Loan Wusheng

Chapter 183: The cold locks the river, and the Tongqiao monster is killed with one sword!

Yulian County is one of the eight counties in Lanzhou.

According to the Records of Yulian County, "In the third year of Wei Datong, the governor dredged the Lian Canal to facilitate grain transport, and found that 'fishing benefited the people, and floods caused Lian', so he petitioned to change the name of the county to Yulian."

Of course, although the county annals recorded it this way, the folk legends in the county are more inclined to the legendary story of "The Fisherman Chasing the Dragon Girl". In the story, the dragon girl's tears turned into the Lianshui River, so "Yu Lian" was named to commemorate the legendary place.

But no matter what, it indicates one thing.

There is a big river in Yulian County, which is Lianshui.

The Lianshui River has beautiful scenery. The immortal poet Yuandanjing of the previous dynasty once traveled here and described the scenery here with the words "fishermen's songs startle egrets, and ripples rhyme in the red sunset."

When Yulian County faced foreign enemies from the north and south, the Lianshui River also served as a natural defense barrier.

Therefore, if Zheng Jun wanted to raid the Hongshan River camp, he needed to cross the Lianshui River.

However, the Lianshui River is too wide and cannot be compared with ordinary water systems. Even the Lujiang River can only be said to have 60% or 70% of the Lianshui River's style.

In addition, the number of ferries was extremely limited. The defeated soldiers in the Tan County camp had fled in a panic and robbed many ferries. After crossing the river, they immediately burned the ferries on the spot to prevent the officers and soldiers from chasing them. Therefore, the number of ferries was very limited.

There are very few remaining ferries, and only a few hundred people can cross at a time. After these hundreds of people have crossed, the soldiers who try to force their way across the Hongshan River will inevitably be attacked halfway across the river, just like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather, with one person after another being sent across.

When Xu Hou surrendered to Zheng Jun, he mentioned this matter and volunteered to lead his troops to build a ferry overnight. He was even willing to be the first group to cross the river, gain a foothold on the other side of the river, establish a bridgehead base on the other side for the army, build a pontoon bridge, and support the rear army.

However, this proposal was rejected by Zheng Jun.

Xu Hou couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart at this, and he already had a guess.

The Grand Commander is probably going to use his most confident method!

Alone, holding a knife, he jumped over the Lianshui River, and then stood on the other side of the river with a knife in hand, personally resisting the huge army coming from the Hongshanhe tribe on the other side of the river!

Thinking of this, Xu Hou couldn't help but be shocked. He felt that this was a bit unsafe, but he couldn't think of any other way.

Although Xu Hou was a newly surrendered general, he was not Zheng Jun's confidant.

But he was still a skilled warrior after all, and after surrendering, he didn't have the face to rebel again and become a "slave of three surnames".

A martial artist who has mastered the orifices still has to have some dignity.

The army marched to the banks of the Lianshui River with flags fluttering.

The Guoyi Army went ahead and watched from the other side of the river, but they only saw people moving on the other side as well, but it looked like there were only a thousand people.

After discovering the movements of the Guoyi Army, the Lanzhou Army on the other side of the river immediately lit a bonfire and passed the message to the rear.

"Grand Governor!"

Suddenly, Wei Quan took a step forward, his eyes full of fighting spirit, and bowed to Zheng Jun and said, "I am willing to lead 500 soldiers of my army to cross the river, kill the general, seize the flag, and build a ferry for you!"

Wei Quan was eager to try.

Five hundred soldiers forced their way across the Lianshui River. As long as they held out on the other side for a moment to ensure that the pontoon bridge was built, the army would be able to move forward with ease!
Wei Quan is a little anxious now.

After all, Dugu Yuan, who was of similar age to him, had already entered the shogunate and became the General of the Central Army in the Grand Marshal's Office. This made him, as a first comer, very anxious. He wanted to make merit as soon as possible and also enter the shogunate.

When Zheng Jun heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle and said to Wei Quan, "No need."

"After crossing the river, the Guoyi Army and the Cangdao Army will follow me and attack the Hongshanhe camp. The Xiaoyong Army and the Kangle Army will follow closely behind, crossing the river from the left and right, and exiting from Nuo County and Peiyun County in Yulian County to block the Hongshanhe army from retreating to Batang County."

Zheng Jun spoke without paying any attention to the rolling Lianshui in front of him: "Duguyuan will lead the Xianbei cavalry and Wei Quan will lead the personal cavalry to attack from Yulian County to Peiyun County and defeat the fleeing soldiers!"

