Chapter 548 The imperial army is coming
“Liu Xing, Xue Yue, and Tie Yan.”

“The three cities are guarding a pincer attack, making them easy to defend but difficult to attack.”

“Although there are only two cities, due to the location of geography, transportation, etc., they have been built like an iron barrel.”

“The leader of the Shenwu Society is a capable man.” The imperial commander Wu Rui, dressed in military uniform, looked solemn.

His intelligence on the Shenwu Society was fairly detailed. After all, there was no internal unity and there would always be gaps. In addition, the imperial court’s control over the local areas was not weak.

If the dispute over the orthodox doctrine had not suddenly intensified and coincided with the onset of drought, this kind of change would not have occurred due to a single issue.

“Marshal, I went to the front line and saw that they were just a bunch of rabble, even weaker than the rebels in the north.” A younger general was somewhat puzzled by Wu Rui’s caution.

Wu Rui’s eyes wandered over the feng shui map and the sand table, and he was thinking about various plans in his mind.

“Chang Yang, don’t underestimate the enemy.” He scolded. How could an ordinary person become the controller of three cities from a disaster victim?

As for the intelligence reports that the Shenwu Society is experiencing serious internal strife, it can be said that it is facing internal and external troubles.

However, for Wu Rui, one cannot look at things from only one side, otherwise he will be limited.

On the other hand, despite the internal and external troubles, the other party is still able to tightly control the situation of the Shenwu Association. Isn’t this even more terrifying?

Moreover, the so-called internal strife was actually an unusual balance in Wu Rui’s eyes.

It seems like the other party has given up power and is just watching the clouds roll by. It’s not that the other party doesn’t have power, but that they have invested their power as nourishment.

It is equivalent to that the power of all the high-level officials of the Shenwu Association does not come from themselves, but is obtained from the leader.

Having said that, Wu Rui also knew that Chang Yang, the younger general, would not be convinced.

He just needed the other party’s unwillingness to accept the result.

“But what you said makes sense. You go to the front of the city and shout to provoke the enemy, lure them out to fight with you, and see the quality of the Shenwu Society rebels.” Wu Rui said.

Since you are not convinced, I will let you try it out. If you win, it will naturally boost the morale of the army.

As for the loss, it certainly confirmed Wu Rui’s guess and proved that the internal and external troubles of the Shenwu Society were just an illusion.

If he were to suffer a crushing defeat or even die on the battlefield, he would need to re-evaluate the Shenwu Society and request reinforcements from the imperial court.

“I’ll give you three thousand men for now. Go quickly and come back quickly.” Wu Rui said as he approved the troops and the tiger talisman.

Three thousand people is one tenth of the number of rebels to be eliminated this time, which is very important.

Chang Yang couldn’t help but look delighted and quickly accepted the order. He was sure to take the credit.

“Yes, Marshal!” Chang Yang was extremely excited.

Before leaving, Wu Rui couldn’t help but remind Chang Yang again: “Don’t underestimate the enemy!”

Chang Yang heard these words, but they went in one ear and out the other.

How could a group of rabble be a match for his imperial army?

Then he left the tent with his head held high and went to lead his troops to go into battle.

Seeing his look, Wu Rui also understood that the other party did not take his words to heart at all.

“The winning rate is reduced by three points again. This is… Alas.” Wu Rui was not optimistic about Chang Yang in the first place, and now he is even less optimistic.

But these words cannot be shown on the surface, otherwise it will affect morale.

“General An, you must select 500 soldiers and stay in the rear. If Chang Yang is defeated, you must lead the troops to support him.” Wu Rui continued after Chang Yang had gathered his troops and left.

An old general stood up, bowed, took the tiger talisman, said “yes”, and then walked out of the tent without saying anything else.

He also saw Chang Yang’s confidence, but this was under the premise of winning. If he lost, it would become arrogance.

On the other side, Chang Yang led his troops to the foot of Liuxing City and began to let his soldiers shout and curse.

Soon, the city gate was opened, and Feng Cai led a team of soldiers out of the city.

The two sides started fighting right away, with Chang Yang leading the way in the killing.

He chopped left and right, and his performance was unparalleled.

“It’s really a mob. What kind of Shenwu Association is this? It simply tarnished the word Shenwu.” Chang Yang raised his spear and stabbed directly at Feng Cai.

Feng Cai was well prepared and fought back with his spear.

On the battlefield, only swords and spears are useful, and swords are rarely used, unless they are Confucianists.

But the swords they used were essentially literary rather than real swords.

“Oh, you are just a dog official who only dares to oppress the people.” Feng Cai sneered and cursed back.

As soon as these words came out, Chang Yang couldn’t hold it anymore, his mentality was slightly broken, so the frequency of his attacks became faster.

“You are a bunch of traitors and rebellious people, yet you dare to speak so shamelessly.” Chang Yang prided himself on being an honest official, but this was the first time he was scolded like this.

“You were not here when the struggle for orthodoxy destroyed our homeland. You were not here when drought ravaged our lives.”

