Chapter 162: Soldiers Approaching the Imperial Capital
"Fly in the air, Grandmaster Strong!"
Looking at the more than 100 blood-clothed guards who were speeding towards him and the others, the face of the commander of the Martial Kingdom changed greatly, a look of shock and incredulity flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but exclaim loudly.
The grandmaster is the top combat power of the martial country, a strong man who becomes an army of one person, and there are only dozens of people in the entire martial country, the royal family, the Zhou family, the Sun family, the Wang family, each family is only a few people, and there are more than 100 grandmaster powerhouses in front of him at once, how can he not make the commander of the martial country shocked!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
When the commander of the Martial Kingdom was shocked, more than 100 blood-clothed guards slashed through the void like lightning, approaching the head of the commander of the Martial Kingdom and others, and the sharp long swords in their hands swung out, and one after another extremely powerful sword light shot out from it, slashing towards the body of the commander of the Martial Kingdom and others.
In the face of the fierce sword attack of the Bloody Guard, the commander of the Martial Kingdom and the others mobilized the strength in their bodies, waved the weapons in their hands, and attacked the fierce sword rays, trying to resist the fierce sword attacks.
Bang! Bang!
With the crisp sound of metal colliding, an elite guard of the Martial Kingdom of the ninth layer of the Quenching Body Realm was pierced through his body by the sharp sword, let out a terrible scream, and fell to the ground weakly, becoming a cold corpse, while those innate martial artists of the Martial Kingdom struggled to block the sword attack of the Bloody Guard.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
In the midst of the shouts of killing, more than 100 blood-clothed guards agitated the true yuan in their bodies, like blood-colored lightning, and rushed straight towards the body of the commander of the martial arts and others, and the sharp long sword in their hands, with the brilliant sword light, stabbed straight towards the body of the commander of the martial arts and others.
At this time, one-third of the Commander of the Martial Kingdom and his party had died, and only thirty or so Innate Martial Artists and four Grandmaster Martial Artists remained.
In the face of the attack of more than 100 Bloody Guards with the strength of the Grandmaster, their faces changed drastically, and they frantically agitated the True Qi and True Yuan in their bodies, and the sharp weapons in their hands were puffed up to meet the sharp long swords in the hands of the Bloody Guards.
Bang! Bang!
In the crisp sound of metal collision, the weapons in the hands of the innate martial artists and grandmaster warriors of the Martial Kingdom collided with the sharp long swords in the hands of the Bloody Guard, and a terrifying force poured out from the sharp long swords in the hands of the Bloody Guard, causing the arms of the Martial Kingdom Innate Martial Artists and the Grandmaster Martial Artist to go numb, and the sharpness in their hands fell to the ground weakly.
Immediately afterwards, the sharp long sword in the hand of the Bloody Cloth Guard, with a sharp edge, easily pierced the body of a famous martial arts innate martial artist and grandmaster martial artist, causing blood to splash and die tragically on the spot.
As soon as the commander of the Wu State and his party died, the army of the Wu State, which had been pressed and beaten by 100,000 heavy armored cavalry, immediately lost its backbone, and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and they left the battlefield one after another and fled in all directions.
Seeing this scene, Yang Rui waved his hand, and the 200,000 servant army immediately rushed out, beat the water dogs, and chased and killed the fleeing army of Wu Guo.
Immediately afterwards, with the assistance of 200,000 servant troops, 100,000 heavy armored cavalry easily defeated the formed Wuguo army one by one, causing it to collapse and disperse, and was easily forced to surrender by 200,000 servant troops.
In this battle, the million-strong army of the Wu Kingdom was almost wiped out, except for a few tens of thousands of soldiers who escaped, the other soldiers of the Wu Kingdom were either killed or became prisoners.
In the evening, Lin Yi, the commander of the cavalry escort under Yang Rui, quickly entered Yang Rui's tent, handed a report to Yang Rui, and reported loudly: "Young master, the battlefield has been cleaned, this is the post-battle report of this battle!"
Yang Rui took the post-war report handed over by Lin Yi, glanced at it casually, and found that in this battle, his side only lost hundreds of heavily armored cavalry and thousands of servant troops, but killed 150,000 Wuguo troops, captured 800,000 troops, and obtained countless military supplies, which can be described as a complete victory, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily showed a happy smile.
After a burst of excitement, Yang Rui casually put the post-war report in his hand on the desk in front of him, looked at Lin Yi with a smile on his face, and said: "Pass my order, let our people lurking in all counties take action, and I will open the road to the imperial capital as soon as possible!"
"Yes, young master!" Lin Yi responded loudly, and quickly turned around and left.
In the early morning of the second day, the 200,000 reserve army under the command of Zhennan Wangfu rushed to Yang Rui's station, took over the 800,000 prisoners of Yang Rui's station, left 100,000 reserve troops, guarded and reorganized 800,000 prisoners, and the other 100,000 reserve army left Qing'an County with Yang Rui and entered Pingyuan County.
Because the elite army of Pingyuan County has been defeated by the army under Yang Rui, the entire Pingyuan County has no resistance force except for a few city guards who are cities in each city.
At the same time, the news that Yang Rui defeated the million-strong elite army of the Martial Kingdom in one fell swoop also quickly spread throughout the entire Martial Kingdom, making the entire Martial Kingdom fall into shock and incredulity.
