The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

A brutal and bloody hand-to-hand combat is taking place on a battlefield thousands of miles away. This form of combat not only tests the soldiers' combat skills, but also places extremely high demands on their psychological quality, requiring them to fight a life-and-death battle with the enemy with courage!

The sound of spears piercing flesh was endless. Combat with cold weapons was extremely cruel. It was considered lucky to die on the spot. If one's internal organs were pierced, one would lie on the ground and writhe and wail until he died. It was extremely painful.

The two sides stabbed each other, and there were vacancies in the first row. The government troops immediately filled them, and then stabbed forward desperately, and when there were vacancies again, they filled them again. The same was true for the White Lotus Sect. People from both sides kept falling down, and the ground was covered with layers of corpses. The snow had long been melted by the blood, gathering into dark red streams that flowed to the river in the distance.

Bai Wu, the leader of the White Tiger Hall, stared at the battlefield where the fierce fighting was taking place. The fight between the spearmen was so brutal that even he was frightened. He could still dodge the close combat between the sword and shield soldiers, but facing the dense spear tips, he could only use the armor on his body to withstand it. If he couldn't withstand it, he had to lie down. He observed carefully for a while and found that for every one government soldier who fell, more than a dozen White Lotus rebels would fall down. It was not only because of the armor on their bodies, but also the difference in fighting skills.

The government troops continued to fill in the gaps, and although the White Lotus rebels were also filling in the gaps, it was relatively chaotic. The people at the back didn't even dare to move forward, resulting in many gaps in the square formation. The government troops used neat square formations to deal with the White Lotus rebels who were fighting on their own, and the gap in casualties on both sides became increasingly larger.

The battlefield is cruel. Without the courage of a common man, people will be afraid and will hide.

A smile appeared on the White Tiger Hall Master's lips. Many White Lotus followers had already begun to retreat, and some even pushed the people around them forward to block the attacks of the government troops for themselves, causing the square formation to become even more chaotic and seriously weakening its already low combat effectiveness.

At this moment, the artillery behind him fired! Groups of artillery fire fell on the chaotic square formation of the White Lotus Sect, and blood and flesh flew everywhere, stirring up waves of blood rain.

Finally, some members of the White Lotus sect could not bear it anymore and fled backwards screaming, like a plague, instantly leading more people to flee, which then caused a large-scale rout and finally the entire phalanx's rout.

The war drums sounded and the attack horns sounded.

The White Tiger Hall Master suddenly drew out the sword from his waist and swung it with a cold light: "Kill the thief!"

The roar immediately rang out on the battlefield, and countless soldiers rushed out like lightning!

Seeing the defeated soldiers breaking through the square array blocking the gate, Li Hu immediately made a judgment and shouted an order: "Attack on all fronts!"

A desolate horn sounded throughout the battlefield, and a herald holding a red flag waved the flag.

The soldiers in formation shouted in unison: "Victory!"

Immediately afterwards, countless soldiers rushed towards the White Lotus camp.

On the other side, Shui Rong had been paying close attention to the battlefield. He was able to maintain a calm expression at first, but his expression gradually changed. When he saw the defeated soldiers breaking through the square formation outside the gate, his face turned pale.

The camp is not a wide battlefield where people can run freely. This will cause greater chaos, rout, trampling, and even slaughter just to escape.

Seeing the defeated soldiers rushing into the gate, a White Lotus leader spoke up: "Master, retreat!"

Another White Lotus leader: "As long as there is green, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood. Including the right army, General Yang still has 40 to 50,000 people."

Shui Rong gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat!" He spurred his horse and fled to the rear.

The White Lotus leaders swarmed after him.

The White Lotus sect members in the front camp were in chaos and began to flee in all directions.
Looking at Shui Rong who was fleeing again, Li Hu shook his head. This kid had no memory at all. He immediately ordered the two generals beside him: "Chase him and wipe out the White Lotus rebels in one go!"

"Yes!" The two generals drew their swords and galloped towards the battlefield on horseback.

Huang Jinzhong put down the telescope and said with a smile: "With Shui Rong's escape, the battle is basically over. The next step is to wipe out the fleeing White Lotus rebels and hunt down Shui Rong."

