Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 299 Crossing the River——

Pingfeng Town.

The camp of the 80,000 Zhenxi Army.

By the third watch, the military tents were already filled with snoring.

In the center of the camp, in the spacious military tent, Ouyang Shucai, the Marquis of Zhenxi, sat upright, holding a golden token in his hand.

This was a token given to him by King Zhao, representing his status as a member of the Qin royal family, allowing him to go to the imperial library to read ancient books.

He knew that King Zhao was trying to bribe him.

Ever since the initial contact between Prince Zhao's Mansion and Marquis Zhenxi's Mansion, Prince Zhao's Mansion has been hoping to lure Ouyang Shucai to surrender to the Qin Dynasty over the years.

Over the years, he has indeed wanted to lead the Zhenxi Army to surrender to the Qin Dynasty.

If Xiao Renguang had not arrived one step ahead, the Zhenxi Army would have been in the territory of Daqin by now, and Ouyang Shucai would have already put on the Qin armor.

Even if the situation changed, his plan was for Ouyang Xu to enter Qin, Ouyang Ming to become the prince consort of Yan, and he would stay in the western border and command the Zhenxi Army, thus having the best of both worlds.

Unfortunately, no matter how good his plan was, it ultimately came to nothing.

Emperor Murong Zhao of Great Yan went to the western border in person, partly for him.

The Zhenxi Army was divided, which made him lose most of his bargaining chips.

After this time, the two northwestern armies of the Qin and Chilin are annihilated and the northern border is conquered, the hatred between Ouyang Shucai and the Qin will be impossible to reconcile.

What's more, King Zhao was trapped in the Zhenxi Army camp, and Ouyang Shucai had no way to deal with it.

"Master Hou."

A voice was heard outside the military tent.

A young man wearing green scale armor walked in quickly, followed by two old men wearing black martial arts robes and with haggard faces.

"My Lord, it was Qing Zhao, the Viper Snake of the Celestial Demon Hall and the Spiritual Snake Hall, who intercepted and killed the Young General."

The old man with broad palms and a short knife hanging from his waist clasped his fists and spoke in a low voice.

"Qing Zhao failed to intercept the Great Qin Grandmaster and was killed. He took away the Young General's Spirit Snake Hall's offerings and went to the Heavenly Demon Hall."

"We mobilized all our secret agents, but we couldn't stop them."

The other old man with a piece of black scales between his eyebrows lowered his head with a look of shame on his face.

"The Heavenly Demon Palace took action in the western border, but we could only track down their whereabouts and were unable to rescue the young general..."

The Western Territory is the headquarters of the Ouyang family. Despite hundreds of years of experience, they are still unable to stop the infiltration of the Heavenly Demon Palace.

Even the major general was intercepted and taken away and could not be rescued.

Ouyang Shucai waved his hand with a calm expression.

"Ouyang Xu fell into the Heavenly Demon Palace, but at least he survived."

"If Ouyang Xu falls into Murong Zhao's hands, my Ouyang family will probably be wiped out."

"I am well aware of the cruelty of His Majesty the Great Yan."

The Heavenly Demon Palace is the Heavenly Demon Palace, and the Emperor of Dayan is the Emperor of Dayan.

Just because Dayan was founded by relying on the Heavenly Demon Palace, it doesn’t mean that the Heavenly Demon Palace and the Emperor of Dayan are one and the same.

Over the years, many forces in Yan State have taken advantage of the gap between the two sides to gain many benefits.

"Master Hou!"

Outside the big tent, a quick shout was heard, and a military general strode over and clasped his fists towards Ouyang Shucai.

"The Qin army's Linghe camp has moved."

The Qin army in Linghe camp moved.

Ouyang Shucai nodded, his eyes showing depth.

"If Li Jinyun is not stupid, he will seize the time I have given him."

"However, I'm afraid Murong Tong wouldn't be completely unaware of it."

"They are all old foxes."

The general who reported with a fist clasped looked up at Ouyang Shucai.

"My Lord, do you want my Zhenxi Army to—"

Ouyang Shucai shook his head and waved his hand.

"Do not care."

"Let the brothers go to bed."

"Even if there's a bloodbath on Linghe River, what does it have to do with us?"

"It's not right for me, Ouyang Shucai, to steal the credit from Duke Yu."

