword appeared in the sky, dozens of feet long, and suddenly fell down.

Xingji clasped his hands together and trapped the sword energy with miraculous skill.

However, his hands, which were holding the sword energy, immediately cracked and were crushed by the weapon.

Xingji's second pair of arms closed again in a flash.

Golden light burst out in front of him, and countless Buddhist texts intertwined.

But the sword energy also grew.

Its second pair of arms is also cracking.

At the same time, the golden dragon transformed by Zuo Ci shrank into a golden elixir, shining brightly, and fell on Xingji.

Master Nanhua swung his sword and cut it down.

Xing Ji had to contend with the sword energy and it was difficult to dodge, otherwise the sword energy would split him in half. As a result, Zuo Ci and Nanhua worked together to cut off his left shoulder and arm with the sword, and blood gushed out.

As he screamed, the shadow of Buddha behind him faded away.

With the opening of the mythical martial fortune, Huang Zhong had already stepped half a foot into the mythical realm.

The blade of his sword was more than ten feet long, which was unprecedented. It broke Xingji's four arms and crushed the Buddha's light. It can be said that his skills were amazing.

"This Cao Wei general is really powerful."

"And there is more than one person. The King of Wei has many powerful generals under his command."

Zuo Ci and Nanhua had a brief exchange, then stepped forward to capture Xingji.

Huang Zhong slashed down with his sword from a distance, and then he and Taishi Ci, one at a distance and one at a close distance, attacked and killed the other Buddhists on the battlefield.

Sunset.

On the boat in Onosema, Cao Cao received news from Huang Zhong that the surprise attack on the remnants of Buddhism that had crossed the Buddhist Strait to the east had ended.

Taishi Ci will personally escort some people back to the east.

When Cao Cao received the news, he was in the cabin discussing matters with civil and military officials.

"The Western Regions are becoming more stable. There are no more troubles in Wei."

Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and others and said: "It's time to make some preparations for the war to unify the world."

Cao Wei's plan was to first defeat the coalition forces of Jiangdong and Yizhou and then fight a major battle.

Then he swept across Jiangdong.

During this process, after the failure of the coalition forces, Liu Bei must have struggled for survival with all his might and spared no effort to annex or unite the surrounding areas of Yizhou.

All in all, now is indeed the time to prepare for war.

“How can we quickly form a coalition?”

"It's very simple. Create pressure on Yizhou and Jiangdong. They are in a weak position, so they will naturally unite to deal with our Great Wei."

"In the early stage, let the spies in Jiangdong and Yizhou spread the news that there is no war outside the Great Wei, and prepare to march south to raise troops and unite the north and the south."

"Then Jiangdong and Yizhou will have to deal with it in a panic, and the only way left is to unite."

"The initiative in this matter does not belong to them, but to our Great Wei."

Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai, Chen Qun and others formulated a strategy in just a few words.

Attacking Jiangdong and conquering Yizhou was a thought that everyone in Cao's camp had thought about countless times.

The relevant response came out of his mouth.

The war of unification is about to begin.

Even someone as indifferent and unconcerned as Jia Xu could not help but feel emotional.

September.

Autumn harvest in Caoying.

After years of land reclamation and the widespread use of the curved plow, Caoying's grain production has been relatively stable in recent years and has entered a constant cycle of high yields.

There have been few wars this year, and the stored grain is particularly abundant.

Cao Cao inspected both sides of the Yellow River and saw the rice piled up like mountains on the ground. He couldn't help but smile.

After collecting the grain, Cao's army began to transport the baggage southward to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

During this period, Cao Cao visited Jingzhou and Yuzhou twice.

This is a very clear signal to start a war.

Jiang Dong was shocked when he heard the news.

Even with Zhou Yu's self-confidence and talent, he was still worried.

With the help of him, Lu Su and Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan contacted various aristocratic families, and the situation in Jiangdong was barely moving in a positive direction.

However, due to years of turmoil and constant internal and external worries, it had no spare energy to deal with the powerful Cao Wei.

Cao Cao chose this time to lead his troops south, attacking when Jiangdong was weak and in the best position for him.

Sending troops at this time will put Jiangdong under pressure and make it united both internally and externally.

When they are defeated, it will be the best time to sweep the entire Jiangdong area.

Sun Quan, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, and Zhou Yu held several meetings and quickly decided to negotiate with Yizhou and form an alliance.

Similarly, in Yizhou, Cao Wei deliberately created pressure, and Liu Bei was also uneasy.

When the envoys from Jiangdong came, the two sides quickly reached a consensus and agreed to meet in Jingzhou to discuss the alliance.

In October, along the Yangtze River, the wind was howling and the atmosphere was quietly tense.

By this time, Cao Cao had returned to Yecheng and was living a leisurely life.

At noon, he was fiddling with the Mountain and River Mirror in his study, studying the large tripod in the mirror that carried the aura.

"My king, there is news coming from the North Gate."

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