Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 365 Scouting, Ambush, and the Yang Family Generals

Dad, you're a tough guy!
You even managed to fool your own son.

The so-called mission to the Western Regions to unite with the Western Regions to counterbalance the Western Xia was actually a pretext. The investigation of Japanese pirates in the coastal areas was also a pretext.

Leading troops into battle is not like playing a video game; it's not like you can generate thousands of troops with a simple click of the mouse.

Food supplies and military equipment need to be prepared in advance.

Large-scale troop movements will leave obvious traces.

Things come true in secret.

Before the incident occurred, not even his own son could be informed. Furthermore, Yelü Nierugu's rebellion was uncontrollable; no one could predict when it would happen. It might happen this year, or next year, or he might suddenly die of illness. Who could say for sure?
Talking too much will only make people suspicious.

In fact, Li Nanxing breathed a sigh of relief when he received news of Yelü Nierugu's rebellion. If the rebellion hadn't come in time, he might have had to spend the winter in Lingnan.

In this world where martial arts flourish, martial arts masters can influence the outcome of battles to a certain extent. Although there are no peerless strongmen who slaughter thousands of troops or poison masters who poison the people of an entire city, a Grandmaster of the Heavenly Gang can easily tear apart the battle formation and gain a formation advantage by charging forward with a spear.

The most common occurrence is the endless stream of assassinations.

They burned the grain and the stables, and assassinated the commander-in-chief.

This kind of thing happens all the time.

Li Nanxing is a frail scholar who knows no martial arts. In order to prevent his father from being assassinated, Li Zhaoting took his beautiful wife and concubines to the capital to accompany his father.

War is dangerous and perilous, so he only brings along highly skilled individuals.

He also mobilized his circle of friends to bring some who were willing to go to the battlefield. When he arrived in the capital, he was surrounded by a terrifying lineup of Feng Suzhen, Lan Fenghuang, Wang Shenglan, Cheng Huaixiu, Tang Zhuquan, Li Xunhuan, and Xu Qiaozhi. Xiao Feng did not participate, as it was not convenient for him to do so.

The martial arts world of the Central Plains has never lacked chivalrous heroes.

Some are driven purely by passion, while others seek prestige. Battlefield prestige is highly valuable, especially for experts skilled in spears and lances. With a spear in hand, they are invincible in battle and can easily gain merit.

Generally, these battles were fought between martial arts masters and between soldiers. The legends of generals fighting in storytelling and historical novels originated from this.

……

The north wind blows the ground and the white grass turns, and Hu Tian snows in August.

Suddenly, like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloomed.

Scattered through the beaded curtain and damp silk screen, the fox fur coat is not warm and the brocade quilt is thin.

The general's horn bow is difficult to control, and the protector's iron armor is cold and hard to wear.

In late September, as autumn transitioned into winter, frost and snow could already be seen in the north. Even before reaching the Liao Kingdom, one could feel the chilling stench of blood.

This battle concerns the fate of the nation, and countless eyes of the court officials are watching. Li Nanxing is under immense pressure. He had just arrived at the border when he received a report.

Five princes of the Liao Kingdom led their troops to defend the capital. Although they failed to defeat the garrison, they successfully rescued Empress Dowager Xiao.

Rebellion is a zero-sum game.

If you succeed, you become emperor; if you fail, you drink poison.

Yelü Nierugu promised countless benefits and brought out all the wealth he had accumulated over twenty years, successfully persuading several generals to increase the army by fifty to sixty thousand.

Yelü Hongji originally had only 5,000 Imperial Guards under his command for personal protection, but with the arrival of the loyalist army, including the scattered troops, there were about 60,000 soldiers.

Yelü Nielugu knew that the longer he delayed, the more reinforcements would come to the king's aid. He had to kill Yelü Hongji as soon as possible. Yelü Hongji knew that the longer he delayed, the more help he would get. He ordered his army to only defend and not attack, firmly guarding the dangerous mountain pass.

The two sides fought several battles around the mountain pass.

The insignificant mountain hollow became two millstones. Looking down from mid-air, the two pitch-black millstones were constantly grinding, polishing, and wearing down, gushing out rivers of blood with a pungent stench. Corpses piled up like mountains, and blood flowed like rivers.

Which martial arts master hasn't killed someone? Li Zhaoting, the fearsome Jiazi Tai Sui who strikes terror into the hearts of the martial arts world, seems insignificant compared to the battlefield of the Liao Kingdom.

The number of people who die here every day is more than all the martial arts masters present have killed combined. If Li Zhaoting is excluded, the number would be orders of magnitude different.

