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Chapter 217: Big Victory! Big Victory!
As the frontline soldiers began to charge.

Ning Zhaoji, the officer in charge of logistics for the baggage train of the Chen army, received flags and beacons from the frontline army several miles away. He was an experienced logistics officer and immediately said, "The front line is tight, I'm afraid there will be major changes."

"Take the baggage and retreat immediately to the base camp."

As a logistics officer responsible for carrying military rations and siege equipment, the most important thing is to be able to run. The best is to ensure that the things are in their own hands, and the worst is to destroy them so that they are not discovered by the enemy. Ning Zhaoji said in a deep voice: "Everyone carry flints, in case the situation is not good."

"Then they burned the food, fodder, cloud chariots and other equipment."

"We can't let the other side get these..."

"What can't we get?"

The general's expression changed, he drew his sword and said, "Logistics troops, draw..."

boom! ! ! !

There was almost a roar as the sound exploded.

This sound was a bit like the sound of a giant siege crossbow being activated, which required twenty people to pull open. With a bang, the gate of the baggage troop's camp was blasted open, and a giant bear more than two meters long and ten meters high slowly walked in.

It is seven meters long and three meters high, and it opens its mouth to spit out a stream of fishy-smelling saliva.

The soldier in front was so frightened that he fainted.

There was a huge Mohist crossbow on the giant bear's back. Behind the crossbow sat a big man with a rough look. He was wearing a lieutenant's armor and looked like a gangster. He was biting something in his mouth and said:
"Boss, you are really steady. Let us encircle the baggage first."

A man in his 40s or 50s nearby said, "It's mainly because we're poor. We eat everything in the mountains. If we don't replenish our food, we'll starve to death."

"Besides, I also want to see if the hemostatic powder of these regular soldiers is that good?"

"Although ours is a bit more powerful, it stops bleeding quickly."

Lei Laomeng burst into laughter: "Shi Laogui, stop talking nonsense and do it."

"Damn it, the past eight months of having to think about what to eat every time I open my eyes are finally over. I spent every day researching what to eat with you seven old ghosts. With so much baggage, it's no wonder that the Chen Kingdom is so damn rich."

Lei Laomeng and the logistics officers looked at the Chen State's baggage over there, even some wine.

The eyes of these guys who had chewed on tree bark and eaten insects suddenly turned red.

Ning Zhaoji, the general of Chen State's logistics and baggage, was furious and said, "How dare you, bandits, come here to attack me! The crossbows have been used up, you should retreat quickly, otherwise I will kill you..."

Lei Laomeng said: "Really?"

boom! ! !
Almost at the same time, a huge roar sounded.

All the defenses around the camp where the baggage train was located were blown to pieces, and the high walls on all sides collapsed. Strange beasts slowly stepped in, including giant wolves, black bears, and eagles screaming in the sky. Lei Laomeng imitated Fan Qing's habit and said, "Surrender and you will not be killed."

The beast roared.

The crossbows were strung in unison.

Lei Laomeng scratched his head frantically and took out a notebook from the front of his armor.

After taking a look at the script, he realized that he was a man of the underworld, not an officer, so he found Fan Qing, who looked most like a general, and asked him to write some lines that he could say. He looked through it and suddenly realized something, so he put the script away, coughed, and said solemnly:
"You have been taken over by our army. All soldiers, lay down your weapons and stop resisting."

"Otherwise, we will subject you to Mohist-style comprehensive treatment."

"Repeat, surrender, don't kill!"

The baggage troops were originally in charge of the third-tier legions. Looking at the mechanical crossbows that could only be carried by exotic beasts like giant bears, Ning Zhaoji's face turned pale. He opened his mouth, his will to fight faded, and finally his weapon fell to the ground. He said dejectedly:
"What unit are you from?"

Lei Laomeng answered naturally: "Qilin Army, logistics troops."

Ning Zhaoji was stunned: "Ah?"

Lei Laomeng said: "One of the logistics troops."

"The one in charge of cooking."

Ning Zhaoji said: "Huh???"

………………

When the logistics and baggage in the rear were surrounded.

When Murong Yuan heard the general shouting "Li Guanyi", he lost too much blood and was unable to react for a while. After all, the name Qilin appeared almost a year ago. But the next moment, he saw the general of Chen State, who was wearing dark armor and a cloak behind him, jump onto the horse almost instantly.

