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"Uh-huh."
Ye Tianchen nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
"I'll teach you when you've practiced lightness kung fu to the point where you won't fall down." Li Xiao frowned and teased.
"Forehead……"
Ye Tianchen looked embarrassed and stopped talking immediately.
Back in his own team, Li Xiao was silent as he looked at the fallen horses that were foaming at the mouth.
"Damn it, a few taels of silver are gone!"
Li Xiao said cursingly: "Next time you must get off the horse first!"
The horse was rented in the city, and now the deposit is gone.
After speaking, Li Xiao turned his head to look at Xiang Jun, and asked suspiciously: "What did you say just now? Be careful of the trap?"
After a pause, he spread his hands together: "Look, I said there is no trap!"
Xiang Jun: "..."
Where is there no trap?
It was clearly cracked by you forcibly, okay?
"Your Majesty's martial arts skills are unrivaled in the world. I am so ignorant and ignorant that I don't know Mount Tai. I am really ashamed."
Xiang Jun took a deep breath with a look of regret.
Who would have thought that Li Xiao could handle everyone by himself...
At the same time, far away in the military camp outside Leizhou City.
Lin Yang, a bald man, sat on a chair with a big horse.
In front of him, Wei Tianxing, who was no longer human, was being tortured severely.
Lin Yang was furious: "It's been three years, you damn thing still haven't told the truth? Where did my thousand elite riders go?!"
"Every word that the humble official said is true!"
Wei Tianxing gritted his teeth and said word by word.
"Return to his mother's stubbornness! Let me continue to smoke!" Lin Yang said viciously.
At this time, the whip continued to ravage Wei Tianxing's body.
And his whole body was numb.
In his eyes, apart from disappointment, there was also endless anger.
He just felt that no one in this world was more wronged than him.
He was loyal to his duty, but what he got in return was inhumane torture.
At this time, someone came to report.
"grown ups!"
The messenger soldier knelt in front of Lin Yang, and said in a respectful voice: "The news just came that Li Xiao personally took people to Xuwen City. Zhang Huanglian angered Li Xiao and tied him up. Chang Fengxiang went to the ruined temple where he was lying in ambush."
"Congratulations, my lord, Li Xiao has already been tricked, and this trip will undoubtedly lead to death!"
"it is good!"
Lin Yangteng stood up suddenly, his face was full of joy: "Now I can finally avenge the old prince!"
But Wei Tianxing looked disdainful: "My lord is too happy, the one who will die will only be Feng Xiang."
Hearing this, Lin Yang frowned slightly, and continued to ask the messenger soldiers: "How many troops did Li Xiao bring?"
"My lord, there are only sixteen riders."
"Ha ha……"
Hearing this, Lin Yang sneered suddenly: "Then I can rest assured."
Sixteen people, even if they were all guards of the Imperial Army, would never be able to defeat the hundred elites under his command.
After a stick of incense, someone came to report again.
"My lord is not good!"
"The people brought by centurion Feng Xiang were wiped out!"
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"What did you say?!"
Lin Yang frowned instantly, and shouted in disbelief: "Is everyone dead?"
"Exactly!"
The messenger soldier looked solemn.
"Who did it?"
"Still investigating."
The messenger soldier continued: "Our people only found a hundred corpses at the scene, and did not see anyone else. Also... the centurion Feng Xiang is missing."
"How could this be?"
Lin Yang frowned, and murmured: "What happened? Could it be that Li Yuanze intervened? Or are there other helpers?"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
But at this time, Wei Tianxing laughed maniacally, and at the same time said sarcastically: "Don't you understand yet? How can there be any help? Li Xiao is deliberately concealing his strength, and everyone has been deceived by him!"
"Bullshit!"
Lin Yang reprimanded, and said, "If there is no help, how could his dozen or so people be able to defeat Feng Xiang's elite of hundreds of people?"
In fact, he already believed Wei Tianxing's words in his heart.
It's just that he can't admit it.
Otherwise, isn't this denying oneself?
As a high-ranking person, he knows his mistakes and corrects them, but he must never admit his mistakes.
At the same time, he was also very confused.
The failure of this assassination can also be explained by the fact that Li Xiao had sensed the danger long ago and arranged for people to follow him secretly.
So much so that Feng Xiang was caught off guard.
But how did Li Xiao defeat his thousand elite cavalry three years ago?
This is simply not possible.
He originally suspected that someone was secretly helping Li Xiao.
But for three years, he observed and probed carefully, but found no clues.
But now, because of the war in the north, all the soldiers under him have been transferred to the north.
On the bright side, there are less than three thousand left.
Although he secretly trained five thousand private soldiers, he couldn't mobilize them because he was worried that Li Yuanze would find out.
If Li Xiao is really hiding some secret weapon, it is probably very difficult for his 3000 people to deal with Li Xiao.
Just when Lin Yang was worrying, someone came suddenly with news.
"My lord, the prince sent someone to pass the order."
"Your Majesty's imperial decree, from now on, the Captain needs to recruit more troops, expand the army, and prepare for the decisive battle in the future."
"Okay! It's finally here..."
Hearing the news, Lin Yang was instantly ecstatic.
He had waited for this news for too long.
I was still worrying about the military strength just now, but I didn't expect good news to come immediately.
The expansion of the army, that is to say, the private soldiers he secretly trained can also be brought to the table.
In the future, these private soldiers can also be transferred at will, without worrying about Li Yuanze's supervision.
While Lin Yang was overjoyed, a plan immediately appeared in his mind.
Immediately, he looked at Wei Tianxing, and said lightly, "I'll give you a chance to take your crime and make meritorious service."
"grown ups!"
Wei Tianxing looked at Lin Yang excitedly.
Lin Yang said in a deep voice: "Didn't you keep saying that people who saw Li Xiao with their own eyes would be demons?"
"And the crossbow bolts that can easily pierce even armor."
"Since I have seen it with my own eyes, I must be able to find a way to deal with them."
"Ten days."
Lin Yang continued: "I'll give you ten days to cultivate your body and find out a strategy against the crossbow and the demon."
Hearing this, Wei Tianxing's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.
Ten days?
Give him a year, or even ten years, but he can't find a way to deal with Li Xiao.
The tragedy of that day three years ago had already deeply planted the seeds of fear in his heart.
Now, this seed has grown into a towering tree, even if he was given ten lives, he would not want to confront Li Xiao again.
But he also understands that this is an excellent opportunity to escape.
If he answered truthfully, he would definitely have to return to that dark cell.
Why not pretend to agree, and look for opportunities to escape later?
Thinking of this, Wei Tianxing immediately nodded excitedly and said: "My lord, I am willing to do my best for you! I will go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate!"
"it is good!"
Lin Yang nodded with a smile, then waved his hand and said, "Back off!"
As soon as the words fell, someone stepped forward to untie Wei Tianxing.
Wei Tianxing clasped his fists to Lin Yang again to express his thanks, and then he staggered out.
"Call Linley over here!"
Lin Yang ordered again.
……
An hour later.
In the tent where Lin Yang was staying, a very muscular young man with a height of seven feet came in.
"Baby pay respects to Daddy!"
Linley knelt down on one knee, serious and unsmiling.
"Lei Er, great news!"
Lin Yang helped Lin Lei up, and said with a smile, "Nowadays the war in the north is tense, and the imperial court has allowed us to expand the army."
"How is this good news?" Linley frowned slightly, "Father, can the imperial court pay the army?"
"No."
"Where's the food and weapons?"
"nor."
"Then we still need to prepare by ourselves?" Linley said with a puzzled face, "Without food and military pay, how can we recruit troops?"
"madness!