Chapter 248 Empty City Strategy

"If Yang Lang isn't afraid, I certainly won't be afraid."

Zhao Fujin put his hands on his hips and pouted, looking at Yang Chang with a serious face, "But if there is another dragon-slaying operation, Yang Lang must take me with him, I will definitely be able to help."

"Haha, okay."

Yang Chang nodded with relief and said, "But these few people are not qualified. I don't even know where the Jin army's commander is, so I have no idea where to start slaying the dragon. Since Wu Shi wants to play a trick, I will naturally try my best to help him."

"Ok?"

"The army should be on the move by now. Let's sweep West Wolf Ridge first. Make sure there are no other 'eyes' and then head to Yushe. If I don't know the details, I'll ask the officers."

"I'll do as you say. Which way are we going now?"

As soon as Zhao Fujin finished speaking, Yang Chang immediately put his arm around his waist, pointed to the northwest, and said softly, "Go along the ridge. No one can escape my eyes."

"understood."

Yang Changxian took a careful look ahead and found that there was no foreign object in his field of vision at this moment. He immediately cast a spell to see through Zhao Fujin.

He was shocked by what he saw, and his heart was filled with shock.

At the end of last year, he was still at the third level, but now he is at the same level as me. His [Object Control Technique] has also been raised to the next level, and he is as proficient as [Armor Covering Technique].

Well, Yang Chang doesn’t care about the mastery of weapon skills now. As long as you practice diligently, you can reach this level. Many generals in the army are like this.

But if you are proficient in spell skills, why can you be so powerful?

Yang Chang was puzzled and could only attribute it to the advantage of the "magician". He took Zhao Fujin to search several hilltops and only found a few wild animals on the way. However, under the low trees on the westernmost ridge, he found three stalking "prey".

It seems that the huge West Wolf Ridge only has lookout sentries deployed at both ends. Once the group of people on the west side is killed, Geng Shouzhong will lose a pair of eyes, and his own team at the foot of the mountain can bypass the official road at the foot of the mountain.

When there was only half a mile left, Yang Chang pulled Zhao Fujin aside and said softly, "Princess, I will attract the enemy and you can cast a spell to attack. How do you think?"

"Just kill him, no more questions?"

"They are all low-level sentinels. It's impossible to get any information from them. The useful information is in Yushe."

"OK then."

Zhao Fujin nodded in response and pointed to the front and said, "It will take time to make the incantation. Yang Lang will go forward first to attract the enemy's attention. I will be there later."

"Ah."

Yang Chang responded, then used the [Centipede Step] and moved forward crookedly.

On the west side, one of the three people was lying on the ground sleeping, while the other two were chatting about women. They were discussing how lusty the women they had enjoyed in Yushe a few days ago were, and suggested that they could play together when they got home. They didn't notice the people coming after them at all.

Yang Chang saw the lewd appearance of the two people and sensed a restless aura from afar. When he got closer he heard something even more unbearable. He thought to himself, you guys don’t have much ability, yet you still play so extravagantly?
After spending too much time with the Jin people, have you been corrupted by their ways? There is no ethics over there.

"Hey, where is the pretty girl you're talking about? Count me in too?"

"Who?"

The two were talking in high spirits, their faces trembled with fear when they heard these words, but they did not forget to grab the knife on the ground and turned around suddenly like a leopard.

A gentle breeze blew over the ridge, making Yang Chang's robe tremble, giving people a sense of mystery and inviolability.

If he wore a white robe today, he would definitely be mistaken for an immortal. However, in this era, plain white robes were mostly worn by civilians. There were no white clothes in Yang Chang's wardrobe. He usually wore a purple robe representing the Grand Marshal, but today he was wearing a green casual suit.

Seeing that Yang Chang was well-dressed and appeared quietly, the two men holding their knives were unsure.

After staring and sizing for a few moments, one of them bravely asked, "When did you come? What do you want to do?"

"I just heard you guys discussing that the pretty girl in mourning clothes is very sexy? Can you introduce her to me?"

"What's wrong with you?"

The other man also held his sword across his chest, and with lingering fear, he whispered, "If you have nothing to do, leave quickly. We are carrying out military duties."

“I don’t want to leave!”

"Damn it, you dare to threaten me? Go to hell!"

The peach-eyed servant who spoke first took advantage of Yang Chang's distraction while he was responding to his companions and chopped him on the head with his knife.

Unexpectedly, just when the blade was halfway down, the long sword was unsheathed at an incredible speed and stuck to the blade like a magnet.

With a twist, the dagger slipped out of his hand.

The peach-eyed servant's hands were numb and shaking. He stared at his big-nosed companion beside him and asked hurriedly, swallowing his saliva: "You are so resourceful, what kind of woman do you want? What do you want to do?"

Seeing the other party's big nose, Yang Changqing couldn't help pinching his nose and replied calmly: "I came here just to kill you, or be killed by you."

"hiss"

“This is crazy!”

"What are you arguing about! Grandpa just got his hands on a beautiful woman, and now she's gone. You have to pay for it."

The man lying on the ground stood up with pockmarks on his face and full of anger, but immediately stopped talking when he saw Yang Chang.

