Immortal Road.

Chapter 289 The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying

Lin Shan and the other two took the opportunity to become followers of the Demon King Kuihu and obey his orders.

Mr. Bei repeatedly advised, always feeling that the three human boys had other plans, or even bad intentions. He hoped that the Demon King Kuihu would not let the aliens interfere in the war between the demons, and it would be better to use his own people who were reliable.

The demon king Kuihu believes that listening to both sides will lead to enlightenment, while listening to only one side will lead to darkness.

Over the years, only Mr. Bei could give advice, but he never helped him swallow the Yuanlu Demon King. This time, he was unable to detect the ambush set by the Yuanlu Demon King, which made the Kuihu Demon King somewhat doubtful of its abilities.

And now, he finally had three more "foreign aids", who were recommended by the famous Ming Snake Demon King from the Star-Swallowing Mountains. Isn't this equivalent to increasing his own think tank all at once?
As for whether the Ming Snake Demon King helped him or not, the Kuihu Demon King didn't care at all.

First of all, this is a forbidden area on the cliff, a place where no one lives, and it has many natural barriers to the outside world. The key is that this is also the ancient battlefield of the evil demons from outer space. Many places are considered dangerous even by it, and foreign demons basically do not covet them.

The Star-Swallowing Mountains are rich in resources, vast in territory, and home to many monsters. How could they be interested in such a remote place as the Forbidden Cliff Land?

Secondly, the Kuihu Demon King has now reached the late Nascent Soul stage. His strength is his confidence, and he is not afraid of being harmed by others.

Last but not least, its greatest enemy in life, the Yuanlu Demon King, has become a grave concern for it, and it cannot be allowed to grow any further!
We must take advantage of this breakthrough and achieve our goal in one fell swoop, completely defeating or driving them away, competing for Hongyaye and stabilizing our hegemony in the south.

These three human think tanks arrived at the right time, neither too early nor too late!

If they can really help him achieve his long-cherished wish, then he will reward them with some benefits, and even make some concessions to the Ming Snake Demon King. The Kuihu Demon King will do anything for him!

Which is lighter and heavier, at a glance.

Mr. Bei wanted to persuade him again, but was stopped by the Demon King Kuihu. He had no choice but to accept his fate.

Then came the discussion of advancing troops.

"Now that we know that the Yuanlu Demon King is waiting in ambush ahead, what can you teach me?"

The Kuihu Demon King sat back on the throne, his big horse and golden sword exuding his domineering aura, and asked the four think tanks for advice.

Mr. Bei was the first to come out.

"Since the king has decided to advance, then in my opinion, it is better to advance steadily and cautiously, with a camp every ten miles and a city every hundred miles. Just push forward smoothly, and no matter how the Yuanlu Monster King tempts us, we will not be fooled."

"Even if they surprise us and ambush us in an unexpected place, or launch a surprise attack, we can use the prepared fortifications we made in advance as a retreat route."

"As the Art of War says, think about defeat before planning for victory, and you will be invincible!"

……

Mr. Bei's suggestion is very pertinent and is quite conventional. Given the uncertain future, there is nothing wrong with it. Moreover, it is both offensive and defensive and is very thoughtful.

The Kuihu Demon King couldn't help but nodded. He knew that this was also Mr. Bei's usual style, which was steady.

However, different opinions emerged among the people at this time.

"Hahaha, what Mr. Bei said is true, but doing this is no different from withdrawing troops for defense! Once the ambush of the Yuanlu Demon King fails, he will fall into a stalemate with the king again, which will last for a long time and there will be no victory!"

All the monsters turned their heads and found that the person who spoke this time was none other than Lin Shan.

"The Art of War says that in every battle, one must use the normal means to win, and the surprising means to win. Stability can only last for a while, and only the surprising means to win!"

Lin Shan strode out and bowed.

"Your Majesty, if you follow Mr. Bei's strategy, then even if you wait until the seas run dry and the rocks crumble, you will never see the day of defeating the Yuanlu Monster King. Instead, you will just be killing time with your opponent. This is absolutely not advisable!"

