The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 318: Temporary End of Siege War
When Ji Ling led Yuan Shu's personal guards to the battlefield, the Bai Li soldiers who had been invincible on the city wall finally met a tough opponent who was not easy to bully.

Originally, with the combat effectiveness of Yuan Shu's personal guards, there was no way to stop the Bai Li soldiers.

But who made it possible for Yuan Shu's personal guard to be commanded by Ji Ling, and Ji Ling's legion talent was [implementation].

When Ji Ling unleashes his own legion talent and strengthens his own will, the legion enveloped by the legion talent will also thoroughly implement the fanatical will of the commander.

If Yuan Shu is not present, the strength of this legion talent is the same as that of a normal legion talent. However, the closer Ji Ling is to Yuan Shu, the stronger the legion talent will be, and the upper limit depends on Yuan Shu's will.

This is Ji Ling, a military commander with internal energy that is only loyal to Yuan Shu.

Because Ji Ling's combat power is bound to Yuan Shu, Ji Ling's legion talent is also bound to Yuan Shu.

So when Yuan Shu started to take action, Ji Ling also sensed it through his legion talent.

The reason why Yuan Shu's personal guards can burst out with combat power comparable to that of a super elite legion is because Ji Ling sensed Yuan Shu's will and passed Yuan Shu and his will to his soldiers through the legion's talent.

Yuan Shu's personal guards were originally elite troops selected from the Yuzhou army. Their quality was already sufficient, and the only thing they lacked was their will.

Now with the blessing of Ji Ling’s Legion’s talents, the will attribute that Yuan Shu’s personal guards lacked was immediately made up.

Although after the battle is over and Ji Ling removes the legion's talent, the temporarily elevated will attribute of Yuan Shu's personal guards will return to normal.

However, Yuan Shu's personal guards, whose will has been sublimated once, only need to go through a few more battles to become completely stable at the strength of a double-talented super elite.

Before this battle, the soldiers of Yuan Shu's personal guards were basically elite veterans selected from the Yuzhou army, but they had never experienced a decent battle since their formation.

The strength of a single talent can be maintained because these elite veterans of Yuzhou identify with Yuan Shu and bring their wills together.

Yuan Shu's position in Yuzhou is no lower than Liu Bei's position in the two states and three counties.

"Dang!" The weapons of Chen Dao and Ji Ling collided with each other, and a strong air wave erupted, almost blowing away the surrounding bodyguards.

[If anyone ever says that Yuan Gonglu doesn't have any brave generals, I will definitely blow his head off! ] Feeling the numbness in his palms and forearms, Chen Dao couldn't help but curse those guys who said that casually.

However, Chen Dao only dared to say a few random words in his heart. After all, to those who dared to say so, Ji Ling really could not be considered a fierce general.

Ji Ling shook Chen Dao away with a swing of his sword, and said with a wild laugh: "Hahaha, my lord, reinforcements have arrived, and you guys won't retreat yet!"

As Ji Ling laughed wildly, the strength of Ji Ling's legion talent also increased, and the blessing for the soldiers also increased.

As the willpower attribute of Yuan Shu's personal guards increased, the strength of their talents also increased.

Yuan Shu's personal guards, who were originally suppressed by the Bai Li soldiers, launched a counterattack after an explosion, but were then pushed back by the more violent Bai Li soldiers.

However, if Yuan Shu continued to approach the battlefield, the Bai Li soldiers might be pushed back by Yuan Shu's personal guards.

The reason why Ji Ling yelled that way was to put pressure on Chen Dao and make him retreat earlier.

As the commander of Yuan Shu's personal guard, Ji Ling knew one thing very well, that is, Yuan Shu's personal guard was no match for the Bai Li soldiers. As long as time was extended a little longer, the Bai Li soldiers would be able to counterattack again.

After all, Yuan Shu's personal guards obtained their dual-talent super-elite combat power through the blessing of his legion's talents.

Even if the temporary burst can overwhelm the Bai Li soldiers, but what happens after the burst? The dual talents of Yuan Shu's personal guards are not stable.

However, the Bai Li soldiers are a genuine double-talented super elite legion. What's more, Chen Dao is also a martial artist with pure internal energy. Ji Ling doesn't believe that he has no awakened legion talent.

Even if the legion talent effect awakened by Chen Dao does not increase combat power, each legion talent has a basic bonus.

The bonus of legion talents is actually divided into two parts, namely the basic bonus and the effect bonus.

Basic bonus refers to the bonus in quality or will, while effect bonus refers to all kinds of fancy special abilities.

