The counterattack of the villains

Chapter 118

Li Mu noticed that Li Qiushui was about to retreat, and his eyes were fixed immediately. No matter what you say today, you can't let her go, otherwise they will never have such a chance again.

If when Song Dynasty attacked Xixia, Li Qiushui avoided the two of them and spared no effort to assassinate the generals of Song Dynasty, no one would be able to stop them.

For a master of this series to be an assassin, it would be a disaster for an army, or even a country.

After thinking about all this clearly, Li Mu no longer released his sword energy from a distance of several feet. He slid forward and pulled out a series of afterimages behind him, and he approached Li Qiushui in the blink of an eye.

He gave up other sword moves, and only used the index finger of his right hand to wield the Shang Yang Sword. The sword energy condensed and did not dissipate. He launched the long-sky sword technique and launched a round of sharp attacks on Li Qiushui.

Seeing this, Ruan Xingzhu immediately understood Li Mu's thoughts, and immediately stopped using Baihong's palm power, but dodged behind Li Qiushui.

She knew very well that Li Qiushui was very proficient in Xiaoyao School's martial arts, and he had no advantage against the enemy with Tianshan Liuyang Palm and Baihong Palm.

She doesn't know the Six Meridians Excalibur, but she knows the Yiyang Finger, and she has also practiced to the first grade. Now she uses the Yiyang Finger to focus on the acupuncture points around Li Qiushui.

Li Qiushui was immediately at a loss as the two changed their style of play, and could no longer control the direction of movement in the fierce battle.

Not only was he unable to move towards the city gate, but he was forced to move further and further away from Xingqing Mansion.

Li Mu's Shang Yang Sword Qi was no match for the crystal dagger infused with true energy.

But Changkong swordsmanship was extremely fast, and the moves were so unpredictable that Li Mu didn't collide with her dagger at all.

The Shang Yang sword stretches and shrinks indefinitely, and the duration is short, which makes it completely impossible for Li Qiushui to grasp the distance of Li Mu's attack.

Seeing Li Mu's index finger swipe towards him, swinging the crystal dagger to block, only to find that he swung the dagger in vain.

And the other party took advantage of his own dagger to swing, the sword energy suddenly extended, stabbing at her body, if it wasn't for Lingbo's subtle steps, she was almost stabbed by the sword energy several times.

Li Qiushui didn't dare to take it lightly anymore, and used the double insurance of blocking and dodging all of Li Mu's sword moves.

Ruan Xingzhu's Yiyang finger is similarly tuned.

Obviously watching the other party pointing, sometimes it is just a false move, and there is no pointing force to shoot.

Sometimes when she showed a little gap, she would shoot with finger force immediately, and each finger must be aimed at the acupuncture points.

The absolute lethality of a Yang finger is not as good as that of the Six Meridians Sword, but if there is a finger force in the acupoint, the consequences will be more serious than being stabbed by the Six Meridians Sword Qi.

The speed of the three of them tossing and moving was extremely fast. If there were others watching the battle, they would not be able to see clearly at all, only the three figures of blue, blue, and white suddenly separated and merged, flickering endlessly.

In this quick fight, Li Qiushui retreated steadily, unable to fight and escape, her heart gradually sank.

Now her only hope is that those imperial guards will be smarter, report the fact that she chased others out of the palace, and send cavalry to meet her.

Otherwise she can only die.

Li Mu obviously understood this too, knowing that the longer the delay, the worse it would be for them, so he secretly felt ruthless.

He no longer cared about Li Qiushui's crystal dagger, and when his movements changed, he got even closer, only an arm's length away from Li Qiushui.

Li Qiushui was startled, and reflexively stabbed Li Mu's heart with a dagger.

Li Mu only shifted his body to dodge a little, met the dagger with his right chest, and at the same time blasted away the dense purple energy with all his strength.

This four-foot-thick body-protecting qi could not completely resist the crystal dagger, and the dagger infused with true qi was far more lethal than the sword glow.

"puff"

With a muffled sound, the crystal dagger pierced through the protective energy and pierced into Li Mu's right chest. Fortunately, the protective energy was not useless after all. The dagger didn't penetrate deep into the flesh, only less than two inches.

The reason why Li Mu did not hesitate to get injured was because he was waiting for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He grabbed Li Qiushui's wrist with his left hand, preventing her from pulling out the dagger and retreating.

The right hand stretched and retracted sharply, creating an afterimage. The index finger touched all the big acupoints on her chest, such as Yutang, Zigong, Huagai, Xuanji, Shenzang, Lingxu, and Shenfeng, but it avoided Tanzhong.

Li Qiushui knew Beiming's magical skills, and attacking her mutton was equivalent to giving her skills.

Of course she can also absorb the zhenqi injected into other big acupoints, but she has to eat the evil effect of being hit on the acupoints.

At this moment, when life and death are being separated, Li Mu will naturally not pay attention to demeanor, and will not touch parts that should not be touched.

Every time Li Mu tapped a large acupoint, a stream of blood gushed out from the corner of Li Qiushui's mouth uncontrollably, and his eyes were full of horror and death.

