Chapter 65: Must Take Revenge

  Seeing Li Zhēng's killing intent, the soldiers on the side rushed forward, and the middle-aged Han man immediately broke out in a cold sweat, hastily saying: "Wait, wait!"

  Li Zheng's face was as cold as frost, his eyes gazing at him with a chilly stare.

  "General, my family has long been waiting for the enthronement of the Chanyu, and Your Highness is deeply loved by the Chanyu. You will surely become the Left Wise King. If you do not want the great army to press the border..."

  With the knife at his throat, the middle-aged Han man, seeing that reasoning was not working, began to threaten. But seeing Li Zheng completely unmoved, he felt a chill in his heart and hastily begged for mercy: "General, spare our lives! We'll leave immediately, we'll leave right away!"

  Li Zhong's face slightly thawed, he waved his hand, and the soldiers retreated. The Xiongnu envoys finally let out a breath. They all looked like they had just been fished out of water, their faces pale and weak, no longer as arrogant as before.

  "I don't care who Bo Xi is, whether he's Zuo Xian Wang or Shanyu, if he dares to provoke me, Li Zheng, I swear not to let him off easily! And you, this dog, why are you serving the Xiongnu people instead of being a good Han person? If you weren't still somewhat useful and could help me deliver messages, I would have killed you by now!"

  Li Zheng stared coldly at the middle-aged Han man, seeing his face turn red with anger, and said: "You go back and tell Boli to return Zhou Lin obediently, otherwise I will kill him!"

  "Is is..."

  This middle-aged Chinese man is generally a yes-man.

  "Get out... wait, they're coming, just leave something behind before leaving, cut off one of their ears!"

  Li Zhongyan finished speaking, waved his hand and turned to walk down the hall, passing through these Xiongnu people, and strode out of the school field tent. Behind him, a string of miserable cries came, which slightly relieved his anger.

  Returning to his study, Li Jing knelt down and pondered for a long time before writing a letter on silk, which he had someone deliver to Xun Yu, who immediately sent it to Zhang Shan in Baisuichuan via the Blue Bird Express.

  In Li Zhong's heart, he still didn't want to give up on Zhou Lin.

  Pass on a message to Zhang Shan, have him lead the light cavalry in coordination with the Wolf Riders' actions, and see if they can use the tactic of "making a false appearance in the east while attacking in the west" to rescue Zhou Lin.

  Although Li Zhong felt it might be unnecessary.

  The clan's territory must be heavily guarded, with tens of thousands of elite cavalry. Even if the wolf riders divide their forces, it's likely that the light cavalry will struggle to achieve anything.

  It's better to do something than nothing at all.

  Li Zhong's mood was somewhat depressed.

  After some thought, Li Zhēng picked up his pen again and wrote a letter to pass on to White Wolf.

  Perhaps before the envoys of Xiongnu returned, Sun Bu had not yet known Li Jing's clear attitude, and took a step ahead, catching him off guard, perhaps there were some opportunities!

  Baishui River, Baishui Marsh, Shicheng.

  After defeating the Xianbei tribe, Zhang Shan was left here by Li Jing and ordered to take charge of the military strategy of Baishui River. It has been more than half a year since I spoke with you from last year to now.

  Although there were some minor setbacks at the border, Zhang Shan is now more calm and composed in his work.

  But the huge change in front of him still made his jaw drop and his eyes widen.

  Right under his eyelids, a massive stone city rose from the ground, with stone houses sprouting up like bamboo shoots after rain. The wide stone roads stretched out into the distance as if they had grown feet!

  "It must be Master's handwriting!"

  Apart from this, Zhangshan couldn't think of any reason to prove the miracle that was happening before his eyes.

  Seeing the generals under his command also turned into sculptures, Zhang Shan couldn't help but shout loudly: "What's strange? What's so strange? This is the Lord's divine sign!"

  "Gather Gather..."

  Zhang Shan's eyes rolled around and immediately ordered his soldiers to divide into several teams to enter the stone city for investigation.

  After getting familiar with the entire stone city, several hours had passed.

  An area of over ten miles in circumference is absolutely not a small city in this era. After leading more than a thousand soldiers into the city, it was like ripples on the sea.

  After getting a clear understanding of the layout of the stone city, Zhang Shan had already begun thinking about how to make use of this city.

  Just then, a blue bird arrived with a letter.

  Zhang Shan stretched out his arm, and the blue bird landed on it. He casually took down the letter and opened it to take a closer look. Zhang Shan couldn't help but burst into great anger!

  "Damn it! You Hun dog, how dare you, you deserve to die, you deserve to die!"

  The soldiers beside him were startled by Zhang Shan.

  Zhang Shan, as the head of the army, has always inherited the personality of a wandering knight. He treats his soldiers like brothers and is very popular with them. At the same time, he is also very close to his soldiers and does not make people afraid.

  The attendants rushed up and surrounded him, asking in a flurry of voices: "Head, what's wrong?"

  "The Xiongnu dog has taken Zhou Lin hostage and wants to extort benefits from us. Damn it, brothers, what do you think we should do?!"

  Hit!

  "Damn it!"

  The soldiers were wildly enthusiastic.

  "Good!"

  Zhang Shan shouted loudly, saying: "The lord has sent a letter, ordering us to try and rescue the Zhou Lin brothers before the Xiongnu people have clarified their attitude towards our lord. Pass on the order immediately, gather eight hundred light cavalry, we will set out at once for Dongying Pass!"

