Book 40 - Chapter 8 – Subduing the Ene (1/2)
Ku Ge’s countenance alternated between clear and dark; clearly, he could not e and settle the account, it was not driven byit careful consideration, knowing that only by exploiting the unique situation of this shop, which front end was facing the street, its clay terrace on the backyard facing the river, he would be able to carry out his strategy of sware to attack the ene, Ba Fenghan, Xu Ziling’s caliber
As for Liexia, he had never even heard about hiht miscalculation on his part has caused him to be trapped into enemies in front and behind him situation Furthermore, he started to feel that Liexia and his han looked at Ku Ge; he see-like-crystal arrowheads pointing at hirim smile, he spoke indifferently, “I have a proposal Ku Ge, if you are a ainst Shaoshuai, to provide us with sorilled fish If you, wangzi Dianxia [your ] have the ability to kill Shaoshuai, Xiaodi and Ziling Xiong will iift to you”
Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, “Fenghan Xiong has a very good idea This is equivalent to each side sending one man to decide both sides’ life or death, victory or defeat It’s so ”
Ku Ge answered back sarcastically, “Even if in the Central Plains you are a local wor that has fallen into dire straits Beaten by Bi Xuan, you ran to this place with your tail between your legs, yet you still dare to show off These sixty archers of roup of elite fighters, our best quality personnel This ti the enehan spread out his hands and shook his head; he said with a sigh, “Xiaodi’s first battle against Bi Xuan indeed ended in defeat, but I a second battle If even Bi Xuan, Ol’ Ba is not scared of, who do think you, Ku Ge, are? You, Laoxiong, ought to know Ol’ Ba’s style, I have never been afraid of violating Buddhist ”
Eainst Bi Xuan Kulbelen is not unfounded ruaze back froht in the sky and swept it across the Qidan warriors pulling the bowstrings; each opponent was very stable, without swaying the least bit He could not help s think it was an unfounded ru?”
An astonished expression flashed through Liexia’s face, but it quickly disappeared Obviously it was because Xu Ziling had seen through the load on his ’s ability and wisdo correctly If Ba Xiong really had decisive battle against Bi Xuan, then Ba Xiong is the first opponent that Bi Xuan wanted to kill but he could not kill”
This tih he heard the rue that Bi Xuan had pursued to kill the three, but he did not know the details Now that he heard from the persons involved with his own ears, he han, would he be able to do it?
Thinking to this point, his will to fight was reduced substantially The feeling ofdown threatening his back – was greatly intensified He really hated this no-roohan s, he said, “You see, Bi Xuan’s attitude is this fierce and severe and awe-inspiring; losing several ti unexpectedly has beco! I am the first person that Old Bi killed but did not die!”
And then a deep, unfathoht exploded within his pair of eyes, he turned his eyes toward the eternally floater in the river, he spoke sloord by word, “Bi Xuan! You are going to pay the price that you cannot afford for your mistake I finally knohat you are made of”
This remark was more formidable than any threat or intihan was no eneral under Bi Xuan’s hands, but now he beca swordse Bi Xuan
Finally a thought to retreat sprouted in Ku Ge’ssixty arrow tips, yet they were still able to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened What spirit, what char convinced The uards, ht were entirely the most valiant warriors within his tribe Yet this moment every one stayed quiet out of fear; clearly they were inti manner They did not even dare to breathe loudly; how could they fought this battle?
Xu Ziling followed Ba Fenghan’s gaze, enjoying the beautiful open country scenery on the opposite bank under the setting sun low on the horizon, thinking that the prairie was indeed a place that could bewitch and turn people upside down Its vastness could s of a horse Thinking to this point, he suddenly felt disengage some kind of indescribable serenity, the extraordinary situation all around becarasp everybody’s internal and external changes
In that instant, Xu Ziling understood that he has finally entered the real, the realaze to Ku Ge, he said, “If wangzi is willing to pro to move the weapons of war anymore, have your uarantee safe passage for wangzi to leave Other things are si entirely in Tujue language, so that all three sides understood clearly; their gaze could not help concentrating on Ku Ge, to see whether he would choose war or peace
Suddenly bean-sized beads of sere starting to for down his cheeks, and finally dripping on the ground
Anybody would know that in staking-in-all qi momentum faceoff, Ku Ge was defeated silly, his troop disposition was in a mess
Ku Ge suddenly stoo!” And then he turned around and walked away
The crowd of Qidan warriors promptly put away their arrow, and hurriedly followed behind him in such a sorry state In a flash they all disappeared clean and neat
Liexia raise his cup and said, “Where’s the fish? Coe one cup Only today I understand what is called subduing the other’s troops without fighting”
“Top quality warhorses, for sale at the price of half a sheet of sheepskin Coet it quickly, otherwise you’ll et a free saddle!”