Not to mention the distant ones, for example, Ji Ling and Chen Dao in front of us, the basic bonuses and effects of their legion talents are all will bonuses.

Xiahou Yuan’s legion talent has a basic bonus of quality, and the apparent effect bonus is a speed bonus, which is actually an improvement in potential.

So Ji Ling would not believe that this is the limit of the Bai Li soldiers. You haven't even opened the legion talent, but you want me to believe that this is your limit. What a joke!

Similarly, Ji Ling and even Yuan Shu knew that Gan Ning and his men were not aiming to attack the city, but to intimidate it. The troops at hand were not enough to capture Shouchun City.

However, if everyone in Shouchun City fails to withstand this round of intimidation, the intimidation will turn into a real siege.

Facing Ji Ling's intimidation, Chen Dao just sneered, "He'll have to make it in time."

Hearing Chen Dao's words, Ji Ling did not refute, but burst out with even more powerful force and hit Chen Dao.

Whether it’s too late or not, let reality tell Chen Dao.

"Bang!" Chen Dao groaned and took three steps back.

[How come this guy's fighting power has increased so much? ] Chen Dao looked at Ji Ling with a serious expression.

Chen Dao discovered that as time went by, Ji Ling's fighting ability became more and more terrifying. They were clearly evenly matched opponents before, but now he was the one who was at a disadvantage.

[Something is wrong. A million things are wrong.] Chen Dao looked around at the battle situation and found that the combat effectiveness of Yuan Shu's personal guards had actually increased along with Ji Ling's combat effectiveness.

"Ding ding ding!" Just when Chen Dao was about to activate his legion talent and have another battle with Ji Ling, a bronze bell rang from behind, which was a signal to retreat.

Chen Dao narrowed his eyes and said harshly: "Next time, you won't be so lucky." After that, Chen Dao led his troops to withdraw from the city wall.

Ji Ling waved his hand and did not issue an order to pursue. Their goal had been achieved.

"Ji Ling, what's going on with you?" Yuan Shu came up and saw Ji Ling sitting at the foot of the wall to rest, and asked hurriedly.

"My lord, the enemy has retreated." After seeing that it was Yuan Shu, Ji Ling quickly stood up and said. As he spoke, Ji Ling lost his balance and almost fell to the ground.

"Ji Ling!" Yuan Shu hurriedly supported Ji Ling, with a look of anxiety on his face. At the same time, he quickly ordered someone to find a doctor. "My lord, I'm fine, I just consumed too much energy." Ji Ling smiled bitterly.

Activating the legion talent consumes the commander's internal energy. The intensity of the legion talent activation just now was so strong that even with the internal energy leaving the body, the recovery speed of the internal energy could not be sustained.

After confirming that Ji Ling was simply exhausted, Yuan Shu's face quickly turned gloomy.

It was not only because of the bad things in Shouchun City, but also because he lacked strong generals under his command.

Yuan Shu discovered that, apart from Ji Ling, there were no other generals under his command who had the ability to leave their bodies with internal energy.

Then Yuan Shu thought of his adopted son Sun Ce, who also had internal energy leaving his body, and Zhou Tai under Sun Ce's command, who also had internal energy leaving his body.

Yuan Shu was silent. He had to think carefully about how many military generals with internal energy leaving their bodies he had seen when he was in Fenggao.

[Forget it...] Yuan Shu sighed. Since he was not in charge of Shouchun now, he might as well let Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, the two older brothers, take care of it.

"Go back and have a good rest. Gan Xingba and his men won't attack the city again in the short term." Yuan Shu waved to Ji Ling and asked him to go back and have a good rest first.

"My lord, what do you mean?" Ji Ling asked with a frown. He didn't quite understand what Yuan Shu meant.

Although Chen Dao and his men had temporarily retreated, it did not mean that they had no more strength to attack the city.

Moreover, the reinforcements brought by Yuan Shu had just arrived, and the enemy would probably take this opportunity to attack. Regardless of whether or not they could achieve victory, at least they could dampen the morale of the defenders.

"The enemy's main purpose is to force Bofu and Gongjin to lead their troops back to defend Shouchun, giving Cao Mengde and others a chance to withdraw." Yuan Shu shook his head. He also speculated these things after receiving Sun Ce's battle report.

After all, Yuan Shu was the legitimate son of the Yuan family, a family of three generations of dukes. Yuan Shu actually knew a lot of things, but he just didn't show them normally, and there was no need to show them.

"My lord, what's the battle situation in Lujiang?" Ji Ling hesitated, not knowing whether he should ask.

