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

Chapter 153 Li Mu’s letter from home; new skill: Sunset Arrow!
Listening to the voices of the generals, Yang Jianwen's eyes were indifferent, and he said slowly: "Rewards and punishments will be determined later. The priority now is how to eliminate the evil of Maodun Chanyu."

"Everyone, go back to the camp and select some young talents to form an elite team to kill this man. In the next battle, we must kill Maodun Chanyu no matter what."

"This man has talent, ambition, and the ability to lead troops. If he is not eliminated, he will definitely be a disaster for the Central Plains in the future."

"Here!"

The sun is setting in the west.

Handan, Guo Mansion.

Bang~~
The wine glasses, delicacies and the table were all overturned on the ground. The clanging sounds scared the maids and people around into silence.

"Incompetent ruler! Idiot! They are all a bunch of old-fashioned idiots!"

Guo Kai angrily waved his sleeves, paced back and forth in front of the window, his face turned red like a date with anger.

"The Zhao State is about to perish, why bother with the damn Xiongnu!"

"Yang Jianwen has taken the initiative to ask about the war. He is obviously waiting for your order to speak. He will definitely come to help. But you don't want to use this Zhenwu strongman who came to your door, but insist on staying in the north to resist the Huns!"

"Did I say that the Xiongnu would definitely go south and invade the Central Plains? Aren't there still the Qin army? I'm so pissed!"

Today, taking advantage of the battle report of the burning of the southern granary, he again petitioned King Zhao to mobilize the Yang Mansion to meet the enemy, but was rejected without hesitation like the previous times.

This made Guo Kai so angry that he felt chest tightness and heartache!

If this continues, the Qin army will attack Handan sooner or later, and he will be executed by the Qin State sooner or later!
"No, I can't stay in Zhao anymore. With these mediocre and useless rulers, it's unjust that Zhao won't perish. I have to find a way out for myself."

Guo Kai forced himself to calm down, and then began to think of countermeasures.

At this moment, a guard walked in and reported: "Master Guo, there is a guest outside who wants to see you!"

"Who?"

"I don't recognize him, but he claims to be an old friend of yours. He came here to help you solve your problems."

Guo Kai frowned slightly when he heard this.

The guards didn't recognize him, which meant he was not from the Zhao court. And apart from the officials in the court, what old friends did he have?
Guo Kai thought about it for a while, and after he was sure that he couldn't remember anyone, he waved his hand and said, "Please come in."

"Come on, clean this up."

"Yes!"

The two maids quickly cleaned up the mess on the ground, while Guo Kai straightened his clothes and sat upright.

After a moment, a man in a dark blue robe walked in.

Looking at this person with ordinary face, ordinary temperament, and even his cultivation level is only at the Tuodan realm, Guo Kai asked suspiciously: "Your Excellency is..."

"My name is Li Si. I met Lord Guo once at Lu's Mansion a few years ago!" Li Si said with a smile indifferently.

"It turned out to be Mr. Li."

Although Guo Kai could not remember having any encounter with this person, he still responded out of courtesy, his eyes full of vigilance.

Since he mentioned the Lu Mansion, he must have worked under Lu Buwei before. Now he is safe and sound, so he must have served as an official in the Qin Dynasty.

Now Guo Kai avoids any Qin people.

"Mr. Li, what brings you here today?"

"Solve Mr. Guo's problems!"

Li Si said slowly: "I believe Lord Guo is very clear about the current situation. It is only a matter of time before the Qin army captures Handan."

"To be honest, I came here at the request of the King of Qin to invite you, Lord Guo, to become a Qin citizen!"

Guo Kai's eyes trembled when he heard this. He had never expected Li Si to bring this news. He said coldly, "Mr. Li, are you joking? Doesn't the King of Qin hate Guo to the core now?"

Li Si smiled and said slowly, "Master Guo, since our king has been crowned king, it means that he has the heart of a king. How could he act on impulse because of such a small matter?"

"You secretly supported Lu Buwei's rebellion. Although you were against the Qin Dynasty, it also shows that you have strategy, courage and talent. My king has always been tolerant and respectful of talents. Although my king is young, his methods are not immature at all."

"Let me get straight to the point. My king has said that as long as you can help the Great Qin do something, not only will the past be forgiven, but you will also be promoted to a higher position and allowed to make great achievements in the Qin political arena!"

"Are you serious?" Guo Kai's breathing became a little rapid.

"Of course!"

Li Si bowed and said solemnly: "I come here alone, without soldiers or weapons, but with sincerity."

"If you don't believe me, you can have me arrest you. Your life or death will be decided by you!"

……

Wei Yu.

In the City Lord's Mansion, the room was dim, with only a candle burning on the desk. The bright light shone on Li Mu, making his eyes sparkle even more.

"My son, I am writing to you."

"I am very pleased to learn that you have entered the court of Qin and are living a healthy life. I am also very pleased to learn that the King of Qin has not punished you because of me."

