I practiced magic in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 183 Come to my bowl

With the successful return of the Yamen flag, the morale of the defenders in the city immediately rose and cheers shook the sky.

"With only one hand holding the banner, his feet are extremely strong. He is truly a warrior!"

After Zhao Chong was rescued, he broke out in a cold sweat, and then he was ecstatic. He actually had such a master under his command. Why had he had no impression of him before?

However, since he was in need of someone, Zhao Chong did not care about any prejudice and immediately asked the other party kindly: "May I know your name?"

"I am from Jiwu, Chenliu, and I am Dian Wei."

After introducing himself, Dian Wei looked calm and planted the flagpole again with one hand. His tone was powerful and his aura was bold and unrestrained, full of chivalry.

The nine-foot tall figure was as sturdy as a mountain, standing tall and majestic.

Dian Wei was not without fame in the army before. At the age of thirty, his martial arts had already entered the fifth level of martial arts. He was also born with supernatural powers and unparalleled strength. He was the number one hero in the Yanzhou martial arts world.

However, Dian Wei was not from an aristocratic family, and martial arts masters were not as respected as spiritual masters. Therefore, Dian Wei's reputation never reached the ears of Zhang Miao, Zhao Chong and others.

After all, he was just a warrior, not even worthy of being considered a decent person in the eyes of Confucian scholars.

If Dian Wei had not shown his skills today, it would be a delusion for him to get a promotion.

Today is a time of chaos, the whole country is in turmoil, and the people are in turmoil. The Confucian art of cultivating the spirit, which relies on the power of thought, has also begun to be affected, causing the strong martial artists to be valued.

Zhao Chong, who happened to have no one available, quickly used his power to recruit Dian Wei as a soldier and entrusted him with important tasks.

"Sergeant Dian, the enemy general shot down our flag with an arrow. Our morale must be low. If we just keep defending, I'm afraid that this Suanzao City will be breached before we get reinforcements. Now the only way to boost the morale of the army is to send a skilled warrior to lead the army out of the city to fight. Are you willing to go?"

Zhao Chong looked at Dian Wei with anticipation, already regarding him as his only savior.

There is no other way. In Zhang Miao’s army, Dian Wei is the most capable fighter. Apart from him, there is no other candidate for this task.

It should be understood that the purpose of going out of the city to fight in the field is to restore the morale of the army, not to send lives. If other people are sent out, the result will inevitably be that they will never return, which will further dampen the morale of Zhang Miao's army.

Even sending Dian Wei to fight was just a last-ditch effort by Zhao Chong, a choice he made out of desperation.

He did not expect to be able to defeat Wang Jing, but Zhao Chong would be thankful if he could achieve some outstanding results and win a small victory to restore morale.

Dian Wei, who wanted to make a name for himself, thought for a moment before agreeing: "I am willing to go! But the enemy is strong and they are cavalry. I need 500 elite soldiers, each with double armor, equipped with iron halberds and powerful crossbows, to fight."

Zhao Chong was very happy and immediately ordered his men to fetch Dian Wei the equipment he needed. He then reminded him, "This battle is not about winning, but about not losing. Sergeant Dian must remember not to leave the city walls. Just help our army rebuild its morale."

"I understand."

Then Dian Wei put on two layers of iron armor, held a pair of eighty-jin iron halberds, and strode out of the city gate with pride.

Behind him, five hundred soldiers, inspired by his bravery, also wore double-layer armor and marched out of the city in a dense formation.

On the high slope outside the city, after Wang Jing shot an arrow, he did not attack again. Instead, he watched with interest as the gate of Suanzao County slowly opened, allowing the enemy army to deploy their troops in front of him.

Dian Wei had a ferocious look on his face, and pointed his iron halberd directly at Wang Jing. He roared like a tiger roaring in the forest: "Marquis Qi, do you dare to fight me?"

"Hahaha, knowing my identity, you still dare to challenge me. You're very courageous."

He could have killed the enemy general with one arrow, but the man in front of him was so powerful that it would be a pity to kill such a famous general. If there was a chance, Wang Jing still hoped to recruit him under his command.

Wang Jing handed the Overlord Bow in his hand to Yan Hu beside him, then took off from the high slope, rode the wind and flew in front of Dian Wei in a gliding posture. The two were more than fifty steps apart, just at the maximum distance where the defenders could shoot an arrow.

