Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2190 Li Yuanba Heads North, Yang Erlang Heads South

"Ding! The second effect of Tuoba Longxiang Tianwu God skill has been activated. The might of Tianwu seals all realm skills except for Tianwu God. Only half of the realm skills of a True God General can be sealed."

Hou Yi's attack power -2, current attack power reduced to...

Guan Yu's martial prowess -4, current martial prowess has decreased to...

Zhu Quanwuli -4..."

"go with!"

Once Tuoba Longxiang became completely serious, he swung a long staff out like a storm, sweeping towards Zhu Quan and the other two.

Hou Yi's long reach made it impossible for Tuoba Longxiang to hit him for the time being!
So, they can only vent their anger on the remaining few people first.

Zhu Quan, Wu Changkong, and Zhang Guifang dared not confront Tuoba Longxiang, a master of absolute strength, head-on, and could only dodge continuously.

However, you can avoid it for a while, but you can't avoid it forever!
After several rounds, the three of them, along with Guan Yu who had caught his breath and returned to the fray, were forced to engage in a head-on clash with Tuoba Longxiang.

Even when the four of them joined forces, their arms went numb from the force of Tuoba Longxiang's power, and it took the combined strength of the four of them to be able to resist him.

However, prolonged defense will inevitably lead to defeat!
How could four people who don't spend every moment together work together so closely?

Tuoba Longxiang quickly found an opportunity to attack Wu Changkong, but fortunately, Zhu Quan and Guan Yu's two broadswords struck Tuoba Longxiang's long staff in time, deflecting most of the force to the side.

By the time the long stick struck, less than 30% of its original force remained!
Even so, Wu Changkong, who was hit squarely by the blow, was forced to retreat and fell unconscious after landing due to serious injuries!

"Humph!"

"You can save him, but can you save yourselves?"

Tuoba Longxiang snorted coldly, completely ignoring the seriously injured and unconscious Wu Changkong. Like a rampaging elephant, he swung his long staff left and right.

Simple moves, but combined with his unparalleled strength, each and every move can bring his enemies to the brink of death, making them constantly teeter on the edge of hell.

"Ding, the second effect of Tuoba Longxiang Barbarian God skill has been activated, increasing martial power by 9. Current martial power has increased to 140."

With another blow, he knocked away Hou Yi's arrow, and then swept the stick around, though not with his full strength.

Even though the three of them joined forces to resist, they were still forced to retreat and cough up blood.

If things continue like this, I'm afraid that in less than ten rounds, all three of them will lose their lives.

"Ding! Zhu Quan's Vermilion Bird skill effect three activated, Sacred Beast Blessing. When you or an ally within 100 meters encounters a crisis, it will bring good luck to you and your allies, greatly improving your own strength and slightly increasing the ally's chances of overcoming the crisis."

"Generals, step aside! Let me deal with him!"

Just as the three were about to perish under Tuoba Longxiang's staff, Meng Gong led a pair of soldiers wearing the simplest armor to surround them.

"We've finally arrived!" Upon seeing Meng Gong arrive, Wang Jian, who was in command at the checkpoint, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Before the battle began, Wang Jian and Meng Gong summoned all the death row inmates in Shanyang Road and organized them into a suicide squad to fight in exchange for their punishment.

Wang Jian promised them that those who survived the First World War would be exempt from punishment. Even those who died in battle would receive compensation to their families according to the standards for soldiers.

These elite warriors, each holding a knife in one hand and a large earthenware jar in the other, rushed towards Tuoba Longxiang in a frenzy.

Tuoba Longxiang easily swept away large numbers of these ordinary soldiers.

However, as these soldiers fell, the pottery jars in their arms were also broken, and a pungent smell wafted out, causing Tuoba Longxiang's expression to change immediately!
"Quick! Release the arrow!"

Meng Gong directed the soldiers behind him to ignite the rockets.

A fire was safely formed around the fallen soldiers in the front row.

The soldiers of the suicide squad behind them, though covered in splattered oil, instantly turned into human torches.

However, they bravely rushed into the fire, one by one throwing themselves at Tuoba Longxiang.

"Damn it!" Tuoba Longxiang tore open his burning sleeve and cursed loudly.

Under such circumstances, even he had no choice but to temporarily step down.

Flames, high temperatures, and even thick smoke are things that hard skills cannot overcome.

After seeing Tuoba Longxiang retreat, Meng Gong finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the remaining soldiers of the Death Squad to retreat to the city wall as well.

The wall was only so big because the time available to hold the defending soldiers was limited.

