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Chapter 193

Unlike the market in Yueluyuan, the markets around Chiwu Mountain do not have strict and tall walls.

This can be said to be because the markets around Chiwu Mountain are more confident in their own strength and do not need to spend huge amounts of money to build something that actually has no practical value.

It can also be said that this is the choice made by the practitioners with their feet.

For practitioners living in the market, most of them prefer to live in a market without high walls blocking them and making it easier to enter and exit.

Even if there was a city wall originally, it would gradually be breached bit by bit and then disappear.

This is the case with Qingyuan Collection.

As the market developed, the high walls that were originally used to mark the boundaries were broken through by the ever-expanding houses and mansions, and finally disappeared bit by bit in the mark of Qingyuan Market.

The current Qingyuanji has irregular edges. Except for a few entrances and exits, the rest of the area is only able to function as a barrier against the enemy through the walls of the mansions and houses.

The old hunter from the neighborhood moved around quickly, sounded the bell to sound the alarm, and conveyed the decision made by Jiang Hongyi, Hong Quan and others after an urgent discussion.

"The soldiers stationed at the entrance and exit passages quickly retreat a hundred steps and regroup behind the third low wall."

"Attention, all teams hiding in the house: do not engage the enemy. After a round of sneak attacks, regardless of the outcome, immediately retreat along the passageways inside the house.

When retreating, be sure to destroy the reserved mechanisms and prevent the enemy from advancing deeper into the passage."

"..."

As the urgent order spread rapidly, the defense line on the north side of Qingyuanji quickly changed.

Hundreds of soldiers who had gathered near the market exit quickly retreated.

They bypassed one low wall after another, jumped over pits that were either obvious or known only to them, and retreated to the rear, completely abandoning the area near the entrance and exit.

On both sides of the road, in the shops and courtyards lined up one after another, there are small teams lurking among them.

With the advice and participation of the old hunter in the neighborhood, every house was turned into a dangerous hunting trap.

Only one safe passage connected to the rear house was left.

Through these channels, they can escape from battle or enemy pursuit as quickly as possible.

The enemy must chase closely, because due to the advance arrangements, they may step into a more dangerous trap, or be blocked by collapsed walls or sudden pits.

Inspired by the old hunters in the neighborhood, the battle ideas of Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and others became completely clear.

That is, do not engage in large-scale battles with the opponent, and any confrontation with too many people should be avoided as much as possible.

Instead, they took advantage of Qingyuanji's home ground to disperse the enemy troops again and again.

With this kind of thinking, there is naturally no need to issue orders to certain people to fight to the death.

If you can fight, fight; if you can’t, retreat; do what you can.

For this reason, although the war is imminent, overall, the mentality is still stable.

Even though the enemy's response was indeed somewhat beyond everyone's expectations, when the old hunters' orders spread quickly everywhere, the defense line on the north side of Qingyuanji still responded quickly.

Looking at the thousands of "beast soldiers" moving quickly across the wilderness and about to "border" Qingyuan Group, Geng Xuan said to Jiang Hongyi beside him:
"Everyone responded to the order very quickly, much better than I expected."

In order to deal specifically with the Qingyuanji battle, there were too many and complicated things to do, so Geng Xuan set up a temporary organization called "Linzhantang".

Because Jiang Hongyi was the only one with real war experience, and coupled with the training and reorganization of various forces, he was deeply involved from the very beginning and was very familiar with the details of all aspects.

He became the head of the "Linzhan Hall", and Hong Quan, Qi Mingcheng, Fang Jintang, Cheng Hui, as well as Wei Wanzong, Qi Kun, Chai Ye and others were all stuffed in by Geng Xuan.

They either acted as advisors, sharing experiences and offering advice, or were responsible for logistics, coordinating and organizing the large number of people attending the market, or providing intelligence support...

Now, this "Lin Zhan Tang" was used by Geng Xuan as a tool for warfare.