At this time, Wang Yaozu came on horseback, ran to Li Hu, pulled the reins, jumped off the horse, and said to Li Hu: "Marshal, Wang Ziteng's letter for help!" Then he handed a letter to Li Hu.

A letter for help? Li Hu frowned, took the letter, tore it open and read it, then clenched the letter and cursed, "Idiot!"

Huang Jinzhong and others looked at Li Hu in surprise and suspicion.

Li Hu took a deep breath and then exhaled it for a long time. Then he said to Huang Jinzhong: "Things are a bit troublesome. Tens of thousands of White Lotus rebels have gone to Anlu." Then he handed the letter to Huang Jinzhong, "No wonder Shui Rong escaped!"

Huang Jinzhong took the letter and read it. His face immediately darkened and he cursed: "He is not good enough to do anything, but he is always bad! Trash, trash! Who told him to attack Anlu?" At this point, he looked at Li Hu and asked, "What should we do now?"

Li Hu: "Let's do it! We may not be able to wipe out all the defeated soldiers in the mountains tomorrow." Huang Jinzhong: "Leave the Hunan troops to continue the cleanup. We will..."

Li Hu interrupted him directly: "We can't move camp until tomorrow."

Huang Jinzhong was anxious: "Anlu could be captured at any time"

"A tired army is a big taboo in military strategy!"

Li Hu raised his voice, "Do you know how many troops Shui Rong took away? Do you know how many White Lotus rebels there are in Anlu? If the army is ambushed outside Anlu City, will you be responsible?!"

Huang Jinzhong was silent. If the army was ambushed, no one could take the responsibility. But we couldn't just watch Anlu fall and Wang Ziteng's troops be wiped out, right?

Wang Daniu spoke up: "Wang Ziteng's greed caused all this trouble, why should we risk our lives to clean up his mess?"

Huang Jinzhong glared at him.

Wang Daniu: "You are glaring at me because of his greed."

Huang Jinzhong shook the letter and said, "Wang Ziteng said it was Sun Shaozu's idea."

Wang Daniu smiled and said, "Wang Ziteng always has an excuse. The disastrous defeat in Zhuxian Town was due to his sister's urging, and this time it was because of a small guerrilla general." He looked at the Hunan general and said, "You are also a general. Will you listen to the command of a small guerrilla general?"

The Hunan general didn't dare to say anything and could only smile awkwardly.

Huang Jinzhong was furious: "Is Sun Shaozu just an ordinary guerrilla general? He represents the Marshal..."

"I knew that you were all scheming just to get our commander-in-chief!" Wang Daniu's words were bold and heartbreaking.

Sure enough, the faces of the generals turned gloomy, and their eyes were full of vigilance and hostility.

"Wang Daniu, how dare you slander this military inspector? Do you know what crime you should be charged with?" Huang Jinzhong was so angry that his eyes turned red.

Wang Daniu raised his head and said, "The court has its own laws. If you violate any of them, you will be punished accordingly."

Huang Jinzhong: “You”

Li Hu: "Alright! The army will rest here, cook at 3am, and move out at 5am!"

All the generals shouted in unison: "Yes!"

Li Hu looked at Wang Yaozu and said, "Interrogate the prisoners quickly. I want to know the situation in Anlu."

Wang Yaozu: “Yes.”

Li Hu looked at Huang Jinzhong, then turned to Wang Daniu and said, "You are disrespectful to your superiors. Go back and receive twenty military sticks." After saying that, he rode his horse straight to the White Lotus' front camp.

The generals and personal soldiers followed closely on horseback.

Wang Daniu looked at Huang Jinzhong with a smile and followed him closely.

Huang Jinzhong was slightly startled. Provocation? Not really. Could it be that this little bastard was acting for Li Hu?

Thinking of this, Huang Jinzhong's eyes lit up. Yes, this must be the case. Damn it, this little bastard is really an expert at pretending. No wonder he could hide by Li Hu's side for so long.

However, after he messed things up like this, I couldn't say anything more. I could only hope that Wang Ziteng could defend Anlu until the reinforcements arrived. (End of this chapter)