And Ruan Xingzhu, who was behind her, saw her being restrained by Li Mu's injury-for-injury attack, worried about her husband's injury, and desperately connected the Shendao, Lingtai, Zhiyang, Xinyu, Shentang and other acupoints on her back.

Under such back and forth attacks, Li Qiushui finally couldn't arouse any more energy, and stood there stiffly.

Li Mu didn't stop there, he slapped her on the forehead, beating her so badly that her mouth and nose were bleeding, and she passed out, only then did she really relax.

He pulled out the crystal dagger and tapped a few fingers around the wound to seal off the blood path.

But the injury he suffered was not just this little flesh wound, when the dagger pierced into his body, it was filled with true energy.

As soon as Li Qiushui's zhenqi penetrated into his body, he immediately rushed left and right, making chaos in all directions, wantonly destroying his meridians.

Trading injuries for injuries is not just physical injuries, but also serious internal injuries. If it weren't for this, Li Mu would have chosen to use this style of play from the very beginning.

Ruan Xingzhu quickly dodged in front of Li Mu, supported him and asked nervously, "Duan Lang, how are you? Are you seriously injured?"

Li Mu's face was a little pale at this time, he resisted the severe pain in his body, and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, I'm fine, do me a favor and suck away Li Qiushui's true energy."

"it is good."

He didn't have time to heal his wounds at this time, but at least he could expel the heterogeneous zhenqi from his body first.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ruan Xingzhu slapped Li Mu's chest with his palm, and the Beiming Divine Art began to work.

The quality of Li Mu's Jiuyang Zhenqi is extremely high, very pure, and under his conscious control, the Beiming Divine Art cannot be absorbed at all.

Then what was sucked away was just those rootless duckweed-like infuriating qi scurrying around in the meridians.

If Li Mu uses his own zhenqi to expel or destroy it, it will inevitably cause two kinds of zhenqi to fight in his body, which will further damage the meridians.

Ruan Xingzhu sucked it away with Beiming Divine Art, but this situation will not happen.

To him, Li Qiushui's true energy is a different kind of true energy, but to Ruan Xingzhu, it is a great tonic.

The reason why Li Mu wanted to knock Li Qiushui unconscious was because her true energy was also pure.

If she resisted consciously and also used the Beiming Divine Art, not only would Ruan Xingzhu not be able to absorb her true energy, but she might be able to pour her true energy back instead, making it easier for Li Qiushui.

Based on this, Li Mu's slap was extremely ruthless. Although Li Qiushui was not directly killed, it seriously damaged her brain.

This coma, even if she doesn't do anything to her anymore, there is a high probability that she won't wake up again and become a vegetable.

Only in this way, there will be no accidents if Ruan Xingzhu absorbs her internal energy.

"Okay, go and absorb Li Qiushui's internal energy, let's get out of here first and then heal."

"Ah."

Ruan Xingzhu didn't say anything else, he squatted beside Li Qiushui, pressed his palm on her Tanzhong acupoint, and the Beiming Divine Kung was fully activated.

Li Mu let go of the control of Jiuyang Zhenqi and allowed it to run on its own, so that it could slowly warm and nourish the damaged meridians so that the injury would not worsen.

He also walked to Li Qiushui's side, pulled out a pure white dagger sheath inlaid with three gemstones in red, yellow and purple from her waist, and inserted the crystal dagger into it.

This dagger is not only practical, but also very gorgeous, like an exquisite handicraft.

But because it is too exquisite and gorgeous, it is not suitable for me, and I can't take it with me when I return, so I can only leave it to Ruan Xingzhu.

Inserting the dagger into his waist, Li Mu reached into his bosom and took out two porcelain bottles, one was Sheng Sheng Hua Pill for treating internal injuries, and the other was Hemostatic Ding Tong Sheng Ji Powder for external injuries.

After taking a capsule of Shengsheng Haohua Pill, and then applying Zhixue Dingtong Shengji Powder on himself, the injury will be fine. You only need to meditate for a few days, and the internal injury will be healed.

After about a quarter of an hour, Ruan Xingzhu withdrew his palm, apparently exhausting Li Qiushui's internal energy.

At this time, Li Qiushui's face was wrinkled and haggard, his black hair turned into white hair, and he died soon.

It's the beauty who grows old at the flick of a finger, and the youth in an instant.

Li Mu asked Ruan Xingzhu to blast a hole on the ground, buried Li Qiushui, and then ran towards the meeting point outside the south gate.

At this time, they saw Xiao Feng and his party were already waiting here, seeing Li Mu and Ruan Xingzhu, they all heaved a sigh of relief and came forward to meet them.

Seeing the cuts and blood stains on Li Mu's clothes, A'Zhu exclaimed: "Father, are you injured?"

Xiao Feng and the others were also horrified, with master and wife's martial arts, the master was injured even when the two joined hands, is that Empress Dowager Xixia really so terrifying?
No wonder Master has not allowed them to come to Xixia to make trouble. If they run into Xixia Empress Dowager, they may never return.

Li Mu smiled slightly, and said, "A little injury, it's not going to get in the way, things are going well, right?"

