Chapter 518: West Foot Camp (Part )

"General, be careful!"

Xiao Zhirou suddenly made a move, causing all the deputy generals to exclaim in surprise.

Unfortunately, their reminders were still powerless in the face of Xiao Zhirou's lightning-fast attack.

Before the lieutenants finished their words, Xiao Zhirou's right hand had already reached out to Sui Zuo's throat, and her five fingers clasped around him, trying to strangle him.

However, at the moment when Xiao Zhirou was about to succeed, Sui Zuo, who was caught off guard, suddenly showed a sly smile, and at the same time, his body shook, and at the critical moment he used a move of teleportation, allowing Xiao Zhirou's nails to leave five shallow blood marks on his neck, and his body flashed like a ghost, a dozen feet away.

The sudden change made Xiao Zhirou so frightened that she even forgot to chase after him for a moment.

In fact, the sneak attack failed not because Xiao Zhirou's martial arts were not good enough, but because she was careless and underestimated Sui Zuo beforehand.

Before coming here, Luo Tianjin and Qin San had told Xiao Zhirou about Sui Zuo's methods, and solemnly assured her that although Sui Zuo's martial arts were not weak, they would never reach the point where she would be afraid.

For this reason, Xiao Zhirou subconsciously believed that Sui Zuo was nothing more than a reckless man who could be easily captured by her, and that she could easily subdue him with a little trickery. Therefore, she never thought of going all out, nor did she have too many concerns about him.

But to Xiao Zhirou's surprise, Sui Zuo in front of her was not as rough and strong as described by Luo Tianjin and Qin San, but rather smart, capable, mature and experienced.

Not only are his martial arts skills far better than what was rumored, but his wisdom and cunningness of pretending to be stupid and actually being the best also surprised Xiao Zhirou.

Her misjudgment of Sui Zuo and her carelessness ultimately led to her defeat.

At the same time, it also announced that the plan to capture the thief and the king had completely failed, and it also indicated that Xiao Zhirou, Tang Xuan and others, and even the thousands of troops lurking in Luoyan Valley, were about to face a bloody storm with incalculable casualties.

"Sure enough, he comes with bad intentions!"

Sui Zuo stood behind the deputy generals, looking at the ashamed and angry Xiao Zhirou with a smile, and put on a gloating look without any hesitation.

A deputy general was overjoyed when he saw Sui Zuo was safe and sound. He quickly pulled out a signal arrow from his waist and raised it to the sky without hesitation under Xiao Zhirou's urgent and solemn gaze. Then he tightly grasped the fuse with his right hand and asked Sui Zuo for orders without turning his head: "General, I will release the signal arrow immediately and assemble the army..."

"and many more!"

Sui Zuo interrupted in a bad tone, "A mere Xiao Zhirou scared you into such a cowardly state? Is a woman worth mobilizing all our forces?"

"I..." After being scolded by Sui Zuo, the deputy general felt so ashamed that his face turned red.

"Are you going to alarm my army of tens of thousands just for a few gangsters?" Sui Zuo said disdainfully, "If the Khan knew about this, how would I save my dignity?"

"The general means..."

"You are all generals who have commanded troops for many years. Can't you deal with a woman?" Sui Zuo sat back in his chair leisurely and said with interest, "There is no need to summon the army. You can deal with her for me."

"We?" The deputy generals were stunned and looked at Sui Zuo in disbelief.

"If it's not you, then what's the point of me raising you if you just eat and don't do anything?"

"But Xiao Zhirou is a top-notch martial arts master. Master Yan Ling has repeatedly reminded us that we must not act rashly against martial arts masters..."

"Too late!"

Before the deputy generals could argue, Xiao Zhirou's eyes suddenly turned cold. At the same time, she swept her hands and snapped her fingers. More than ten white energy streams shot out immediately. They swept through the air with the force of thunder and pierced through the chests of more than a dozen deputy generals who were caught off guard in the blink of an eye.

"Forehead……"

With just this one move, more than half of the dozen lieutenants died on the spot. The remaining few were just lucky and did not have their hearts pierced by the energy, but the shocking blood holes on their chests were still "gurgling" with blood, causing them to collapse to the ground with painful expressions, as if they were already dying and in danger of life and death.

"Don't panic, Master Xiao, I'm here to help you!"

Before Xiao Zhirou could withdraw her hand, Li Haitang, holding an iron bow, suddenly opened the curtain and rushed into the tent.

Without saying a word, Li Haitang shot out several sharp arrows in succession, piercing the throats of the few people who were still gasping for breath, and sent them to the west like fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind.

However, what Xiao Zhirou and Li Haitang had not expected was that at the moment when the last deputy general was shot to death, he used the last bit of consciousness that was about to disappear to pull out the fuse with his right hand. With a "whoosh" sound of a whistle, an arrow rose into the air without warning, broke through the top of the tent in the blink of an eye, and bloomed in the night sky.

"It's the general's signal arrow!"

"What's going on? Go check it out!"

"Prepare the gongs and horns. If there is any change, assemble the army immediately."

"Yes."

……

As the saying goes: One stone stirs up a thousand waves. As soon as the signal arrow was fired, it immediately alerted the patrol sergeant.

All at once, various patrol teams sent people to various outposts, ready to summon the army at any time, and the commanders of each team rushed to the central army tent in a hurry to find out what was going on.

"Oops!"

