Chapter 19 Why Fear Ghosts?

From the initial cavalry charge, to the hand-to-hand combat, to the final conclusion, this fierce battle in the snowy field between the human soldiers and the White Walkers lasted for a whole day and night.

Unsurprisingly, the Northern Alliance was still able to achieve the final victory.

Because at the current stage, the Northern Alliance's military strength is still at an absolute upper hand.

However, in order to maintain this advantage in military strength, the treasury of each country has been in deficit for years. Not to mention that most of the strong men have been conscripted into the army. Just to deliver grain and grass to the Iron City, it is unimaginable to consume financial resources and manpower.

Therefore, no one knows how long this advantage will last.

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Fog enveloped the entire snowfield.

Lu Qingshan stood on the city wall, looking down.

At this time, the entire snowfield was full of broken limbs.

These broken limbs are all from the human race.

Because after death, the White Walkers will turn into liquid and disappear quickly.

There is a strong smell of rotting corpses floating in the air, which is the unpleasant smell emitted after the corpses of the White Walkers vaporize.

Troops are cleaning the battlefield.

"General, the casualties have been calculated. We have 767 casualties in this battle, including 31 minor injuries, 189 serious injuries, and 547 sacrifices." Gu Tianyan came from behind Lu Qingshan Come and report respectfully to Lu Qingshan.

The mortality rate is extremely high. This is because the weapons of the White Walkers are too weird. Once they pierce the body and the cold air invades, the blood of the soldiers will stop flowing in a short time.

Therefore, there are few survivors among those who are injured - unless a strong man can cut off his wrist at the first opportunity and directly amputate the injured part.

"However, this time our dragon and phoenix army killed 431 strange ghosts, and the battle loss ratio was close to three to two. In terms of this battle loss ratio alone, it should be the best among all armies."

Gu Tianyan suppressed his excitement and said in a deep voice: "Moreover, according to statistics, General, you also achieved the achievement of slaying a hundred ghosts in this battle."

When the overall battle loss ratio was twenty to one, the fact that their Dragon and Phoenix Army could bring the battle loss ratio to this point was undoubtedly a very powerful proof of the strength of their Dragon and Phoenix Army.

Although the dragon and phoenix army killed 431 strange ghosts, more than a hundred of them were killed by the man in front of them.

Thinking like this, Gu Tianyan couldn't help but look up at Lu Qingshan, thinking of Lu Qingshan's amazing performance on the previous battlefield.

Kill a hundred ghosts!

This is quite an achievement in Iron City.

Thirty years later, only a few dozen of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Iron City have achieved this achievement.

And without exception, they are all accumulated slowly after dozens of battles.

No one has ever accomplished such a terrifying achievement like their general in just one battle.

Moreover, among the hundred ghosts killed, there was also an "elite" White Walker who was very important and was judged by them as a White Walker general.

"This is just the beginning," Lu Qingshan was not proud of this achievement and laughed loudly: "I guarantee that everyone in the Dragon and Phoenix Army, as long as they can survive the battlefield in the end, will be able to take off their armor and return to the fields. The accumulated achievements are not weaker than those of the Hundred Demon Slayers."

This is an astonishing guarantee.

You must know that those who can achieve the achievement of killing a hundred ghosts must be at least a commander-level presence in the armies of various countries, and even an army may not be able to produce one.

But Lu Qingshan was obviously so arrogant, but he was also convincing and powerful.

I don't know if it was because of his previous performance on the battlefield that was too shocking, or because he exuded a convincing demeanor.

Seeing that Gu Tianyan seemed to be calmed down, Lu Qingshan chuckled again, "But first, we must survive on the battlefield."

"The fate of a sergeant is to die in battle. If he survives, he can achieve such feats. So what if he has to risk his life?" Gu Tianyan clasped his fists and said loudly.

He couldn't help but feel a little boiling in his heart.

"If I have your full help, why worry about the big thing happening?" Lu Qingshan's eyes were deep, no one knew what the big thing he meant?

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"Song Guoshen General Song Yingzhen killed eleven ghosts and was rewarded with three thousand taels of silver."

"King Luo Bin, the flying goose general of the Liu Kingdom..., is rewarded with two thousand taels of silver."

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"The Protector General of the Qin State, Lu Qingshan, formed a formation to kill the generals of the White Walkers. He killed more than a hundred White Walkers and achieved a record of slaying a hundred ghosts. He was rewarded with twenty thousand taels of silver."

A primary school student walked up to Lu Qingshan carrying a red paint tray with a hundred ingots of gold on it.

Lu Qingshan took the tray.

"Thank you."

"General Lu, you're welcome." The colonel looked a little excited.

The man in front of me is a ruthless character who can kill hundreds of White Walkers in one battle. I don’t know how many soldiers have come and gone in Tiecheng in the past thirty years. When has such a character appeared?

This is a general destined to become a legend, how can he not be excited?

The other generals present raised their eyebrows when they saw this scene, but did not speak.

With real results in front of them, what can they say?

It can only be said that it makes sense for Lu Qingshan to be favored by the princess of Qin and given the Sword of Zhenguo.