Li Nanxing greedily inhaled the stench of blood.

This scent was very common twenty years ago, but it hasn't been smelled for a long time since Chu Xiangyu's defeat!

The battlefield... I really miss it!

The closer they got to the battlefield, the more terrifying Li Nanxing's aura became. Even someone as strong as Li Zhaoting felt the chill in the face of his father's icy and ruthless gaze. At this moment, Li Nanxing was no longer the slick and deceitful man he once was, nor was he the frail and delicate scholar. He commanded thousands of troops as easily as writing on the palm of his hand.

Li Nanxing doesn't know martial arts.

Li Nanxing studied... how to defeat ten thousand men!

"Li Zhaoting, scout ahead!"

Li Nanxing handed Li Zhaoting a command token.

"As you command, General!"

Military law is as firm as a mountain.

Call your job when you work.

Actually, there's no need to be so strict. How could there be no fathers and sons on the battlefield? They're clearly fathers and sons fighting side by side! If Li Nanxing were the commander-in-chief, Li Zhaoting could address Li Nanxing as "Father Commander," a term commonly used in storytelling.

Unfortunately, Li Nanxing was not the head coach.

No matter how exceptionally they promoted him, they couldn't possibly let a weak scholar who had been exiled for five years become the commander-in-chief. Li Nanxing was the deputy commander-in-chief for this battle, and the commander-in-chief was the famous Yang family generals. The head of the Yang family was Yang Yanzhao, also known as Yang Liulang.

The most outstanding member of the new generation of the Yang family was Yang Yanzhao's son, Yang Zongbao. Young and handsome, he was skilled in both literature and martial arts, possessed unparalleled marksmanship, and had a face no less striking than Li Zhaoting's. While Yang Zongbao wasn't widely known, his wife was extremely famous; when discussing the Yang family generals, one could never overlook this heroic woman… Mu Guiying!

Li Zhaoting had read "The Generals of the Yang Family". Perhaps because the Yang family's fate was too tragic and their deaths too miserable, by the time it came to Yang Zongbao's son, Yang Wenguang, the family was blessed with good fortune from their ancestors, and their protagonist aura was even stronger than that of a protagonist who is arrogant and domineering.

Yang Wenguang was granted the title of Prince of Taiping. He first married Princess Baihua, and thereafter enjoyed a string of romantic encounters, marrying a total of nineteen wives and concubines. He truly had an iron will.

Of course, Yang Zongbao had just gotten married and Yang Wenguang hadn't been reincarnated yet, so these stories are just a joke.

……

Li Zhaoting received the military order and went ahead to scout the way.

Exploring the route requires skilled individuals with exceptional lightness skills, keen observation, and quick wit. Li Zhaoting led Feng Suzhen and Cheng Huaixiu to explore the route. The three of them flew for thirty or forty miles and came across a small earthen mound with a rather peculiar shape.

One side is an earthen slope, and the other side is carved with a knife and axe, resembling an upright right triangle. It is commonly seen in high school physics exam papers and is often accompanied by smooth small balls or wooden blocks!
Looking up, the height was about twenty zhang. Climbing up the earthen slope, there was a small protrusion in front, like a diving board, forming a natural viewing platform. Below, there was a strong smell of blood.

The two sides fought fiercely on the mountain road.

They were dressed in leather armor and carried curved swords. Their numbers were about two thousand. The leader was a burly man with a bear-like build, carrying a spiked club.

They were dressed as soldiers of the Song Dynasty, led by a young general in white robes and armor, with about three or four hundred soldiers under his command, and were surrounded by people.

Although startled, the young general remained calm. Holding his spear, he unleashed attacks like plum blossoms in winter, pear blossoms in a downpour, or a blizzard. Wherever his spear passed, Liao soldiers fell one after another.

If one did not know that this was a Song-Liao battlefield, one might mistake the young general for Zhao Zilong of Changshan. Cheng Huaixiu said, "He is using the Yang family spear, and this person is Yang Zongbao."

What's Yang Zongbao doing here?

Li Zhaoting, who knew nothing about military strategy, asked a question casually.

Feng Suzhen explained: "Between the points and attack the reinforcements, Yelü Nierugu knew that reinforcements would arrive continuously. In order to maintain the numerical advantage, he ordered people to guard various passes and block the army that came to the aid of the king, and to do everything he could to destroy Yelü Hongji."

