Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 338: Breaking the City and Tempering the Sword
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

I can’t remember how many times I’ve beaten the drum.

Huan Tianyuan gritted his teeth, climbed out of the military tent, put on armor, held a gun, and went out into the battle.

However, this time, there were not many people left in the city.

Three thousand? Five thousand? No more.

All the generals, captains, and military marquises had disappeared, and no one knew whether they had escaped or died.

But it doesn’t matter. I’ve done it so many times and I’m used to it.

Huan Tianyuan stepped onto the platform to review his generals, holding the Green Luan and Phoenix flag in his hand. Naturally, a group of veteran soldiers like him, wearing armor and holding weapons, with numb and expressionless faces, gathered silently.

"My fellow comrades,
I am not a king,

I am not waiting for the Immortal Palace!

I am only waiting for the peace of the world

I am waiting only for my hometown behind me

As long as the flag is there, the city is there; when the flag is gone, the people are gone!
"Go out!"

No one raised their arms and shouted, and no one roared excitedly.

Such nonsense as the pursuit of world peace can only deceive those hot-blooded young people to death.

It may boost morale once or twice, but if it happens dozens or even twenty times, over and over again, there will be no passion anymore.

Faced with inevitable and irreversible death, some people escaped, some were defeated, and more people became numb.

Forget it, that's it, go out and die.

Huan Tianyuan waved his flags and shouted like a shepherd driving a flock of sheep. He used his loud voice to force the numb-looking soldiers from the various vassal states of Zhenzhou to go up to the city to wait for death. There was nothing else he could do.

can't win

He also raised his arms several times and called out to thousands of good men, who fought back with him, struggled hard, and beat the counterattacks to death. However, it was all in vain.

Because the battlefield is like this. Just because you have a loud voice, a lot of reasons, and shout a few times, it is not possible that everyone will suddenly be full of morale, burst into fighting power, and break out of the siege.

Have you ever eaten ice mixed with human blood or demon blood?

Have you ever shot a demon with fur thicker than triple armor?
You once galloped for three days and nights on a snowy plain in the freezing cold, and had to charge into the enemy lines repeatedly when you rushed into the battlefield.

Can you use a bow and a knife and keep hitting until the wolves in a pack run away in all directions?

you can not.

You don't have the ability or the will.

You bunch of rubbish who haven't even eaten human flesh are just shit in a greenhouse.

Do you want to win too? Do you deserve to win?
Laugh to death.

fool.

"Brother Huan, what should we do now?"

The call, which seemed so close yet so far away, woke up Huan Tianyuan who was muttering to himself.

Looking up at the warriors around him, some old and some young, but with fighting spirit in their eyes, Huan Tianyuan came to his senses.

Well, at least he wasn't alone.

After repeated fights and defeats, he was not the only one who knew that he was trapped in some kind of nightmare.

These people were brave men who had awakened from this nightmare one after another, and took the initiative to unite around Huan Tianyuan and follow him to defend the isolated city.

Those good-for-nothings, ministers and generals abandoned the army and fled. Thanks to their great help, Huan Tianyuan was able to mobilize the troops and deploy defenses in the city.

Kan's swords and horses are sharp, but Zhen's swords are also good. If they have the opportunity to grow, the outcome may be uncertain. But...

Huan Tianyuan gritted his teeth.

"We can't hold it, let's escape."

"escape?"

"Escape. They have been practicing siege tactics. Each time they attack from a different direction, they are even more skilled at climbing the walls.

Moreover, in three consecutive battles, there were strong archers sniping me in secret. I'm afraid that someone on the opposite side will remember that I am in command. Yingzhou City will not be able to be defended sooner or later.

The rebels are growing faster than us, and it is difficult to fight them on this battlefield."

The Zhenzhou warriors hesitated for a moment and looked at each other.

"But if we can't even defend Yingzhou, where can we retreat to stop them?"

Huan Tianyuan spread out the map and pointed to the south.
“There is another way, as long as there is a waterway, we can stop it.

I have been fighting the rebels all the way, although there is a huge disparity in strength, and I have been defeated repeatedly in the battles of Zhangshui, Huanshui, and Genhe. But if you think about it carefully, every time they encounter a river or waterway, the army will be temporarily blocked, and we will be in a confrontation across the river.

