Chapter 60 - The Battle of the Evil Stars (Cetian)
Fortunately, although Liu Xun was a little afraid in his heart, he was a battle-hardened general after all, plus he had a close relationship with the Holy Emperor. This battle is related to the reputation of the feudal state and the future feudal country, which is very important, not only about whether the feudal country can occupy a favorable relationship and position for the Qi country to fight now. It is also related to the future combat policy and plan, after all, it is impossible for the current feudal state to occupy all the territory of the entire Qi country at once with their strength. Even if he had spare strength, the original plan of the Holy Emperor was to occupy the southern part of the Qi State in this way, and most of the strategic and military supplies of the Qi State were provided to the northern existence through the southern part of the Qi State. And by occupying the south of the Qi country, it can develop into the most ferocious army. With the original strong national strength of the Shangfeng State, when the time is ripe, you can raise troops and attack the Qi State in one fell swoop. This time, the reason why the Holy Emperor drove the expedition in person was because he thought that the time was ripe to send troops to directly attack the Qi State and take the southern part of the Qi State for himself.
Facts have proven that the Holy Emperor's plan to send troops this time is not a wise move. Originally, I thought that I would be able to launch a plan to occupy the East Rim Pass and Wakajo Castle through the gap that was considered to be a relatively smooth occupation of the castle. Everything is going according to plan, and it is a good move for the Holy Emperor to send a part of his army north to attack Jincheng, but even if the Holy Emperor wants to break his head, he would never have thought that his strategic plan this time failed on all fronts, and it was planted on five unknown young people. And these five young people are not yet twenty years old.
The feudal state is not completely without a chance, as long as Liu Xun and Cheng Tao can win the battle this time, then the feudal state may also be able to take Ruocheng as a negotiation condition. In this way, at least you can get the opportunity to return to the closed country. Otherwise, it is really possible to be completely annihilated in the hinterland of Qi State, after all, now the two passages for transporting grain and grass in Donglinguan and Huicheng have been blocked. It has become a very difficult thing for these 120,000 troops to transport grain and grass, and for these 120,000 troops, if they can't defeat the Qi State, they will be trapped and die here. How can he, a general who leads troops, deal with the relatives and families of these soldiers?
Thinking of this, Liu Xun couldn't help but show a resolute expression on his face. He saw Feng Yuchong, a blue-shirted young man who had come to him less than twenty steps away, and Feng Shanshan, Luo Yinying, Sun Hao, and Yu Fei who were followed by Feng Yuchong. Liu Xun whispered to a junior colonel beside him: "Quickly go and inform General Cheng Tao and order him to send troops to annihilate Li Fu's army." This army now suffered heavy losses and could no longer withstand them. We'll leave it to you!"
After the little colonel turned around and stepped on the war horse and galloped away, Liu Xun's silver sword broke through the air and roared angrily: "Kill me! As long as we can kill them, we will be able to capture Ruocheng! The first merit is ours!"
Liu Xun's shouts inspired the soldiers beside him and the soldiers in the scattered heavy infantry legions, who were after all well-trained and battle-hardened troops. After a brief period of panic, a complete formation was quickly formed. At least beside Liu Xun, the machine has gathered an "iron bucket" composed of nearly 100 people, firmly wrapping Liu Xun in it.
Feng Yuchong and them naturally won't give up, since they have already made a desperate choice to make such a risky move, which is like a big gamble, then they have no way out. The 10,000 Fengguo heavy armored infantry formed a phalanx behind them had blocked their way back, and Yu Fei even saw that the Fengguo light cavalry in the distance, which had been standing still, was led by a general wearing gold helmets and iron armor, and directly pursued Li Fujun, who was retreating in the distance. This also shows that their plan to attract the attention of the enemy army is considered bankrupt, and the goal of this light cavalry is obvious, which is to annihilate the 20,000 Qi troops in Li Fuxian's hands in one fell swoop, whose morale is somewhat low.
The governor of the light cavalry is Cheng Tao, and Cheng Tao is also the favorite general of the Holy Emperor. Together with Liu Xun, he commanded the most elite 50,000 troops under the Holy Emperor except for the royal guards. Among the 50,000 troops, the 30,000 light cavalry commanded by Cheng Tao is another strange soldier. It was precisely with the existence of this strange army that the Holy Emperor was able to win the final victory when he was fighting for power with Guangwu Jun. For the Holy Emperor, this light cavalry is also his hometown, and every soldier in it has followed him for at least five or six years, and their loyalty naturally does not need any doubt.
However, although the army is strong, in fact, this light cavalry army has an almost fatal weakness, that is, the leader of this light cavalry army, Cheng Tao. Although his ability to lead troops is very strong, and his ability to use troops is indeed one of the best among the generals of the feudal state. It's a pity that Cheng Tao himself is mean and unkind, perhaps because his background is not very noble, and he has even suffered not only from the soldiers who have followed him for many years, but also from the Holy Emperor himself, this kind of bitter hatred from Cheng Tao's bones for the family valve makes him completely disbelieve in the children of the family around him. As a result, although these 30,000 light cavalry were under his command, his subordinates were not united, and even among them were the children of the family who had already planned a retreat there. These are the fatal weaknesses of this light cavalry corps.