The strange warhorse neighed, its cultivation reaching the peak of the fourth level.

Without hesitation, he turned around and left. His mount was a dragon horse, and under his feet were strong winds. He was the nephew of the Chen State's Taiwei, so he had seen that kid's martial arts. What a bullshit second level. He, who was at the fourth level, might not be able to beat the runaway Yu Wenhua, but this guy could win by force.

A general should know how to advance and retreat.

Liu Shideng held a lance in his hand, wearing a solemn armor, and was surrounded by several lieutenants and a hundred personal soldiers from the second level of the sky. These were not his troops, but guest generals from aristocratic families and distant relatives. He would be distressed if any one of them was missing.

They formed a formation for a breakout and rushed to one side.

But he only heard the sound of red flames. Liu Shideng glanced sideways and saw the young general wearing a dark gold mask rushing left and right, sweeping and slashing with the halberd in his hand, rushing towards this place. He was not in a hurry to charge into the battle line immediately, but had a grand and majestic momentum.

Liu Shideng's face changed color: "He didn't have this kind of spirit of a famous general a year ago!"

The entire army's formation vaguely revolved around this young warrior.

He is the commander-in-chief of the Qilin Army.

However, one deputy general saw that Li Guanyi was only at the second level of the realm and became furious: "You are only at the second level of the realm, what is there to be afraid of? I am here to fight you!" He turned his horse around and rushed towards Li Guanyi with a mace in hand. Liu Shideng still had a little bit of hope.

But a cold light suddenly flashed before my eyes.

The young general raised his sword and chopped off the head of the deputy general of the Third Heaven, and fell off his horse.

Liu Shideng was terrified: "Is this the Second Heaven?!"

The Qilin was moving quickly all the way. It was not a mythical beast known for its speed, but it was also brave. It raised its head and roared, with the sound of flames. In just a dozen breaths, it had broken through the blockade in front and crossed the front battlefield. The heavy armored army in front was separated to let the main general Liu Shideng enter.

Then, according to the Chen army formation, they all raised their heavy shields and gathered together.

A spear stabbed out from the gap.

Airtight and filled with murderous intent.

But the Qilin roared loudly, stepped on fire in the air, and stomped its front claws hard on the heavy armor shield, causing the shield to burst. The hundreds of heavily armored soldiers in front had no power to resist, and their defense was directly broken, and then they rolled around like rolling gourds.

Liu Shideng's warhorse was frightened, and even a dragon horse could not be controlled at this moment.

Or rather, it was the psychic beast that could feel the fear of the person on its back. Suddenly, it neighed and stood up. Liu Shideng, along with his armor, rolled to the ground, but his internal energy rose up and he pulled with a powerful internal force.

A dozen soldiers around stumbled and became human shields, falling directly between Li Guanyi and Liu Shideng, while Liu Shideng had already left quickly. The expressions on these soldiers' faces were extremely ugly, as if they could not believe that the commander used them as human shields.

Li Guanyi glanced at them and turned his hand.

The Tiger Roaring Sky Halberd was directly stuck in the ground next to it.

The Qilin pressed its claws, its pupils were red-gold, and it opened its mouth, staring at the people around it.

It emitted bursts of white aura, as if a breath of Qilin fire was about to be spewed out in the next moment.

The young warrior was sitting on the Qilin's back. Although he was surrounded by enemies, he actually felt calm and at ease. He stretched out his hands, and golden light slowly covered his palms from both sides, and finally turned into an ancient and vast war bow.

From both sides of the bow, a ray of golden light as bright as the morning light spread out and converged in the middle.

The golden light spread.

Divine weapon: Cloud-breaking and Sky-shaking Bow!
Li Guanyi was on the battlefield, he drew his bow and his magic weapon hummed.

After being personally taught by Murong Longtu and Murong Qiu Shui, the soul that had already broken through locked onto the madly running general over there. The brilliant light turned into arrows, and the next moment, the humming of the bowstring became one like the flapping of a bird's wings.

Liu Shideng only felt the sharp edge approaching from behind.

The next moment, he felt a pain in his body, his vision went dark, and he fell down.

Li Guanyi exhaled, stretched out his hand, and pulled out the Tiger Roaring Sky Halberd beside him. The other soldiers around him held swords and shields, wanting to besiege the young general. He held the halberd, wearing a dark golden mask, and swept his eyes calmly.

