That night, Li Changsheng was practicing in his room.

Suddenly, a eunuch pushed the door open and came in.

He fixed his eyes.

The person who came turned out to be Bai Xue in disguise.

"Baixue, why are you here?"

Bai Xue said, "We've discovered that the Tiandao League has been very active in the capital region recently."

"The leader is most likely the Saint of the Heavenly Dao Alliance!"

Hearing this, the image of the woman in black with a veil on her face immediately appeared in Li Changsheng's mind.

Could this Saintess of the Heavenly Dao Alliance be her?

"Bai Xue, why would the Saintess of the Heavenly Dao Alliance come here for no reason?"

Bai Xue shook her head and said, "I'm not sure yet. The commander suspects that the black-clad assassins chasing after Princess Baili are most likely from the Tiandao League and are the work of this Saint!"

"They are trying to stir up conflict between the imperial court and King Zhao in this way, so they can fish in troubled waters!"

Li Changsheng thought about it and felt that this motive was quite sufficient.

After all, the Tiandao League has already started an uprising in Yannan.

Only when the imperial court is in chaos will they have the opportunity to gain power.

Otherwise, even if the Wu Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, it would still have the power to destroy them.

Moreover, when he first dealt with the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Dao Alliance.

The other party was trying to assassinate General Xiao Tiangui.

Assassinating Princess Baili seems to be their style of doing things.

Bai Xue suddenly thought of something and reminded him, "Not only in the Divine Capital, but also all over the capital, in Funiu Mountain, and Crouching Tiger Ridge, they are active there."

"You must be careful when you send out your troops. Don't underestimate the enemy and fall into their ambush!"

Li Changsheng shrugged and said, "I am very careful, but they both don't listen to me!"

"Every one of them boasted that they could wipe out the bandits in the Three Mountains with only 500 of their own troops!"

Bai Xue frowned slightly and asked, "Then why don't you, the military supervisor, try to persuade them?"

Li Changsheng spread his hands and said, "I tried to persuade them, but it was no use. They didn't listen to me at all!"

"It's hard to persuade damned ghosts with kind words. Since they want to die, let them go!"

Bai Xue thought about it carefully and realized that this made sense, so she didn't continue.

"Then I'll be leaving first. If you need anything, please contact me immediately!"

After Li Changsheng sent Bai Xue away, he took the surrounding topographic map and began to study it.

At four o'clock in the morning, before daybreak, the sound of drums beating "dong dong dong" to gather troops was heard in the yard.

"what happened?"

Soon, a eunuch came running over and said:

"Manager Li, it's General Jiang gathering his troops!"

It turned out that in order to seize the first credit, Jiang Li planned to gather troops and go to war before dawn.

Li Changsheng hesitated for a moment and then stepped forward to say hello.

"General Jiang, are you going to war so early?"

When Jiang Li saw Li Changsheng, he had an arrogant expression on his face as if to say, "What do you, a eunuch, know?"

"Master Li, you don't understand, don't you? Speed is of the essence in war. I'm leaving this morning, and I reckon you'll hear news of my triumphant return by evening!"

Having said that, he lowered his voice again and said with a wretched look on his face:

"When the time comes, you must let me pick two more beautiful palace maids!"

When Li Changsheng heard this, his face was immediately filled with ashamed.

"That's natural!"

"But General Jiang, it's better to be cautious. After all, these bandits and thugs have the advantage of terrain, so we should avoid rushing in and falling into their ambush."

Jiang Li looked up with disdain and said:

"My Lord Military Supervisor, you overestimate these bandits. They are just a bunch of farmers who have put down their hoes. They are just a mob. Do they know what an ambush is?"

"Besides, even if there's an ambush, what can we do? With these brothers under my command, each one can defeat a hundred of them. It would be a piece of cake to defeat them!"

"Alright, Steward Li, that's all I have to say. This general is about to go off to battle. Just wait for news of my triumphant return and celebrate for me!"

After saying this, he held his head high and chest out like a proud rooster.

Bringing a thousand elite soldiers from his headquarters.

They marched towards Funiu Mountain in a mighty force.

Looking at Jiang Li's figure walking away, Li Changsheng shook his head helplessly.

"Hey, if you don't seek death, you won't die!"

"Master, who will die?"

Lanzhi came over and asked like a curious baby.

Li Changsheng said angrily: "Who cares who dies? As long as it's not us!"

……

At noon:

Jiang Li led the army and was already a hundred miles away from the city.

Halfway along the road, I saw an old man walking towards me with a child.

When the old man saw the soldiers, he was so scared that his legs shook like sieves and he quickly moved away.

Jiang Li pointed ahead and ordered, "Bring them here!"

Soon, the old man and the child were brought over tremblingly by the personal guards.

