Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2272 Yu Chun defeats Zhao Wuji again, Lan Yu's army shoots Li Yuan.

Zhao Kuangyin did indeed proclaim the slogan of governing the country together with the scholar-officials and not killing them.

He even once said that the five words "do not kill scholar-officials" should be taken as an ancestral precept.

If there was anyone in the entire Song Dynasty who was not bound by the principle of not killing scholar-officials, it was Zhao Changfeng.

Don't say that Zhao Kuangyin only said that he would take these five words as ancestral precepts, but never officially established them.

Even if it were truly established, how could the ancestral precepts established by Zhao Kuangyin, as the son, possibly restrain his father?

Only he could handle the matter decisively and efficiently, minimizing its impact while dealing with it.

Even if there are any impacts, all Zhao Kuangyin and his brother Zhao Kuangyi need to do is appease their subordinates, and the problem will be largely resolved.

Conversely, if it had been Zhao Kuangyi, or even Zhao Kuangyin, who intervened instead of him, the impact would not have been so easily appeased.

After this, Zhao Changfeng had no choice but to don his armor and go into battle once again. With Zhao Kuangyin heading south to Yangxi, he personally went to Hexi Road to take charge.

After all, although the fighting between Song and Zhao has not lasted long, Song has already fallen into a losing position in all directions except for the Liangguan Pass, which relies on its strategic passes.

Li Jing on the southern front easily forced Lian Po to give up the newly acquired Yangdong Road, leaving him only able to use the terrain advantage of Yangxi Road to block Lian Po's advance.

Chang Yuchun, on the northern front, also made a successful landing with unstoppable momentum.

Although the number of cities lost in Hexi Road is not large so far, it is a small sign that Zhao Wuji has suffered two consecutive defeats, clearly indicating that he is no match for Chang Yuchun.

Zhao Changfeng knew very well that if they lost this battle, the Zhao clan of Guanzhong would not only be unable to continue to rule as kings and emperors, but it would be a big problem if they could even preserve their bloodline!
After all, the path to dominating the world is, in a sense, a process of only advancing and never retreating.

The one who makes it to the end naturally reaps huge profits. But apart from that one, all the rest have to bear the consequences of failure.

Otherwise, why wouldn't most members of a super-large family like theirs, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, want to embark on this path?
There's no other reason than that the family has already grown so large that even if they succeed in taking a further step, apart from the branch that is actually confined to a wheelchair, the room for advancement for the other masters is actually limited!
Even if they became royalty, their status wouldn't be much higher than it is now, so it's not worth the risk for them.

But because of Zhao Kuangyin, things had come to this point, and with the war situation so critical, Zhao Changfeng had no choice but to bid farewell to his peaceful life.

However, on the way to Hexi Road, Zhao Changfeng was defeated once again.

The news of the defeat caught Zhao Changfeng off guard. The loss of soldiers was a minor matter, but what truly pained Zhao Changfeng was that Li Yuan, a veteran general from the Zhenxi Army, had also died in this battle.

Gao Huaide, Shi Shouxin, Lian Po, and others were all promoted gradually during Zhao Kuangyin's reign and were Zhao Kuangyin's confidants.

However, Li Yuan and Ming Wei were veterans from the Zhenxi Army era, and they were all old brothers of Zhao Changfeng.

After the fall of Chen County, the two cities of Li Jilong and Gao Huaide were separated and could not communicate with each other, thus losing their role as a defensive alliance between the three cities.

Chang Yuchun appointed Lei Wanjun and Xue Wanjun as generals, and led them to attack the two cities with heavy troops.

Lei Wanjun led an army of 70,000 and launched a fierce attack for a month. Unable to coordinate with other cities, Li Jilong's troops suffered heavy casualties.

Even his father, Li Chuyun, was killed during a siege battle while trying to drive away Deng Jiugong, who had already stormed the city. Under these circumstances, and with no way to continue the defense, Li Jilong had no choice but to prepare for a breakout.

Moreover, he had also sent a message by carrier pigeon beforehand, using coded language to notify Zhao Wuji, who was stationed in the rear, to send troops to provide support.

On the day of the breakout, Li Jilong feigned burning of the city, thus tying down a large number of Lei Wanjun's troops and successfully breaking out of the city.

Even though Lei Wanjun later sent Deng Jiugong with light cavalry to pursue them, Li Jilong, having already made preparations, successfully ambushed Deng Jiugong with the help of reinforcements sent by Zhao Wuji.

Even Deng Jiugong was stabbed in the arm by Xia Luqi.

The Han generals Ping Xian and Yuwen Ling, who followed Deng Jiugong in the pursuit, also died at the hands of the Zhao Song general Xia Luqi.

After all, these two are only at the super-first-class level. In particular, Ping Xian is not even considered strong among the super-first-class. Facing Xia Luqi, who is at the god-general level, even if the two of them join forces, they are no match for him for ten rounds.

However, just when Li Jilong and Li Yuan, who was sent by Zhao Wuji to provide support, thought that victory was assured, Lan Yu suddenly led his troops to attack from the flank.

It turned out that Chang Yuchun and Lan Yu had already anticipated that Li Jilong would break through the encirclement, so Lan Yu had already led eight hundred heavy cavalry to hide in the surrounding area.

At this moment, although Li Yuan had successfully ambushed Deng Jiugong, and his troops were in disarray during the battle, Lan Yu suddenly led his heavy cavalry out and easily broke through their formation.

During this process, Jin Biao and Han Cheng attempted to lead a force to block the charge of the heavy cavalry.

However, neither of them was very strong. The former was killed by Lan Yu with a single blow during the process, while the latter was forcibly chased by the heavy cavalry and trampled into a pile of minced meat.

Han Jinhu and Han Bao, seeing Han Cheng die tragically under the hooves of heavy cavalry, were filled with grief and anger and each took up their weapons to fight.

However, before the two of them could even reach Lan Yu, they were intercepted by Bi Zaiyu and Xiong Kuohai.

Han Jinhu and Han Bao are both quite skilled. Although Bi Zaiyu and Xiong Kuohai have the upper hand, they cannot defeat them in a short time.

Fortunately, Su Quanzhong, who also possessed peak Heaven-level strength, came to their aid. Together with Xiong Kuohai, the two peak Heaven-level experts killed Han Jinhu in the shortest possible time.

By this time, even if Han Bao wanted to escape, it was too late. Facing the combined attack of three Heavenly-level generals, he was assassinated by Bi Zaiyu in less than ten rounds.

With their generals killed one after another, and their troops scattered and in chaos under the onslaught of Lan Yu's heavy cavalry, Li Jilong and Li Yuan knew that they could not win this battle.

If the fighting continues, their losses will be even greater.

Left with no other choice, Li Jilong's younger brother, Li Jihe, led an army to cover the rear, while the remaining troops retreated first.

However, just as Li Jihe led his troops to cover the rear, and Li Jilong and Li Yuan were preparing to retreat with their troops, Lan Yu, who was dozens of steps away, shot an arrow from afar.

Caught off guard, Zhao Song general Li Yuan was struck in the back by the arrow.

Because his injuries were not treated immediately during the retreat, Li Yuan's condition worsened by the time they reached the rear, and he died that very night from his wounds.