My Immortal Brother-in-law

Chapter 39: Xibo Hou Jili

At the same time, twenty miles inside Sishui Pass, the seventeen-year-old Huang Gun raised his right hand and signaled the army to stop.

He patted the five-colored divine bull under his seat and asked.

"Old Niu, did you see clearly that General Deng really came towards us?"

"How can you not see clearly? I can see clearly. Don't worry, child."

The five-colored divine bull responded and then shook his tail. He had been in the Huang family for two hundred years and had accompanied six generations of the Huang family masters. It seemed that Huang Gun was no more than a child.

After getting the answer from the divine cow, Huang Gun felt relieved, so he stood where he was, silently waiting for General Deng to come and meet him.

It’s not that Huang Gun is proud and insists on being welcomed, but his Huang family has been loyal to the Shang Dynasty for six generations, and the fourth generation has been the King of Martial Arts, making him the undisputed leader of the Shang Dynasty’s military generals.

Even though Huang Gun's father was ill and passed away too early, Huang Gun ascended the throne in a hurry.

Then he can't let down the Huang family's momentum!

Not long after, Deng Yuanjue led his troops and turned off the road.

Seeing Huang Gun's army from afar, Deng Yuanjue took the lead and dismounted from his mount, leading Zhe all the way towards Huang Gun to show his respect for the first military family of the Shang Dynasty.

At the same time, seeing that General Deng did not take advantage of his seniority but gave enough face to the Huang family, Huang Gun quickly jumped off the sacred bull.

"General Deng, I haven't seen you for a long time. It is a great honor for me to be stationed in Sishui with you.

I have been the head of the family for less than a year, and I have neglected to organize the troops, so I am a little late. I hope the old general will not blame me!"

He greeted them first, and then led the sacred cow towards Deng Yuanjue.

At the same time, Deng Yuanjue also bowed and saluted.

“It’s not too late, it’s not too late, I am Deng Yuanjue, I am honored to meet King Wucheng!
King Wucheng is going to Sishui in person. I am overjoyed and proud of it. Haha!"

Amidst loud laughter, the two generals, one old and one young, talked for a long time with their arms around each other.

After a long time, when the greetings were almost over, Deng Yuanjue finally spoke to Huang Gun.

"General Han Mao, the commander-in-chief of Sishui Pass, left the pass a week ago and headed to Yanshan ahead to station troops in preparation for Xiqi.

In the past, I was the only one guarding Sishui Pass. Now that King Wucheng is with me, I feel much more at ease, haha."

"You're too polite, old general!"

Hearing Deng Yuanjue's words, Huang Gun nodded slightly, and then he looked towards the direction of Si Shui.

"Beyond Sishui Pass, past Shouyang Mountain and Taohua Ridge, a total of 160 miles away is Yanshan where General Han is.

General Han’s ideas are very much to my liking. Beyond Yanshan Mountain is the territory of Xiqi.

Since we have come here on the king's orders to defend Xiqi, it would be too cowardly to stay at the pass all the time.

In my opinion, we should press forward to Yanshan, which makes Xiqi wary and uneasy! "

Young people like him love Han Mao's radical military style.

As expected, just two days after Huang Gun entered Sishui Pass, he led his troops out of the pass and went to Yanshan to meet General Han Mao.

……

At the same time, in Guifang territory.

King Jili of Zhou took the lead and, after defeating the Guifang headquarters, he launched a series of pursuits to the north, and only stopped when he pushed the remnants of the Guifang into the territory of the miscellaneous Rong further west.

After the remnants of Guifang joined forces with Zarong, the battle became a little difficult to fight. Although the Xiqi army enjoyed a great victory, Zarong and the remnants of Guifang also had a deep blood feud.

Of course, Ji Li didn't take these miscellaneous barbarians or the remnants of the Guifang seriously at all.

Killing them would only cause more casualties to the Xiqi soldiers, but there was no way they would lose.

The core reason why this battle became difficult to fight was...

"Report!!!"

Ji Li, who was sitting in the central military tent planning the next military action, was interrupted by the voice of the spy. The scout rushed into the tent, knelt on one knee and spoke to Ji Li and others.

"Han Rong, the commander of Sishui Pass, has left the city and set up camp in Yanshan, with a strong desire to test us!"

"Haha!" Upon hearing the news, Ji Li laughed out loud. While laughing, he spoke to Bai Ze, Ji Chang and others.

