It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 562 A Man's Promise Is Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold

This battle was indeed thrilling.

From the west side of the valley came a deafening "woooo" sound, each one louder than the last, as if urging the soldiers to move forward bravely.

Liang Zong originally thought that he could destroy Liu Yao this time, but he was frightened by the "woohoo" military order. He quickly ordered his soldiers, half of them to continue attacking, and the other half to rush to the west side of the valley to block the soldiers coming over there.

He was in a panic, but Liu Yao was full of fighting spirit and rushed towards the enemy like a tiger. The archers first shot three rounds of arrows. Even though the arrowheads made of bamboo were not so lethal, they were more numerous, which made the enemy lose their composure first, and then they began to flee in panic... The two armies fought for a day and a night. Although Liu Yao's side also suffered losses, it was much stronger than Liang Zong's side.

Also, because Liang Zong sent a part of his troops to the west, the number of people here was not at an advantage, which also invisibly caused a great decline in morale.

When Liang Zong's men rushed to the valley in the west, they thought they would have a fierce battle, but they found no reinforcements in the west, only bamboo forests all over the mountains, but they still heard a deafening "woohoo" sound. When they got closer, they found that there were big holes cut on the bamboos, and under the strong west wind, they sounded like bamboo flutes, with a very huge momentum.

By the time someone informed Liang Zong, it was too late. Liu Yao's troops, furious with killing, also rushed from east to west, and scattered Liang Zong's troops. In the chaos, Liu Yao chopped off Liang Zong's head with a long knife.

Seeing that the army was without a leader, they dared not fight any longer and fled out of the valley in defeat.

The crisis on Liu Yao's side was resolved, and he called back his troops, confiscating a lot of enemy food and grass. It was a very beautiful victory, and everyone's face was filled with smiles. Even the injured soldiers did not look sad, and they actively helped each other with bandaging and treatment. The atmosphere was very good.

After winning a battle, it is natural to reward people according to their merits.

Everyone thought that Liu Yao must have made the greatest contribution. After all, he was the one who commanded the battle and he was the one who personally chopped off Liang Zong's head.

"The general must be the first to achieve the victory! We can ask the emperor for a great reward!" Everyone started talking. Of course, some people also thought: "If General Shi Le hadn't arrived in time and Liang Zong hadn't been distracted, we might not have won."

"So General Shi Le made the first contribution?"

"But it's our general who's in charge of deploying the troops!"

"If we didn't have 200,000 troops to drag Liang Zong out, how could we have won?"

"Don't you know that there is no Shi Le in the west?" Someone suddenly said, "The Shaoying Group is not there, there is only a bamboo forest."

"What?" Some people who didn't know about this stood up one after another. "Shi Le didn't come? But they were defeated? What happened?"

"Alright, stop talking. I don't dare take credit for this. It was indeed Liu Cheng who came up with this plan." Liu Yao pressed his hands to the crowd, indicating that everyone should be quiet first. "The Shaoying Group did go to the west, but there was no Shi Le there, only them. If those children hadn't cut holes in the bamboo and made noises, Liang Zong and the others wouldn't have lost their composure."

Someone whispered the whole process, and everyone suddenly realized that there was such a thing. At this moment, Liu Cheng also came back with the Shaoying group. They didn't suffer any losses, and they also caught a few pheasants and rabbits on the way, intending to give them to everyone as food for the celebration banquet.

Hearing the praise from everyone, Liu Cheng felt a little embarrassed and said with a red face: "It's nothing, I just said that. It's all thanks to my father, the general. I didn't do anything."

"Haha, if it weren't for you coming up with this idea and not letting the other generals know, how could we have won the victory so smoothly? The credit must be yours." Liu Yao smiled brightly, and stretched out his hand to pull Liu Cheng in front of him, patted his shoulder and said, "I didn't expect you to be so smart!"

"Oh, no." Liu Cheng lowered his head, "It just happened."

"Really? Could it be such a coincidence? When did you know so much? How did you know that the west wind would blow at this time? How did you know that the wind blowing through the bamboo holes would have such an effect? ​​Liu Cheng, don't lie to me!" Liu Yao's voice suddenly became stern. He grabbed Liu Cheng's shoulders with a little force, causing his little face to twist and change color in pain.

Everyone wanted to follow Liu Yao's words and praise him with words like "A good father will have a good son", but before they could say it, the topic suddenly changed. They opened their mouths and widened their eyes, watching Liu Cheng being thrown to the ground by the general.

"Tell me! Who gave you the idea? Who is behind you?" Liu Yao's voice became more severe. Although the long sword was not pointed at Liu Cheng, it was already in his hand, and looked extremely terrifying.

"No, no, no... Who is it?" Liu Cheng struggled to kneel down, "Father, I, I, I... I didn't do anything wrong, did I?"

"You're right, aren't you? You're deceiving me!" Liu Yao's voice was filled with dissatisfaction. "I've warned you long ago that we are father and son, and we can't deceive each other. Now it's obvious that you can't come up with such an idea. How could I not know how good your brain is? Tell me! Who gave you the idea?"

"No... Hey, hey, don't..." Seeing Liu Yao actually raised his long sword, Liu Cheng was also frightened and kept moving back. Several deputy generals of the Shaoying Group wanted to come over, but they were afraid of Liu Yao's momentum and had to kneel down.

A fat boy with a round face couldn't help but said, "Don't do it, don't do it. Wang Po said that we can't tell anyone about it, and we promised her... A man's word is as good as gold..."

Before he could finish his words, Liu Yao had already shouted, "Bring Wang Po to me!"

"Understood!" Someone immediately rushed out and looked for Wang Po everywhere. However, after such a tragic battle, Wang Po followed the doctors and cooks to hide in the deep bamboo forest, and could not be found for a while. Liu Yao still wanted to start with his stubborn son. He pointed the tip of his long knife at him and asked, "This is not a bad thing. On the contrary, it is a great achievement. Why do you want to protect him and refuse to tell me about this person? If it was Wang Po's idea, as long as it makes sense, I would naturally listen to it! So, this person is not Wang Po, right?"

"Well..." Liu Cheng dodged again, "He doesn't want you to know, so he won't let us tell you."

"Who is he?" Liu Yao was in an even worse mood. "Who is he?"

"Then I promised him that I can't tell him." Liu Cheng was actually very stubborn. "This man saved my life twice and is also a great benefactor of the Shaoying Group. I can't betray him!"

"Hey, what do you mean by betrayal?" He Chidu couldn't help but said, "Hurry up and reward him according to his merits. He has made great contributions, so he will definitely be rewarded with gold, silver and jewelry."