I also memorized the time of each rebel raid and calculated the distance between the military camp and the city. I found that they were as fast as lightning and were very skilled in breaking through the enemy's formation and climbing the city wall, but they still wasted a lot of time when crossing the river, so my army was always confident in setting up the city defense.

Logically speaking, even if the northerners were not familiar with water, with the rebels' ability to learn siege, they should not have been unable to cross the river until now. So last time I rode out of the city alone, took a careful look at the front of the battle, and finally figured it out.

The problem is not with the man, but with the horse."

"……horse?"

Huan Tianyuan nodded.

"Horses, the horses of the cavalry were all brought from the glaciers, raised in the pastor's garden, and fed with melted snow water from the Rouge Mountain. They have rarely seen large rivers.

There are also rivers in Kan Country, but the ice field is infested with monsters. There must be monsters in the deep rivers and lakes of the vast ice lakes. So when this group of northern horses see the deep water, they naturally dare not cross the river.

The Ying River is still too shallow, and now it is winter, the dry season, and the river is frozen again, so they were able to break through and catch us off guard."

Huan Tianyuan gestured on the map, looking southward, muttering to himself,

"If Yingzhou is lost, the rebels will definitely turn to attack Suiyang. We will be unable to hold it if we attack from both sides and will have to retreat.

They had to retreat along the canal all the way to the Huai River, set up a camp on the mudflats, and defend the city to have a chance of fighting.

Victory and defeat are common in the military, let's go!"

Then the warriors of Zhen State looked at each other, shook their heads, and reached out to take the Blue Luan and Phoenix flag from his hand.

"No, Yingzhou is our home."

"Brother Huan, you are a capable person, please go."

"Leave him alone until he is useful. Suppress the rebels and we will cover your retreat."

"You, you...I will avenge you!"

Maybe if you choose to run away the first time, you will be much more accepting the second time.

After a moment's hesitation, Huan Tianyuan finally gritted his teeth, rode away from the city alone.

Only one man, without looking back, rushed away from the battlefield along the blood-flowing Ying River.

Soon, behind him, tens of thousands of troops formed battle formations, blood flowed like a river, and the armored warriors broke through the battlements and broke into the city one after another, rushing through the parapets and climbing over the top of the city. Amid the clamor, fighting, and roar of order collapse, the gate of Yingzhou was smashed and overturned in a roar, and the army in iron armor and helmets filed in, broke into the city, and killed people wantonly.

The first group of 18 riders to ascend Yinshan Mountain led the way! General Tenglong followed! They rushed straight into the general's mansion in Yingzhou City! They saw the blue phoenix flag that was 40 feet high in the distance! They immediately rushed to the mansion to compete for the first merit!
Cut it off with one knife!

The flag fell! The city fell!

"Boom!"

The next moment, a violent explosion destroyed everything. Endless underground fire broke through the rotating stones and erupted like magma, like countless fire snakes rushing out of the ground, sweeping across the city, sweeping up the soldiers fighting in the streets and alleys, instantly igniting their armor and turning them into ash stains that had no human shape.

Then, in the flames that penetrated the sky and the earth and tore apart the mountains and rivers, a stream of golden red steel burst out from the treasure house of the city lord's mansion like a fountain. It was like a ferocious and fierce red dragon that swallowed the wind and exhaled smoke, with fire coming out of its mouth and nose, rising into the sky, then blooming and exploding, scorching the battlefield and igniting the atmosphere.

The sky and the ground were filled with wailing souls and torn human bodies. All the debris and ashes were blasted away. Then a storm of murderous intent filled the sky and the ground, gathering and condensing from all directions and pouring into the vacuum created by the explosion.

In the end, it wrapped around him like a tornado, tempering the peerless weapon that dominated the world and took shape on the battlefield.

So Tiedan opened his eyes, stood on the top of Yingzhou City, looked at the sunrise and sunset, and overlooked the army still asleep in the city. He counted with his fingers,
"This is the ninth level of tempering."

Five elders, "Wow..."

Tiedan shrugged, swung up the Tianpeng ruler, and hit the military drum three more times, "dong dong dong".