The three quickly disseminated the horses that they took from Huyan Jin’s men in an empty lot at the eastern end of Hualin They explained that the horses originally belonged to horse thieves, but people were still so eager to buy
Ba Fenghan led the hile the two boys accoht Their three beloved colts were obediently following behind theures, theirHow they scared away Ku Ge and his several dozens warriors has already passed on from layer upon layer of people, with each layer added washes of ink or color to a painting [idioerate/to embellish] Hualin people, due to their ability to drive out Xieli, already regarded them as heroes; therefore, everywhere they went, there were cheers and applauses, and extreh Kou and Xu, two boys were happy that they were no longer considered as Han dogs, they were pestered beyond endurance
Ba Fenghan laughed and said, “It’s definitely Liexia, that kid, who’s playing ghost, doing everything he could to make us the focus of attention It would be best if we could stake it all against all sides’said, “It looks like our grand plan to buy new clothes has to be te as quickly as possible seems to be the best move”
Hualin after dark seeether In the dozen or so clay buildings along the main street the lantern was dark, the fire black The , was deserted by both men and horses On the contrary, bonfires sprouted out everywhere across the hilly country, the clamor reached to the sky So The atmosphere was full of exotic air On top of that, the sheep were bleating, the coereThe feeling was hard to describe
The three turned into the darktoward the northeast, away frohan said, “I wonder what did Ling Shao think about thisreplied, “This man is a bit like shi+ Zhixuan, fro unfathomable motives toward us Therefore, Old Ba, you resolutely refused to work together with hi said, “If Zhu Yaofu is willing to speak, she could surely tell us what in the world Da Ming Zun Jiao really is But now this kid, Liexia is giving me a headache; I wonder if the wolf-bandits are really like he said, ie Bai Ziting’s tool to grab sohan said, “I am sure that there will come a day when as the water recedes, the rocks appear If what Liexia said turns out to be true, our eighty-thousand sheets of sheepskin will fall in”
The sound of the water of the river lapping against the shore was co from the left side Under the beautiful scenery of star constellations filling the sky, fro; one tall, the other short, upright and unafraid standing in theout of Hualin
Kou Zhong looked with rapt attention, he laughed aloud and said, “Could it be Bielegunatai and Bugunatai brothers of Mengwu shi+wei?”
The man who is half a head taller than the other had a pair of axes hanging on his back, he was thick and solid, his body ell proportioned and perfect His long hair was draped across his shoulders, his age could not be more than thirty years old His face was full of beard, his outline was distinct and prohty, yet siressiveness, like a big tree that could stand forever without falling over, unafraid of any storm, any wind and rain
The shorter one was as robust as iron tower His broad and thick shoulders ular A cavalry saber was hanging on his waist, his eyes fierce and severe, but his hair was short, only about a cun long, stiff like iron needle, like a brush that was used to scrub pigs or horse’s mane His appearance could not be considered handso, which attracted other people’s favorable impression
The tall one responded in Tujue; he let out a long laughter and said, “Precisely us, brothers I a with a specific purpose in entlemen”
The three continued until they were about five paces away frohan spoke indifferently, “Ba Fenghan has heard two gentle time, today we can finally unatai raised his thu on three men’s power, you resisted Xieli’s Golden Wolf Army at Helian Fort; if you are not heroes, I don’t knoho is Bugunatai is full of adh we have heard about Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling’sall over the Central Earth, we still thought it was exaggerated ruentlemen had just arrived in the prairie, you irassland, your ht covered the land beyond the northern border Such heroes and towering figures, o brothers adreatly surprised; they never thought that the tould be this polite and courteous, and truly pushed away evil spirit to the utunatai said, “We caentlemen and to meet at our camp We will all drink until daybreak; as for whether tomorroill be friends or foes, let that be toing, he agreed on behalf of the other two, “Please show the way”