Chapter 1: The Danger of the South of the Moon
In 5,600 A.D., the southeastern border of the Xuanyuan Empire was invaded by Yue Han, the generalissimo of the Xingming Empire, with a million-strong army.
Yuenan City in the southeast of the Xuanyuan Empire, the banner outside the city is boundless, the millions of troops of the Xingming Empire are eyeing the tiger, and for a few days, the soldiers in the city have gathered food, hanging the war-free card, and they can't hold out.
Three days later......
Jiang Ao finally arrived at Yuenan City after a rapid march, Jiang Ao quickly took over the relevant matters of Yuenan City, and gave an order, the whole army quickly rested and waited for the order.
On the top of the eastern city of Yuenan City, Jiang Ao, who was dressed in silver-gray armor, looked around the outside of the city, looking at the army under the city, Jiang Ao muttered to himself: "I didn't expect the Xingming Empire to come this time with Yue Han leading the troops, it seems that this battle is bound to be difficult......"
"Jiang Shuai, this move of the Xingming Empire must be unusual, after all, such a big attack has not appeared in hundreds of years, let alone Yue Han, a madman leading the troops, ......" A soft voice sounded, and a man dressed as a scribe in green clothes behind Jiang Ao arched his hand and said to Jiang Ao.
"Yes, if it weren't for the emperor's defense of the Xingming Empire, he had already ordered that one million three hundred and fifty thousand troops must be maintained in the eastern border, and it would be difficult for me to lead seven hundred and fifty thousand troops to Yuenan City in three days. If it's late, I'm afraid that "Crazy Yue" will definitely forcibly take Yuenan within five days!" Jiang Ao said in agreement. Jiang Ao looked at the enemy under the city with a deep gaze, and then lightly tapped the saber with his right hand, and then the corners of his mouth twitched, and he looked at the Tsing Yi scribe and smiled......
"Haha, it seems that Jiang Shuai has been looking forward to fighting Yue Han for a long time, right?" said the Tsing Yi scribe with a smile.
"Yes, I have fought hundreds of battles in the past ten years, but an opponent like Yue Han is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! It's a pity that Madame is expected to give birth within half a month, I must fight quickly, otherwise I will be sorry for my unborn child......" Jiang Ao's eyes were full of fighting intent, and then he shook his head helplessly.
Jiang Ao looked at the boundless army outside the city at this time, there was no timidity in his heart, but his eyes revealed a fierce fighting intent, he knew that he had been fighting for half his life, and this time he had met a real opponent, so he felt extremely happy. And the scribe in Tsing Yi also knew what Jiang Ao was thinking, so he was also happy for Jiang Ao, for a person like Jiang Ao, who had been through a hundred battles, meeting opponents in chess was a great joy in his life......
After Jiang Ao arrived to take over Yuenan City, the soldiers of the entire Yuenan City revealed a state of excitement, and the people in the city looked at the soldiers patrolling the city walls and the streets, and they all felt extremely relieved, with such a disciplined army to resist the invasion, not to mention that with the leadership of Jiang Ao, the well-known "general of a hundred battles" in the Xuanyuan Emperor country, it was impossible for those invaders of the Xingming Empire to conquer Yuenan City!
On the second day of the arrival of the Xuanyuan Empire's reinforcements, a partial general of the Xingming Empire scolded the battle outside the city again, and it seemed that the Xingming Empire also knew that the Xuanyuan Empire's reinforcements had arrived, so they sent a partial general to test it to see who the Xuanyuan Empire had sent to lead the troops to help.
"The incompetent rats of the Xuanyuan Empire, hurry up and come out and die, grandpa can make you die happily!hahaha......" Outside the east gate of Yuenan City, a scar-faced man with black armor shouted arrogantly.
The 100,000 troops behind the scar-faced man also laughed, echoing the scar-faced man, and the soldiers in Yuenan City turned pale when they heard the shouts outside the city, and some looked down angrily, if it weren't for Jiang Ao's previous military order, I am afraid that they would have rushed out to kill.
