Loan Wusheng

Chapter 78: Destroy the Mountain Village (5k)

There must be a reason for not bringing the cavalry and the third group.

The Black Mountain Cavalry are not the Shanyue Cavalry. If these cavalrymen were asked to go up the mountain, 90% of their skills would be lost, and their combat effectiveness might be even lower than that of new recruits.

As for the third group, most of them are survivors that Lieutenant Lin brought up the mountain last time. They are inevitably afraid of Black Mountain and have psychological barriers. In order to prevent any soldiers in the third group from suddenly deserting and thus shaking the morale of the army, it is better to leave the whole group behind to transport food.

This time when he went up the mountain, Zheng Jun's target was the Juyi Bandits among the Black Mountain Bandits, led by Zhang Kang, a Qi Accumulation Realm warrior known as 'Sick Long Worm' in the martial arts world.

The Black Mountain is vast, with many bends and turns. There are 19 gangs of bandits, large and small, on the mountain. They form a loose alliance with each other and regard Lu Hao, who is in the outer Gang realm, as their leader. They are not as close as a family and still live their own lives.

In the entire northern land, the strongest bandit group was naturally the gang of thieves that gathered at Tianwang Mountain in Qingzhou. They were called the Heavenly Gang and the Earthly Demons, and they repelled several attacks by the imperial court. With tens of thousands of people, they caused the imperial court to be extremely anxious and did not know how to deal with them.

The bandits on the Black Mountain naturally did not dare to compare themselves with those on the Tianwang Mountain. Normally, when they met a young master of a big and powerful sect, they would hide in their nests and dare not come out. After discussing with each other, they would send out a few younger brothers who had just joined the mountain to die, in order to give those young masters of the big and powerful sects a reputation of being "knights and righteous".

If you encounter ordinary people from the martial arts world who are out to do justice, don't blame them for being cruel and ruthless.

In this way, Zheng Jun led fifty people up the mountain, and after twists and turns along the way, they finally reached the top of the mountain and arrived near a valley.

This group of bandits, who called themselves the "Gathering of Righteous Bandits," gathered here.

If Zheng Jun didn't have the blueprint that Bo Zhangjiu drew for him, he would never have been able to find the lair of this gang of bandits.

This mountain stronghold is not easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is only a symbolic gate at the entrance of the valley. As for the "commanding" feeling, it is not really that.

Why is this happening?

Of course it was because all the good places had been robbed by other bandits. Among the 19 gangs of bandits on Black Mountain, they were not considered to be very strong. Between being easy to defend and difficult to attack and being hidden enough, Zhang Kang could only choose being hidden enough.

After all, in Zhang Kang's opinion, no matter how easy it is to defend and difficult to attack, once the imperial court really wants to kill you, the army will come through mountains and rivers, and the foreign warriors will bombard you crazily, you will not be able to escape death. It is better to find a very secretive place, which can allow you to live longer.

The two bandits guarding the gate of the stronghold were stunned when they saw Zheng Jun leading his troops up the mountain. Then they rolled and crawled to ring the big bell beside them.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"..."

The drums roared like thunder, and the sound spread throughout the valley in an instant.

Zheng Jun looked up and shouted without hesitation, "Form a formation and attack the stronghold!"

After hearing Zheng Jun's instructions, the soldiers of the personal guard group immediately began to form a military formation in the shape of a 'star formation'. Zheng Jun activated his true energy, and a chill instantly came. It was as if real grey true energy emanated from Zheng Jun's body in all directions, covering the personal guards in armor around him and gradually merging together.

The true qi converges, the blood and qi mix, the sand gathers into a river, and the qi gathers into a formation!
After forming this formation, Zheng Jun also discovered something different this time.

I didn't find it as difficult as described in the military books, the reason was because of the 'Great Martial Book'!
Zheng Jun looked inward at his Dantian and could see that the 'Dao Wushu' was now in a central coordination role. All the true energy in the army formation was unified, integrated and suppressed by the 'Dao Wushu', so that Zheng Jun could skip this step and start to perform it directly.

It’s just like making dumplings. Others need to roll out the dough manually, fill it with stuffing, and then steam/fry/boil it in water.

But Zheng Jun is different. He bought frozen dumplings directly from the supermarket, saving himself the most difficult process of rolling out the dough and filling it with stuffing. What's more, Zheng Jun's 'frozen dumplings' taste great!

It turns out that I am not a famous general.

Although Zheng Jun felt a little regretful, he was not depressed at all. Instead, he was full of energy and spirit.

To put it bluntly, it is similar to my current title of "peerless genius", only I know it is fake, but others don't know.

It doesn’t matter, as long as you can perform it, Zheng Jun is not bound by the format.

With this thought, Zheng Jun regrouped, and the cold light flashed on the Beirong sword in his hand. With the gathering of the true energy of the surrounding soldiers, Zheng Jun did not hesitate and slashed directly!

"hold head high!"

The sound of the sword was like the roar of a dragon.

The blade flashed, as if a dragon soared into the sky from the abyss and rushed towards the gate of the mountain village!

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the gate of the mountain stronghold collapsed. Seeing this, Zheng Jun also took the initiative to withdraw his troops.

After all, this one blow consumed a lot of blood and energy of his soldiers. If it continued like this, although he felt great about it, it was consuming the current combat effectiveness of the soldiers, which was not worth it.

As Zheng Jun dispersed his troops, the soldiers around him had beads of sweat on their foreheads, but they did not show any signs of exhaustion.

Zheng Jun felt that the power that did not belong to him was gradually leaving his body, and he couldn't help feeling a sense of loss.

But soon, Zheng Jun regained his spirits.

Although being in a military formation can improve one's strength, in the final analysis, that is not one's own power.

