Xuanxia

Chapter 977: Method of Delivering Message
"Here they come! They're coming!"

At the foot of the hill, the Xishuo soldiers, who had just finished dinner and had not yet packed up, suddenly heard the rumbling sound of horse hooves coming from the hillside. They looked up and their hearts immediately rose to their throats!

At least a thousand Northern Frontier Army cavalrymen were seen charging forward with sabers brandished!

"They are trying to break out at night!"

The general of the Xishuo Army on this side of the hillside shouted, "Don't panic! Form a shield formation! Spearmen lead the charge! Trip their horses! Send a message to the brothers on the other side! Let them..."

He stopped talking halfway!

The general's eyes widened, and blood began to flow from his mouth and nose...

An arrow had accurately pierced his throat without anyone noticing!
The person at the front of the cavalry team rushing down the hillside was Fu Qingzhou!
He laughed and said, "The enemy general is dead! Kill him!"

"Don't let them rush down! They can't rush through!" In the Xishuo army, seeing the general being shot dead by an arrow, the deputy general beside him suddenly stood up with bloodshot eyes and said: "Anyone who kills one enemy will be rewarded with five taels of gold! Killing two enemies will be rewarded with fifteen taels of gold..."

He was halfway through his words when a string sound came from the front!
The arrow came through the wind, whistling like lightning!
But this time, the deputy general was not killed.

The ghost cultivators in the Xishuo army took action. All of a sudden, thousands of shrieking ghosts appeared, covering the deputy general like a fog. The arrows shot by Fu Qingzhou pierced into the ghost fog, instantly scattering countless wronged ghosts and causing terrifying and shrill screams... But this ghost fog ultimately greatly reduced the power of the arrows.

When the arrow came in front of the deputy general, he grabbed it!
As a general of an army, although it was impossible for him to block Fu Qingzhou's arrow, he could still catch the arrow that had been weakened by the ghost fog.

The deputy general smiled coldly and shouted, "The Northern Frontier Army is nothing but this! Go ahead! Take their heads in exchange for military merit! Today is the day to make achievements!"

Seeing this, Fu Qingzhou was not in a hurry, but just smiled slightly.

His arrows could penetrate Tiele's sword flames and even cut off Tiele's arms, so how could they not penetrate the ghost fog?

What I want is this...stalemate feeling.

In a blink of an eye, the Zhou Camp light cavalry had rushed into the enemy's formation, followed closely by the infantry phalanx - they were well-versed in military tactics, and their boiling blood and energy broke through the enemy's shield and spear formations, and they quickly penetrated deep into the enemy's formation.

But there were indeed too many Xishuo troops surrounding the hillside.

Tens of thousands of people versus the three thousand soldiers of Zhou Camp...they are simply not on the same order of magnitude!
Rushing into such an enemy formation is like falling into a quagmire.

Not long after, as planned, fires broke out in some places in the Xishuo military camp - that was caused by Fu Qingzhou using fire talismans to ignite arrows and set fire to a large number of enemy tents.

In the darkness, there was chaos again, and it was difficult for him to determine where the enemy's granary was, so he could only shoot as many arrows as possible.

But at the same time, he also has to ensure the safety of his own soldiers - the ghost cultivators of the Xishuo Army are indeed capable.

Although military tactics and blood energy can restrain ghost cultivators, quantitative changes will still lead to qualitative changes. When the number of ghost cultivators themselves is no less than the Northern Frontier Army soldiers they are besieging, the restraining effect of military tactics will be very small.

Just like water and fire - everyone knows that water can extinguish fire, and when a basin of water is poured down, the flame will be extinguished.

But what if it is the same basin of water, but on the other side is a raging wildfire burning the forest?
In a blink of an eye, the Northern Frontier soldiers were surrounded by the Western Shuo Army. It was difficult for the cavalry to charge and even more difficult for the infantry to kill the enemy. The surroundings were filled with howling eerie ghostly energy. They only relied on the large amount of green light that Fu Qingzhou displayed to block those wronged souls so that they would not be invaded by the ghostly energy.

Each of these Northern Frontier soldiers was covered in blood, many of them had broken weapons, their leather armor was torn to pieces, and even their condensed military skills and blood had mostly dissipated.

"You! Get back!"

Fu Qingzhou stretched out his hand to hold up the green light and shouted, "I'll hold it up!"