"General Xu and I will go to the Hongshanhe camp together, and the rebel army in Lanzhou will be led by Xu Tianfang to build forts along the junction of Xuanzhou and Suzhou."

The Lanzhou rebel army refers to the surrendered soldiers of the Lanzhou army.

Together with the 60,000 troops from Ningyuan County.

They surrendered to Zheng Jun, so weren't they the righteous army that restored order?

Of course, Ningyuan County’s troops now have less than 60,000 troops, only about 45,000 left.

The county magistrate and county lieutenant of Ningyuan County were quite ruthless. They knew that among the army in the city, 15,000 were from the Fang family's state soldiers in the state capital. Therefore, on the night when Yu Pei was kidnapped, they planned to poison these 15,000 people to death.

The soldiers did not suspect anything and after drinking the poisoned wine, thousands of them were poisoned to death that night. The warriors at the peak of Blood Refining and Qi Accumulation circulated their true Qi and wanted to escape, but after being poisoned, their cultivation level dropped greatly, and they refused to surrender, so they were surrounded and killed in the military camp.

The Fang family also had two outer Gang members who died in that chaotic night.

This immediately made the KDA of Huang Ming, the Ningyuan County lieutenant who was in charge of all this, higher than that of Zheng Jun.

Zheng Jun had no objection to this.

Those 15,000 people were different from Xu Hou's current rebel army that was trying to restore order. They came from the vicinity of Lanzhou Prefecture, and most of them were soldiers from Anlong and Xinyi. They were not of the same mind as the surrendered soldiers from Ningyuan County. If they wanted to rebel, these 15,000 people could cause some trouble for their side.

Compassion does not command troops.

Killing them would also free up the Kangle and Xiaoyong armies for Zheng Jun in time, and he could even use the 45,000 Ningyuan soldiers!

"Yes, General!"

When Zheng Jun gave the military order, the surrounding generals immediately bowed in agreement.

However, they still didn't understand how Zheng Jun should cross the river now.

Just as the generals were thinking about it, they saw Zheng Jun riding his horse to the bank of Lianshui River. His long sword, even before it was unsheathed, had already caused ripples on the surface of the river.

On the other side of the river, the iron armor of the Lanzhou army shone coldly, and the sound of war drums could be heard faintly. It seemed that they were hastily forming a battle array, preparing to resist the warriors from Zheng Jun's army who were flying over.

The other party was obviously more timid, but did not retreat.

After all, the Lanzhou army on the other side also knew that they could not defend the ferry here.

As long as the famous Tongqiao warrior on the other side of the northern border, Grand Commander Zheng Jun, exerts his true energy and flies over, even if they form a formation, only defeat will await them.

But what they have to do now is to delay Zheng Jun.

If you can delay it for a little longer than the time of an incense stick, then delay it for a little longer than the time of an incense stick!
As long as the news can be passed back to the camp, the camp will have enough time to react.

Those guarding this ferry are Hong Shanhe's elite troops, brothers from the same county.

There are 3,000 defenders, all well-trained. In addition, there are three outer-level warriors guarding the place. Even if a Tongqiao warrior comes, they can still entangle the enemy by forming an army in battle formation.

When they saw Zheng Jun riding his horse forward, they immediately became alert, and a shadow of a dragon and a bird began to condense faintly in the army formation above.

When Zheng Jun saw this, he couldn't help but sneer. The cold light from the scabbard shot up into the sky, and the frosty blade energy turned into a hundred-foot-long green dragon that swooped down into the water!
Suddenly, the Lianshui River surged like a boil, and three feet of icy mist rose from the water surface!
The frosty blade light poured down with an eerie chill, and where the Azure Dragon's shadow was hovering, a hundred feet of black ice suddenly condensed, and the surging river was unexpectedly cut into two ice cliffs in the blink of an eye!
The soldiers of the Lanzhou Army on the other side of the river only heard a deafening roar, and the river in front of them had actually begun to condense into thick ice!

The phantom of the dragon bird above the army formation had not yet spread its wings when the green water energy shredded it into shattered rays of light all over the sky!
"what?!"

"This...Frost Locks the River?!"

"..."

Zheng Jun's actions immediately shocked everyone.

All the soldiers under Zheng Jun cheered, while the Lanzhou army on the other side looked gloomy.

Freezing an entire river, such a great power can only be achieved by a martial artist with extraordinary powers.

After all, such a big river is not just a flow of water, it contains spiritual charm. If you want to block it, you have to drain all the spiritual charm from the river water before you can block it.