At this time, in a large hall near the city wall in the east of Yuenan City, there were a total of ten lieutenant generals on both sides, and they all revealed a cold killing aura, there was no doubt that these people were all men who had been tempered from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, but they were absolutely convinced of Jiang Ao, they all looked at Jiang Ao on the Taishi chair in the center of the main hall with reverence, and quietly waited for Jiang Ao to give an order.
Jiang Ao was sitting in the hall, and standing next to him was the Tsing Yi scribe, and those lieutenant generals also had absolute respect for the Tsing Yi scribe's eyes, and they did not look down on this person who looked like a weak scholar. Because they knew that the Tsing Yi scribe was not only resourceful, but also unfathomable, they did not dare to look down on this seemingly weak literati.
After a while, Jiang Ao took the lead in breaking the calm, looked at the people below and said: "It seems that Yue Han doesn't know that the empire sent me to support Yuenan City, so he will let this kind of small fish and shrimp come to explore the truth and reality, you all talk about it, how to deal with it is the best!"
When a lieutenant general with five big and three thick generals heard this, he immediately jumped out and said: "Jiang Shuai, the last general Tang Wu is willing to fight! This kind of small fish and shrimp let me go out and clean up without a cup of tea!"
When the rest of the officers heard this, several of them were shaking their eyes, because they also wanted to fight, and they were all lieutenants who had followed Jiang Ao in a hundred battles, but because they had followed Jiang Ao to defend the capital in the past few years, there had been no battles, so they had not moved for several years, and now there was such a good target to loosen their muscles. It's a pity that Tang Wu took the lead first, so a few people didn't feel sorry.
Jiang Ao looked at Tang Wu, who was full of confidence, and wanted to say something, and then said with a smile: "Haha, Tang Wu! Who in this world doesn't know that Tang Wu among the "Top Ten Blood Generals" under my Jiang Ao is the most belligerent! If you fight, isn't it just to let Yue Han want it?"
The rest of the people also laughed when they heard this, and those people were secretly glad that they didn't come forward just now.
After Tang Wu reluctantly retreated, Jiang Ao looked at the Tsing Yi scribe beside him, and then spoke: "Xun Yue, I don't know what you think?"
Hearing this, the Tsing Yi scribe took out the white paper fan on his waist, shook the paper fan gently with a smile, and then glanced at the lieutenant generals, and the lieutenant generals in the hall couldn't help but shudder when they looked over, because they all knew that when the military advisor made such a move, the enemy must be miserable, and he would definitely be calculated by Xun Yue's extremely ruthless strategy, this is the real killing without blood!
In the end, Xun Yue restrained his smile, put away the paper fan, looked at Jiang Ao and said: "Jiang Shuai, since Yue Han wants to know who our main general is, how can he not pay a price! There is only one word for this, and that is "temptation"!"
After listening to Xun Yue's words, Jiang Ao had a smile on his face, because he and Xun Yue thought the same, this was a duel with Na Yue Han, and it would also be a duel that would determine the victory or defeat. The top ten blood generals looked at Jiang Ao and Xun Yue in the palace with a look of being in their chests, and only the eldest Zhang Hongxun, the seventh Han Shan, and the ninth Li Kun had a clear face, and the rest of them were as confused as the second monk.
Jiang Ao and Xun Yue turned to look at the top ten blood generals, glanced at each other and smiled, nodded secretly and looked at Lao Jiu's "Shadow Killing Blood General Li Kun", seeing Li Kun excited, as if a burst of cold air rose under his feet, but Li Kun looked at Xun Yue's eyes and Jiang Ao and knew that he couldn't hide, it seemed that he was going to be the little fishing insect this time, so he simply stood up.
"Jiang Shuai!"
"Haha, Li Kun, it seems that you already know what we want you to do!" The Tsing Yi scribe looked at Li Kun with a helpless expression and laughed.
"Return to the military division, the last general knows!" Although Li Kun was reluctant, he had no choice for himself, because he knew that only he was suitable to be this bait, and he was the deepest hidden among the top ten blood generals. If Jiang Ao didn't say it, no one might have been able to guess to find him in the army. The other nine people have their own personality characteristics, but Li Kun has always kept a low profile, even if some Jiang Ao in the empire knows the other nine people of the "Ten Blood Generals", they will not recognize Li Kun, let alone the people of the Xingming Empire! This is the reason why Li Kun is called the "Shadow Killing Blood General", because none of the enemies have seen his true face, and all those who have seen him are dead......
