Chapter V: Competing for Military Merit
The person who came was none other than Zi Chen's eldest brother, Zi Lie, known as the new star of the empire.
At the age of twenty-six, he is already a guerrilla general from the fifth grade, and he also commands the most elite Xuanyi Iron Cavalry in the Western Wilderness, and his cultivation has reached the seventh level, a seventh-level warrior, except for him himself because of his abnormal talent, he has reached the realm of a great martial artist, and the strongest others have only reached the eighth-level warrior realm, and they are all men forty miles away, but how old is Zi Lie?
With his talent in martial arts, it is not difficult to step into the innate realm!
Under the leadership of Ximen Zhan, including Zi Chen, they all came to the city gate, at this time, a man wearing black armor, with an outstanding posture and a handsome appearance, rode a tall horse and galloped slowly, followed by thirty iron horses, and the other Xuanyi iron horsemen had stopped a mile outside the city.
"General Ximen, you sent an order to the general, saying that there are 100,000 demon iron cavalry besieging the city, asking for support, I was ordered by the general to lead the Xuanyi iron cavalry all the way to Xiliang City, but what I saw was such a scene, how to explain this?" The person who came was none other than Zi Chen's eldest brother, Zi Lie, the eldest son of the Zi family.
When he came to the city gate, he didn't mean to dismount at all, so he looked condescendingly at Ximen Zhan and the others who came out of the city gate, and his eyes swept over Zi Chen, who was following Ximen Zhan, with a look of disdain.
Seeing that Zi Lie was so arrogant and rude, Lin Hu beside Ximen Zhan was about to have a seizure, how to say that Ximen Zhan was also a Xiliang Ranger General, and his official position was one level higher than that of a guerrilla general, so if you didn't come down to salute, it would be okay, and he even questioned in this kind of commanding tone, this is too much to take General Ximen Zhan in his eyes, right?
However, as soon as he made a move, he was stopped by Ximen Zhan.
"Young General, it is true that there are 100,000 demon iron cavalry besieging the city, but in today's battle, they were ......defeated by our army in one fell swoop," Ximen Zhan said in a deep voice.
"Defeated in one fell swoop?hehe, General Ximen, are you really joking, when did the Demon Iron Cavalry become so vulnerable? Your total strength in Xiliang City is less than 50,000, it is good to be able to hold Xiliang City, and you have defeated 100,000 Iron Cavalry in one fell swoop?
"Young General, this is a true thing, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to check, there are corpses of grassland demons all the way, and we have captured 20,000 people on the other side......" In the face of Zi Lie's unreasonableness, Ximen Zhan still said in a deep voice.
"Oh? It turns out that the soldiers under General Ximen are really so powerful, but since the sergeants under General Ximen are so powerful and can easily defeat the grassland demons, then why do you have to send an urgent request for help?
"Young General, the battlefield is changing rapidly, the grassland demons are coming with 100,000 iron horsemen, and there is an immortal master in charge, with my Xiliang City's troops, I naturally can't resist it, but in today's battle, Zi Chen single-handedly killed the opponent's immortal master and commander independently, and the opponent's formation was in chaos, so we took this opportunity to launch an attack and defeated the grassland iron cavalry in one fell swoop, how is this child's play?" Ximen Zhan said coldly, obviously very dissatisfied with Zi Lie's troublesome people.
"Zi Chen, that waste?" Hearing this explanation, Zi Lie pointed at Zi Chen and sneered, his eyes full of disdain.
"Young General, please also pay attention to your words, if it weren't for Brother Zichen today, the entire Xiliang City would have been destroyed under the iron cavalry of the Grassland Demon, and the commander killed by Brother Zichen was still the youngest son of the Golden Man, this is a prince, with such military merits, it won't be long before Brother Zichen can be promoted to a ranger general......" At this time, Lin Hu, who had been standing beside Ximen Zhan, couldn't help but speak anymore.
is also the young master of the Zi family, why is the gap so big?
"Oh, then, General Ben led more than 10,000 brothers under his command to travel hundreds of miles to clean up the battlefield for you, regardless of fatigue?" Zi Lie sneered, and looked at Zi Chen in the crowd with a cold breath.
He actually killed a prince?
Ximen Zhan's brows frowned, the meaning of Zi Lie's words couldn't be more obvious, this is a matter of credit.
If you don't agree, I'm afraid it will be difficult to die well.
"Hehe, the young general worked tirelessly, traveled thousands of miles to come to the rescue, deterred the grassland demons, and then joined forces with our army to defeat the grassland demons together, killing more than 10,000 enemies, young general, what do you think?" Ximen Zhan said with a smile.
Although it is a bit heart-wrenching to divide so many military merits, after all, tens of thousands of people have died in the grassland demons this time, and 10,000 people are nothing, and the remaining military merits are enough for the brothers under his command to divide up.
