Lord of Puluo

Yu Yunqiu immediately organized the soldiers to fight, but this situation of shadows all over the ground was the first time for the soldiers to encounter it.

I didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

Li Banfeng was about to join the battle himself, but Ba Suan stopped him: "Seventh Brother, don't worry, the enemy's formation is not in disarray yet."

"When I go down, they get in chaos."

"Not yet," Ba Suan pointed at several places around Yu Yunqiu and Ao Shuangqian, "There are formations and traps nearby, so don't get close easily."

Li Banfeng said: "I think I still need to learn more about formations, Banfeng Yi, you go."

Ban Fengyi came back to his senses and looked at a nameless shadow: "What are you waiting for? Go!"

The shadow was reluctant.

Ban Fengyi said angrily: "What crime should you be punished for being cowardly in battle?"

The shadow rushed to Yu Yunqiu, and dozens of soldiers around Yu Yunqiu immediately surrounded the shadow and attacked it with all kinds of weapons.

The shadow was shattered and could not be restored in a short time.

But the formation recovered quickly, and the formation around Yu Yunqiu and Ao Shuangqian was not disrupted.

Li Banfeng carefully observed the natives' positions and movements, but did not see any special features.

Ba Suan looked around and found that Hong Ying was not nearby.

This is a good time to display your knowledge and scholarly demeanor.

He raised his head, stroked his beard and said, "Don't look at it. There is a lot of mathematical knowledge here. You can't learn it overnight."

Li Banfeng said: "Then you must have a way to break the formation."

Ba Suan smiled calmly: "Of course there is a way. Now the shadow shuttle battle, step by step nibbling away, is the best way to wear down the formation. When it has been worn down to a certain extent, then attack the vital parts of the formation, and then -"

Boom!

Hong Ying stepped forward and broke the rivers and streams with one foot. A large number of soldiers died and the formation was broken.

Ba Suan was still stroking his beard, not knowing how to explain.

He took out a piece of chalk from his pocket, squatted on the city wall and drew a simple diagram of the formation: "This diagram is not accurate, but it basically restores the formation.

The situation just now was like this, we are nibbling away at it step by step, Lao Qi, listen to me, don’t leave yet, I haven’t talked about the most critical step yet——…”

Taking advantage of the chaos in the formation, Li Banfeng went down, tied up Yu Yunqiu, and threw him to Basuan for custody.

Hong Ying was still fighting in the army. Li Banfeng picked up a few pieces of flesh and blood from the ground. After careful comparison, he found that none of them belonged to Ao Shuangqian.

Where did this crayfish go?

This person must be dealt with and must not be let go.

Ao Shuang dug a hole in the ground and escaped.

This hole was not just dug, it was dug when he came to sweep the dishes before, and it is only covered with a layer of loose soil.

Ao Shuangqian is more cautious than Yu Yunqiu. He is determined not to fight a battle without a way out.

After getting out of the cave, there was a wasteland outside the city in front of him. Ao Shuang stumbled forward, preparing to escape back to his mansion.

But on second thought, all the natives under his command were killed in the shipyard. If he returned to the mansion now, what should he do if Li Qi caught up with him?

There are two second-rate weapons in the mansion. It is impossible to stop Li Qi with just these belongings.

Run!

Ao Shuangqian ran straight to the dock. His plan was to charter whose boat he met at the dock and go out to sea.

When they get to the sea, the giant shrimp of the Ao family is still there, so it should be no problem for it to stop Li Qi.

As for what to do in the future, let's wait and see the situation. If the situation is still okay, stay in Dashang and find a way to fight back to Xiaodu. If the situation is not good, go to Tufang immediately and surrender to the emperor.

He thought it through very carefully, but after running a few steps, Ao Shuangqian felt that the road was wrong.

He saw a sunny field of flowers.

The fact that the sun was shining brightly was impossible for this to happen in Neizhou, not to mention this patch of flowers, which Ao Shuang had never seen before.

I'm caught in an illusion!

Ao Shuangqian hurriedly looked for the spiritual objects he had with him. He still had two magic weapons on him, but none of them could restrain the illusion. Just as he was getting anxious, Ao Shuangqian saw a woman holding flowers, walking slowly towards him.

The woman that appeared in the illusion was definitely not a good person. She swung forward a pair of pincers and started to attack directly.

The woman dodged the pliers, and a ball of fire came out from Ao Shuang's sleeves, burning the flowers in the woman's hand to ashes.

The flame came from the magic weapon Tear Meteor on Ao Shuangqian's body. Ao Shuangqian was burning towards the woman. This fire should have burned the woman to ashes, but for some reason, it burned the flowers on the woman's hands.

