The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 318 Water Monster (Please subscribe, collect, and recommend)
Ouch.

With a roar, a monster that was more than three meters tall fell to the ground.

There were a few drops of the monster's blood on Deputy General Zhou Hui's face, and his expression looked a little ugly.

Which monster is this?

This was already the seventh monster he had encountered in just three days since he was ordered to hunt down the students of Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

The ones in front are okay, they are only level three.

What I encountered this time was actually a fourth-level monster!
There are few monsters in Xiangzhou, but that doesn't mean there are no monsters in Xiangzhou.

It’s just that in Xiangzhou, most of these monsters hide in the deep mountains and forests, and rarely show up to do evil.

There is a saying that the monsters in Xiangzhou have different personalities from those in other places. They are unwilling to cause trouble, so if you don't actively provoke them, they will rarely leave their territory.

Zhou Hui and his men have been in Xiangzhou for some time. Recently, they have been hunting down Su Mu and others, and have been wandering in the mountains and forests for many days.

Although I have occasionally encountered monsters before, it has never been as frequent as it is now.

Almost every few dozen miles you would encounter a monster.

Moreover, the monsters encountered are all very powerful.

Just like this fourth-level monster, they were walking and somehow ended up in the fourth-level monster's territory. As a result, the fourth-level monster suddenly attacked them, causing direct casualties among hundreds of soldiers.

Zhou Hui glanced around the entire place. In just three days, they had lost hundreds of men before they even encountered their target.

Finally, his eyes fell on Su Mu.

He now even suspected that Su Mu did it on purpose.

"Master Su, are you deliberately leading us to the monster's territory?"

Zhou Hui stared at Su Mu and said in a deep voice, "Do you find this trick interesting?

If you fail to wipe out all those people in Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture within ten days, you should know the consequences.

With these means, at most we can suffer some casualties, but it won’t change anything.”

"I don't understand what you are saying, Vice General Zhou."

Su Mu said slowly.

"People of the bright side don't speak secretly."

Zhou Hui snorted coldly, "Your Taiping Division has always been dealing with demons, you know better than us where the demons are in Xiangzhou.

I can't believe it's such a coincidence that in just three days, we can encounter seven monsters in this vast mountain!"

“It’s really not a coincidence.”

Su Mu said calmly, "I designed this route for them."

"In that case, why didn't you warn me in advance?"

Zhou Hui said coldly, "Where is the monster? Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"I told you, Vice General Zhou, you don't believe it."

Su Mu spread out his hands innocently.

Zhou Hui's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Su Mu had indeed told him to be careful of the monsters in the mountains, but he thought to himself that there were more than 5,000 people in their group, so what kind of monster would dare to provoke them if it wanted to die?
He never thought that he would encounter a fourth-level monster.

"From now on, if you see any monsters, you need to tell me in advance!"

Zhou Hui said coldly, "If this happens again, I will report it to General Hu!"

"Deputy General Zhou, to be honest, we in the Taiping Division only have a rough idea of ​​the distribution of the monsters in the mountains. Otherwise, wouldn't we have already wiped them out long ago?
The number of students at the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture is small, so it is easy for them to avoid the monsters in the mountains, but there are too many of us and the noise is too loud, so it is really difficult to avoid the monsters in the mountains. "

Su Mu said seriously, "If you believe me, then maybe we can split up and reunite at the front..."

"impossible!"

Zhou Hui interrupted Su Mu and said in a decisive tone.

With five thousand people, he was confident that he could wipe out those people in Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

But if we divide our forces, what if we are defeated one by one?
There was no way he would do such a stupid thing.

Staring at Su Mu, he sneered, "Sir Su, you'd better not have any ideas. Those people from the Taiping Division are still in the hands of my general."

Zhou Hui's mission is not only to eliminate those people in Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture, but also an important mission, which is to monitor and investigate Su Mu.

He was always on guard against Su Mu.

"I have already reminded Deputy General Zhou. How to make the decision is up to you. If you encounter a sneak attack by a monster again, Deputy General Zhou, don't blame me for not reminding you."

Su Mu shrugged and said, "With so many of us and such a big noise, it's really hard not to attract the attention of the monsters in the mountains.

These monsters in the mountains are not monsters from the Demon Court, and they will not give face to His Majesty Prince Su."

