Heaven rewards those who work hard: There is no bottleneck in my martial arts

Due to the forced conquest of the Zhao army in Hedong City, the originally lively and noisy market became somewhat depressed.

The streets fell into silence and decay gripped the entire city.

Most people were hiding in their homes, carefully closing their doors for fear of being forcibly taken away or being killed.

There are only a few people on the street, and only scattered small vendors are still insisting on selling their stalls in order to make a living.

Fulai Restaurant in Hedong City.

Quan Erbao opened the money bag with a bitter look on his face. He had received money from the Wei camp before, but it was almost gone.

Today, Hedong City is still closed, and the Wei and Zhao armies are still at war outside the city.

And it seems that Hedong City doesn’t know when it will be opened, and it has always been far away.

He can only get in and out, and he is almost unable to hold on.

Quan Erbao shouted in his heart that he was unlucky to have encountered such a thing.

"Sir, is the meat porridge you ordered ready? Is it still in its original position?"

Quan Erbao looked at the few coins in his hand, put away his thoughts, and replied: "It's still the same place, I'll go down right away."

"okay!"

Quan Erbao put the shriveled money bag away again and limped downstairs.

When he rushed to his seat, the meat porridge had already been served.

Although there are some pieces of meat in it, the portion is very small.

Occasionally, a piece of meat half the size of a small fingernail can be found in the porridge water. There are a few rice grains floating in the white porridge water.

It was completely different from the big fish and meat he had eaten before.

I have no appetite at all.

Quan Erbao raised his chopsticks and let out a long sigh.

Sometimes he also wonders, would it have been better if he had not broken his legs at that time and directly applied to join the Zhao army, and then took the opportunity to escape?
But if he thought about it carefully, he felt that this idea was a bit unrealistic.

The Zhao army was fighting with the Wei army at a critical moment. The governor was keeping a close eye on them, and it would be difficult for him to escape even if he entered.

Moreover, the friend of Zhao State whom he wanted to seek refuge with was thousands of miles away, and he didn't know how long it would take to get there with only a pair of feet.

"Alas..." Quan Erbao sighed.

Today's Fulai Restaurant, many traders or outsiders are forced to stay in the city and cannot leave the city, so they choose to stay in the restaurant in Hedong City.

At this time, a man in black shorts saw Quan Erbao, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he walked over quickly and shouted: "Erbao, Erbao."

"Big news just came from outside the city."

"What big news? What makes you so anxious?" Quan Erbao took a sip of meat porridge and wiped the porridge stains from the corners of his mouth with his sleeves.

"It's really big news."

The man in black shorts was named Jiang Dingsheng, and he was from the same village. The two met in a restaurant and became friends as soon as they went back and forth.

Jiang Dingsheng sat directly next to him, brought his meat porridge over, took a big sip and said, "Have you heard? Zhao Jun has been defeated, and General Li Mu has also fled."

"I even found out that several elders from the Haoran Sect of Zhao Guo came, and one of them was killed directly on the battlefield."

Haoran Sect is the largest martial arts force in the Zhao Kingdom, and it is considered to be at the top among the first-class martial arts forces in the Six Kingdoms.

Quan Erbao said in disbelief: "Where did you hear the news? Zhao Jun led more than 30 troops, and he didn't even capture Ying County? Are you kidding?"

"Hey, who am I kidding?" Jiang Dingsheng said excitedly: "Just today, the Wei army crossed Linhe and burned the Zhao army's camp by the river. Basically all Zhao army's soldiers died."

"The battlefield near Linhe is full of broken limbs, heads and bodies. The entire river has even been dyed red. Some people still maintain the painful expressions they had before they died. The remains, tsk tsk tsk... are too It’s too tragic.”

Jiang Dingsheng lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Do you know which army defeated Zhao Jun?"

Quan Erbao's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling.

Jiang Dingsheng held up his palms and smiled and said: "It's the soldiers of Wei Wu. I remember, didn't Erbao also stay in the soldiers of Wei Wu? He was the Wei army under Wu Qi."

Quan Erbao stood up suddenly, his eyes widened, he couldn't believe this news was true.

At this moment, he took a deep breath and his mind went blank.

He questioned: "Thirty thousand Wei soldiers fought against 30 Zhao troops, and they still won?"

Jiang Dingsheng, who was wearing a black bunt, replied with an extremely sure tone: "We won! I confirmed it many times. Now it has spread in Hedong City. The people who heard the news are exactly like you and don't believe it at all. There are only three of them. It’s really incredible that everyone can achieve such a success.”

