Chapter 157: Able to Advance and Retreat, Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Countless feather arrows were shot out, falling towards Pei Xuanjing like a rain of arrows.

Then nearly 5,000 soldiers, recruited soldiers and lined up, surrounded Pei Xuanjing.

"What if King Ning rebelled? Can a small commander like me destroy King Ning's army?" Yang Yunhui looked at Pei Xuanjing coldly, thinking in his heart: "Instead of doing that, it is better to capture and kill you, the remnant of Shenxiao, in exchange for merit."

Just half a year ago, the emperor, who had finally been stable for two years, wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River again and travel around the world. In order to dissuade this southern tour, he caused a big petition from court officials.

So, a month ago, the ambitious King Ning Zhu Chenhao used the excuse that the emperor was licentious and immoral to raise troops, first killed the governor of Yangzhou, then beheaded the deputy envoy of the inspection, and abolished the emperor's reign.

He established a small court with his own palace officials, established the left and right prime ministers, the six ministers and other official positions, gathered a million people, and issued proclamations to various places to denounce the court. Half a month ago, he led his army to guard the base camp, and led his fleet to the east of the Yangtze River, conquering cities and territories all the way, heading straight to Yingtianfu, the southern capital, in order to restore the status of Yingtianfu and make it the orthodox capital.

It can be said that the actions of King Ning made many people dumbfounded and shocked.

However, in more than a month, King Ning almost occupied the entire Yangzhou, and it seemed that he would continue to expand outward.

As the commander of the Guard Command, Yang Yunhui naturally understood the power and influence of King Ning better than others.

However, even if he was in charge of the troops, it would be difficult to deal with this million-strong army.

Not long ago, Wang Yun, the governor of Nangan, issued an order to gather the troops of the surrounding guards to stop the rebellion of King Ning, and Yang Yunhui naturally received the order.

Faced with such a sign, even if the position of Governor Wang was far above his own, Yang Yunhui was unwilling to accept the other party's order from the bottom of his heart.

You know, even if King Ning left behind a lot of troops, he has accumulated a million troops over the past few days. What a terrible force.

Even if Wang Bo'an could gather the troops of the surrounding guards in a hurry, I'm afraid that these troops would not exceed 100,000 in total.

This is a full ten-fold gap. Even if Wang Bo'an has the ability of the Four Saints, like the reincarnation of Wu Hou, I'm afraid it would be difficult to deal with King Ning's million troops.

It can be said that in Yang Yunhui's view, leading troops to go now is undoubtedly a moth to a flame, seeking death.

However, once this order to raise troops to defend the king is received, it cannot be rejected. Once it is disobeyed, it is probably no different from rebellion, and the court will definitely settle accounts with it in the autumn.

You know, although Yang Yunhui is afraid of King Ning's million troops, he is only worried that he will be cannon fodder. He knows the strength of the Ming Dynasty well, and he knows that before the other party occupies the Southern Capital, he probably has little chance of winning.

So Yang Yunhui could only send someone to lead a part of the troops to go first, and he found a reason to delay for several days.

Just when he had no reason to continue delaying, he happened to get the news of Pei Xuanjing, which made him ecstatic. He saw a way to have the best of both worlds, which could not only find a reason to avoid going to die, but also avoid being questioned by the court in the future.

He immediately sent someone to send a letter to Wang Boan, saying in the letter: I have received news about Pei Xuanjing, the remnant of the Shenxiao Sect. For some reason, this beast came to Yangzhou, and I am afraid that he has the intention to join forces with the traitor Zhu Chenhao.

Therefore, I decided to lead the remaining troops in person to capture and kill this thief, so as to prevent him from cooperating with the traitor Zhu Chenhao and attracting all kinds of forces to follow.

With this reason, he led his subordinates to ambush here early, using Pei Xuanjing's life in exchange for his retreat. As long as he could capture and kill Pei Xuanjing, he would be invincible, and he could attack or defend, without any worries.

At this moment, he led his troops to follow Wang Bo'an to defend the king, and his life or death was still unknown. On the contrary, Pei Xuanjing had a huge reward. If he could catch him, it would be a great achievement.

Yang Yunhui looked at Pei Xuanjing, as if he saw his bright future of promotion and wealth.

Pei Xuanjing didn't know the dirty plan in Yang Yunhui's heart. He was eager to leave in his heart. Seeing Yang Yunhui attack him without hesitation, he was furious.

Facing the rain of arrows coming, Pei Xuanjing was not afraid at all. He flicked his sleeves, and the strong true energy surged out, rolling up countless strong winds, easily knocking down the rain of arrows.

Looking at these soldiers who formed a battle formation and came up, Pei Xuanjing sat on his horse motionless, and the Shenxiao sword was unsheathed.

Boom!

Pei Xuanjing slashed several swords in succession, and countless sword qi crisscrossed, killing the soldiers within ten feet beside him.

Faced with Pei Xuanjing's brutal and outrageous killing, even these brave soldiers could not help but pause and temporarily stopped.

"What are you standing there for? Kill him!" Yang Yunhui, who was far away, saw his soldiers hesitated and shouted angrily.

"This remnant of Shenxiao, Pei Xuanjing, colluded with the traitor Zhu Chenhao to rebel, which is a great rebellion. As long as you can kill him, you will get a reward of 100 taels and be promoted by two levels." Yang Yunhui did not hesitate to put a big hat of rebellion on Pei Xuanjing.

In any case, Pei Xuanjing was a wanted criminal by the court, and his men had many lives in the court. Hearing Yang Yunhui say this, the soldiers formed a battle formation again and rushed towards Pei Xuanjing.

Pei Xuanjing's eyes showed a strong murderous intent: "Haha."

It is true that he has a grudge against the Ming court, but now a mere guard commander dares to accuse him of a crime, which makes him very unhappy.

Pei Xuanjing killed the soldiers who wanted to get close to him with several swords, and then looked at Yang Yunhui with cold eyes.

He rolled off his horse and landed on the ground, holding the Shenxiao Sword tightly in his hand. Every time he swung the sword, a soldier was killed, but in the blink of an eye, he was able to clear a path.

At the end of this road, it was Yang Yunhui.

"Quick, stop him!" Yang Yunhui's expression changed drastically and he said to the guards around him.

Yang Yunhui never expected that Pei Xuanjing in front of him would be so fierce. Even nearly five thousand soldiers could not stop him.

It must be clear that the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to suppress the world did not rely on those strong martial artists, but on these most ordinary soldiers.

Even if five thousand soldiers cannot kill a first-level warrior, they are enough to kill the opponent.

But Pei Xuanjing's power far exceeded his expectations.

In this way, his plan failed.

Looking at Pei Xuanjing, who was like a murderous god, he thought of the killing names left by Pei Xuanjing, and couldn't help but feel a trace of fear in his heart, and his back was soaked with cold sweat.

Pei Xuanjing's body was filled with coldness, and he was slowly approaching him like a god of death. With every step he took, Yang Yunhui felt as if he was one step closer to death.