Chapter Eighty-four: The Reinforcements That Need Reinforcement
Although Luoshi Qi wanted Fei Wuji to die now, after hearing the words of the King of Chu, she also felt that letting him live now was indeed more beneficial for the state of Chu.
Of course, whether it is beneficial to the State of Chu is not a big deal for her, but she also knows that according to the current situation, even if she lets King Chu kill Fei Wuji, it will probably summon him to plead for mercy. Moreover, King Chu has repeatedly assured her that he has already stripped away Fei Wuji's original noble status, and Fei Wuji no longer holds as much power in the State of Chu as before. After completing this matter, he will be demoted to a commoner and allowed to return to his family's territory to live out his days.
Fei Wuji is still far from the age where he can't work and has to retire, but who made him do things that are unforgivable in recent days?
The joy of reuniting with Tang Xiaxia diluted Luosiqi's current hatred for Fei Wujin. She agreed to put this matter aside for now and returned to her place to pack up before setting off to join Tianyu's army.
She returned to her residence and found that the archer was already waiting for her in her bedroom. It turned out that the archer had stayed on a tree in the rain last night to prevent Mo Ye from launching a sneak attack, but he couldn't bear it anymore and came back. He got sick today because of getting wet in the rain. He came here to ask Luosi Qi for leave to rest in the palace for a few days before going to catch up with Tian Yu's army that Luosi Qi was about to join.
Luosi saw his haggard appearance and hurriedly asked him to go back and rest, telling him not to worry, that it was not too late to pursue her after he had fully recovered from his illness.
Luosiqi felt a little guilty about what happened to She Xiang because it was she who had told him to ambush from the tree, but when the heavy rain came, she ran away without hesitation, although this choice was correct for everyone, but she still felt that she had let him down and was very embarrassed.
Tang Xiao Xia had no interest in following the army to war, he told Luo Si Qi that the reason he could melt the ice she summoned with his palm was because he accidentally discovered that his palms always maintained a warm temperature, and as long as he wanted to, he could use his spiritual power to make anything that came into contact with his palms reach the same temperature. This ability was completely useless in fighting against people, since his palm's temperature couldn't scald anyone, but it had an amazing effect when facing Luo Si Qi's ice which even she herself couldn't do anything about.
Of course he had no interest because Lucy had to go so he also knew and followed along.
Luosiqi brought Tang Xiaoxia and Tianyu together, and the army set off for Zhengguo again. Luosiqi introduced Tang Xiaoxia to Tianyu as her senior brother. After carefully sizing up Tang Xiaoxia for a while, Tianyu said to Luosiqi: "Your senior brother is indeed dignified and extraordinary in appearance."
Tian Yu asked as soon as he finished speaking, what magical powers his senior brother had, because they would be fighting against Jin State soon. He thought that even if Luo Siqi's senior brother could reach the same level as Luo Siqi, the possibility of Chu army winning would greatly increase.
He didn't expect Luosi's answer to make him feel like crying and laughing at the same time, because Luosi smiled and told him: "My senior brother learned different things from our master than I did. His martial arts and magic are very poor, but he is good at alchemy and divination!"
Alchemy and divination have always been highly respected in ancient times, but the practical application of these abilities on the battlefield is actually very limited. Tian Yu thinks that now Tang Xiao Shrimp can only help himself by using divination to determine when and where to fight, although this is far from what he had previously hoped for, having some use is better than none. Looking at Luo Siqi's face, Tian Yu also treated Tang Xiao Shrimp with courtesy.
After Luo Siqi, he began to tell Tian Yu about the details of last night's assassination by Mo Ye.
Tian Yu listened to what happened in the Wang Palace last night, and he was both surprised and sighed. He said with some resentment: "A guy like Fei Wuji should have been torn apart long ago, and the king is too kind to keep him."
Luoshiqi then explained to Tianyu the reason why King Chu spared Fei Wuji's life. After listening, Tianyu could only sigh, and like Luoshiqi, he was unwilling to accept King Chu's final judgment, but had no choice but to acknowledge that it was now a fait accompli.
News of the war in front is constantly coming, and now the capital of Zheng is surrounded by the army of Jin. The army of Qi has also arrived at the side of the capital of Zheng, but it just watches from the sidelines without joining the attack. It is said that originally Jin and Qi had reached an agreement, Qi's troops came only to help Jin fight against Chu, before the arrival of the main force of Chu, no matter how Jin and Zheng fought, Qi did not plan to join in.
Tian Yu heard that Luoshiqi told him that the King of Chu was trying to make peace with Fei Wuji and Yeshen Jiao, and he felt that Qu Li might be recalled to Doucheng after making peace with the King of Chu and Yeshen Jiao. Therefore, after his army entered Chengfu, he intentionally stopped advancing and wanted to wait for Qu Li to lead the reinforcements to support him in Chengfu. Unexpectedly, soon after his army arrived in Chengfu, an urgent order from the King of Chu was sent over.
Originally, in order to prevent another mass murder from happening, the activity of allowing people to enter Black Witch Mountain for exploration had been suspended. However, unexpectedly, cases of people going mad began to appear one after another within the city as well. Such incidents were impossible to guard against, causing everyone's hearts to be filled with anxiety and fear that their companions beside them would suddenly go mad and kill them at any moment.
Thus, Qu Li was forced to make the decision to withdraw the main army from Yinyu City and retreat to Liujin City. Meanwhile, the Night God Sect saw that the Chu army could not even hold on to Yinyu City, so they sent someone to tell Fei Wuji: "The Night God Sect will no longer agree to both sides not attacking each other. Instead, we swear to be loyal and obedient to the King of Chu on the condition that the King of Chu declares the Night God Sect as the national guardian deity of Chu, appoints Mo Ye as the national master, and exempts all taxes in areas under the influence of the Night God Sect in southern Chu. Only then can both sides negotiate a truce!
The King of Chu was furious after hearing Fei Wuji's words, and he decided to slow down the rescue mission for Zheng Guo first. He wanted to solve the internal problem of the Night God Cult before proceeding. However, the Chu army in Yin Domain City had lost contact with the capital after sending out the last explanatory letter. According to the letter, they should have returned to Liu Jin City, but not a single person appeared. The soldiers sent by the deputy general stationed outside Liu Jin City to contact Yin Domain City reported that a thick purple poisonous fog was spreading on all roads leading to Yin Domain City. Several soldiers were poisoned to death after discovering the fog too late. Perhaps this was the reason why Qu Li knew that it was impossible to stay in Yin Domain City but couldn't lead the army back.
The 25,000 elite Chu soldiers led by Qu Li are now trapped in the city of Yin, their lives hanging in the balance. It's clear that Mo Ye intends to use these soldiers as hostages to force the King of Chu to accept his terms, which are utterly unacceptable to the king under any circumstances.
So after much deliberation, the King of Chu ordered someone to bring Luosiqi his plea, begging her to leave Tianyu's army and rush to the southern border to rescue Queli who was supposed to come and reinforce her.