One strike to start the battle

One strike to light the furnace

One strike to temper the sword

Refining the tenth time! Repeated purification! Endless enhancement!
“Hiss… In just one day, it’s already been refined to the tenth level! This efficiency is too high!”

“Amazing, amazing…”

"Uh, no, my friend Tiedao, do you want to continue practicing?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? Don't disturb others!"

"No, I'm just worried that if the enhancements are stacked too high, the difficulty will increase sharply and it will be easy to fail!"

“Yes, and can this Soul Furnace really sustain so many revolutions?

Don’t force yourself, my friend. If you feel tired, I have a pill to nourish the fetus and calm the mind.”

"Thank you."

Tiedan popped some tranquilizing pills, looked at the army outside the city that was awakened by the sound of drums, lined up in battle array, and prepared for a new round of fighting, and shrugged.

“It’s okay, so far the operation of the formations has been calculated.

Besides, it’s not me who is in charge of the soul furnace, it’s them who refuse to wake up.

Since you are addicted to killing and cannot extricate yourself, then continue to practice."

Wu Lao, "Aren't you the one maintaining it????"

Tiedan had nothing to hide, so he pointed at the groups of officers and generals who were fleeing in panic, throwing away their armor and weapons.

“I’ve already said that this sword of mine is only newly forged. When it’s ready, it will be enough to sacrifice a few people who are destined to suffer disasters to cleanse its edge and sharpen its blade. There’s no need to offer hundreds of thousands of blood sacrifices right away.

This formation does not have any restrictions, it just uses the murderous aura in their dreams to refine the sword. Therefore, although mortals cannot remember their dreams in their previous lives, these people who have lost their souls and their courage in the endless killing are useless to my formation, so why should I force them to restrain them?

As long as we escape the war zone before the city falls, we can escape from this cycle of killing. If too many people escape the war, the battle cannot be completed, and the concentration of killing energy is not enough, I will naturally stop practicing.

Now it seems that the Zhen army is still motivated. Even though they have been wiped out nine times, there are still some people who can hold on in the city. Perhaps they can fight a few more rounds of battles. Then let's continue."

"I see."

The five elders all made their calculations.

"The rebels have been winning all the time, their spirits are high and their condition is at its peak. Moreover, they have been soldiers all their lives and are best at long-distance battles. It doesn't matter if they don't eat or drink for three to five days. They can naturally continue to fight. Not to mention ten rounds, they can also fight twenty or thirty rounds."

"Although the Zhen army has suffered a series of defeats and a large number of people have lost their minds and collapsed, they are still outnumbered and those who escaped are middle and senior officers. The lower-level soldiers had no way to escape, and their hometowns were behind them, so they could only grit their teeth and hold on."

"But after all, the soldiers will eventually collapse from the repeated killings and slaughters in their dreams. I'm afraid that when the battle comes to an end, they will be exhausted and collapse. When these defeated soldiers wake up from the nightmare, they will probably be drained of their spirits and become cowards who dare not fight and cannot fight, and will never be able to take up arms again."

"That's not what I meant. If there hadn't been this formation, these soldiers would have been slaughtered in the first battle and died on the battlefield. You just let them see their inevitable fate in advance and even gave them the opportunity to start over and change their fate. Even if they can save their lives, it would be a great blessing. What else do you want?"

"But if this happens, the rebels will be trained and strengthened, becoming even stronger and more motivated. By then, there will be no army in the world that can stop such a strong army..."

Tiedan looked at them.

"So what? The rebels deserve to die."

The five elders were speechless for a moment.

Tiedan looked into the distance, watching the earth shaking and the mountains crashing down like a dark cloud, breaking through the hills and crushing the enemy.

"The killing calamity is meant to kill the strong and eliminate the weak. If you don't want to die, why do you go to the battlefield? Besides, I'm not asking them to fight with others naked.

You were born by the same father and raised by the same mother. You have all the armor and are competing on the same stage. But you can't beat them, and yet they insist that you win. How can this be justified in the world?

What's going on? The lives of us northern barbarians don't count, and we all deserve to die by the sword, right?"

The five elders looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Don't misunderstand me, that's not what we meant..."

