I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 629: The tiger sitting on the ground and the turtle in the jar! The moth thief who flies into the fire!
I don't know what the bald thief said to those monk soldiers, but he actually made them stay where they are obediently.

He looked like he was at the mercy of others.

When Han Shao entered the temple surrounded by the central army, he was also quite surprised.

But he didn't care much.

Just said casually.

"Let's organize them into a separate army."

Saying that, he asked again.

"Who will command this artillery... ahem, other units?"

Although the monk soldier has not truly received the precepts, he is also bald.

If I put on the armor, without the hair in place, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to wear the helmet steadily.

If he went into battle and his helmet was knocked off, wouldn't that be a disgrace to the general?
So the soldiers present looked at each other in dismay, and they were all a little reluctant to lose face.

At this moment, a young voice suddenly said.

"Sir! Can you let me come?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who was speaking was none other than Li Jing's only son, Li Shentong.

Li Jing's face darkened and he scolded.

"Back off! We won't allow you to mess around in the army!"

Although these monk soldiers were not good-looking according to the aesthetic standards of the military men, they had no dignity of a warrior.

But what they practiced after all was the authentic methods of Buddhism and Taoism, and their strength was quite strong.

If used well, it might really make a great contribution.

If his son ruined it, how would others see him? How would the king see him?

In addition, Li Jing actually has another little idea.

That is, he really couldn't bear to let his only son fight in the battlefield under the risk of arrows and stones, so it was actually quite good for him to just stay by his side in peace.

Anyway, he has fought hard all his life, and now that he has reached this position, he can make his only son rich and prosperous for the rest of his life.

This is my selfish desire as a father.

But unfortunately, many things in this world are ultimately contrary to our wishes.

Li Shentong felt resentful and unwilling about his father's good intentions.

"Father! My son has already reached adulthood! If I cannot achieve success and establish a reputation, wouldn't I be unworthy of being a husband?"

He is in a hurry!

As Han Shao dispersed the Yulin Langwei that he had trained into the army, many of them had already distinguished themselves during this southern expedition.

Li Shentong was already a step behind because he was going north to welcome back the young master.

If we don't work hard to catch up now, how will we face our former classmates and comrades in the future?
I'm afraid I can only cover my face in shame and run away!

Li Jing was also furious and said angrily.

"You childish brat! How arrogant of you! I am your father, how can I allow you to act recklessly!"

Seeing that Li Jing was determined to block his future, if they were not biological father and son, Li Shentong would really not be able to help but go up and fight him.

But there is no choice, father is father after all.

With this identity as his pretext, no matter how capable he is, he can never turn the tables.

Fortunately, Old Deng can control him, and there are also people in this world who can control this stubborn Old Deng.

So the next moment his eyes turned red, he looked at the figure who looked a little younger than him, and called out.

"uncle--"

Good guy!
This is a father and son quarreling and they have to call for help!

Han Shao touched his nose awkwardly. He had no intention of getting involved in this father-son fight, but when he met that pair of pitiful eyes like a puppy, he finally softened his heart.

"Jing, just think about it. Shentong's words do make some sense. He has grown up and has great ambitions. Why don't we... let him try?"

Having said that, he whispered in private.

"You can suppress him for a while, but not forever."

"Rather than letting him feel depressed and frustrated, which would lead to resentment between father and son, it is better to let him go. What do you think?"

Han Shao actually did not agree with Li Jing's way of educating his children.

But he could understand the starting point.

Didn’t the previous generation work so hard just to bring wealth and safety to the next generation?

So usually, he wouldn't say anything.

In order to avoid being known as an over-employer and mean-spirited person, this would create rifts between the ruler and his subjects.

Although he also understood that Li Jing's loyalty would not lead to such a result, this was not his style after all.

But who could blame me for having already called him uncle?

If he doesn't take the lead, he will feel guilty.

In fact, since he, as the lord, has already spoken, given Li Jing's temperament, what else can he say?
No matter how reluctant you are, you can only nod and agree.

He and Han Shao, the king and his minister, knew each other from humble beginnings, and their friendship is self-evident.

And Han Shao's words just now really convinced him.

When a child grows up, he cannot be locked up. If he is locked up again and again, the father and son will become enemies.

Is this what he wants to see?

However, when he saw that bastard, after getting the king's consent, immediately stood behind the king with a smug look on his face, like a villain who had succeeded, he was still very angry.

"You bastard! You didn't learn anything else, but you learned the face of a villain who takes advantage of others' power!"

After blurting out these words in a fit of rage, Li Jing's face turned red, and he suddenly felt that he had spoken out of turn.

If his son is a dog, what is his status as a father?
The generals present also reacted and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, their faces turned red.

Only Feng Can, that rascal, had no scruples at all. He laughed and talked as he did so.

"Shentong, your father called you a dog, then what is he?"

"Oh, and there is also my uncle Jun Shang..."