The masters of the other three markets, including the master of Chang'an Market, had just arrived at Qingyuan Market when Geng Xuan granted them the position of deputy masters of the Linzhan Hall, allowing them to participate in the formulation and discussion of all tactics and strategies.

Other effects have not been seen for the time being, but from the sixteen marrow refining masters, to the fifteen hundred combat soldiers, and the more than one hundred "hidden soldiers" cleared out from the underground of the three markets, none of them showed any particularly aggressive behavior, and they obeyed the dispatch orders more cooperatively. This is the embodiment of the value of these three deputy hall masters.

Facing the gang leader's praise, Jiang Hongyi shook his head and said:
"The price of doing this is that the actual number of troops we have deployed is only about 2,500, and the other nearly 1,000 combat troops can only be left behind.

Our forces were already smaller than the enemy's, and after this reduction, the actual number of troops participating in the battle is only about half of the enemy's."

In order to ensure effective control of the troops under his command, although more than 1,600 soldiers were recruited from three other markets, only more than 800 of them were actually disbanded and absorbed into the front-line team.

The remaining 700-odd soldiers and the more than 200 soldiers "squeezed" out from Santongji and Qingyuanji were all used as reserves.

They were placed in the rear for training exercises.

The reason for doing this is not that there is anything wrong with these people.

——If there are any problems, it’s that there are so many problems with these more than 3,000 soldiers who are forced together like a hodgepodge!

It’s simply because the Giant Bear Gang has too few core members.

If there are too many disloyal soldiers around, it will not only affect the efficiency of the scattered teams in executing orders, but may even bring about counterproductive effects at certain critical moments.

Therefore, as time was too tight, Jiang Hongyi, Hong Quan and others all thought.

The most appropriate way to deal with it is to use the Giant Bear Gang members as the core skeleton, and the temporary gang members who have joined in the past as the flesh and blood, and cover this "skeleton" layer by layer.

That’s what they thought, and that’s what they did.

This certainly ensured that Jiang Hongyi, Hong Quan and others had control over the scattered teams, but it also lowered the upper limit on the number of frontline combat soldiers.

Geng Xuan didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

He nodded and said, "There is nothing wrong with keeping some soldiers as reserves.

...Even though the enemy has more troops, haven't they also not committed all of them?"

Geng Xuan said the last sentence while looking at the wasteland in the distance.

Jiang Hongyi looked up and saw that behind those "beast soldiers" who were running around like wolves and pigs, there was a large group of soldiers forming a neat array, advancing steadily.

Calm and collected.

It formed a sharp contrast with the crazy "beast soldiers" in front.

"Don't worry, I think you'll be fine."

Geng Xuan said a word of comfort, then jumped off the roof where Jiang Hongyi was and flew to another roof that was more convenient for him to perform.

at this time.

Thousands of figures holding swords and knives, running wildly and shouting wildly, finally crossed the undulating wilderness and came "closely" to Qingyuanji.

Most of those running in the front are very agile.

Even if there were houses or walls blocking the way ahead, they could easily climb over them with just one or two leaps.

Some people, who were confident of their agility, leaped and ran across the roofs of the buildings, as if they wanted to cross to the other end of Qingyuanji as quickly as possible.

But these people basically could not run forward a hundred steps, they would be hit by all kinds of flying knives and arrows coming from all directions, or fall from the roof with screams, or turn into fresh corpses before hitting the ground.

These pioneers used their lives to provide valuable experience for those who came after them.

They no longer ran around the rooftops arrogantly, treating Qingyuanji as an empty place.

One by one, they quickly disappeared into the houses and disappeared from Geng Xuan's sight.

However, as their figures disappeared, the sounds of weapons clashing and screams of pain quickly spread from the houses.

From time to time, roofs collapse, walls collapse, and even entire houses suddenly sink.

