Chapter 1022: The Future Belongs to Him Li Tai¡¯s funeral affairs have been taken care of. Wu Daodao arranged for him to be buried properly, and then sent someone back to the camp to inform his family. This is the first general the Black Flag Army has lost in recent years. He did not die on the battlefield, but died in an assassination. Li Tai followed Fang Jie from the northwest. At that time, he was a special general in the Sui army at Langru Mountain in the northwest. Although he was not a great talent, he was cautious and prudent. When the cavalry Feizi camp was originally divided, Fang Jie He promoted him to the rank of deputy general of the cavalry of an army. Later, as the Black Flag Army grew stronger, Li Tai's military position was promoted from deputy general to general. When Xiahou Baichuan was assassinated on Huangyang Road in the southwest, it was he who led the troops to track down the people of the Buddhist sect. Then he led his army to gallop thousands of miles and rushed to Xinyang City to defend it. Regarding Li Tai's death, the officers and soldiers of the Black Flag Army felt a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, Fang Jie left behind Sanjinhou Wu Yiyi and Taoist Master Xiang Qingniu. If Fang Jie had taken them away when he returned to the southwest that day, I am afraid that Li Tai would not be the only general who was assassinated in the camp that day. "Having set up such a big game, Gao Kaitai has no such scheming nor such a big picture view." Dugu Wenxiu glanced at Fang Jie: "My lord said before that this matter involves a Jianghu sect called Yueyingtang. Maybe All of this was planned by the people of Yueying Hall. "This person is very unusual. He has already figured everything out before he shows up. Maybe he is watching in the dark, waiting for the opportunity." It is definitely not as simple as wanting to return to the world. The person in charge of Yueyingtang is afraid that he has great ambitions." Wu Yiyi looked at Fang Jie and said, "The top priority now is to divide the troops to attack Lingmen Pass. As long as that place is defended. It is extremely dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Wolf Cavalry is not familiar with the tactics of attacking the city. It will not be easy to capture Lingmen Pass. If the Wolf Cavalry has not yet arrived, they can send troops to the west to defend Yishui. " Fang Jie. He nodded and told Chen Xiaoru: "Go find Yan Zeng." Chen Xiaoru agreed, turned around and went out to send someone. "Lord" Dugu Wenxiu pondered for a moment and looked at Fang Jie: "Is it inappropriate to use Yan Zeng?" His voice was slightly lowered: "If this is really a planned overall situation, Yan Zeng He is Gao Kaitai's old subordinate, and guarding Liyin City is his top priority. If Gao Kaitai trusted him, he might not tell him about this situation, right? If he knew this, then his surrender would be" Wu Yiyi's eyes changed. : "What Dugu means is that Gao Kaitai deliberately lost Liyin City in order to lure us north so that he and the Wolf Cavalry could encircle us?" Dugu Wenxiu nodded: "It's not that my subordinates are too suspicious, but that at this time The situation did not allow his subordinates to think too much. Liyincang was where Gao Kaitai's army was located. He sent Yan Zeng to defend it with heavy troops. However, although Yan Zeng defended Liyin City very tightly, he seemed to surrender easily in the end. When they were crossing the Qin River, the lord sent Xiahou to attack, and Yan Zeng to attack Lingmen Pass But Yan Zeng just surrounded the city gate and did not attack on the grounds that Lingmen Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack. " Wu Yiyi's face changed. Shen: "It seems a little suspicious." He looked at Fang Jie: "According to logic, after the lord captured Yan Zeng, he went north unimpeded. Yan Zeng persuaded the defenders of the seven or eight cities along the way to open their doors and surrender. . He could persuade these people, but why couldn't he persuade the thousands of defenders at Lingmen Pass? At that time, it was not clear that Lingmen Pass was of any importance. The army could not go far to the north, and it did not matter whether they attacked or not. But now, the key point of Lingmen Pass is revealed. Yan Zeng did not attack Lingmen Pass. He reported to the lord that he could not persuade the defenders of Lingmen Pass It is difficult to guarantee that he did not do it intentionally. " "Also" Dugu Wenxiu added. : "Now it seems that not only Yan Zeng is suspicious, but also the subordinates of Gao Kaitai who persuaded him to surrender along the way. The journey here was too smooth, so smooth that it was beyond imagination. It almost didn't take long for Yan Zeng to enter the city. , the generals guarding the city will open the door and surrender." Fang Jie shook his head: "What you two said makes sense but you forgot one thing." "What?" Wu Yiyi asked. "The premise is that if all this is Gao Kaitai's plan, then Gao Kaitai has colluded with the Mongolian people a long time ago. Since they have colluded, why did he fight so hard in Qinhe? Tens of thousands of troops died in the battle, and this loss was very important to him It's not a big deal. If he wanted to block our Black Flag Army south of the Qin River so that he could be surrounded by the Wolf Cavalry in the future that wouldn't make sense. If that was the case, he wouldn't divide his troops to guard the Qin River. Instead, most of the troops are stationed north of the Qin River and they will not let us come over at all costs." Dugu Wenxiu was slightly startled after hearing this, and then nodded."My lord, what you said makes sense." He looked at the map, frowned and pondered for a while, and then said, "That's true. If Gao Kaitai and the Meng Yuan people had already colluded, then he should personally lead the troops beyond the Qin River. "I don't want to doubt a subordinate easily." Fang Jie stood up and said slowly: "Yan Zeng is a reduced general, but he is now a member of the Black Flag Army. If I choose to doubt him, I still trust him. , I would rather be the latter. " Northwest Fan Gu The young man picked up something and looked at it carefully, and shook his head: "Master, what is this?" Mr. Jiu shook his head after taking a look. I have lived here for several years, but I still don¡¯t understand what this place is, let alone what the things here are used for. After I completed my cultivation and returned to Yueyingtang to become Mr. Jiu, I came back to live here. It took two years to figure out what one of the things can do by chance. " "Is it the thing that you gave to the other Tianjuns, Master?" "Yes." Mr. Jiu nodded: "I'm over there. I found a lot of books inside a stone door. I wanted to look through them to see if they were of any help, but as soon as I took a handful of them, they turned into ashes. Last time I brought a few of you here, you were the only one who had the most ideas about the things here. That's why I brought you here again." The young man nodded: "Thank you, master, for your appreciation. I will definitely work harder." He walked to a cabinet that looked strange and looked at it carefully. After looking at it, he shook his head: "This thing should be made of an extremely complicated structure. Even my original master may not be able to open it. This should be a secret lock, but to open this door not only requires a key, but also some other means. "His original master was a locksmith. A well-known locksmith, few people in the world could open the mechanism box built by his master. This young man has shown sufficient talent in this area since he was a child. When he was seven years old, he was no longer able to resist anything built by his master. "So I plan to keep you here." Mr. Jiu pointed to the distance: "You can feel free to study these things here, and I will stay with those people to protect you. From now on, they will take care of your food and daily life. Eat and drink. You don¡¯t need to worry about it, they will take care of it for you.¡± ¡°What about you?¡± the boy asked. "I still have very important things to do. Now that I have brought Yueyingtang back to the light, what I want is not a momentary light, but an eternal light. Now I have brought the Meng Yuan people, Gao Kaitai, and the Black Flag Army to the capital. Let the three parties fight. The more brutal the fight, the better. In the end, it will be me, Yueyingtang, who will win. Yueyingtang has been in darkness for more than two hundred years, but it is only under my rule that it has begun to improve. Since God has given me this job, I have to do it well. What¡¯s more, one of my opponents this time is still an old acquaintance. How can I stay out of it? " "But Master I will stay alone. "You are a man. Men can be afraid but they cannot retreat. No one is afraid, even I have something to fear. But if we retreat when we encounter something we are afraid of, nothing will be accomplished." Your talent is here, and the success of Yueyingtang in the future may lie with you." "Okay" The young man hesitated and asked, "What if I accidentally break something?" Mr. Jiu couldn't bear it. He laughed and said: "If you don't break it, we don't know what these things are used for. So there is no difference between breaking it and not knowing its use, but as long as you find the use of something, it will be of great help to me." It's big. Even if you break all the things in this place, I won't blame you." "That's good." The young man smiled, a little silly. Mr. Jiu shook his head: "I will come over to see you after I finish this important matter." After saying that, he turned around and walked out. "Sanlang is left to you. If something happens to Sanlang, you don't have to go back to see me. Remember, even if one of you is alive, Sanlang cannot die. The future of Yueyingtang may be here. , As long as you can understand the role of this place, it will not be a dream for Yueyingtang to turn the sect into an empire. You will all be meritorious officials by then. You know that I have never been stingy with rewards. " "Don't worry, Master Jiu, the third young master will leave it to us. "Mr. Jiu nodded and looked back at the young man named Sanlang: "Please feel free to read these things here and give me a surprise when I come next time." "Master!" Saburo suddenly poked his head out of the room and shouted excitedly towards Mr. Jiu: "Master, I opened the door and found this thing from inside. But I don't know what it does yet. This cabinet is full of these things. The cabinet is very well sealed, so the things inside are well preserved." Mr. Jiu couldn't help but laugh, and he knew he had seen the right person. He bet all the future achievements of Yueyingtang on Saburo, and Saburo did not disappoint him. He walked over there, and seeing the excited expression on Saburo's face, his heart, which had not fluctuated for a long time, became excited. "This thing shouldn't be difficult. It should be much simpler to use than the thing you found, Master. There is a pull ring here. So many of the same things are obviously used frequently. This pull ring is for convenience. Let me try it. Can you still pull it open? Maybe there will be unexpected changes after pulling it open. " Saburo spoke and pulled the tab on the outside of the round thing. As soon as he let go, something fell from above with a click. Saburo looked down, but before he could straighten up the thing in his hand exploded, and the huge explosion force directly tore him into pieces. The scene was so sudden and shocking that Mr. Jiu, who was walking this way in the distance, was completely stunned. He raised his hand to block the flying debris. Just looking at the broken limbs and broken arms on the ground Saburo, who was smiling proudly at himself a second ago, now turned into a puddle of flesh. "Is this God's will?" Mr. Jiu looked there, his body trembling involuntarily.