In an instant, the originally happy atmosphere in the field came to an abrupt end.

Suddenly everyone stopped trying to hold back their laughter, not even daring to glance around.

But the idiot was still unaware of it until he was hit on the head by Han Shao, and then he said with a look of grievance.

"Your Majesty, why did you hit me, Old Feng?"

Han Shao was also irritated by this bastard and kicked him again in annoyance.

"Damn it, I am so lucky to have a fool like you as my subject!"

Feng Can finally realized that he had said the wrong thing, blinked his eyes and smiled foolishly.

"No, no, no, it can't be the blessing of your Majesty, it's clearly the blessing of me, Old Feng."

You see, this guy is not actually stupid.

It is not entirely due to Han Shao's support that he has reached his current position.

All the generals present were filled with emotion.

Some jealousy, some envy, but more of it is touching.

After all, not all lords who are almost called dogs by their subjects can just laugh it off and get over it.

How could such a broad-minded lord not make them willing to die for him?

……

The terrain of Xiangji Temple is not special, but the problem is that it is stuck at a critical node.

The Zhen Liao army occupying the area was like a crouching tiger on the hillside, gazing in all directions.

Although he did not attack directly, the murderous aura alone was enough to make the millions of Huang Tianjun soldiers feel cold all over, as if their vital parts were exposed to the opponent's claws.

At this moment, all the core Taoists of the Huangtian Army felt like they had something stuck in their throats and could not help but regret it.

Although they tried to stop the Liao army when it was advancing that day, it was mostly just a small-scale distraction and delay.

Not knowing the real purpose of the Zhen Liao Army, they mainly took a defensive posture to guard against the sudden attack of the enemy's cavalry, while at the same time withdrawing their troops to avoid being defeated by the enemy.

But who could have thought that the other party would make a feint and then stop at the little-known Xiangji Temple?
Do not!
In fact, some people vaguely guessed the intentions of the Zhen Liao Army.

But these suggestions were ultimately rejected.

There is no other reason.

It was simply because they all knew that Xiangji Temple was a branch of Dachan Temple. They had not touched Xiangji Temple for all these years. They thought that the Zhenliao Army would also be intimidated by the reputation of the holy place Dachan Temple behind it and would not dare to raise troops to offend.

The combination of the two allowed the opponent to occupy that strategic location so easily right under his nose!

"If I had known earlier that those thieves in Xiangji Temple were so despicable, I should have raised an army to attack them and replaced them with Huang Tiandao!"

When the mountain gate was occupied by someone's troops, I didn't dare to say a word.

This is such a shameless person!

The core Taoists of the Huangtian Army were so angry that they cursed and regretted that they should not have let the Zhen Liao Army go.

But it's useless to curse now and it's too late to regret.

Looking at the place on the map in the military tent that seemed to be a nail hitting their vital point, everyone frowned and looked bitter.

But at this moment, a Taoist suddenly said.

"Actually, from another perspective, this isn't a bad thing."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone turned their eyes to the person who spoke.

"Tell me, what is not a bad thing?"

The one who spoke was Qu Shuai of Yanzhou.

The battle in which he wiped out the Divine Capital Imperial Guards ten years ago made him a famous figure in the Taoist circle, and even the Great Sage Master praised him personally.

But this battle with the Zhen Liao Army made him feel quite embarrassed and miserable.

Not to mention the casualties.

The main thing is that we are always outnumbered by the other side, which is really too embarrassing.

At first he could still fool people by reporting false achievements, but gradually he could no longer cover it up.

After all, battle records can be embellished with battle reports and can deceive people, but battle lines cannot.

Since the two sides came into contact and fought each other in a fierce manner, the Zhenliao Army that came out of Qingzhou in the east has maintained a continuous westward advance.

And now, the Zhen Liao Army suddenly seized the opportunity and firmly occupied this crucial location.

Once the enemy is able to cut off the connection between the two Huangtian armies in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, they can be divided and defeated.

The consequences are disastrous.

So he is really anxious now.

He couldn't help but reveal a bit of anticipation and eagerness in response to the Taoist's next words.

Facing the gaze of an eighth-level celestial being, the Taoist whose cultivation was only in the sixth level was obviously a little nervous. He calmed himself down before standing up, walking closer to the map, and speaking seriously.

“Although this place is the heart of our Huang Tian Dao, it is also a place that can cost the Zhen Liao Army their lives!”

"As long as our Huang Tian army completes the encirclement with heavy troops, his Zhen Liao army will be trapped! They will die without a burial place!"

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

After careful consideration, the dejected expressions on many people's faces disappeared and they were filled with joy.

“It is so!”

After staring at the map for a while, Commander Qu of Yanzhou also relaxed his brows.

After a moment, he finally made a decision and said immediately.

"Okay! Let's do it!"

"He, the Zhen Liao army, wants to be the sitting tiger, but I want to make them become the turtle in the jar!"