In a very short period of time, starting from the northernmost line of houses in Qingyuanji, as houses collapsed and smoke and dust spread, clusters of red mist flowed towards Geng Xuan like trickles of water.

Those who were not very confident in their physical skills rushed with others to the entrance and exit roads that were unguarded because the defensive forces had retreated.

They poured in like a stream rushing involuntarily into a dry and empty canal.

Chevaux de frise, low walls, trenches and pits that are either obvious or hidden...

Personally, they are willing to take an extra step or two to bypass these obstacles.

But the figures around them and behind them, who were also moving quickly and close at hand, did not allow them to do so.

They could only rush forward as fast as they could.

Many people were injured or even died in the process.

But with their rapid advance, those chevaux de frise, low walls, trenches and pits were quickly flattened as if they were made of paper.

At this moment, all the traps seemed like little tricks, and as long as the number of people was large enough, they could be easily flattened.

However, these arrangements are not really without value.

As these people went deeper, the distance between them widened. As the pressure from the people around them decreased sharply, while the obstacles and traps around them never stopped, the speed of forward movement naturally slowed down.

Everyone's actions subconsciously became more cautious.

At the same time, sneak attacks from shops and houses on both sides became more and more frequent.

Although, the results of each of these sneak attacks were not significant.

However, they could not withstand the continuous sneak attacks.

As these people poured in on a large scale and advanced rapidly deeper along the road full of obstacles, they also exposed their most vulnerable sides.

After being attacked, those who were injured but not killed, as well as those who were closer and felt that they were also at risk of being attacked, would subconsciously rush towards the shops and houses where the attack came from, trying to eliminate the hidden dangers.

It condensed into a stream of water rushing forward and then dispersed.

The impact force will naturally weaken.

Such sneak attacks continued, and such dispersion naturally did not stop.

This group of "beast soldiers" numbering in the thousands, rushing towards Qingyuanji, was like a mad and out-of-control beast, rushing into the quagmire trap carefully built for "it" in Qingyuanji.

In this quagmire trap, there is no fatal danger that can kill "it" with one blow.

But every time "it" takes a step forward, its forward speed will be affected, and it will appear a little slower than the previous moment.

However, the energy required to take the next step is actually greater than the previous moment.

The "ferocious beast" continued to move deeper into Qingyuanji.

But the speed is getting slower and slower, and the cost is getting higher and higher.

Finally, when this "ferocious beast" had gone about five hundred steps deep into Qingyuanji, "it" could no longer move forward.

Compared to when they first rushed into the market, the number of "beast soldiers" had been reduced by more than half, and they were blocked by a team of equal number.

As for the rest, some were lost due to various reasons.

More of them were scattered in the surrounding houses and shops, fighting with those shameful and elusive attackers.

Geng Xuan, who was originally prepared to support certain weak points at any time, watched the situation change rapidly. Apart from taking care of a few "stupid" people who were rushing towards him, he did not shoot another arrow.

His attention was completely drawn to everything that was happening behind the "beast soldier".

Not only Geng Xuan, but also Jiang Hongyi and others also looked at these people.

The formation following behind the "beast soldiers" had never been disrupted. It had advanced silently and steadily and had already reached the entrance that had been flattened by the lives of a large number of "beast soldiers".

In the center of the formation, Geng Xuan saw a burly man who was much taller than the others and looked like a bear.

More than four hundred Xuanyou cavalry followed behind this man, and under the protection of the strict formation in front, they moved forward as a whole and advanced leisurely.

At this moment, Geng Xuan had completely understood the other party's thinking.

The other side had the same troubles as them for the thousands of new soldiers recruited from other markets.

There are too few core combat forces to be effectively controlled.

In dealing with this problem, our approach is to use the core combat power as the skeleton and the other soldiers as the flesh and blood.

Without causing bloat, wrap as much "flesh and blood" as possible on the "skeleton".

Those that cannot be packed up can only be put at the back as reserves for the time being.

