Rise of the Heavens

Chapter 492 Nine High Priests
Ten days later, the sky was high and the clouds were clear. The Yangzhou army, which could not hold on tightly, opened the city gate and burst out from Linru City. Rows of energetic soldiers lined up outside the city.

Lu Dai sat in the center of the army and commanded the army to move forward slowly.Dozens of miles across from the city is the mountain range that stretches thousands of miles to the south.In front of this endless mountain forest, hundreds of thousands of mountain vietnamese troops gathered here.

"Little brother, there are still a pair of young soldiers in Shanyue on the opposite side?" Gao Cheng, Xu Chu and Yu Ji stood on the wall, and Yu Ji suddenly asked a young captain next to him.

The lieutenant glanced at Gao Cheng and saw that his lord was not moving, so he replied cautiously: "The whole people in Yuzhang's Shanyue are soldiers, and there are about a million soldiers. However, the lord took action a few days ago and killed him with a thunderbolt." There are nearly 20 Shanyue, and the opposite Shanyue should have nearly 80 troops!"

"So many troops? Does Shanyue have so much food and grass?" Yu Ji frowned slightly. Although he was not very proficient in marching and fighting, he had heard the truth that the three armies went first without using food and grass.During the days when I came to Linru, boatloads of grain, grass and material resources were continuously transported southward from Nanchang.

The Yangzhou Army's 30 army consumes too much supplies every day. Even if there is a steady stream of replenishment, the entire army seems a little nervous. Even the Yangzhou Army is like this. Where does Shanyue's food and grass come from?
The young captain said: "The Daoist doesn't know that several counties in the south of Linru have been looted by Shanyue, and a large amount of food and grass have been searched from the people. A rough calculation, these grains and grass can support Shanyue for at least two months. for..."

His answer did not exceed Gao Cheng's expectations.

Shanyue was a little cautious in his initial actions. He plundered a county and then took it back temporarily. Since the county in the south of Yuzhang was too far away from Shouchun, the situation of Shanyue's rebellion was not reported immediately.Seeing that the Yangzhou army did not respond, Shanyue suddenly became bolder and began to sweep the southern part of Yangzhou.

In this battle, Shanyue must be beaten to the core and break their backs. If they let the other side go easily, it won't be long before these Shanyue people dare to go down the mountain to make trouble when they lack clothing and food.

The barbarians are afraid of power but not virtuous.The sages have already said this truth very clearly...

Woo woo woo.

There was a dull sound of horns in the distance. When the Shanyue people saw the Yangzhou army leaving the city, they immediately reacted and began to blow the horns. Countless young, old, and strong women came out, holding javelins and spears. There are various weapons.

In the north of Linru is a big river, and in the south are mountains.The farther north the place is, the more prosperous it is, and the farther south it is, the more wild it is.It's like the dividing line between civilization and barbarism.If the city of Linru falls, Nanchang upstream will also be affected.

Nanchang is the county seat of Yuzhang County. If there is a loss in Nanchang, in the eyes of everyone, the entire Yuzhang County will fall into the hands of Shanyue.This situation cannot hurt the vitality of Yangzhou, but it has a huge impact on the reputation of Gao Cheng and Yangzhou forces.

For the Yangzhou Army, there is no room for loss in this battle.As for Shanyue, if he can win this battle, he will be able to separate himself from Yuzhang and have a chance to capture Kuaiji.Even with the help of Jingzhou soldiers and horses, half of Yangzhou was occupied.

Hundreds of thousands of Shanyue soldiers left the camp, and Gao Cheng noticed that in the middle of the black army, there were dozens of men and women with colorful faces painted on their faces.The breath of these men and women is strange, as if they are integrated with the mountains and forests behind them, and there is a trace of natural breath mixed in the strangeness.

"Priest Shanyue!" Gao Cheng's face moved slightly.