Mr. Bei was furious. "How dare you, you little brat, speak so arrogantly? I have assisted the king for a hundred years, and I have always been steady and have never made any mistakes. I rely on my cautious use of troops. What qualifications do you, a casual cultivator in the wild, have to question me here?"

Lin Shan took the lead and looked at him intently.

"It is precisely because you have assisted the king for hundreds of years that you not only failed to defeat the Yuanlu Demon King early on, but instead gave him so many years to develop, allowing him to grow step by step into a mortal threat to the king. What is the difference between this and secretly aiding the enemy?"

"If it were me, I would be able to defeat the enemy in a few years and help the king conquer Hongya and become the hegemon!"

"He has obviously not read many books, but he pretends to be a decent person, and he is hanging around the king to cheat him. In fact, he has no knowledge at all, and he only knows how to use his limited knowledge to hinder the king's progress!"

"You must know that mediocrity is a sin! The king has been forced to this point today, all because of you!"

……

"you"

Mr. Bei was furious and pointed at Lin Shan, not knowing what to say. After all, he was just a closed-minded demon. How could he debate with Lin Shan, who was a keyboard warrior in his previous life?

Zhong Shenxiu and Young Master Jiuyou secretly praised, knowing that Lin Shan had begun to secretly make efforts to get rid of this monster. It would be better not to keep this stumbling block. The three of them are now united as one, and will do anything to achieve the ultimate goal.

"Second brother is right! Some people are like monsters, immersed in their own world all day without realizing it. In fact, they are frogs in the well, sitting in the well and looking at the world."

"Second brother is right! If you ask what is the biggest mistake in the world, then mediocrity is a mistake! You delayed the Yuanlu Demon King during those few years when he was just starting out and weak. If you could have killed the seed in its infancy at that time, how could we have the trouble we have today?"

Even though Mr. Bei disagreed with the three people's ideas, he couldn't fight three of them alone, so he could only cry out in grief:
"I'd rather do nothing than make a mistake!"

The three brothers sneered in unison: "He is a mediocre person who missed the opportunity to fight. He is a good-for-nothing and is not worth training!"

"enough!"

The Kuihu Demon King shouted loudly and stopped their quarrel.

It was a little annoyed at this time, because it also wanted to defeat the Yuanlu Demon King as soon as possible. It was more eager than anyone else to achieve quick success. After listening to Lin Shan's words, it was a little tired of Mr. Bei's steady approach.

Two hundred years ago, we took a steady and cautious approach, and we still take a steady and cautious approach now.

But the question is, you have been steady all the time, but what have you achieved?
The Yuanlu Demon King is getting stronger day by day, and he cannot defeat his enemies just by being stable. The Kuihu Demon King has a seed of disappointment in his heart.

Mr. Bei is a demon and is not as scheming as the three brothers, but he is still emphasizing his own point of view at this time.

"My lord, winning by playing it safe is the right path. If we make a mistake, we still have a way out. But if we take a radical risk, we will be doomed. We cannot afford any mistakes!"

The demon king Kuihu did not act arbitrarily. Instead, he comforted the old wolf first and then asked Lin Shan to express his own strategy.

"I wonder what advice does Mr. Lin have?"

Lin Shan cleared his throat, he knew it was time to start his performance.

"Your Majesty, allow me to tell you a story first."

The monsters were stunned. Telling stories again?

"This story follows what my third brother said last time, and it is also a story about the State of Wei and the State of Qi.

The commanders and military advisors of both sides are still the same lineup as last time, except that the time is earlier than last time.

It is said that at the beginning, the State of Wei was at its peak and wanted to attack the neighboring State of Zhao, so it mobilized all its national strength to send a large army into Zhao.

Zhao was defeated, so it asked Qi for help, and Qi agreed to send troops.

The commander of the Qi army originally wanted to rescue the State of Zhao directly, but the military advisor of the Qi army suggested: Those who want to resolve complicated disputes do not control their fists, and those who want to rescue a fight do not fight. Instead, they can attack the strong and destroy the weak, and if the situation is restricted, they will resolve the dispute by themselves.

The commander of the Qi army followed the plan. Instead of rescuing Zhao, he took advantage of the situation and attacked the capital of Wei, Dadu.

