My Immortal Brother-in-law

Chapter 40 Just Blow Your Heart Away

No one can stop Ji Li's decision, not even Bai Ze.

Because Ji Li was the most powerful leader in the history of Zhou tribe, all the power of Zhou tribe is now concentrated in Ji Li alone.

Although Bai Ze is better at planning than Jiang Ziya, he does not have as good a political environment as Jiang Ziya. In the current Zhou tribe, Bai Ze can only make small contributions.

Like now, even if Bai Ze had already seen through it, there would be no good thing for Ji Li to go to Yindu.

Even though he tried his best to persuade Ji Li not to be willful.

But in Ji Li's eyes, his persuasion was all Bai Ze's high regard for King Taiding of Shang and his contempt for him, the King of Zhou!
Anyway, two days later.

Za Rong indeed returned the corpses of Master Zhong and Pi Xiu.

After obtaining the remains of Grand Tutor Zhong, Ji Li finally took Ji Chang with him and led two hundred personal guards to Yanshan.

In the central army camp, Bai Ze sighed helplessly as he watched Ji Li and Ji Chang go away.

"Hey……"

"Why is the Prime Minister sighing?" Bo Yikao, who stayed behind to lead the troops back with Bai Ze, asked Bai Ze.

In response to Bo Yikao's question, Bai Ze shook his head slightly, and then spoke to Bo Yikao word by word.

“Your Highness, the reason why I sighed is that I am worried about the safety of the king.

Your Highness must remember my words. No matter what, you must not go to the capital of Dashang easily.

In recent years, my Xiqi has become increasingly powerful, and the stronger Xiqi is, the less we can rely on the possible calmness of the King of Shang for our safety!
If Your Highness encounters a situation in the future where you have to go to the capital of Dashang, please remember what I said today.

Every time you go to the Great Shang Capital, you must be prepared to never return, and based on this preparation, make the most detailed and as safe a series of plans as possible!"

After Bai Ze finished speaking, he ignored Bo Yikao who was thinking, and continued to gather the captured slaves and property.

As for Bo Yikao.

In his heart, Bai Ze, the man who suddenly joined Xiqi as prime minister twenty-six years ago, was the most sagely wise man he had ever met.

Therefore, even though he didn't understand the deeper meaning of what Bai Ze said now, he still kept Bai Ze's words firmly in his heart.

……

Forty-two days later, in the Yanshan area.

Huang Gun, in high spirits, led his personal soldiers to perform martial arts exercises against the personal soldiers of Han Mao, the general of Sishui Pass.

As a young player, Huang Gun rarely won due to his lack of experience, but he enjoyed losing even when he lost.

Compared with the old and boring Deng Yuanjue who stayed in Sanshan Pass, Han Mao is only eleven years older than Huang Gun, and the two of them can still get along well.

In addition to martial arts performances, they also went to Xiqi for reconnaissance, went to Yanshan to hunt tigers, went to the big river to fish, and went mountain climbing and off-roading together.

Huang Gun gains tons of happiness every day playing with General Han.

Especially today!
Huang Gun was lucky today. His personal soldiers were much more resolute than usual and withstood the first wave of offensive by Han Mao's army, allowing him to defeat Han Mao once.

This made Huang Gun very happy, and he kept pulling Han Mao to show off his military power. Han Mao flattered him for a long time until the scout came to report. Then the two stopped bragging and listened to the scout's report.

After the scout gave the explanation, Han Mao frowned in disbelief.

"What? You said that Xibohou Jili is leading hundreds of his personal soldiers towards our army?

Accompanying him was his son Ji Chang, and the flag they hoisted had a large flag with the word "Zhong" besides the word "Ji" on it?"

By this time, Han Mao had already figured it out.

As the general who had been guarding Sishui Pass to guard against Xiqi, he had had many dealings with Ji Li, so how could he not see Ji Li's thoughts.

So he let out a sigh of relief and bumped Huang Gun with his shoulder again.

"It seems that there is no need to fight this battle. Xiboli has no intention of fighting us at all!
Since they could raise a big flag with the word "Zhong" on it in the team, I'm afraid that King Xibo has already found the body of Grand Tutor Zhong.

Even if the king is still dissatisfied with Ji Li's dispatch of troops, as long as Ji Li gives Master Zhong's body to us to send back to Yindu, the king will have no legitimate reason to punish Ji Li and attack Xiqi."

