Chapter 1248 God-Slaying General
Wu Qi was not angry because Zhao Cheng said he would take Wucheng next spring. In the past ten years, many powerful people in the southern wilderness have made such outrageous remarks, and which of them did not have tens of thousands of soldiers? !
Not only that, those powerful people also had wise ministers and generals, and many wise men gave them advice.
And the last one who wanted to take Wucheng was none other than Huang Tianjun.
The commander who led the army of 50,000 soldiers to march into the southern wilderness was not a small role, but the famous God-killing General. This man was not a Taoist, but he was born with the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, and was born with horizontal muscles and bones. He was brave, so he was recommended by the village and became a head of the city.
The so-called head of the city is an official in charge of local security, and he controls a group of local warriors.
At that time, no one had raised the banner of rebellion. It was not bad for a commoner to be an official. This was already a good use of the local officials.
After all, except for the years of great chaos or the beginning of the dynasty, without family background, no matter how talented one is, it is difficult to be appointed.
As for the God-Slaying General, if he came from a powerful family, with such talent, it would not be difficult for him to become a general in his twenties.
But in the last years of the dynasty, it was impossible.
And what happened later was a very common thing in this era. The local officials at that time were transferred, and someone took a fancy to the position of the God-Slaying General's militia, so they found a few random charges to frame him, and later directly sentenced him to death.
Without a backer and no Jiashi, in this case, there is no possibility of overturning the case.
As for his subordinates, there were several of his men who led the team to tie him up.
If it were someone with worse martial arts, he would definitely be tied up, tortured in prison, and finally beheaded directly, without making any waves.
But the God-Slaying General was not an ordinary person. Facing the government, he did not have much fear in his heart. He killed several people who came to arrest him on the spot, and even fled his hometown overnight with a shoulder pole, carrying his luggage on one side and his mother on the other.
Later, he went up the mountain and became a bandit.
Until Huang Tiandao did something big and shouted that Cang Tian was dead and Huang Tian should be established.
The God-Slaying General was also not vague. He immediately brought a group of men to serve and repeatedly made military exploits.
The moment of his canonization was in Yuzhou. In one day, he killed five god generals under the command of Yuzhou Mu.
The god under the command of Yuzhou Mu, the god, refers to the ancient way of fighting with gods. He used the court's amnesty and mixed it with fighting with gods, invited the famous gods in history to possess him, and combined with the military formation, it can be said that there are few rivals in the world.
There were a total of thirteen such god generals under the command of Yuzhou Mu, but five of them were killed in one day.
At that time, when the news came out, the whole world was horrified.
Therefore, the God-Slaying General was finally deified and named God-Slaying.
Even Wu Qi, the hero, was shocked when he learned that the leader was the God-Slaying General.
To outsiders, he crushed 50,000 with 3,000, which was a direct crushing, and he was very impressive. But in fact, I am afraid that only he himself knew how much pressure he was under.
If the God-Slaying General was not old and had passed his peak, his abilities in all aspects would have been much worse than before, and Wucheng would have been overturned long ago.
Even if it were not for the fate on his side, giving him some luck, first a series of heavy rains and then the scorching sun, which made the 50,000 Huangtian Army exhausted and occupied the right time.
And he was a hired servant in Wucheng, and was very familiar with the geographical conditions here. He often trained his troops here on weekdays, occupying the advantages of both the terrain and the people, and he was ready for all three times.
But in this situation, he was almost killed by the God-Slaying General, who led a group of defeated soldiers, at the decisive moment.
Even, in the end, he killed the God-Slaying General by exhausting his opponent's physical strength with the lives of his subordinates, and then he was able to kill him.
In fact, if there had been a battle at the beginning, if it had not been for the fact that Sun Chu, the deputy general under the opponent's command, had escaped too quickly and was a weak straw bag, but he had followed the military order to deal with the opponent, if he had succeeded, then he might have been the one who died.
However, he killed the God-Slaying General who was famous all over the world, so naturally all the reputation of the opponent was fulfilled for him.
Although Wu Qi was satisfied with this, he was not arrogant. He was familiar with history books and knew that there were many examples of famous ministers and generals who were killed by soldiers or even women after their peak moments of being deified.
The most mysterious thing in the world is destiny. If you are lucky, you can make a young man famous overnight. If you are unlucky, even if you are a real dragon, you have to swim like a fish or shrimp.
At that time, in addition to the famous commander, the God-Slaying General, the Huangtian Army also had three counselors, Zhuge Yun, Li Taiqing, and Sun Qizhi. These three were also powerful figures. If they played normally, Wu Qi would have no chance.
But the strange thing was that after entering the Southern Wilderness, these three people fell ill. They said that they were not used to the climate and water, but in fact, it meant that they were not destined to be with the gods.
The Huangtian Army started with Taoism, and it was not difficult to treat diseases with Taoism, but the diseases of these three wise men got better and then relapsed, and relapsed and got better.
In short, all kinds of coincidences added up to finally create the myth of 3,000 defeating 50,000.
But even so, victory is victory, and it cannot be faked.
In this case, Zhao Cheng said that he would take Wucheng with 5,000 defeated soldiers. If Wu Qi still thought that the other party really had a chance, he was either a prophet or a fool in his old age.
Although Wu Qi was old, he was not stupid at all. His anger was not because of Zhao Cheng's outrageous remarks.
According to Wu Qi and his advisers, Zhao Cheng said that he wanted to take Wucheng because he wanted to develop his own power. As the saying goes, a general is not subject to orders from the army.
The roads in Lianshan are difficult to travel and are not enough to support large-scale marches. The main force of the Huangtian Army is now busy with its own affairs and it is impossible to send people to attack Zhao Cheng.
Wu Qi did a lot of research on Zhao Cheng and knew that before entering Lianshan, he was just a general flag with more than 200 people. For civilians, he was already a big shot, but for them, he was just a grass.
But now, he is sitting on the land of Lianshan, with a base of nearly 50,000 people, and 5,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. Compared with before, it can be said that there is a world of difference.
On the other hand, saying that Wucheng is taken can also boost morale, so as to prevent the army from farming in the mountains. After a long time, the army's morale will be dispersed and the army will become civilians.
Once the morale of a military force is dispersed, it will be difficult to gather it again. Therefore, we set a goal that is difficult to achieve, but seems achievable, and use things like ghosts and gods to imply miracles to inspire people.