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Chapter 72 - Hundred Years of Blood
Xiao Letian had always believed that when your enemy was shameless, you must be even more shameless than him. This point was extremely useful in dealing with moral kidnapping.
All these Qing Liu from the capital, as well as the High Scholar Huang, wanted to challenge Xiao Letian to a fight with their lower levels. As long as he still had that little bit of morals in his heart, he would be completely defeated.
You must be a dignified Grand Master of Western Studies, right? Don't you have to be ashamed of yourself? The people are coming for you, if you dare to make a move, as long as you die, you will suffer the eternal infamy.
If you don't dare to retaliate, then you can only obediently run away, leaving behind a tattered storefront and rolling back into the mountains and forests. From now on, you are the laughing stock in the eyes of all merchants.
If you didn't fight back and didn't run away, it would be even easier if you stayed in a stalemate. The situation would slowly escalate, and there would even be some people who would die for no reason.
You don't accept this? You don't have the right to disobey. In any case, we have the numbers advantage, so the public lies will kill you. You can't explain it to the people, can you? That would be tiring to death.
Qing Liu never killed with a knife, they only used the tongue like a viper, this move was almost invincible in ancient China.
It was a pity that they made a mistake today. This poison was still effective against idealists like Fu Qing, but to meet someone as shameless as Xiao Letian, it would truly be a big joke.
As long as Xiao Letian followed through with it, it would mean that things had gotten out of hand. It would mean that things had gotten out of hand, that the balance of power had been broken, that the foreign citizens had been brought in, that the enemies had been dragged in, that the Qing Liu people had no way of controlling the situation. Alright, this point was something that the Qing Liu people had to guard against all along. As long as the chaos was big enough and they were able to escape their control, they would be like the High Scholar Huang, hiding to the side to pee their pants, no one would choose to take responsibility.
When Xiao Letian had just arrived at the Tanggu City, the intelligence system he controlled had already begun working. Xiang Shaolong and the experts he had gathered were all hiding in the mansions of the important figures in the Tanggu City. They had long figured out all of the enemies' plans.
Adding on the fact that Xiao Letian, the expert who was proficient in deductions, was in charge of everything, the Letian Firm had long deduced a few of the enemy's battle plans, and everything was in his hands.
There were special forces hidden in the middle of mob, private army in the ocean movement, musket team was on guard, and even secret appointment with Jiu Shuai in advance was part of Xiao Letian's plan.
In the Beijing, after Xiao Letian and Xiao Letian left each other, the two of them had a subtle connection, in the end, the eagle and Xiang Shaolong became special messengers.
The two old foxes, one old and one young, actually did not have any kind of conspiracy and revolt in their communication. On the contrary, the two of them were communicating on an academic level and had argued about the future of Great Qing many times. And it was because of this little bit of friendship between them, that Xiao Letian had invited Jiu Shuai to support him.
When the situation became so serious that even Xiao Letian frowned, Ceng Guoquan's gorgeous appearance turned into a shield, as he successfully blocked Ma Bao's final strike.
The old man shook his head and sighed in his heart, ”Poor Ma Bao, who told me to clear the way? Who told us that we have to find someone to take the blame for our actions? Qing Liu wanted Xiao Letian to take the blame, but it's a pity that he wasn't willing, and I wasn't willing either. Child, don't go against Xiao Letian in your next life … ”
Just as Jiu Shuai was shaking his head, the Old Hawk swung his hands and released three Sky Tremor Bombs. After the dull explosion sounded out across the entire Tanggu City, several doors of the warehouses near the pier creaked open.
Almost at the same time, the sound of the hooves hitting the stone floor rang out in everyone's ears. One fully armed warhorse after another rushed out of the storage room. On the horses' bodies were many Knights clad in chainmail.
”Jiu Shuai has an order... Palm Flag... ” The eagle raised the flags one by one as if it was performing magic tricks. The flags fluttered in the wind with the word 'Ji' written on them.
”It's the Zigzag Camp! Oh my god, it's the Xiang Army … ” Those merchants with some knowledge, even the foreign nationals recognized this flag. This was the extremely famous Zigzag Camp, a military force with an iron pole that belonged to Ceng Guoquan.
”Children, let's show them the abilities of our Xiang Army …” The old man's shout was filled with energy, and it sounded like thunder.
”Die in the service of Jiu Shuai …” The shouts of over a hundred heavy cavalry soldiers shook the entire Tanggu City with a thunderous roar.
Ceng Guoquan did not bring many guards this time, he only brought a few cavalrymen in stealthily using merchant ships, which added up to around a hundred and fifty cavalrymen. These cavalrymen made up a small team and hid in the warehouse at the pier, fully armed and waiting for the Marshal's orders. Ceng Guoquan walked out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. How could he relax his guard?