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Chapter 102: Defeating the Barbarian Army
"it is good."

Xu Bin took the order.

Light the huge torch prepared in advance on the city wall.

A burst of fire shot into the sky.

After finishing the task, Xu Bin asked in confusion: "Old Xu, are you sure it was Master Chen who told you to do this?!"

"Of course it was the adults' instructions."

Xu Wencai waved his feather fan and said in a serious tone: "You must do as instructed. If there is any mistake, you will be punished by military law."

"You are so pretentious. Where did you get the fan?"

Zhu Tong snatched the fan away and said, "Tell me, what did Shitou tell you?"

Now, he is the only one in the entire army who still calls himself Stone. No matter how he tries to correct himself, it is useless. He has become the most special one.

"The rich family left the city, I picked it up from the ground, give it back to me!"

Xu Wencai stretched out his hand to grab it, but couldn't reach it: "Old Zhu, do you want to be punished by military law?!"

"Humph!"

Zhu Tong then returned the fan: "Why does the stone give you such great power?!"

"Mr. Xu."

Sun Li's cold voice sounded: "Are you sure that my brother and his bluff will work? I still have to lead fifty cavalrymen out. There are six thousand barbarians outside. We have enough troops to defend the city, but will it be too risky to take the initiative to attack?"

Today's whole day has been weird.

First, Xiang Tingchun died inexplicably outside the city.

Then the prefect, the county magistrate and even Chen Sanshi disappeared and have not returned since. It seemed as if something big was about to happen, but they were all kept in the dark.

Only Xu Wencai showed up, and under the banner of junior fellow apprentice, he methodically arranged tasks for them to perform.

He called out the names of the generals one after another, with terrifying fluency, as if he had rehearsed it in his mind countless times and now finally had the opportunity to use it.

"Sun Qianjin, I believe in you, and I ask you to believe in me too."

Xu Wencai was extremely calm: "Just do as I say, I will back you up. Tonight will be the biggest and only victory since the battle of Poyang began.

"The lives and property of tens of thousands of people in this city depend on this!"

……

Barbarian camp.

Umer read the secret letter delivered to him with a serious expression.

The deputy general asked, "Sir, has something unexpected happened?"

"The Wushen Cult was attacked and many people died, but it doesn't matter. There will still be masters of Huajin who will rush to Poyang with the army in about two or three days."

Wumer put down the letter and said, "Poyang will fall soon."

"Does your Excellency know what the Wushen Cult is going to do?"

The deputy general asked curiously, "I heard that wherever a city is breached, the Wushen Cult will go in and collect the heart blood of the living. It's so mysterious. What's the use of the heart blood?"

"If you shouldn't ask, don't ask."

Wumer said in a deep voice: "Our mission is only to capture Poyang."

Talk about it.

Shengren's willpower is truly terrifying.

After fighting for more than a month, the number of defenders increased. They suffered heavy losses and dared not continue the attack. They were forced to wait for support from the army.

The funny thing is.

They had an internal conflict!
Umer looked at the corpses in the tent with a sarcastic look.

These bodies were found at the city gate not long ago.

Judging from their identities, each of them is practicing internal organ refining.

In addition, spies reported that the commander Xiang Tingchun was missing. If there was no one to refine his internal organs in Poyang City, I'm afraid there wouldn't be any left.

"Everyone says that the Sheng people are in serious internal strife, and that there are several factions in the court, often fighting to the death. I didn't believe it before, but now it seems that it is even worse than before!"

The deputy general agreed, "Your Excellency is right. I think this prosperous dynasty is about to end. Sooner or later, the people of the Celestial Clan will be able to occupy the fertile land of the Central Plains!"

During the conversation between the two.

There was a noisy sound outside.

"Report——"

A soldier rushed into the tent: "The defenders in Poyang City are attacking the camp!"

"Attack the camp? They've lost so many lives, what can they use to attack the camp?"

