My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 634 You and I Are Legends

The noise in the military camp died down as the night fell, leaving only sparks from the campfire dancing in the night sky.

The soldier patrolled past and saluted towards the two figures walking by the edge of the fire. At Su Chen's nod, he patrolled the next place with his long spear in hand.

Su Chen put his hands behind his back, his skirt swaying slightly, his combat boots stepping on the soft soil, and walked through the range of the fire. "Grandmaster, are you sure your calculation is correct?"

"I don't need to use the method of calculation, but here!"

Zhang Jue followed behind and then disappeared into the darkness. He pointed his finger at his head and said, "It all depends on what the barbarian emperor did."

"National Master, can you tell me in detail?"

The two of them walked towards the camp gate. Outside the camp gate, there were two rows of Tiger Guard soldiers holding torches, and the ancestral coffin carriage was also parked a few steps in front of them.

"Imperial Master, get on the horse." Xu Chu led a war horse.

When Su Chen stepped onto the ancestral coffin carriage, Zhang Jiao also got on the horse with the reins handed to him, and together with the surrounding soldiers, they followed the ancestral coffin carriage along the trampled road.

On horseback, Zhang Jue began to ask what Su Chen had just asked.

"The strange and ingenious item used by the cultivator in the Barbarians trapped me. He used my cultivation to pass it on to his subordinates. From this, we can see that he and the Barbarian Emperor are not of the same mind."

"Oh?" Su Chen frowned.

“Haha… If you have one heart, you should be like me, traveling all over the mountains and rivers, and to foreign lands, for the sake of Your Majesty and the immortality of all the Chinese civil and military men.”

Zhang Jue gently stroked his long beard. He looked down on the barbarian cultivators.

He slightly turned his head, glanced at Su Chen, and smiled: "Haha... Since they are not of the same mind, then he must have other thoughts in his mind. I stayed with him and had several conversations with him. He often mentioned a king of Arthur in his words."

Zhang Jue looked solemn, but there was a smile in his eyes.

"From the perspective of a country, I understand clearly that the barbarian emperor is just a tool that he can use."

Su Chen sat on the tiger-skin chair, tapping the armrest with his fingers, and then nodded, probably confirming Zhang Jiao's guess.

This also meant that the sword he used to cut Sakpruit off his horse actually gave the legendary king Arthur a chance to get out early.

“Your Majesty, don’t worry.” Zhang Jue, who was on horseback, probably saw Su Chen’s worries and waved his hand: “In fact, we should be thankful for your majesty’s sword. Otherwise, Arthur behind him would have more time to recuperate, which would not be a good thing for us.”

The moving fire dragon reflected the figure sitting on the chariot. Su Chen's face flickered in the firelight. He leaned back in the chair, his whole body immersed in shadow.

"The Imperial Master is right."

Su Chen responded hoarsely and deeply, and the figure on the tiger-skin chair moved. He slowly walked out from the shadows and got on the carriage outside, looking at a western city in the distance - Sumanda.

The night wind blew on his face, and Su Chen looked expressionlessly at the moving fire on the city wall. It was the patrolling soldiers on the city wall holding torches.

"I wonder what strategy he will come up with to deal with this. Haha, he is a king with too many legendary characters. But how can I be compared to him? All my Chinese ancestors are legends!"

The spirit tablets of Zhao Kuangyi and Zhao Gou nodded in agreement, and then Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin lifted them up on a pedestal and kicked them off the altar.

The moving carriages and the marching Tiger Guard Battalion followed the road beneath their feet and soon entered the city ahead called Sumanda.

The city had been cleared, but this time there was no massacre. Most of the people in the city were simply driven back to their houses and were not allowed to go out.

Follow the rough, feces-strewn streets to the city lord's palace.

The fire here was bright, illuminating the night sky above the mansion red. A large number of soldiers carrying wine and meat passed by the seats in this courtyard full of Western style.

Step-shaped candlesticks stand on both sides of the hall, and in the middle is a circular ceiling with more than ten candles.

In the spacious hall, seats were arranged on the left and right from top to bottom, headed by Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Xiang Yu, Ma Chao, Han Xin, Xiahou Yuan and Subutai.

Next came An Lushan, Xiahou Dun, Xu Huang, Le Jin, Li Jue, Guo Si, Pang De, Ma Dai and other Chinese soldiers and generals, and in the middle were Anuhu and a group of recruited Yuezhou generals.

The final seats were occupied by Adar, Budares and Li Chaofu.

On the periphery, there were one or two merchants sent by aristocratic families from the Central Plains. Originally, they were not qualified to come in, but this time the road was reopened, and these people arrived first and brought the first batch of food and fodder to the army. Even if it was very little, it was like a timely help.

