PFC Chapter 7281 Takeoff
Chapter 7281 Takeoff
Chapter 7281 Takeoff
No matter how fast Jiang Guang's body reacts compared to his brain, as a former professional soldier, he still knows that such important matters require someone to back him up. After all, there is a clear difference between their intelligence and that of strategists. Consulting those people would at least guarantee his safety.
Having personally experienced the Nordic Wars, Jiang Guang knew that sometimes even if he wanted to do good, the prevailing circumstances could lead to unintended negative consequences. Therefore, it was better to have a powerful figure give him some guidance. As for whether the powerful figure would share the credit for his actions, he didn't care.
Putting aside the fact that Marquis Chen is the kind of person who bestows merits, even if it were to be divided, Jiang Guang wouldn't have any complaints, given his situation. After all, it's Marquis Chen. As far as Jiang Guang is concerned, what's wrong with Marquis Chen eating some of his tribute? To be honest, if he had to do it all over again, he definitely wouldn't want his qualifications from the Three Rivers Five Schools.
He debuted at sixteen or seventeen and went head-to-head with the Yellow Turban Warriors. Do you know what that crazy feeling was? He had a bit of luck and talent, otherwise he would have been a skeleton long ago. How could he be alive now and enjoy his current wonderful life?
In short, Jiang Guang, with his solid brain, was still very clear about how to make the choice.
"There are no more opponents. We've already killed the relatively troublesome Eightfold Demon Gods on the mission list. To eliminate them again would require a huge detour, which is too much trouble. Let's go back and report to Marquis Chen first. After all, the sooner the better," Zhao Ying said excitedly. Whether he could become a marquis depended on this gamble.
"Let's go!" Jiang Guang heard this and felt there was no need to linger here. He immediately prepared to rush out, but before he could get going, Zhang Huang grabbed him.
"What the heck? You two just ran away like that?" Zhang Huang was dumbfounded, looking at the two guys who seemed to have stolen a chicken and run away.
"What? Is there anything else?" Jiang Guang asked, puzzled. There was no need to be polite with Zhang Huang; they were brothers. If it were Ba Xiu, Jiang Guang would have used his feet to communicate with him, even kicking him hard. But Zhang Huang wasn't from the same legion as him, so he had to save face.
"Where did that sword go?" Zhang Huang asked with some doubt. He hadn't seen it clearly before. After all, it was the Sharp Warrior Demon God. He and Jiang Guang were both going all out. Although they killed the opponent in one move, as the saying goes, that thing was very insidious. It was only because Jiang Guang and he joined forces that it was a real problem. Now that the fight is over, where is the sword?
"Jiang Guang was afraid that thing would come back to life, so he probably kicked the sword several kilometers away," Zhao Ying said with a grin. Zhang Huang's head exploded, and he turned to look at Jiang Guang.
Jiang Guang chuckled dryly. When he was fighting the Rui Shi Demon God, he remembered that the Rui Shi's sword was the real body. So after he destroyed the Demon God, he quickly kicked the sword away. But after killing the Demon God, he forgot about the sword and turned to run away.
"Where did it kick to?" Zhang Huang felt that there was no way to communicate with Jiang Guang, a guy who was all brawn and no brains. It would be simpler to just go and confiscate that thing himself. The idea that the sword of the Ruishi was the real thing was a bit of an exaggeration, but the sword used by the Demon God was still sharpened using the Ruishi's sword-sharpening method, so there must be some story behind it. Therefore, it would be better to take it back and study it.
"Over there!" Jiang Guang recalled for a moment and pointed twice towards the eastern part of Yunmeng.
"How much force did you use in that kick?" Zhang Huang asked with a hint of silence.
"That thing isn't easy to use. I estimate it can only kick people a few kilometers at most," Jiang Guang said with some estimation. Zhao Ying and Zhang Huang remained silent.
"Let's look for it together. That thing is hard to say. Ruishi is indeed a bit eerie." Zhao Ying acted like a junior at this moment.