Li Haitang's face turned extremely pale in an instant, and he looked at Xiao Zhirou anxiously, as if he was in a state of panic.

"Master Xiao, what should we do now?"

"Has everything been cleaned up outside?" Xiao Zhirou asked, "Eight guards..."

"It's all been resolved." Li Haitang said hurriedly, "The bodies have been hidden." "Very good! Go out immediately and tell Tang Xuan and others not to panic!" Xiao Zhirou quickly calculated in her mind and instructed in an orderly manner, "Everything should be normal for you. Continue to pretend to be the guards of the central army tent, and you must not conflict with other soldiers."

"it is good!"

Li Haitang was flustered and at this moment, he listened to whatever Xiao Zhirou said.

"Remember! Even if you are discovered by other soldiers, do not reveal your true identity."

"What do you mean?"

"There's no time to explain." Xiao Zhirou urged, "Just guard the door, I have my own way to resolve the crisis."

"it is good!"

Li Haitang looked at Xiao Zhirou deeply. Although he had doubts in his heart, he could not think of a better way at the moment. He could only go all out and pin all his hopes on Xiao Zhirou, hoping that she could really turn decay into magic.

After saying that, Li Haitang rushed out of the tent in a panic and went to deliver a message for Xiao Zhirou.

"A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise."

Sui Zuo's eyes swept across the corpses lying all over the place. Strangely, facing the deaths of his lieutenants, he not only did not show any sadness or anger, but remained calm and composed.

"Since the disaster has already happened, I'll have to trouble General Sui to solve it for me." Xiao Zhirou pointed her gaze at Sui Zuo, "General Sui is a smart man, he should understand what I mean."

"You want to use me as a hostage?" Sui Zuo raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Hold me hostage to help you escape from Xilu Camp?"

"No!" Xiao Zhirou shook her head and said, "I would like to ask General Sui to say a few words and then issue a military order to your men."

"What do you mean?" Sui Zuo looked puzzled.

"First, I want you to tell the soldiers on night patrol that the sentinel arrow just now was fired accidentally and there is no urgent military information in the central army camp. Second, I want you to order the troops in the southern foot camp to withdraw overnight and let the martial arts heroes leave."

"Ha ha……"

Sui Zuo slammed the table and laughed, seeming to admire Xiao Zhirou's courage and determination very much, and mocked: "When disaster strikes, Master Xiao is already in a difficult situation, and he is still thinking about saving people?"

"If you don't obey, I will kill you." Xiao Zhirou's eyes turned cold and her tone became unquestionable.

"What time is it now?" Sui Zuo asked, "Even if I give the order now, the Nanlu camp will not be able to withdraw until daybreak. Do you think the thousands of troops on Huashan can escape our eyes in broad daylight? Even if they can escape Huashan, can they escape the pursuit of tens of thousands of cavalry?"

"This is our business, don't worry about it." Xiao Zhirou didn't buy Sui Zuo's words at all, and threatened, "Stand at the door now, let the people outside see your face, and then do as I say. Don't even think about escaping, I will always stand behind you, if you dare to move, don't blame me for being ruthless. You can escape once, but you won't be able to escape a second time."

"It looks like Ben will have no choice."

Seeing that Xiao Zhirou had made up her mind and showed her coldness, Sui Zuo had no choice but to agree reluctantly.

Strangely, in Xiao Zhirou's opinion, Sui Zuo's compromise did not seem to be a source of dissatisfaction, but rather a kind of teasing attitude.

Unfortunately, tonight was the first time Xiao Zhirou met Sui Zuo, so she knew nothing about his temper and character. She only thought that he was born like that and had a dissolute personality.

Under Xiao Zhirou's threat, Sui Zuo walked slowly to the door of the tent, then gave Xiao Zhirou a cynical smirk and teased, "Master Xiao, I can help you, but you have to return a favor to me."

"If it wasn't a matter of life and death, why would you help me?"

"That's wrong!" Sui Zuo defended himself solemnly, "Blackmail is blackmail, and human feelings are human feelings. How can we confuse the two?"

"It's just nonsense!"

"If you don't agree, I'd rather die than leave. If you want to kill me, just do it!"

After saying that, Sui Zuo held his head high, closed his eyes, and put on a stubborn look of "a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water".

"you……"

"Is the general in the tent?"

Before Xiao Zhirou could finish her words, she heard shouts from outside the tent. It seemed that the night patrol soldiers had arrived.

Sui Zuo was not moved at all and still insisted on his own opinion.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhirou couldn't help but feel anxious, with a hint of anger in her eyes. Seeing that Sui Zuo was unmoved and seemed ready to die, she frowned and asked reluctantly, "What favor do you want?"

Hearing this, Sui Zuo grinned, then rolled his eyes, leaned close to Xiao Zhirou's ear with expectation, and teased: "I will help you through this difficult time, Master Xiao, can you... spend a night with me?"

"you wanna die!"

"Ha ha……"

Sui Zuo's frivolous words made Xiao Zhirou stunned. A feeling of shame and anger filled her heart, and she wished she could smash his head immediately.

However, just when Xiao Zhirou was getting angry and humiliated, Sui Zuo suddenly moved his feet, rushed out of the tent door in an instant, and got rid of Xiao Zhirou's grip with lightning speed.

Once again, he took advantage of Xiao Zhirou's carelessness to help him break out of prison and escape safely.

……

(End of this chapter)