Amid the buzz of conversation and calls for drinking, there were more than a hundred Sakpruit women, all of whom were singers and dancers of the original owner of the mansion. Their clothes and hair accessories were basically intact and they had not suffered any abuse or insults.

Among them were several beautiful young women dressed in luxurious clothes. They were concubines of the city lord, but they had long lost their former aristocratic bearing.

Twisting her waist and shedding tears, she performed a graceful dance for the generals of the Eastern Seris army around her.

Occasionally, during the graceful movements, the portly An Lushan stumbled over, and while watching, he kept rubbing his hands on them.

This caused the generals around him to burst into rude laughter.

In fact, Zhuge Liang had advised Su Chen many times in letters when he was in Satila about such behavior, hoping that he could enforce strict military discipline and not let the generals of China become like wild beasts.

But Su Chen did not give a direct answer to this matter. Instead, he wrote only one sentence in his reply: "Only wild beasts have the ability to attack."

After receiving several replies with the same message, Zhuge Liang gave up on the matter. After all, he knew very well that Su Chen's success was largely due to the anger of his soldiers and generals.

Moreover, as they marched westward to capture cities and territories, soldiers' casualties and homesickness would usually determine whether a team could continue to advance.

Although we have won a great victory at the moment, long-term fighting will cause people to be mentally exhausted, depressed... and a series of other problems may eventually lead to the collapse of the entire army.

Therefore, allowing the military to vent pressure is often one of the solutions.

This is why Su Chen would occasionally order his soldiers to massacre the city or capture the barbarians in the city for their own entertainment.

Anyway, they are all barbarians from the West. Sometimes it is necessary to clear out a group of people to reduce the pressure of ruling here in the future and make it more convenient for the people of Daxia to move here.

As time passed, amid the buzzing of night insects, singing and dancing, and the sounds of drinking and eating meat could be heard one after another in the lord's mansion.

The dance was over and the beautiful brown-haired Sakpruit women were driven aside.

Soon, two burly soldiers were called out by their general, took off their shirts, revealing their muscular upper bodies, and started wrestling in the middle of the crowd amid the cheers of the crowd.

Guo Si, one of the generals, drank several bowls of wine. While drunk, he picked one of the Sakprut women and forcibly dragged her to a nearby house.

Dong Zhuo, who was sitting in the second seat on the right, just took a look and had no intention of stopping him. After all, Guo Si had the character of a horse thief and he would never change it in his lifetime.

"Zhi Ran, go pick one of the women over there, so you don't have to wait and get taken away by other generals." Dong Zhuo was afraid that Li Jue, who was sitting in the back, would not get the upper hand. "Look at Guo Aduo, how enthusiastic he is. Go too, pick any one you want."

"What's the point of a woman? Let me stay here and drink with the Grand Master."

Probably, this world has been here longer than Guo Si, and Li Jue has changed a lot compared to before. People are always like this, only after experiencing it can they wake up.

Li Jue picked up the bowl and clinked it with Pang De, who was also feeling the same, and then drank it in one gulp. He caught a glimpse of a figure coming in from the door of the hall. He quickly put down the bowl, leaned forward, and whispered in Dong Zhuo's ear: "Grandmaster, the emperor is here."

Dong Zhuo had just put the wine bowl to his lips when he heard Li Jue's words. He quickly put the bowl down, stood up with his fat and sturdy body, walked straight to the middle, and raised his hands in a heroic manner: "Your Majesty, I, Dong Zhuo, pay my respects to you!"

"Haha, Grand Master, you're really quick to react. You noticed me the moment I came in!"

Su Chen, wearing heavy armor, strode in with Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Wu Zixun and Zhang Jue. He took off his cloak as he walked and handed it to Wu Zixun. He walked straight to the first seat left empty for him from between the gladiators who had retreated to the sides.

"…We won a great victory against Sakprut, but we are short of food and fodder. I did not celebrate for you generals. We fought all the way to the eastern part of Analia Province and looted a lot of supplies. We also received assistance from the caravans in the rear, so we have enough food to hold a banquet here. Please eat and drink well, and don't waste it."

As he spoke with a smile, Su Chen placed his hands casually on the golden armrests on both sides, and leaned his tall body back slightly, like a king overlooking the world.

He looked at the generals in the hall with a constant smile on his face, as if he was back to the time when he had just started his army in Ding'an, with only a few people around him. Now, looking at both the Eastern and Western worlds, he had already stood at the top.

