EBE Chapter 166 Mobilizing Heavy Troops
Chapter 166 Mobilizing Heavy Troops
He doesn't want to see fellow disciples killing each other, so he is trying to find a way to properly resolve the matter.
But this matter is not that simple. After all, so many ghosts have escaped, and the luck of Aqiang and Ahao is being lost every moment, so this matter must be resolved in the shortest time possible.
Then it is imperative for Uncle Jiu to seek help from his fellow apprentices, so the meeting between Uncle Jiu and Shi Jian is naturally unavoidable.
If he wanted to solve this problem properly, he had to start from other aspects, so he fell into deep thought again.
They traveled all night and finally arrived at Qingfeng Town at seven in the morning. Uncle Jiu and others, led by Ah Hao and Ah Qiang, arrived at the scene of the crime.
The crowd searched the scene for a long time but couldn't find even a single ghost.
Just as the group was about to leave, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew up from the ground, and four ghost messengers appeared on the ground. They were wearing double white and double black paper figurines and had a large, alien "Shou" character on their chests.
As soon as they appeared, they hit Ah Hao and Ah Qiang with the mourning sticks in their hands. The two men were unable to react in time and were each hit hard by two sticks.
They held their heads and screamed in pain. Seeing this, Uncle Jiu immediately stepped forward and waved his hand to stop the ghost officials. Then he grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and ate it. After that, he started to explain to the ghost officials.
But after talking for a long time, they refused to give in. Finally, because I revealed my identity as a Maoshan Taoist priest and put forward many compensation conditions, they agreed to forgive me for a few days.
"We'll give you seven days. If you can find those ghosts, that's fine. But if you can't, don't blame us for not giving Maoshan face. When the higher-ups come to investigate, these two guys will surely die."
Upon hearing that Uncle Jiu was a disciple of Maoshan, the four ghost officials finally refrained from pressing the matter and proposed a relatively lenient condition.
Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu naturally thanked him repeatedly and smiled countless times, but he finally sent the four ghost messengers away.
Looking back at the people who were waiting anxiously, he said, "The ghost officers promised not to report this for the time being, but we have seven days to capture all the ghosts. Otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with it!"
"Then my husband, let's get started quickly, time is very tight!" Zhe Gu said anxiously when she heard this.
She knew the seriousness of the matter. After all, Ah Hao and Ah Qiang were disciples of Uncle Jiu. If their fortune and merits were not good enough, Uncle Jiu might be implicated, so she was very anxious.
Simu frowned when he heard that and said, "I see this town is quite big, and there are many trees around, which is just right for those wandering ghosts to hide. I'm afraid we can't catch many with just a few of us."
"Yes, so I plan to tell my fellow disciples about this matter and ask them to come and lend a helping hand!"
Qianhe nodded after hearing this, "It is indeed safe to do this, but we can also catch a few in the next few days, the more we can save, the better!"
Everyone was about to take action upon hearing this, but Jiang Li stood up and said, "Master, uncles and aunts, I heard you say that the forests around here are dense. If those ghosts are hiding in them, what should we do? Can we really search every inch of the place?"
"Then, nephew, do you have any good ideas? Feel free to tell us." Simu asked after hearing this.
"I don't have a good idea, but I do have a bad one. I can go back and gather a few hundred soldiers. I'll have them put talismans on their bodies and walk around the woods with the rooster and black dog. I think that will force out the ghosts hiding there."
This was the idea that Jiang Li had been thinking about all the way. He would just dispatch a few hundred soldiers and horses over. When Shi Jian saw so many people, his momentum would definitely be weakened. And if he could mediate early and prevent the conflict from escalating, I think this matter could be resolved satisfactorily.
Everyone looked at each other in surprise when they heard this. They never expected Jiang Li to come up with such an idea. After all, they were limited by the times and didn't know what firepower phobia was.
Naturally, he would not think of the method of making up for quality with quantity like Jiang Li did.
Seeing that they were silent, Jiang Li immediately urged them, "Master, please make a decision quickly. The longer we delay, the worse the situation will be. Then, my two junior brothers, Ahao and Aqiang, will be in real trouble!"
Uncle Jiu came to his senses after hearing the reward and urging, "This is good, but I'm afraid it will cause too much trouble and disturb the people."
"Don't worry, Master. My soldiers have good military discipline. I will take this opportunity to train them and let them try a forced march."
After Jiang Li finished speaking, he said goodbye to everyone, got on his motorcycle and headed back with his Taoist soldiers.
"Junior Brother Jiang, go back and find a few people to watch over Qingyun Temple, so that the spiritual beasts in the temple won't starve!" Zhe Gu shouted loudly behind Jiang Li.
"I understand, Master Zhegu, I will make the arrangements."
After saying that, Ah Si started the motorcycle and drove away with Jiang Li.
The journey was a total of 150 miles, and they had to travel all night to get there.
This time, Jiang Li and his team set out at eight in the morning. Except for feeding the horses once, they did not stop at all and returned to Tengteng County in just four hours.
Jiang Li quickly ordered the troops to assemble. He directly mobilized most of the troops stationed in Tengteng County, and sent people to mobilize all 300 new recruits who were training in the training ground.
After counting, there were a total of 900 people, so he gave an order and asked people to prepare vehicles, horses and supplies, saying that they were going to carry out a special operation and asked them to prepare themselves.
He ordered people to borrow five hundred roosters from the Jiang family chicken farm and other places, and to bring fifty black dogs from the breeding farm. Finally, he sent people to bring the two magical chickens, Dahong and Xiaohong.
Seeing that everything that needed to be prepared was almost done, he felt a little sleepy. Looking at the ten Taoist soldiers who were also a little listless, he simply asked them to disperse and find a place to take a nap first.
Two hours later, all the supplies were prepared, and Jiang Li and the ten Taoist soldiers were woken up. After checking that nothing was missing from the supplies, they led their men to Qingfeng Town.
This time the return trip won't be so fast. After all, with so many infantrymen dragging us down, we can't go any faster. As for running all the way there, that's even more unrealistic.
The ten Taoist soldiers did not ride horses either, because their horses ran three hundred miles yesterday. This was because Jiang Li added blood mushrooms to the feed for these horses, otherwise ordinary horses would have died of exhaustion long ago.
Even so, these horses are already so tired that they might be killed if they continue running, so they are now resting in Tengteng County.
However, there are also advantages to marching slowly. Look, Jiang Li is lying on a horse-drawn carriage loaded with bedding, sleeping comfortably.
After all, he had only rested for less than two hours, and although he could recover some energy, there might be several big battles to come, so he had to stay in the best condition.