Jiang Li asked, "Old man, how far is this place from Funiu Mountain?"

The old man pointed ahead and said tremblingly, "Go west for thirty miles and you will enter the Funiu Mountains!"

Jiang Li looked in the direction of his finger.

"very good!"

The old man asked cautiously: "Master, if there is nothing else, we will leave first!"

Jiang Li nodded and said, "Let's go!"

Upon hearing this, the father-in-law felt as if he had been pardoned and quickly pulled his grandson away.

But at this moment, a sharp blade pierced through his body from behind.

The father-in-law turned back with difficulty.

"Master Jun, you..."

Before he could finish his words, Jiang Li had already pulled out the sharp blade, splattering the child with blood.

The child was frightened and lay on the old man, looking at him and calling him Grandpa.

"General, why are you doing this?"

A yamen runner who went with the army asked hurriedly.

Jiang Li's face showed a sinister look, and he said, "Can't you see? This old man is a spy for the bandits!"

The child cried for a while, then glared at Jiang Li with hatred.

"Give me back my grandpa, give me back my grandpa..."

"Go away!"

Jiang Li swung his sword and chopped the unfortunate child away.

Seeing this, the yamen runner asked, "General, this child is only six or seven years old. Could he also be a spy for the bandits?"

Jiang Li said coldly: "He is not one yet, but who can guarantee that he won't become a bandit when he grows up?"

"General, this is a precautionary measure!"

Having said that, he glared at the yamen runner angrily with his sinister eyes.

"Why, are you sympathizing with these bandits and accusing me of killing innocent people?"

The yamen runner was so frightened that he trembled and quickly lowered his head, saying that he didn't dare.

"Humph, I'm glad you don't dare!"

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he stepped on the corpses of the grandfather and grandson, and continued to gallop towards Funiu Mountain with his Longxiong Guard.

After advancing another thirty miles, they entered the territory of Funiu Mountain.

A deputy general who was knowledgeable about military affairs took the initiative to step forward and remind him.

"General, I feel like this is a bit strange. Beware of ambushes!"

However, Jiang Li turned a deaf ear to this reminder and smiled contemptuously.

"Haha, they're just a bunch of farmers who put down their hoes. They're just a mob. What kind of trouble can they cause?"

"Don't even mention there's no ambush. Even if there is, this general can lead his men to directly kill them all!"

The deputy general wanted to persuade him again, but the words were not out of his mouth yet.

He was stopped by Jiang Li.

"Deputy General Fang, if you dare say another word, I will punish you for disturbing the morale of the army!"

Upon hearing this, the deputy general immediately fell silent and dared not say another word.

Jiang Li yelled at the top of his lungs, "Brothers, wipe out this bandit's lair before sunset today!"

"When the time comes, women and silver will all be yours to plunder!"

After hearing Jiang Li's words, the soldiers under his command immediately became excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and started shouting.

And so they continued to go deeper inside.

Until we came to a narrow mountain range.

The deputy general stepped forward again to remind him.

"General, this place is narrow, with high mountains and dense forests. Be careful of ambushes!"

But Jiang Li still didn't take it seriously.

"Deputy General Fang, didn't I just say that they are just a bunch of farmers who have put down their hoes, a mob. Even if there is an ambush, what can they do to me?"

So he led his army deep into the enemy's territory again.

But not long after they started walking, there was a sudden sound of drums on the mountain.

All kinds of rolling logs and boulders rushed down.

Jiang Li and his thousand soldiers were caught off guard.

Countless people were injured or killed.

Soon, the ambush troops came out and tens of thousands of bandits rushed down like a rolling tide.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Li's expression suddenly changed.

However, he still did not take this group of bandits and mobs seriously.

"Hold your position!"

"Cavalry, follow me and charge!"

Jiang Li led the cavalry and rushed towards the bandits.

The equipment of these bandits was very poor, and many of their bows and arrows even had no arrowheads.

But a sharpened wooden stick.

Such bows and arrows naturally cannot break through the fully armored Dragon Guards.

Jiang Li rushed forward, and the long sword in his hand slashed fiercely like a meteor chasing the moon.

The first few bandits who were hit died under his knife on the spot and lay in a pool of blood in a daze.

Seeing that he was charging so smoothly, Jiang Li showed a proud smile.

"This general has already said that these are just a bunch of rabble, nothing to be afraid of!"

"You rabble, instead of just waiting to be slaughtered, are actually trying to stop a chariot with your bare hands. You are simply overestimating your own capabilities!"

"My men, charge and kill them all!"

At the same time, on the top of the mountain, two people were watching all this.

"Saintess, these Dragon Guards are very powerful. If our people don't take action now, these rebel armies will probably be wiped out by them and completely collapsed."