"Brother Ma, we have met a madman who not only wants to snatch our beautiful wife from us, but also calls for fighting and killing."

"Yes, this person has some skills. He might be Weisheng's spy. We still have to rely on you, Brother Ma."

"Yes, mother."

Ma Ge slapped the peach-eyed man on the face, then smiled and clasped his fists, bowed respectfully to Yang Changxing and said, "Master, my two brothers are ignorant, please spare us."

"you know me?"

"No"

"Then why do you call me a hero? Shouldn't you call me a hero?"

Faced with Yang Chang's relentless questioning, Ma Ge felt like his little head was about to smoke. His big-nosed companion beside him also whispered, "Ma Ge, who is he? Why are you so scared..."

"I'm afraid of your mother!"

Ma Ge slapped him again, leaving fingerprints on Big Nose's face.

As the fellow was moving with his face covered, he suddenly saw Zhao Fujin in a gorgeous robe rushing towards him, so he couldn't help but point his finger at her.

"Fairy Fairy"

"Ok?"

Ma Ge looked in the direction of the voice, his eyes widened, unable to restrain his emotion, he shouted out: "It's Xiao Long Nu!"

"what?"

"disease!"

As soon as Zhao Fujin approached the attack range, he immediately made hand gestures, chanted a spell and summoned the phantom sword.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
The lightsaber flew out in response, and like a guided missile, it accurately penetrated the bodies of the three people.

"it is good!"

Upon seeing this, Yang Chang put away his sword and clapped his hands, expecting the three men to be annihilated while he waited to pick up the clues, but no one died on the spot.

what happened?

All three of them covered the spots where their lightsabers had penetrated, and they staggered on the spot as if they were drunk.

"What is this? I feel so bad."

"It's witchcraft. Little Dragon Girl actually knows witchcraft."

"She is Xiao Long Nu? The other one is Yang Guo? Can we get away?"

"do not know"

While the three were talking in panic, Yang Chang asked Zhao Fujin with concern, "He is not dead, what happened?"

"I don't know either"

"Then try again!"

"it is good!"

Zhao Fujin used the phantom sword again, and this time the flying sword penetrated the three people's heads, but it still did not have the same destructive effect as before.

Ma Ge and the other two rolled over with their heads in their hands, looking very painful, but obviously still breathing.

"really weird."

"Come again!"

"Ok."

After Zhao Fujin released the third round of magic swords, the three rolled on the ground in pain, groaning in pain from time to time. The one with the big nose shouted, "I feel so uncomfortable, kill me." "Yang Lang, this..."

"It seems that your cultivation is not enough."

After Yang Chang finished speaking, he raised his sword and dodged a few times, killing all three people in a flash.

Seeing the flash of the corpse, the guy didn't squat down to pick it up. Instead, he gestured to Zhao Fujin and said, "Princess, try again. Maybe the spell will work on the corpse?"

"Ok."

Zhao Fujin released the phantom sword for the fourth time, and finally a scene of the corpse disappearing appeared, and Yang Chang also received a prompt to pick it up.

[Gain sword experience. Use it to improve your sword skill proficiency. Please choose to use or discard. ]

【Gain 2 murderous point.】

As I guessed, Zhao Fujin's current spells cannot kill the enemy directly, but they can weaken the target's condition or even make the opponent lose combat effectiveness, so he can protect himself or assist others.

The power of Zhao Fujin's magic is now comparable to Ma Ling's gold brick magic, but she can transform three swords at the same time, which makes her superior.

Having said that, people have different physiques. Lu Zhishen has the ability to resist the [Vajra Body], Yang Chang felt pain when he was hit by a gold brick before, but the big monk was not hurt at all.

Should we wait until we return to Weisheng and ask Lu Zhishen to come and help the princess test her skills?

The fellow was thinking, Zhao Fujin pulled his clothes and asked softly: "Yang Lang, what should we do now?"

"Ok?"

Yang Chang looked up at the sky and said, "It's still early. We must go to Yushe to find out the Jin people's conspiracy as soon as possible. I may be back a little late. I will wait for you on the official road on the ridge ahead. Princess, go back and inform the army first. Let them camp outside the west valley of the ridge tonight and send people to the ridge to occupy the view. The grain ships will set out in two days."

"I'll listen to you. I'll be back soon."

After Zhao Fujin finished speaking, he made hand gestures and controlled his energy, and went straight down the mountain from his current position.

Even hunters in the mountains don't dare to go straight down a steep slope like this with no path. Fortunately, her magic of walking has been perfected, so she doesn't need to use a foothold for leverage after each step.

Yang Chang, who did not have the magic of speed, used the [Centipede Step] to walk on the rugged mountain as if it were flat ground.

This fellow's Dantian has expanded to the size of a small lake, and consumes very little energy in martial arts. Even if he practices the [Centipede Step] for a whole day, it may not be as good as using the [Eye of Insight] to peek at Zhao Fujin once.

Yang Chang has been delayed by various things in the past two days and has not yet taken a peek at Lu Junyi's panel. Before, his realm was not high enough and he didn't dare to take a look. Now that he has the strength, his desire to take a peek has faded.