"Your fire is so strange." The woman was not panicked at all. She was still analyzing the source of the fire.

Above the wilderness, a huge screen reappeared with images on it, and the previous arson scene was replayed.

Ao Shuangqian was very surprised, he had never seen such an illusion.

The woman carefully observed the trajectory of the flames and praised, "This magic weapon is good. The fireballs are like water drops, fast and tricky. It's hard to guard against them.

Although it is not your technique, the magic weapon and you have a tacit understanding of cooperation. I guess you get along well with each other.

People who can get along well with magic weapons are all smart people. I also admire smart people. I will give you a chance to live. Do you want it?"

Ao Shuangqian asked: "What opportunity?"

The woman picked another bunch of flowers and asked, "Would you like to join the Brotherhood?"

Brotherly alliance?

Why does it sound so familiar?

I seem to have heard it somewhere.

Ao Shuangqian remembered: "There is a thief cultivator in Pro Province. The organization he founded is called the Brotherhood Alliance. Are you his subordinate?"

The woman laughed: "You are talking about He Jiaqing, right? You really know how to flatter him. He is a member of the Brotherhood, but he did not found the Brotherhood, and I am not his subordinate. He Jiaqing is just a fraud."

"What's your name?" Ao Shuangqian was stalling for time, as his other magic weapon was a little slow to activate.

The woman replied: "Few people know my name, so you can just call me Wu Niang."

"Wu Niang, do you really want me to join your group?"

Wu Niang handed the flowers to her eyes and said, "If you are willing to join the Brotherhood, accept this bouquet of flowers."

Ao Shuang stretched out a pair of pincer hands to take the flowers, apparently agreeing.

Before his hands touched the flower, Ao Shuangqian suddenly opened his mouth and a ball of flame spewed towards the woman.

When will Ao Shuangqian start to spit fire?

He won’t, this fire is still sprayed by tear meteors.

But the teardrops were in his sleeves, so why could the fire come out of his mouth?

Ban Fengzi hid aside, but couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.

But Wu Niang understood.

The fire sprayed on her face, but did not hurt her. However, it still burned the flowers in her hand into ashes.

Ao Shuangqian was stunned. Is this also an illusion?

The flowers in the woman's hand were indeed burned to ashes, and the ashes floated on her face. The touch was real, and it couldn't be an illusion at all.

If it wasn't an illusion, why did Tear Flowing Star fail twice? Why did the flames burn on this bouquet of flowers?

Moreover, when she attacked for the second time, Lei Liuxing also used another magic weapon, Xing Zizai. Although the attack was so sudden, it was still easily resolved by the woman.

Wu Niang looked at Ao Shuangqian and said, "In addition to the magic weapon that can use fire, you also have a magic weapon that is the foundation of travel cultivation, and it uses the skill of free and easy, right?"

Ban Fengzi was very surprised. He didn't expect that the skill of freedom and ease could be used in this way.

Ao Shuangqian nodded and said, "Miss, you have good eyesight. I will give you these two magic weapons. If you want anything else, just ask me as long as I can do it."

Wu Niang picked another bunch of flowers. Ao Shuangqian wanted to attack her while she was picking flowers, but he did not have the courage to do so.

"This is your last chance. Tell me if you are willing to join the Brotherhood Alliance." Wu Niang presented the flowers to Ao Shuang again.

Ao Shuangqian knew that if he didn't agree, he would most likely be stuck, but if he really agreed, he didn't know how much trouble would befall him in the future.

Holding on to the last bit of hope, Ao Shuangqian wanted to talk about the conditions again. If it could be convinced, that would be the best. If it really couldn't, it wouldn't be too late to agree to join the Brotherhood.

"Girl, I am a person of status in Xiao. I can't say that I can call the wind and rain, but I am also a powerful person in a certain area. Whatever you want to do in Qidu, I can help you, but as for joining the Brotherhood—"

call!

The flowers in Wu Niang's hand were burning.

This was not the fire set by Ao Shuang, but Wu Niang herself who lit the flowers.

The firelight shone on Ao Shuangqian, who cried out in pain in the firelight. After enduring great pain,

It turned into a halo.

Wu Niang opened her mouth and swallowed the halo.

She waved her hand, the illusion dissipated, and she herself disappeared without a trace.

Ban Fengzi remained lying on the ground, motionless.

He seemed to see a familiar technique.

He was not sure whether Wu Niang had left. The task given to him by Li Banfeng was to monitor Wu Niang, and he had enough patience to complete the task.

Yu Yunqiu was captured, Ao Shuangqian died, and all of his more than 2,000 men were killed, without a single one spared.