"Well, since that's the case, then you can take your 30,000 "shadow army" to battle. Remember, if you can come back intact, then hee hee......" Xun Yue said with a wicked smile on his face.
Li Kun looked at Xun Yue's smile, the chill was even worse, and the other nine people in the hall looked at Li Kun with schadenfreude, looking at Li Kun with a look of self-begging for blessings.
"Yes, the last general obeys!"
"Haha, what Xun Yue said is serious! Li Kun believes in your strength, so you should suppress your strength as much as possible! It's okay to get a little injured, as long as Yue Han misjudges! Then I'll take your head credit after this battle! Come, take the order!" Jiang Ao comforted Li Kun.
I saw that the arrow on the table in front of Jiang Ao flew in front of Li Kun as if it was guided, and then Li Kun bowed down and withdrew from the main hall.........
After about half an hour, the shouting outside the city became more intense, but it did not look like it was getting carried away......
At this time, Li Kun's body was covered with scars, and there were even deep bones in a few places, but in this way, Li Kun still straightened his spine and returned to the main hall, and several vice generals were angry when they saw Li Kun so embarrassed, and then Jiang Ao ordered Li Kun to recuperate, and it only took half a day to recover with Li Kun's sevenfold cultivation of the pulse, but because Li Kun had already played, Li Kun didn't have to make a move before the final battle.
Then Jiang Ao ordered that none of the top ten blood generals should fight, and then let the other lieutenant generals go to fight.
As a result, the two sides were trying to come and go, and Yue Han still had no intention of attacking in a big way, and Jiang Ao and the top ten blood generals still did not show up, and the battle between the two sides was stalemate.
Seven days passed in a flash, and in the early morning of the eighth day, Yue Han suddenly gathered eighty percent of his army to gather at the east gate, and then prepared to attack Yuenan City in a big way.
After a scolding battle, the two sides began a fierce fight. After seven days of testing, Jiang Ao also knew the overall strength of the army that was attacking this time, and then began to quickly deploy troops with Xun Yue.
The army of the Xingming Empire was menacing, and some lieutenant generals had defeated many people from the Xuanyuan Empire before, so they couldn't help but have some light enemies in this battle, and began to charge confidently.
In the process of fighting between the two armies, two armies suddenly rushed out on both sides of the battlefield, and these armies were led by the ten blood generals, although the number was only a hundred thousand, but the combat effectiveness was not comparable to ordinary armies, so after the two armies rushed into the battlefield, the battle situation became chaotic, and the original decline of the Xuanyuan Empire was broken by these strange soldiers, so although the Xuanyuan Empire's army was not as numerous as the Xingming Empire, but because of this sudden impact disrupted the formation, the two sides became evenly balanced.
At this time, Jiang Ao and Xun Yue also appeared on the city tower, Jiang Ao looked at the situation on the battlefield, and was about to go to war, when suddenly Xun Yue shouted: "Jiang Shuai!
I saw that the smoke was billowing after the battlefield, and another army joined the battle, and the army was in front of the banner of "Yue", and after another fight, the suppressed Xingming Empire army gradually recovered the situation.
At this time, Jiang Ao and Xun Yue looked at a person not far away, this person was riding a flowing cloud horse, wearing purple gold armor, and the other party was also looking at Jiang Ao and Xun Yue from a distance.
At this time, Xun Yue opened his mouth and said: "What a sharp look, it seems that that person is Yue Han, I didn't expect that our strategy has been seen through by him, and he has also cracked our "surprise attack", and I feel that this person's cultivation is above Jiang Shuai, but not as good as me, even so, Yue Han's wisdom should not be underestimated, it seems that he is not only a "madman", but also a smart "madman". ”
Jiang Ao nodded approvingly, and then spoke: "Mingjin should withdraw his troops! Since Yue Han has seen through all this, then let's have a good fight with him!"