Bian Yue hesitated for a moment and said, "Then let our people take action!"

Hongxiu responded.

He personally led fifty well-trained fighters and attacked Jiang Li.

She took the lead and swung out a red silk ribbon to entangle Jiang Li.

Jiang Li saw that there was a slim beauty among the bandit army.

His eyes suddenly lit up and he picked up his sword and went to fight.

I plan to capture it and have a good taste of it tonight.

The fifty fighters brought by Hongxiu were all well-trained elite warriors with many battle experiences.

The most important thing is that they have all seen blood and killed people.

With their participation, the coalition forces quickly stabilized their position.

This shook the morale of the coalition forces, which were on the verge of collapse.

"Brothers, these soldiers won't let us live. Follow me and kill them!"

"Go, kill them!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

……

The Longxiong Guards on Jiang Li's side are well-equipped with weapons.

But they are the imperial guards, and their main duty is to guard the imperial palace.

Therefore, many people were going to the battlefield for the first time.

If the battle is going in your favor, your morale will naturally be high and you can defeat the enemy thousands of miles away.

But once the situation turned against them, they, who had no experience in fighting, were immediately beaten back to their original form.

When they saw their companions being ruthlessly slaughtered and their armor stained red with blood.

Everyone fell into panic.

So much so that many people have forgotten the fighting skills that the coach taught them in the training ground.

This combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Thus, the roles of hunter and prey began to reverse.

The Longxiong Guards fell one after another.

When casualties exceeded 30%, they began to collapse.

But the terrain here is too narrow, and the horses under their crotch cannot take advantage of their speed at all.

Many of the soldiers were so panicked that they rushed into the thieves' den and were hacked to pieces.

"General, we can't hold on any longer. Break out quickly. If we delay any longer, we will probably be wiped out!"

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, a personal soldier quickly warned Jiang Li, who was still fighting with Hongxiu.

Seeing that defeat was inevitable, Jiang Li did not dare to stay any longer even though he was extremely angry.

He immediately took his personal soldiers and broke out in the direction they came from.

However, how could Hongxiu let him leave so easily?

He immediately took people and followed and killed him.

This forced Jiang Li to leave behind another 300 corpses before he barely escaped.

When he reached a safe place, he began to count the number of people.

There are less than a hundred people.

Ten do not save one.

A real fiasco!

For a moment, Jiang Li found it difficult to accept this result.

He looked up at the setting sun, which was dyed red with blood.

Then he looked down at himself, covered in blood and in a miserable state.

He recalled the lofty ambitions he had expressed to Li Changsheng before he went on the expedition.

This made him roar hysterically like a wild beast.

"This isn't true, it's not true. How could I, Jiang Li, be defeated by a mob?"

"This is impossible, impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Hearing this sharp roar, Deputy General Fang Tong frowned and stepped forward to persuade.

"General, we have just escaped and have not yet reached a safe place. Don't shout so loudly, or we will attract pursuers!"

Jiang Li didn't remember the beating and started roaring at Fang Tong again.

"Fang Tong, are you teaching me how to do things?"

"That group of rioters only have two legs and don't even have a horse. How could they possibly catch up with us?"

But before he could finish his words, he heard a series of loud thudding sounds coming from far away.

Jiang Li looked in the direction of the sound.

Suddenly, he was shocked and his eyes were bloodshot.

All I could see was the sound of horse hooves in front of me, raising dust that covered the sky and the sun.

Seeing this, the personal guards quickly warned him.

"General, the enemy is chasing us, mount your horses!"

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, then jumped up, jumped onto the warhorse, and continued to gallop for his life.

But as he was running, several trip ropes suddenly appeared on the road.

Jiang Li was not careful for a moment and fell to the ground on the spot.

Before he could get up again.

The cold sword tip was already at the throat.

"Go to hell, bitch thief!"

Hongxiu was about to strike with her sword, but ended up killing Jiang Li.

However, he was stopped by Bian Yue.

"Hongxiu, this man is the nephew of the current empress dowager. Please spare his life for now!"

Upon hearing this, Hongxiu put away her sword and had someone tie up Jiang Li with iron chains.

Just then, a carrier pigeon landed.

Hongxiu took out the letter raft and said excitedly:

"Saintess, the news from Crouching Tiger Ridge. They lured the enemy deep into our territory, catching the Tiger Wing Guards off guard. Xiao Qi's entire army was wiped out, and he barely escaped!"

Upon hearing the news, Bian Yue's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a satisfied smile.

Hongxiu said excitedly, "Saintess, two of the three armies of the imperial court have been completely annihilated. Only the Shouyang Mountain army led by Li Changsheng remains."

"Let's surround them now and eat up this last group!"

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