If it is just a simple water flow, any stronger outer martial artist can do it.

However, even if it is a Tongqiao warrior, he must be a veteran Tongqiao warrior, at least at the fourth or fifth level of Tongqiao to be able to do it. Moreover, after the river is frozen, it is easy to anger the creatures in the river.

A big river like the Lianshui is naturally inhabited by water monsters and demons!
As a result, the demon in the water was naturally furious.

"This ice can support 30,000 people crossing the river."

Zheng Jun put away his sword, and the ice crystals on the blade fell down, and a line of small gold-plated characters appeared in front of him.

[The sword comes out like a dragon, freezing the river! The repayment progress of 'Lushui Zhan Jiao' is +201, and the current repayment progress is: 4321/5000. ]

This blow actually consumed a lot of Zheng Jun's true energy for a short period of time.

However, thanks to the "Taixu Ningyu Pian" and his own three-orifice strength, the true energy that was briefly consumed was rapidly growing and recovering, and within a few breaths, it had returned to normal.

"Cross the river!"

Zheng Jun rode his horse and crushed the first wave of ice, and the tens of thousands of soldiers behind him were like black dragons rolling over a jade belt.

The ice made a roar like a dragon under the iron hooves, which actually drowned out the sound of the enemy's war drums.

Wei Quan rode forward, personally leading two thousand cavalrymen from his personal battalion, and charged towards the enemy formation.

The cavalry did not wear heavy armor, but mainly consisted of light cavalry.

Although the ice is solid, heavy armor marches too slowly and consumes too much horsepower. Armored cavalry is still suitable for charging when there is no escape. In the wilderness, if they are outmaneuvered by light cavalry, they will be doomed.

More than a thousand defenders on the other side raised their iron shields, their hearts filled with panic.

The three outer martial artists who were leading the group had extremely ugly expressions on their faces.

"Two brothers."

One of them raised the spear in his hand and shook his true energy: "It seems that today we will die or not survive."

"I had no chance to study in the past, but Marshal Hong recommended me and I was able to escape from my status as a slave and join the army."

The other man also looked solemn: "Today I have no choice but to die to repay Marshal Hong's kindness!"

Looking at the two people like this, the last person remained silent with a serious expression.

And ahead, Wei Quan's two thousand cavalrymen had already crossed most of the glacier.

After Wei Quan came Dugu Yuan's two thousand Xianbei cavalry.

The cavalry charged first, but their intention was not to trample the enemy formation, but to harass them from both sides with archery.

If we charge directly into the battle line, wouldn't that be a huge waste of the cavalry's mobility?
They're not armored cavalry.

The cavalry would go around to the two sides and wait for the infantry to engage in battle. If the enemy army had any intention of retreating or their formation became chaotic, they would then realize how terrifying the cavalry was.

However, just as the cavalry was charging, Zheng Jun, who was in charge of the central army, suddenly felt something moving under the ice, and his eyes immediately fixed.

The next second, the ice on the right side suddenly exploded!
The heavy ice shattered like glass, and a hideous giant head popped out from the mist.

A half-fish, half-dragon monster with green scales covering its forehead, fangs like halberds, leaped out from the ice hole, and the turbid waves and fishy wind spread in all directions!

"Who dares to come and cause trouble for me? You humans can fight all you want, but what does it have to do with me?"

The monster was over ten feet long, with spines as sharp as a mountain of knives, and the two pairs of sharp claws under its belly had actually grown into the embryonic form of a dragon.

It was a dragon demon. Judging from its aura, it seemed that it had just gained enlightenment.

Three years ago, with the help of the Jiangzhou Dragon Clan, it had just broken through to the realm of Tongqiao and became a demon general of the Jiangzhou Dragon Clan. It was canonized as the Lianshui River God by the Southern Liang court. It had only been back for less than three months when the river was suddenly frozen. Naturally, this demon was very angry!
I haven't even asked for boys and girls to eat yet, and you humans are trying to show me your power first? This is really too much bullying!
So, he did not hesitate and went straight out of the river to see who had done it!
"Could this be the 'Dragon Girl' in the myth of Yulian County?"

Looking at this extremely ugly monster, Zheng Jun's expression was very strange.

The demon's golden pupils stood up, and when he was about to roar to the sky, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the black-armored figure above the glacier, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

The long sword in Zheng Jun's hand did not move, but the true energy in his body was like the Nine Netherworlds Cold Abyss, pressing the demon's scales to burst!

