my unparalleled way

Chapter 350 Unimportant

With the addition of these seven guards, there will be eight extreme experts on this trip.

If they plan well, it is really possible to break into Nalong's tent and rescue the hostages.

However, the danger still exists. After all, everyone does not know that Su Mo has been wiped out by Lin Sinihe.

They knew that not only would they have to face the army of the Prairie Kingdom, but they would also have to face Nalong and Sumo, two masters who broke the border.

It is impossible to fight head-on, even if they are only facing Su Mo and Nalong, they will still be killed or injured if they join hands with the eight extreme realms.

The only way is to find a way to avoid the truth as much as possible, so as to save the hostages and avoid fighting the main force of the enemy head-on is the best strategy.

However, even if everything goes well, and they cooperate with Mu Zheping to rescue the hostages, how can they take them safely across the grassland and return to Qiansong...

After the hostages escaped, the prairie people would definitely pursue them all the way. How could they be able to shake off the prairie cavalry in that unimpeded terrain?
At this moment, Xie Shaoying missed Lin Si very much. He believed that if Lin Si was here, he would not have to worry about all this at all.

Seeing that these people returned to the camp and took out their weapons, the surrounding Qian Song soldiers couldn't stand anymore.

The prairie people took hostages and demanded exorbitant compensation from Qian Song. This is Qian Song's shame.But, like Baek Kyung-hwan, they also can't do anything.

If they could, they wanted to rush up and fight the prairie people to the death, but the other party held hostages, and even General Qiu couldn't do anything, so what could they do?

Especially thinking of the arrogant faces of the prairie people when they held the hostages, each of them held a breath in their hearts and couldn't spit it out smoothly.

However, now that they knew that they might not have to worry about the other party taking hostages to threaten them, they just had to rush in and fight the prairie people to their heart's content to save the hostages and revive Qian Song's prestige, their hearts all became hot.

Especially seeing that Xie Shaoying, Bai Jinghuan, several guards of Ji Mansion and Wang Mansion were ready to go, many soldiers clenched their fists.

In their view, they are soldiers of Qian Song, and it should be their duty to rescue the hostages.And fighting the prairie people has always been my bounden duty, something I have been doing all along!
Even Xie Shaoying, Bai Jinghuan and a few guards could stand up, why should I back down?
They hope to join this rescue operation and kill a few more prairie people!
However, they are soldiers, they can only wait for orders, without orders, they cannot make their own decisions...

Therefore, they frequently looked at their superiors and at their commanders.

The gaze grew more and more intense.

Finally, after several guards got on their horses, someone couldn't help it anymore.

"General! Shall we go too?" A soldier gritted his teeth.

As if a flood had opened the floodgates, the words elicited countless responses.

"Yes! General, let's go too!"

"Kill a few more prairie dogs!"

"General, the prairie dogs bully people too much. General, give your order!"

"Death is death, general, as long as you give the order, I will risk my life!"

……

At this time, the Qiansong defenders staying in the valley, plus the 8000 monk battalion, numbered no less than [-].Almost all of these people were agitated and called for battle one after another. Many middle-level officers even joined in, and the whole valley seemed to become noisy because of this.

"Shut up!" The highest officer of the garrison who is staying here is a lieutenant under Qiu Wendong.

Why didn't he want to rescue the hostages?It's just that, as the person in charge here, he can't be arrogant, and he didn't get Qiu Wendong's order.

not to mention……

"Our task is to guard Changhua Mountain! There must be no one here, understand? What if the prairie people come in again after we leave?"

After his words fell, many defenders could only shut their mouths unwillingly.

Indeed, Changhua Mountain is the barrier of Qiansong, and there has never been no people here, especially when the prairie people attacked here just now.

Could it be that they just watched the nine of them go?Then where do they put the faces of the soldiers of the Qian Song Dynasty?

And...they have so few people, can they do it?
Not only the defenders here, but even the two monk battalions participating in the competition can only watch unwillingly.The competition is over, and their next step should be to return to Pingwei City, and then perform other tasks. Before they get the latest order, they have no way to act without authorization.

Bai Jinghuan was a little disappointed in his heart. In fact, he also understood that it would be difficult to accomplish anything with only his nine people, but he also understood the difficulties of these defenders.

He has no way to accuse them, and he has no position to persuade them.

Just when he had no hope, a figure suddenly appeared in front of his horse's head.

"Master Commander, the competition is not over yet! Please lead us to continue this competition!"

The speaker was none other than Bai Jinghuan and Du Yu, commander of a thousand riders in the group of monks!

Isn't the competition over?And both yourself and you have already been eliminated, haven't you?Bai Jinghuan couldn't react for a moment.

But in an instant, he understood what Du Yu meant.What he said nominally was to continue the competition, but in fact he hoped that he would take them to the grassland to rescue the hostages!

After all, they are not the defenders here, but because they don't have orders, they can't act without authorization.

As long as they continue to use the name of the competition, they can follow him to the grassland country without worrying about disobeying military orders!
Yes!In fact, the competition between him and Xie Shaoying was not over at all.