"You are so powerful, I allow you to name yourself!"

"Chen Liudianwei!"

Dang~
After Dian Wei gave his name, the two iron halberds in his hands suddenly collided with each other, making a loud clanging sound. The sound waves raised a strong wind that hurt people's eardrums.

Such strong arm strength is simply horrifying.

Dian Wei!

Although Wang Jing had already anticipated this, after all, he was from Chenliu and used double halberds as weapons. There was no one else but Dian Wei who could be a powerful general with such amazing strength.

Knowing that the person in front of him was Dian Wei, Wang Jing immediately became eager to recruit him under his command.

Just by glancing at Dian Wei's attire, he knew that his position under Zhang Miao was probably not very high, and immediately started to sow discord: "Zhang Miao is indeed a waste. He has a brave general like you but cannot employ him, so he suffered several defeats and was unable to withstand a single blow despite having thousands of troops. Instead of being loyal to such a foolish lord, why don't you serve me?"

Dian Wei was moved by what Wang Jing said. He was a chivalrous and ambitious man, so how could he be willing to have a mediocre person as his master?
However, life was not easy serving under Zhang Miao.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

Zhang Miao was a minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty and also a top celebrity listed as one of the "Eight Chefs". In his eyes, only celebrities from aristocratic families were qualified to make friends with him.

As for so-called grassroots heroes like Dian Wei, they were not even in Zhang Miao's sight and vision.

But Dian Wei had great ambitions and attached great importance to integrity. To put it bluntly, he knew that being a man requires professional ethics, and he was not a slave to three families like Lu Bu, who was the mother of whoever gave him milk and the father of whoever gave him money.

"I am loyal to my master and I earn his salary. If you want me, Dian Wei, to surrender, defeat me first!"

Dian Wei rejected Wang Jing's surrender without hesitation. His loyalty moved Zhao Chong on the city gate. But he didn't know that Dian Wei's subtext was: You can change your boss, but please go through the formal channels. I will never be a shameless traitor who turns against you on the battlefield.

Wang Jing was even more excited to see such a loyal and brave general, so he laughed heartily: "Okay, then I will capture you first!"

In order to subdue a fierce general like Dian Wei, Wang Jing planned to show his extremely strong martial arts. He charged into the battle alone!
Wang Jing's actions were beyond everyone's expectations.

The two thousand armored heavy cavalry had already received the military order, so although they had doubts in their hearts, they remained where they were.

However, Dian Wei and the five hundred defenders behind him were furious: "You want to defeat us all by yourself? This is really too much! Even if you, Qi Hou, are a master of martial arts, you can never humiliate us like this! Kill!"

Who doesn’t have a temper in this world?
Being looked down upon by Wang Jing, everyone was immediately filled with anger and murderous intent.

Especially Dian Wei, he has always been proud of his superior martial arts skills, despised laws and regulations, and had a surge of madness in his heart.

But today, he met Wang Jing, who was even more arrogant and domineering than him.

"Look at the halberd!"

With anger rising and murderous intent growing, Dian Wei attacked without mercy, risking his life with every move. He used his pair of iron halberds to hit Wang Jing's vital points, fully displaying his peerless martial arts.

For a moment, the iron halberd was raging, but facing the ancient evil in front of him, Wang Jing remained calm and only raised one hand slightly.

Having long heard of the might of Wang Jing's Huang Yu Lie Sword, Dian Wei was on high alert, but he saw that Wang Jing hadn't even pulled out the sword. Dian Wei was immediately furious: "How arrogant!"

The force of the iron halberd increased again, and it almost had the power to split mountains and rocks. As Dian Wei silently practiced the magical skill of "Tiger Fierce West Wind" and breathed in the Gengjin Qi, a cold light appeared on the iron halberd.

However, this fierce and powerful blow was blocked by Wang Jing with one hand.

Dang~
A roar suddenly sounded, and the palm covered with arm armor suddenly clenched, and it completely blocked the opponent's attack, using the skill of using the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force and returning all the incoming force.
one strike!
With just a raise of his hand and a punch, Wang Jing blasted Dian Wei's iron halberd away, causing his palm to go numb.

Dong~dong~dong~
Dian Wei took several steps back, his face filled with shock: "You can actually perform the sword-binding style with your bare hands?"

