Chapter 1558 No Heroism

Yu Liyang couldn't even watch the final charge of Jing'an Hou carefully, he had to get out before being locked.

Chongxuan Chuliang paused, squinted his eyes, and looked at the meteor shower that was falling all over the sky.

The flames were thousands of miles away, and the rocks were falling thousands of feet.

It was a magnificent sight.

This was the last afterglow of Jianfeng Mountain and the five-stage Houde Zaiwu formation...

After watching this quietly, he raised his knife. The knife that cut the life span, which was like dividing the sky and the earth, only lightly wiped it in the air, and it was as ethereal as smoke and clouds--

It was already gone.

And everything in the sky that people could see had disappeared.

Including clouds, fire, and the seemingly endless meteor shower... It seemed that they had never existed.

A knife cut out a clear sky!

Controlling the 100,000 autumn killing troops and mobilizing the power of the army formation, the killing power that Chongxuan Chuliang could exert was definitely at the level of a true lord.

Just the fact of controlling a hundred thousand troops is a strong constraint in itself, restricting the commander from being as free as a strong man who has great power.

In history, when using military formations to kill a strong man of the Yan Dao, it is necessary to first trap him in the formation, lock him with the military evil, and then attack him continuously to complete it...

That's why Cao Jie asked Yan Ping to lock Yu Liyang.

The sky was empty.

After Chongxuan Chu Liang put away his sword, he led the army to retreat. The merits that should be shared by the Qiusha Army were inevitable, and the next thing had nothing to do with him for the time being.

A hundred thousand troops flowed freely on the vast land like water, which was a picture that made the viewer feel comfortable, with an indescribable natural lightness.

The art of using troops is nothing more than this.

In the picture of the Jianfeng Mountain offensive, no one noticed Hua Hongzhao, the Jing'an Marquis of Xia State.

Because he had been wiped out by Xiong Tu's sword along with the last afterglow of the Jianfeng Mountain protective formation.

The last charge was without even a shadow of light.

No heroics.

All that remained on Jianfeng Mountain were the scattered and leaderless army and the broken and damaged formation...

"Fengjie has become Qi territory!"

Cao Jie said so on the Rongchong Tower Car.

At this moment, Yu Liyang had left, and the last attack of the five-stage Houde Zaiwu formation was wiped out.

The entire Jianfeng Mountain was already defenseless.

The entire Fengjie Prefecture, twenty-three cities, were all under the horses and blades of the Qi army!

The commander-in-chief of the Xia army, who had just forced back King Min of Daxia and broke Jianfeng Mountain in less than a day, issued three more military orders.

The order said: "Order Chen Fu's troops to take over Jianfeng Mountain, and do not suffer unnecessary casualties!"

Another order said: "Send a message to Li Zhengyan, and ask him to lead his troops to attack the city and capture the stronghold while preserving strength. Within three days, I will change the flag of the entire Fengjie Prefecture! Three days later, I will gather the Zhufeng Army on the west bank of Lianhe River. At that time, I will use the Zhufeng Army as the vanguard to attack Xiangyou Prefecture!"

Another order said: "Send a message to Chen Zeqing to operate the intelligence well. 'Min Wang Yu Liyang personally guarded Jianfeng Mountain, with a large formation and a strong army, but he didn't hold it for a day.' I will spread this news throughout Guiyi City in the shortest time, so that women and children will know it!"

After issuing three orders in a row, he turned and walked into the Rongchong tower car, and never looked at the battlefield again. Although the flags were fluttering, the crowds were surging, and the blood and fire had not yet burned out, the war at this stage was over... There was no need to look at it again.

The flag officers guarding the periphery of Rongchong quickly rode away and spread Cao Jie's order to all parties.

Ruan Lu still stood behind the steel battlements with his hands folded, looking at the scattered and gathered clouds in the sky.

Although he was not familiar with military science, he could understand Cao Jie's orders. From these orders, he saw Cao Jie's unparalleled confidence in this war!

It was not difficult to take over Jianfeng Mountain at this moment.

Any army could be used.

But Chen Fu, the court doctor, was a man who was very sensible and disciplined. The county soldiers under his command must have better military discipline than the coalition forces of the Eastern Region. He could well complete the order of "not causing unnecessary casualties".

And the will embodied in this order was consistent with Cao Jie's second order.

Let the more elite Zhufeng Army to capture the entire Fengjie Prefecture, instead of letting 300,000 county soldiers or the coalition forces of the Eastern Region do it... It was also because the Zhufeng Army, a powerful army in the world, had strict military discipline. Apart from the war itself, they would not do anything like burning, killing and looting.

As for the requirement of "fighting fast and preserving strength", it is tailor-made for Li Zhengyan, the Marquis of Destroying Cities, who is good at raiding.

This can appease the mood of the coalition forces of the Eastern Region who cannot take credit.

After all, who can use troops as quickly as Li Zhengyan?

But in fact... Jianfeng Mountain was not defended for a day, and Yu Liyang escaped. Who else can defend the entire Fengjie Prefecture?

Changing the flag in three days sounds difficult, but in fact, even the coalition forces of the Eastern Region can do it.