Dozens of people around didn't dare to move forward.

Qilin stepped forward slowly.

The hundreds of people in front of Liu Shideng were scattered in front of him like waves. Liu Shideng's general's heavy armor was broken, revealing a hideous through wound. Large mouthfuls of blood gushed out of his mouth. He fell there, looking at the scattered army in front of him, his eyes went black, and he said:

"I, I am the nephew of the Grand Commandant of the State of Chen. You, you can't kill me!"

"you can not!"

Li Guanyi looked at him.

This is the battlefield, this is the world.

The young man raised the halberd in his hand and slashed down fiercely.

Liu Shideng's head flew off.

A young general of the State of Chen, from the line of Grand Marshal, Liu Shideng.

dead.

Li Guanyi lifted up the general's head with his halberd and shouted, "The commander is dead! Why don't you surrender?" With the long shout, Liu Shideng's head brought a huge blow to the morale of Chen Guojun. The morale of the army, which was barely maintained, collapsed in an instant.

This is the value of beheading a general.

Chen's logistics were cut off.

The central army behind him is the famous general known as Acalanatha.

Yuwen Tianxian's advance was like a rock spinning.

The heavy shields, long spears, and cavalry worked together, neither fast nor slow, but they would never stop.

On the other side is Ling Pingyang, who is among the top ten cavalry generals of the younger generation.

Five hundred heavy cavalry were divided into two teams, using the chain [偃月阵] to ravage the battlefield.

In addition, their commander was killed and their morale plummeted. They all rushed towards the direction where there was no enemy. However, just as they ran out, they suddenly heard a heavy drum sound. Five hundred solemn and silent heavy shield infantrymen were already waiting there, with bows and crossbows strung, and a thousand spearmen were lined up on the left and right of the heavy shield.

If they attacked from the left or right, they would have to face the long spear formation which was fatal to the infantry.

If you attack the heavy shield infantry head-on.

They will be shot to death by bows and crossbows.

This is an extremely standard infantry formation, even more standard and perfect than the specifications required in the military manual. Their commander knows that he and his brothers are just peasants and do not know any military formations. They can only focus on the basics. Complete the requirements of the military manual?
Do not--

Only transcendence is the right way!

The leader was a general in his thirties, who looked rough and unruly. He said in a deep voice:
"Qilin Army, Fan Qing, has been waiting for you here for a long time."

He raised the battle axe in his hand, and the heavy shield soldiers pressed the heavy shields in their hands against the ground. The sound of the bows and crossbows being strung made the scalps of these defeated soldiers numb. They felt a boundless fear, and the general said solemnly:
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

Then the two thousand infantrymen all took a step forward.

There was a loud roar and everyone shouted:
"Put down your weapons!"

"Surrender and you won't be killed!"

The sound of weapons falling to the ground was crisp and continuous.

In Murong Yuan's blurred vision, the battlefield seemed to be turned upside down in an instant. In the blazing firelight, Qilin walked over. The man on the Qilin's back turned over, wearing a dark golden visor and a scarlet battle robe, and he supported himself.

"Are you still okay?"

Li Guanyi supported Murong Yuan and saw that he had many wounds all over his body, which showed that he had fought a fierce battle. He shouted, "Where is the alchemist!"

Murong Yuan's consciousness slowly faded away and he was vaguely handed over to a group of people.

When he finally felt at ease and felt like he had survived, this incomparably brave young man from the Murong family heard an anxious voice: "Fuck, with this kind of wound, he can still survive?"

"When he jumped down from the city wall, he was injured, and then he was injured by the hook-and-sickle spear..."

"His internal organs were also impacted. All of his internal organs were broken. Blood accumulated inside his internal organs. He began to vomit blood—"

"Ah, is Boss Shi here?!"

Then a calm voice said, "Be careful, seal the wound. What? You can't seal it. Just stuff it in with cotton cloth mixed with hemostatic powder. It won't hurt until you survive. A dead person has no right to cry out in pain."

"It is more important that our brothers survived and still have the energy to scold us than to praise us."

"Unkind? Bullshit, I'm an old ghost, my job is to snatch people from the King of Hell, damn it, you must live."

Murong Yuan was moved when he heard this before he passed out, but then he heard the man say, "Oh no, he's almost fainted. With this amount of bleeding, if the blood backflows, he'll die. With a severe coma and vomiting blood, his tongue will fall back unconsciously, and if it blocks his throat, he'll suffocate to death."

