This martial artist just wants to be an official

Chapter 417 Devastated
The first day's siege was like a human tragedy.

What Lu Yuanzhi saw when he stood on the top of the city wall were all heart-pounding and hair-raising scenes.

Even the soldiers of the Dayong army defending the city were so frightened that they stabbed to death the demon soldiers who climbed up to the top of the city wall while crying.

There is no way around it.

"Marshal, let's go back to the camp."

As the day passed and night fell, the demon soldiers who had been attacking the city for a whole day retreated.

After a day of bloody fighting, the city of Xuzhou had already been dyed red with blood. There was blood in the mud on the city walls, and the unpleasant stench would make anyone faint.

Lu Yuanzhi stood on the top of the city wall, and the general's voice sounded behind him.

"Ah."

Lu Yuanzhi nodded slowly, turned his head to look at the civilian area in the city where the lights had already been turned off, and went down the city wall with a heavy heart.

At this time, on the city wall, the iron army stood in rows, and the torches seemed to drive away the darkness. The soldiers on patrol and guard did not dare to stop for a moment, and many pairs of eyes were fixed on the demon army camp under the city.

The soldiers who had been fighting for a whole day also took this time to return to their tents to catch up on their sleep.

Because they knew very well that what would await them the next day would be an even more fierce attack.

After returning to the tent, Lu Yuanzhi hadn't even had time to rest when he saw someone hurriedly coming outside the tent to report.

"General! There seems to be some movement among the demon soldiers outside the city!"

Lu Yuanzhi frowned, took a deep breath and said, "Come in and tell me."

"Yes."

A soldier who looked like a scout came in, knelt on the ground, saluted, and said:
"General, the demon army seems to be splitting up."

"Ok?"

When Lu Yuanzhi heard this, his eyes narrowed.

The trend of dividing troops?

This was similar to what he had thought before. If the demon army failed to capture Xuzhou City after a long siege, the next move would most likely be to divide their forces and advance from Wangyou Mountain, bypassing Xuzhou City and heading towards the heartland of Dayong Central Plains.

But the prerequisite for doing so is that the attack will not last long.

The demon tribe only attacked for one day.

There is one principle that you must know in the military, and that is, the first attack is the best, the second is weaker, and the third is exhausted.

Any grassroots military officer would know this basic principle, so there is no reason why the Demon King would not know it.

"Call all the generals to come and discuss the matter!"

Lu Yuanzhi issued military orders to the outside world.

"Yes."

Soon, more than ten generals were gathered in this big tent.

Lu Yuanzhi looked at everyone's puzzled eyes and said in a deep voice:
"Scouts reported that the demon army seems to be splitting up."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

After a while, someone looked up and analyzed:

"Are we going to go directly around the city?"

"I don't think so. The demon army has already lost a lot of troops in today's siege. They won't give up just like that."

"Dividing the troops doesn't mean they won't attack..."

Hearing the messy analysis in his ears, Lu Yuanzhi slowly raised his head and looked at Aunt Leng:
"Does the princess have anything to say?"

After hearing Lu Yuanzhi's words, everyone fell silent and turned their eyes to Aunt Leng.

At this time, Aunt Lengdan frowned and said slowly:

"There is no reason for the Faceless Demon King to split his troops to lead Raocheng. For him, the best strategy is to capture Xuzhou City in one go. If it drags on for too long, there will definitely be changes. Choosing this time to split the troops... Is it some trick?"

Hearing her words, Lu Yuanzhi narrowed his eyes and said:
"What we should do now is to wait and see. If the Demon King sends his troops into the mountains, we will open the city gates and attack outside, devouring the troops they left here..."

“It’s a loss-making move for them…”

"What the Marshal said is that no matter what he wants, we just need to defend the city."

The generals united their front.

Lu Yuanzhi slowly walked out of the tent and climbed to the top of the city wall.

After reaching the top of the city wall, a foul smell mixed with blood and feces hit his nose directly.

Lu Yuanzhi held his breath. The smell was really unpleasant.

There was also the smell of a burning corpse.

The mixture of multiple flavors would make anyone feel uncomfortable, let alone Lu Yuanzhi.

He had excellent eyesight and through the moonlight, he could vaguely see that there had been changes in the demon camp in the distance.

The Demon King’s flag is still outside the city.

However, a group of demon soldiers have been separated out, and it can be vaguely seen that their target is Wangyou Mountain.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Lu Yuanzhi's face.

Extremely stupid.

At this time, choose to split the troops...

He also left a big gift for them in Wangyou Mountain.

……

"Master Demon King, what are we doing..."

