My Immortal Brother-in-law

Chapter 91 Sishui Pass is in Danger

The war between Wen Zhong and Ji Fa had not yet begun, but the war between Da Shang and Xiqi seemed to be half over.

It was because the Huang family army led by Huang Gun did not care about military orders at all.

The Wucheng King of the Shang Dynasty has been passed down for several generations. The Huang family army has developed the habit of only respecting Huang under the training of successive generations of Wucheng Kings.

Not to mention Wen Zhong, who had only been in Yanshan for a few months.

Even Han Jue, who has worked with them for two years, has no chance of controlling them.

Looking at Huang Gun who was captured after falling off the cow, all the officers and soldiers of the Huang family went crazy. Without waiting for Han Jue to arrive, they had already led their troops to launch a full-scale attack on the Xiqi army.

"Hurry up and save King Wucheng!"

"Master, be careful. Someone is here to save you!"

"Xiqi rats, give me back my general!!!"

With one roar after another, the Huang family army was the first to fight with the Xiqi army. When Han Jue arrived, the situation had become out of control.

What's more, in the Shang Dynasty, military orders and general orders were not as clear and precise as they would be in the future. Military tactics were not popular in the Shang Dynasty. Generals who went to war in various places would all deploy their own military formations, then fight first with the generals and then with the armies.

What Thirty-Six Stratagems are you talking about?
What are you talking about Sun Tzu's Art of War?
People of this era were very simple and honest. The generals only thought about how to kill the opposing generals, and all their strategies and tactics were mostly prepared for the battle between generals.

Therefore, faced with such a chaotic military situation, Han Jue had no ability to turn the tide.

Looking at the battlefield that was getting out of control, all Han Jue could do was shake his head with regret, and then try even harder to control his Han family army formation, waiting for the momentum of the confrontation between the Huang family army and Xiqi to become clear, and then act according to the situation.

At the same time, Wen Zhong rode the black unicorn to Ji Fa, and the two of them started fighting without saying a word.

Wen Zhong's male and female whips were wielded with great vigor.

Although Jifa does not have the Emperor's Sword that he would use when he gets old, the Qiongqi Painted Halberd that he inherited from Jili is not to be trifled with.

Did you hear that there is a third eye?

I, Jifa, and Tianyao are training together, so let’s have a good competition!

At this point, Wen Zhong and Ji Fa were engaged in a fierce battle, and it was clear that no one could determine the winner for a while.

only……

While the two of them were fighting, as time passed, when the sky gradually became dark, the Huang family army had already been completely defeated and could no longer compete with Xiqi.

As it was getting dark, Jifa's hand holding the painted halberd trembled slightly.

"Master Wen!"

He just let out a loud roar.

"From the bright sun to the sparse stars, don't you feel tired?

If you ask me, let’s stop here for today. I’m going to take my troops back to prepare food, haha!

You should also quickly sort out the remaining troops. The modern-day King of Wucheng, tsk tsk, you don't deserve the title, you don't deserve the title!
Tomorrow at noon, we will continue to fight here. I wonder if Master Wen has the courage!"

"Humph!"

Wen Zhong really had no strength left, and even more so, no spirit.

Just looking at the remaining troops around him, he felt it difficult to breathe.

So he waved his hand tiredly, and then rode the Qilin back to the army formation.

The two of them...actually stopped fighting temporarily!

Don’t think this is outrageous; this is actually a characteristic of warfare during the Shang Dynasty.

As the old saying goes, war can be a very simple thing before anyone uses any strategy to gain large-scale benefits from the battlefield.

Even though Jifa and Xiqi did have the upper hand, Jifa would rather take the remaining soldiers, who were exhausted after a whole day, back to the barracks for a big meal than to chase after the enemy.

Indeed, Ji Fa knew clearly that if he continued to fight under the current situation, he might be able to achieve final victory by tomorrow morning at the latest.

But whether it was Ji Fa or Wen Zhong, the generals of their time did not take human lives seriously, but they attached great importance to promises and rules.