Cheng Huaixiu said, "He has no chance! Yelü Hongji was ambushed and only has 5,000 troops with him. Yelü Nierugu came with overwhelming force. If he cannot defeat Yelü Hongji in one fell swoop, his morale will be greatly reduced. Every day that passes, Yelü Hongji's advantage will increase and Yelü Nierugu's disadvantage will increase. His chances of winning will become lower and lower."

Feng Suzhen retorted: "Things cannot be calculated like that. Yelü Nierugu has only one goal, which is to kill Yelü Hongji. Once Yelü Hongji is dead, no one can stop him from becoming the emperor of Liao. The change in advantages and disadvantages is not important. What is important is how long Yelü Hongji can hold out and how much damage he can cause."

Cheng Huaixiu frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Li Zhaoting sneered: "This is a classic case of the snipe and the clam fighting while the fisherman benefits. Everyone knows it's wrong to do this, everyone knows it will give others an opportunity to take advantage of, everyone knows the Song Dynasty is here to plunder, but they can't stop."

Feng Suzhen said coldly, "There is no room for compromise in the struggle for the throne. It's a fight to the death. Only one of Yelü Hongji and Yelü Nierugu can live!"

Cheng Huaixiu sighed, "If one of them wants to surrender for the sake of the overall situation, their trusted subordinates will stop them without mercy. The battle is not fought by one person, but by thousands of troops, countless Liao nobles, and a surging tide that no one can stop."

Li Zhaoting joked, "Huaixiu, I heard that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Cihang Jingzhai nun Feixuan appeared out of nowhere and persuaded the Yangzhou Twin Dragons with her beauty, making Kou Zhong voluntarily hand over his troops. Is this true?"

Cheng Huaixiu sneered: "What a load of rubbish! What kind of person was Emperor Taizong of Tang? He captured two kings in one battle. Which feudal lord could stand up to Emperor Taizong of Tang? This is just gilding the lily!"

If the Fairy of Jingzhai could stop the fighting, Cihang Jingzhai was founded during the Eastern Han Dynasty. From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was almost no peace in the Central Plains. Which did Cihang Jingzhai stop? Was it Yuan Shao's defeat at Guandu or Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi? Or the burning of the camps?
The late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period were marked by chaos, and the War of the Eight Princes occurred in the Jin Dynasty.

The Sui and Tang dynasties were marked by constant warfare among the feudal lords, and the late Tang dynasty saw the rise of the Five Dynasties and Ten

After centuries of war and so many heroes, who could Fairy Jingzhai possibly persuade? Cihang Jingzhai couldn't manage so many things; her haphazard attempts to glorify herself only made her a burden, almost leading to the extermination of her entire clan.

I didn't say that.

I am not a direct descendant of Cihang Jingzhai.

I have no right to criticize my ancestors.

This is my master Yan Jing'an's evaluation. She said that Shi Feixuan brought Cihang Jingzhai's reputation to its peak, but then the dragon soared too high and almost fell into the abyss.

Forget it!

Let's not talk about that anymore!
Should we go and help Yang Zongbao?

It's a pity I didn't bring Wang's daughter!

In battle, Wang Shenglan was far superior to the other three.

Wherever the spear passed, no one dared to confront its edge.

Li Zhaoting, Feng Suzhen, and Cheng Huaixiu are all very standard swordsmen, not suitable for charging into battle.

Fortunately, there are many types of swords.

There is a type of sword that is perfect for charging into battle.

—The Deathly Sword!

Li Zhaoting had several heavy swords made from wide, thick, and heavy door panels, which came in handy.

After calculating the height of the cliff, Li Zhaoting flipped over and gracefully landed, his feet landing on the cliff face as he charged towards the battlefield, his giant sword flying and limbs tumbling.

"Wielding the cycle of sixty years, the sword judges the Yin and Yang! Where the Gate of Death opens, the Yellow Springs cleave, and ten thousand ghosts flee in terror before the Emperor. The Mirror of Karma stands empty, the penal code destroyed, my sword will lead me to the Yellow Springs!"

'Jiazi Tai Sui' Li Zhaoting!

I humbly invite you all... to go to hell!

Li Zhaoting recited a poem, and his sword energy rained down!

　Yang Wenguang's wives include: Princess Baihua, Murong Shi, Wu Jinding, Jin Pingzhu, Du Yueying, Dou Jingu, Bao Feiyun, Qi Changshan (Wei Ling'er), Su Sanniang, Murong Ying, Nong Yanhua, Li Yuru (Li Yurong), Liu Xiangchun (Liu Xiangchun), Zeng Fengying, Mei Ruolan (Mei Ruonan), Zhao Chunrong, Xue Baihua, Fan Wenying, and Li Yinping.

　　
　
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