Coordinate the overall situation and take all parties into consideration. This is the commander of the three armies.

The reason why Cao Jie gave such an order is nothing more than because-

This is a war to destroy a country and annex land, not a war of plunder.

In Cao Jie's strategic thinking, the Xia land he conquered has been regarded as Qi land. The captured Xia people are regarded as future Qi people. That's why he pays special attention to the losses outside the war.

The places that were damaged in the entire Xia territory will have to be filled by Qi after the war.

How could such an idea not reflect Cao Jie's confidence?

As for the third order...

Chen Zeqing has been in charge of Qi's intelligence work for a long time and is very good at it. It is only natural for him to be in charge of the intelligence related to this war.

The words that Cao Jie let spread are very interesting.

Every word he said can be regarded as a fact. There is no subjective opinion added, so it cannot be attacked by the Xia people as a rumor.

But in fact, if only a corner of the truth is intercepted, it is completely different from the real face.

It completely erases the price paid by the Qi army for this, and also covers up the trade-offs and sacrifices of Yu Liyang.

The first battle was a victory, and it was a great victory that forced Yu Liyang away and broke Jianfeng Mountain within a day. Cao Jie certainly wanted to maximize his influence on public opinion.

Most people would not care how much power the Qi army used in the war, and they were too lazy to think about the extent of the loss of the Qiusha army's direct attack with the power of the military formation... People would only notice that King Min of the Great Xia could not defend Jianfeng Mountain, not even for a day!

How deep a psychological shadow would this leave on the Xia people, and how strong a fear would it create?

If we simply measure the gains and losses of the war, it is actually difficult to say that today's Jianfeng Mountain battle is an advantage. It is difficult to say which is the heavier price, half a month, or the huge amount of Yuanshi consumed by the hundred thorn boats and the temporary rest of the Qiusha Army.

But for Cao Jie, the losses suffered by the Xia Kingdom in this battle will have to wait and see!

Cao Jie decisively placed a heavy bet. Is this battle not for the present?

Yu Liyang can certainly see this, but compared to the blow to the morale of the Xia Kingdom's soldiers, the loss of a true lord is something that the Xia Kingdom cannot bear.

Cao Jie seems to have changed his style and is taking risks today. He seems to be desperate, but he is actually playing a chess game that must win!

When he saw Yu Liyang for the first time, he understood the result of the war, so he bet without hesitation! Bet! Bet!

At the moment when the hundred thorn boats were launched and the Jianfeng Mountain defense line was riddled with holes, Yu Liyang was destined to suffer a loss.

The only suspense is what he will choose between the two evils...

This is not even a suspense.

Because everyone knows that we should "choose the lesser of the two evils!"

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"Those who surrender will be spared!"

Teams of county soldiers led by generals flew up Jianfeng Mountain, and the accompanying flag officers raised their flags and shouted.

On the winding mountain road of Jianfeng Mountain, teams of Xia soldiers surrendered and knelt down, disarming their weapons.

This mountain is dangerous.

This army is strong.

But there are not many Xia soldiers who are fighting stubbornly at this moment.

After all, they are the legends of the Great Xia Shenwu era, the representative figures of the national revival, the dignified Yandao strongman, Min Wang Yu Liyang! All fled without saying a word...

Who can be stronger and more courageous than Min Wang?

The mountain outside is still there, but the mountain in the heart has fallen.

In this way, a massacre was also avoided!

There is a man named Zhang Tai in the army, who is from Fengxian County of Qi State and has nothing to do with the "Zhang" who was once prominent.

Maybe there was some blood relationship a few hundred years ago?

Who knows!

Anyway, the Zhang family of Fengxian is gone.

After the crying incident, the Ministry of Rites has officially announced that the Jiufanhou family has no descendants.

The famous family that accompanied Emperor Wu to establish the military merit of restoring the country and shared the glory with the Great Qi disappeared. There is only a record in the history books for future generations to pay tribute.

Apart from the lineage of Jiufanhou, there is no other prominent family in Fengxian County.

Zhang Tai's family background is very ordinary, that is, he can eat three meals a day and will not starve to death - in Qi, as long as people are not lazy and have healthy limbs, they will not have no food to eat.

He joined the army at the age of sixteen. Because he was hardworking and daring to fight, although his physique was not very qualified, he gradually became a qualified soldier. He served as a soldier in Fengxian County and protected his hometown.

In the military selection five years ago, he failed to be selected as the Nine Soldiers, but because of his desperate performance on the field, he was promoted to the captain after returning. He manages about a hundred people, and his life is very enjoyable.

Last year, because his team achieved good results in the joint military exercises of various counties, he was awarded a pill of opening meridians! He successfully opened his meridians at the end of last year and became an extraordinary cultivator!

Life has been different since then!

The door of the Nine Soldiers of Daqi was opened for him. The Fengxian County soldiers also offered him the position of deputy governor.

He would not hesitate.

After all, the Nine Soldiers was the place he had been thinking about day and night, and the stage that any soldier of Daqi yearned for. It was a brand new starting point and also represented an infinite future... But so many years have passed, and there is an old father and a kind mother at home, both of whom are old and weak, and he is no longer the eighteen or nineteen-year-old self.