Therefore, he could not allow these elite soldiers to stay on the city wall all the time, taking up space on the wall.

Zhongxing Pass is not Tianlang Pass. If it were on Tianlang Pass, there would naturally be enough space for these assassins to stand by on the pass walls at any time.

Furthermore, if it were Tianlang Pass, they would have even more methods to target martial artists of this level.

However, even though they forced Tuoba Longxiang to retreat, it still made it much more difficult for Wang Jian and his men to defend the city today.

The fact that such a large section of the wall was on fire meant that soldiers could not be stationed in this area until the flames were extinguished.

It might even interfere with soldiers in the surrounding area.

As a result, Tuoba Gui almost seized the opportunity.

Even so, at the last moment, both of them demonstrated the high qualities of excellent defensive generals, but today also became the day with the highest number of casualties for Wang Jian and his team in the past half month.

"General Wu is seriously injured. Although he has survived, he can no longer fight!"

"Generals Guan, Zhu, and Zhang are much better off, but it would be best if they rested for half a month!"

"If I don't rest properly in the next two weeks, I'm afraid I'll only be able to unleash 70% of my fighting power at most!"

"Now, of all the generals, only General Hou Yi remains unharmed!"

After a day of siege, Meng Gong, who had learned about the situation, said with great concern.

On the contrary, the casualties among soldiers are much more severe today than before.

However, they have stationed a full 5 soldiers here, and there are also 5 garrison troops from Shanyang Road behind them, ready to provide support at any time.

The walls could accommodate only a thousand soldiers at a time, and they had plenty of soldiers to rotate.

"A master like Tuoba Longxiang is truly beyond human capability to defeat!"

"Unfortunately, time was still a bit tight, and the mountain walls on both sides have not yet been fully excavated!"

"Otherwise, by defending on three sides and trapping the enemy in the middle of the mountain pass, the defenses of Zhongxing Pass could be doubled!" Wang Jian said regretfully.

"Let's ask His Majesty for help!"

"Several generals are injured. If Tuoba Longxiang seizes another opportunity to attack, we're afraid we'll suffer heavy casualties!" Meng Gong said with some worry. Tuoba Longxiang, a martial artist specializing in hard skills, might not be stronger than Ye Shangjue, but his tenacity on the battlefield is definitely superior.

The situation was extremely urgent, and there was no time to lose regarding the matter at Zhongxingguan.

They used every available means in Shanyang, from urgent dispatches to hawk-carried messages and even the Luo Wang network.

Five warhorses died from exhaustion along the way, and two people even died from overwork. Finally, on the seventh day, the news reached Wang Yu's camp in Henan Province.

Wang Yu naturally attached great importance to the matter at Zhongxingguan.

Preparations to provide support were made immediately, but what Wang Jian lacked was not soldiers, but generals—fierce generals capable of holding off Tuoba Longxiang.

However, the only one in the Han Dynasty who could fight him head-on was Li Yuanba.

Otherwise, we would need to bring in Yang Jian, Xing Tian, ​​and Li Cunxiao to form a siege; losing even one of them would be of little use.

However, Li Cunxiao was on the battlefield of Dayan, and the other two were on Tianlang Pass and defending against the Eastern Yi.

If it really comes to the test, one of these two can be chosen. The area north of Tianlang Pass is relatively safe. In the months leading up to the start of the war, Wang Yu and Nurhaci traded grain for cattle and sheep for the training of new recruits.

At the same time, they lured them with grain, allowing them to take the opportunity to attack the already dying Wobusi.

If they were to fight each other, it would be completely impossible to intervene during their war against Yan.

The Tuoba tribe's attention has been diverted by the combined forces of the Han Dynasty and the Golden Horde, significantly reducing their focus on that area, even though Nurhaci and his forces have now pushed their military ambitions to the extreme.

However, this batch of grain was too important to them, so he had no choice but to accept it, thus delivering the final blow to the dying Wobusi.

Therefore, there is a high probability that there will be no problems north of Tianlang Pass.

As for the Eastern Barbarians, the Sun Kingdom is also keeping their attention occupied, so the chances of problems arising are not high.

However, the round trip there would take too long, so Li Yuanba still needed to make the trip himself.

If Li Yuanba is to go to Zhongxing Pass, then Wang Yu will have no choice but to go with him. The others can't command Li Yuanba.

"Zifang, secretly order Xue Rengui, the garrison commander of Tianjing, to come and take over the camp!"

"Furthermore, a secret order was issued for Yang Jian of Tianlang Pass to go south to Henan to assist Xue Rengui!"