"See? I only won a few battles, but Tai Ding is already scared. With such a narrow mind, is he qualified to be the king?
It would be better to replace him with his son as soon as possible!"

Amidst loud laughter, Ji Li slapped the table and took a sip of wine excitedly.

This old man had been a soldier all his life, fighting in hundreds of battles without ever being defeated. Under him, Xiqi also developed into the most powerful state in history. His pride was self-evident.

On the side, looking at the proud king, Bai Ze straightened up appropriately and spoke.

"Your Majesty, we must be on guard against the attitude of the Great Shang. We must first recover the remains of Grand Tutor Zhong and get the four words of legitimacy in our hands!"

“Prime Minister, don’t worry. Although I look down on Tai Ding, I still respect Han Rong, the general of Sishui Pass.

Moreover, Han Rong dared to go out at this time. I'm afraid Tai Ding has added many generals to guard Si Shui.

If I am not mistaken, the reinforcements for Sishui must come from the Deng family kid and the Huang family kid, because Tai Ding is very arrogant.

The Deng family had not made any great achievements in the past twenty years, so it was really difficult to ennoble the nine sons of his family. The previous King Wucheng of the Huang family died young due to illness, so the current King Wucheng was too young and needed to gain even more merit.

Prime Minister, look at their appearance. They sent out 400,000 troops but were unable to defeat the mere Guifang. Yet they even dared to regard my army and mine as a great achievement that can be divided up!
This is ridiculous. I have been a soldier all my life, so I don't understand anything. His Majesty wants to use me as a fat piece of meat to give to his ministers. Will I fall into his trap as he wishes? "

Having said that, Ji Li stroked his white beard casually and continued speaking happily.

"Up to now, I am already satisfied. The vast land and cattle of Guifang have become the land and cattle of Xiqi, and 13 million women, children and the elderly have also become slave resources of Xiqi.

With these, Xiqi can be prosperous for at least 50 years. It is enough to fight here!"

Ji Li slammed the table fiercely.

"Come here, send an envoy to the Zharong tribe and tell them that they must hand over the remains of the Grand Master of the Great Shang within three days.

If you don't hand them over within three days, don't blame me for leading my troops westward and killing them without a single piece of armor left!"

"But, father!"

At this moment, Ji Chang stood up and interrupted Ji Li.

"It was the Guifang leader who killed Grand Tutor Zhong in battle, and it should be the remnants of the Guifang who preserved Grand Tutor Zhong's remains. How can we get him by asking the Zarong for him?"

"madness!"

Listening to his son's words, Ji Li pinched his beard in disdain.

"Barbarians are much more cruel to barbarians than we are to them.

If we can’t get something from Guifang, we can ask Zarong to get it and it will definitely work!
Just wait and see. After receiving my order, Zhong Jue’s corpse will appear in front of me within three days.

At that time, my son will come with me across the Yanshan Mountains and Sishui River, and we will carry the remains of the Grand Master as a sharp weapon and show off our might in front of that little boy Tai Ding."

"Your Majesty, you must not do that!"

As soon as Ji Li finished speaking, Bai Ze stepped forward and tried to stop him.

"Now that the Great Shang is particularly wary of us, we should keep a low profile. How can we go to the Great Shang capital and put the king's safety in danger?"

"Dangerous place? What dangerous place?"

Hearing Bai Ze's words, Ji Li waved his hand nonchalantly.

"As long as I have the remains of Grand Tutor Zhong in my hands, we will be the army of justice, coming here to avenge the blood feud of the former Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty!

Under the circumstances, if that kid Tai Ding still dares to risk the world's condemnation to kill me, isn't he afraid of being criticized by the people of the world?

But Zhong Jue is his Tai Ding's brother-in-law, and his Tai Ding is also my distant cousin. By that time, I will have the military might of Xiqi in my left hand and the righteousness of revenge in my right hand. I will see what he can do to me!
Besides, Tai Ding is not Wu Yi. If it were that madman Wu Yi, I would be a little more afraid of him.

Tai Ding has only been on the throne for about nine years, so he still has a lot of years to go.

What's more, Tai Ding just joined me as the Marquis of Xibo four years ago. As long as he is not stupid, he would not choose to completely break off with me at this time just four years later.

Tai Ding is in his prime, and I can eat three kilograms of rice, so our game still has a long way to go.

In the future, when Tai Ding is old and about to die, I will never appear before him, so you can rest assured, Prime Minister!"

(End of this chapter)