The Demon Lords

Chapter 1094: Chapter 263: Call Me Brother (2)

The human heart is made of flesh.

As a lady of the Clan Gongsun,

she might have looked down on Jiang Hu before, but now, she knows clearly that Jiang Hu is her only means of survival.

Whether in escaping through the Chu region or going to the Yan State, she has to rely on Jiang Hu.

Being sycophantic to this extent is pretty much like a Sky-Barking Dog.

Jiang Hu then smiled and said, "Lord Zheng, Princess, we’re sure to walk out of this mountain and return to the Yan State, because only in the Yan State can Lord Zheng truly showcase his talents.

I have thought it through, the re-establishment of the Imperial Beast Bureau or not, it doesn’t matter much to me."

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Ling looked at Jiang Hu with some surprise.

"I hope Lord Zheng will take me in, so I can stay by Lord Zheng’s side in Snow Sea Pass to raise the demonic beasts for Lord Zheng, there are plenty of demonic beasts in the Skybreak Mountain range."

Earlier, Zheng Fan’s words meant that even if I were captured and brought back to the Chu State, the Regent would still put me at the forefront, the Regent would still value me.

The princess understood, she followed along, being the Regent’s younger sister, even if she were to fail in a rebellion, the Regent wouldn’t kill her, just imprison her.

If we were captured and taken back to the Chu State, we would still be people of high status, even if you Jiang Hu captured us and gained merit, you would still just be an ordinary minister, it’s easy to kill you, to take revenge on you.

Jiang Hu clearly understood the warning implied, and expressed his loyalty.

The warnings and precautions from both sides completed another round of confrontation in a harmonious manner.

For the next ten days, the mountain paths were difficult to traverse, but with Jiang Hu leading the way, the two women were quite resilient, so the four of them moved quickly, and nothing untoward happened along the way.

Oh, except that the starch noodles ran out.

Once the starch noodles were finished, the group started relying on hunting for food, they had already caught quite a few prey along the way, and occasionally, the Green Python would come by and offer some of its "leftovers," so they were never short of food and drink.

It’s just that this game meat, eating it for several days in a row, is truly a burden on the stomach and intestines.

This morning, the four of them were originally moving forward, but the Green Python suddenly emerged, blocking their path.

Generally speaking, the Green Python rarely shows up during the day.

Jiang Hu immediately prostrated himself to the ground, with his ear to the ground, and said:

"The sound of horse hooves, there are many of them."

In fact,

the four of them were almost out of the mountains by now, ahead, there were merely the foothills, almost reaching the area where Yan and Chu armies confront each other.

Sensing that cavalry was approaching, Jiang Hu quickly hid the packhorse, and everyone hid well.

Soon, a cavalry of about a hundred Chu people appeared, they didn’t stop and continued to gallop westward.

Lord Zheng immediately said to Jiang Hu beside him, "These are vanguard scouts; we must relocate now."

Whenever an army embarks, there is always a vanguard, which opens up the path through mountains and bridges over water, key to creating blind spots for the main army’s frontline, and the vanguard scouts are the cavalry recon of the vanguard, usually advancing in organized formations.

And after the main army camps down, the scouts will be subdivided to gain a broader view.

So, right now, there should be a considerably large Chu army advancing here.

If we don’t leave here promptly, the four of us could end up encircled by that large Chu army and be unable to escape.

Lord Zheng immediately led the three others southward, retracing their steps, because going north, east, or west risked encountering the Chu army, so it was better to take a few extra days to be sure of their safety.

However, just as they hadn’t gone far south, there was a twist, or perhaps, a new opportunity.

A contingent of Chu cavalry was rushing eastward from the west, seemingly the exact opposite of the ones they had met previously, and behind them, Lord Zheng saw the pursuing cavalry clad in black armor.

Divine mercy,

upon seeing the familiar armor of the Southern Pacification Army, Lord Zheng’s eyes unexpectedly became a bit wet.

This was not feigned, for ever since that escape on his wedding day, from Zhou County to now, in almost a month’s time, Lord Zheng had been without a demonic king beside him except for Mo Wan, it had truly been nerve-wracking, now, seeing the Southern Pacification Army cavalry, gave a sense of a wanderer returning home.

"Not good, Yan Army!"

Jiang Hu instinctively muttered lowly.

Immediately,

Zheng Fan looked at him.

Jiang Hu also looked at Zheng Fan, the middle-aged hunter’s mouth twitched, a sheepish expression appearing on his face.

This was his habit, an instinct, but now, he had defected from the Chu State, it’s just that the change in stance hadn’t completely reversed due to inertia.

In the current situation, according to Lord Zheng’s analysis, it seemed the two armies were on a collision course during their rapid maneuvers, a so-called... skirmish.

Upon seeing the opposing vanguard, the first instinct on both sides should be to send a rider or two back to report to their commander and immediately charge at the other to eliminate their vanguard.

In a skirmish, there’s little time for reactions and strategic maneuvers, and if the vanguard is taken by surprise, the commander at the rear will likely be caught off guard too, a large-scale battle is prone to erupt, and starting the chaos by eliminating the enemy’s vanguard scouts is like blinding their view, allowing your commander to maintain a clearer oversight during the impending chaos.