In particular, the news that Yang Rui had a hundred grandmaster warriors under his command made the royal family, the Wang family, the Sun family, and the Zhou family shocked, and they couldn't believe the news passed by this deserter.
After getting the news, the major families of the Wu Kingdom were shocked at the same time, and began to actively contact Yang Rui's people lurking in various places, and use these people to convey goodwill to Yang Rui.
Yang Rui had already prepared for this, and immediately gave the people lurking in various places great authority, allowing them to accept the surrender of the big families in various places on their behalf, and promised some benefits, so that those big families would give up resistance and help them control the places.
The major families of the Wu Kingdom have the intention to take refuge in Yang Rui, and Yang Rui also wants to use the power of these big families to control the Wu Kingdom in the shortest possible time.
After that, Yang Rui led 100,000 heavily armored cavalry, 100,000 reserve regiments, 200,000 servant troops, a total of 400,000 troops, and left Pingyuan County and went straight to the imperial capital of Wuguo.
In the process of going to the imperial capital of Wuguo, where Yang Rui's army passed, all the cities opened their gates, and let Yang Rui's army enter the city and take over the defense of the city.
Then Yang Rui left a part of the army to look at the city guards, and then drew a part of the elite army from the city, and the sons of the major families in the city and the elite guards of the major families, and rushed towards the direction of the imperial capital of the Wu Kingdom.
In just one week, Yang Rui led his army to easily take over dozens of cities, crossed six counties, and entered the imperial capital of the Martial Kingdom a hundred miles away. At this time, the army under Yang Rui's command had reached one million after being replenished by dozens of cities, far exceeding the 500,000 army in the imperial capital of the Wu Kingdom.
At the same time, among the thirty-six counties of Wuguo, thirty-two counties have announced that they have taken refuge in the Zhen'an Palace, fully supporting the Qingjun side of the Zhennan Palace, and began to frantically strangle the royal family, the Wang family, the Sun family, and the Zhou family's manpower in each county.
In the depths of the central palace of the Imperial Capital of the Martial Kingdom, in a small conference room with resplendent gold, Zhao Cheng, the Emperor of the Martial Kingdom, sat on the main seat, looked at Wang Pu, the head of the Wang family, Zhou Qi, the head of the Zhou family, and Sun Yu of the Sun family, and said in a flat tone: "Everyone, tell me about the current situation!"
"Your Majesty, at present, there are thirty-six counties in the Wuguo, and thirty-two counties have broken away from the rule of our Wuguo and put them under the command of the Zhennan Wangfu, although the remaining six counties are still under the name of our Wuguo, but they have been cut off from the imperial capital, and it is estimated that it will not be long before they will be captured by the forces under the command of the Zhennan Wangfu!
At the same time, Yang Rui, the son of the king of Zhennan, has led an army of one million under his command, approaching a hundred miles away from the imperial capital, and at noon tomorrow, he can arrive at the imperial capital city and surround the imperial capital, and it will be a vicious battle!
At present, we have two choices, one is to take advantage of the arrival of Yang Rui's million-strong army, take the elite of the family and the wealth accumulated over the years, leave the imperial capital city, and go to the Free Federation in the north of the empire, with our four major forces, it is completely easy to control one or several cities, gain a foothold in the Free Federation, and become the high-level of the Free Federation.
One is to gather all the forces of our four families, and use the heritage of our four families to fight to the death with Yang Rui, if we win, we can turn the unfavorable situation of the battle and launch a counterattack against the Zhennan Palace, and if we fail, the whole clan will be wiped out, and it will become the dust of history!" Wang Pu, the head of the Wang family, said in a flat tone.
"Your Majesty, judging from the forces currently displayed by the Zhennan Palace, even if the four of us use the foundation, we are not the opponents of the Zhennan Palace, not to mention that there are still some hidden forces in the hands of the Zhennan Palace!
Therefore, I suggest that the four of us lead the family elite and family wealth to evacuate the Imperial Capital City and go to the Free Federation in the north of the empire to become the top of the Free Federation, and then we are looking for an opportunity to counterattack the Martial Kingdom!" Zhou Qi, the head of the Zhou family, replied without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, from the current situation, the Zhennan Royal Mansion has been laid out for a long time, the power is huge, our four families are not opponents at all, instead of fighting to the death with the Zhennan Royal Mansion and the whole clan will be wiped out, it is better to go to the Free Federation at ease!" Sun Yu, the head of the Sun family, said softly.
"With the strength of the four of us alone, it is indeed impossible to block the attack of the Zhennan Palace, but we can use other forces to resist the attack of the Zhennan Palace, and we can even destroy the Zhennan Mansion in turn and bring the Martial Kingdom back into our control!"
After Wang Pu, Zhou Qi, and Sun Yu all finished speaking, Zhao Cheng, who was sitting on the main seat, said with a solemn face.
After speaking, Zhao Cheng clapped his palms and said loudly: "Immortal Master Fan, come out and meet everyone!"
As soon as Zhao Cheng's voice fell, an old man wearing a cyan robe and immortal wind bones slowly walked out of the room on the side of the conference room and sat directly under Zhao Cheng.