Jiangning Prefecture, such a familiar place.
When Ling Jiren and Ling Jihao heard this, they both suspected that they were hallucinating.
Logically speaking, the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty was already large enough. It could even be said that it had the largest area among the several forces that split from the Great Yong Dynasty.
It can be said that Zhou's army has gained absolute advantage in this land.
Only the Sixth Prince and two vassal kings were left, still struggling to survive.
Everyone feels that the four-way competition will last at least one to three years.
Who would have thought that before the autumn harvest even arrived, Ling Jiren and Ling Jihao received orders to secretly dismantle King Chen's power.
It's quite bold.
The assault team, led by Fu Huanping and consisting of 300 people, rushed to Jiangning Prefecture at night.
Everything went smoothly at first, but something went wrong when we got close to Wuzang Mountain.
The cause was that a young man who was trying to assassinate a certain leader failed and was hacked to death.
Soon their whereabouts were exposed and they were surrounded and intercepted by King Chen's men. With no reinforcements arriving, they ran into Wuzeng Mountain.
They thought they could get a moment of respite, but there were bandits on the mountain. The moment they saw them, the eyes of several of the guys turned red.
They didn't care what their boss said and just picked up their weapons and started beating them.
No matter how miserable the Zhou family army was, they had received professional training and quickly knocked Maodan and others to the ground.
This action completely angered the mountain king.
The two sides, who originally wanted to refrain from interfering with each other, broke out into a fierce war, two hundred and fifty against six hundred and fifty. Even if the Zhou family army was powerful, it would be difficult for them to escape unscathed.
The brothers fell one by one, Fu Huanping screamed "Ah" and went crazy killing.
But there are too many enemies, and I can’t kill them all. I simply can’t kill them all.
What made them even more desperate was that King Chen's troops caught up with them and attacked from both sides. Soon, only seventy or eighty of the two hundred and fifty people were left.
During the fight, Ling Jiren was injured in many places.
As he dodged, someone found his weakness and chopped down his neck with a large knife.
A young general saw Ling Jiren's face clearly, stepped forward hurriedly, and blocked the knife at the last moment.
But even then, a noticeable blood line appeared on Ling Jiren's neck. The sharp pain almost made him lose his breath.
"General?" The man who was stopped looked confused.
Tietou gestured for the three groups of people to stop and asked Ling Jiren, "What's your name?"
Ling Jiren felt puzzled, but told the truth because the other party saved his life.
"I am Ling Jiren!"
"What were you doing in the summer four years ago?"
Ling Jiren thought for a moment: "In exile!"
It was confirmed that the person in front of him was the family that gave him money a few years ago.
Tietou looked at the other person with mixed feelings for a moment, then waved his hand: "Go away, and let's pretend we never met today. Don't set foot in King Chen's territory again!"
Ling Jiren thought for a long time but couldn't remember the other person's identity.
He wanted to leave, but then said, "Even if I leave today, the Zhou army will re-enter Jiangning Prefecture. Young General, I'm sorry I can't agree to your request."
Although Ling Jiren wanted to live, he didn't want to be a treacherous person.
Others think he is stupid, but Ling Jiren thinks he is moral.
Just when Tietou felt sorry for them and wanted to let them go, Maodan spoke out.
"Tietou, if you still remember what Erhuzi said, then kill them. Kill him and avenge Erhuzi!"
Tietou felt complicated as he looked at his playmates who had fled famine together but were now soldiers and bandits.
That year, Erhuzi was beaten to death by an exiled prisoner named Chen. In order to avenge Erhuzi, Maodan set fire to the mountain, and the two parted ways.
A man became a bandit and followed the bandit leader to burn, kill and loot.
By chance, one man signed up to join the army. For a mouthful of food, he fought amidst the flash of swords and blood, and achieved some success.
As a fierce general beside King Chen, how could Tietou not know that Maodan was a thief in the mountains?
No, he knew, and even because of the affection he had for them in his childhood, he never sent anyone to suppress them.
It's a disguised form of protection.
"Mao Dan, Er Huzi's death was an accident. The Ling family were also exiled prisoners, so they were powerless to do anything."
"There are so many of them. If they are willing to help, they can save Erhuzi!"
"But why would they do this? We're just strangers. Would you risk your life for a stranger?"
Maodan was speechless, but didn't want to admit that he was wrong.
“If they are wrong, what about you?
You set fire to the mountains and killed so many innocent people and animals in the forest.
Do they deserve to die?
Should they give up their lives for your obsession?
If the Ling family needs to pay for Er Huzi's life, then what about you? How will you deal with yourself? "
When Maodan heard this, his eyes, filled with hatred, were stunned for a moment.
Thinking of the countless times he woke up from his sleep, Maodan went crazy. He picked up the big knife at hand and was about to chop at Tietou.
"I'll kill you, you're a bunch of snakes and rats, just making up excuses!"
Tietou didn't want to be an enemy of Maodan, but this kid was stuck in a dead end and couldn't get out of it.
Just as he was about to raise his knife to block, an arrow flew from a distance and hit Maodan's shoulder directly.
The big knife fell with a bang, and everyone looked around in confusion, only to find that they were surrounded.
It turned out that Zhou Chengyu was making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, and since the reinforcements were delayed, he was going to hunt down King Chen and his followers.
Only after the situation there was basically stabilized did they hurriedly send people to look for Fu Huanping and others.
It was a risky move. If there hadn't been an accident, the advance team would have been wiped out.
When Tietou heard that King Chen was defeated, he was very depressed.
At first, he was a little beggar. He heard that joining the army could bring a good future, so he signed up.
I don't want to be successful, I just want to have a good meal every day.
Seeing that he had some good eyesight, Prince Chen brought him to his side to train him personally.
To be honest, his achievements today have a lot to do with the cultivation of King Chen.
Now that King Chen has been defeated and he himself is surrounded, it seems that it is impossible for him to escape unscathed.
Tietou smiled sadly and was about to commit suicide, but was stopped by Ling Jiren.
"General Fu, even though Tietou is on Prince Chen's side, he didn't kill us all just now.
The Great Zhou is in need of men now, I wonder if you could spare his life?"
What else could Fu Huanping say? Of course he would keep the person.
Although we lost more than two hundred brothers in this operation, the dead are gone.
The overall situation is important, and now is indeed the best time to reel in hostile forces.
Fu Huanping promised that as long as they surrendered, Tietou and his brothers would be treated the best.
"Although we just engaged in close combat, that was because we were on different sides, and there was no life-and-death feud between us.
Now that Jiangning Prefecture has returned to the Great Zhou, we are one family.
From now on, we will help each other and be of one mind.
I believe that with our joint efforts, the Great Zhou Dynasty will prosper and the country and the people will be safe and sound."
Tietou glanced at the brothers around him and saw pleading in their eyes.
Yes, who doesn’t love life and who doesn’t fear death?
He was willing to accompany King Chen to the underworld, but he could not ask his brothers to go with him.
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