Ouyang Shucai's words made the general grin.

"I understand. Then let the brothers conserve their energy and strength. We won't care even if the sky falls."

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Linghe.

On the bank of the Baizhang River, wooden planks have already been placed on the shore.

The commander of the Red Scale Army, Marquis Jingyun Li Jinyun, who was wearing red armor, placed his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist and looked across the water to the opposite direction.

Across the riverbank, two flames waved.

Li Jinyun waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him ran out quickly, laying wooden boards on the waterway and pulling up chains one by one.

The wooden crates that had long since sunk in the water were dragged out, and a floating bridge was quickly constructed. "Marquis Jingyun, I'll lead the charge," said Yun Leibo Leiming, the Northwest Army commander, wearing black armor and holding a spear, as he looked at the rapidly constructed floating bridge across the waterway.

Li Jinyun shook his head, pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist with one hand, and strode onto the floating bridge.

"I will cross the river myself."

"Murong Tong is waiting for this opportunity. This Marquis, give him a chance."

Li Jinyun walked forward quickly, followed by a team of red-armored soldiers.

After crossing the floating bridge, thousands of people had already reached the shore.

Li Jinyun led the soldiers and ran quickly.

"call out--"

Ahead, a rocket took off into the sky, went up a hundred feet, and then exploded.

"boom--"

Arrows of fire shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire scene on Linghe River.

"If we want to attack them halfway across the river, we have to see if the Jubei Army has the ability to do so."

Li Jinyun knew that the Jubei Army had ambushed him, but his expression did not change at all. He raised his hand and waved it, and the long sword in the hands of the general behind him was unsheathed, and the blood in his body surged.

"Red Scale—"

"Gather——"

The shouts went straight up to the sky, and the true energy light pillars of the Xiantian realm generals connected together, illuminating the night sky.

The Grandmaster-level evil power vibrated on Li Jinyun's body, attracting the power of the Innate Realm behind him to combine and transform into rolling golden-red clouds, which looked like flames rising into the sky in the night.

Li Jinyun marched forward with great strides and shouted, "Hold the riverbank and don't retreat an inch."

"Cross the river!"

Behind him, all the more than a thousand generals shouted loudly: "Cross the river——"

"Cross the river—"

"Cross the river—"

On the bank of Ling River, the 100,000 soldiers who had been waiting for a long time shouted loudly, their blood boiling and torches lighting up the sky.

The soldiers lined up and stepped onto the pontoon bridge.

"Om-"

In the night sky, the bowstrings of crossbows snapped.

Arrows fell from the sky like rain.

Li Jinyun snorted coldly and threw a punch.

The Grandmaster's power combined with the power of the army behind him, transforming into a hundred-foot-high flaming cloud that blocked a large number of arrows and broke them in mid-air.

But scattered arrows still flew into the river, piercing the bodies of the soldiers crossing the river and carrying their bodies into the surging river.

"Cross the river—"

Above the river, shouts filled the air, and no one stopped.

On the river bank, Li Jinyun personally led the troops to form a battle formation, occupying one side to guard the assembly space for the army crossing the river behind.

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

War drums sounded.

In the night sky, the surging blood and the roaring horses' hooves caused the earth to vibrate slightly.

"It's the Dragon Armor Guard."

Beside Li Jinyun, the blue wolf wearing black armor spoke in a deep voice.

Dragon Armor Guard.

The Jubei Army formed by Murong Tong was based on a thousand Dragon Armor Guards and had thirty thousand guards as the backbone.

Only these one thousand Dragon Armor Guards can support the nearly one hundred thousand Northern Defense Army.

Li Jinyun turned his head and looked at the general behind him.

These 1,000 soldiers are the elite of the Red Scale Army.

But even for the elite Red Scale Army, the difference in combat power when facing a thousand Dragon Armor Guards was huge.

Taking a deep breath, Li Jinyun drew out the sword in his hand, and the blood, energy and evil power in his body surged.

"Mountain--"

"Mountain--"

"Mountain--"

As fast as the wind.

Xu Rulin.

Unmoving as a mountain.

The army crossing the river is behind us. If we can't hold this place, all 100,000 soldiers will be lost in Linghe!

(End of this chapter)