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Chapter 17 Between the Two Armies

Huo Shiyi's strength was extraordinary, and many people gave him good medicine. His injuries healed within two days. He represented Dongyu Village in the Zhuqi Village's alliance hosted by Chuqi Village.

This alliance of villages is led by the most powerful Chuqi Village, Menglou Village, and Huyun Village. They are also on the territory of Chuqi Village, so Chuqi Village is vaguely the leader of the alliance.

However, although Chu Qi Village is strong, it cannot enforce orders and prohibitions. Each village has its own small thoughts and calculations, especially Menglou and Hu Yun Village, which are not weaker than Chu Qi Village.

No, the first time Huo Shiyi participated in the alliance, he encountered officers and soldiers from Liyang Prefecture who sent people to challenge him. However, the villages were stingy and refused to contribute, so no one was willing to fight.

"This is the first time Master Shang Huo has participated in the alliance. Do you have any opinions on this matter?" The third master of Menglouzhai picked up the wine bottle, took a sip and said, "I have been waiting for many days with no progress. I hope Master Shang Huo can give me some advice.

One or two.”

The news that Fengyun Shang led his men to attack Liyang in a sneak attack and burned the grain and grass in Liyang was deliberately spread by the leader of Chu Qi, and now it is known to everyone in the villages of the alliance.

Although he failed to do his best, it made many people either envious or jealous.

Huo Shishi opened his mouth and said: "What's the point of discussing this? Since the enemy has provoked us at our doorstep, we naturally have to go out and give him a good meal."

This statement made many village leaders laugh, and Meng Lousan even mocked: "Master Shang Huo, the people outside the village are the elites of Liyang, and they are not comparable to the no-names you attack by surprise. In my humble opinion, we should stick to it."

If we don’t come out, we will wait for the Liyang officers and soldiers to run out of food and grass, and eventually have no choice but to withdraw.”

Meng Lousan's words attracted a burst of admiration. Without him, this is what the alliance planned and did.

Master Meng Lousan added: "As for when the Liyang officers and soldiers can retreat, it depends on the ability of the leader of Guizhai."

The chief master of the three villages frowned at these words, but because he was the third master of Menglou, the other two masters could not be scolded. But for some reason, the master Menglou hesitated to speak, and finally remained speechless.

Give up.

Master Chu Qi Er wanted to win over Huo Shiyi, so he laughed at himself and said: "Master Shang Huo didn't know, and we had the same plan at first, but the Liyang officers and soldiers are elite after all, and we are no match for the battle. Now we can only hide in the stronghold."

, I stood on the sidelines and watched the leader of Guizhai make meritorious deeds."

It can be regarded as resolving some embarrassment and hostility for Huo Shiyi.

Huo Shiyi glanced at Chu Qi's second master gratefully and said: "Second master, you are so complimentary. This is just a lucky achievement in the base camp. It cannot compare with the hard work of all of you who stick to the camp."

After a few words of humility, Huo Shiyi changed the topic and said: "However, I still have some courage. Since you don't dare to fight with the Liyang officers and soldiers, it would be disrespectful for me to do so."

The second master was stunned when he heard this. He was worried that Huo Shishi was just quick to talk, so he gave a step up and said: "Master Shang Huo is very brave, but my life is precious. How can I compete with the dog officials of Liyang? Waiting for them

When the food and grass are exhausted, they will retreat."

Huo Shiyi's words naturally aroused a lot of dissatisfaction, and they all said, "Since Master Shang Huo said this, then we will just watch and beat the drums and cheer for Master Shang Huo."

With so many people taking advantage of the opportunity to press, Master Chu Qi'er was a little surprised. He was still about to speak when he heard Huo Shiyi say: "You don't need to beat the drum. A certain family will beat the drum once before going to kill the enemy."

After saying this, he stood up and walked towards the village gate. Master Chu Qi'er saw that things had gone so far that he couldn't say anything anymore. He could only hope that Huo Shiyi would return victoriously.

Huo Shishi strode to the gate of the village, grabbed the drum hammer from a bandit, and started beating it.

The people who followed him sneered, and some even said: "Master Shang Huo, just don't worry, we will collect your body after you die."

The head of the Three Dazhai took advantage of this and scolded everyone, but did not stop Huo Shiyi.

The sound of Huo Shiyi's drums spread outside the stronghold and into the Liyang camp. Li Chengzhou, who was holding a bamboo slip and reading it, smiled and ordered someone to summon the future challenger from outside the stronghold and replace him with the original general of Liyang. Go and challenge.

After beating the drum, Huo Shiyi had to leave the village on foot because he left his mount in Dongyu Village.

With the scolding made by the head of the Three Great Villages before, no one took the opportunity to ridicule him now, but the sneers never stopped.

Holding a spear, Huo Shiyi was like a god of war, killing three officers and soldiers in Liyang and taking their bodies back to Chuqi Village.

The bandits in the village were stunned. Except for the third person who struggled with Huo Shiyi for less than a hundred rounds, the other two were actually killed within ten moves.