After thinking about it, he stayed in the county soldiers. Promoted to deputy governor, he can take care of his old parents nearby, and married a beautiful wife before the New Year, and his life is very comfortable.

His old Zhang family, which has no noble blood, can be regarded as well-known in the local area and live a decent life.

This time, the emperor was going to attack Xia and the whole country was recruiting troops. He was the tenth person to sign up in the Fengxian County army.

Damn, after getting the news, he went to sign up overnight, thinking that he would be the first. The nine bastards in front of him were waiting outside the door with their bedding rolled up!

For an ordinary soldier in Qi, what does war mean?

It means merit, it means official position, it means opportunity.

An opportunity to rise to the top in one step.

Not to mention the distant past, how many people have accumulated extraordinary merits in the previous war to destroy Yang?

How many people have made the leap to the dragon gate?

He, Zhang Tai, the deputy governor, also wants to obtain resources, and his Tao veins are soaring, and he also wants to try the feeling of flying in the sky and hiding in the ground! How long will it take to accumulate merits through military exercises in peacetime?

What's more, my beloved wife is already very happy. When this battle is over, the child will be born. Doesn't he want to earn a pulse-opening pill for his unborn child? I waded through mud and blood, how hard it was to be extraordinary, and spent so many years of youth in the county soldiers, that I was intimidated when I saw the young faces in the nine soldiers.

Couldn't his future son or daughter be one step ahead?

Since the emperor came to the throne, the Qi State has won all the key wars, fought many battles along the way, and destroyed countless countries, only to achieve the foundation of the hegemony of the Eastern Region.

Why are the people of Qi afraid of war?

Why is he not active?

Those non-military civilians who want to apply for the draft are unable to do so!

To be honest, he had never experienced the battle thirty-two years ago. And Qi was the final winner and won the hegemony. He didn't feel much about the so-called bloody feud with Xia.

The reason why he is happy to hear about the war is that the war can bring him personal real opportunities and tangible benefits. He died in battle now, and a pulse-opening pill is indispensable for his family. If a military attache like him is heroic, the county guard will personally visit him to question him. He fights with benefit and dies without worries.

The second is the innate sense of honor that comes with being a Qi person. Gu Yang has become the dust of history, and the towering tree of Qiangjing has also begun to decay long ago. As the youngest hegemon in the world, it has stepped forward despite the pressure from other hegemons. Just like on the Yellow River, generations of Qi people fought to the death and finally won the title of leader. The people of Qi should conquer the world and not bow to anyone!

"Those who surrender will avoid death!"

Zhang Tai shouted like this, led his soldiers to climb the mountain, skillfully collected their weapons, drove the soldiers to one place, and concentrated on guarding them.

Stepping among the rugged rocks, his eyes suddenly lit up.

In front of the sight, a young military attaché of the Xia Kingdom was lying on his back, his body falling on the rocks.

Judging from the lingering literary aura on his body, he should be a Confucian monk.

He probably died under the bombardment of the Autumn Killing Army Formation, and there were no penetrating wounds caused by the Thorn Spear on his body. Thinking of the majesty of the Autumn Killing Army Formation, Zhang Tai couldn't help but feel a little envious.

But he immediately turned his attention to the corpse in front of him.

There was a piece of blood-soaked paper protruding from the cracked armor of this Xia military attache.

Practicing Dharma in the Xia Kingdom's army? The secret technique of Confucianism?

Regardless, it's definitely good stuff. Even if it is not suitable for use, it can still be sold for a good price.

Zhang Tai was secretly happy.

The spoils of war must be handed over uniformly, and finally the generals above will calculate and distribute the merits.

He didn't dare to keep it for himself. But as someone who picked it up with his own hands, he can also share some of the benefits.

The advantage of picking it up for free!

He stepped forward, rushed to the dead military attache of Xia State, and carefully pulled out the paper.

I opened it expectantly, and my face suddenly fell.

This is not some secret magic, but a letter from home. The letter is short, but deeply creased. It must have been read many times——

"The text is my son.

The old man can still eat several cups, but the son should not think about it and kill the enemy! "

There are only two columns of words, and each word can be seen through the back of the paper.

Zhang Tai didn't have any unnecessary feelings. He threw the letter away casually, then reached into the arms of the dead military attaché of Xia State and searched for a while, but found nothing.

He closed his hand with some disappointment, got up and left.

But after taking a few steps, I somehow thought about it, turned around, and picked up the letter.

Of course he didn't mean that there was any psychological burden.

The justice of a soldier is to kill the enemy and nothing else.

When the two countries are at war, it is not the turn of a grassroots military attache like him to talk about compassion. We all have wives and children, and we all have our own trivial ideals and pursuits. We go to the battlefield and see life and death with swords and guns. No one needs to sympathize with anyone else.

He just saw another life in this letter.

Human beings, as individuals, are usually small. On the battlefield, it's more often just numbers. But in every period of life, love and hate are so real...

My life, his life.

"Put down your weapons, surrender and avoid death!" Zhang Tai shouted again as he walked.