After he finished speaking, Han Mao felt much more relaxed because he knew Ji Li's abilities very well.

On the contrary, after Huang Gun heard Han Mao's confirmation that he could not go to war with Xiqi, Huang Gun not only did not relax, but sighed with disappointment. "This is really... Why is this old ghost Ji Li so cowardly!
I have gathered all my troops to come here to perform meritorious service, but he refused to give me this opportunity!"

After he finished speaking, Huang Gun walked towards the camp gate in disappointment.

With King Wucheng of the Shang Dynasty here, Han Mao was not qualified to be the first to pay his respects to Ji Li. Even though he was disappointed, he had to rush to greet Ji Li.

As for Han Mao, he followed Huang Gun and secretly curled his lips.

As a young boy who has never been to the battlefield, he has no idea how powerful Jili is. If a real fight breaks out, even the hundreds of thousands of us in Yanshan will not be enough to fill Jili's teeth!
Originally, this was Han Mao and Deng Yuanjue's plan before Huang Gun arrived.

Han Mao himself led 200,000 troops to station in Yanshan, so that he could grasp the movements of the Xiqi army and arrange war facilities at the first time.

Once the king declares war, Deng Yuanjue and Huang Gun's armies can gather in Yanshan, quickly equip themselves with siege equipment, and then steadily advance to quickly attack Xiqi.

But if Xiqi did the opposite and attempted to attack Si Shui first.

Then Han Mao himself could try his best to block Xiqi's sharp advance in Yanshan, disrupt their morale, and delay their marching speed, so as to create more options for the core army remaining in Sishui to intercept Xiqi.

But Huang Gun was arrogant and proud, so he ran to Yanshan.

As a result, Yanshan now has nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses, and their number has directly changed from a special force that can be strategically abandoned to a main force that cannot be separated.

Once Xiqi attacks, they can only try to fight it head-on, which is shameful!
All in all, Han Mao was extremely dissatisfied with Huang Gun, the little Wu Chengwang who had no skills but was arrogant.

But what could he do even if he was dissatisfied? Now he could only hide his dissatisfaction and welcome the Duke of Xibo together with Huang Gun.

Who says he is the King of Wucheng?

Not long after, Jili sat on Taotie and waved to the two generals who came to greet him.

While waving his hands, he spoke proudly to Ji Chang.

"My son, look quickly and see if what you said to your father is correct.

The little kid walking in front of Han Mao was exactly the kid from the Huang family!

Tai Ding's thoughts are so easy to guess, haha."

After whispering something to his son, Ji Li walked forward with a smile and exchanged greetings with Huang Gun and the other man.

Afterwards, in the midst of Han Mao's extremely shocked expression, he personally carried Master Zhong's body across the Yanshan army formation.

After a while, looking at Ji Li and his party heading towards Sishui Pass, Han Mao said with emotion.

"I never thought that at this critical moment, Ji Li would dare to go to Yindu to meet the king. He is truly a hero!"

“What a hero! He even went out of his way to retrieve the remains of the Grand Tutor. Now he dares to go to Yindu. Isn’t it because he wants to use the remains of Grand Tutor Zhong to surrender to the King?

If you ask me, he is just a coward. Unless he dares to fight me, he is not worthy of the title of hero. Humph!"

On the side, listening to Huang Gun's words, Han Mao lowered his head without comment.

King Wucheng, haha, just keep bragging to death!
You really don’t know how powerful Ji Li is!

You really don't know how terrifying a king is who has fought hundreds of battles in his life and never lost, and who expanded the territory of Xiqi at least six times in his own generation!
You really don’t know!
……

Two months later, in the Deng family mountain at Sanshan Pass.

A group of people carrying Master Zhong's coffin stopped in front of Deng Jiugong's thatched cottage.

When he saw the person coming, Deng Jiugong was not flustered. As a member of the Deng family, he had seen all kinds of big scenes.

"Stop, this is where my master practices, you can't approach without a reason!
Who are you? Tell me your names!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Deng Jiugong took out two five-colored stones from his pocket and held them in his hands, staring at the uninvited guest with a fierce look.

Facing Deng Jiugong's gaze, Ji Chang was slightly stunned, and then he was happy again.

He just took a step forward and said to Deng Jiugong with a smile.

"You are a really good kid, you have quite a bit of spirit, and you have a connection with me.

I am Ji Chang, the son of Xibo Hou Ji Li. Little ghost, come and be my son! "

(End of this chapter)