Wumer picked up his scimitar and hurried out of the camp. Looking at the chaotic scene in the direction of the west city gate, he quickly determined the truth: "These are not soldiers, but the mob in the city. Where do they get the courage from? Are they tired of living?
"Pass my order, call all the cavalry from the east of the city over here and crush them to death!"

After the order was conveyed, the cavalry arrived quickly.

Wumer had planned to join the battle personally, but at this moment, a fire broke out in the east and shouts shook the sky!
"Report!"

Another rider came up and said, "Sir, something terrible has happened! Reinforcements from Hengkang Prefecture are here!"

"what?"

Wumer frowned: "Did you see it clearly?!"

A few days ago, someone broke through and headed towards Hengkang Prefecture.

He guessed at that time that he was going to ask for reinforcements.

But according to the distance, it should take Hengkang Prefecture's troops about four days to arrive, which means they are one step behind the barbarian army. How come they are here so soon? Are they all cavalry?

"See clearly."

The soldier said nervously: "Dust filled the sky, the shouting was heart-shaking, and there were military flags and torches all over the mountains. A conservative estimate is that there are more than 2,000 people!"

"Well, it is indeed possible that Hengkang Prefecture will send this number of troops..."

Wumer said to the deputy general: "Stay here and don't panic. I will go and see what's going on!"

In this case, it is important to clarify.

Once the army's morale is disrupted, it is easy to collapse.

……

"kill--"

"kill--"

East of the city.

According to Xu Wencai's order, Sun Buqi and others left the city silently in batches, gathered two hundred new recruits in the east of the city, disguised the military flags with rags, lit torches all over the mountains and fields, and finally beat the war drums and shouted to kill.

He was puzzled and said, "This old scholar is using three stones to pressure us. What's the point of doing all this bluffing?!"

"Since it is the adults' order, we just do it."

As Wang Li spoke, he scattered ashes all over the sky with all his might, shouting, “Kill, kill, kill—” “Here they come!”

Sun Buqi held his spear and said, "Someone is coming. They are all cavalrymen. The one in the middle seems to be Wumer. What do you want us to do next?!"

"Run to the mountain, hide, wait until the arrows sound and the fire starts, then fight back!"

Wang Li took his things and ran away.

"go!"

Sun Buqi hurried to follow.

……

"What?!"

Wumer, who finally caught up, looked at the empty space in front of him and stopped his horse: "Are these the reinforcements from Hengkang Mansion that you mentioned?!"

"My lord, it's too dark and we can't see clearly."

The soldier who reported the news earlier was afraid of being punished and asked: "Do you want to go up the mountain to take a look?"

"A cavalryman is going up the mountain. Who with a brain can say such a thing?!"

Wumer thought for a moment and said, "Retreat! It's probably just bluffing, no need to pay any attention to it!"

"call out--"

As the group was about to return to the camp, the sound of an arrow suddenly rang in their ears, causing Wumer's heart to tremble. He swung the scimitar in his hand towards the direction of the sound, successfully cutting off one arrow, followed by the second and third...

"It's you?!"

In the darkness in the distance, there was a familiar figure riding a white horse.

How could Umer not know him!

More than a month ago.

It was this guy who kidnapped the Ninth Prince right in front of him!
If the war had not just started and people were not needed, he would have probably been beheaded long ago.

Even now, I am afraid that there will be a reckoning later.

"What a fast arrow!"

Wumer concentrated his attention on defending against the overwhelming arrows and calmly ordered: "Surround him!"

No matter how fast this person shoots the arrow, he is still just one person after all.

He only needed to use the rest of the men as a distraction and he could close in quickly.

"Senior Sister Sun!"

Chen Sanshi shouted.

Sun Li arrived in time. The fifty riders formed ten small "chariot suspension formations" and rushed into the barbarian cavalry team, fighting and trying their best to prevent them from surrounding and killing Chen Sanshi. Each person was fighting against many, and she was facing two bone-training centurions alone.

Looking at the target that her junior brother was aiming his bow and arrow at, she finally guessed what this series of arrangements was for.