"Zheng...Jun?!"

After seeing Zheng Jun, the demon let out a shrill wail, and without saying a word, turned around and tried to go back into the ice cave.

This demon has already regretted it.

He knew the name Zheng Jun.

Among the Jiangzhou dragon clan, Zheng Jun also has a place.

after all……

Dragon species and dragon-like monsters are rare in the northern border, and Zheng Jun has already killed several of them in succession.

Naturally, it attracted the attention of the Jiangzhou dragon clan.

This demon was originally a powerful demon from the Northern Frontier, and he had some knowledge of other powerful demons in the Northern Frontier, so he understood very well the power of Zheng Jun, the 'evil demon'.

"God damn it, why is he here? Isn't he in Bozhou?"

The demon thought to himself and tried to escape as quickly as possible.

All I can say is that this is what happens when you stay underwater as a geek for too long.

The demon was extremely fast and tried to escape back under the ice.

However, Zheng Jun's sword intent had already locked on all directions. Golden patterns surged between his brows, and the blade in his hand flashed with golden light. Suddenly, a big sun emerged from between heaven and earth, and in an instant, heaven and earth were silent.

A big sun rises around the demon!
It was like a circle, trapping the demon inside.

"break!"

Zheng Jun flicked the blade with his finger, and the sun ring closed in response.

The ring shrank in an instant like a pencil sharpener, and the demon's body, which had been tempered for a hundred times, crumbled piece by piece like a brittle lotus root, and the green blood turned into ice crystals before it even splashed.

A red demon pill rolled onto the ice.

Zheng Jun waved his sleeves and put the demon pill and the remaining body of the demon into his sleeves.

And in his sleeves, of course, is the magic weapon 'Fang Cun Mountain'.

[Big Sun Ring, the sword cuts half of the dragon. The repayment progress of 'Yiliang Liuguang' is +368, and the current repayment progress is: 2677/5000. ]

[See through the flaws and defeat the enemy with one strike. The repayment progress of "Third Eye Breaking Barrier" is +405, and the current repayment progress is: 1113/10000. ]

Two small gilded characters flashed before his eyes, and Zheng Jun nodded slightly.

This all-seeing demon is really terrible.

His qualities were no different from those of the outer demons. After seeing me, he panicked and completely exposed his weaknesses.

Even with the help of "Third Eye Breaking Barrier", he was killed by Zheng Jun with one sword. It was really absurd.

Honestly speaking, for an ordinary person at the initial stage of Tongqiao, no matter how weak he was, it would take Zheng Jun three strikes to kill him.

Nabatao, who was killed a few days ago, was at the initial stage of Tongqiao. Although he possessed supernatural powers, he never displayed them until his death.

In this way, Zheng Jun used six sword strikes in total.

In comparison, this demon is really a weakling.

but……

"As long as I have the demon pill, I can practice again."

Zheng Jun let out a breath.

He had a feeling.

With the blessing of these magical powers, plus my own uniqueness, how do I feel...

Perhaps I could become the first person in the world to attain the True Martial Dharma by constantly killing demons and swallowing demon pills?
Even Jiang Yu, the Emperor Taizu of the Yu Dynasty, who wanted to annihilate all the demons in the world and reigned for 700 years, spent 500 years exterminating demons everywhere, did not achieve the True Martial Dharma Body by relying on the 'Yiri Liuguang'.

perhaps……

This is how I was promoted.

Zheng Jun thought in his heart.

The soldiers on both sides stood there with their eyes wide open, only hearing the creaking sound of the ice cracking.

Wei Quan was the first to come back to his senses, brandishing his sword and shouting, "Great Commander, divine power!"

In an instant, tens of thousands of cavalrymen roared like thunder and the sound waves made the shields of the army on the other side clank.

The three outer-level warriors looked ashen, and they couldn't even hold the weapons in their hands steadily.

The skills they have practiced for forty years are not even as hard as half the scales of the demon dragon!

And Zheng Jun's speed in killing the Tongqiao monster was even faster than their speed in killing the Qi-accumulating monster!

Can they still fight against such an opponent?

For a moment, the three outer generals were all confused.

While they were confused, the sharp edge of the cavalry had already appeared in front of them.

Wei Quan rode out on his horse, holding a knife and shouting: "How dare the bandits fight against me?!"

Wei Quan's voice was very loud, but the generals on the shore felt their scalps tingling and dared not respond.