"Then what are the Wei army's plans next? Will they take over Hedong next?"

"It's hard to say. Judging from the menacing appearance of the Wei army, I guess it's unlikely that they will give up such a large area of ​​land east of Hedong." Jiang Dingsheng said with a smile: "Erbao, you used to be a member of Wei Wuzu, and you must know many important people there. When they capture Hedong, you must speak more kind words for me."

"If you are willing, maybe you can be recruited into Wei Wu's army again. After a few rounds of military exploits, you will be promoted to a higher rank, and you will definitely become a big shot. Then don't forget me, a fellow countryman." Jiang Dingsheng said with a look on his face. He looked at Quan Erbao expectantly.

"Brother Erbao, why don't you say a word?"

Quan Erbao feels bitter in his heart.

He only told Jiang Dingsheng about his life as a cultivator in Wei Wu's army, but he completely concealed his escape experience and did not tell the truth.

Quan Erbao was silent for a while and said: "Wei Wuzu is not that easy to enter. Now that Wei Wuzu is very powerful, if you want to enter again, the threshold may be higher."

"No way." Jiang Dingsheng said in surprise: "Aren't all the armies in the world conscripted? If anyone wants to go, can't they? There are many people who are unwilling to go. Zhao Jun recruited strong men for this purpose. "

Quan Erbao looked at Jiang Dingsheng's suspicious expression, and his expression became more and more lonely.

He didn't know that Wu Qi's military training was different from that of other countries. He followed the route of elite soldiers and was a martial arts force disguised as an army.

Now that he has achieved such a great victory, his reputation has spread far and wide.

The number of warriors who want to join the Wei soldiers later will definitely be like carps crossing the river, and the threshold for joining must be raised a lot. He really may not join under the original conditions.

What's more, he was a deserter who ran out.

Quan Erbao could only smile bitterly and said: "You don't know something. The recruitment system of Wei warriors is different from that of the Six Kingdoms. They are all warriors. If you want to participate, you must have a certain level of cultivation."

"Oh..." Jiang Dingsheng said half-understanding.

Quan Erbao stopped talking and remained silent.

Thinking about his current situation, he felt a deep sense of frustration and gap.

But after a while, Quan Erbao wiped away this sense of gap.

We have already reached this point, and it is simply impossible to go back.

If you commit the crime of escaping in Wei Wu's death, you will basically suffer the torture of breaking a car.

There is no regret medicine in the world that can be taken.

He could only continue to move forward with his head down.

When he goes to seek refuge with his friends, the rewards he gets in the end may not be smaller than those he received when Wei Wu was killed.

Quan Erbao's eyes became firm again.

"boom!"

A loud thunderous noise in the night woke the whole city from its silence.

People rushed to the windows, communicating in trembling voices what was happening outside.

The clothes of the Zhao guards on the city wall were already soaked with sweat, and they were holding the spears in their hands tightly.

Looking into the distance warily.

"Look, the Wei army is attacking from ahead..."

One of the guards pointed away.The guards on the city wall looked in the direction he pointed.

I saw a huge Wei army, with the leader holding a high flag with the word "cen" in it.

As they marched, the entire battlefield was enveloped in the sudden sound of iron hoofs.

There was a murderous atmosphere among the whole army.

Some Zhao Jun shouted nervously: "Hurry up and beat the drum!"

"Yes!"

rumbling...

The sound of the drums on the city wall was like thunder, resounding throughout the sky.

It was only a few miles away and arrived in an instant.

"Fire arrows!"

The leader of the Hedong County soldiers guarding the city wall shouted loudly.

"Boss, we don't have many bows and arrows left, most of them have been given to General Li Mu."

The leader of the Hedong County soldiers cursed loudly: "Shoot as many as there are, until they are all gone."

"We can't sit still and wait for death."

"Yes!"

Under his order, the county soldiers on the city wall took out all the few bows and arrows, set up the bows and guided the arrows, and shot out the first wave of arrows.

Right in front of the charging Wei army, there was a man dressed as a Wei general. He frowned and scanned the front with his deep eyes.He raised his sword high and said: "Disperse!"

The soldiers of Wei who were originally clustered together got out of the range of Zhao's arrows before the arrows fell.

Most of the arrows fired by Zhao Guojun soldiers missed.

The Zhao Junjun soldiers who were guarding the city wall suddenly turned ugly when they saw this scene.