Then the three of them searched for the sword they had worn before by venturing into the forest in Yunmeng. It took them quite some time before they finally found it in the hands of another demon god.
"You ignorant fool, give me back my spoils!" Jiang Guang saw the demon that looked like a snake, wielding a sword with its tail wrapped around it, and found it extremely abstract. He immediately shouted angrily at the thing.
"Why waste words with him? Let's fight!" Zhao Ying said directly. Then the six demon god babies went up and kicked the demon god on the other side into a puddle in a few moves. Then they picked up the sword and handed it to Zhang Huang. After Zhang Huang got his hands on the bronze sword, his expression became extremely strange. He discovered the sword intent within it, which was very outrageous.
Zhao Ying and Jiang Guang did not disturb Zhang Huang's research. The two spent some time wearing down the demon god. They smashed the worm-like demon god in the first ten seconds, and then spent the next two hours wearing it down by having the demon god baby beat rice cakes.
"How is it, Brother Huang?" Jiang Guang asked with a hint of curiosity, looking at Zhang Huang's furrowed brows. He felt there was something interesting to be found out.
"It's not a question of how it is, but rather that this thing is strange, no, to be precise, it's extremely strange. I discovered sword intent within it." Zhang Huang's doubts were not alleviated at all. What kind of logic is this? Why can a demon god also generate sword intent? How is this even possible?
"Isn't sword thought just a demon god?" Zhao Ying retorted, displaying his extremely poor social skills and foul language.
Zhang Huang glanced at Zhao Ying and felt there was no need to communicate with the child anymore. The problem wasn't with the child's mind, but rather that she simply didn't realize what was going on.
"Let's go, let's go. Take this back and let the current generals and commanders see it. They should be able to come up with some strange ideas." Jiang Guangze vaguely understood Zhang Huang's meaning, but this matter was none of his concern. He would hand it over to his superiors, who would naturally study and decipher it. They, these insignificant people, only needed to wait for the results.
"It's hard to say. I may not know much about other talents, but on the path of the Sharp Warrior, I've gone further than Duan Gong did back then. But no matter what, it's unreasonable for this thing to generate sword intent!" Zhang Huang said with a somewhat devastated expression.
Well, before seeing this thing, Zhang Huang felt that he understood Ruishi at least 99%, if not 100%. But after seeing it, he realized that his understanding of Ruishi was probably less than 10%.
After all, anyone who knows the true nature of sword intent will have doubts when they see this thing. What does it mean that sword intent can actually generate sword intent on its own? Does this make any sense?
"Hey, damn it, I suddenly realized the problem. So, Uncle Huang, you mean that sword intent can create new sword intent, and then sword intent itself is a sharp warrior!" Zhao Ying reacted quickly, after all, he was a veteran who had seen and eaten his way through many things, and after a while he understood what Zhang Huang meant.
"Holy crap, isn't this a huge profit?" Before Zhang Huang could answer, Zhao Ying added, and then Zhang Huang didn't want to talk anymore, giving Jiang Guang a look.
Jiang Guang walked over with a grin, grabbed Zhao Ying by the neck with his big elbow, and pulled her away. "Stop talking nonsense. Can't you see that Brother Huang is already in self-doubt?"
"In any case, after reporting to Marquis Chen, it's better to hand this over to General Huangfu. He should be able to understand and explain this kind of thing," Zhang Huang said after thinking for a moment. He didn't want to dwell on this matter anymore, but this incident had a serious impact on Zhang Huang, so much so that he now wanted to draw out his Dragon Bone Steel Sword and try it out on his sword spirit.
When the three returned, each had something on their mind, so they remained silent the whole way.
After returning and handing in their task, the three of them hurriedly reported to their superior.
"Has Marquis Chen woken up yet?" Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying asked Yang Si, who was on night duty.
After all, once someone is injured and has had their arm and leg set, they can only do this kind of work for a short period of time.
"He'll wake up in a little while. Is there something you need, Uncle Guang?" Yang Si asked with some curiosity. Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying arriving at this hour couldn't be a trivial matter.
