Ming Dynasty: Gain one supernatural power every day

"Quickly! Go and inform the general! The Ming army has arrived!" The sentry captain ordered his men on the city wall to strengthen their vigilance while sending someone to deliver the message.

The Annamese general guarding Jiling Pass was discussing tactics in his tent when he heard the report. He was first stunned, then jumped to his feet: "What? The Ming army is at the city gates? How is that possible! Where are the scouts? Where have they all gone? We haven't heard a single word from them!"

He rushed up the city wall in a hurry, leaned on the crenellations and looked out. Sure enough, a Ming army was already at the city gates, with banners waving.

Upon closer inspection, however, all that arrived were ordinary cavalry and infantry; there were no rhinoceroses or elephants as in legends, no clouds flying in the sky, and no immortals riding tigers.

It seems that most of the news coming from Ailiu Pass is from people who are confused by the miasma. The golden-armored generals and the beast legions are probably just hallucinations.

"Listen up, you Annamese barbarians inside the city! The Ming army has arrived! Those who don't want to die, surrender now! You have half an incense stick's time to answer, or you will face the consequences!"

Zhu Gaoxu, mounted on his horse, looked up and shouted at the city wall. He was riding an ordinary warhorse and looked no different from ordinary Ming generals, except that his tone of voice was much more arrogant than that of ordinary generals.

"Surrender? Go to hell! We're not afraid of you Ming soldiers! If you're so capable, come and fight us yourselves, and see how long you can hold out!" The Annamese general on the city wall laughed and said in broken Chinese, looking smug.

He felt that although the number of Ming troops in front of him was considerable, it would not be easy to attack the city, as they had done so before.

"I'll show you what it means to be arrogant and domineering today! Don't try to run away, or I'll teach you a lesson!" The garrison commander got more and more excited as he spoke, spittle dripping down the crenellations, and it felt like his Chinese had improved instantly.

Pigsy, riding his horse and carrying his rake, looked up at the Annamese general on the city wall who was arrogantly shouting and cursing, and silently burned incense for him.

Keep cursing, let's see how you curse later.

This guy is really ruthless. In order to prevent the other side from surrendering in advance, he hid all his supernatural powers, ferocious beasts, and somersault cloud. He sent out the gourd earlier to hide the ferocious beasts so he could put on this show.

What does "sixth brother" mean? This is what "sixth brother" means.

He now sees clearly that this disciple of Laozi is not only ruthless in his methods, but also in his mind. He has been setting traps for the other side from beginning to end, and does not even intend to give them a chance to surrender.

"You bunch of ignorant fools! Are you sure you won't surrender? I'll give you one last chance, so think it over carefully." Zhu Gaoxu raised the jade tablet, pointing it at the Annamese general who was still laughing arrogantly on the city wall. His tone was somewhat mocking, and he genuinely hoped that the other party would continue to be stubborn.

After all, he hadn't had enough of the fight at Ailiu Pass, and hadn't even had a chance to fight. He was determined to make up for it in this battle. He was the number one killer in the Ming Dynasty, and it had been a long time since he had killed anyone.

"Fuck your mother! Are you Ming Dynasty people stupid? You don't think that just because you call yourselves the Celestial Empire, we'll be afraid of you, do you? You want us to surrender before we've even fought? Look at yourselves, what kind of broken horses are you riding? You don't even have a war elephant, and you dare to bark here? Come and fight if you dare!" The garrison commander laughed even louder, and his curses became more and more fluent in Chinese.

The garrison commander also felt it was amazing. He didn't know why, but when he was learning Chinese, he found it particularly difficult. However, he learned these swear words very quickly and was now performing exceptionally well.

"Yeah! You big idiot, come up here if you dare!"

"Why are you holding your head up so high? Do you want Grandpa to let you pee?"

"Oh, oh, oh, so this is supposed to be me? You and I look more like the Monkey King, with your pointed snouts and monkey-like cheeks, you don't have a trace of a king's aura."

The Annamese soldiers around him joined in the laughter, chattering away in Annamese, mocking the loud-voiced Ming general below the city.

The tense atmosphere dissipated considerably. They felt that these Ming Dynasty people were probably bluffing. If they were really capable, they would have attacked the city long ago instead of wasting time talking here.

Although Zhu Gaoxu couldn't understand what most of the Annamese soldiers on the city wall were saying, judging from their winking and grinning expressions, even a fool would know that it wasn't anything nice, and most likely they were cursing him.

He gripped the jade pendant tightly, his knuckles cracking, and snorted coldly. Turning to Zhu Gaoxi beside him, he said in a tone that was angry, but even more excited: "Fourth brother, these bastards don't know what's good for them. They won't surrender. We can make our move now."

"Finally, they've fallen for it," Zhu Gaoxi said softly, a slight smirk playing on his lips.

Today's performance was a bit challenging, but it was worth it. Now I can finally unleash my full potential.

"Release the beasts and prepare for battle," Zhu Di said calmly, dismounting from his horse.

Generals Zhang Fu, Zheng Heng, Xue Lu, Qiu Fu, and others all dismounted swiftly.

Several military officers in charge of managing the wild beasts and mounts immediately stepped forward, slapped the gourd at their waists, and a flash of white light appeared at the mouth of the gourd, and all the warhorses were put into it in a few breaths.

Immediately afterwards, another batch of gourds were activated, and lions, rhinoceroses, war elephants, and tiger kings appeared out of thin air one after another in front of the two armies, their deep roars reverberating in the air.

Zhang Fu and others mounted the lion's back, while Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi mounted the tiger. The rhinoceros vanguard battalion and the war elephant supply train were all in place in a short time.

"What—??????"

"What happened—"

"There really were lions... there really were rhinoceroses... there really were war elephants..."

"What's going on? Why are there so many ferocious beasts suddenly appearing?"

"There really are immortals in the Ming Dynasty! I told you not to mess with them, but you didn't believe me. Now look what's happened!"

"You should have said so earlier, damn it!"

"Sorcery! Sorcery! How come so many elephants and rhinoceroses have appeared!" The Annamese soldiers on the city wall were completely dumbfounded. They had been laughing and joking, but when they saw this scene, their laughter stopped abruptly, as if someone had cut their throats.

A soldier rubbed his eyes, then rubbed them again, unable to believe what he was seeing.

The Ming soldiers who were riding ordinary warhorses just moments ago have all disappeared in the blink of an eye, replaced by lions, tigers, rhinoceroses, and elephants.

Fear, like an invisible hand, gripped his throat.

The other soldier dropped his spear with a clatter to the ground, collapsing to the floor, his legs as limp as noodles.

"General—what should we do…" A soldier on the city wall asked the general who had just been shouting, his voice trembling like a leaf in the wind.

"How about... how about we surrender..." Another soldier standing nearby looked at the scene below the city walls, his legs trembling so badly he could barely hold onto his bow.

He was laughing the loudest just now, and now his lips are trembling the most.

"Did I... say something a little harsh just now..." The garrison commander was now filled with regret, his mind buzzing. All that arrogance from before had turned into cold sweat, trickling down his back.

He realized he had been careless and said something unpleasant, wondering if he had offended the other person badly.

His hands, which were gripping the edge of the battlement, were trembling violently. He took a deep breath and prepared to peek out again to have a friendly chat and see if he could be let off the hook.

But this time, no one gave them a chance to surrender.