Tiedan sneered.

“But this is what the world thinks, rebellion is wrong and those who rebel should be killed!
It's the northerners' fault that the world is in turmoil and people in the Central Plains are being slaughtered!
It’s all because of us, the northern barbarians, who have brought disaster to their world!
Disrupting their tranquility and ruining their peace!
Hehehehaha! This is so funny!
Peace! Whose peace! The world! Whose world!
Our ancestors were also forcibly relocated by the imperial court to the snowy areas of Yinshan and Yanyuan to guard the border during the reign of Emperor Wu!
Generation after generation, descendant after descendant, for so many years, the world has enjoyed peace, and no one has ever thought of sending us back to the Central Plains!
What? Do we deserve to be guarding the border for the people of the Central Plains? Fighting for food and meat with monsters in the snow?

Even the Emperor Wu back then knew how to plunder the world to provide military supplies for the front line! At least to make sure the soldiers were well fed! But what about now?

Emperor Wu is gone, the imperial guards have been withdrawn, and the Central Plains no longer have to pay taxes and levies. The war has ended, and the world is at peace! But Yinshan must continue to be guarded! The nine frontiers must continue to be garrisoned! The corvée must continue to be performed!

The only difference is that they have no money, no food, and no money to pay! They are so hungry that they can't stand it anymore. They cross the mountains through the ice and snow and escape back to beg for food. If they are caught, they will be punished! They are runaway slaves!

We need to whip you! We need to put you in a cage! We need to rush back to Yinshan to continue guarding! Guard, guard, guard! We need to guard until we die in the ice and snow and be eaten alive by wolves! How come we owe you the whole world!?
Where do you think the 200,000 cavalrymen of Kan State came from? There were originally so many people at the foot of Yinshan Mountain! They were blocked by the nine-border guards like wolves! They were stopped outside the pass and not allowed to come back! If they were found in the snow, they would be made slaves and killed without mercy!

Fine! If you don't let us go back to the Central Plains, you should give us food! But we can't even get the military pay to make a living! We are forced to struggle to survive on the ice field! Drink snow water! Eat human flesh! Snatch a bite of food from the monster's mouth!
In the end, even the old man from Kan Country couldn't stand it anymore, so he made up a pretext to ask the Fairy Palace for money, so that he could have enough food! This is how the 彲骑 came into being!

Why should they follow Shi Jiao! Just because that beast can kill millions of families and wipe out their families, just to rob the soldiers of their food, money and women! Even human flesh can be divided into one piece for everyone!
Having come this far, do you really think that just killing Shi Jiao alone can end this killing disaster? Pah! Shi Jiao is dead! There is still a second one! A third one! There are still two hundred thousand!
They all want to break into the Three Enclosures, and they all want to kill! Cut open the fat intestines of all the nobles in the palace! Take out all the food that has been owed to them over the years!
The killing calamity has come! The world is in chaos! Everyone depends on their ability! The war is fierce and dangerous, and those who go out will die!

Those who are capable! Live! Those who are incapable! Die!

So simple! So fair! So enjoyable!
What peace in the world! Pah! Do you think peace will fall from the sky?

We fought for it for you! We earned it! We snatched it from you!

Now we quit!
Your peace is gone!
What's left is only the fairness of the sword! This fairness is called either you die or I die!

You fool who is not afraid of death! Come and die together!"

Swing the ruler and beat the drum!
Boom, boom, boom!
……

At that time, Xiao Hou's cousin Ming was in charge of military affairs. His troops were as powerful as the royal army. All of them were equipped with the latest equipment and their military appearance was very grand. It was believed that this was the result of hundreds of years of hard work.

However, the rebel army was defeated in Yingzhou in three days, and 42 deputy generals were beheaded, and nearly 150,000 people were killed, captured or drowned. The generals of the central army fled along the Huainan route, and received 3 million dan of rice and official salaries, which shocked the Central Plains.

Since Jiao raised his army, he has always led tens of thousands of cavalry to fight. He is the bravest among the three armies and is invincible. He can attack cities and break through battle array, and force the enemy to kill. No one in the world can match him.

So he led a hundred thousand cavalrymen upstream to fight at Suiyang.

(End of this chapter)