A'Zhu nodded and said: "Very well, there are no more masters in the first-class hall, only a hundred or ten ordinary warriors, all of whom have been killed by us."

Li Mu nodded in satisfaction, and said, "That's good. The Empress Dowager Xixia has also been successfully eliminated. In the future, there will be no one in Xixia who can stop me from the Sky Sword Sect. Next year, the Great Song Dynasty will surely defeat Xixia."

Ah Zi asked curiously: "Father, is that Empress Dowager Xixia's martial arts very high?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "It's very high. Together with Niang, I can defeat her, but I can't keep her."

"In order to kill her, I had to use the method of exchanging injuries for lives. Fortunately, it succeeded in the end."

Ruan Xingzhu knew that Li Mu had suffered internal injuries, and was anxious to find a safe place for him to heal his injuries, so he said, "Don't talk so much, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's leave here first."

"Yes."

At that moment, all the people got on their horses one after another and headed south quickly. At the fourth watch, they had already run for more than [-] li. When they reached the bank of the Yellow River, the group of people found a place to rest.

Li Mu went to meditate to heal his injuries, and Ruan Xingzhu protected him.

After the others lit the bonfire, they went to the river bank to get some reeds to spread beside the bonfire, and then they slept on the reeds.

……

At dawn the next day, the group set off again, passing through Lingwu, Wuzhong, Zhongning, Zhongwei, Jingtai, Yongdeng and other places. After walking for seven or eight days, they finally left the border of Xixia and entered Lanzhou, a border city in the Song Dynasty.

At this point, everyone can finally have a good rest.

They didn't go to stay in the inn, but lived in the mansion of Lanzhou Zhizhou.

The prefect of Lanzhou and the commander of the Lanzhou Forbidden Army were called Wang Shunchen. He was famous in the Song Army for his sharp shots comparable to Li Guang and Huang Zhong, and he was called "Unparalleled Sharp Shooting".

He was originally a general under Zhong Pu's command. When Ruan Baiming first joined the army, he was placed under his command. The relationship between the two was very close.

Later, due to his outstanding achievements, he was recommended by Zhong Pu, and served as the magistrate of Lanzhou and the commander of the forbidden army. He guarded the northwest gate for the Song Dynasty and faced the Xixia frontier army.

During this period, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty was the most capable army in the Song Dynasty because it took the express train of Wang Anshi's reform, and was known as the cradle of famous generals and powerful troops.

The total number of troops in the army is nearly 50, including 23 imperial troops, 15 Xiang troops, and more than [-] rural soldiers. They firmly guard the northwest border, making it impossible for the Western Xia barbarians to cross the thunder pool.

When Li Mu and his party came to the door, Wang Shunchen was both surprised and happy, he was not polite to them at all, he just opened his mouth to say his brother and sister-in-law.

He and Ruan Baiming are life-and-death friends, but he is older than Ruan Xingzhu and younger than Li Mu, so it is inappropriate to call him sister-in-law.

Calling elder brother sister-in-law is very spiritual, and Azhu Azi also calls him uncle.

The good brother married the old leader's daughter, so naturally he would not be absent.

However, there is still more than a month before the wedding, and he has a heavy responsibility to guard the border, so it is not good to go early.

Fortunately, Hezhou is less than [-] miles away from Lanzhou, and with fast horses and the change of horses at any post station on the way, it can be reached in less than a day.

Li Mu privately revealed to Wang Shunchen that Song Dynasty will launch an all-out war against Xixia in the spring of next year, so he should prepare early.

Hearing this news, Wang Shunchen was ecstatic. When he went to inspect the city wall every day, he looked to the north, imagining the scene of horses riding on Xixia all the time.

It's a pity that since the first emperor Long Yubintian, not only the new law was abolished, but the old law was reintroduced, the entire Song Dynasty also became conservative and timid, and the court no longer had the determination to forge ahead.

This made the generals of the Western Army who were able to fight extremely aggrieved. They watched Xixia take a breath and gradually regain their strength, but there was nothing they could do.

Now that Li Mu brought the news that the imperial court was about to use troops against Xixia, Wang Shunchen was overjoyed, and even more admired Li Mu who persuaded the Empress Dowager.

He asked Li Mu for advice on how to strengthen the army, and Li Mu did not cherish his broom, and taught him many methods of scientific military training that came from later generations and were more suitable for this era.

Li Mu is not proficient in battle formation and the way of using troops. In the eyes of Wang Shunchen and other generals, Li Mu is quite unique in terms of forging body, formation and spiritual construction.

Even if the implementation has not yet started, just looking at the specific steps he wrote, the generals can already imagine that if they train troops according to the method taught by Li Mu, the combat effectiveness of the Song army will definitely be improved qualitatively.

As a result, the generals naturally did not want Li Mu to leave, and begged him to stay a little longer and give them more advice on how to train troops.

Li Musheng's love was hard to give up, so he had to stay in Lanzhou until the day of Ruan Baiming's wedding was approaching, and then went to Hezhou with Wang Shunchen.

(End of this chapter)