After all, Lujiang involves Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Yuan Shu's old friend Cao Cao.

"Bofu and his men have already captured Shucheng. However, when the city was breached, Xiahou Yuanrang and Xiahou Miaocai led tens of thousands of cavalry to charge and almost defeated Bofu and Gongjin's troops." Yuan Shu didn't know what to say.

I can only say that Liu Bei was a very generous and wealthy guy, who was willing to let Cao Cao command tens of thousands of cavalry.

These are two established cavalry corps. Even a wealthy state like Yuzhou cannot afford so many war horses.

"Hiss, tens of thousands of cavalry!?" Ji Ling took a breath of cold air. He was also a man who knew about military affairs, so how could he not know the significance of tens of thousands of cavalry.

"But, is Lord Xuande really so confident in letting Lord Cao command two cavalry corps?" Ji Ling asked with some doubt.

He didn't believe that even he could figure out something that those civil officials in Fenggao couldn't figure out.

Ji Ling had seen those civil officials, each of whom was as capable as Zhou Gongjin. How could he not have thought about these things?
"Humph!" Yuan Shu snorted coldly, "It is precisely because of this that Liu Xuande was able to safely hand over these two cavalry corps to Commander Cao Mengde."

"Ah?" Ji Ling said that his mind was a mess and he couldn't understand what Yuan Shu was saying at all.

"Just relying on these tens of thousands of cavalry, Mengde will not be able to rebel against Liu Xuande. Otherwise, there will be no place for him, Cao Mengde, in this world." Yuan Shu said with a sneer. This is the method of moral kidnapping that their aristocratic family often uses.

As long as the family has existed for a long time, or if there is no need for a family at all, anyone with a little bit of insight can use this trick.

"Moreover, since Liu Xuande dares to give it, it proves that he is not afraid of Cao Mengde's rebellion at all." Yuan Shu added.

"Is that so..." In fact, Ji Ling only understood one thing, that is, Liu Bei and his gang were not afraid of Cao Cao's rebellion at all.

If he dares to rebel, he will be killed directly. Anyway, the opportunity has been given. Whether he can see the reality clearly is up to Cao Cao himself.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You should go back and have your meal first. Let others handle the city defense work.

It's just right, we can give those idle guys something to do." Yuan Shu's face darkened again.

"My lord, there is one more thing." Ji Ling hesitated for a moment, "Should we recall the two young masters?"

Yuan Shu was silent for a moment and said, "No need for that. I believe Gongjin will have ideas on what to do." Yuan Shu did not mention Sun Ce, probably because he knew what kind of personality Sun Ce had.

When Chen Dao returned to Gan Ning's flagship, he received strange looks from Gan Ning and Fa Zheng.

"Hey, can you two stop looking at me like that? It makes me feel creepy." Chen Dao couldn't help but complain.

"Hasn't your Bai Li soldiers already stabilized their second talent? How come they were blocked by Ji Ling?" Gan Ning asked in some surprise.

According to Chen Dao's statement and their own observations, Chen Dao's Bai Li soldiers have indeed stabilized their second talent.

The Bai Li soldiers who have stabilized their second talent have become a qualified super elite army. They are capable of fighting even against decisive battle troops. How could they be blocked by the single-talent elite army led by Commander Ji Ling?
"Have you forgotten that Ji Ling is also a martial arts general with internal energy leaving his body?" Chen Dao said unhappily.

"So, it's because of Ji Ling's legion talent?" Fa Zheng said thoughtfully.

"What kind of legion talent is this? It can actually raise an elite legion to a super elite legion?" Gan Ning asked curiously.

"Well, it should be the legion talent of the will side. As for the effect of the talent..." Chen Dao pondered for a while and said, "It should be the implementation of the will."

"Persistence of will? Isn't this the same as your talent?" Gan Ning asked in surprise.

"No." Chen Dao shook his head and said, "There is a big difference between his will and mine."

"They are all implemented with will, is there any difference between them?" Fa Zheng asked curiously. Recently, he has been developing his spiritual talent in depth and wants to derive a legion talent.

"It's different. The opponent's will gives me the feeling that it can keep getting stronger." Chen Dao couldn't help but frowned when he thought of Ji Ling's strange situation.

"Keep getting stronger? That's impossible. Where can there be such a legion talent?" Gan Ning shook his head, not believing that Ji Ling's legion talent would have such an effect.

The fact that the strength of legion talents has no upper limit may be a lie to deceive outsiders, but don’t those who possess legion talents know what’s going on?
(End of this chapter)