The general did not speak, but someone spoke at this time.

It was the person on the main seat, the King of South Korea, King Han. According to the rules, the kings of the nine major kingdoms had to take turns to drive and conquer Tiecheng in person to calm the morale of the army.

At this time, it happened to be South Korea's turn.

In fact, with armies from so many countries gathered in one city, only the kings of these nine great kingdoms could have some control over these armies.

"General Pingnan uses his troops like a god, and General Lu's military force reaches the realm of heaven and man. The two are very different, but they both have the style of a general. I just don't know who is stronger?" King Han said with a smile.

There is a needle hidden in the cotton.

Lu Qingshan just smiled softly and said, "The King of Han is so complimentary."

King Han's eyes flickered and he chuckled, "I had forgotten that General Lu and General Pingnan came from Qin together. Together they are invincible, so why should we compete?"

Lu Qingshan did not respond.

King Han's intention to provoke is already obvious, but even if he knows it is a provocation, as long as he has the slightest idea about power, he will fall for it.

This is a person who will have a heart for gains and losses, a heart for winning and losing.

This is a conspiracy.

But Lu Qingshan is one of those rare exceptions.

To him, everything in the Taoyuan world is just a passing cloud. Apart from the dragon bird in his hand and the extermination of the strange ghosts, he really has nothing else to ask for.

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After this fierce battle, not only has his prestige among the Dragon and Phoenix Guards been established, but also the military generals from various countries have recognized this general who protects the country of Qin who has killed a hundred ghosts in one battle.

Especially among the army at Huanlongmen, Lu Qingshan was quite famous.

After all, the impact of seeing it with your own eyes and hearing about it is incomparable.

Lu Qingshan did not take any of the ten thousand taels of silver rewarded by Baigui Zhan, and distributed all of them as pensions to the families of the Dragon and Phoenix Guards soldiers who died in the battle.

This move undoubtedly increased his prestige among the Dragon and Phoenix Army.

Who would not be convinced by a general who is good at fighting, good at employing people and generous?

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The wind and snow are fierce.

It’s that time of year when the wind and snow rise again.

The Iron City has been established and stood in the snow ridge for thirty and two years.

This weather-beaten city, even if it is really made of iron, is inevitably a little rusty.

At this time, groups of neat troops filed into the city from the city gate.

They came from the countries in the southern border of the Daoyuan Realm, and came all the way through wind and rain, just to support the Northern Alliance.

Because just a month ago, Iron City once again encountered a large-scale attack by the White Walkers, suffering heavy losses and in urgent need of new blood.

Under the city wall, a strong man like an iron tower looked up at the flag fluttering in the wind on the city wall, and then his eyes tightened.

"Which country's military flag is that?"

Among the continuous flags, there is one flag that is higher than all the flags.

On the big flag, the gilded dragon pattern is eye-catching.

The junior high school student who was registering the new troops entering the city noticed the difference between the strong men and frowned and asked, "You don't know about the Dragon and Phoenix Army?"

The strong man shook his head.

The principal thought that he was from the south and was not well-informed. He showed a look of understanding and said, "Then you should know more about it."

"After all, in Tiecheng, you don't have to know who the kings of the nine great kingdoms are, but you absolutely must know about Lu Qingshan and his Dragon and Phoenix Army."

"Lu Qingshan..." Suddenly hearing this somewhat familiar name, the strong man frowned.

General Zhenning, who came from the Yuan Kingdom, remembered a strange man he met in the old forest outside Yuandu two thousand years ago, who also had this name.

Here, Xiao Xiao has already begun to talk endlessly.

In Xiaoxiao's narration, General Zhenning learned about the shocking record of the Longfeng Army and a legend.

Lu Qingshan, these three words look skinny when written, but full of iron bones, and they give a sense of reliability when read.

Green hills are inherently stable things.

But there has never been any green mountain higher than this "green mountain".

No one knows the origin of Lu Qingshan. He appeared in this world like a foreigner, came to the Qin State, and was valued by Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Qin State. He was given the Sword of the State and the Dragon and Phoenix Guards, and was granted the title of General Protector of the State. , and then set off to conquer Iron City.

The day after Lu Qingshan led the Dragon and Phoenix Guards to officially enter Iron City, the White Walkers launched a large-scale offensive against Iron City.

The Dragon and Phoenix Army, which came to this battlefield for the first time, under the leadership of Lu Qingshan, shined together with Lu Qingshan.

In the battle that lasted for a day and night, Lu Qingshan took the lead, charging forward as the arrowhead of the Dragon and Phoenix Army, slaying the leader of the White Walkers, completing the achievement of slaying a hundred ghosts, and leading the Dragon and Phoenix Army to achieve an astonishing battle loss ratio of three to two, which is undisputed The bravery of the army.

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After this battle, the Dragon and Phoenix Army washed away the dust on their bodies like pearls.

With the help of the powerful generals, the formidable hard training, strict discipline, and the personal martial arts that all soldiers improved by leaps and bounds under the guidance of Lu Qingshan, they turned into a formidable beast. In the following two years of battle, all soldiers He is not afraid of death and kills the enemy at the front, and has a brilliant record.

