Chapter 5: After the Narrow Victory
Just as the sledgehammer in his hand was about to be thrown out, his body suddenly tensed, and most of his strength was lost.
"General Xiang, I won."
The only long stick left in Zhang Junlin's hand penetrated Xiang Hong's throat.
Seal your throat with a stick!
His hands were still shaking as he clenched his stick.
Soon however, calm was restored, and an even greater force poured into the body from under his feet.
In this battle, he narrowly won the battle.
"You...... Poof......"
Xiang Hong spurted out a large mouthful of blood, and looked down in disbelief at the blood gushing out of his neck.
I regret it very much.
It's he who underestimates the enemy!
knew that Zhang Junlin's last killing move was not a half-cut scythe but a stick, even if he gave up the opportunity to fight back, he would first smash this long scythe from beginning to end!
However, he couldn't figure it out.
Why did Zhang Junlin use all his strength in the final blow?
Not even a scythe could get close to him, but it was able to pierce his armor-like body with a non-sharp stick.
"For ...... What'......"
didn't wait for Xiang Hong to finish speaking.
Zhang Junlin pulled out his stick.
Xiang Hong's unsupported body and sledgehammer fell down from the height of the city wall.
The sledgehammer was located right on Xiang Hong's chest.
Rumble!
After Xiang Hong and the sledgehammer fell together, there was a puddle of soft mud on the ground.
In the face of such a sudden change, the Western Chu army was instantly silent.
The atmosphere didn't dare to gasp.
"General Xiang, do you want to ask why my physical strength is exhausted and not only able to recover, but also stronger than before?"
Zhang Junlin looked in the direction of Huangzhuang and smiled slyly.
This narrow victory was all due to the two girls who obeyed his orders and continued to mow the grass without slacking off.
The illusion of giving it all out when he feels his strength is about to increase, when he makes the final blow.
successfully deceived Xiang Hong, who was a light enemy.
"Eldest sister, when I reach the rear of the Western Chu army, let's attack from both sides!"
Zhang Junlin defeated Xiang Hong, but the matter was not over.
After he landed lightly, he raised the Qi Mei stick in his hand and swept towards the Western Chu soldiers who were detaining the people of Chu County.
The soldiers of Zhongxi Chu, who were in extreme shock because of Xiang Hong's death, stood on the spot dumbfounded.
Not only did he not have the strength to fight back, but he didn't even have time to make a defensive stance.
was swept up several feet high by the stick wind, and smashed into the pit where Xiang Hong was in free fall.
Bang bang bang......
Zhang Junlin's stick method is fast and accurate, and it is also fierce.
Shoot straight to the point, without mercy.
Originally born in a peaceful era, he had never experienced war, and he still had a certain sense of guilt for killing.
But seeing Xiang Hong's practice of treating the lives of the people of Nanyue as a mustard, he knew it very well.
Ci is not in charge of the soldiers!
If you want to protect everything you value in troubled times, you must not show mercy when you should make a move!
"Go quickly to the gates of the city."
After dealing with the last Western Chu soldier in charge of guarding, Zhang Junlin untied the ropes that bound everyone.
He came to the old man who died by the knife, bowed deeply, bent down and closed the old man's eyes, and dragged the stick towards the Western Chu army that the whole army was about to withdraw.
At this time, the people of Chuxian County, who had just been freed, knelt down in unison.
"His Royal Highness the Prince's great kindness, we must remember it."
"His Royal Highness the Prince, although I, Zheng Lao Er, was cut off by the thieves of Xichu, but I am a second-order martial artist, and I will go with you to kill ......"
The righteous man has not yet finished speaking.
The wooden stick in Zhang Junlin's hand slashed towards the ground.
A strong wind burst out, rolling up the grass on the ground, like a green hurricane whirling towards the 100,000 army of Western Chu.
"Ah!!h
"Help!"
"Hold me ......"
The wind propelled forward three hundred meters.
Wherever the wind went, nearly 100 Western Chu soldiers who had not had time to retreat swept up with the wind.
When the wind stopped, the soldiers fell from the sky and collapsed on the ground in various strange postures, bleeding profusely.
Heavy casualties!
The righteous soldiers who wanted to fight back against the Western Chu army together lost their voices in an instant.
Strong!
It's too strong!
It is difficult for ordinary martial artists to fight side by side with such a strong person.
"Withdraw!"
"Retreat!"
In the face of Zhang Junlin's slaughter like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, the Western Chu army did not care about these prisoners, and rushed in the opposite direction of the people of South Vietnam.
"Want to run after watching the play? It's late. ”
Zhang Junlin's body shot out like an arrow, blocking in front of the Western Chu army that was the first to retreat.
He doesn't advocate any "poor people don't chase", even if he can't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he will not let the tiger return to the mountain.
The long stick in his hand waved at the void, and all the Western Chu soldiers, whether on horseback or on foot, retreated and huddled together.
Leave him a wide avenue, and after overthrowing a place of Western Chu soldiers, go around to their back road.
"Rush with me!"
Seeing this, Zhang Junyuan hurriedly flew down the city tower.
"Kill, !!"
The South Vietnamese soldiers and righteous soldiers, who had been waiting at the city gate for a long time, rushed out at the moment when the city gate was opened.
The morale of more than 20,000 South Vietnamese soldiers whose morale skyrocketed because of Xiang Hong's death was like a pack of wolves galloping across the field.
Fighting back and forth with Zhang Junlin, blocking the remaining defeated men of Western Chu in the small open space under the city tower and fighting with them, one can fight ten!
However, in a moment, the Western Chu army lost its armor and abandoned its armor.