"Hahahaha, General Ximen, you are really joking, I am a dignified young general, how could I snatch military merit with the sergeant under my command, the Prairie Iron Cavalry, I didn't kill any of them, I just killed the end of the face bones, right, my dear brother......" Zi Lie looked at Zi Chen with a smile.
As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked, and everyone looked at Zi Lie in disbelief, looking at this peerless genius who was known as the new star of the empire? A few days away, he only took a day to arrive, this friendship, everyone remembers, it is acceptable to divide the military merits of 10,000 people, after all, there is a general of Changsun Ce behind him, but now, he actually wants to snatch this greatest credit.
Everyone knows that killing Yan Gu and the Immortal Master is the key to this battle, and Zi Chen even cracked the tiger's mouth in order to shoot those two arrows, and those two arrows almost exhausted all his strength, with such merit, he is enough to be promoted to a guerrilla general, and even knighted, but now, Zi Lie, his eldest brother, actually wants to snatch this greatest credit? Or say it in front of so many people, this is really too arrogant, right?
Zi Chen's face was full of anger, his mother was a famous prostitute, because of his mother, since he was a child, he has been ridiculed and bullied, in the Zi family, his status is even inferior to some housekeepers, and even the status of some girls is above him.
And his brothers and sisters have never regarded him as a brother, when his father was not present, they all called him a cheap species, if it weren't for his father's love, he would have left that cold and indifferent home, and now he finally came to this land, and set up his first military exploits, he has to rely on this military exploits to get ahead, but as soon as he comes, he will snatch his military merits, how can this be endured?
"Your slut mother seems to be buried at the foot of Nanshan Mountain in the south of the city, if you don't agree, the cemetery will be visited by a group of tomb robbers a few times, presumably my father can't help it, right?" Just when Zi Chen wanted to refuse, Zi Lie's cold words came from his ears.
Zi Chen's body shook, his face instantly turned pale, and he looked at Zi Lie sitting on horseback in disbelief, he was smiling at himself, full of mockery.
Zi Chen knew that this was Zi Lie's first-line transmission, and only he could hear this sentence.
It's just that what Zi Chen didn't expect was that for this military feat, he would threaten himself with his late mother's resting place.
His mother died when he was three years old, but for reasons he was born to know, he clearly remembered how the beautiful woman loved him and loved him in the past three years, and he remembered more clearly that if it weren't for the persecution of those poisonous women in the family, how could his mother have died at such a young age?
It's true that she was born in Qinglou, but she is ice clear and jade, and she has always been like a jade, but she was just impressed by her father's demeanor, fell in love with her father, and even more for her father's future, she rejected her father's determination to leave the Zi family and him for her to fly away, her love for her father is selfless, even if in the end she is just a concubine with no status, but she is already very satisfied?
But what was the result? The poisonous women in the family did not let her go at all, and now they could not even find rest after her death?
Zi Chen hated, hated the injustice of the sky, hated the gap in status, hated his helplessness in the face of power.
His fists were clenched tightly, at this moment, he couldn't wait to rush forward and fight Zi Lie to the death, but he knew that even if he could really kill a martial artist, he would never be able to kill Zi Lie, his mother was the sister of the current queen, his uncle, was the general of the Western Wilderness, Changsun Ce, and no matter how much his father loved him, but he was also his father's son after all, and the thirty iron horsemen behind him were all the elite of the elite, how could he kill him?
Besides, even if he did kill him now, so what?
Will the 10,000 Xuanyi Iron Cavalry behind him let him go?
Zi Chen is not afraid of death, but he doesn't want to die, it has been twenty years since he came to this world, and in the past twenty years, he has tasted all the sufferings in the world, and if he has no military merits, he can fight again, if he doesn't even have his life, then what to fight?
Looking at Zi Lie's smiling face, Zi Chen took a deep breath, and then squeezed out a bright smile on his face: "Well, the eldest brother's martial arts are world-famous, and he does not hesitate to condescend, mixed in with ordinary cavalry, risking his life, taking the head of the general, and even killing the opponent's immortal master with his hand, completely disintegrating the fighting spirit of the grassland demons, and making great contributions to the victory of this battle......"
"Hahahaha, you are really my good brother, my eldest brother really hasn't hurt you in vain over the years, hahahaha......" Zi Lie laughed so proudly, waste is really waste, even if you have more strength, but after all, it is still a waste, in order to please yourself, you even helped yourself think of excuses.
He was just a small threat, and he was willing to give up this huge credit to himself, didn't he know the truth that one would succeed and ten thousand bones would wither?
What's more, the bones at the foot of Nanshan have already been destroyed by the corpse sent by his mother to steal and whip the corpse.