It's not Li Banfeng's fault that he is ruthless. These soldiers are carrying third-class weapons, and several of his personal followers are carrying second-class weapons. The soldiers' combat effectiveness is average, and these weapons are very fierce. If you are not careful, the situation on the battle will change.

Fortunately, my wife and Hong Ying were both masters on the battlefield, and they didn’t give them a chance to change, and they cleaned them all up.

Li Banfeng couldn't bear it, so he helped these people collect the bodies with sacks, crying as he collected them: "These people were just following orders. The minister asked them to fight, so how could they not fight? How could you be so cruel to kill them all?"

When he cried, the soldiers under Tie Baisheng also felt uncomfortable.

The city lord is a man of affection and righteousness. Even if the enemies deserve to be killed, the city lord will not forget to help them become his own.

But why do we have to use sacks to collect corpses?

Where did all those sacks of dead bodies go?

There are waves of black dust falling from the sky. What is going on?

Some scholars had doubts in their minds, but before they had time to think, they found that Tie Baisheng stood up from the ground.

"Doctor Tie, you're awake!" The soldiers rushed forward to help him.

Tie Baisheng pushed the scholar away, his face darkened, and he asked, "None of you took action just now, right?"

The natives looked at each other. One brave native shook his head and said, "Doctor Tie, we fought the enemy to the death. None of us was afraid of fighting."

"Bullshit!" Tie Baisheng didn't care about his status as a minister and yelled at everyone, "You all talk nicely, but how much benefit have you gotten from me in real money?

The workers are brave enough to hold up the gate, what can you do? You're standing there with your bow drawn, don't you think I don't know? ”

A scholar was stunned and asked: "Doctor Tie, didn't you faint just now?"

Tie Baisheng pounded his chest and said, "I may have fainted, but my heart is awake!"

Everyone was moved by this sentence, only Huan felt that this was not very reasonable.

Huan nudged Shun and whispered, "Was he pretending just now?"

Shun glared at Huan and said, "Don't talk nonsense. He promised to increase my salary this month!"

Tie Baisheng ordered the factory gate to be opened, and he brought a group of workers to thank Li Banfeng.

Seeing that Li Banfeng was still collecting accounts for the enemy, Tie Baisheng was moved: "Look at what kind of person our city lord is! What does it mean to be upright and aboveboard? What does it mean to be of high moral character!

Let's all join hands and help the city lord collect the enemy's corpses."

Li Banfeng quickly dissuaded them: "Don't worry, I can handle this matter. You guys go back to the factory first. Tie Baisheng, aren't you injured? Go back and treat your injury!"

Everyone came over to help, and suddenly someone shouted, "This is not one of ours!"

Everyone quieted down, looked in the direction of the sound, and saw an elderly servant.

He recognized the scribe: this was Gong, the most experienced scribe in the porcelain business.

Gong looked at Shun and said, "Shun, we must speak with conscience. We are all slaves from the same place. Tell them whether I am a slave or not."

Shun nodded: "You are a slave, and you will be a slave all your life."

Gong said to the crowd: "Everyone has heard it, I am also a slave, we are all family."

All the workers avoided him and no one considered him a close friend.

Huan shouted to Gong, "You were the one who forced Shun to open the door just now!"

Gong shook his head again and again: "What kind of words are these? It was the master who forced Shun to open the door. How could I have that ability? I followed and shouted those two sentences because the master forced me to shout them. We work under the master and have no choice in everything. I was good to you in the beginning, and you must not forget this kindness."

"I can't forget you," Shun nodded. "On the day I died, I swore on my body that even if you turned into ashes, I would never forget you. I would eat your flesh alive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shun rushed forward and bit Gong, tearing off the skin and flesh piece by piece, and no one could stop him.

Li Banfeng was very curious. More than 2,000 soldiers died, so why did he survive?

The woman, wearing men's clothing and covering her face, lowered her voice and said, "This old guy must have been pretending to be dead among the corpses.

Shadow saw that he was a slave and probably let his guard down, so he didn't stab him again.

D”

Take it lightly—

Li Banfeng felt that something was wrong and shouted loudly: "Shun! Get out of the way!"

Shunsha's eyes turned red, he couldn't hear anything, and couldn't even pull the ring.

Gong had half of his body bitten off by him, and he suddenly pulled out two porcelain dolls over a foot tall from his stomach.

These two porcelain dolls were two third-rate weapons. One of them was holding a knife and slashed at Shun's neck.

Another porcelain doll held a sword and stabbed at Shun's head.

Even though these knife and sword are not big, they are enough to take Shun's life.

Li Banfeng was about to step forward to rescue Shun, but the projector took the lead and enveloped the two porcelain dolls with a halo of light.

