Chapter 222: My Lord Xu Qi’an

“These big-headed soldiers in Yunzhou dare to rebel?”

That silver gong raised his eyebrows and droned, “What’s the situation outside the city right now?”

Soldiers fast horse whip rushed to, lips frozen by the cold wind green and purple dry cracked, dry mouth, open mouth issued voice hoarse and difficult to hear: “South city gate has been closed …..”

“Take it easy, take a breath!”

Xu Qi’an sniffed down the stairs and poured the soldier a cup of cool water.

士卒赶紧接过，吨吨吨的喝完，感觉喉咙舒服了许多，他感激的看了眼许七安，语速飞快：

“The Guards Division has assembled three thousand troops just outside the south city gate, and the leader, Guards Commander Xu Huchen, has threatened to enter the city within half an hour if the governor does not release the commander-in-chief and give them an explanation!”

Soldier’s Remonstrance!

Xu Qi’an, who was well versed in history, was the first to flash this word in his mind. The so-called military advice was to persuade the monarch or honored leader to obey by force.

In short, you are forced into submission with your fists.

The difference between a military admonition and a coup d’état is that the purpose is different, but the behavior is the same. Xu Qi’an’s two most impressive military remonstrations were the death of Yang Yuhuan at Mawei Slope and the Major pulling out a small pistol and snapping at Chiang.

Both of these military admonitions were successful, one changing the future of the Great Tang and one changing the future of China.

But a military advice is a death advice, and no one will use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

“The nerve of a dog!”

The few silver gongs who rushed over to check out the situation asked about it and were outraged.

This kind of thing could not be touched at all in the capital, and at first hearing the news, the surprise and anger in their hearts was hard to express.

“Lord Governor has gone to the Department of Capital Command, it’s impossible for him to arrive at the South City within half an hour.” A silver gong pressed the hilt of his sword and said in a deep voice:

“How many city defenders are there in the south city?”

“Less than a thousand.” The soldier replied.

I’m afraid this won’t hold ….

“In this case, a few of us will lead the Huben Guards to rush to the southern city, and if that group of big-headed soldiers dare to rebel, we will cut him down. I believe we can delay until the governor and reinforcements come over.” A silver gong proposed.

A few belligerent night watchmen jumped at the chance.

The Huben Guards are already tough soldiers who have fought in a hundred battles, plus the Qi Practicing Realm bottoming out the night watchmen, with the words of the city defense army, not to say foolproof, it’s not difficult to hold for a period of time.

“What about Yang Chuannan? He’s a key court criminal, we can’t abandon him.” Xu Qi’an reminded these hot-headed night watchmen.

“Take him with you.” A gong said.

“Do you believe that the soldiers of the Wei Division will fight us to the death on the spot?” Xu Qi’an raised an eyebrow.

“Isn’t that what they’re fighting for when they troop to the city?” That gong snorted coldly:

“Thinking that forceful coercion will make the governor and make us submit? It’s just the right time to let these soldier barbarians of Yunzhou know what it means to beat the shifters.”

This is the most irritating thing about the people on the beat.

They have always been the only ones to inspect the hundred officials and punish the corrupt officials, when did someone actually dare to bully them to their doorstep? He also threatened to let the governor go out to meet within half an hour, or else he would storm the city.

It’s a complete disregard for the shift workers, trampling their skins underfoot.

If you can tolerate it, you can’t tolerate it if you’re a martial artist.

Warlocks can be tolerated, but martial artists are still intolerable.

Fuck him.

As soon as Xu Qi’an saw that the situation was not right, he hastily knocked on the table and said in a deep voice, “Calm down, gentlemen, force will not solve the problem.”

The silver gong that first received the pawns was the most short-tempered, looking at Xu Qi’an and bursting out, “Anyway, I can’t stand it, Jiang Jinluo isn’t here, so the silver gongs have the final say here. Brothers, follow me and bring Yang Chuannan with you.”

Li Miaozhen stood on the sidelines and watched with cold eyes.

Bang!

With a loud bang of slapping the table, Xu Qi’an stood up.

The group of watchmen who were about to leave the post returned stunned.

Xu Qi’an pointed at the silver gong’s nose and cursed, “I don’t care if you’re a silver gong or not, don’t press me with your position, can you hold it down? Go ask Zhu if he can hold me down!