But the other side adopted a completely different and more cruel solution.

Control what you can control.

Those who could not be controlled were not placed in the rear as reserves, but were transformed into crazy and out-of-control "beast soldiers" by some means.

The "beast soldiers" who are treated as consumables have so many uses.

The enemy's large force advanced steadily and leisurely.

In order to deal with the impact of the "beast soldiers", except for Geng Xuan and the other forces at the marrow refining level, they did not move lightly. They were alert to the possible actions of the enemy's large force, and they had almost used up all their strength.

Since his side had completely surrounded these "beast soldiers", it was meaningless for him to take action against them.

The real enemy has just arrived near the entrance of Qingyuanji.

The Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, with a size of over 400, is the backbone of this team.

But facing these Xuanyou Iron Cavalry that seemed to be so close, Geng Xuan found that it was no longer so easy to replicate the results of the "night fishing" that day.

In order to shoot and kill these Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, one must first cross the solemn and strict formation of more than two thousand soldiers.

These people came to the market entrance which had been completely flattened by a large number of "beast soldiers" to eliminate all hidden dangers.

But they didn't go down the entryway.

Instead, a group of soldiers holding huge hammers and heavy axes spread out to both sides, swung the heavy weapons in their hands high, and smashed them hard at the walls of the mansions and houses with the backs of the axes and the heads of the hammers.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

This was the sound of intensive hammering.

"Rumble--"

This is the sound of the courtyard wall collapsing and the houses falling down.

In the blink of an eye, the houses within a hundred steps on both sides of the entrance passage, which had remained intact after waves of fighting, collapsed rapidly.

As these dilapidated buildings collapsed, the view on both sides suddenly opened up.

The large army at the rear, "escorted" by the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, was slowly advancing forward as the axes and hammers of the soldiers cleared the way.

In this artificially created wide field of vision, four hundred Xuanyou Iron Cavalry slowly advanced on the street where the roadblocks had been completely cleared.

The pace of advancement is very slow.

Not only did the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry's advantage not show up at all, but even the speed of ordinary people walking was faster than this.

But seeing such steady and slow progress, Geng Xuan frowned.

His thoughts raced through his mind, but he couldn't find a suitable solution for the time being.

Thinking of this, Geng Xuan reached out and touched the quiver beside him.

The next moment, twenty-four long arrows flew into the air and quickly rushed towards the figures holding axes and hammers.

Just as these long arrows flew through the air, hidden weapons such as flying knives and javelins, which were also incredibly fast, flew out from the strict formation.

"Click——"

Some of them accurately intercepted the long arrows flying through the air and broke them into two pieces.

Some of the arrows seemed to have foresight. Before being hit by these intercepting hidden weapons, they either accelerated their fall, suddenly deviated to the left, or suddenly moved a little bit to the right.

It's just a slight change in angle, but it's enough to make all these intercepting attacks fail.

In the end, the fifteen arrows that successfully avoided interception each "hit" their respective targets, either penetrating the target's eyebrows or piercing the target's heart.

Soon, fifteen balls of red mist floated away from the heads of these newly dead people and rushed towards Geng Xuan.

Geng Xuan did not stand on the roof to welcome their arrival, but instead quickly moved to another roof nearby.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the roof where Geng Xuan had just landed was accurately hit by a stone weighing more than 100 kilograms.

As Geng Xuan stood firm, the "remaining energy" of the dead who had missed their target because of his sudden movement quickly sank into the "flint bead" between his eyebrows after readjusting its direction.

Because of the endless deaths of those "beast soldiers" and his own side who resisted these "beast soldiers", the "residual energy" brought by them was still pouring towards him from all directions.

Geng Xuan did not stand there waiting to receive it, but just as he landed on the roof, he slipped away again.

Shortly after he left, another stone weighing more than 100 kilograms rolled in the air, drawing a standard parabola and hitting the place where he had just landed.