“Let’s wait a bit. We’ll go in and report once Marquis Chen wakes up. There’s no rush.” Jiang Guang turned to Zhao Ying and said. Zhao Ying nodded, and the two of them found a place to sit down. Yang Si then appeared and started chatting idly with the two of them.
"So, you're planning to have Brother Zhao infiltrate?" Yang Si asked, somewhat shocked. This plan sounded absurd, but upon closer inspection, if it could be executed, it was indeed quite a good plan.
"Hmm, let him in. I've thought about it carefully. No one else can do it, but this guy does have a bit of ability." Jiang Guang gestured a couple of times, while Zhao Ying rolled her eyes. Yang Si shook his head repeatedly. If Zhao Ying only has a bit of ability, then someone of his level is probably only good for guarding the house.
"Yang Si, Marquis Chen is summoning you." Just as the three were chatting idly, Qingyang came out from inside, stepped over the second gate, and greeted Yang Si.
“I went in, and just as Chen Hou asked me, I told him that you two were there to find me, since my job also involves collecting reports from people who come in at night.” Yang Si nodded to Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying.
"What brings you two here?" Qingyang greeted Jiang Guang, "Uncle Guang!"
"No, forget it. Don't call me that anymore. Those kids can call me that all they want. You're sixty years old, I can't take that." Jiang Guang waved his hands repeatedly at Qingyang.
These days, there are still quite a few people who call Jiang Guang "Uncle Jiang," mainly from other counties. People in Jizhou, perhaps because they are closer to the area, have less of an admiration for him and rarely call him "Uncle Jiang." But when veterans from other places see Jiang Guang, many of them still call him that without hesitation.
"What's there to be unable to bear? What's the situation in Yunmeng right now?" Qingyang asked with some curiosity. "I've been using my talent to lock onto the main force of the Yunmeng Demon God and determine their path, so I don't know much about the exact situation on the front lines."
"They say there will be a battle at dawn today, and the enemy is coming soon." Jiang Guang explained briefly, "As for the scattered demon gods, there aren't many left now. The main force of the demon gods should have already eliminated all the threatening demon gods."
“Only someone of your level could say something like that. Even a demon god that you don’t consider dangerous is a mortal enemy to ordinary guards.” Qingyang said with a touch of emotion, then secretly glanced around. “I’ve heard that eating a demon god can seize the creation of heaven and earth.”
"No way. Everyone who eats this stuff, except for a few exceptional individuals, is doomed." Zhao Ying said speechlessly upon hearing this. He had already decided that when he turned fifty, he would follow Jiang Guang's example and use something like an oath or life reconstruction to regain his youth. Why would he eat demon god flesh? It wasn't that he was a germaphobe; he had eaten this kind of old meat when he was down on his luck. It was just that in his current situation, he wouldn't eat this stuff!
"I see. If you have time later, get me a piece so I can try it." Qingyang became somewhat interested when he heard that someone could indeed regain their youth.
"Don't even mention having time. If you want to eat, I'll get you two pieces right now." Zhao Ying said irritably, tearing a large piece of scaled meat from her Demon God Ball and tossing it to Qingyang.
"What is this?" Qingyang stared in shock at the large piece of flesh that was still growing outwards, completely bewildered.
"It's the body of a top-grade Eightfold Demon God, and we even had professionals perform a ritual to ensure its will is basically extinguished," Jiang Guang said with a hint of sarcasm.
"But why do I feel like this thing is alive? Look, the flesh is still sprouting new flesh." Qingyang was a little dumbfounded. He had considered what demon god flesh would look like, but he never thought that real demon god flesh would be like this. This was completely different from what he had seen in the Grand Martial Arts Tournament.
"Uncle Guang, Brother Zhao, Lord Chen wants you to come in and talk." Just when Qingyang felt that this thing was completely impossible to eat, He Yuan came out from the second door and greeted the three people who were chatting idly outside.