“You’ve inflamed the conflict, what do you want the governor to do? Kill all three thousand soldiers of the Guard Division? Take a step back, what if you can’t defend it, and the battle spreads to the ordinary people in the city, are you responsible for that, can you afford to be responsible?”

That silver gong stalked his neck, blowing his beard and eyes, “Xu Qi’an, do you fucking think you can be responsible?”

“At least Laozi’s shoulders can carry it better than yours!” Xu Qi’an droned.

For a while there was no one to refute it.

A gong’s loud talk had caused the room full of night watchmen to fall silent in unison… The female ghost, Susu, looked at this scene with surprise, which she found difficult to understand.

“All of you stay here and guard Yang Chuannan, he is a felon of the court and cannot afford to make any mistakes. Leave the defenders of the outer city to me to stall.” Xu Qi’an saw that no one continued to raise the bar and stated his intentions.

“You?”

The crowd looked skeptical.

Xu Qi’an pinched his brow and explained with clear thoughts, ”The Weishi’s army is approaching the city, and its purpose is not to attack the city, but to demand that the governor release Yang Chuannan. This gives room for maneuver.

“You guys rushing over there in a hurry and bringing Yang Chuannan with you is no different from provoking. Instead, it’s intensifying the conflict so that neither side has a way back.

“Of course, I certainly can’t persuade the generals of the Wei Division with me, but General Li can.”

Xu Qi’an pushed Li Miaozhen out and laughed, “I’m sure General Li wouldn’t want everyone to be so deadlocked, leaving Yang Chuannan with no way to retreat.”

As for letting Yang Chuannan personally go over, he hadn’t considered it, for one thing, the surname Yang might not cooperate. Secondly, what if he was directly rescued?

Li Miaozhen seemed to be waiting for this result, slowly exhaling a breath and no longer looking on coldly, nodding, “This general will do his best to hold out until the governor arrives.”

….

Li Miaochen and Xu Qi’an took two fast horses and rushed towards the south city gate, with Paper Man Susu holding Li Miaochen’s small waist and sitting in the back.

“This little gong of yours is quite capable!” Su Su tilted her head sideways, sizing up the parallel Xu Qi’an.

“It’s not that I’m capable, it’s mainly…” coughed Xu Qi’an, in a tone of spilling secrets, “Actually, I’m a half-brother to Inspector Zhang.”

Su Su caught the point at once: “Ya, you’re Governor Zhang’s brother?”

“Why else would I have such a big say?”

“So that’s how it is… “Su Su came to a realization, feeling like she knew a big secret.

The corner of Li Miaozhen’s mouth twitched, wanting to remind her maid and tell her that not a single punctuation mark could be trusted in anything this person Xu Qi’an said.

The reason why he had so much power of speech was because he was deeply trusted and appreciated by Wei Yuan and had an unusual position in the Yamen.

But this information came from within the Tien-Di Association, what did the intelligence known by Number Two have to do with Li Miaozhen?

…..

After arriving at the southern city gate and displaying their waist tags, the two ascended to the city’s top, where they were personally received by the city’s defense force’s Chitou.

“Mr. Governor, why haven’t you come yet?”

The stout Qianhu with a saber in his hand, a national face, and triangular eyes, gazed at the empty street, and could not hide the disappointment in his heart.

“Lord Inspector is investigating a case at the Department of Capital Command, and is unable to rush over for the time being, so I’ve come to stall for time with General Touring Cavalry first.” Xu Qi’an explained.

He stood at the top of the city and looked down, there were two squares outside the city, the big one of which was none other than the army of the Guardian Division, with the cavalry at the front, the infantry at the back, and in the center was the artillery army.

The flags were hunting, and the three thousand soldiers and horses were silent as they looked at the city. An unspeakably fierce aura came over them.

Xu Qi’an was now at the half-step God Refining Realm, but facing this battle-hardened army head-on, the thought in his mind was still to avoid it, not daring to confront it head-on.

A man who has fought for 3,000 miles, a sword that has served as a million divisions…what kind of martial artist can achieve such a feat?

He thought with emotion.

“Yunzhou’s army is fierce and ferocious, and when they say they’re making trouble, they’re not afraid of death at all.” Li Miaozhen held a silver spear and looked down alongside him:

“I rushed to the post last night because I was afraid that the governor would overdo things and push things into an irreparable situation.”