With a loud bang, not only was a hole smashed directly into the area of the roof where he stood, but after a series of "cracking" sounds and cracks spreading, the entire roof collapsed.

However, this time, Geng Xuan, who was fully prepared, shot out twenty-four deadly long arrows in the instant his figure flew through the air, in a gap that seemed like a flick of his hand.

Because the timing he seized this time was even more unexpected, the number of people who could intercept him in time became much smaller.

In the end, only five arrows were successfully intercepted, while nineteen long arrows accurately "hit" their respective targets and successfully took their lives.

In just a few moments, more than thirty elite soldiers were taken away by long arrows, which caused the formation that originally looked well-organized to become obviously disturbed.

Geng Xuan laughed inwardly when he saw this. Apart from the more than 400 Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, the only ones who could be considered well-trained were the 300 heavy sword warriors of the Xu family in Yuanjing.

The real backbone of this battle array of about 2,000 soldiers is still these 300 people.

So, don’t be fooled by its appearance, it’s just a showpiece.

It's okay if nothing goes wrong, I can still barely maintain a smooth surface.

Once the pressure is too great, the true colors will be revealed immediately.

Moreover, to be honest, the other party may have more combat power at the marrow refining level than ours, but in terms of core strength, they are actually inferior to ours.

In Geng Xuan's opinion, the more than 400 members of the Giant Bear Gang and the 500 Lifang soldiers are all relatively trustworthy core forces.

However, the opponent's core strength is only more than two hundred.

——If Wu Yi and the forces of Yuanjing Xu's family are all included, the core force should be able to increase to about 800 people. Among them, Yuanjing Xu's family can contribute more than half.

But Geng Xuan believed that the Xu family of Yuanjing had never been on the same page with the other party.

My current obedience is just a last resort in the face of the iron fist.

Compared to the "hodgepodge" on their side, the situation on the other side is equally bad, and the cracks inside are even bigger and more serious!
The two consecutive obstructions actually aroused Geng Xuan's determination.

While looking for the opponent's weakness, he prepared to unleash a rain of deadly arrows for the third time.

At this moment, a roar like the roar of a giant bear sounded from a distance.

The bear-like man threw a huge rock in each hand, which hit him accurately from a long distance.

A huge and burly figure rushed out from the formation with unexpected agility and rushed towards him with big strides.

While Geng Xuan was dodging the falling boulders, the rain of arrows that was originally intended to be sprayed at the dense crowd suddenly changed direction and shot all at this person.

Arrows flew through the air, shooting towards the man's feet, torso, arms, head... every part of his body.

Faced with these sharp arrows that seemed to be shooting his body into a sieve, this man did not dodge, but instead accelerated forward.

Just before the arrow hit him, he suddenly roared again.

"Roar--"

There seemed to be a strange, low humming sound.

The muscles in his body, which were so plump that they looked a little bloated, were rapidly shaking, colliding, and rising and falling like ripples.

In this rapid collision, the strength that originally flowed around his body and under his skin naturally dissipated, forming a layer of strength around him that radiated naturally from the inside out.

Twenty-four long arrows flew through the air, about to hit his body.

It just collided with the layer of force spreading from the inside out, as if it was stuck in a sticky quagmire.

It was as if the twenty-four long arrows were paused.

Only these twenty-four long arrows were suspended, everything else remained the same.

Including his huge and burly figure rushing forward.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-"

Those "paused" long arrows were hit head-on by his rapidly forward body and then bounced away directly.

His seemingly casual move made Geng Xuan's eyes look more serious.

Faced with the tall figure rushing towards him, Geng Xuan did not dodge. Instead, he paused, flew into the air, and pounced on the other party.

The two figures approached each other quickly, looking at each other's outstretched arms, fingers stretched out, and two big hands reaching out to grab him.

Geng Xuan, whose figure looked smaller than one size, used his perfected mountain-breaking and steel-breaking fist, hoping to test the strength of his opponent through a head-on collision.