Cheng Tao himself is a proud and complacent person, perhaps this also has something to do with his status of leaping forward, the reason why the Holy Emperor valued him and reused him as a general. In addition to the Holy Emperor himself, who had a unique vision, saw many advantages that Cheng Tao could not see from his unassuming appearance, led the troops well, and commanded properly. In addition to not having a good relationship with the soldiers around him, Cheng Tao came from a relatively ordinary background, without the help of hundreds of backstage families behind him. However, now that the Holy Emperor is riding his own divine beast Lust Phoenix north to Jincheng, he can't command Cheng Tao and Liu Xun, as well as Yang Yu, the leader of the royal guards. The three of them are currently the leaders of the 70,000 troops of the feudal kingdom. Yang Yu led 20,000 royal guards under his command to launch a siege of Ruocheng. Of course, they were only surrounding but not fighting, Liu Xun led 30,000 heavy armored infantry, and was fighting with Feng Yuchong and the five of them.
Of course, in fact, Liu Xun hadn't reacted yet, even if they led the whole army, if Feng Yuchong and the five soul controllers wanted to escape from them, they wouldn't be able to stop them. No matter how powerful the Instrument Soul cultivators are, the army they can fight against is only a hundred people at most. Although the strength of the soul controller is stronger than that of ordinary soldiers, the number of ordinary soldiers is large after all, and the number of soul controllers is small after all, such as Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan, Yu Fei, Luo Yinying and Sun Hao, the five of them can defeat five hundred heavy armored infantry of the feudal kingdom and take their lives. This can be regarded as an extreme, after all, Feng Yuchong and them, if they want to destroy such a heavy infantry army with more than 20,000 surviving, it is basically a fool's dream.
Feng Yuchong didn't understand this truth, so they chose such a battle based on a sneak attack, and at the beginning of the battle, they aimed at Liu Xun, the general surrounded by the 30,000 heavy armored infantry legions. And now, Feng Yuchong, who was at the forefront, had rushed to a distance of less than fifteen steps away from Liu Xun, and in front of them, except for dozens of Liu Xun's personal guards, only Liu Xun was left. And behind Feng Yuchong, there are two extremely secretive assassins hidden - his sisters Feng Shanshan and Luo Yinying, and the soul meteor wheel and Xuanyue needle they have mastered are all souls that can take the lives of others in an instant. Feng Yuchong's plan mainly relied on Feng Shanshan and Luo Yinying to complete it.
The distance was already less than ten steps, Feng Yu rushed forward and waved the Soul Wind Feather Fan in his hand violently, taking advantage of the opportunity that the dozens of Liu Xun's guards around him had not yet reacted. Feng Yuchong turned the wind feather fan in his hand, and the four storms rotated with the momentum, violently passing towards the dozens of guards in front of him. And almost at the same time, Feng Shanshan and Luo Yinying, the two delicate bodies behind Feng Yu Chong, rose up, and after the four sharp storms that Feng Yu rushed up, the two delicate bodies flashed out from both sides, and the two nine-turn meteor wheels and three silver Xuanyue needles had already stabbed forward, under the protection of the four instrument soul storms summoned by Feng Yuchong's wind feather fan, almost in this instant, the instrument souls in the hands of these two girls went straight to Liu Xun's chest.
Liu Xun keenly felt a deep murderous intention, and Feng Yuchong tried his best to use the Soul Wind Feather Fan in his hand to wrap more than a dozen of his own soldiers, so that they had no chance to help him. At this time, this unprecedented killing force that surrounded him from both sides at the same time made Liu Xun's heart tremble, and he involuntarily clenched the sword in his hand. Holding his breath and staring at the flickering meteor wheel and the Xuanyue needle in front of him flying towards him at the same time, Liu Xun roared angrily, raised his sword and fell, and angrily blocked the attack of the two instrument souls that were speeding at the same time with the sword in his hand, and raised his right hand to knock the meteor wheel and the Xuanyue needle away. I have to say that Liu Xun is indeed decisive, if he doesn't attack upwards at the first time, he will definitely be buried surrounded by these two souls at the same time.
According to common sense, Liu Xun's precautions and actions in the case of emergency and unprepared are the most correct choice. It's just that he doesn't know one thing, the Meteor Wheel used by Feng Shanshan, after experiencing the ascension and baptism of the Meteor Wheel Soul Three, Feng Shanshan's Meteor Wheel has not only made a qualitative leap, but also greatly improved its ability and control. The most important thing is that the Octagonal Meteor Wheel was upgraded to a nine-turn meteor wheel, which further strengthened Feng Shanshan's own ability and adjusted the originally disordered aura and energy traces in her body. The only thing that remains unchanged is the unchanging fact that the meteor wheel can turn back after flying. Otherwise, if Feng Shanshan hadn't relied on the rotation of the meteor wheel to come back, her meteor wheel would have been easily taken away. Liu Xun thought that his fight was a success, so he didn't pay attention to the situation around him. The meteor wheel turned quietly inadvertently, and Feng Shanshan shouted angrily: "It's already successful! Brother, let's retreat quickly!"