Xu Qi’an nodded, the banditry in Yunzhou was in full swing, and it would be strange to be a soldier in Yunzhou and not be ferocious. Soldiers who had been fighting for years had a deep aura of ferocity, and usually only recognized the leader who fought alongside them, making it difficult for outsiders to manage.

Not as life-thirsty as the soldiers in the land of ease.

“That little square over there, is that Institute’s army again?” Xu Qi’an asked.

The city is under the jurisdiction of the White Emperor City, also known as the Wei Division. The next level is the department, the small square on the side, looking at about four or five hundred people, Xu Qi’an guessed that it is the county level “department”.

Li Miaozhen was a bit embarrassed, “It’s my Fei Yan Army.”

Ning was also a two-fifty? Xu Qi’an looked at her with distrust.

Li Miaozhen explained, “I did think about using the army to apply pressure, this is all a stinking problem that was raised in the army in Yunzhou.”

She dumped the pot on the Cloud State Army.

“So what do we do now, leave the city?” Xu Qi’an tried.

“Uh-huh.” Li Miaozhen nodded.

“Can I not go?”

“The governor you represent,” Li Miaozhen crossed his eyes, “Guard Commander Xu Huchen is short-tempered and headstrong, since you want to resolve the conflict, you need to hold back less.”

“Not even your face?”

Li Miaozhen let out a “Heh”, “If I don’t accompany him, he may cut your gong.”

“Hey, being a soldier is pretty unreasonable.”

The city gates opened with a creak, and the city defense force’s Qianhu sent the two out of the city with a wave of his hand, “Take care.”

Xu Qi’an looked back from his horse, “Lord Qianhu, why don’t you come with us?”

Thousand Household said: ”It’s windy here, what did Your Excellency say? I can’t hear you…Oh, Your Excellency said to close the city gates? Okay, I will not open the city gate even if I die.”

The gates slowly closed.

“….” Xu Qi Xin said, KAM.

Li Miaozhen did not attack the Wei Division directly, but turned her horse to go to her own Feiyan army and called out to dozens of riders to press the line, which then met the three thousand soldiers and horses of the Wei Division.

“My Fei Yan Army, the lowest cultivation level is at the Refined Essence Realm, totaling four hundred and thirty-seven people, with the Wu Chang at the peak of Refined Essence, the Shi Chang at the Practicing Qi Realm, and the Hundred Households at the Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm.”

Li Miaozhen’s voice was pleasantly clear and crisp as she introduced her private army to Xu Qi’an in a slightly smug manner.

Four Sixth Grade Realm, forty Qi Practicing Realm …. My mom eh, this woman is too scary, isn’t she?

Xu Qi’an swallowed his saliva, “There’s no such army left in Yunzhou.”

Li Miaozhen let out a “hmm” and said haughtily, “Everyone followed me to Yunzhou for my sake.”

How big is your face? Xu Qi’an twisted his head, looking at the high ponytailed American military woman with the steed and silver spear, and had to reassess her strength.

Xu Qi’an’s intuitive impression of her was that she was the Heavenly Sect’s Holy Maiden, followed by the Flying Swallow Warrioress. But now it seemed that the title of Flying Swallow Warrioress had to come first.

Li Miaozhen’s connections in the Jianghu might be more unfathomable than he thought.

Every single person within the Heaven and Earth Society is talented, this little gong of mine needs to step up his game… well, let’s set a small goal first, to become Wei Yuan’s son…

“Then what is Xu Huchen’s cultivation level?” Xu Qi’an suddenly asked.

“Peak God Refining Realm.” Li Miaozhen replied.

“The cultivation level is not high.” Xu Qi’an was surprised.

“Wei Yuan is still an ordinary person, not the same as being the commander of the three armies.” Li Miaozhen shook her head and said, “Marching and fighting is not about being brave, a high quality martial artist can take one for a hundred, for a thousand. But may not be able to command an army of a thousand.

“Five hundred men is the limit of my ability. But Xu Huchen can command an army of three to five thousand men. In a head-to-head battle on the sands, I will definitely lose.”

Violence is aesthetics and war is art, two very different concepts.

Li Miaozhen stopped five feet away from the Wei Division’s army and said aloud, “Commander Xu, come over and talk.”

A rider came out of the line, the general at the head was eight feet tall, the crotch of his mount was taller than an ordinary horse, and he made a long lance in his hand.

None of those who dared to use the long lance were prima donnas.