Jiang Ao gave an order, and then the army began to retreat from cultivation, and Yue Han didn't seem to have any intention of pursuing, his right hand waved slightly, signaling Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, and both sides began to gradually withdraw their troops.
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That night, in the heavily guarded camp of the Xingming Empire's army, in the center of the handsome tent, Yue Han, who was dressed in purple and gold armor, was sitting on the main seat, and beside him sat a person wrapped in a black robe, that person did not have respect for Yue Han, but was a little contemptuous.
"There is no one else here, just say what you have to do!" Yue Han's deep voice sounded.
The black-robed man waved his sleeves, and a strange layer of prohibitions was quietly covered around the tent, but the guards outside didn't have any sense of discovery.
Then there was a gloomy voice from under the black robe: "Hmph, why is Yue Shuai so nervous, I'll just say it directly! On the orders of His Majesty, Yue Shuai is ordered to collect troops and return to China from now on." ”
"What are you talking about! Your Majesty just asked me to send troops to Xuanyuan, why did you suddenly let me retreat again! I think it's the order of the national teacher!" Yue Han glared angrily, looked at the black-robed man and shouted.
"Besides, if my million-strong army retreats and is discovered by Jiang Ao, it will be over if they are attacked from behind!" Yue Han sighed and said helplessly.
The black-robed man didn't react, but said softly: "Yue Shuai is angry, since you have also guessed, then there is no need to say more! If Yue Shuai has any questions, go back to Mingdu and ask the national teacher himself!"
"Besides, what Yue Shuai said, the national teacher should also leave early to think about it, and specially asked me to bring the Shadow Array Flag! Use this flag to cover the spiritual sense of the cultivators below the Mighty One after the Shadow Array is deployed! Ordinary people can't see the changes in it, so there is no need to worry that someone on the other side will find out that Yue Shuai will withdraw your troops!"
After the black-robed man finished speaking, a pale black flag appeared in his hand, and then he saw the flag suddenly disappear into the void, and at the same time, a layer of prohibitions appeared around the army camp.
After the incident, the figure of the black-robed man gradually blurred, and then disappeared into the handsome tent, and the strange prohibition of the handsome tent also disappeared, leaving only the angry Yue Han in the handsome tent.
Yue Han lowered his head gloomily, and then began to fall into deep thought.
"It seems that this expedition was suggested by the national teacher to His Majesty!, but why did you let me withdraw after coming with great fanfare?" Yue Han muttered to himself.
Yue Han had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of frustration, just because he had already planned everything, if there was no accident, he could quickly take Yuenan City, but all of this would be in vain.
"Someone!"
Some muffled voices sounded, and then I saw the two guards outside the tent enter the big tent, and then looked at Yue Han respectfully.
"Pass the order, the army will immediately retreat back to the country, don't alarm the defenders of Yuenan!
Yue Han quickly gave the order to retreat, and although the two guards were puzzled, they didn't dare to disobey, so they had to reluctantly start to give orders to the army.
After receiving the order to retreat, some lieutenant generals quickly met Yue Han, but they only sighed and walked out of the tent.
The army began to retreat quietly in an orderly manner, and under the cover of the Shadow Array, the million-strong army gradually retreated, and the defenders of Yuenan City did not notice any abnormal movements.
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In the early morning of the next day, the defenders above the east gate of Yuenan City looked at the empty camp tent outside the city in surprise, and the deputy general quickly rushed to the main hall to report to Jiang Ao.
Jiang Ao led Xun Yue, and the top ten blood generals went out of the city to investigate, looking at the Xingming Empire station that had already been empty, Jiang Ao and the others were puzzled.
"Xun Yue, why did you say that Yue Han suddenly withdrew from the army?"
Xun Yue looked around, played with the paper fan, and said softly: "According to the character of 'Yue Madman', there should be no sudden retreat, and there is only one possibility that he can withdraw his troops, and that is the order of the Emperor of the Xingming Empire! But why is the Xingming Empire so anticlimactic this time? It's really strange! It's weird!"
Although Jiang Ao was also puzzled, it was always a good thing that the enemy army retreated, otherwise if this war really broke out, I don't know how many soldiers would be buried in their homeland.