Chapter Twenty-Three: The Book of War

Unexpectedly, the most feared thing still happened, Zhang Zixing showed a helpless look, and ordered: "Quickly pass on the imperial doctor of the army, you must ensure that Marshal Jiang is safe!"

When everyone came to the camp, they saw that Jiang Wenhuan was really injured, in addition to the laceration on his face caused by Deng Chanyu, which had not yet healed, there were hundreds of wounds of different depths on his body, which showed the fierceness of the battle, but fortunately, his physique was outstanding, and the vital part was protected by fine armor, so although he was seriously injured, there was no danger to his life for the time being.

"The last crime is about to be a capital crime!" When Jiang Wenhuan saw that the Son of Heaven came to visit, he hurriedly ignored his injuries, struggled to get up and pleaded guilty, and was stopped by Zhang Zixing.

It turned out that when Jiang Wenhuan escorted the trophies back, he was chased by a strange group of infantry at an incredible speed, this group of infantry was dressed in thick armor, wearing masks on their faces, holding strange-shaped long knives in their hands, and their combat effectiveness was amazingly high, although Jiang Wenhuan's elite cavalry was equipped with bows, crossbows, scimitars and other advanced weapons, but they still could not defeat the other party, especially the long knife in the opponent's hand, I don't know what material it was made of, and the refined copper scimitar of the merchant army was only handed over to it a few times, and it was cut off. Jiang Wenhuan knew that something was wrong, and was about to order the capture to be evacuated, when a large number of Dongyi cavalry had arrived and surrounded them. Jiang Wenhuan is brave, can not break out of the encirclement, the merchant army shot all the arrows, can only rely on the broken knife in the hand and the enemy bloody battle, many soldiers are eliminated several times their own enemy before the heroic sacrifice, if it is not for Zhang Guifang and Li Jing's response, Jiang Wenhuan is afraid that it will be difficult to live, a thousand elite soldiers, when he comes back, there are less than 200 people left.

After listening to Jiang Wenhuan's account of the battle, Jiang Huan Chu exclaimed: "Thick armor, god speed, long knife...... This is the Witch God Army directly under the Witch Sacrifice King!"

Zhang Zixing suddenly realized the seriousness of another matter. The failure of this raid was secondary, and the key was that those weapons fell into the hands of the enemy. Huang Feihu only won a great victory in Dongyuan, mainly because the new weapons of the merchant army hit and killed the Dongyi people unexpectedly, and now Jiang Wenhuan is defeated, even the crossbow, combined bow, and saddle pedal have fallen into the hands of the enemy, if it is said that the Dongyi people can master their manufacturing methods and use know-how, then the Dongyi army, which is better at riding and shooting than the merchant army, will be like a tiger with wings and more difficult to deal with.

"Write down the names of those soldiers who died in battle, they are all righteous martyrs of our great merchants, and their families should be good for their lives. After returning to the court, another martyr's grave will be built in the eastern suburbs, and from now on, all the martyrs who sacrificed for our great business will be enshrined in it for future generations to admire!" Zhang Zixing did not immediately blame Jiang Wenhuan, but made such a will, Zhang Zixing's move was not to deliberately buy people's hearts, but felt that he should give a minimum explanation to those martyrs who died in battle.

Jiang Huan Chu was relieved to see that his son was worried about his life-as long as he could retreat with his whole body, the loss of a few hundred people was nothing, and this attack was quite successful, and his son should not be punished. As soon as the Son of Heaven said that those weapons fell into the hands of the enemy, Jiang Huan Chu's heart hung again.

Jiang Wenhuan realized how serious the consequences of his failure were, and he felt even more remorseful in his heart, and did not make any excuses, but just asked the Son of Heaven to give him death. Jiang Huan Chu only had this son under his knees, so he quickly knelt down and asked Zhang Zixing for forgiveness.

The generals also knelt down and pleaded for mercy, and the words were nothing more than "It's not that our army is incompetent, but that the enemy army is too cunning" and so on, Zhang Zixing also knew that Jiang Wenhuan's fault was not all in Jiang Wenhuan this time, but the military law was like a mountain, and it should not be forgiven, so he removed Jiang Wenhuan from the post of marshal of the rear army, and severely punished fifty military sticks, and received punishment after his injuries healed.

Jiang Huan Chu knew that the Son of Heaven had shown mercy, so he hurriedly thanked him. At this time, Fenglin came to report, and the scouts found that the Dongyi army had regrouped and camped fifty miles away from Kancheng.

Zhang Zixing's eyes flashed: "They have no fear, and they want to fight with us again, hmph! The widow wants to see what the god and witch army is capable of! Fenglin, you go and send a war letter to the Dongyi people, and the widow will say that he should go into battle in person, and the witch sacrifice king will be in a while!"

In the Dongyi camp, King Cangjie's original position as the leader had been given to an old man in a cyan robe, and Cangjie and Yueji could only be ranked below him. The old man was scrutinizing the saddle and crossbow on the table, which had been captured from the enemy at great expense.

"I don't know how this black bow was made, the power is so amazing...... the old man stroked the surface of the compound bow, puzzled by its materials and craftsmanship, and turned his eyes to the triple crossbow: "And this strange crossbow has an extremely complex structure, I don't know how to load the arrows? ”

Tsukihime saluted and asked, "Lord Witch Festival, with your ability, you can't even see the mystery?"

The old man was the spiritual leader of Dongyi, the witch priest, and in the face of King Yueji's question, he shook his head, revealing a helpless expression: "The instrument taken from the merchant army's war horse is obviously used to control horses, if this thing can be used by our army, even if it is the dog Rong who is the best in the riding world, it must be surrendered, and the production method of those two kinds of bows and crossbows, although I have been immersed in silver for many years, I can't see through the mystery for a while." Today, our army is defeated because of these three treasures. I don't know what the three treasures come from the hands of the craftsman, it can be described as whimsical, ingenious, and the big business has this talent, I am only afraid that the catastrophe is not far away......"

