From a small soldier in the frontier army, an immortal god of war was born

Chapter 136: Kill Them All

The neat and majestic formation of the Qin army, the severed head of Yan Zhi, and Wu Fengdeng's attack on the heart, made the Zhao soldiers feel extremely frightened, and many of them had already begun to think of surrendering.

This is the strategy of attacking the heart that Wu Fengdeng learned from Taigong's Art of War.

Winning the hearts of the people is the most important thing. Leading troops to fight is all about morale. The outcome of the duel between generals, the abundance of food and grass resources, the mood of the soldiers, etc. are all important factors that affect morale.

If morale drops, the battle will be lost!

Therefore, when Wu Fengdeng was training his soldiers normally, he would often train them in psychological warfare, such as shouting in unison, controlling facial expressions, and even swearing and verbal taunting.

Now they have become very skilled in cooperation. Usually, Wu Fengdeng only needs to give Li Qun and others a look to know what to do.

This point happened to be proven true at this moment. There was a deathly silence among the Zhao soldiers. There were always many captains, generals and others cursing and shouting, and the soldiers also had gloomy expressions.

"Asshole! Looking for death!"

Yan Li was so angry that he was shaking all over. He stared at Wu Fengdeng, and the energy and blood in his body erupted like a volcano!
Bloodthirst!
The rage to avenge his brother and the need to rebuild morale and strengthen the army's prestige made him use all his unique skills in an instant.

This ignorant boy must be killed violently to relieve the hatred in my heart!

"Boy, fight with me!"

Yan Li rushed out of the city wall with a knife in hand, blood-red energy gushed out, and his burly and tall figure in the air was like a god descending from the sky.

In an instant, Wu Fengdeng's eyes became sharp, and a ninth-grade gilded bow popped out from the mechanism box behind him.

【Blood Arrow】

A bright red arrow quickly took shape and shot out!

Bang!
In a flash, Yan Li's ferocious expression froze on his face in the air, and a strong sense of palpitations rushed into his mind.

Death crisis!

The strange bright red arrow made him feel a strong sense of death crisis. His intuition told him that if he was shot, he would die on the spot.

Yan Li quickly came to his senses. Although he had nowhere to gain leverage in the air, he still relied on his years of fighting instincts to force his body around.

However, the next moment he fell into despair again, and saw with his own eyes the bright red arrow turned and then silently pierced into his heart.

Bang! Ding ding~
It fell to the ground with a loud bang, crashing into the mud, and the sword hit the edge of the city wall, making a noise.

The world suddenly became silent. Most people were still in a daze and subconsciously leaned their heads to look at Yan Li, who was motionless on the ground.

Why isn't General Yan moving?
After a moment of daze, the Zhao soldiers on the city wall reacted and were so frightened that they pissed their pants, and screams of surprise rang out one after another.

“Shot to death by an arrow?!”

"It's an illusion. I must be seeing things!"

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

First, Yan Zhi's head was thrown up, and then Yan Li was shot to death by an arrow in the air. These two things were extremely horrifying when taken individually, and it was even more difficult to accept when they were put together.

Who is this Qin army general and why is he so terrifying?
However, they didn't know that just one small soldier could easily kill Wu Fengdeng.

The Dark Blood Arrow was powerful, but it also drained all of his blood and energy in an instant, and now he was even a little unsteady on his horse.

But he managed to hold on, his face expressionless, and he shouted coldly: "Your lieutenants have all died in the battle, are you still going to resist stubbornly and seek death!"

"No killing for surrender! No killing for surrender!"

The Qin army behind them took over in time, and their might was so great that the Zhao soldiers became even more hesitant and lost all desire to fight.

"rush!"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Wu Fengdeng immediately ordered an attack. The Qin army rushed towards Lishi City like wolves and tigers, and the sky full of arrows covered the past like dark clouds.

The Zhao army, whose morale had already been low and collapsed, was naturally unable to resist. The city was broken in less than a quarter of an hour. Under the suppression of absolute military strength, more than a thousand of the 3,000 Zhao soldiers were killed in the battle, and the remaining two thousand immediately surrendered when they saw that the situation was not right.

At this point, Wu Fengdeng's mission was successfully completed.

Looking at the people in Lishi City who were kneeling on the ground and shaking like sieves, Wu Fengdeng rode past on horseback and whispered, "You can rob money, but don't hurt people."

"Here!"

Li Qun and others knew Wu Fengdeng's character very well, so they went back to their own camps to discipline the soldiers.

He went straight to the county government office, dismounted and walked in. As soon as the door was closed, his legs quickly went weak and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Qingdai supported him in time.

"eat fast."

