Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 1136 Two Memorials
Xu Fengnian asked Xu Yanbing beside him: "Uncle Xu, what do you think is invincible?"

Facing Xu Fengnian's question, Xu Yanbing did not hesitate and said slowly, word by word: "My Lord, you are invincible!"

Looking at the calm and composed people from Beiliang, Lu Dantian, who was left aside, felt a strange feeling in his heart.

Even though there is hatred towards the Xu family's cavalry, the heroic spirit of looking down on the world as nothing makes people fascinated.

Xu Fengnian ignored the mixed feelings of the Western Chu sword master and flicked his finger on the rosewood sword case.

There was a sound of sword ringing, and the sword case opened automatically. The Daliang Dragon Bird turned into a purple light and flew into the sky.

A magnificent sword that seemed to connect heaven and earth fell from the sky.

A sword fell, aiming directly at Lu Xiangsheng's army camp.

The giant sword cut through the clouds and broke through the air, making a series of loud rumbling sounds.

A huge gap was blasted into the originally well-fortified camp, and countless soldiers were crushed into meat paste under the pressure of swords.

A huge sword mark ran through the entire camp, causing chaos for Lu Xiangsheng's troops.

With just one strike of the sword, the Daliang Dragon Bird fell back into the sword box, and the lid of the purple sandalwood box closed.

Xu Fengnian calmly instructed Xu Yanbing, "Tell Li Yanchao to attack."

"Yes!" Xu Yanbing went down to pass on the order.

Xu Fengnian's sword shocked the heaven and earth, and Lu Dantian was stunned.

The old man then gave a bitter smile and looked down at the long sword that had been hanging on his shoulders for forty years. "I'm sorry, old friend."

The distraught Lu Dantian also left the base after Xu Fengnian.

As the old man flew away, a thought came to his mind: it was time to truly leave the world.

Many years later, an unknown soldier who had decided to leave the Guangling Dao battlefield in his early years, luckily found an abandoned sword in the deep mountains. Then, when he was killing people in the martial arts world, the sword in his hand was the famous sword with the words "Sha Xu" engraved on the sword body.

Many years later, this sword master who was at the peak of his powers in the southern martial arts world went to the north to challenge Yu Dilong, who was already the undisputed number one in the world, but his sword was broken. Because of this incident, Gou Youfang, a scholar who was close to this swordsman, suddenly appeared in the martial arts world for the first time and had his first peak battle with his nemesis Yu Dilong. After that, Yu Dilong and Gou Youfang, who unfortunately lost, made a ten-year agreement. For the next sixty years, each of them was the leader for thirty years.

But in today's world, Yu Dilong is still just a scout sergeant of the Youzhou Cavalry, and Gou Youfang is still a teenager selling steamed dumplings in Wudi City.
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In the fourth year of Xiangfu, it was late autumn and everything was dead.

After the Northern Liang King Xu Fengnian broke through the camp with one sword, the Northern Liang cavalry immediately launched a charge and Lu Xiangsheng's troops were immediately defeated.

Lu Xiangsheng himself was no mediocre person, and the more than 300,000 soldiers under his command were not weak either. Most of them were veterans who had participated in pushing the famous Western Chu generals Xie Xichu and Kou Jianghuai to the riverside and were waiting for us.

Logically speaking, we shouldn't be defeated so easily.

However, most of Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers came from Jing'an and Jiangnan.

After experiencing more than four years of war from the first year of Xiangfu to the fourth year of Xiangfu, and the recent Jing'an Uprising, Zhao Xun massacred the rebels and became tired of war.

If Lu Xiangsheng had not enjoyed a high prestige in the army and loved his soldiers like his own sons, the war would have probably been called off.

On the first day of the confrontation with Lu Xiangsheng, Xu Fengnian keenly sensed the war-weariness hidden in the opponent's army.

After more than ten days of confrontation and many attempts, which were intentional by Xu Fengnian, the emotions had reached the point where they only needed a trigger to explode.

Taking advantage of Lu Dantian's offer of the sword, Xu Fengnian swung his sword, which seemed to be very powerful, but in fact, he killed less than a thousand soldiers in Lu Xiangsheng's army.