However, when the opponent's seemingly resolute and fierce hands were about to collide with his mountain-breaking and steel-breaking fist, the man suddenly slid to the side, lowered his shoulder and elbow, and suddenly rushed towards him like a runaway high-speed train.

However, his hands that were originally reaching out to grab him suddenly changed their target and reached for the red longbow that Geng Xuan was carrying on his back.

Geng Xuan was suddenly shocked and angry. This guy's target was not him from the beginning, but wanted to destroy the longbow in his hand!

Because the opponent's change of tactics was too sudden, Geng Xuan, who had reacted quickly, realized that the timing was critical and he had no chance to dodge or avoid.

In that case——

Geng Xuan simply accelerated forward, and at the moment when the opponent's big hand was about to grab his back, his body lowered and jumped. At the critical moment, the longbow on his shoulder and back drew a rapid "concave" trajectory.

The longbow behind him just grazed the man's fingertips, and he narrowly escaped danger.

next moment--

"boom!"

The two men's shoulders collided violently.

It was like two bulls refusing to give in to each other, and they collided fiercely when they were at their peak.

At the moment the two sides collided, Geng Xuan felt as if he had hit a mountain of flesh.

At the moment of collision, the tremendous force of Wanjun Jin quickly and fiercely poured into the opponent's body through the shoulders.

The defense of the "meat mountain" opposite seemed to be nothing special.

But even though the strength broke through layer after layer, it was still difficult to reach the real core.

When he had exhausted all his strength and felt that he had finally broken through the numerous obstacles, he found himself colliding violently with a behemoth. The huge recoil force made Geng Xuan feel dizzy for a short time.

"Fuck, it missed!"

Geng Xuan had already reacted. He seemed to have hit the opponent's shoulder, and a tremendous force instantly poured into the opponent's body.

However, the opponent used miraculous means, and through continuous layers of defense, he was able to deflect his violent force bit by bit.

Finally, it poured into the ground beneath his feet.

The result was that the ground within four or five meters around the two people was as if being hammered by an invisible iron fist, and instantly appeared as an extremely tight depression one meter deep with smoke and dust rising everywhere.

Spider-web-like cracks spread outward from the point where the two people collided, and the aftermath of the collision gradually subsided until it was more than ten meters away from the two people.

Compared to Geng Xuan's frustration at the missed attack, the other party felt much worse than him.

Geng Xuan felt like he had crashed into a mountain of flesh.

But the other party felt like he had hit a piece of iron.

Compared to Geng Xuan's strength, which penetrated directly into the opponent's body, it was then cleverly guided by the opponent and poured into the ground beneath his feet.

The opponent's strength was simply unable to break through Geng Xuan's physical defense.

Although the opponent's strength was powerful and surging, its solidity was much weaker than Geng Xuan's. After passing through the Grandmaster-level Iron Shirt to dissipate the force, the strength that actually fell on Geng Xuan had been reduced by at least half.

With only half of his strength left, facing the "alliance" composed of the grandmaster-level body-tempering techniques such as "Iron Skin Kung Fu", "Iron Row Kung Fu", "Meng's Iron Head Kung Fu", and "Iron Back Leaning", it was like facing a tortoise shell made of iron, and he was completely helpless.

It’s a long story, but in the eyes of others, the two of them were like bullfighting, with their shoulders colliding fiercely.

Immediately afterwards, a loud bang was heard, and the ground around the two of them instantly sank nearly one meter. The area within a radius of four or five meters seemed to be hammered by an invisible iron fist, and spider-web-like cracks spread to more than ten meters away before gradually disappearing.

Originally, because the backbones of both sides took action, those marrow-refining fighters who were originally on guard against each other but did not dare to step forward became eager to try and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.

But the aftermath of their first fight instantly extinguished their eagerness to try.

Not only did they not move forward, but they quickly widened the distance between each other and retreated to a safe range.

