593: Chapter 551: Those Who Hinder the Shuofang Army, Die!
593: Chapter 551: Those Who Hinder the Shuofang Army, Die!
At this mont, as the banner with the character “i” unfurled, countless Shuofang cavalry charged forth.
Simultaneously, amidst the dust, war chariots equipped with capstan crossbows were dragged out by horses, and people imdiately began to unfasten the horses in front and started to turn the huge capstan on the crossbows to draw the crossbow bolts.
Zhang San noticed the arrows, thicker than an adult’s arm at their base, were linked with long chains.
And just then, amidst the throngs of the army, two tall and powerful Military Generals charged out on horseback, none other than i Fei’s Deputy General Wang Lihui and i Fei’s eldest son i Wu.
i Fei walked out from behind them, and mounted on a tall steed, he glanced at the nurous young people from Great Sui gathered for the Secret Realm and laughed loudly, “Today, our Shuofang Army will slaughter the young generation of the Tujue.
After this battle, the Tujue’s youth will not rise again for ten years!
For the next decade, the Tujue will remain crippled!”
At this mont, the faces of many Military Generals following i Fei displayed madness and excitent.
In their eyes, this battle was tantamount to severing the future generations of the Tujue.
But when Zhang San glanced at i Fei and then at Lv Chunyang next to him, both of them blurted out the sa two words in unison, “Idiots!”
It wasn’t only the two of them who thought i Fei’s actions were idiotic; even Changsun Bubai nearby had a furrowed brow.
However, he didn’t think i Fei was just an idiot, but rather a colossal idiot!
Yet at this mont, among the nurous young spectators, there were quite a few cheering him on.
“After this battle, without strong figures for ten years, our Great Sui Martial Artists will certainly rise to the occasion!”
“General i is mighty!
I am willing to follow the General and join in slaying the Tujue scoundrels!”
“How can I be absent from a battle to kill the enemy!?”
Many actually thought that what i Fei was doing was comndable, and nurous individuals even started to move towards the Shuofang Army, eager to join in.
Upon seeing this, Ye Longchen among the crowd rely sneered.
What consequences i Fei’s attack on the Tujue’s young generation would trigger, Ye Longchen did not know.
But Ye Longchen, all the way from Chuan-Yu Road to Longyun Path, had been killing and looting without restraint.
Chaos was his favorite.
Only chaos could create the ladder for him to climb to beco a true powerhouse!
Let it descend into chaos!
The more chaos there is, the more opportunities I will have to take advantage of!
At that ti, Zhang San finally managed to purge all the Wheel Sea Water from his Liver Divine Treasure.
No sooner had his cultivation finished than Zhang San stood up and bellowed at i Fei, “i Fei, are you an idiot?”
Zhang San’s outburst shocked the entire assembly.
In that mont, all eyes turned to Zhang San.
Zhang San continued to shout at i Fei, “Do you really think this is just a young folks’ festivity?
Are you aware that atop this mountain, among the youth from Great Sui, how many have Protectors from their Sects or clans standing behind them or lurking in the crowd, and there might even be so extrely powerful old monsters hiding among us?”
“If it’s like this on Great Sui’s side, do you think the Tujue are fools who comfortably only send their young people to the Secret Realm?”
“Now, by taking your army to act against the Tujue youth, the Tujue will undoubtedly retaliate against our Great Sui’s youth as well!”
“You are thinking of establishing your own rits, but have you considered that once you take action, it will not only lead to the deaths of all the soldiers of the Shuofang Army who went to battle with you, but also these young people who ca to participate in the Secret Realm!”
In that mont, many people finally ca to realize.
They believed that with the Shuofang Army joining in, they could slaughter the Tujue side first.
But such thoughts were purely opportunistic, disregarding the possibility of suffering losses.
If you kill the younger generation of others, do you think they’ll just stand by watching?
Would they not kill the younger generation from your side in return?
Zhang San’s piercing gaze swept over many of those who had been about to join the Shuofang Army, causing so among them to start backing away.
Especially those Martial Artists of average lineage.
They had co here seeking an opportunity for themselves.
Lacking a notable family and Protectors, if the Tujue truly took action against the young people of Great Sui, those with influential backgrounds would naturally be protected, but ordinary folks like themselves would undoubtedly die.
At this mont, nurous young Martial Artists who were originally ecstatic, now looked towards i Fei with a different gaze.
i Fei really just wanted to take the chance to earn military achievents; by killing the Tujue’s youth, the Tujue would certainly seek revenge on the Great Sui side.
But the problem was, when casualties ca, they would be soone else’s sons, not General i’s own children!
So what did it matter to i Fei!
“Shuofang Army, heed my orders!
Full charge!”
Following i Fei’s command, everyone knew it was unstoppable.
In the distance, Changsun Bubai sighed; he had a premonition that today this place would turn into a river of blood.