In this era, when maintaining an army, a general should at least provide his subordinates with two meals a day.

Ji Fa had fed his troops before leading the raid in the morning, so the troops had to have another meal that night no matter what.

This is the general's intention.

What's more, Ji Fa felt that the morale of his own army was high, and this morale would not disappear just because the soldiers took a rest and had a full meal.

Therefore, Ji Fa did not think that there was anything wrong with taking a rest. Everyone should have a good rest at night and continue fighting tomorrow. As long as the morale is high, why should they be afraid of not being able to defeat the Shang Dynasty?

As for Wen Zhong.

He really hoped that the troops could rest for a while. As long as the army withdrew from the battlefield temporarily, he and Han Jue could at least clean up the mess left by King Wucheng.

When the King Wucheng was mentioned, Wen Zhong felt as if his three corpse gods were jumping up and down in anger.

Although the army of Da Shang was indeed inferior to that of Xiqi, the gap was not that big. If King Wucheng had not secretly gone to fight this time, Wen Zhong dared to guarantee that he could have kept Ji Fa in Yanshan for at least ten days or half a month.

And now...

After riding the Qilin back to the camp, Wen Zhong quickly sorted out the remaining people.

You wouldn't know until you counted it. The more you counted, the more shocked you would be. In just one day, a full 180,000 of King Wucheng's 260,000 soldiers died!
Judging from the loss of Xiqi, it is probably less than 30,000...

Wen Zhong experienced the cruelty of the battlefield for the first time, so he clenched the whip in his hand and made up his mind silently.

If he could survive this battle, he would definitely return to Yindu and ask his elder brother Zixian for a royal decree of special permission.

He wanted to use his whip to beat the tyrants and the corrupt officials!
It wasn't that he really wanted to beat Zixian, but Wen Zhong realized for the first time that the obedience that Huang Gun showed when he admired his strength was not true submission at all.

This kid Huang Gun doesn't obey me at all, and by relying on the title of King Wucheng, he actually has the opportunity to disobey military orders like he did in broad daylight!

Unless his double whips were granted special permission by the king to strike down tyrants and treacherous ministers, at his age, he didn't know how many more messed-up generals would disobey him in the future!

Sometimes if you want to defeat your enemy, you must first defeat yourself.

It’s not that Wen Zhong cannot accept failure. He is well aware of the military gap between Da Shang and Xiqi.

But he could never accept that the reason for the failure of the war was not him!
He would rather die on the battlefield than have any chance of being dragged down by someone like Huang Gun!
This is his shame, a shame!!!

……

Just like that, three days later...

……

Generals Wen Zhong and Han Jue returned to Sishui Pass with a sparse army of 80,000, with sad faces.

After bringing the two of them into the city gate, Deng Yuanjue's heart skipped a beat when he saw the two generals' pale faces, and he couldn't help but ask.

"There are nearly 600,000 soldiers and horses in Yanshan, and only now are they left...?"

"Yes." Wen Zhong nodded weakly.

"What about King Wucheng..." Deng Yuanjue asked.

Hearing Deng Yuanjue's question, Han Jue on the side could no longer hold back.

He suddenly threw his helmet to the ground and then shouted viciously.

"Don't mention him to me. That Huang Gun boy disobeyed military orders and was captured by Ji Fa. Even after being captured, he refused to die for his country.

He was just an ant who only knew how to survive, so much so that the next day he was dragged by the Xiqi chariot and shouted in front of the battle formation, making it impossible for my family and the Grand Tutor to control the Huang family's soldiers!

This thief has brought disaster to the Shang Dynasty. Our army has only 80,000 soldiers left, but Xiqi only lost 200,000 or so. The military strength of Xiqi has not decreased much, and Sishui Pass is in danger!

Why doesn't Huang Gun commit suicide? He should commit suicide. Why doesn't he just die?
It really disgraces the title of King Wucheng and his Huang family's 200-year-old name!!!"

(End of this chapter)