Chapter 214: The Western Frontier
Standing on the towering Hewu Mountain Range, overlooking the vast western plain, the vast earth is connected with the blue sky, the grass is beyond the boundary, and the breeze blows by, making people unconsciously want to close their eyes and feel this rare beauty.
But the strong smell of killing ruined all these illusions, shouting and killing... The sound of explosions... Screams... The sound continued continuously, and the bright red blood fell on the turquoise grass, dotted with a little red flower.
The north-south Hewu Mountain is a good separation between the Shenwu Empire and the Lieyang Empire, and the Great Wall stretching for thousands of miles on the Hewu Mountains is the best defense means for the Shenwu Empire to block the Lieyang Empire.
Relying on the natural danger of Hewu Mountain, the two-year-long offensive of the Burning Sun Empire ended in failure.
Qian Xue stood beside Leng Yan and looked at the soldiers of the two countries who were slashing in the distance, her little face turned white for a while, and a pair of slender hands clenched into small fists.
It has been a few days since she arrived in the western realm, and at present, their newcomers can only stand on Hewu Mountain to observe, the soldiers of the Shenwu Empire are brave, successfully resisting several attacks of the Burning Sun Empire, and also let this group of chicks from the imperial capital see the cruelty of the battlefield.
But the Lieyang Empire is like crazy, every day it has to send troops to the bottom of the mountain to harass, Leng Yan is in a good mood, send troops out to touch the other side, if the mood is bad, just flint wood arrows to greet him.
"This is the cruelty of the front, feel it." Leng Yan swept over Qianxue and asked.
"Why should there be war?" Qianxue asked with a frown.
"Because the Burning Sun Empire and the Red Moon Empire are despicable, they are wolves in sheep's clothing, they are barbaric in their bones, and they think about aggression all day long."
"So we're going to rebel! For the sake of the tens of thousands of Shenwu people behind us, we must hold on. Leng Yan snorted angrily.
Qianxue nodded in agreement.
"Cheer up these boys." Leng Yan picked up a big bow from the side, and at a glance, he knew that the bow was powerful.
"Rattle an arrow!"
The soldiers on the side hurriedly carried a cloud-piercing arrow over, looking at the soldier's laborious appearance, this cloud-piercing arrow was estimated to weigh dozens of catties.
Leng Yan easily took the cloud-piercing arrow with one hand, pulled the bow and arrow, straightened the bowstring and straightened the full moon, the arrow was aimed at the sky, the right hand was released, and with a loud roar, the cloud-piercing arrow flew directly into the clouds with a piercing sound of breaking the air and disappeared.
"The general lets go of the cloud arrows!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
A cloud-piercing arrow completely inspired the warriors of the Shenwu Empire who were fighting below, and for them, Leng Yan's order was their mission.
Suddenly, the piercing sound of breaking the air sounded again, and the cloud-piercing arrow that shot into the sky fell at an extremely fast speed, and it was inserted from the top of the head of a Sun Empire warrior with extreme precision, and the powerful arrow directly shot the warrior into a blood mist.
"I've got the arrow!" The Shenwu Empire warrior who was fighting the Sun Empire warrior shouted excitedly.
The warriors of the Shenwu Empire looked at the warriors holding up the cloud-piercing arrows with envy.
But the accident happened suddenly, and the cheering warrior fell straight forward, and there was an additional Burning Sun Empire warrior with a blood-stained blade behind him.
"Kill!" The soldiers of the Sun Empire also went crazy, this is a battle where you die or I die, the number of participants is not large, but it is also life and death.
With the madness of the Sun Empire, the Shenwu Empire was also furious.
The general's cloud-piercing arrow landed, which was a shame for the Shenwu Empire.
"Kill them all, and cleanse the Cloud-piercing Arrows with their blood!"
"Kill them all, and cleanse the Cloud-piercing Arrows with their blood!"
"Kill them all, and cleanse the Cloud-piercing Arrows with their blood!"
The Shenwu Empire roared and rushed up, they pounced like mad dogs, slashed with knives, used fists when the knife was curled, used heads when fists were broken, and used teeth when their heads failed.
Until the sound of gold was heard in the distance, the warriors of the Sun Empire, who had no intention of resisting, were relieved and retreated from the battle to the west.
One by one, the arrogant figures covered in blood stood in place and did not chase them, they watched the enemy leave, there was no cheer, no waves, as if they were sending away a group of naughty children, and there was only peace in their hearts.
A bright red hand picked up the cloud-piercing arrow from a pile of flesh and blood, and at this time, the cloud-piercing arrow was already stained red with blood, and the blood slid down the tip of the arrow.
"Shenwu!" The Bloody Hand held the Cloud-Piercing Arrow aloft.
"Shenwu! Powerful! Only then did the surrounding warriors cheer loudly.
"Shenwu! Powerful! On Hewu Mountain, the soldiers who were waiting for the battle also cheered, and their voices were like dragons and tigers, shaking the sky.
Climb up Hewu Mountain, and offer the red cloud-piercing arrows with both hands.
Leng Yan didn't care about the blood on the arrow, and directly reached out to take it.
"What's your name? What position? Leng Yan asked in a deep voice.
"General Hui, the small one is named Zhang Liang, the tenth commander of the forty-second battalion of the Third Corps." The man bowed and replied.
Leng Yan nodded, this performance called Zhang Liang, he saw it clearly just now, there is a ruthlessness in his bones, he is not soft on killing the enemy, he is not panicked when he encounters trouble, he is a ruthless person.
"Transcript officer!" Leng Yan shouted.
A well-mannered young man ran over with a pen in his hand.
"Remember!" Leng Yan only said one word.
The transcription officer hurriedly prepared.
"In the year 372 of the Shenwu calendar, on May 13, Zhang Liang, the commander of the 42nd Battalion of the 3rd Corps, fought bravely and skillfully, killed 15 enemies, and recovered the lost cloud-piercing arrow, and was specially mentioned as the centurion of the 42nd Battalion of the 3rd Corps." Said coldly.
"In the year 372 of the Shenwu calendar, on May 13, Zhang Liang, the commander of the 42nd Battalion of the 3rd Corps, fought bravely and skillfully, killed 15 enemies, and recovered the lost cloud-piercing arrow, and was specially mentioned as the centurion of the 42nd Battalion of the 3rd Corps." The transcriptionist read it again after the transcript was completed.
"Thank you general, Zhang Liang will serve as a general in this life!" Zhang Liang clenched his fists and knelt directly on the ground and shouted.
"Wait!" Just when everyone was rejoicing, an untimely voice sounded.
The overseer, dressed in a long robe, staggered over.
"General Leng, it's not appropriate for you to be promoted like this, right?" The Overseer asked.
"What's wrong with it?" Leng Yan glanced at him and asked rhetorically.
"The empire has always had a rule that military merits are determined by the enemy's ears, and now he has not brought back a single enemy ear, but he has been promoted by one of your arrows, is it possible that you think your arrows are higher than the emperor's regulations?" The overseer clenched his fist to the side of his head, which was exactly the direction of the imperial capital.
"Don't give the general a big hat to the supervising army, everyone sees the bravery of this soldier, and it is reasonable for the general to be promoted." Leng Yan said with his head held high.
"I don't think this promotion is in line with the rules, and now I demand that I take it back immediately." The overseer walked up to Leng Yan and stared at him in the eyes.
"Transcript officer!" Said in a cold voice.
"The subordinates are here!" The transcriptionist opened the notebook again and waited for the record.