Xu Huchen held a long lance, his gaze stern, his dark green jaw just scraped as he nodded slightly towards Li Miaozhen:

“General Li is also with us to rescue Lord Commander?”

Li Miaozhen shook her head, “All is well with Lord Yang, General Xu was too impulsive. Do you know the consequences of this?”

“Big deal.”

Xu Huchen bachelor very, grinned: “I this life is the commander-in-chief of the Lord saved, the court wants to cure him, I will give up this life.”

Xu Qi’an suddenly asked, “How did you guys know about this news?”

Xu Huchen looked askance at Xu Qi’an and sneered, “So it’s an eagle’s claw under the hand of Wei Eunuch.”

You say I’m fine, but talking about my father is going overboard… Xu Qi’an flicked his thumb, and the black and gold longsword at his back waist came out of its sheath by half an inch as he spoke in a deep voice:

“General Xu, don’t challenge the majesty of the court. This official has come here with sincerity, if you don’t recognize it, just now, you would have been cut down from your horse.”

Li Miaozhen said so much, but actually revealed one meaning: don’t reason with the soldiers.

Reasoning is for readers. Soldiers only talk about fists. Hard fists give you dignity.

Xu Qi’an’s idea was to first show force, earn respect, and deter this group of guys who weren’t afraid of death. Then only then reason properly.

Xu Huchen was polite to Li Miaozhen and directly sneered at him, which was a reflection of a lack of dignity.

But it’s definitely not okay to cut people directly, that would inflame the conflict.

“Da-da-da-da…”

He turned his horse and went to the other side in silence.

Xu Huchen and Li Miaozhen, as well as dozens of riders from the Fei Yan Army, followed him with their eyes.

“Humph! I want to see the governor, how is he worthy of conversing with me even as a gong?” Xu Huchen snorted disdainfully, “A brat whose hair hasn’t even grown, thinking that this is the capital city and everyone is scared of the gong-breakers?

“General Li, how exactly is the Lord Commander.”

Li Miaozhen shook her head and just looked at Xu Qi’an’s back.

Xu Huchen is a little impatient, his character was originally irritable and easy to anger, to the governor of the Lord avoided, sent a gong to deal with their own, the heart has been extremely dissatisfied.

He even pressed the urge to behead the gong and demonstrate to the governor.

For the sake of Traveling Cavalry General Li Miaochen, he was willing to come over and talk.

At this time, that gong stopped, and also twisted his head to look at Xu Huchen with a cold smile on his face.

Then, with a flick of his left thumb, he toppled his saber half an inch, and with his right hand he gripped the hilt, and after briefly storing up his strength ….

“Clank!”

The ear-piercing sound of sheathing echoed in mid-air, and in the eyes of Xu Huchen and the others, and in the eyes of the thousands of troops, it only felt like the air distorted for a moment, as if something had scratched through.

The next moment, with a dull ringing sound, the ground cracked open with a thin slit, spreading from Xu Qi’an’s feet, all the way to the front of the army, more than ten feet longitudinally.

The front rank of the cavalry stirred, and the horses seemed frightened.

Xu Huchen’s eyes widened in disbelief, he…just now was really able to decapitate me.

A hint of awe rose in the heart of this general, who had led his troops into battle and was formidable, recognizing Xu Qi’an’s sincerity.

Li Miaozhen stared at Xu Qi’an in surprise, big question marks flashing through her mind.

Judging from her Heavenly Sect Holy Maiden’s vision, the sharpness of this blade was as swift as thunder, even a martial artist who had first entered the Sixth Grade Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm would not be able to resist it with their physical body.

This is what a Qi Practicing Realm martial artist can chop out?

Immediately afterward, she recalled what Number One had said, that this person Xu Qi’an had once beheaded a Silver Gong, and that Silver Gong was an expert of the God Refining Realm.

At that time, he would have been able to cross the level to behead people, and now, he was a half-step Refined God.

If genius, Daoist Master Golden Lotus hadn’t even invited him to join the club, but instead chose his cousin, and that cousin was…terrifying as hell.

“Ooooh.”

Behind them, the experts of the Fei Yan Army burst into awe.

“Da-da-da-da…”

Xiao tongluo rode back, bracing his tired body, and faintly said, “General Xu, this officer, Xu Qi’an, has come to discuss with you on behalf of the governor.”

“…” said Xu Huchen in a deep voice, “Please speak, my lord.”

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