With the force of the halberd just now, Dian Wei was confident that he could bend even an arm made of iron.

But now, before Wang Jing even drew his sword, he felt that he was about to lose.

Wang Jing smiled calmly: "Your strength is not bad, but you are still far from defeating me."

"Then come again!"

Dian Wei refused to believe it. Although Wang Jing's bravery had long been feared by the world, he was a hero after all. How could he be defeated without even seeing his sword?
Behind Dian Wei, five hundred defenders also surrounded and attacked, trying to capture Wang Jing alive.

However, Wang Jing did not take the group of soldiers behind Dian Wei seriously. With his strength, even tens of thousands of troops could not surround and kill him. With his powerful martial arts and unparalleled agility, Wang Jing could retreat at any time.

There are only 500 people, even if they are all elite soldiers, killing them all would only take a little effort.

Therefore, Wang Jing's sight remained on Dian Wei: "Now it's my turn to attack. You have to be careful. At least, try to survive."

As soon as he finished speaking, swords and knives came out, and Hongming and Chunjun were already in his hands.

The clanging of swords and knives sounded like the roars of dragons and tigers. Even without the infusion of military evil, the power was enough to shake the heavens and the earth, making the 500 elite soldiers led by Dian Wei tremble with fear.

"kill him!"

"He is alone, don't be afraid!"

The defenders bravely charged towards Wang Jing, thinking that they could defeat this invincible god of war by relying on their numerical advantage. However, they soon found out that they were wrong, and extremely wrong.

Wang Jing drew his sword and chopped it down casually, and the enemies around him were torn into pieces, with flesh and blood flying everywhere, showing a strength and dominance beyond their imagination.

After comprehending the magical power of "Melting Stone into Flowing Gold" engraved on Chi You's right arm bone, Wang Jing had apparently mastered the technique of using the Yin-attributed Ding Fire Yuan Qi to heat the Yang-attributed Geng Gold Yuan Qi, making the Huangyu Lie Dao even more powerful.

The Hongming Sword in his hand was as red as blood. Under the high temperature cutting, even the top-grade armor made of cold iron was easily cut like tofu.

Such power is simply inhumanly terrifying!
Dian Wei also witnessed Wang Jing's terrifying strength, and even he was shocked: "I didn't expect that everything in the rumors was actually true, without any exaggeration. Qi Hou really has the military power to dominate the world."

Zhao Chong, who was on the city wall, saw Wang Jing killing people below as if he was in an empty space. He immediately broke out in sweat and was terrified.

He couldn't understand why there was a genius like Wang Jing in the world. He was only a young man, but he had such terrifying strength. Could it be that he was the reincarnation of the Overlord Xiang Yu?
Zhao Chong was both shocked and angry. He immediately called over two hundred archers and pointed at Wang Jing below and ordered, "Shoot him to death, quickly!"

The leader hesitated for a moment and said, "Sima, our people are still down there. If we shoot arrows now, there might be accidental casualties."

"I told you to shoot, so just shoot. Why are you wasting your words?"

Under Zhao Chong's angry rebuke, the archers had no choice but to draw their bows and arrows and began to aim at Wang Jing from the city wall and shoot.

"Fire arrows!"

The sound of arrows breaking through the air immediately reached Wang Jing's ears. Wang Jing did not dodge or block, but let the rain of arrows fall on him.

The weak attack, as always, was unable to break through the absolute defense constructed by Tianyan Lieyu and Jinjia Yuan Gong. It could only crash into the armor plates of the golden-scaled fish armor and be ruthlessly bounced away.

But the defenders around Wang Jing were not so lucky. Many of them were shot and fell to the ground. The attack from the friendly army behind them made them even more shocked: "Why did you shoot arrows?"

"Stop it, we're one!"

"Zhao Chong, I'll fuck your ancestors for eight generations!"

When this kind of doubt arises, morale collapses in an instant.

Wang Jing slashed through Dian Wei's defense with another sword, and then hit him on the chest with the sword. The huge force caused his armor to crack, and he vomited blood and flew back.

But it was precisely because of this that Dian Wei avoided this round of rain of arrows.

Dian Wei raised his eyes and looked around. He immediately understood the reason and asked with a dim look, "Why did Marquis Qi save me?"

Facing wave after wave of arrows, Wang Jing walked over with a calm look: "It seems that your boss doesn't care about your life or death, but I do."