Among the demon soldiers heading to Wangyou Mountain at this time, the Faceless Demon King was riding on his horse with an expressionless face, holding an extremely strange-looking weapon upside down in his hand.

“Haha, they would never have thought that I would leave the army under the city to attack it, and I would personally lead 10,000 soldiers and horses through Wangyou Mountain and head straight to their heartland of the Central Plains.”

The Demon King's mouth, full of sharp teeth, was slightly raised.

The voice is extremely complacent.

"I heard that the human race's commander-in-chief is personally in charge of the army. He is stationed in Xuzhou to guard against me, but I will not fight him. I will only lead 10,000 soldiers, which is definitely enough. We will go to the heartland of Dayong Central Plains at lightning speed. When he finds us, it will be impossible for him to break out in a short time in the face of the demon army outside our city."

At this point, an evil smile appeared on the face of the Demon King:

"At that time, he can only cross the army alone to stop the emperor, but... he can't stop it."

Speaking of this, the Demon King even admired his own IQ.

This was also the method he came up with temporarily.

"The Demon King's brilliant plan! It's unbeatable!"

Hearing what he said, the demon generals around him started to flatter him.

The Demon King laughed loudly:
"Let's go! Into the mountains!!"

With a point of his spear, ten thousand demon soldiers, led by him, slowly moved towards the mountains.

……

"Lord Hou! Lord Ji! The demon tribe's troops are entering the mountains!"

Facing the darkness, Ye Qinglian came hurriedly and quickly told the information.

Hearing his words, the two old men who were resting opened their eyes immediately.

"How many troops?"

"More than ten thousand."

Ye Qinglian continued to report.

"Ten thousand??"

Ji Xuan frowned:
"How dare they cross the mountain to come to Raocheng with 10,000 soldiers? They may not even be able to defeat the Jianzhou County soldiers behind Xuzhou..."

Not right.

It's not right.

Weiwu Hou and Ji Xuan, who had fought wars all their lives, immediately sensed something wrong.

"Do you want to activate the formation now?"

Hai Wuyang, who was awakened by the sound, also heard the voice. He stood up and looked at the two of them and asked.

"Won't an army of 10,000 people setting up a battle array alert the Demon King?"

Weiwu Hou looked at Hai Wuyang speechlessly and said:

“When the time comes, once the Demon King senses the Confucian and Taoist formation, he won’t even dare to enter the mountain. If we can’t capture the Demon King in this battle, then our twenty-year plan will be shattered in one day.”

"Uh."

Hai Wuyang scratched his head awkwardly. "Wait a minute!"

Ji Xuan suddenly raised his head, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his tone became extremely solemn:

"Did you just say Demon King?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Weiwu Hou's eyes became puzzled and he frowned at Ji Xuan.

"What if the Demon King himself leads this army of 10,000?"

Ji Xuan took a deep breath, his eyes became extremely serious and solemn:
"This……"

Hearing his words, Weiwu Hou's pupils suddenly contracted:
"He could think of such a plan?"

"Everyone grows up, not to mention that he has lived for so many years..."

Ji Xuan suddenly started fighting, and he looked straight at Weiwu Hou:
"No, I have to go and see."

"I'll go too!" Weiwu Hou stood up without even thinking.

"No! You have to be ready to start the battle at any time!"

Ji Xuan looked at Weiwu Hou sternly, "If it is really the Demon King who leads the army, the 50,000 soldiers in the mountain will definitely not be able to stop him. I must fight him. Then you will open the formation. You must keep the Demon King in this mountain today!!"

As he said this, he turned and ran down the mountain, saying:

"If the Demon King and I stand up, we will definitely attract Lu Yuanzhi's attention in the city. If we delay for a moment, the Demon King will die today!"

"discipline……"

Before Marquis Weiwu could say something else, he noticed that Ji Xuan had disappeared.

Looking at his figure, Weiwu Hou pursed his lips and finally sighed leisurely:
"Brother Ji...Have a safe journey."

……

"General, demon soldiers have been spotted!"

Suddenly, some soldiers came to Wu Qianfeng's tent.

"what?!"

Wu Qianfeng stood up suddenly and asked with a sharp look:

"you sure?"

"Sure, about ten thousand!" the scout said with a serious look.

"OK!!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Qianfeng became excited on the spot.

Ten thousand demon soldiers came to die? ?
Isn’t this a blessing from heaven?
Ever since Marshal Lu handed over the military power of 50,000 troops to himself, he has been training troops in the mountains day and night. He never thought that he would actually encounter the demon army in the mountains.

"Go and see."

Wu Qianfeng was not reckless, but squinted his eyes and walked out of the tent. Then he saw from afar at the foot of the mountain that there seemed to be an army coming. In the moonlight, he could faintly see the words "Leopard General" written on the flag.