Geng Xuan and the giant bear-like man opposite him separated as soon as they collided.

Before the other man's hand could reach for the longbow on his shoulder again, Geng Xuan dodged backwards, avoiding the fate of the longbow becoming a victim.

The opponent couldn't get it anymore, so he didn't pursue. He just stood in the deep pit with a stern face, looking up and down carefully at Geng Xuan, who seemed to be the same height as him at this moment, as if he wanted to get to know the "Su Ruiliang" in front of him again.

After that "deep-rooted" communication just now, both sides felt that they had grasped enough information and were therefore full of confidence in the upcoming battle.

The other party felt that although the "Su Ruiliang" in front of them was strong, the two sides were barely evenly matched.

Although he couldn't do anything to the other party, the other party couldn't do anything to him either.

Knowing this is enough.

Because apart from this "Su Ruiliang", the rest of the people are all a bunch of "uglies" who are not worthy of his attention.

As long as he keeps a close eye on Su Ruiliang and doesn't give him the chance to massacre a large number of his own soldiers, he will win the battle no matter how it is fought!
What Geng Xuan was thinking in his heart was that he had basically figured out the background of this "giant bear".

Before the "Iron Back Leaning", "Meng's Iron Head Skill", "Iron Row Skill" and other skills have broken through to the master level, the two sides may be able to barely be called "equally matched".

Now, in terms of personal combat power, I have an absolute advantage.

In other words, the initiative of winning or losing this battle is already in his hands.

Just now, the opponent diverted my strength, it’s not because of his extraordinary skills.

It’s just that the opponent is more experienced in confrontations of this level, while it is his first time to face off against a strong man at the “Peak of Marrow Refining” level, so it is inevitable that he will have to pay some tuition fees.

But this shortcoming can be easily compensated.

This is just now.

After waiting for two more days and completing this stage of marrow refining, my cultivation will be significantly improved.

At the same time, there is a real killer weapon, "The King's Last Finger", which has not been used yet.

It can be said that as long as he wants, this "Qingyuanji Defense War" can end at any time.

But, will he do that?!

Geng Xuan was certain that once he killed the "giant bear" in front of him, this seemingly well-organized army would immediately fall apart.

He worked so hard to bring this about, but this was not the result he wanted.

The two men were counting the beads on their abacus in their minds, and the "giant bear" man was staring at Geng Xuan.

Finally, his eyes fell on the longbow behind Geng Xuan.

He finally spoke.

I only heard him say in a muffled voice:
"Isn't it said that the strong men in Yuanzhou all cherish their reputation?

You rely on your own strength to repeatedly attack the weak. Don't you feel ashamed at all?"

Geng Xuan looked at the other person with a strange expression and said:

"How can you say that?"

As he spoke, he looked at the bodies of several "beast soldiers" lying dead on the ground and said:
“What did you do to them?
If I'm not mistaken, they should have been given some kind of medicine?

If I feel embarrassed after shooting a few arrows, then you will die of shame, right? "

The "Giant Bear" glanced at the corpse of the "Beast Soldier" on the ground, and did not continue the topic of "whether it would be embarrassing to attack the weak", but directly said:
"Your opponent is me. In the next battle, you cannot attack anyone else!"

Geng Xuan looked at him strangely when he heard this and said:

"Everyone says that we Yuanzhou people no longer understand what war is, but I feel like you're the one who really doesn't understand.

How could you say such naive words?"

Faced with such ridicule, the "Big Bear" did not feel ashamed or angry, but just said:
"If you can promise me that I will not attack again until the final battle."

Geng Xuan was stunned for a moment, seemed a little hesitant, and then shook his head and said, "Not enough."

Giant Bear continued to offer conditions:

"If you can restrain all the marrow-refining warriors under your command from leaving the battlefield, I can do the same!

...You may be very strong, but your subordinates are weak. If you agree to my terms, you won't suffer any loss!"