She took out the pills she had prepared and stuffed them into Wu Fengdeng's mouth. After the latter swallowed them dryly, she instructed: "Go find the household registration books and grain and acreage tax accounts here, as well as the letters of communication between the Zhao army and the army, and keep them well."

"Yeah, yes."

After giving the instructions, Wu Fengdeng found a place and began to recover his energy and blood.

under night.

The main force of the Qin army in the south, in the general's tent, many main generals stood in front of a huge map. The man in the front, who was about forty years old, tall and handsome, with a defiant look between his brows, was the general of the south route, General Yangwei Li Xin.

He stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back, his face half dark in the firelight.

"The Zhao army has learned their lesson this time. Many small groups of troops have set up ambushes along the way. It seems that their fighting style has changed a lot. Everyone, we have to change our tactics as well."

Wang Ben, who was in the front row, followed up and said, "The commander of the Jinyang garrison is Yan Ju. I have dealt with him before. He is a tough guy, and it is said that he is now in the late stage of Qi storage."

"With him guarding Jinyang, we may not be able to capture it in a short period of time. We need to make long-term plans. Now there is a problem. The troops we sent out to clear the area may have been ambushed. We must rescue them first."

Everyone agreed with this statement. After all, although each of these troops only had a few thousand people, when combined they amounted to tens of thousands of people and could not be abandoned like this.

The cleanup mission may be difficult to carry out now, so we can only rescue them first.

Li Xin nodded slightly and said, "We should bring them back before we attack Jinyang."

"Guo Huan, Ma Cheng, Zhang Fulong."

"The general is here!"

The three outermost lieutenants immediately took orders and stood up.

"Each of you will lead 5,000 elite soldiers to support the three of Shenyongbo. Be careful on the way, as these Zhao soldiers will use tricks."

"Here!"

……

Midnight, Marble City.

Wu Fengdeng slowly stopped, and the energy and blood in his body finally recovered to 80%, and the original weakness and fatigue disappeared.

"General Wu!"

At this time, Li Qun came running in from outside, holding a carrier pigeon in his hand.

"A carrier pigeon flew over from the direction of Langyun City. It seems to be used by the Zhao army." After saying that, he handed a simple note to Wu Fengdeng.

Unfolding, there are only a few numbers on it [My brother, I have surrounded the Qin army here, what do you think? ]

"Have I disturbed the Yan family?"

Wu Fengdeng smiled helplessly, and after a moment of hesitation, he turned to Qingdai and said, "Go and imitate the handwriting of Yan Zhi or Yan Li, and write 'The Qin army is under siege.'" "Use fewer words, so that they won't find any clues."

Qingdai nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, Qingdai understands, Master Wu, don't worry!"

No one knows yet about Wu Fengdeng's capture of Lishi. If it gets to the Zhao army, they will definitely send troops to fight.

Therefore, we still have to confuse them as much as possible so that we can catch them by surprise and use surprise attacks in the future.

After giving the order, Wu Fengdeng found the map of Taiyuan County and found the location of Langyun City on it.

He looked down for a long time, then muttered thoughtfully, "It will take a few more days for the beginning of winter. Let's look at the terrain. If there is wind, it should be..."

"Master Wu, General Guo Huan is leading his troops here!" Someone came in to report.

"General Guo?"

Wu Fengdeng was quite surprised, but he reacted immediately.

Li Xin and Wang Ben must have received the news and thought they were trapped and in a critical situation, so they sent people to reinforce.

A moment later, he appeared at the city gate and saw Guo Huan who was leading his troops. The latter was looking at the marble city with a puzzled look on his face.

We have taken it down now. Didn’t they say that Zhao State set an ambush?

Guo Huan hurried all the way so fast that his horse's legs became thin, for he was afraid that if he didn't provide timely support, Wu Fengdeng's troops would be slaughtered.

However, when they arrived at Lishi, they only saw mess and bloodstains along the way, and there was no sign of Wu Fengdeng. It was not until they saw the Qin army on the Lishi city that they realized that this place had already been occupied.

Not only did Wu Fengdeng's troops not be destroyed, they also captured the city!

"General Guo."

Hearing this familiar voice, Guo Huan looked over and saw Wu Fengdeng standing at the city gate in good condition. He immediately laughed out loud, dismounted and hit him on the shoulder.

"Great job, kid. I thought you were surrounded by the Zhao army, but I didn't expect that you even took down the city!"

"Just lucky."

Wu Fengdeng smiled calmly and led the soldiers into the city. Guo Huan looked at the defenders in the city and asked, "How many casualties have you suffered?"

"There were more than 100 dead in total, and some injured, so the loss of personnel was not significant."

"You have achieved such a great result in your first time leading an army. You are much better than I was back then."