When the Wei army, which was fighting far away in Zhao State, heard that their hometown was being robbed, they hurriedly withdrew their troops to defend it. However, they were ambushed by the Qi army on their way back and were caught off guard and completely defeated.

This is a strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao."

……

After hearing this, the demon king Kuihu thought about the present situation and reacted immediately.

"Then this time, the identities are swapped. I can be the commander of the Qi army, and the Yuanlu Monster King will be the commander of the Wei army?"

"Of course!"

Lin Shan smiled slightly and pointed at the map to explain to the monsters. "Didn't the Yuanlu Monster King want to ambush us in the Xuanwu Corpse Rejection Area and set up a large number of troops in front to wait for us to fall into the trap? But we just don't want to fulfill his wish. This time, we will ignore his bait and defeat the soldiers, and instead take a detour across Hongyaye and surprise attack his lair, Hongya Cave!"

"By then, all of Yuanlu Demon King's preparations will be useless, and all his plots will be in vain. He will have no choice but to be led by the nose by us, abandon the ambush, and lead his troops to rescue his lair."

"At that time, we only need to set up an ambush on its way back, wait for it to tire itself out, and catch it off guard."

"In this way, the host turned from the hunter to the prey, from it ambushing the king to the king ambushing it. The hunter and the prey changed in an instant!"

……

The eyes of the Kuihu Demon King lit up and he slammed the table hard.

"it is good!"

At this moment, its tone immediately changed from before, and its address was respectful.

"Mr. Lin's words are like a revelation to me. They have opened my eyes! Besieging Wei to save Zhao and making a feint to the east and attacking in the west are indeed good strategies!"

In comparison, Mr. Bei's previous steady and cautious approach seemed so mediocre.

Especially the brothers Zhong Shenxiu and Lin Shan, every time they explained the strategies, they would quote classics and intersperse examples to make their analysis easy to understand, making it very clear to a rough man like the demon king Kuihu. Learning from history is like seeing the sun after the clouds have been cleared.

Mr. Bei has known how to advance step by step over the past few hundred years. Not only has his progress been slow, but the fights have also been very frustrating. The Yuanlu Demon King has become stronger as the battle went on, and the Kuihu Demon King has long been a little impatient.

This time there was a chance to win quickly and break the deadlock, and the speculative excitement in the bones of the Kuihu Demon King was immediately aroused.

"Just as Mr. Lin said, we will make sure that Yuanlu Demon King suffers a great loss this time!"

The young master of Jiuyou also stepped out at this time and began to check for omissions and fill in the gaps.

"Your Majesty, my second brother's plan just now was very brilliant, but I have something to add."

The Kuihu Demon King did not dare to underestimate these three people, and his tone became more and more friendly.

"Young friend Wei Wuya, ahem, what do you think, Mr. Wei?"

Young Master Jiuyou was not in a hurry and began to list them one by one.

"Since we have decided on the strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, why not just go all out with the show!"

"The Yuan Deer Monster King wants to lure you into a trap. You might as well pretend to fall for it and follow the defeated enemy soldiers all the way to confuse them and tie up all of the Yuan Deer Monster King's energy, so that he will be complacent without even realizing it."

"My three brothers led the troops to attack Hongya Cave by surprise. On the way, we spread the news throughout Hongya Wilderness to shake the morale of the Yuanlu Monster King's troops."

"When you arrive at the Xuanwu Corpse Rejection Site, don't rush in rashly. Just stay outside and hold the stalemate. It can't do anything. It has no choice but to return to rescue its nest."

"And at that time, the king can take advantage of the situation to follow him, and the three of us brothers can turn around and ambush him, forming a pincer attack from the front and back!"

"At that time, the Yuanlu Demon King had no way to go up to heaven or down to earth. Apart from being annihilated by the king, how could he have any other way to escape?"

……

The young master of Jiuyou was even more ruthless. He directly changed the one-sided ambush into a two-sided encirclement and attack. This was indeed safer and could even effectively annihilate the enemy army. Lin Shan and Zhong Shenxiu could not help but nod their heads repeatedly.

Even better, Young Master Jiuyou suggested letting the Demon King Kuihu restrain the Demon King Yuanlu, while the three of them led their troops to launch a surprise attack on Hongya Cave!
This little abacus is played
Lin Shan and Zhong Shenxiu were secretly delighted, and praised him in their hearts for being worthy of being the eldest brother!