While Yang Chang was waiting on the official road on the ridge, he thought about taking some time to take a look at Lu Junyi. After all, he was known as the strongest man in the world and the ceiling of martial arts in the Water Margin world. He wanted to see what kind of magical support he had.

At the end of the afternoon, Zhao Fujin returned.

The two set off again, following the winding mountain road, and did not walk out of the mountains until dusk, arriving at the flat area of ​​the Wuxiang River Valley.

Seeing Yang Chang standing by the river and looking out, Zhao Fujin asked curiously, "What are you looking at here, Yang Lang? It will be dark soon, shouldn't we hurry up?"

"Soldiers and horses have not moved, food and grass go first."

Yang Chang first put forward the conclusion, and then explained: "Our supply ship must go up the Wuxiang River and be completely separated from the main force. We must first determine whether there are any defenses, otherwise there will be problems. As for dark, it is better. You know my ability."

"Oh see?"

"No."

"Isn't it a good thing if there is none? Why is Yang Lang still frowning?"

Zhao Fujin looked at the man in front of him in confusion.

"not that simple."

Yang Chang pointed to the mountain range and said earnestly, "If I were the Jin people, I would first block the waterway and food supply route, and then consume or ambush in the mountains. Geng Shouzhong's Yisheng Army has arrived long ago, why haven't you sent troops to defend it yet?"

"What does this traitor know about military tactics? Isn't Yang Lang overthinking this?"

"Just because he doesn't know how to command troops doesn't mean Wushi doesn't know how to command troops. This guy followed Nianhan to destroy Liao, so he is quite capable."

"That"

Zhao Fujin had never seen Yang Chang think so much, and his originally warm expression became solemn.

"fine."

Yang Chang patted her on the shoulder and consoled her, "If we unravel the conspiracy slowly, we will surely be able to solve it. Keep going. It will be easier to do things after dark."

"Yeah, hold me tight."

After Zhao Fujin finished speaking, he cast a spell and flew away.

The main part of the journey from Wuxiang to Yushe is in the mountains. From the foot of the ridge to Yushe County, it is only about thirty miles, so Yang Changcai was surprised why they didn't deploy troops in dangerous places.

Even if we were to lure the enemy deep into our territory, we should have made use of West Wolf Ridge, but we only saw a few scouts.

The couple moved as fast as the wind, and they covered the thirty miles in no time. It was not yet dark when they arrived at the city of Yushe, but they were just spots in the eyes of ordinary people.

Yang Chang saw from afar that the city gate was wide open and there was not even a guard at the door, which made him more and more curious.

Although the curfew had been relaxed in the Song Dynasty, it was not completely eliminated. At least the city gates would be opened and closed on time, especially in remote small towns, to prevent bandits from causing trouble at night.

What is Geng Shouzhong doing? Is he trying to play the empty city trick on me?

"Let's go into the city and take a look."

"Oh"

Zhao Fujin put away his magical power of "Fire Wheels" and used the art of speed to take Yang Chang with him, and they quickly slipped into the city under the cover of night.

It was just an ordinary small village, and there was a little fire at this time.

But after Yang Chang and his wife entered the city, they saw only dark streets. All the houses on the street were closed and not a single light was on.

Although Zhao Fujin was at the fourth level of Qi Refining, she was still a woman after all, and she felt naturally uneasy in the dark.

She hugged Yang Chang's arm and said nervously: "Yang Lang, here..."

"Don't be afraid, Princess. I'll take care of it."

Yang Chang has night vision and is not afraid of facing the darkness at all.

Of course, night vision is not the same as perspective, and you won’t be able to see with the door closed. However, the enhanced five senses that come with the fourth level of Qi Refining perfectly make up for this shortcoming.

With his body as the center, Yang Chang can sense any movement within a radius of sixty steps.

He took Zhao Fujin to walk through the streets, scanning the houses on the street like a radar. After walking through two completely empty blocks, he finally found a couple in a house on a side street corner.

Judging from the smell, it was an elderly couple, eating in the dark.

dong dong dong.

Yang Chang knocked lightly on the door, and immediately heard the smacking sounds from inside the room.

dong dong dong.

"Old man, please open the door and see me."

“No one’s inside.”

"you're so dumb!"

The old man replied with a guilty conscience, and was immediately rebuked by the old woman. He then responded: "We have nothing at home, and we are too old and weak to work. Please let us go, sir."

"Huh? What are you talking about? We are strangers and have no ill intentions. We are just asking a question and then leaving. But you'd better not answer and don't blame me for breaking in!"

Yang pressed on the door and pushed gently, causing the entire door frame to shake and make noises.

"what"

The old man was frightened and hurried to the door and responded: "Ask, ask"

"Where are the people in the county? Why are so many houses empty?"

"Most of them were conscripted to build camps."

"Build a camp? Where should we build it?"

"North of Yushe, Wangyue Beach."

"Thank you."

As soon as the voice outside the door fell, the old man heard the sound of wind in his ears, followed by a crisp sound at his feet.

He squatted down and reached in, and found a bag of silver coins.

"Old lady, we are rich."

(End of this chapter)