“Then we’ll go in. You can take this to Chen Hong; he can cook this.” Jiang Guang stood up and said to Qingyang, then he and Zhao Ying walked into the courtyard.
After passing through three gates, Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying were able to see Chen Xi, who still looked somewhat tired. Chen Xi hadn't had a good time these past few days either. The Demon God was indeed troublesome, and with the battle against the Demon God today, Chen Xi had specially sent people to inventory the supplies to ensure that the Han Dynasty was in a state of comprehensive advantage in all aspects. As a result, Chen Xi didn't get to rest until late at night.
"Jiang Guang, Zhao Ying, is there something you need?" Chen Xi composed himself and then looked at the two familiar veterans with a smile.
"It's like this..." Jiang Guang told Chen Xi about the things they had considered after meeting Bai Wang yesterday. Chen Xi was stunned for a moment after listening, then looked at Zhao Ying. After confirming that Zhao Ying could indeed do it, Chen Xi fell into thought.
To reiterate, Jiang Guang's quick thinking did indeed solve the problem. After all, by transforming into a demon god and leading demon gods, he could greatly reduce the losses of the Han Dynasty, whether by causing divisions or sacrificing lives.
“Zhao Ying, write a will.” Chen Xi thought for a while and gave a clear answer. “If you get caught up in it, everything you do will be recorded in history. If you return successfully, we’ll meet again at the Chang’an court next year.”
Chen Xi could grant someone the title of Marquis, but even if he granted it, the official signing would take until the court assembly at the New Year. It wasn't that he couldn't expedite it, but the title itself was a status symbol. Even if he gave them the official seal and all that, they still needed to be recognized by everyone at the court assembly. So even after the official signing, a ceremony was still required.
That's how complicated things are at the level of a gold seal.
"Thank you, Lord Chen!" Zhao Ying bowed respectfully.
"Jiang Guang, I'm entrusting the task of protecting and rescuing Zhao Ying to you. I think you should know better than me who to organize to rescue and protect her," Chen Xi said to Jiang Guang. Chen Xi still hoped that these loyal veterans would live, so as not to die.
To enable an ordinary person to rise to the rank of marquis through military merit—frankly, this is the true spirit of a founding dynasty, and only at such a time could such a class advancement occur.
As for other times, just as Guo Si said back then, if it weren't for the chaos in the world, the three of them would have worked hard all their lives and only realized in the end that the closest they ever got to becoming marquises was when they were fighting for food in the same pot as Wan Peng.
"I've thought it through," Jiang Guang said in a deep voice. When he saw Bai Wang do that, his mind raced, and he considered many things. He could only say that experience was indeed very useful, especially when it came to risking one's life and the future.
"You two stay here. I'll summon General Guan and Governor Zhou to review your plan and fill in any gaps to ensure its smooth execution," Chen Xi said to Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying, then ordered He Yuan to notify Ma Ye to take off.
Zhou Yu arrived quickly, followed by Guan Yu in full military attire. Guan Yu was already preparing to lead his troops out when, just as they were about to swear an oath and set off, Chen Xi sent Ma Ye with an imperial edict to inform him. Guan Yu knew then that something terrible had happened.
After the two arrived, Chen Xi briefly explained the current situation. Zhou Yu and Guan Yu's eyes lit up; this was great news!
"So what do we do now?" Chen Xi asked Guan Yu. Zhou Yu's land battle skills were so-so; they still had to rely on Guan Yu.
"In the early stages, let Zhao Ying test his command abilities, execute split orders within the demon gods, drive some demon gods away from the main force, and create opportunities for our elite troops to encircle and kill them. Later, after Zhao Ying has developed a high level of command ability over the demon gods, he will lead the demon gods into the optimal battlefield that we have set out in advance." Guan Yu directly stated his purpose.
"I can only command four thousand men," Zhao Ying said weakly, raising her hand.
"We can create opportunities for you, and I can even personally take action to turn that commander on the other side into your clone," Guan Yu said with a cold and arrogant expression.
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