Tiecheng gathers armies from all countries, but since Lu Qingshan brought the Dragon and Phoenix Army to Tiecheng, the Dragon and Phoenix Army will be the most eye-catching army in every battle, without exception.

It's not surprising that Tiecheng, with its mighty army, can defeat all the other armies once, but if it happens every time, then it can really only be described in four words - "the invincible division".

The armies of other countries could only watch with vigilance, uneasiness, and admiration as this army rose step by step, and finally surpassed them all.

Lu Qingshan also gradually became a legendary general in Iron City.

It is said that after the fierce battle a month ago, this legend has achieved an unprecedented achievement of slaying a thousand ghosts, and probably no one will come after him.

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General Zhenning looked slightly stunned. He was obviously amazed by such a fierce performance, and he immediately rejected his previous thoughts.

How could such a legendary figure be a young man who happened to meet in the old forest?

At the same time, he also had some expectations in his heart.

I wonder when I can see this legendary general and his Dragon and Phoenix Army with my own eyes?

What General Zhenning didn't know was that the Lu Qingshan he was talking about at this moment was actually the Lu Qingshan he saw two years ago, and he was on the city wall in front of him.

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"We're not very lucky. We've only been here two years and we've already faced such fierce battles twice. In the past thirty years, there have only been two other invasions of this scale before." Gu Tianyan spoke in a heavy voice on the city wall. He said to the tall figure in front of him.

Obviously, he was very heartbroken over the loss of the Dragon and Phoenix Guards in this battle.

"I think I'm lucky..." Lu Qingshan's eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Huh?" Gu Tianyan didn't understand what Lu Qingshan meant.

Lu Qingshan pointed at the vast snowfield and said: "This time, all the White Walkers wandering in the snowfield came out in force and were wiped out by us. Doesn't that mean that there are not many White Walkers in the snowfield at this time?"

After every large-scale attack by the White Walkers, Iron City will usher in a period of calm for several months.

This is because the White Walkers also need fixing.

A large-scale invasion usually wipes out the strength they have accumulated for a long time.

"Being passively beaten is not a good strategy after all. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Isn't this the best opportunity to find out the source and specific number of White Walkers?"

Gu Tianyan was shocked and already understood what Lu Qingshan was thinking.

"The general wants to go deep into the snowfield to explore the reality of the White Walkers?" he said in shock.

Seeing Gu Tianyan being restrained, Lu Qingshan chuckled, "After being beaten for thirty-two years, it's our turn to beat someone else."

"Generals from other countries will definitely not agree with your idea." Gu Tianyan frowned and advised.

The snowfield is too vast and full of dangers. Not to mention the White Walkers, no one dares to go deep into the snowstorm that will start at any time.

"I don't need their consent because I don't plan to call them." Lu Qingshan said softly with his eyes shining brightly.

In the face of Gu Tianyan's sudden realization and shock, Lu Qingshan turned his head and said word by word: "Raise an army for a thousand days, use it for a while."

Yes, the brilliant achievements that shocked all the soldiers in Tiecheng in the past two years were just a strategy for Lu Qingshan to raise his troops.

His real goal has always been one.

Cultivate a true army and then go straight to the Yellow Dragon.

"Yes, General!" Gu Tianyan said loudly, looking at Lu Qingshan's young face with fanatical admiration in his eyes.

The two years of outstanding achievements have made the Dragon and Phoenix Army respect Lu Qingshan from top to bottom. With him as the leader, as long as Lu Qingshan is still charging at the front to kill the enemy, the Dragon and Phoenix Army's morale will still be high even if they fight to the last man.

This is an extreme kind of worship, the worship that comes from winning every battle.

It is this kind of worship that brings strong centripetal force and combat effectiveness to the Dragon and Phoenix Guards.

But it is also this that makes many generals quite criticized and disgusted.

As generals, they firmly believe that the ability to implement tactics, the unpredictability of strategy, and strict military discipline are the top priorities in running an army.

Personal heroism can bring unparalleled influence, but heroes always die.

Once Lu Qingshan dies, where will the Dragon and Phoenix Army go?

But Lu Qingshan always laughed off these rumors.

It is undeniable that the concerns of other generals are justified.

However, what he needs is exactly such an extreme army that can be said to be "brainless".

As long as he is around, the morale of the "brainless" army will always be high.

Because, for anyone with a brain, facing the extreme weather in the snowfield and facing the unknown path of exploration, morale will be extremely weakened.

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"I'm not afraid of demons, so why should I be afraid of ghosts?" Lu Qingshan stood on the city wall, his long hair flying like ink, looking far into the distance, and the pale and vast snowfields were all in his eyes.

The road to spiritual practice is long, and you have to fight against time. Most of the time is spent practicing hard, and along the way, there will only be fewer and fewer people around you, so you are destined to be lonely.

The journey of a warrior is much shorter, but extremely exciting.

Perhaps it was because his magic power was sealed by the rules and he had to temporarily take the path of a warrior.

Compared to Cang Qiong Tian, ​​Lu Qingshan at this time was a little less calm and self-possessed, but a little more arrogant to compete with the sky.