"General!" Lai Qianfeng, one of the soldiers in Zhou Camp, shouted loudly, "No! We must live and die together!"

"I can't die!"

Fu Qingzhou continued to shout: "Go back! Tell them that the heavy cavalry don't need to come down!"

Not far away, the Xishuo troops were still pouring forward.

Fu Qingzhou's roar aroused their desire to win - the enemy was about to die! Wasn't this a good time to take advantage of the situation?

Suddenly, more and more Xishuo soldiers roared and rushed forward.

But... there were also some people who did not rush up.

At the edge of the chaotic battlefield, there was a group of soldiers who were hesitant and looking at each other. There were about five or six of them, one of them was older, and the others looked to be young men under twenty years old.

These guys don’t look like soldiers at all, but more like country folk.

"Brother, what should we do?" a young soldier asked. "Yeah..." Another young soldier looked worried: "They seem to be unable to hold on any longer."

The oldest brother among them gritted his teeth.

"A few days ago, they could have killed us, but they were willing to let us go just because we were forcibly conscripted... Because they were worried that we would become deserters and be hunted down by the Xishuo Army, they were kind enough to send a few of our wounded soldiers and let us take them to escape from Baishan City."

"It was thanks to this that we were able to receive the bounty from the Xishuo Army. Not only were we not killed, we even got the money!"

The eldest brother said in a deep voice: "Brother, we...can't be ungrateful and not repay the favor!"

"..."

The young soldier who asked the question at the beginning nodded and said, "Brother, you are right. Let me go. Didn't they say so? These Northern Frontier soldiers are going to the Hexi Corridor to rescue people. It's not far from here, only about 200 to 300 miles away. I will steal a horse and go there. I have to spread the news anyway."

"No, you will die."

The elder brother looked far away and said, "I'll go."

In the distance, the green light supported by Fu Qingzhou retreated little by little. The sound of his argument with the Northern Frontier Army soldiers was drowned out by the shouting and killing of the Western Shuo Army soldiers, but it was still clearly visible.

"I'm the f*cking general! Military orders are as strong as a mountain! Get out of here!"

"We are not cowardly losers! General! Please let us take over!"

Here, several brothers are still arguing.

"Brother, your son is still young. It's better to leave this dangerous matter to us, right?"

"I already have a son, and you guys haven't even found a wife yet, so of course I'm the one going!"

The brothers were arguing when a deep voice suddenly came from behind them: "What are you arguing about?"

Their bodies stiffened, as if cold water had been poured on them!
They turned their heads stiffly, only to see that there was another person behind them without them noticing.

This was a young man, about twenty years old, with a gloomy face, wearing... the armor of a Xishuo army general, and a long sword that looked very valuable was hung on his waist.

Oops, I got caught!
Cold sweat immediately broke out on the foreheads of several brothers, and they subconsciously reached for the swords at their waists.

"Don't draw your swords, you are no match for this general."

The general curled his lips slightly and sneered: "If I were to say so, you guys should all go, so don't be anxious."

"W-what?" The eldest brother was stunned.

The general didn't say anything, but put his hand on his waist, took off a token and threw it over.

The eldest brother reached out to take it, took a look, and became even more confused.

"You have received orders from this general to go to the Hexi Corridor and report to our compatriots there... Ask them to send more people. The commander of the Northern Frontier Army here is no ordinary person. He is Fu Qingzhou, Hidden Dragon Fu Qingzhou!"

The general said calmly: "Remember, go quickly and come back quickly."

The brothers looked at each other, feeling that things seemed to be moving in some strange direction.

But since the general said so, and even gave them a legitimate reason to go to the Hexi Corridor, how could they let it go?

"Brothers! Let's go!"

The eldest brother no longer hesitated and waved his hand vigorously.

Several brothers turned around and started running. They each grabbed a horse, jumped on it, kicked the horse's belly hard, and ran in the opposite direction of the battlefield.

Over there, Fu Qingzhou and the Northern Frontier Army soldiers stopped arguing because the heavy cavalry on the hilltop came to support them... After another brief chaotic battle, the Xishuo Army left behind hundreds of corpses, while the Zhou Camp soldiers retreated in one piece.

The fire in the camp was still burning, and the flames illuminated Hua Ruying's face.

"I can only help so much."

He looked at the retreating figures of the Northern Frontier soldiers from Zhouziying on the hillside and murmured, "The rest depends on your own luck..."

(End of this chapter)