Chen Sanshi wanted to lure Wumer out from the heavily guarded central army camp and repeat the feat of the grassland trip, but instead of capturing the useless prince alive, he would kill the main general Lian Zang and thus turn the enemy into a mess.

"Little Junior Brother, be careful!"

Sun Li was already surrounded by many cavalrymen: "I will buy you some time!"

She wasn't the only one who understood.

Umer also understood.

This kid wanted to kill him, the only remaining commander of the Xihe tribe.

In this way, his army collapsed.

But as the commander, how could he not know his own importance?
The reason why he dared to lead 500 cavalry to check the situation was because all the known internal refining warriors in Poyang City had died in an internal fight!
And this boy is just an ordinary centurion!
If he really had the ability to kill him, he would not have left a fat man to be stabbed on the grassland, but would have gone to find His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince himself!

"Clang clang clang!"

"You also sent the people from the West Gate, right?"

Wumer grinned, blocking the arrows while saying: "I won't chase you, you can't kill me with arrows alone, I will just hold you back, and in less than an incense stick of time, the mob at the west gate will be crushed and killed!
"And the young woman with more than 50 riders behind me will also be captured alive. She's so pretty, it wouldn't be bad if I gave up her skills and made her my slave!

"Finally, I will kill you when you have used up all your arrows!"

From the current perspective, the only thing that can pose a threat to him is the big bow in his hand!
Just be careful and delay it, and he will win!
'Smarter than Luo Dongquan.'

"You know to be cautious about archery skills and don't actively chase me."

"If we were to fight alone, it would be no problem to continue like this, but he has 500 cavalrymen behind him."

"Wang Zhi, Sun Li and the others can't hold on for too long."

'so……'

Without warning, Chen Sanshi put away his bow and raised his gun: "I don't plan to drag you down with me!"

"Dare to come up on your own initiative?"

Wumer clenched his scimitar tightly and said, "I want to see how much progress you have made in just over a month!"

"clang--"

The two war horses crossed each other, and the scimitar and the spear collided for the first time.

Chen Sanshi felt the vibration of the spear, his blood and energy surged in his body, and he steadied his body.

On any other day, he could have easily dragged it out.

But today, we must kill quickly!

He changed his usual fighting style, used the Immortal Golden Snake Spear Technique, and forcefully unleashed the momentum of the Formation-Breaking Spear. His attack was incredibly swift, and even though he was inferior to Lian Zang in pure strength, he still did not retreat to defend.

Being impatient and attacking blindly will lead to exposing flaws.

"Full of loopholes!"

Umer found the right moment, and his scimitar fell like a black moon, tearing through the air and slashing directly at the opponent's face.

He originally thought that facing such a fatal blow, the opponent would defend himself no matter what. However, it was just the opposite. The opponent had no intention of dodging at all and insisted on stabbing with a shot that was full of loopholes.

"This guy thinks his head is harder than my knife?!"

'Die!'

The scimitar successfully cut open Chen Sanshi's iron helmet and hit his head squarely.

"Bah-"

However, the red and white thing that Umer imagined did not appear. What the scimitar touched was flesh and blood, and it made a sharp and harsh sound like friction with metal, and even sparks appeared faintly!
"Vajra body?"

Umer was horrified.

After the incident with the Ninth Prince, he investigated Chen Sanshi, a gifted young man with the body of Nine Dragons and a selected military officer of the Governor's Office. Where did he get such a Vajra body?
The blood flow in his body increased dramatically, and he forcibly retracted the scimitar. At the last moment, he narrowly blocked the opponent's spear.

"Keng!"

Just as he got close, a cold light flashed from the boy's waist, and the sword light tore through the clouds and split the sea in a flash!
"His Highness the Ninth Prince's sword..."

Umer recognized the weapon and then felt the ground getting closer and closer to him, but his body was still sitting on the horse. Before he could figure out what was going on, the world fell into darkness.

(End of this chapter)