Wei Quan was a little disappointed when he saw this, but suddenly, a general of the third level of outer power suddenly rushed out from the Lanzhou army on the other side, holding a gun and saying: "I will kill you!"

"it is good!"

Wei Quan was overjoyed and immediately rode his horse to fight.

The outer Gang general who rushed out was the one who had been silent and had not spoken a word just now.

The other two generals looked at the army crossing the ice with fear in their hearts.

Originally, they all thought they were not afraid of death.

But after really facing this peerless strong man who could kill a powerful demon with one sword, the originally indestructible belief in his heart was shaken.

"Brother Hong, I..."

A general wanted to say something but stopped himself. However, at this moment, Zheng Jun's sword had already arrived. The sword light poured down like a silver waterfall, and the sharp cold light slammed into the iron shield formation of the Lanzhou army.

The hundred shield soldiers in the front row only felt a strong wind blowing in their faces, and the black iron shields in their hands were like thin paper, breaking into pieces!

"what--"

The sapphire essence wrapped in ice chips penetrated the bodies, and the soldiers did not even have time to scream before they turned into ice sculptures and fell to the ground with a bang.

The two wavering outer generals were knocked over by the aftermath of the sword energy, and became even more terrified. The bearded general's spear broke into three pieces. Looking at the ice crystals and broken armor on the ground, he said in a trembling voice: "The commander-in-chief often said that Zheng Jun is a great hero in the north. Today I know that this is true..."

He turned to look at his comrade: "Brother Zhao, how about we..."

At this point, the general named "Hong" was a little embarrassed to speak.

His last name is Hong.

We share the same mountains and rivers, and are of the same clan.

Now I actually have the intention of surrendering, which is really shameful.

The general known as Brother Zhao leaned his sword on the ground and heard the whistles of the Xianbei cavalry behind him.

But Dugu Yuan was seen leading the light cavalry, circling like a hawk, and a rain of wolf-tooth arrows was nailing the fleeing archers to the ice.

"Come down."

Zhao Jiang Ling sighed, then looked at the loyal guys in the formation, then looked at the third level outer guard general who was fighting with Wei Quan, and whispered, "Using a dozen lives to exchange for the survival of three thousand brothers, this deal is worth it!"

"Ah."

The foreigner named Hong nodded, and then the two of them suddenly jumped up.

General Zhao swept his sword across, cutting the three determined-looking captains in half.

The general surnamed Hong smashed the head of his personal guard with one palm and shouted at the panicked soldiers: "The Grand Commander has opened the road to heaven. Do you want to fall into the Avici Hell with Hong Shanhe?"

Just as the seventeen diehard bodyguards were about to resist, they were hacked to pieces by the secretly colluding squad leaders, and their blood seeped into the Lianshui River along the lines on the ice.

Seeing this, General Hong felt a little ashamed.

Most of those 17 diehards were members of the Hong family...

What he did was equivalent to selling out all his family members!
But even though he felt guilty, he still shouted loudly: "Raise the white flag to show your intention to surrender, and quickly welcome the Grand Commander across the river!"

When the enemy general from the outer Gang who was fighting with Wei Quan heard the words of General Hong, he was stunned, and then his Gang Qi collapsed and his mind was in chaos.

When Wei Quan saw this, he knocked him off his horse with the back of his knife. Before he could struggle, he was surrounded by his personal soldiers and tied up like a dumpling.

Wei Quan chuckled, and before he could dismount, he saw that the true energy of the third-level outer energy warrior who had just fought with him had dissipated, and he had apparently severed his own meridians and committed suicide.

Seeing this situation, Wei Quan couldn't help but sigh. Seeing that the defenders on the other side had raised the white flag to surrender, he did not continue to lead his troops to harass them.

After tidying themselves up a bit, Generals Zhao and Hong transformed into two beams of light and flew towards the central army tent where Zheng Jun was. They said, "I greet the Grand Commander. We hope that the Grand Commander will…"

But before he could finish his words, Zheng Jun's cold eyes swept over the two generals, and then he said unceremoniously: "Get out of the way, don't stop the army from moving forward!"

Upon hearing this, the two generals immediately shrank their necks, returned to the camp, and ordered the three thousand soldiers under their command to quickly make way.

Zheng Jun did not stop along the way, and did not even bother to take care of the three thousand soldiers. He continued to give orders: "Don't stop, go straight to the Hongshanhe camp!"

"According to the original military order, the Guoyi Army will charge forward from the front and the Cangdao Army from the back. Don't let the thief general Hong Shanhe escape!"

(End of this chapter)