“There is a road to heaven but you don’t take it, and there is no door to hell so you have to throw yourself into it!”

After seeing the situation clearly, Wu Qianfeng directly issued the order:
"Arrange them to guard the important roads in the mountains, and send 20,000 troops to follow me to meet the enemy! We will kill all the 10,000 troops at the foot of the mountain today!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the mountain became lively.

It took only half an hour for the 50,000-strong army to guard all the important roads, and 20,000 troops were dispatched to follow Wu Qianfeng.

Naturally, the Demon King could see clearly what was happening on the mountain.

"Master Demon King? Why don't you leave?"

The leopard-headed demon general behind him followed the Demon King with a puzzled look on his face and asked blankly.

"There are Yong soldiers guarding the mountain."

The corners of the demon emperor's mouth curled up slightly:

"From the sound, there should be no less than 50,000 soldiers and horses."

"Ah?" Upon hearing this, the leopard-headed demon general's face instantly became excited:
"With you, Lord Demon King, leading the troops personally, won't it be easy to capture the 50,000 Yong troops? After killing them all, not only will we be able to enjoy a good meal, but their armor and weapons will also greatly increase our combat power!"

"Ha ha!"

Hearing his words, the Demon King smiled instantly:
"Let's go! Go meet them!"

Ten thousand demon soldiers headed straight toward the mountain with high morale.

……

"Aren't they afraid of us?"

Seeing the demon army slowly coming up from the foot of the mountain, Wu Qianfeng's face immediately lit up with joy.

He was originally a little worried that such a big commotion here might be noticed by the demon soldiers at the foot of the mountain, and they might be scared and dare not come up.

I didn’t expect that he was so daring!

“This is a huge achievement!”

When he thought of this, Wu Qianfeng couldn't help but want to sing loudly...

"go!"

He swung his sword and led his troops directly down the mountain.

Gradually the two teams got closer.

Ji Xuan's figure was less than a mile away from the two armies at this time.

His eyes were fixed on the demon soldiers who were walking up the mountain.

When he saw the leader's face, his heart was suddenly shocked!

"It's indeed him!!"

Ji Xuan had naturally seen the face of the Demon King. During the battle of Yumen Pass twenty years ago, Ji Xuan's cultivation was still at the fourth level, while the Demon King was already at the second level of the demon clan.

Although he had never faced off head-on, he had seen the scene where the Imperial Master suppressed the Demon King in the blink of an eye.

After taking a deep breath, Ji Xuan narrowed his eyes, and a seven-foot-long silver spear appeared in his hand without him noticing.

"Boys! Charge!"

The two teams came into close combat in an instant.

"Kill!!!"

The 20,000 mandarin duck formations cut the leading demon soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, and directly killed them all.

An extremely shocking scene occurred.

The formation of the 20,000-strong Mandarin Duck Army seemed to be a natural product designed to restrain the demon soldiers.

As soon as they came into contact, a hole was torn through the demon clan's 10,000 soldiers, almost without any effort. The Demon King himself was even hesitating whether to take action or not, when he saw that at least half of the 10,000 troops he brought were lying on the ground.

"What kind of formation is this??!"

Seeing this, the Demon King was stunned.

He could naturally see clearly that this strange army in front of him, with its strange weapons and formations, completely restrained the Demon King of the Demon Clan.

In just less than half an hour, ten thousand demon soldiers were either dead or fled.

"Whose general is that??!"

Looking at Wu Qianfeng standing on the top of the mountain, the Demon King felt a little uneasy.

If this formation was learned by those reckless men in Southern Xinjiang...

Wouldn't the demon race be in great danger? ?
Thinking of this, the Demon King's eyes became extremely dangerous. He stood behind the demon army, his eyes seemed to turn into a real sword.

"Master Demon King, what's going on now?"

The leopard-headed demon general behind the Demon King was dumbfounded at this moment.

This was the first time he had seen the demon army being killed so easily by the human army in the mountains, just like crushing an ant with one's hands...

He was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

But the one who was even more shocked than him was Ji Xuan.

Ji Xuan was already prepared to fight off the Demon King, but when he saw the battle situation change so quickly, his heart was shocked.

Although it was expected that the army trained by Wu Qianfeng would have a much higher combat capability in the mountains, it was unexpected that it would be so effective! !

This is simply unthinkable.

This is in the mountains! It can be said to be the territory of the demon tribe! !
However, seeing this, Ji Xuan slowly breathed a sigh of relief and put away the spear in his hand.

At this point, the Demon King would definitely not risk being exposed and force his way across the mountain again...

(End of this chapter)