“When we found a way to survive and fight back, you came.”

“If not a dog official, what is he?” Feng Cai continued to curse.

Chang Yang’s face turned ugly. He did know the origin of the Shenwu Society, but because it had nothing to do with him before, he could not empathize with it.

But now that his enemies were using those words to attack and insult him, he naturally couldn’t tolerate it.

Just when he was about to open his mouth to curse back, he suddenly noticed movement from both wings. He turned his head and suddenly found that two enemy troops were coming and surrounding him.

“You! Are you so treacherous and cunning!” At this time, Chang Yang finally realized that the reason why the other party went to war was to directly swallow up his army of 3,000 people.

So these mobs that were hacked to death were just a group of baits.

By the time he reacted, it was too late.

The encirclement was complete, and the three thousand troops fell into a slow death.

“Dismount and surrender, so as to not lose a chance of survival.” Feng Cai said in a cold voice, but he did not stop the attack.

“Don’t even think about it.” How could Chang Yang be willing to surrender to a group of traitors?

But he didn’t want to die here, so he pulled the reins without hesitation and planned to break out with his personal soldiers.

However, the encirclement was very tight, and there was no way for him to break out. Moreover, his clothes showed that he was a general, so he was naturally the main target of the attack.

“Chang Yang, I’m here to help you!” A powerful voice emerged.

It was the veteran who was arranged by Wu Rui as a backup.

However, Feng Cai couldn’t help but shake his head. If he had arrived earlier, before the encirclement was completed, it might have been possible to rescue the people.

But now, forget it.

How could they not be prepared for such a situation? Therefore, another force suddenly intervened and directly stopped the veteran.

This scene instantly extinguished Chang Yang’s newly-risen hope, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

“I regret not listening to the Marshal’s advice.” After Chang Yang said this, he was shot off his horse by Feng Cai.

After he fell off his horse, a group of soldiers surrounded him and chopped him into meat paste, killing him to the point where he could not be more dead.

However, his head was cut off and Feng Cai raised it with a spear, then shouted: “Chang Yang is dead, why don’t you surrender quickly.”

He actually didn’t know Chang Yang, but the veteran who came to support him called out Chang Yang’s name, so he used him immediately.

When the soldiers saw this, their morale immediately collapsed.

When the veteran saw this, his eyes dimmed.

I arrived so quickly, but I still haven’t been able to rescue Chang Yang. This must be a major blow to the imperial army.

The first battle was unfavorable, so naturally the morale dropped greatly, not to mention the loss of 3,000 soldiers.

But now that things had come to this, he had no choice but to evacuate helplessly.

He still has a lot of good feelings towards Chang Yang. Being young and vigorous is what he should have at his age. If he is not vigorous, how can he be called a young man?

With just a few years of training, he would surely become a general as capable as him and be able to become a military pillar of the imperial court.

Unfortunately, things are unpredictable. He died on the battlefield before he could gain power, and died at the hands of a group of “rabble” he despised the most.

This is simply too ironic.

“He ran away. He is indeed a veteran and won’t get carried away by his temper.” Feng Cai looked at the veteran who was evacuating and couldn’t help feeling a little regretful.

Just now, he pointed the gun at the head not only to intimidate but also to stimulate the other party.

If we can defeat these 500 men and the veteran, the results will be even more fruitful.

Five hundred soldiers may not be a big deal, but the capture or death of an experienced general is a far greater blow than killing five hundred soldiers.
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“We lost one-tenth of our troops at the beginning, and also had a low morale debuff, so our chances of winning are even lower.”

“I have to say that these people from the Shenwu Society are really insidious. They are very good at showing weakness to the enemy.” Qi Sui’an was naturally the first to receive the good news.

After all, this good news must be presented to Qi Sui’an first.

Report good news instead of bad news. Good news cannot be hidden.

“My fame is increasing again.” Qi Sui’an looked at his fame, which seemed to be changing from gas to liquid.

And this trend will continue.

Because it will continue to spread in the future, the quantity and quality of fame will be further improved.

“If this continues, I might not be able to become a king before I can break through to the fourth realm.”

Qi Sui’an was also worried in his heart. Becoming king was indeed a prerequisite, but it was only the fourth realm. If he became too famous, the fourth realm would likely change.

After all, it is a real-time calculation, not a fixed promotion.

Therefore, it will be affected by external factors, causing the name, magical powers, structure, etc. of the fourth realm to undergo further changes.

“It should be all right after we finish this battle.” Qi Sui’an didn’t dwell on it. He just let things take their own course and certainly wouldn’t care about the situation in the fourth realm.

“It should be more inclined towards the general trend, and the proportion of fame may be reduced.”

“I really want to intervene.”

Qi Sui’an was also itching to do it.

“Just a little bit, not much.” Qi Sui’an felt that he was not the type to be self-disciplined, let alone that he would be more in line with his wishes after intervening.

Anyway, his survivor incarnation is sitting idle anyway, so he might as well use it as a temporary computer node, specifically for Taoist research.

(End of this chapter)