Chapter 510: Defeat

Years later, there are still many people salvaging rusty armor from the sea, and at this time, the legendary story of that battle will be brought up and talked about, and the bizarre death of the female soldier of the country of incense and the commander of the Jinpeng army is the most talked about part.

As with all legends, both of these events were exaggerated, and listeners, both men and women, preferred to hear how the female soldiers bravely rushed into the enemy's ranks, as if they were divine soldiers, cutting melons and vegetables to defeat enemies many times their own strength, so that the reputation of the women of the Land of Incense was so well known that even the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountains were slightly inferior, let alone the ordinary men of the country.

The truth is far from this, the female soldiers of the country of Xiangji have not gone down the mountain to participate in the battle from beginning to end, they are archers, and they must rely on the protection of distance, and it is still the regular dragon army that really fights with the Jinpeng army, including the male soldiers of the country of Xiangji.

But they still gave a great shock to both sides of the battle, most of the countries in the Western Regions are located in a flat place, cavalry has always been the main force of battle, it is difficult for standing still archers to survive safely in front of the fast galloping war horses, therefore, no one side has ever established such a large-scale infantry bow and crossbow team, even the best at bow arching, the archers have to ride on horseback.

More than 7,000 female archers, when the salvo was fired, it was simply a storm, and the soldiers of the Jinpeng Army who were killed in this battle had at least three arrows on each corpse, even if they were invincible masters in the world, they could not escape such an offensive.

The female soldiers were condescending, avoiding the most powerful cavalry in the Jinpeng army, and they received strict orders from the dragon king from the beginning not to descend the mountain.

After defeating the defense line on the right flank of the Jinpeng Army, the female archers only advanced more than a hundred steps, stopped halfway up the slope into the sea, and continued to shoot a large number of arrows until the battle was completely over, and then went down the mountain to merge with the Dragon Army.

The Jinpeng army still had a chance, Shangguan Jianyi could shrink the line to the left and get out of the range of the female archers, if the other party continued to stick to the slope of the sea, the battle situation under the mountain would be meaningless, and if it went down the mountain, it would inevitably be involved in the melee, exposing the inherent physical weakness of the female soldiers.

But Shangguan Jianyi could no longer issue orders.

Rumors of his death were even more bizarre, and few suspected that it was the work of the Dragon King, but to everyone's bewilderment, including those who were there at the time, the Dragon King never appeared, and it seemed that he really had the power of gods and demons to kill people in the air.

What is certain is that the old man Mu is not a murderer, he hid in the barrel for nearly six hours, kept his promise, still refused to kill, jumped out and startled everyone, and then mixed into the group of soldiers, jumping among countless pairs of long legs, more flexible than a mouse, more difficult to catch than a fluttering flot.

Of course, he couldn't keep running like this, but when the Jinpeng army was defeated, no one cared about him.

Old Man Mu succeeded in creating a wave of chaos near Shangguan Jianyi, and nearly a hundred killers were mixed among the soldiers, but they couldn't use their hands and feet, so they kept hold on tightly, while shouting at the scrambled guards to return to their original positions.

It was only at this time that the staff officers and generals around Shangguan Jianyi discovered that the wing commander, who had always reacted quickly, unexpectedly remained silent, turning a blind eye to the chaos around him, and the battlefield situation that was getting out of control in the distance did not attract his attention.

"Wing Shuai......" one of his most trusted staff officers whispered, touched it lightly, and found that the commander of the Jinpeng Army was dead, this staff officer made the biggest mistake of his life, he couldn't control his mouth, and shouted in surprise: "There are assassins!"

The chaos that had just stabilized immediately spread to the periphery at a galloping speed, and after this shout from the staff officer, even the highest position and the most improvisable person could not stabilize the morale of the army.

Shangguan Jianyi was assassinated, and the killers who were responsible for protecting him were about to face a catastrophe, but they kept their composure, and the two knife masters worked together, one protected the body of the wing marshal and the other pulled out a narrow knife and ordered loudly: "Everyone stay where they are, and those who trespass, behead!"

The majesty of the killer worked, and for about a quarter of an hour, calm was restored near the Marshal Banner of the Golden Wings.

But it was these killers who made a big deal, they had only one purpose, to catch the assassin, the old man Mu couldn't hide his tricks from them, the real assassin must be someone else, and he didn't escape, he mixed in the surrounding crowd.

At the critical moment when the edifice is about to collapse, the most urgent need is to stand up a leader, who can give orders in place of the commander-in-chief, save the situation on the battlefield that is collapsing, and even if it cannot win, he can calmly retreat and keep the main force of the Jinpeng army.

The three deputy marshals of the Jinpeng Army have this qualification, two of them are at the forefront of the battle, and only one stays with Shangguan Jianyi, it stands to reason that he can become a temporary commander in general, but as soon as he opened his mouth to say the word "I", he was stopped by the killer.

Under the composure of the killers hides an uncontrollable panic, according to the practice of Jinpeng Castle, when the master dies, the killers must be buried, especially important people like Shangguan Jianyi, the king will never let them go.

Except for their own people, the killers no longer trust any generals, staff officers, guards, and retinues.