Just one sentence broke down Dian Wei's psychological defenses.

Even the soldiers around Dian Wei, dozens of them shouted to him in indignation: "Sergeant Dian, Zhao Chong is not a human being, we should just surrender!"

"Yes, Sima Zhaochong didn't care about our lives at all. He knew that we were still fighting, but he still ordered the arrows to be shot. Is this humane?"

No one is willing to work for such a superior. Even a small soldier has his own demands and moral values.

Zhao Chong's ungratefulness completely angered Dian Wei, so he hesitated for a moment before asking Wang Jing for surrender: "I am willing to surrender, but please save their lives."

Dian Wei was still very loyal and wanted to save the 500 infantrymen who followed him out of the city to fight. Although after a fierce battle and being stabbed in the back by friendly forces, only about 300 of them were left.

"No need to be polite, we are family from now on."

Wang Jing laughed and helped Dian Wei up from the ground.

Dian Wei also immediately clasped his fists and said, "Wei, I greet the lord."

Wang Jing was overjoyed to have another brave general under his command, and immediately ordered Dian Wei: "You take your men away, I will cover them."

Dian Wei was deeply moved when he heard this. Without any hesitation, he saluted Wang Jing with his fists, then retreated beyond the attacking range of the city wall with more than fifty soldiers who were willing to follow him.

Wang Jing walked to the other side to attract fire, but when Zhao Chong discovered that Dian Wei had run away, it was still too late.

Zhao Chong was so anxious that he yelled at the city gate: "Dian Wei, you traitor, you shall die!"

Dian Wei's defection made him lose face, and the guards on the city gate also understood the reason for Dian Wei's defection, so they looked at Zhao Chong with disgust again.

No one is willing to work for such a mean and ungrateful commander. After all, people are all made of flesh and blood, and everyone knows how the commander treats his soldiers.

How could Wang Jing miss such an opportunity to dampen the enemy's morale? He immediately laughed loudly from under the city wall: "Zhao Chong, thank you so much for sending me such a great general. Dian Wei is like the ancient E Lai! Hahahaha."

After laughing, Wang Jing saw that he could not break down the city gate, so he left on his own.

But these loud laughs were like knives stabbing Zhao Chong's heart.

To kill someone is to kill one's heart.

This is really cruel.

At the same time, Yan Xing was also walking around the city wall and shooting. Many of the arrows he shot were tied with cloth strips that read that if they refused to surrender, they would be massacred after the city was captured, in order to intimidate the residents in the city.

After the matter was settled, Yan Xing came back to report, but he showed some worry: "My lord, will this really work?"

He was worried that if his plan failed, Chenliu would send reinforcements to capture Suanzao City. The cost would be very high, at least a lot of soldiers would be lost.

Wang Jing was very confident: "Don't worry, I charged into the battle alone just to show my unrivaled personal strength. I also deliberately let more than 200 soldiers of the defending army who fought with me return to the city, just to use them to spread my terror."

There is no doubt that Wang Jing's act of willing to take risks himself to reduce the casualties of his soldiers deeply moved Yan Xing, Dian Wei and others.

Especially when compared with Zhao Chong's behavior just now, the contrast is even more obvious.

At night, the more than 200 defeated soldiers who retreated back into the city began to spread the news of Wang Jing's terrifying strength, firmly engraving the first impression of "invincible" in these people's minds.

Late at night, three quarters past midnight.

At this time, the moon was bright in the sky. Wang Jing immediately called Yan Xing and ordered him to select 500 people to prepare for a night attack.

During the day, some people were left behind in the cavalry camp to rest early and recuperate. Now was the time when they would be put to use.

Then Wang Jing called Dian Wei again and asked him to select more than 50 uninjured people from the 300 surrendered soldiers to participate in the siege with him.

Dian Wei was stunned, and then tried to dissuade him, saying, "My lord, it's not that I'm afraid of death, but these surrendered soldiers are all locals of Suanzao. It's already very difficult to get them to surrender. If we let them participate in the siege, it will probably have the opposite effect."

The soldiers who had just surrendered, and there were only fifty of them, were at their most unstable.

It is naturally impossible to use such a person to fight a tough battle, otherwise he might turn against you in the middle of the battle.

Dian Wei's persuasion was obviously reasonable.

(End of this chapter)