Yu Ji had already explained to him the cultivation situation of Shanyue priests. During the ancient Spring and Autumn Period, after the Yue Kingdom was destroyed, the remaining practitioners and common people fled to the deep mountains. Due to the needs of survival, their cultivation methods integrated the characteristics of the mountains and forests. Find out a path of cultivation that is completely different from that in the Central Plains.

Curses, miasma poisons, Gu insects, and all kinds of spells are weird and unpredictable, and their power is not weak.

"Fellow Daoist, it seems that all the nine priests of Shanyue are here!" Yu Ji also saw the situation on the other side, and said with a dignified expression.

"Fellow Daoist cast a spell a few days ago and wiped out 20 Shanyue's army in one blow. Shanyue must have known the news. He is not the opponent of Fellow Daoist. That's why he gathered so many priests..."

Listening to the other party's explanation, Gao Cheng's expression remained unchanged. He knew the news as early as the day before yesterday. After he entered Linru City, the reason why the Shanyue Army did not move was because they were waiting for the Nine Priests to come.

boom!
The armies of both sides lined up separately. Of course, the formation of Shanyue's hundreds of thousands of troops is not very good. If they attack each other, they will not be able to stop the assault of the Yangzhou army's 30 troops.

The leaders and priests of Shanyue also understood this truth, so they were ready to strike first. A few topless leaders roared to the sky, and then each led tens of thousands of Shanyue's young and strong elites to the battle, holding wooden shields and spears towards Yangzhou Army shock.It was as if the rocks had cracked and the flood had burst its embankment.The dark Shanyue elite rushed to the forefront with a ferocious expression.

"Archer! Let it go!"

With a calm expression, Lu Dai waved his raised right hand downwards. Following his command, swish, swish, and countless iron arrows formed torrential rain and fell from the sky.Puchi puchi, countless Shanyue soldiers screamed, their bodies were pierced by long arrows, and they fell to the ground with blood overflowing.

"Crossbow ready!"

……

The 30 Yangzhou army and the hundreds of thousands of Shanyue's elite fought each other, and the aura of killing soared into the sky, forming an extremely rich light red evil spirit in the void.

The more intense the fight, the stronger the evil spirit, and accompanied by the evil spirit, there is also a strong force of fate appearing in the invisible void.At the end of the war, no matter who wins or loses, Gao Cheng can get a lot of fate points through the gate of fate.

"Friend Daoist Yu, it's time for us to act!"

Gao Cheng did not observe the fighting of the army below, but focused most of his attention on the dozens of priests.In his induction, dozens of priests on the opposite side were linked together, as if they had cast some kind of secret technique and were preparing powerful spells.

If you wait for the opponent's spell to complete, your own army will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

"it is good!"

Yu Ji also noticed the enemy's movement, nodded, and with a thought, the vitality between the heaven and the earth quickly condensed, forming a gust of wind, and his body was lifted up by the wind, suspended in mid-air.

Gao Cheng stepped forward, and an auspicious cloud appeared under his feet, rising into the sky.

"My lord, let me test the quality of these barbarians!" Xu Chu's originally dull face showed a hint of ferocity. With a roar, a tiger with wings on its back appeared.

Roar!
Xu Chu jumped down from the city wall, and the winged tiger above Tianling roared down and merged with his body. This is a method that can only be used by those who are strong in the Ninth Layer of God Realm.

The spirit and body merged, and Xu Chu had tiger stripes on his face, and he gained the ability to walk in the air.Swish!A knife gang of tens of feet wraps around the body, cuts through the void, and rushes across the sky towards dozens of Shanyue priests.After the fusion of spirits, Xu Chu's movements were as fast as lightning, and he flew across the sky in an instant, flying from the battlefield to the top of Shanyue's army.

"Han generals... die!"

The nine chief priests of Shanyue who are leading are not young, and they are slightly thin. One of the chief priests sneered, pointing forward with his thin arms, boom!A small half of the power of the dozens of priests behind him gathered in his body, and then turned into a miserable green ray, shooting towards Xu Chu's body.

(End of this chapter)