  "Ah!"

  Dongying Pass and Beiyin Pass were two military camps set up by Li Jing on the east and north sides of Baishui River.

  Wang Lao Hu, Xu Xiao Jiu and Lin Shi Tou were in charge of training new recruits here, while Bai Lang was the commander-in-chief of both camps.

  At first, due to the unusual movement of Han's army, Bái Láng and Nú Luó were garrisoned in Fù Píng. However, as time passed, Lǐ Zhēn received more and more intelligence, knowing that Běi Dì Jùn would not experience war for the time being, so he transferred Bái Láng to Bái Shuǐ Chuān.

  Two barracks, in theory, should have two main generals, but under Li Zhēn's command, there were too few people who could be trusted and had some ability. Nuò Luó still had to guard Fù Píng, while Zhāng Shān had to oversee the entire Bái Shuǐ Chuān situation, so both barracks had to be handed over to White Wolf for management.

  Today, the warriors of these two barracks also welcomed the arrival of a miracle in their midst.

  The great mountain rises, the stone castle bursts forth from the earth, making them seem as if they are in a dream.

  Many of the soldiers recruited from Lingzhou and Fuping were bewildered, their faces pale with fear, and they couldn't stop kowtowing. Only Bailang, Wang Laohu, and a few others who had been to Shenzhou Grassland knew in their hearts that this was probably a trick by Lord Li Jing!

  Those mountains look like a barrier for Baishui River no matter how you look at them. That stone castle looks like it's prepared as a pass for one's own people no matter how you look at it.

  If it's not you, then who else?

  Bailang and others were overjoyed, hastily driving soldiers to enter the pass. Anyway, they had to occupy this stone city first!

  After waiting for a while to clear his mind, White Wolf received Li Zhuo's order.

  He opened it and saw that Zhang Shan's furious expression was written all over his face.

  They are all old men under Li Jing's command. Without mentioning their usual close relationship, just talking about the Huns' style of doing things, that is to ride on the rhythm of beheading!

  Bai Lang and the others had also gone through numerous battles, with countless heads rolling under their blades. Their morale was high, and after this period of time, they had been itching for a fight against the Xiongnu cavalry on the border!

  Previously, due to insufficient strength, they couldn't take the initiative to attack. Now that White Wolf knows that Baishui River is surrounded by mountains and waterways are impassable, with only two stone cities guarding the passage like a single man holding off a million, able to come and go freely, and having Li Zheng's orders, there is naturally no more hesitation!

  "This time, heads will roll!"

  Bai Lang pinched Li Zhuang's order, a pair of eyes gleaming with sharp light.

  "Come on, immediately pass the order to the two camps of soldiers and guards, to strictly guard the passes! Summon the Wolf Riders, prepare to follow me into battle!"

  "Ah!"

  Zhang Shan followed the accurate map that came with Li Zhong's order, along the wide stone road, and in just one hour, he led 800 war horses and light cavalry to Dongying Pass.

  The White Wolf had already gathered three hundred wolf riders and was waiting for him.

  Two men entered Dongying Pass hand in hand, rested for a while, and waited for the war horses to recover their strength. Just as night fell.

  "White Wolf Brothers, the mountain wolf cavalry is quieter after all. I'll leave the task of attracting the attention of the Xiongnu people to the light cavalry! When the time comes, take advantage of my distraction of the Xiongnu soldiers and you can sneak in and rescue Zhou Lin brothers!"

  The White Wolf thought for a moment, nodded slightly: "You're right... our top priority is to rescue Zhou Lin brothers. In that case, we must also take down the metal ring on the Shan Yue Wolf Rider's armor."

  The two men conferred for a moment, made a decision, and without delay, led the troops out of the pass, taking advantage of the night to head east.

  The map given by Li Zhēn only includes the area under his jurisdiction. Outside of this range, Li Zhēn is also helpless.

  The two men decided to split up and take different routes, one open and one secret. Under the cover of night, they would launch a surprise attack on some Xiongnu tribespeople, capture them, and obtain accurate information about the location of the territory of the Shulan tribe. Then, depending on the situation, they could make specific plans!

  Bai Shuizhen, Shicheng.

  Zhou Fei as the administrative director of Baishui River, after various works in Baishui River entered the normal state, most of the time stayed near Baishui River.

  The appearance of Shicheng is also within his sight.

  Before he could even finish his surprise and excitement, he received a message and learned about the current situation of his nephew Zhou Lin, and also knew Li Zhēn's decision.

  In an instant, Zhou Fei's straight and upright back bent down.

  The whole person has become much more dispirited and aged.

  He's the only child of the Zhou family!

  If something unexpected happens, it will be extinct!

  For a moment, Zhou Fei's heart flashed with various emotions, resentment, hatred, bitterness, despair, and finally relief.

  He resented Li Jing for being so ruthless, he hated the Xiongnu people, and was furious to the point of wanting to flay them alive.

  But in the end, I let out a sigh of relief.

  In these troubled times, who can guarantee their own safety? Not to mention ordinary people and slaves, even the emperor himself might be overthrown at any moment.

  He let out a long sigh and finally clearly understood the character of his superior, Li Zheng.

  It's actually so decisive!

  Maybe it will be a big deal in the future, but unfortunately, nephew Zhou Lin may not live to see that day.

  I should have known better than to send my nephew to the pasture in the first place...

  I should have known...

  Zhou Fei's mind flashed with countless "what ifs", ultimately turning into a sigh.