Upon hearing this, the morale of the Huang Tiandao people in the tent was greatly boosted, and they all spoke in agreement.

"Of course!"

Only Yuzhou Qu Shuai, who had remained silent, still had a slightly furrowed brow.

'Didn't anyone think that this was exactly what the other party wanted?'

As he was sighing in his heart, he saw that Commander Qu of Yanzhou was already looking at him.

"Brother, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Yuzhou Qu Shuai wanted to say something, but when he looked at the morale of the crowd that had been boosted with great difficulty, he finally chose to nod in agreement.

"Just do as Senior Brother says."

"I, Fangqu of Yuzhou, will fully cooperate with Senior Brother's plan."

There is no way, the situation has come to this point.

He had no better strategy to deal with it.

Rather than waiting for the Zhen Liao army to gain a firm foothold and threaten us, it is better to gather troops and attack them first.

As for what happens next, let's take it one step at a time.

……

Huang Tianjun reacted quickly and arrived quickly.

The Zhen Liao army had just stopped near Xiangji Temple and had not yet fully deployed their battle formation when a wave of ochre-yellow waves spread and poured over.

However, the Zhenliao Army had already prepared a complete plan for such a surprise attack.

The Infantry's Shenji Battalion, which originally had few opportunities to show up in this battle, quickly reached the front.

Without any unnecessary words, he first fired a wave of spiritual pattern artillery towards the opposite side.

In an instant, it plowed out blood-red grooves in the dense ochre-yellow waves rushing towards it from the opposite side.

In fact, although the fact that the Zhenliao Army possessed new weapons with extremely lethal power was already known to almost everyone in the Huangtian Army, no one had a clear concept of it before seeing it with their own eyes and facing it personally.

And now, they have.

When the fellow disciples around him heard a loud roar from the opposite side, which suddenly turned into a bloody rain, and when broken limbs and pieces of flesh suddenly hit their bodies, even the strongest will would be at a loss for a moment, and then driven by instinct, it would turn into an uncontrollable trembling of fear, and they would even forget to continue moving forward.

Until the Taoist priest who was preaching in the formation shouted loudly.

"Great and Good Teacher, bless you!"

"Charge! Charge forward! You and I can both survive!"

The stiff bodies regained their vitality and rushed forward madly with the support of the fanatical belief in their hearts.

"For the Great Sage Master! Charge!"

Unfortunately, just as they were mustering up their courage, the horrifying roar came again from the opposite side.

The bullets flew across the sky at high speed and slammed heavily into the ochre-yellow ocean below, creating cruel blood-red waves.

Every time it leaped and fell in the crowd, it tore into pieces the bodies of many Huang Tian soldiers and also destroyed the wills of many people.

Their minds were blank, and driven by their survival instinct, they turned around and ran away.

No matter how the Taoists used their spiritual powers to awaken their already broken minds, they seemed to hear nothing. They only turned around and walked as far away from this Asura purgatory as possible.

In desperation, the cold-faced figures that followed could only draw their swords and kill them on the spot.

This is obviously much more effective than simply talking.

The Huang Tian army quickly stopped the fleeing trend and gradually approached despite the roar of death pouring down from the opposite side.

"Yes, that's it!"

"As long as we rush over, both sides will be killed in a massacre. No matter how powerful the equipment of the Zhen Liao army is, it will be useless!"

A Taoist priest accompanying the army showed a look of joy.

Feel that you have discovered the other party's weakness.

After all, when the two sides engage in a melee, the other side will never kill indiscriminately.

So just rush forward!

Rush forward and win!
Especially when he saw that the Zhen Liao infantrymen on the opposite side were only wearing cloth shirts and light armor, he became more convinced of his judgment.

But the next moment, the expression on his face froze.

"put--"

When the stern-faced Zhen Liao army officer opposite pointed his long sword forward.

Suddenly, the 'spears' held in the hands of the neatly-lined Zhen Liao soldiers shone with a faint light, and then there was a sudden sound like popping beans.

Puff puff--

The sounds of flesh being torn and pierced were constant.

The formation that was originally rushing forward quickly suddenly seemed to have hit an invisible barrier, and fell to the ground in rows.

And this invisible barrier showed no sign of disappearing as the explosions continued on the opposite side.

They harvested the lives of disciples and believers of the Tao in such a cold and ruthless manner.

Almost in the blink of an eye, long rows of corpses were piled up in front of the formation.

……

Han Shao, dressed in a robe depicting mountains and rivers, and a group of Zhen Liao troops overlooked the battlefield below.

Watching the battle last from day to night.

The moment when the bonfire and torches are lit.

Some generals watched the moths that were attracted by the flames and kept flying towards them, and then their wings were ignited and burned with crackling sounds.

He said this with great emotion.

"A moth flies into a flame without caring about death."

……

(End of this chapter)