Behind Su Mu, Niu Wu and others felt greatly relieved.

The more people like Zhou Hui die, the better.

Anyway, when they encounter monsters, they will definitely not put in any effort.

For the first time, Niu Wu and others felt that monsters could be so cute.

They now wish they could encounter more monsters, and it would be best if those monsters could kill Zhou Hui and his men!

However, Niu Wu and others knew clearly that although there were indeed some monsters hiding in the mountains, their number would not be too large, and it was impossible for them to kill all of Zhou Hui's 5,000 troops.

"I will report all these things to General Hu afterwards."

Zhou Hui stared at Su Mu and said coldly.

Su Mu curled his lips. Is Hu Baidao your father? He was reporting to General Hu whenever he opened his mouth.

If you want to report, you have to be alive to go back and see him.

"General Hu is definitely a reasonable man."

Su Mu said casually.

Zhou Hui snorted coldly, "Keep going!"

…………

A large group of people just left.

There was a rustling sound, and several figures appeared at the place where the army had just fought with the monster.

A figure squatted on the ground and dug for a while in the blood.

Soon, he dug out a piece of monster fur.

"Huo Zhenting, you are right. Su Mu actually wants to swallow an elephant and destroy all these 5,000 elite troops!"

Wu Yiqi quickly glanced at the words on the monster's fur, looked up and saw another person, and spoke.

"Isn't this normal? Su Mu is not an ordinary person."

Huo Zhenting said as a matter of course, "He is cruel to himself, and even crueler to his enemies.

From the beginning I didn’t believe he would surrender to Prince Su.”

"What did he say? Even if we work together inside and outside, we can't kill all of them against an army of 5,000 elite soldiers."

Mo Xuesong said.

Even if he was a genius of the time, he didn't have the confidence that he could accomplish such a thing.

Now, apart from feeling amazed at Su Mu's audacity, he really had no other thoughts.

"Then it's up to you."

Wu Yiqi looked at Mo Xuesong and said, "You Beast Taming Sect should have a way to attract monsters, right?"

"Su Mu wants me to attract monsters to deal with those people?"

Mo Xuesong frowned and said that he had a way to attract monsters, but the monsters he attracted might not be under his control.

"To destroy an elite army of 5,000 people, we must at least trigger a level 5 monster wave. There may not be so many monsters in Xiangzhou, where can I attract so many monsters?"

Mo Xuesong said helplessly. "There are some in Xiangzhou."

Wu Yiqi said in a deep voice.

"Are you crazy?"

Mo Xuesong looked at Wu Yiqi and said, "Although I am not from Xiangzhou, don't fool me."

As a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, my understanding of monsters is even better than that of the Taiping Division.

Before coming to study at Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture, I traveled in Xiangzhou for many days. Don’t I know how many monsters there are in Xiangzhou?
There are many monsters hiding in the mountains that the Xiangzhou Taiping Division may not even know about.

"There really aren't that many monsters on the land of Xiangzhou."

Wu Yiqi continued, "But in the water, there is."

After these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

Aquatic monster?

Yes!

Songjiang River flows through Xiangzhou and finally flows into the sea at Songjiang Prefecture. There are indeed aquatic monsters in Songjiang River.

Previously, people from the Pure Land Sect flooded Songjiang Prefecture. At that time, many water monsters rushed into Songjiang Prefecture, and many people died.

The most important thing is that Songjiang leads directly to the sea, and there are countless aquatic monsters in the sea——

"Aquatic monsters generally don't come ashore..."

Mo Xuesong pondered.

"If the aquatic monsters don't come ashore, then let King Su's army go into the water."

Wu Yiqi said, “We don’t need to consider this, this is something Su Mu needs to consider.

What we need to do is to lure the aquatic monsters here!"

He flipped the monster's fur.

There was a map drawn on it with charcoal, and a place was circled on the map.

That was the place where Su Mu agreed with them to take action.

"Is this - Yingchoujian?"

Huo Zhenting looked at the map carefully and said thoughtfully, "If we follow our original plan, we should enter Yuzhou from Yingchoujian."

"That's right. Mo Xuesong, do you have a way to lure the water monsters to Yingchoujian?"

Wu Yiqi nodded, looked at Mo Xuesong and said, “Su Mu said that if you can do it, then he can guarantee that you will join the Taiping Division and serve as the pacification envoy.