The remaining 50,000 or 60,000 people huddled together had no will to fight in the face of more than 20,000 people.
"We ...... Down, right? ”
A few generals who are squeezed in the middle, you look at me, I look at you.
I don't know who spoke first to propose surrender, and the rest chimed in.
"Yes, let's go down."
"It is rumored that Empress Mo treats prisoners preferentially, but unlike our generals, those who descend are prisoners and kill wantonly, and her son will not be far behind."
"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood."
Their General Xiang may have been lured to surrender just now.
But Zhang Junlin has the strength to annihilate tens of thousands of soldiers.
Coupled with the red-faced and green-eyed South Vietnamese people and soldiers, if they do not surrender, they will only have a dead end.
Shhh
I don't know who took the lead and tore a piece of white cloth from his underwear.
The rest followed suit, and fell to their knees.
"We surrender!"
"Those who descend will not be killed!"
Zhang Junlin originally did not plan to annihilate the 100,000 army, so as not to attract more raging retaliation from Western Chu.
The surrendered army is just a bargaining chip.
"Disarm the surrenderers, reline them according to the rank of the warriors, make a list, and I can negotiate with your Emperor about the return of the captives."
Zhang Junlin deliberately drew a big pie.
Knowing that the prisoners were expected to be returned, the soldiers of Western Chu naturally had a realistic mentality, and according to his requirements, they were strictly divided into ranks, from ordinary soldiers to warriors.
After all, the more high-level martial artists are, the easier it is for Emperor Xichu to return his blood.
No one will hide their strength and register in an orderly manner.
"Brother Huang! Are you okay? ”
Zhang Junyuan passed through the army and came on horseback.
As soon as he got off the horse, he flew in front of Zhang Junlin and looked up and down carefully.
"Eldest sister, Xiang Hong's sledgehammer didn't hit me, I'm fine."
In fact, after Zhang Junlin's arm was subjected to gravity several times, he had reached the limit by swinging the stick a few times just now.
It is no longer enough to rely on the south wind and the knowledge to clean up the haystack and restore the strength.
But in the face of the 100,000 troops of Western Chu who had just surrendered and were still eyeing him, he had to hold on.
"It's okay...... Brother Huang, you really scared me to death. ”
Zhang Junyuan's eyes were red, and he smiled proudly.
"The queen mother has a spirit in heaven, and she will be happy to know that you have inherited her mantle."
Is it?
Zhang Junlin thought that Li Chengqian had found reasons several times to refuse to contact the exercises left by the former empress.
Secretly taught the exercises to the sons of the current queen.
What didn't explain his feelings in public was actually "the way of farming".
"Eldest sister, I'm a little tired."
Zhang Junlin pointed to the Western Chu captives who were still registered.
"I'll bring all of the middle and third orders to Huangzhuang, and under my nose, they can't make waves."
"Okay, I'll take care of the rest, and drive them all to Dongshan to mine!"
Zhang Junyuan did not intend to show mercy to these captives.
Whether the Western Chu State exchanged prisoners or sent troops to attack again is another matter.
If it weren't for the fear of angering the Western Chu Congress and being retaliated against for destroying the country.
She will definitely not keep these enemy soldiers who are bullying the unarmed South Vietnamese people!
"The eldest sister has the final say, I'll take someone away first, and then contact me if I have something."
Zhang Junlin just walked a few steps in the direction of the city gate and then turned back.
"By the way, there is something I forgot to ask the eldest sister, the royal family abandoned the city and fled, like the private land and imperial land under the name of the eldest prince and the second prince, as well as the private property of those powerful families, can I use it?"
"What do you want to do with those?"
Zhang Junyuan was puzzled.
This time, the emperor's brother won the battle, solved the crisis of Jinling, and established his prestige.
Since then, he has been the crown prince in name only.
You can't still wield a hoe every day to weed and farm, right?
"I ...... It's not about finding something for the captives to do, and the land will be abandoned if no one takes care of it anyway. ”
"The emperor's words are reasonable, now that you are the crown prince and have the right to supervise the country, you have the final say."
That's amazing!
Zhang Junlin received a satisfactory reply and happily went to count the personnel according to the list.
A third-order martial artist has been able to use the Heaven and Earth Dao Method to integrate into the force, and a single sword can split a thousand catties of boulders.
Ordinary rope bindings can be easily broken free.
Zhang Junlin didn't intend to restrain them, and drove them in the direction of Huangzhuang like a sheep.
Passing by the market, Zhang Junlin bought a sack of meat buns.
As the buns enter the stomach, the lost stamina is quickly replenished.
There was a fifth-order mid-grade general who wanted to make small moves, and he directly made him waste his hands and feet and hit him on the ground.
Succeeded in intimidating the remaining one hundred and eight captives.
In order to save their lives and strength, they could only obey Zhang Junlin's words.
……
The remnant sun is like blood.
The royal chariot stopped at the ferry, Zhang Chengqian looked at the road with a complicated face, and sighed from time to time.
"The crown prince and the eldest princess sacrificed their lives for the country, and when they return to Jinling in the future, I will bury the two of them next to Queen Mo according to the highest funeral rites, so that their family of three can be reunited."
"Your Majesty is kind, they must be grateful and bless me in South Vietnam."
The queen gave a fake compliment.
Together with the eldest prince and the second prince, he looked anxiously to the west.
Why didn't you come yet?
"Report!"
"Jinling Emergency!"
Zhang Chengqian stood up and jumped off the imperial chariot.
The queen and all the princes and princesses were looking forward to hearing this.
Many people make no secret of their inner gloating and smirk.