But this sword was enough to break the morale of Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers. After Lu Xiangsheng's defeat in Wucai County, he realized that the imperial court's plan to destroy Chu had failed and the Jiangnan Road was no longer defensible.

He led his personal troops and retreated to Jing'an Road.

After settling the remaining defeated troops, Lu Xiangsheng wrote a memorial to Tai'an City to ask for reinforcements. He also suggested that the court recall the 300,000 most elite troops from Liyang under the command of Chen Zhibao, Gu Jiantang, and Zhao Sui to Lianghuai to prevent the confluence of Beiliang and Xichu.

As for why he gave up the advantage he had worked so hard to gain and took a defensive stance, Lu Xiangsheng also explained it clearly in his memorial.

Xu Fengnian's personal strength is so strong that he can influence the outcome of the war.

If they faced him head-on, the soldiers would only be demoralized by Xu Fengnian's earth-shattering attacks.

The only way was to wait for the opportunity, accumulate military strength, and advance in two directions, one to contain Xu Fengnian and the other to attack Chu.

Adopt the strategy of advancing when the enemy retreats and retreating when the enemy advances.

The essence of the strategy proposed by Lu Xiangsheng was to rely on Li Yang's profound foundation and make Xu Fengnian run around in a hurry.

The Liyang court knew that this approach was effective, but the manpower and material resources required would be astronomical.

At the same time that Lu Xiangsheng's memorial was delivered to Tai'an City, Chen Zhubao and Gu Jiantang's joint memorial was delivered.

What was worthy of the two of them jointly reporting on the matter was, of course, Lu Xiangsheng's great defeat.

They expected that Lu Xiangsheng would be defeated and Li Yang would definitely want to retreat.

So they jointly submitted a memorial stating that Xu Fengnian had no more than 50,000 soldiers, and that Western Chu's strength had been greatly reduced after the fierce battle at the Western Wall.

Even if the two joined forces, they would still not be enough to fight against Li Yang, who had the advantage in military strength.

The elite troops of the two Liao states are still there, the combat effectiveness of Chen Zhibao's soldiers has not been lost, and they have the support of the King of Jiaodong. As long as the court dispatches more troops, they will be able to destroy Western Chu in one battle.

Once you quit, it means giving up the good situation that you have worked so hard to get.

As for the issue of Xu Fengnian's strength, Chen Zhibao and Gu Jiantang gave their own solutions.

The two of them have reached the realm of Confucian sages and the realm of earthly immortals. They may not be able to deal with Xu Fengnian, the immortal celestial being, but they can delay him by cooperating with the masters in the army.

Regarding the different opinions given by Lu Xiangsheng, Gu Jiantang and Chen Zhibao.

A heated debate broke out in the Liyang temple, with supporters on both sides.

Finally, under the theory of Jin Lanting, Wen Tiren and others, "If one man must die, ten men cannot wait for him; if ten men must die, a hundred men cannot wait for him; if a hundred men must die, a thousand men cannot wait for him; if a thousand men must die, ten thousand men cannot wait for him; if ten thousand men must die, they will run rampant throughout the world, enforce orders and prohibit discipline, and they are the teachers of kings."

Zhao Zhuan made the final decision and adopted the suggestions of Gu Jiantang and Chen Zhibao.

Zhao Zhuan personally ordered an additional 200,000 troops to be sent to Gu Jiantang to fight a decisive battle with Beiliang and Xichu at the West Wall Barrier.

These 200,000 soldiers and horses are the new Liyang Army that the imperial court has put a lot of effort into building.
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The waves of Guangling River were constantly surging, and hundreds of warships carrying the Northern Liang cavalry crossed the Guangling River.

Xu Fengnian stood on the leading Huanglong warship and looked at the waves on the river. "The warships of the Qingzhou Navy are indeed excellent. They are worthy of being the navy built by Liyang with all his efforts."

Chen Chuiyun, who was standing by, smiled and said, "But, it's all good for Beiliang."

(End of this chapter)