The Ming Snake Demon King also sighed again and again, these three brats are so cunning and shrewd, one thing leads to another, it's really true that the young are to be feared.

The Demon King Kuihu didn't know what the three brothers were planning. When he heard what Young Master Jiuyou said, he immediately felt that it made sense.

"Mr. Wei has made thorough considerations. I am convinced!"

The Demon King Kuihu looked at the map, and according to Lin Shan's previous plan and the preparations of Young Master Jiuyou, he gradually constructed a complete scene in his mind.

The more it thought about it, the more perfect it seemed. The more excited it became, it thought that it would soon be able to teach the Yuanlu Demon King a lesson, which filled it with energy!
Looking at the three brothers under his tent, the Demon King Kuihu liked them more and more. These three men were good at planning and coming up with clever strategies. They were truly the king's lucky stars!

Compared with the old wolf next to it, it suddenly felt dwarfed.

This strategy is so far from enough!

There is no harm without comparison!
Mr. Bei was completely unaware of the subtle change in his master's mentality. He was still diligently looking at the map, deducing the feasibility of Lin Shan's strategy, mumbling to himself and scratching his ears.

The Kuihu Demon King ignored it, but stood up again and walked to the tent, holding up the hands of the three people with his broad tiger paw.

True feelings are revealed, and the tiger's eyes are filled with tears.

"Over the years, although I have been very brave, I have been unable to defeat the Yuanlu Demon King. I can only watch it grow bigger and bigger, and my anxiety is getting worse day by day."

"God has mercy on me. I am fortunate to have the three of you helping me today. I have cultivated virtue for half my life. May the demon clan's great saint bless me!"

"Thirty years of fame and glory are dust, eight thousand miles of journey are clouds and moon. I am like a fish in water with three of you. Why should I worry about not achieving my hegemony?"

……

Lin Shan and the other two were moved to tears and bowed quickly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not abandoning us. How dare we not die in devotion to you!"

The Kuihu Demon King laughed loudly towards the sky, his voice as loud as thunder.

"Gentlemen, please stand up quickly. From today on, I will appoint you three as military advisors and you will obey my orders in my tent!"

"In addition, I have twelve Jindan-stage demon generals under my throne. They are the twelve cave masters, each leading a cave's soldiers. In order to treat them equally, I have specially allocated three caves' demon soldiers from my private territory to be led by three of you."

"After you defeat the Yuanlu Demon King, I will personally authorize you to occupy the Three Caves and the mountaintops. I will allow you to establish your own residence and build your own headquarters!"

……

Lin Shan and the other two were overjoyed, knowing that the Demon King Kuihu was generous and had directly delegated military power to them!

This demon king is too generous!
The three of them even had a feeling of dying for their friend. It was the first time that they were valued so much by a big shot.

This is the unique personal charm of the Kuihu Demon King.

You have to know that the Demon King Kuihu is a great master in the late Nascent Soul stage. If the news gets out that he is so courteous to others, it will be enough for them to brag about it for a long time!

In the human race's territory, such people are like elusive dragons. They usually have a high status and position. In their eyes, Jindan stage cultivators are not worthy of being on the table and they don't even bother to pay attention to them.

And in this forbidden area on the cliff, with the recommendation letter from the Ming Snake Demon King, the right time, the right place and the right people, the three people's wisdom and talents just happened to come in handy.

"I will not let the king down!"

Lin Shan and his two men held hands and bowed deeply, performing the etiquette between ruler and subject.

Mr. Bei was also dumbfounded at this time. He hadn't noticed that these three guys were on the same level as me. How could that be possible?
It quickly advised: "Your Majesty, please don't do that! Although these three people are from good backgrounds, their intentions are unclear. You can't easily delegate military power to them!"

The Kuihu Demon King was calm and composed, showing his heroic character, and ignored its advice.

But with a big wave of his hand.

“Keng!~~~”

Draw the sword from its sheath and point it into the distance.

"Send the order immediately to the entire camp!"

"Drum roll, march!"

"I will fight the Yuanlu Demon King to the death!"

(End of this chapter)