Geng Xuan showed an excited look on his face, but he did not agree immediately. Instead, he asked curiously:

"You're not doing this, you're not doing that... Then I'm curious, what on earth are you doing here this time?"

The Giant Bear did not respond, but said:

"You can also organize your strongest forces right now, and we can fight immediately, how about that?"

Of course Geng Xuan did not agree, and said calmly:

"If you want a decisive battle, charge in with your own men first."

Giant Bear looked at him and said, "You also know that you are not strong enough right now, and you want to delay until the soldiers from South 4th arrive, right?"

He said this, as if he was confident of winning, as if he had seen through your cards completely.

Geng Xuan, who had already been fully willing to accept the "Giant Bear"'s request, was just waiting for a suitable opportunity.

After hearing this, his face immediately showed an expression of being oppressed.

But soon, he calmed down again.

"Okay, I agree. I hope you can keep your word."

As he spoke, Geng Xuan extended his index and middle fingers, pointed at his own eyes, and said to the "giant bear": "I will watch you!"

After saying that, he immediately disappeared from the spot.

While Giant Bear was confronting and talking with Geng Xuan, some of his loyal subordinates had quietly come up behind him and dispersed everywhere.

They were even prepared to attack "Su Ruiliang" at the same time once the "Giant Bear" gave the order.

At this moment, seeing "Su Ruiliang" running away, many people showed confusion on their faces.

Zha Luo even asked directly: "Master, why do we have to tie our own hands and feet?"

Giant Bear waited until he was sure that Su Ruiliang had completely left before turning his gaze back to his most loyal follower and said in a deep voice:
"Except for me, any one of you could die from his cold arrow!"

Zha Luo said indifferently: "Zha Luo is not afraid of death!"

The Giant Bear slapped him on the shoulder and said:

"But I can't let you get killed here so easily!... I not only want to win this battle, I also want you all to stay alive!"

Upon hearing this, Zha Luo said with a touched look on his face: "Master!"

After being moved, a look of worry gradually appeared on his face:

"But before we set out this time, didn't the special envoy strictly order us to win as quickly as possible at all costs?"

The Giant Bear was silent for a moment and said:

"Wouldn't it be nice to win and protect you better?"

"..."

Zha Luo was about to say something but stopped himself, as he had already realized the real reason why his "master" did this.

Within the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, brutal competition is everywhere.

If the "master" loses too much power this time, even if he wins in the end.

When he returns, what may greet him is not a reward, but an axe.

Although the war has just begun, the wise "master" has already seen the end of the war.

He was not allowed to have any say in such matters.

Zha Luo, who still had some concerns in his heart, finally decided to keep his mouth shut.

……

Geng Xuan reunited with Jiang Hongyi, Feng Yu and others.

"Did you all hear that?"

Just now, Geng Xuan was confronting and communicating with the "Giant Bear", and Jiang Hongyi, Feng Yu and others also gathered far behind him.

However, because the overall level of marrow refining cultivation in their own camp is relatively weak, their location is farther away.

Feng Yu nodded and said, "I roughly heard it, but I don't know if this is a trick of the other party."

Geng Xuan said:
“Just watch closely.

However, this will relieve some of your stress.

You can seize this window of opportunity to fully grasp the basics of throwing techniques."

Geng Xuan believed that once all of his marrow refining fighters successfully mastered this throwing technique, the difference in combat power between the two sides at the marrow refining level would be reversed immediately.

As he was speaking, Geng Xuan suddenly felt something was wrong and stopped. He then saw several old men rushing out from the shadows on the side and blocking his way.

One of the men, who was over seventy years old, even stepped forward and tried to pull his sleeve, shouting, "Boss Su, Boss Su!"

These people were none other than the people who had surrounded Hong Quan and Jiang Hongyi not long ago.

"Old acquaintance" Su Mingxu was also among them.

(End of this chapter)