"I think my Li family has gained glory. You three brothers have all achieved success. You have not forgotten to cultivate us and protect our family's integrity. You have lived up to our ancestors' reputation."

"Now the war is tense, life and death are determined by fate, and both my father and Xian Xing have their own destiny, so don't worry about it. After reading this letter, burn it and bury it, and don't send letters for the time being, so as to avoid the King of Qin's suspicion and disturb your health."

"above."

After writing a simple letter, Li Mu put down the brush in his hand, moved his fingers slightly, and the spiritual energy passed through, drying the ink on the paper.

Then it was neatly folded up and sent to a flying pigeon.

The room seemed even more empty. Li Mu subconsciously tightened his coat and stared at the three letters on the table in a daze for a moment. Then he sighed and put them away in the bookcase behind him.

Boom~~
Outside, the silence was stirred again.

"General! The Qin army launched an attack at the two northeast gates!" The voice of the guards came from outside.

"Fight the enemy as planned. This is a test from the Qin army. Don't panic."

"Here!"

This was indeed a tentative attack by the Qin army, and in order to reduce losses, they also sent out their most elite fire armor army as a test.

Wu Fengdeng stepped on the cloud chariot and led the charge, but he was faced with an extremely dense rain of arrows, the dense sight of which made people feel cold in their hearts.

"withdraw!"

He was confident that he could break through the rain of arrows, but the soldiers behind him were not so sure. It would not be worth it to cause casualties for a tentative attack, so he immediately ordered a retreat.

After withdrawing from the battlefield, Wu Fengdeng saw how strong the Zhao army was in defending the city: "It's really as strong as a rock!"

Let's not talk about other things, just the crossbowmen, Li Mu's arrangement was extremely perfect. He specially changed the city wall from a straight line to a curved crescent shape, and the top was staggered with many protruding places, and the crossbowmen were embedded in it, so that they could not only shoot from the front, but also have a range of shooting from the side.

In this way, the front and flanks were intertwined, and the three sides were attacked, and even the shield-armored soldiers could not stop it.

As a result, the Qin army's attack was fruitless and they withdrew hastily after a few moments.

Wu Fengdeng returned to his camp, only to see Liu Tianlai panting and saying bitterly, "General Wu, it's no use. It's really hard to move forward. The Zhao army is too densely deployed!"

"Yes, I see. Today's attack is just a test. I hope the brothers are not injured or killed."

After briefly instructing the military doctor to treat their injuries, Wu Fengdeng returned to his tent and took the bowl of hot porridge handed to him by Qingdai.

"Mr. Wu, people from the prisoner-of-war camp just said that Li Xing tried to commit suicide twice but failed, and he seems to be determined to die." Qingdai soaked the handkerchief in the basin, then wrung it dry and gave it to him.

Wu Fengdeng wiped his face and said calmly, "We have to keep a close eye on him. The siege is progressing slowly now. We can use him to make some deals with Li Mu when necessary."

"Well, I'll go down and talk to the POW camp later."

"Go now."

"Yes."

After she left, Wu Fengdeng's ears finally quieted down. With nothing to do for a while, he opened the Ever-Victory Mirror.

I opened it again after many days, and before I knew it, the word [Wu] on the career point of [Archer] had solidified.

"The next ultimate skill is armor-breaking..." Wu Fengdeng thought to himself.

[Armor Break (Minor Achievement) → (Great Achievement)]

[Armor-breaking Mastery, the sun falls through the moon and falls into the sky]

[Advanced to Great Mastery, unlock the martial arts "Sunset Arrow"]

The vision gradually faded and distorted, and everything was lost as quickly as the tide receded, leaving only a gray and hazy illusion space.

The illusion appeared in front of Wu Fengdeng again. He was holding a longbow with a full moon in his hand, and circles of scarlet blood and energy surrounded his body.

Whoosh!
An ordinary feather arrow flew out in response, wrapped in scarlet blood and energy, and shot straight into the sky. Then, fire fell from the sky, and the earth became dim.

Seeing this earth-shattering scene, Wu Fengdeng was amazed at its power. After the key points of the skill flooded into his mind, he gradually felt relieved.

Then he waved his hand to wipe away the illusion, took the ninth-grade gilded bow and went to the wild, put the arrow on the bow, and shot an arrow with all his strength according to the instructions of the technique.

Miso miso miso miso!

In an instant, the arrow was shot out in an ordinary way, but with amazing penetrating power and speed, it directly pierced through more than ten trees in front of it that were as big as a man's embrace, and then half of it sank into the last rock wall, and the feathers were still vibrating at high speed.

If you look closely, you can find that those thumb-thick holes are surprisingly smooth as mirrors, as if they have been polished and polished, without any burrs, which shows their terrifying penetrating power.

"The Sunset Arrow simply increases the armor-piercing ability to the extreme. Although it can't achieve the effect of shooting through the sun with one arrow like in the illusion, it is completely sufficient for me at the moment."