Guo Huan was amazed. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that Wu Fengdeng had captured Lishi City with only a few hundred casualties.

"By the way, who is the guard here?"

"The Yan brothers, Yan Zhi and Yan Li."

"Two people? So they are now..."

"died."

Guo Huan was slightly stunned. You know, capturing a general is more meritorious than killing him. They know more military information and can be exchanged with the enemy when necessary. Keeping them will be of great use.

Therefore, in general, the duel between generals will end when one side has no strength to fight again, and they will not be killed on the spot unless there is a deep hatred.

Wu Feng just nodded and said lightly: "Yan Zhi ambushed us. It will be difficult to vent the anger of the army if we don't kill him."

"Yan Li is stubborn and not only does he not surrender, he even dares to fight back against me. I have no choice but to kill him."

Guo Huan twitched his lips, and seeing his nonchalant expression, he could only smile: "Well, since the Battle of Changping, the Zhao people have hated us to the core, so there is no point in keeping us."

As the two of them were talking, they arrived at the county government office, where all the officers and lieutenants in the army had gathered.

After listening to Guo Huan’s brief narration, Wu Fengdeng and others also learned about the current situation on the southern road.

Not only these few troops who went out to carry out the cleanup mission, but even the main force suffered multiple ambushes along the way.

Although these attacks were not very serious, they were enough to prove that the Zhao army was behaving abnormally this time.

Now the main force is preparing to attack the first important city, Jinyang. These so-called cleanup tasks are in name only. Anyway, there is plenty of food and supplies now, and the supply lines are not needed for the time being. It will not be too late to clean up slowly after Jinyang is captured.

"So, General Wu."

Guo Huan paused, then said, "When tomorrow morning comes, leave some troops here, and you can retreat."

Wu Fengdeng did not rush to express his opinion, but said slowly: "General Guo, you don't know that from the letters we found from the Zhao army, the cities near Lishi may be guarded by the children of the Yan family, and they often exchange letters."

"If we temporarily give up cleaning them up, the news that Marble has been captured will reach their ears within two days."

"They will certainly send troops to attack. Without a strong force to occupy it, the marble will belong to them again, and our efforts these days will be in vain."

Guo Huan nodded thoughtfully: "So you want to stay and defend the city?"

"Do not."

Wu Fengdeng drew out his sword and pointed at Langyun City on the map: "I want to attack Langyun City!"

As the saying goes, once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Since he had already captured Lishi City, he did not want to abandon the city and return to his team, or to defend Lishi and be attacked by the Zhao army.

If you want to kill, you have to wipe out all the Zhao troops!
Such a crazy idea instantly frightened Guo Huan into a cold sweat, and he said in surprise: "Are you crazy? The troops in Langyun City are twice as many as here!"

"Besides Langyun City, there is also Huang Jian nearby. If you attack one of them, you will be attacked by both of them, or they will attack you from behind your stone."

"No matter how you look at it, this is an extremely risky step!"

Wu Fengdeng patted his shoulder and smiled slightly, "So I need General Guo to cooperate with me."

"I will attack Langyun City, and you will hold back the Zhao army at Huang Jian's place. I will come to help you after I capture the city."

"By then, we will be able to capture both cities, completely freeing our southern army from any worries."

"Are you so confident that you can take down Wolf Fortune City?"

"I've got a plan."

Seeing how confident he was, Guo Huan took a deep breath, his dark pupils filled with hesitation and struggle.

After all, his mission was only to bring Wu Fengdeng's troops back to the main force safely. This unexpected action was not within the military order and was too risky.

However, what Wu Fengdeng said was not without reason. If they withdrew, all their efforts would be in vain. It would be a bad start at the beginning of the war.

After a long time, he finally smiled bitterly.

"You are really crazy."

Be crazy if you want, there is no such thing as war without risks.

After discussing the details, at dawn, all the 4,000-plus Zhao soldiers captured by Wu Fengdeng were tied up tightly with ropes, shackled and fettered, barefoot and shirtless, and all those at the Strong Bone Realm and above had their cultivation crippled, leaving them completely without the slightest ability to break free.

Then he sent five hundred soldiers to escort them back to the main camp to use in the attack on Jinyang.

After all, it is an important city and it will certainly not be easy to fight for it. These prisoners can be used as consumables when necessary.

It’s inhumane, but who cares!
Anyway, after the Battle of Changping, the image of the Qin army in the eyes of other countries could not be any darker, so Wu Fengdeng’s behavior was nothing.

The two armies then rested until noon, leaving a thousand soldiers in Lishi City, and then rushed towards Langyun City and Huangjian City respectively.

(End of this chapter)