The general led by Wei Jun shouted: "Beat the war drum!"

After a while, the sound of war drums was heard in the Wei army.

Wei Bing instantly beat the war drum to its highest peak, and the violent drum sound echoed on the ground, as if it was emitting infinite deterrent power.

A ruthless and bloody war began to gestate.

Sharp blades, ferocious spears, roaring horses...

The red intent of killing permeated the air.

"kill!"

Soon, Wei soldiers rushed under the wall of Hedong City.

Wei soldiers brandished weapons such as spears and knives in their hands and rushed towards the city wall, preparing to start a fierce battle with the city guards.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Guojun soldiers had rich combat experience. Wei soldiers killed Zhao Guo soldiers several times. The army was suppressed by Zhao Guojun soldiers who took advantage of the terrain.

Seeing that the situation could not be solved for a while, Cen Xiu, the general of the Wei army, immediately changed his strategy.

"Who would like to board first?"

"The general is willing to..."

"The general is willing."

"..."

"Okay." Cen Xiu ordered seven or eight young warriors with the highest level of cultivation to come out.

These people are all martial artists with higher cultivation levels. They also started in the Aperture Realm and are relatively strong.

"You guys attack the city quickly and open up the situation as soon as possible."

"As ordered."

These Wei soldiers who were killed by him, holding their spears tightly, formed a dense formation like a long dragon, and rushed up the city wall east of Hedong in one breath.

These people did not disappoint him.

Many Wei soldiers in the city wall began to press hard with their cultivation and constantly changed their attack methods. However, the Zhao State soldiers seemed to have been prepared and used the city wall to resist the Wei soldiers' attack.

A soldier among the Wei army rushed to the city wall.

When he landed, he slashed a county soldier to death.

Blood spurted out and splashed all over his face.

But he was not surprised. He took action one after another and hacked several people to death.

His bravery is so frightening that ordinary county guards find it difficult to approach him.

At this time, the morale of the Wei soldiers was greatly boosted. They rushed to the city wall one after another and launched a fierce attack on the county soldiers guarding the city. They waved their spears and kept attacking. The scene was very fierce for a while.

As the battle continued to advance, more and more Wei soldiers rushed to the city wall, and the city gate in Hedong was quickly lost.

"withdraw!"

When the county soldiers guarding Hedong City saw that something was going wrong, they ran away quickly as if they were rubbing oil on their soles.

At this time, seeing the continuous influx of Wei soldiers, the residents living in Hedong City were horrified and joined the fleeing team.

Quan Erbao, who was in the inn, saw that the situation was not good and fled quickly.

The entire Hedong City was in complete chaos.

Fortunately, after the Wei army's attack, the other gates were no longer guarded by county soldiers and were pulled open, allowing everyone to leave the city boldly.

Quan Erbao and others had no intention of caring about the situation in Hedong.

All of them panicked and ran in a desperate direction.

Quan Erbao turned around and saw Wei Jun who kept appearing in Hedong City, his eyes flashed.

Outside Hedong City, on the battlefield, Cen Xiu, who had already achieved basic victory, looked at all this with cold eyes, his face showing no emotion.

Next to him, Zhao Hongming stood on horseback.

"General Cen, is everything going well?"

Cen Xiu clasped his fists and said, "As His Highness Dian can see, Hedong is empty. We have captured Hedong City."

"That's good." Zhao Hongming asked: "I wonder what my father and others said when you came in the court?"

Cen Xiu pondered for a while and said: "Zhao's undeclared war this time is actually a rebellious move. They are unkind, so your majesty also intends to attack Zhao."

"This time, Your Majesty specially gave me an additional 12 troops, bringing a total of [-] troops. We must make Zhao Guo pay a heavy price."

Zhao Hongming clapped his hands and laughed.

This was undoubtedly in line with his judgment at the time.

"Then next, there will be General Lautzen."

Zhao Hongming seemed to have suddenly thought of something and said, "Did your father say who should be in charge of the Eastern Army in the coming period?"

"In this battle, General Lu Zonghui of the Eastern Army was unfortunately ambushed by Zhao Jun. His whereabouts are unknown. The Eastern Army suffered heavy losses. If the position of the general is uncertain, it will easily change."

Cen Xiu smiled and clasped his fists and said: "Back to Your Highness, I will be in charge of the general position of the Eastern Army for the time being. I will be fully responsible for the subsequent recruitment and defense." (End of Chapter)