"And this also just makes up for my shortcomings in long-range attack. After all, besides the Blood Arrow, the Meteor Arrow of the bow and archery martial arts is not powerful enough and has little effect against a strong opponent. The Blood Arrow is an absolute trump card and cannot be used lightly."

"So this sunset arrow comes at the perfect time. It's powerful enough, and it consumes less than one-tenth of your energy and blood."

Wu Fengdeng was very satisfied with this. He immediately put away the ninth-grade gilded bow and returned to the camp to continue practicing.

Two days later, the Qin army attacked!

Boom~~
This time, the Qin army's attack relied more on equipment. Catapults roared incessantly, and the Gongshu family's specially made iron bucket for digging holes made its debut. The most eye-catching of them all was the modified battering ram.

It is taller and heavier, one zhang long, with folding wings and wire curtains extending on both sides, which can effectively block arrows from the three sides of the city wall.

Moreover, the people pushing the carts were no longer ordinary warriors, but all of them were generals and captains. There were forty people on each cart, and they all put all their energy into pushing the carts with great force. The combined power was several times greater than that of the previous carts.

In this way, the battering ram had the power to shake the specially reinforced city gate of Wei Yucheng.

But that was all. The city gate remained as stable as a rock, making the Qin army generals look even more solemn.

The west gate of Wei Yu was the main attack direction of the Fire Armor Army. Except for Li Qun, all the captains and commanders under Wu Fengdeng rushed into the cart and tried to knock down the gate. Other soldiers used iron buckets to dig holes, provided cover with shields, or used bows and crossbows to throw stones for long-range suppression.

They are busy but orderly, which shows their strong coordination ability.

"But it looks like we won't be able to break open the city gate for a while. How many people are hiding behind the gate?"

Wu Fengdeng was riding on his horse, looking at the city gate in the distance, which was shaking but had no cracks at all, and he was quite surprised.

"This Wei Yu City is smaller than Jinyang City, but it is much more solid than the latter. Li Mu really deserves to be called the Great Wall of China!" Guo Huan beside him also exclaimed in amazement.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Wu Fengdeng quietly taking out a ninth-grade gilded bow from the mechanism box beside him, and asked suspiciously: "What are you doing? Are you shooting at the crossbowmen on the top of the city wall?"

As deputy generals, they disdain to deal with those small soldiers. The right thing to do is to preserve their combat power as much as possible in order to deal with the powerful enemies they are targeting.

So when Guo Huan saw Wu Fengdeng's action of drawing the bow and drawing the arrow, he was very puzzled.

"Test the strength of the city gate."

He did not explain much, but just raised the arrow slightly.

Inside the city gate.

More than a dozen pieces of wood that could be hugged by two people were leaning against the door. A large hole had been dug in the ground with pillars inserted into it. Every time the battering ram from outside hit the hole, it would stir up a large piece of soil.

In addition, there were hundreds of soldiers blocking the door. With their combined efforts, the Qin army outside could not break in at all.

If you look closely, you can find that among these soldiers, there are quite a few young men in dark brown uniforms. They are all tall and strong, with a strong aura like a mountain, and often one of them can fight against four or five soldiers.

"Haha, with the help of your sect's Hou Tu disciples, how can the Qin army take a single step?"

On the ramp, Ximen Deputy General Zhao Jiren laughed loudly and patted the shoulder of the woman next to him.

The woman had a strong body of eight feet tall, half a head taller than Zhao Jiren. She was wearing heavy armor, a big sword at her waist, her long hair was tied into a high ponytail, and her face was full of ferocity.

It is precisely that the Yin-Yang School lacks gods and Hou Tu.

She raised her chin slightly and said in a rough voice, "All of my disciples in the Houtu School are fierce tigers among men. One can defeat ten of them. It's easy for us to guard the city gate."

"That's right, no matter how powerful the Qin army's battering rams are, they are just decorations in front of your sect." Zhao Jiren smiled. Facing her indifference and arrogance, he was not angry at all. Instead, he praised her out loud.

These Jianghu disciples were proud and arrogant, especially the Yin-Yang School, who claimed to be a transcendent existence. If it were normal times, Zhao Jiren might have been unhappy, but now in wartime, these things seemed insignificant.

After all, these Hou Tu disciples are really capable, and they have to rely on them to guard the city gate. If they can defend it intact, it will be considered a military achievement for him as the deputy general.

"In that case, General Zhao, goodbye. I'll go check out the other city gates."

When Shao Houtu saw that Ximen was safely guarded, she jumped on her horse and was about to leave without waiting for Zhao Jiren to say anything.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden whistling sound mixed in with the rumbling sound, and the young queen looked over as if she sensed something.

what--!
More than a dozen people fell to the ground in a straight line behind the city gate, and scarlet blood splattered everywhere. A streak of blood with a cold glow quickly brushed past her ear, and then there was no movement with a "pop".

(End of this chapter)