If he and Li Yuanba were to leave, Xue Rengui would be capable enough to take over his command duties.

However, he alone could not stop Gao Chong and Xuanwu.

Although Wang Shengzhi was still in Tianjing, even with Xue Rengui and Wang Shengzhi, it would still be far from enough.

After all, the truth about his departure with Li Yuanba could be kept secret for a while, but not forever. Once Zhao Kuangyin found out, he might retaliate.

There's a high probability that nothing will happen at the Left and Right Tianlang Passes, so Wang Yu temporarily transferred him over.

By the time Zhao Kuangyin realized that Yang Jian and Li Yuanba had left, Yang Jian would have arrived within a few days, if not yet, which would have left Zhao Kuangyin with no opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

As for Xing Tian, ​​he can't be moved. It's impossible to mobilize all forces at Tianlang Pass and Dongyi. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, they might not be able to get there in time, even though they are thousands of miles away.

These two places are relatively close to each other and can provide mutual support.

Those two locations are only high-probability areas where no problems are likely to occur; that doesn't mean there's absolutely no chance. If all the people were transferred away, things that should have been fine would now have problems.

That evening, after arranging military affairs, Wang Yu secretly left.

Apart from Li Yuanba and Ling Donglai, he did not bring any soldiers with him, including the Tiger Guard, who were the emperor's personal guards.

The more people you bring, the greater the chance of being discovered.

Only a few people traveling in secret could keep it from Zhao Kuangyin.

Moreover, the fact that the Tiger Guards were on the front lines allowed them to conceal the truth from Zhao Kuangyin for an even longer period of time.

At least, it shouldn't be a problem to keep it a secret until Xue Rengui arrives to take command of the front-line army. Once Xue Rengui arrives, the Tiger Guard can then be sent north to Zhongxing Pass.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield of Da Yan, Li Jing was still making rapid advances.

Since the troops were dispatched in May, the war has progressed to September.

Of the ten prefectures in the entire Heyang Circuit, except for the last one, Guangyuan Prefecture, the remaining nine prefectures all fell into Li Jing's hands.

Of course, although the first five prefectures were forcibly taken by Li Jing, the four prefectures of Boyang, Boliao, Nuanjiang, and Jinyuan were forced to be abandoned by the Great Yan side by Li Jing.

In just four months, Li Jing reduced the ten prefectures of Heyang to only one prefecture, demonstrating his remarkable speed of advance.

Even Yue Fei's side benefited from Li Jing's help, easily taking over half of Qingnan.

Under pressure from Li Jing, Xuanyuan Huang had no choice but to give up a large amount of territory, opting to trade space for time while shrinking his defensive line and continuing to hold out with limited troops.

To this day, it can be said that within just four months, the Great Yan has lost half of its territory. Moreover, these are all wealthy lands.

However, also in September, the Ma family of Zhennan officially launched an attack, sending 120,000 troops north to Guangyin.

120,000—this is actually half of the current military strength of the Ma family in Zhennan.

At its peak, the Ma family of Zhennan certainly had 30 troops, but that was during its peak.

In the last battle in Henan, the Ma family of Zhennan suffered considerable losses, including the loss of their veteran general Magli and a large number of soldiers.

Those soldiers were all battle-hardened veterans, truly forged in the crucible of war.

Even though they later ransomed a large number of prisoners using Yangguan Pass in the south and the Han Dynasty, they still did not replace the soldiers who died in battle.

Therefore, the Zhennan Army now only has 250,000 troops left.

Even with the power of a single entity, it's still impossible to support 300,000 soldiers. No matter how wealthy they are, they can't feed them indefinitely.

It is precisely for this reason that the Ma family of Zhennan wanted to take advantage of the chaos and seize Guangyang Road from the Great Yan.

Only by possessing Guangyang Road, and with the land of both roads, could they gradually restore their military strength to its peak.

Although the Great Qian in the south is in complete chaos and can no longer pose a threat to them as it did in previous years.

However, the Han Dynasty to the north is growing stronger and stronger. If they cannot maintain a sufficient military force, the Ma family in Zhennan will not be able to sleep peacefully.

However, when the Ma clan of Zhennan advanced on Guangyin, Li Jing's military strategy once again shocked everyone, making everyone realize once again the great military genius of the Tang Dynasty.

Many people in the Han Dynasty were overshadowed by Han Xin's brilliance, so much so that many did not realize that some of them were no less capable than Han Xin.

At the same time, Li Jing once again put the Great Yan and even the Ma family of Zhennan in an extremely awkward situation.

(End of this chapter)