No sooner had i Fei spoken than he felt dozens of auras locking onto him, clearly Protectors behind the younger generation warning him.
After all, once the battle started, the safety of their young lords and ladies would be uncertain.
But i Fei’s purpose in leading troops all the way from Shuofang was to secure military achievents, reinforce his position in Longyun Path, and even possibly leverage it to step up from being a Grand Deputy Commander-in-Chief to a true Grand Commander-in-Chief!
“Whoever obstructs the Shuofang Army will die!”
As i Fei shouted loudly, dozens of capstan crossbows whooshed, shooting toward the valley’s side walls.
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
In an instant, several iron chains were erected across the wide valley, creating an iron-chain bridge.
Then, the cultivators in the army swiftly applied techniques, quickly sealing the iron-chain bridge with mud, gravel, and blocks of ice.
As the iron-chain bridge beca a mixture of sand, stone, and ice, the originally swaying structure solidified imnsely.
i Wu raised his long lance, leading the vanguard army in a charge toward the opposite side.
Wang Lihui imdiately commanded the archers to shoot arrows across, preventing the Tujue people from blocking the charge of the Shuofang vanguard troops.
As i Wu and the vanguard army had just started their assault, several powerful cultivators among the Tujue responded instantly.
In a flash, pillars of fla soared into the sky, then fell upon the bridge Shuofang army had just erected.
In an instant, flas erupted, and wails echoed through the valley.
Under the feet of the Shuofang army charging across the bridge, the structure, newly made with iron chains and techniques, began to crumble from the middle.
And as the bridge fell apart, the soldiers charging from behind plunged down one after another, like dumplings into boiling water.
After all, the vanguard troops in the back had no idea what had happened in the front.
The ones in front tried to stop, but were pushed over the edge by those behind.
At this mont, i Wu still thought his vanguard army was right behind him.
With his horse lance raised high, a smile creeped onto i Wu’s lips.
Although he hadn’t been made General Ningyuan, that must be because Zhang San originally ca from the Capital and had pulled so strings.
After this battle, once he had slain countless young Tujue on the battlefield and brought Great Sui a decade of peace, Kaihuang would realize who was truly better suited for the position of General Ningyuan.
No!
With his achievents by then, how could he settle for the nial title of General Ningyuan?
Perhaps he could even aspire to beco a Fourth Rank Military General!
The thought of being so young and able to beco a Fourth Rank General made i Wu feel like his future was boundless.
And all of this was the result of his own hard work!
With this thought, joy sprouted in i Wu’s brows; he hadn’t even started fighting, yet he was already daydreaming about being ennobled, becoming a high official, and the good days that would follow with beautiful concubines.
But just as i Wu led the vanguard army in their continued charge, countless arrows suddenly shot over from the Tujue side.
i Wu swung his horse lance, blocking all the arrows.
At the sa ti, i Wu also noticed troops from the Tujue moving out.
“Let the Tujue witness the might of my Shuofang army’s three thousand iron vanguard…”
i Wu raised his horse lance and turned back to shout at the vanguard army behind him.
However, before he could finish shouting, he realized that there were less than five hundred n left in his vanguard army behind him.
In the distance, the bridge had broken.
So of the vanguard troops had already rushed toward another iron-chain timber bridge that seed less stable.
The vanguard army on the southern hilltop began to rush toward that iron-chain timber bridge as well.
At this mont, i Wu, realizing the grim situation, wanted to order the vanguard to retreat, but it was already too late.
The Tujue cavalry on both left and right, each more than a thousand strong, quickly ford a pincer attack on i Wu’s fewer than five hundred vanguard troops, while Tujue archers continuously shot arrows at them.
i Wu was powerful enough to block these arrows, but the n of his vanguard army did not share this ability.
You could say that the battle was practically over before it had really begun.
rely a volley of arrows left i Wu with only a little over a hundred n from his original force of fewer than five hundred.
Realizing the direness of the situation, i Wu imdiately ordered a retreat.
But as so of the vanguard began to run back, they noticed that their retreat path had been cut off.
Sotis, with no escape, a cornered army might fight fiercely, pulling off a desperate counterattack.
But more often, with no escape and their leader panicking, soldiers fell into despair.
The battle wasn’t over yet, but the outco was clear to see.
As the Tujue began their assault amongst the hundred or so remaining vanguard soldiers, blood splattered in all directions.
Countless soldiers fell on the southward path they had hoped to escape through.
And the vanguard troops on the southern front, seeing their counterparts at the north in Robe Marsh nearly all dead at the hands of the Tujue, and even their own commander desperately resisting, also stopped their advance.
For them, at this mont, to cross would likely lead to the sa fate as those before them.
i Fei, atop the southern hill, saw his son surrounded by Tujue forces, and his face went pale with shock.
“Save him!
Go save my son!”
“i Wu!
My child—”
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