"The battle outside the city of Harabitos was our greatest victory since entering the West. Sakpruit almost died under my sword, and the greatest credit goes to Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin. Now the eastern part of Analia Province of the Sakpruit Empire is also under our feet, and half of Miranter in the north has been conquered by Wu'an Jun and Li Shuai."

At this time, in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, only Su Chen's majestic words were heard. Hundreds of people below looked at the figure on the golden steps and listened quietly.

"But we also suffered many casualties on our way west. I feel heartbroken, but I have no regrets. I want to fight all the battles that my descendants of the Chinese can fight here, so that our descendants can enjoy a peaceful world for a long time!"

Having said this, he paused and Su Chen's voice became noticeably higher.

“As for those soldiers who died on the way, I will bring them back to Daxia and bury their loyal bones in the soil of their hometown. I will not let the soldiers who followed me be buried in the grass and forgotten.

Their names will definitely be engraved on the monument with the four big characters "China's Heroes" inscribed on it!
As for those of us who are still alive, we must not be deterred by their deaths in battle, as that would be even more unworthy of their sacrifices!"

In the first position, Su Chen closed his eyes and took a breath.

"Everyone, we must take the share of our fallen brothers and complete the rest of the journey, slaughtering every last barbarian soldier so that the spirits of the fallen heroes can rest in peace!"

At this point, Su Chen slapped the armrest heavily, "If we give up halfway, we will not only lose face for the Chinese people, but also for our fellow soldiers who died in the battle, and we will be sorry for their families!"

Su Chen's face looked dignified as he slowly stood up. His tall figure in military uniform stood in front of everyone, giving people an insurmountable sense of oppression.

"Tonight is a feast, but after the feast, there will be an even bigger feast for my Great Xia army!"

"Guo Si——"

The emperor, wearing ferocious and majestic armor, suddenly shouted.

A door at the side door was pushed open with a bang. Guo Si, adjusting his armor, rushed out hastily, came to the middle and raised his hands: "I am here!"

Although everyone knew what he was doing, no one started to make a fuss or laugh at him because his armor was covered with marks from knife cuts and spear piercings.

Su Chen didn't care what he was doing inside and just gave a brief command.

"Early tomorrow morning, the Xiliang army will continue to march forward. We will clear the way through the mountains and build bridges over the water. I will reach the border of Europe and Europe within half a month!"

"Here!"

As Guo Si bowed his hands and agreed loudly, Su Chen looked at Ma Chao, who stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, please give me your orders."

"The Feiqiang cavalry is sharp and has cut through all obstacles along the way. They are not inferior to the cavalry of Wenhou. The Xiliang army is advancing. General Ma will lead his troops north to open up Milantel, so that the main forces such as me can get in touch with General Li and Wu'an Jun faster!"

"I will obey your majesty's order!"

Su Chen turned his gaze again and shouted: "An Lushan!"

The fat, round man came out drunk from his seat, his narrow eyes gleaming coldly: "I'm here!"

"I will assign the Shengnu Army to you, and Anuhu will be your deputy general. When the Feiqiang Cavalry marches north, you will go through the northwest and plunder the southern border of Ofeiro!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. This is my specialty. I will definitely carry out Your Majesty's wishes!"

"Marquis Wen!"

"Chen is here!"

"Lead the Wolf Cavalry to protect the left wing of the Xiliang Army and be on guard against the southern province of Parthenia, where there is an Egyptian army."

"Here!"

"The order has been given, everyone continue to drink and have fun!"

Everyone present bowed their hands together: "Here——"

.....
The order was issued before the banquet, which had never happened before. Adar and others at the end, and even the consuls of the two caravans held their breath.

The first standing emperor of Great Xia truly showed his fangs to annex the entire West.

"Everyone, this battle in the West will once again go down in history. You and I are both legends!"

Amid the noisy clamor, Su Chen picked up the drink and raised it towards the crowd.

For the Chinese people, especially those who have died once, gold, silver, treasures, official positions and titles are nothing but passing clouds. However, for those who have gone down in history, especially those generals who were notorious in history books, now is the best opportunity to start over.

Dong Zhuo and An Lushan's eyes turned red, and even Xiang Yu, who had remained silent, picked up the wine.

Looking across the entire hall, everyone was holding up their wine bowls and drinking towards the emperor above.

"Drink victory!"

Looking at the figures in the hall, Su Chen's eyes were also filled with warmth and moisture. Zhang Jiao, who was standing beside him, pursed his lips, picked up the wine and turned around: "Your Majesty!"

Su Chen looked at him.

The old man chuckled and raised his drink: "Drink to win!"

Immediately, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp!
(End of this chapter)