Master Chu Qi Er even smiled and said: "How can such a great hero not have a mount? I will give my psychic jade lion to Master Shang Huo."

When he heard the name of the Jade Lion, Huo Shiyi quickly declined, saying that he would not be rewarded for his merits.

The psychic jade lion is the best mount in the world. Although the psychic jade lion headed by Chu Qi'er is not pure blood, it is still rare.

Master Chu Qi'er laughed a few times, took Huo Shiyi's hand and walked into the village, not allowing him to refuse.

After a while, Li Chengzhou sent people into the stronghold, hoping to exchange treasures for the bodies of the three generals who were killed by Huo Shiyi.

The head of the Three Dazhai gave him the right to choose on the grounds that this was Huo Shiyi's execution, and Huo Shiyi naturally would not refuse.

Therefore, after Li Chengzhou delivered the treasure, Huo Shiyi also returned the three corpses. He also took the opportunity to return the magic weapon to Li Chengzhou.

Regarding the treasures exchanged, Huo Shishi only gave some to Chu Qizhai as a token, and then kept them all in his pocket.

On the contrary, several village leaders wanted to ask Huo Shiyi to hand over the treasures for sharing, but when they caught sight of the blood-stained spear, they swallowed and shut their mouths obediently.

"Master Shang Huo is really brave, but it's a pity that Li Chengzhou suddenly changed his general for some reason, otherwise he would have killed the guy who had been blocking the gate of the village for three days and yelling and cursing." Master Chu Qi'er personally warmed a bottle of wine for Huo Shiyi. , brought it to Huo Shiyi, smiled and encouraged.

Huo Shiyi's fingers trembled slightly, and he raised his head forty-five degrees before drinking the wine from Master Chu Qi'er. Master Chu Qi'er patted Huo Shiyi's shoulder, as if he didn't see that Huo Shiyi was a little angry. With red eyes, he said: "It's a pity that Master Shang Huo is so brave..."

As for what it was a pity, Master Chu Qi'er didn't finish his explanation. He didn't know whether it was a pity that Huo Shiyi had been punished with the cane before or a pity that he didn't have such a person under his command.

After Huo Shiyi killed three generals in a row, the morale in the Liyang camp was a little low. Li Chengzhou did not offer any encouragement, but just said, "We will continue tomorrow."

All the generals in the tent looked at the ruthless man standing behind Li Chengzhou who blocked the gate of Chu Qi's three-day village, but heard Li Chengzhou say: "Tomorrow General Zhou will go to challenge."

The Zhou Pianjiang general who was named turned pale. Although he knew that he would not be Huo Shiyi's opponent, the military orders were overwhelming and he could only bite the bullet and say yes.

After arranging the night watch and patrol signals, Li Chengzhou asked the generals to go back to their tents to rest. He held a scroll of bamboo slips and read it carefully. When he saw something exciting, he couldn't help but slap his thigh.

It was not until late at night that Li Chengzhou said to the man standing behind him: "You should also go back and rest. Tomorrow, deliver the things I entrusted to you to the general."

The man standing behind him heard what he said and agreed. When he walked to the door of the camp, he suddenly stopped and said, "General, will you allow me to fight Shang Huo when I return?"

"No." Li Chengzhou said without even raising his head. The man couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard this, and whispered: "My subordinates, please retire."

The next day, Zhou Pian handed over the letter he wrote home last night to a close colleague, and said with a choked voice: "If I can't come back alive, I'll leave it to my family."

Although the man knew that General Zhou was not good at using force, he still comforted him by saying, "Brother Zhou, why are you doing this? I don't think Shang Huo will fight today. As for the other bandits, you are not without the strength to fight."

With this comfort, General Zhou finally plucked up the courage and led his mount towards the outside of the camp.

He got on his horse and galloped about fifty steps in front of the Chuqi Village gate. He mustered up his energy and shouted: "Listen to the bandits in the village, my Liyang army is here. Killing you is as easy as killing a chicken. My general is merciful.

If you can't bear the killing, why don't you leave the stronghold and surrender immediately?"

After shouting a few times, there was no movement in the stronghold. General Zhou Pian had known this for a long time, but he still had to go through the procedures that should be followed. Since he didn't listen to the good words, he would just wait for the insults to provoke them into fighting.

As a result, all kinds of dirty words were introduced into the village, and they cordially greeted the direct relatives of the bandits in the village. Some people in the Chuqi village also cordially greeted Zhou Pianjiang's family and expressed their willingness to further develop their relationship with Zhou Pianjiang.

Strengthen cooperation'.

Naturally, some of the bandits who had always had a bad temper couldn't help but want to leave the stronghold to teach General Zhou a lesson. However, they thought of the tragic situation of being blocked at the stronghold gate for three days, and watched helplessly.

Huo Shiyi closed his eyes and rested his mind.

Huo Shiyi seemed to have not heard the yelling and cursing outside the village, as the old god was there.

After all, some people couldn't hold it back, stood up and clasped their fists at Huo Shiyi and said: "We also ask Master Shang Huo to kill the thieves outside the stronghold to strengthen the morale of the alliance."
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