"Do you have a needle?"

"Look, this is the experience we gained during the march. At this time, we need to use a needle to fix the front of his tongue on something, and then he will be safe—"

Murong Yuan struggled.

! ! ! !
Struggling in a hazy consciousness.

What the hell is this doctor?!
Fuck! Where did you come from, old ghost? Let me die!
Then he was held down by a group of extremely strong guys.

………………

The Qilin Army broke into this battle and it ended quickly. It seemed that those who besieged this place were only the troops at the end of the second line. When facing the Qilin Army with three famous generals, they had almost no defense and were defeated, but they were not able to completely annihilate the enemy.

Even though they were surrounded from all sides, a small part of the army finally managed to break through and escape.

The enemy's casualty rate completely collapsed when it approached 20%, and most of them were captured. Among them, the logistics troops were directly cut off by the alien beast army led by Lei Laomeng and Shi Dalin. When the logistics officer found that there were only 500 people on the opposite side and that he was intimidated by Lei Laomeng, the old man, he was so angry that he almost drew his sword and committed suicide.

Because of the reputation of Duke Taiping.

The people of Dongdu City opened the city gates to welcome the army. They took out their only remaining food, gold and silver, loaded them on carts and carried them according to the customs of that era. They had the old and virtuous people in the city deliver them as a gift to the general.

Li Guanyi asked Ling Pingyang: "Did my father accept it back then?"

Ling Pingyang smiled and said, "Yes, I have received it. Although I was not under General Yue at that time, I have heard rumors. In theory, when Duke Taiping was in the southwest, he blackmailed the leaders of various tribes there and took the pearls and gave them to his brothers in the army and the common people."

"As for coming to Jiangnan, I definitely have never done anything like this."

Li Guanyi thought for a moment and said to the elders, "Please take it back."

The white-haired old man hesitated and asked, "Why?"

The young man took off his helmet, and the old man was surprised to see that he was only sixteen years old. His eyebrows were flying, and the teardrop mole at the corner of his eye could not hide his heroic spirit. He said calmly:
"After being besieged for such a long time, the people in the city must be short of food. Please distribute the gold and silver among the people. The rich should take less and the poor should take more. As for the meat, please cook it into porridge in the city and distribute it to the people."

The elder hesitated. He originally thought that the general was acting for fame.

The soldiers under his command must be dissatisfied.

This brave army did not enter the city, nor did they complain. Li Guanyi had drilled a foundation into this army from the very beginning, so they naturally set up camp outside the city. Even the general himself did not enter the city.

Thanks to the baggage of the Chen State Army, Li Guanyi's Qilin Army finally had rice to eat.

They had eaten anything in the mountains before, but this time they opened fire and ate delicious food. There was no shortage of meat on the other side, and even wine. The army did not drink alcohol, but they were full of meat and rice. The original logistics general Ning Zhaoji thought he might starve to death, but he found that the group of people actually brought food with them.

Lei Laomeng said, "For the prisoners' meals, meat is only available once every three days."

"But you will have food and drink. However, you have to work. Those who lie down will have nothing to eat. Come, come one by one."

Ning Zhaoji grinned and went to get the food. Lei Laomeng said skillfully, "What's your name, little brother? You're quite quick to react. To be honest, if we weren't so fast, we would have gotten away with you."

Ning Zhaoji took a bite of his food and had to answer, "Ning Zhaoji, from the southwest of Chen State, studied at the Jiangzhou Military Academy for a few years, working in logistics..."

Lei Laomeng said: "Ah, you are still a student. Come on, I will give you two more pieces of meat."

"We were lucky to take you down this time, otherwise you would have definitely defeated us."

The old man has a bright smile.

Ning Zhaoji's expression softened, and Lei Laomeng began to build a closer relationship with him.

On the other side, Fan Qing looked at the defeated army and said calmly: "Your general has abandoned you and fled. You see, you can hardly eat meat on weekdays, but the general can drink wine. How much does it cost to drink this kind of wine?"

"Why do you want to join the army?"

"For the land. Fine, let's divide the land."

"If you can bring your family with you, the treatment you will receive from the Qilin Army is..."