Xie Shaoying didn't find the flag, let alone hold it for an hour. This reason is not impossible.

The only obstacle is that they have already been eliminated, even if the competition is not over, they cannot act.

However, presumably at this time, both Xie Shaoying and the surrounding defenders will deliberately ignore this point, right?

Thinking of this, he was overjoyed and said, "Okay! Belongs to the Second Battalion of the Brotherhood, quickly equip the horses, bring three days of rations, follow me..."

He pointed his horsewhip at the endless prairie in front of him, and laughed loudly: "Let's go to the front together and look for the flag!"

"Yes!" Including Du Yu, 1000 people from the Second Battalion responded loudly!

The surrounding Qiansong defenders, including the general, showed envious looks in their eyes, but Du Yu didn't expect Du Yu to take advantage of this loophole.

Now the members of the second battalion of their monks got their wish, but it's a pity that they, the defenders, couldn't do so.

Seeing this, the first battalion belonging to Xie Shaoying couldn't sit still!
How can Lin Yong be stubborn?Immediately followed the example, and clasped his fists to ask Xie Shaoying for instructions: "Master Commander! Please take us to find the flag together!"

Xie Shaoying understood, raised her long sword high and said loudly: "Belongs to the first battalion of the monks, equip horses and bring enough rations, follow me to the expedition!"

He believed that with the assistance of two thousand monks, this operation would be a success!

……

The private action that took place at the foot of Changhua Mountain has not been reported in a short time.

The guard of Qiansong was very cooperative with the monk camp, and even before they left, he patted Du Yu on the shoulder and asked him to kill a few more grassland people for him.

Even the garrison of Pingwei City, more than a dozen miles away, was unaware of this unauthorized action at this time, let alone Dingchuan City, which was thousands of miles away.

When the news of the abduction of hundreds of wealthy young masters reached Dingchuan City, no one knew that 2000 people had already thrown themselves into the rescue operation.

As Qiu Wendong expected, when King Qian Song heard the terms offered by the prairie people, his complexion instantly became livid.

Whatever Qiu Wendong could think of, he could think of everything.

This matter is unsolvable.

If the sky-high 'ransom' is paid to the prairie people, Qian Song will suffer huge losses and will become weak for many years to come.

It seems that it is only one year's treasury income, but without this year's income out of thin air, Qian Song's future development will be difficult.Regardless of the military or all aspects of people's livelihood, they can only drastically cut spending.And many projects will stall because there is no money to invest.

In this case, Qian Song still has to be on guard against another call from the prairie people...

However, if the 'ransom' is not paid, those 150 people will be killed.

There are more than 150 people, they themselves are nothing, but their family members are all important ministers of the Qian Song Dynasty, or wealthy merchants of the Chamber of Commerce.

Once they learn that they have abandoned their descendants, leaving them to fend for themselves.Even if they don't say anything on the surface, they are afraid that their hearts will become cold.

If things go on like this, the emperors and ministers of the Qian Song Dynasty, who were originally considered to be of the same mind, may have a rift because of this.

And not only them, after the news spread, the people of Qian Song Dynasty would also wait for the court's decision.

Whether the ransom is given or not, I am afraid that a considerable part of the people will be dissatisfied.

For a moment, he became helpless.At the same time, I also regretted it. If I had known this, the competition between Xie Shaoying and Bai Jinghuan would not have been arranged in Pingwei City.If I knew this earlier, I should have ordered that no one else should watch it...

So he recruited Mr. Ji again, hoping that the old prime minister could give him a suggestion.

After listening to King Qian Song's narration, Mr. Ji fell into a long silence.

King Qian Song didn't urge him, because he knew how difficult the matter was, and he didn't even expect Mr. Ji to really give a good suggestion.

Just holding on to the last ray of hope.

After an unknown amount of time, old master Ji's old voice rang out in the imperial study.

"Save, we must save..." He said in an unquestionable tone.

"However, the amount of ransom demanded by the prairie people is too large. We may be devastated because of this, and even be taken advantage of by the prairie people..."

Before he finished speaking, King Qian Song couldn't wait to speak.

His words are not alarmist.Over the years, Qian Song has put in so much effort to stop the prairie people.Once they know that they are weak, I am afraid that the grassland people will gather various tribes to join forces to attack...

Old Master Ji waved his hand, and said slowly: "I know, this ransom is absolutely unacceptable."

At this moment, King Qian Song was a little puzzled, how could it be possible to rescue them without paying ransom?
Is it...

"Send troops directly to rescue them? But the grassland people hold hostages. Once we send troops, those hostages will be killed by them to vent their anger!" King Qian Song was a little uncertain.

"So what?" Old Master Ji's face was indifferent, as if those hostages died as soon as they died, and it didn't matter.

"But……"

"What we need to do is to save them. It doesn't matter whether we can save them or not!" Mr. Ji added expressionlessly.

Although there were only King Qian Song and Mr. Ji in the study, King Qian Song couldn't help but look around.

He could imagine what kind of uproar it would cause if Mr. Ji's words spread.

(End of this chapter)