Cang Jie was a little disapproving: "Lord Witch Sacrifice! Since these three treasures are powerful, but they have fallen into the hands of our army, although the bow and crossbow are more complicated, but in time, our army may not be able to imitate them, and then my Dongyi will sweep the world and enter the Middle Earth!"

"Hmph, doesn't King Cangjie understand the meaning of the witch sacrifice lord?" King Yueji has always had no good impression of Cangjie: "Since that divine craftsman can make such three treasures, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not make more and more terrifying weapons for the great merchants in the future! In my opinion, there must still be a lot of secrets in the great merchant army at the moment, and this eastward invasion is only afraid that it will be dangerous and ......."

Cang Jie was silent by her words, and the witch sacrifice king also showed a sad expression: "I, Dongyi, have been enemies of the Great Shang for generations, although we have fought in the past and have repeatedly gained the upper hand, but the courage of the Shang army has also made it impossible for our army to cross the Donglu step. And the king of Dashang's new enthronement is a genius of the world, and the name of the book of three wonders moves the world, and the national strength is also said to be strong. This time, he personally conquered the eastern land, but he was afraid that he would come with confidence, and he intended to calm the east to deter the Quartet. ”

"The merchant army not only broke the bow with a bow in the eastern plains, causing heavy losses to my divine bow elite cavalry, but also raided my rear with a strange scheme, if it weren't for the witch god army of the witch priest to catch up immediately, I am afraid that the morale of our army will be weakened, and it will be difficult to fight against the merchant army," the king of Yueji showed admiration on his face: "I don't want the king of Shang to have such a strategy, it can be described as both civil and military." ”

The heaviest hero of the Dongyi people, although King Cangjie didn't say it in his mouth, he also agreed with King Yueji's words in his heart, and saluted the king of the witch festival: "Lord Witch Festival, the enemy army is powerful, and he is here with divine soldiers, relying on the witch god army alone, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win, Cangjie is brave, please use the forbidden law on the battlefield to destroy the enemy army......"

When the witch priest king heard the word "forbidden law", his body shook slightly, and he was silent, at this time, the tent came to report: "The merchant army envoy Fenglin asks to see!"

Feng Lin followed the herald all the way into the main camp of the Dongyi Army, looking at the murderous Dongyi generals with weapons in their hands on both sides, secretly sneering, and there was no fear on his face.

"The envoy of the Great Merchants and the pioneer of the expedition to the east, Fenglin, has seen the king. Feng Lin Chao casually bowed his hand to the witch priest king sitting in the center, which was regarded as a salute, and his tone deliberately emphasized the word "Zhengdong".

"Bold generals, dare to be so rude!" King Cangjie deliberately frustrated the opponent's spirit, and the Dongyi generals on the left and right drew their long swords in unison.

Feng Lin's face did not change, and he seemed to be blind to the dangers around him, and suddenly an extra box appeared out of thin air in his hands: "This is my war book to the Son of Heaven, please take a look at it." ”

The King of Witch Sacrifice motioned to the sergeant to take it, and opened the box, which contained a roll of thin paper, on which only a magnificent and powerful large character was written: "Battle"!

King Cangjie and other generals on the side didn't expect that King Shang's war book would be such a word, after being slightly stunned, his fists clenched, and his eyes lit up with a raging fighting spirit, this simple word contains a lot of meanings, and the more real warriors can understand the meaning:

You've got the courage to fight!

If you want to fight, you will fight, why bother to say more!

The place and time, you choose, I just have to fight!

......

"What a Shang King! What a courage!" The Witch Sacrifice King's eyes were also bright, and with a slight stroke of his right hand, the temperature in the tent suddenly became hot, and there was no fire, and the paper was instantly turned into ashes: "This messenger, you go back and tell me that my Witch Sacrifice King will personally lead the army to fight with the Shang King!"

For the spell deliberately displayed by the witch sacrifice king, Feng Lin was unmoved, and as soon as he arched his hand, he turned around and left. Just not far from Fenglin riding his horse away from the Dongyi camp, a big man suddenly led dozens of people to kill and blocked the way.

"Wu Na Shang General, I am a poor country general Wu Lu, today my brother Wu Zhamu was killed by Huang Feihu in front of the formation, I should take your head as a pioneer to avenge this!"

Feng Lin looked at Wu Lu for a while, then showed a contemptuous smile at the beginning, and without even replying a word, he shook the reins and rushed straight forward. Seeing that the other party was so contemptuous, Wu Lu couldn't help but be furious, and with a swing of the big axe, he went up, and suddenly saw a mouth of the wind forest, a mouthful of black smoke erupted, and a bowl-sized red bead appeared in the black smoke, right in the middle of Wu Lu's cheek. Wu Lu screamed, fell off his horse, and was obviously seriously injured, and Feng Lin rushed forward, and smashed his mace, resulting in his death.

Those little soldiers saw that the wind forest was so powerful, and as soon as they joined the main general, they fell off their horses and died, how dare they catch up and send him to death, and watched him gallop away.

ps: I'm ashamed to say that today I took the opportunity of working overtime to secretly use photoshop on the unit computer for a long time, and made a cover that I thought was passable, and then uploaded it. I didn't know that when I went home, I was belittled by my wife as useless, and I had a strong contempt for the aesthetics of the dots. The wife shouted "Look at Mrs. Ben's awesomeness" and flew off the computer...... When I came back from work, I saw that I had changed the cover, and it was really much stronger than the previous one, so I had to turn out all the praise words and offer them endlessly, but I suddenly felt a little Fei Zhong in my heart......

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