The two knife masters were cornered, and immediately grabbed the assassin as the only straw, they were like beasts struggling to the death, their rank, identity, and war were meaningless, even if the sky fell at this time, they had to find the assassin.

But their control could only cover a small area, and the collapse of the front line was sweeping towards the rear like a resounding tidal wave.

Behind the killers, tens of thousands of reserve troops who had not received orders for a long time heard and witnessed the two shocking changes on the battlefield and under the banner of the commander, and the panic was more violent than everyone else.

Suddenly, as if a voice sounded in the minds of the reserve soldiers at the same time, the flags and weapons fell in pieces, the cavalry turned their horses and galloped, and the infantry unloaded their armor as they ran, in order to reduce the burden.

Under the banner of handsomeness, it becomes the only peaceful island.

One of the sword masters stopped, his murderous gaze falling on one of the guards.

Under tremendous pressure, he instantly comprehended everything, the assassin was a messenger sent by the third young lord Shangguan Yun, and he had also interrogated this person yesterday evening.

He had a strange vigilance at that time, not only because the messenger was alone and unfamiliar, everyone knew that Shangguan Yun liked to gather his men from outside the stone castle, but because of some vague intuition, he didn't catch it at the time, and then forgot about it, and now he understood.

The messenger is a killer, and although he is very well disguised, from the way he walks to the tone of his voice, there is hardly a hint of killer temperament, but there are some deep-rooted things that cannot be eliminated in any way, and only those who are accustomed to seeing corpses and are accustomed to killing can feel this in the same way.

"He ......" The Knife Master originally wanted to say "He is an assassin", but after the first word came out, inspiration burst out, and he wanted to temporarily change it to "He is the Dragon King", if this guess is true, the Knife Master and this group of killers may be saved.

The sword lord blushed with excitement, but he didn't have time to spit out the last three words, and just as he was tirelessly busy looking for the assassin, the tide of rout on the front line had already come, and no one could stop this force, even if the Dubu King came in person, it would not help.

The patience of the men under the handsome banner has come to an end, and even if the narrow knife is on the neck, they will turn and flee.

The fact that the Messenger ran faster than anyone else proved that he was not an ordinary man.

The sword master chased after him, and the rout of the army was like non-existent in his eyes, and his only goal was to catch up with the messenger, kill the messenger, and prove that the messenger was the dragon king, and he didn't even think to greet his companions.

The sword master's body is still flexible and agile, confident that his martial arts are not under the dragon king, and the rampaging deserters can't stop him, and no one wants to jump away under his nose.

The diminutive old man reappeared, but the knife master would not be fooled again, and remained focused on his target.

The old man passed by the messenger, shuttled between his legs and feet and the horse's hooves with more flexible and agile footwork, and rushed towards the sword master, but did not make a move, "I just sent the sword." He said with a smile and disappeared into the smoke.

The Lord of the Blades did not understand the meaning of these words, and had no intention of thinking, for no one but the Messenger could steal his attention.

Gu Shenwei threw away the scimitar and took back his sword, making him feel relaxed, like a person who had been bored for a winter, finally breathing the refreshing air of spring.

Losing his command and organization, thousands of troops and horses are just a rabble, there is nothing to fear, he did not turn back to face the battle, nor did he slow down, let alone speed up.

When the chasing sword master approached, Gu Shenwei flashed out from under the belly of a galloping war horse, suddenly stopped, and in an instant, the two exchanged positions, and Gu Shenwei stood on the right side of the knife master.

A sword is enough, when he assassinated Shangguan Jianyi, he didn't use a weapon, as if he had wine and no food, and the taste was bland, and this sword finally made him a little satisfied.

In the panicked tide of defeat, no one noticed this sword, the only sword master who guessed the truth died, and the matter of the dragon king personally assassinating Shangguan Jianyi became a secret.

Gu Shenwei would never show off this kind of thing, Old Man Mu preferred to take this credit on his head, sometimes blowing too much, he would forget that he had sworn not to kill again.

Knowing that there was a dead end after returning to the fort, none of the Jinpeng killers fled or surrendered, and a small number of them died in the chaos, most of them dutifully did their duty, protected the body of the wing marshal, and went through hardships to confess their guilt to King Dubu.

There are few rumors about how Dubu Wang dealt with these killers, and everyone is more concerned about the cause of Shangguan Jianyi's death.

The commander of the Jinpeng Army died of a rare poison, and the Assassin stabbed a steel needle into the back of his neck, which had an immediate effect.

Xiaoyuetang once became the biggest suspect, especially the Dutch girl who disappeared during the Great War, and her martial arts and secret skills were enough to carry out this assassination.

But the Dutch girl was not on the battlefield at all, she took Chu Nanping and two fellow disciples, and kept a close eye on Shangguan Yun's whereabouts.

She was once captured by Xiaoyuetang, and later joined this sect, she and Shangguan Ru were drugged in the country of incense, and almost became an altar sacrifice, and then the country perished, for these two, she has no way to take revenge, only Shangguan Yun and the only remaining second of the three heroes of the Xia clan are the enemies she must kill.

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