Do you think that if you become the pacification envoy of the Taiping Division, your Beast Taming Sect will no longer have to worry about not being able to rise?"

The Taiping Division's pacification envoy is in charge of one area, which is enough to protect the Beast Taming Sect.

The expression on Mo Xuesong's face changed constantly. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "I'll try my best, but I can't guarantee how many monsters I can attract!"

"In order to annihilate the army of 5,000 people, we need at least the same number of monsters, or even more."

Wu Yiqi said.

"I said, I can't guarantee how many I can attract, but I will try my best."

Mo Xuesong said.

…………

A team of 5,000 people cut through the mountains and built bridges over the rivers, tracking the enemy all the way.

Half of the time Hu Baidao left for them had passed.

They encountered monsters twice more. Although they were prepared, dozens of people were still killed or injured.

The terrain in the mountains is complex, and even Zhou Hui cannot blame Su Mu for this.

The original suspicion of Su Mu disappeared after seeing dozens of people running for their lives from afar.

Now Zhou Hui believes that Su Mu did not lead them astray.

Because the people he saw were clearly students from Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

They were just a few miles ahead and would soon catch up with them.

"Humph, you actually fled to the direction of Yuzhou, are you trying to play the most dangerous place and the most complete one?

It would be fine if we didn't know, but now that we know, Yuzhou is where they are buried!"

Zhou Hui sneered.

He was not afraid at all that those people would escape to Yuzhou, as Yuzhou was their base camp.

If they chase them to Yuzhou, they will immediately receive countless support, and those people will be unable to escape.

"However, they cannot escape to Yuzhou."

Zhou Hui said coldly, "Everyone listen up, move forward at full speed, and stop them before they enter Yuzhou!
Behead one person and you will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. Behead five and you will be granted a title of 100 households!"

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

As soon as Zhou Hui said this, those elite soldiers shouted excitedly.

Seeing that the soldiers were starting to speed up, Niu Wu and the others showed worry on their faces.

They didn't know Su Mu's plan.

But they know the strength of these soldiers.

Although the army of 5,000 lost hundreds of people along the way, the remaining people were enough to annihilate the students of Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

Everyone looked at Su Mu with some confusion.

"Deputy General Zhou, if I remember correctly, there should be a place called Yingchoujian ahead. The terrain there is so dangerous that even an eagle cannot fly over it.

According to my original plan, they would cross the river from Yingchoujian and enter the territory of Yuzhou.

If they cross the Eagle Sorrow Gorge, we may not be able to catch up with them."

Su Mu spoke slowly.

"I know about Yingchoujian."

Zhou Hui said coldly, "There is a suspension bridge over Yingchoujian. After they pass through, they will definitely cut the suspension bridge."

As he marched quickly, he said, "If they think they can stop me like this, then they are underestimating Zhou."

"Deputy General Zhou, are you planning to force your way across the river?"

Su Mu said, "As far as I know, there are water monsters in Songjiang. If we force our way across the river, what if——"

"just in case?"

Zhou Hui sneered, "How do you think we got from Yuzhou to Xiangzhou?
How can a few monsters stop the progress of my army?"

He didn't take it seriously at all. There were indeed water monsters in Songjiang, but they were not brainless. They would only bully people who were alone. Faced with an elite army of thousands of people, they would not have enough time to escape.

Unless the aquatic monsters in Songjiang could gather thousands of them, they might be able to threaten his army.

But is it possible?
The following things might happen in the sea, but the monsters in Songjiang are just a pile of scattered sand, how can they gather together?

"Lord Su, do you think they can rest easy after they cross the Eagle Sorrow Gorge?"

Zhou Hui looked at Su Mu and said coldly, "You are deliberately delaying time just to wait for them to pass Yingchoujian, right?
Do you think the terrain of Yingchoujian can stop me?

You underestimate Zhou too much. I'm not bragging, it won't take half a day for my army to rebuild a floating bridge in Yingchoujian.

Just wait and see. I will definitely bring those people's heads back to General Hu. At the same time, I will expose your true identity to General Hu. You'd better give up the idea of ​​saving people under my nose!"

"Vice General Zhou, you really misunderstood me. I never intended to stop you. I just reminded you of the risks."

Su Mu shrugged and said aggrievedly.

"I have done my duty. If anything goes wrong, it's not my fault."

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