The two porcelain dolls disappeared on the spot, and Shun was lucky to have saved his life.

He thanked Li Banfeng profusely. After that, he held Gong down and continued to gnaw on him until Gong was reduced to rotten meat.

"This birdman is even more hateful than Yu Yunqiu!" Huan spat at Gong's remains.

Li Banfeng cleaned up the remaining bodies, threw Yu Yunqiu into the factory, and prepared to talk to her alone.

Gloves found a good thing on the battlefield, a cage with a flaming pony in it. He was about to present the cage to the boss when he was stopped by the projector.

"Brother Tao, I feel like something is wrong with me."

"What's wrong?"

"I feel like my film bin is filled with some strange stuff."

The glove shook his index finger: "This is just a bloating caused by eating too much, it's nothing serious."

"Brother Tao, I don't think I ate too much."

"Why isn't there much? Didn't you just use the Withering Technique? Normally, you can take one item at a time. You took two Neizhou weapons in one go. It would be strange if you didn't have a bloated stomach."

"Brother Tao, I think something came out of the film chamber!" The projector light kept flashing.

"You pooped?" Mittens hid far away with some disgust, "Don't make a sound, find a place to clean it up yourself, I have something good to give to the boss."

"It's not quite the same feeling as having a bowel movement!" The projector opened the film compartment, and a medicinal fragrance wafted out.

I know gloves are good, and I knew something was wrong the moment I smelled the smell.

He stared at the film chamber for a moment. There was a pill inside, a top-quality Xuanyun Pill!

“Brother, how did you make this—” Gloves quickly put away the pill and took the projector to see Zhao Xiaowan.

When Zhao Xiaowan smelled the fragrance of the medicine, she quickly hid the pill in her clothes and said, "Where is my husband? Hurry and send this medicine back to Suishenju. It's not good if the smell spreads out."

Mitui went to Li Banfeng to get the key and returned the pills.

The projector felt that the film chamber was moving much more smoothly and fell into a deep sleep.

Zhao Xiaowan looked at the projector and felt something was wrong.

Tie Baisheng specially cleaned up a factory room so that Li Banfeng and Yu Yunqiu could talk alone.

Li Banfeng asked first: "Where did those six swallows come from?"

"What six swallows?" Yu Yunqiu remained calm and did not show much fear of Li Banfeng.

"These are the six messengers you sent, claiming to be from Chaoge."

Yu Yunqiu sneered: "Your Highness, what kind of joke are you talking about? What does the messenger from Chaoge have to do with me?"

"It has nothing to do with you. Why did you ambush me at sea? Don't ever say you didn't do it."

Li Banfeng had no idea what kind of ambush the Yu family had set up at sea. In fact, he had not gone out to sea at all. The one who went out to sea on the boat was a squash man. Honglian had added a deadly poison to the water and had also transformed the squash seeds to be very similar to flesh and blood.

He said this to deceive Yu Yunqiu.

Although Li Banfeng's words were convincing, Yu Yunqiu refused to admit it: "Your Highness, since Chaoge has sent a messenger, it must be that they really have something urgent to discuss with you. You'd better go to Chaoge first, and don't wait for Qiao Yi to make a move while you are defenseless."

Li Banfeng asked: "Do you think Qiao Yi still wants to do something bad to me?"

Yu Yunqiu smiled and said, "Qiao Yi is a thoughtful person. Although he is very worried right now, he may not be too busy to take care of other things."

"You even know about the terrible things?" Li Banfeng was a little surprised. The matter of Qiao Yi's three heads turning into one should not have been spread out yet.

"In front of us, there is the Tufang Kingdom, ready to make a move, and behind us, there is the Puro State, which is constantly harassing us. Who doesn't know about this situation?"

Li Banfeng was relieved. Yu Yunqiu was talking to him about something else. "How much do you know about the Tufang Kingdom?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Yunqiu saw some hope of survival: "The two countries have been at war for many years, and the Yu family has made many achievements on the battlefield. I dare say that I know the Tufang Kingdom inside and out."

Li Banfeng's eyes were full of expectation: "Are the royal family of the Tufang Kingdom also three-headed people like you?"

Yu Yunqiu shook his head and said, "It is a three-headed man, but it is different. Their royal family is not just for show."

"What do you mean?"

"The Hijikata royal family is good at fighting and is worthy of the royal bloodline. The Demon Lord is brave enough to defeat ten thousand men and has personally led his troops into battle. How can he be compared to the villains like Qiao Yi?"

"The Demon Lord is so powerful?" Li Banfeng had never expected this. "Is their technological level similar to yours?"