Yu Wenhua's mouth twitched. He found that Fan Qing's growth rate was just like taking drugs. He was silent for a while. He left Yu Wen Tianxian and went to see a captain who was from an aristocratic family and was determined to die. He asked, "What is your family background?"

"Aristocratic family? Humph, a child of an aristocratic family, how much gold and silver did it cost to train you?"

"I learned to read and write when I was young, and practiced martial arts when I was older. After the age of sixteen, I learned the art of war."

"But because of a foolish commander, you were killed and your lineage was cut off here. From then on, your family members and relatives occupied your house and cut off your family lineage."

"In the family tree, your family lineage ends with you!"

The children of noble families understand the children of noble families best.

Then the captain of the noble family turned pale.

After a few days, everything was settled.

Inside the main account, Li Guanyi looked at the battle report:

"The enemy had 7,000 soldiers, more than 1,000 of them died in the battle, more than 1,000 of them escaped, a total of about 3,000 people, and the remaining 4,000 have been detained."

"The logistics troops numbered 8,000, and our army captured more than 7,000 of them."

"Our army has more than 24,000 men... 10,000 of them were captured, all of them young and strong. We also captured 10,000 sets of armor, a number of siege equipment and weapons, and a large amount of food and fodder, enough to feed the Qilin Army for one to two months."

“But if we leave the mountains, we will lack the opportunity to obtain food supplies from the outside world.”

"We need to find a city as rear support as soon as possible, otherwise the army will have difficulty maintaining its combat effectiveness."

Fan Qing even specifically apologized once, saying that Li Guanyi asked him to cut the battle formation, but he felt that by blocking this place, he could surround the enemy on three sides and leave one side open, and take advantage of the situation to deter the enemy, thus winning without fighting and capturing most of the defeated soldiers.

Li Guanyi said that the military order was for him to guard the battlefield in that direction, and he did so, so what crime had he committed?

The young man pressed his forehead, looked at the numbers on the battle report, and twitched the corners of his mouth.

Fan Qing has already skillfully started the process of [persuasion to surrender].

Yu Wenhua, this guy, also got angry with Fan Qing and began to persuade the elite soldiers of the noble families to surrender.

Don't add any more.

Moreover, the Qilin Army has now set foot on this world and won a great victory, but it has also left the original deep mountains and will lack supplies from the mountains. In addition, this place is still quite far away from the capitals of the 18 states in the south of the Yangtze River. The armies of Ying and Chen have been slowly encroaching on this place for more than ten years.

Unlike a wandering knight, he is alone. If a large army is dispatched, it will inevitably provoke the nerves of the two countries.

These are all dilemmas, and Li Guanyi's forehead was twitching.

While he was dealing with all this, someone said that Murong Yuan had awakened and came to pay a visit. Li Guan saw this outstanding disciple of the Murong family - Murong Yuan, 27 years old, at the third level of the heavens, but with natural strength like an ox, able to wield a long-handled double-edged sword, able to kill both men and horses.

He is an extremely outstanding swordsman among the younger generation of the Murong family.

In the previous battle, he was extremely brave. He chopped people down from the city wall and the siege ladder, and he could also destroy the siege equipment alone.

They spent seven days and seven nights on the wall, resting only briefly and repelling several attacks.

His endurance and strength exceed those of ordinary people, and he definitely has a special physique.

Li Guanyi almost instantly judged that this was definitely a talent!

Talented general!

But when Li Guanyi asked him how he defended against the Chen army, the swordsman just shook his head and said, "Murong Yuan is just a swordsman. What I am good at is fighting in the battlefield and commanding others to defend the city."

His face darkened, and he said, "That person also said that Chen would send out a surprise attack to capture Dongdu City. At that time, I just thought he was talking nonsense. Now it seems that I was the one who didn't understand."

Li Guanyi said: "Who is that? Please invite me to meet you."

Murong Yuan cheered up and said, "I came here today just for this matter."

He stood up and left the tent. After just a moment, a young man in cloth and holding a long sword came over. He was calm and unrestrained. Seeing that he was one year younger than Li Guanyi, he was a little surprised, and Li Guanyi was also surprised.

The man who was able to resist the army of the State of Chen with only a thousand men and judge the situation in advance seemed to be only in his early twenties.

The knight in plain clothes immediately bowed and said with a smile:

"Zhongzhou Academy, Confucian school."

"Yuan Zhi."

"Meet the general."

(End of this chapter)