The word technology made Yu Yunqiu a little confused.

Li Banfeng explained: "It is a weapon on the battlefield."

Yu Yunqiu shook his head and said, "If Tufang's construction methods could be half as good as Shang's, Shang would have already fallen under Tufang's iron hoof. Even so, Shang has never gained any advantage in the years of war."

"Why is the fighting power of the Tufang royal family so much stronger than that of the Shang Kingdom?" Seeing that Yu Yunqiu's mouth was dry after talking, Li Banfeng poured him a cup of tea.

With this cup of tea, Yu Yunqiu felt that his chances of survival were greater.

He took a sip of tea, and added a bit of solemnity to his tone: "Because the Tufang royal family has never forgotten their royal duties, they have strengthened their muscles and bones, studied techniques, and are not as weak as the Shang royal family.

Especially in the past two years, the Tufang royal family has mastered the way of cultivation, has techniques and levels, and the individual combat power has improved by leaps and bounds, and may be able to compete with Purozhou. "

Can the individual combat capability compete with that of Prozhou?

Li Banfeng asked: "What happened in the past two years?"

Yu Yunqiu glanced at Li Banfeng, and Li Banfeng understood and quickly poured another cup of tea for Yu Yunqiu.

After drinking the tea, Yu Yunqiu whispered, "I have some friends in Tufang Country, and we usually exchange letters. I do know something about this matter.

This matter starts with a person. This person has a high status in Pro Province. He is one of the leaders of Xuehuapu. He also has a high status in other provinces and has deep contacts with the Tufang Kingdom. His name is Du Wenming. I wonder if Your Highness has heard of this person?"

Li Banfeng shook his head: "I haven't heard of it, go on."

"There are indeed not many people who know Du Wenming, but what this person does is crucial. This is a secret among secrets." Yu Yunqiu looked at Li Banfeng, as if negotiating conditions.

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "Lao Yu, we still have feelings for each other, and things have passed. Is there anything we can't discuss?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Yunqiu was completely relieved. He told Li Banfeng about Du Wenming's past. Li Banfeng knew most of the things, and he was not too concerned about some insignificant trivialities.

But there is one thing that Li Banfeng is very concerned about.

"Whether it is the Shang people or the Tufang people, they cannot enter the Dao sect if they use the medicine powder from Purozhou.

However, Du Wenming got some secret medicine from other states. These secret medicines could allow the royal family to enter the Dao sect. He gave the formula of the secret medicine to Tufangguo.

With these medicinal powders, the fighting power of the Hijikata royal family is far beyond what it used to be."

"This scoundrel, no wonder he can earn such a high status in Baimofang and Birch Hermitage!" Li Banfeng gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart.

Yu Yunqiu said: "The general trend of the world is that those who follow it will prosper. The situation of Tufang unifying the world is set. Fortunately, I have a strong foundation in Tufang. Since I have such a friendship with Your Highness, I am willing to leave a way out for Your Highness in Tufang."

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "I am the prince of Shang State. I am afraid it is inappropriate for you to say such things to me, right?"

Yu Yunqiu also laughed: "Seventh Master of Puluozhou, didn't you come to Dashang to be a prince to leave a way out? There is definitely no harm in having more ways out."

"That makes sense." Li Banfeng poured more tea for Yu Yunqiu. The two chatted happily, like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

After drinking two pots of tea, Yu Yunqiu stood up and said goodbye: "Please allow me to go home and take care of some family affairs first. I will write a letter tonight and send it to Tufang to introduce you to His Highness."

Li Banfeng was stunned and said, "No need to be so anxious, right?"

"The situation is unpredictable, so we should make plans early. This matter cannot be delayed. Moreover, your Highness's affairs are my affairs. Upon hearing this, Li Banfeng was very moved. He quickly stood up and said, "Brother Yu, I have no way to repay your kindness.

Today I am giving Brother Yu a complete body as a token of my gratitude."

"The whole corpse?" Yu Yunqiu was dumbfounded.

Li Banfeng called a group of melon men and ordered them, "Send Doctor Yu to the Imperial City. I will personally send him off."

Yu Yunqiu said angrily: "Li Qi, what is your intention? If you want to kill me, what did you say about friendship before?"

Li Banfeng laughed and said, "You are not being honest. When you talked about your friendship with the slaves, did you really want to let them go?"

"I really want to--"

Li Banfeng pinched Yu Yunqiu's mouth and said, "When a man is about to die, his words are good. It's already this time, who are you still pretending for? Let's go, there are many people waiting for you outside."

PS: Historically, the Tufang Kingdom was the tribe that had the most relations and wars with the Shang Kingdom.