The power that does not belong to you will never be yours. What you really need to do is not to always rely on the military formation and do the "many hands make light work" thing, but to study hard and practice diligently to truly improve your realm.

Otherwise, even if he had a million armored men, he would still not be a match for Fashang Zhenwu if his own strength was insufficient.

Time comes and the world has the same force, and it is not free to transport heroes.

I already have the 'Da Dao Wu Shu', a treasure that can almost be said to be a 'bug' level. I still need to pay more attention to myself, and the military formation is only an auxiliary.

When he thought of this, Zheng Jun suddenly became enlightened.

Suddenly I felt the vastness of the world.

At this moment, the group of "bandits" in the valley had already gathered and rushed over together, looking at Zheng Jun with great vigilance.

The leader was a bald man holding a broadsword that could be used both as a soldier and as a farmer. He looked at Zheng Jun ferociously, and his appearance was particularly hideous and hateful.

It was none other than the Qi-accumulating warrior, the famous 'Sick Longworm' Zhang Kang.

Beside him, there were five other blood-refining warriors, all of whom were well-known and extravagant figures among the Juyi Bandits. They followed Zhang Kang in drinking and eating meat with big mouthfuls.

At this moment, they were looking at Zheng Jun and other county soldiers with serious expressions.

Ever since County Lieutenant Lin took the Black Mountain Guards to deliver a big reward, Black Mountain County has not bothered with these bandits for a long time. As a result, the bandits have lived a particularly comfortable life in the past two years. Every day, they would sleep after eating, and go down the mountain to rob women after waking up. They were truly free and easy.

Zhang Kang also heard about the replacement of the head of the Black Mountain Guard. Hearing that it was a young man, Zhang Kang did not take it seriously.

What can a little guy who hasn’t even grown all his hair be capable of?
But I never expected that they would come to my door!

What's this young kid's name?

Zhang Kang, the bald man, touched his head and thought about it carefully. He seemed to remember that the new captain's surname was Zheng. He immediately bowed and said politely, "Captain Zheng, although we are bandits, we have always respected heroes and never provoked the county. You are so busy with official duties, why do you have to bring troops to fight us?"

"We are a small village, we are just hiding in the mountains for a few days. It is really unwise for you to come and wipe us out. Although we are not strong and have few people, we have one warrior who can accumulate qi and more than ten warriors who can refine blood! If you get ruthless, how many people in your army will die?! Who knows, you may not be able to capture me!"

"We brothers have only one life left, but you have a bright future. It's not worth it for you to take it. You should think carefully! It just so happens that we robbed the Zhenwei Escort Agency a few days ago and transported some supplies. There were several hundred taels of silver and a bottle of Cangqi Pill. We are willing to stop fighting and make peace with Zheng Dutou."

Zhang Kang looked at Zheng Jun warily and said these words slowly.

They were bandits and did not want to come into conflict with the county soldiers.

Although they are extremely cruel and have killed countless people in their daily lives.

But it also depends on who they are usually violent to.

When they came down the mountain, they didn't dare to kill the gentry, and only dared to vent their anger on the common people.

Fighting with the Hexian soldiers was a life-and-death battle, not to mention a bloody fight.

Even if they win, the imperial court will be furious and will send more troops to encircle and suppress them.

Sooner or later they will die in wave after wave of troops.

So no matter what, Zhang Kang was unwilling to conflict with the county soldiers.

Similarly, if a lot of soldiers under a captain died, the future of this captain would also be damaged.

Therefore, Zhang Kang wanted to persuade this young man not to be so passionate about suppressing bandits every day.

Jianghu is not about fighting and killing; Jianghu is about human relations.

At worst, every time we rob ordinary people, we can just give you some interest, right?
Zhang Kang thought to himself, and at the same time, he felt a little gloomy. He didn't know who had revealed the location of his stronghold. "Heh."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jun's face became serious. He immediately used his Qi to amplify his voice, and his voice was as loud as a bell: "You bandits are too rampant! The Yan family, a local sage in Nansha Town, has been killed by you, leaving no one alive. It is really abominable! Zhang Pingteng has confessed. As the head of the Black Mountain Guard, I will naturally take down you bandits and bring peace to Black Mountain County!"

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, Zhang Kang was stunned, and then he felt terrified.

what? !

Zhang Pingteng, killed the entire Yan family?!
Zhang Kang didn't think so much. After hearing what Zheng Jun said, he immediately thought that Zhang Pingteng had led people to massacre the Yan family. He was instantly terrified.

The Yan family is the tyrant of Nansha Town. It’s no wonder that the Black Mountain Guards would come knocking on their door after they massacred the Yan family!

Zhang Pingteng misled me!
Zhang Kang roared in his heart, then forced a smile: "Captain Zheng, I know nothing about this. Zhang Pingteng is not from our copycat. You must be careful..."

Before the last word "毫" was uttered, Zheng Jun gave an order and the county soldiers began to attack the mountain stronghold like ants.

Seeing this, Zhang Kang was like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, with no way to express his pain. He could only shout "Brothers, fight these officers" and then start thinking about how to escape.

Is it possible that there are people who would really stay and fight with these county soldiers?

However, just when Zhang Kang wanted to escape, he suddenly felt a strong murderous intent erupting in front of him.

He raised his head and looked in front of him, only to see Zheng Jun coming at him with a knife. Using the force of the knife, he moved forward, and with the blood of an unknown person solidified, he slashed towards Zhang Kang with a whistling sound, creating a large amount of knife light!
Although they were both gathering their energy, Zhang Kang was frightened when he saw Zheng Jun, who was full of viciousness. He said in a panic, "Let's go together and stop him!"

"yes, Sir!"

The other blood refiners around were extremely particular about brotherhood. After hearing what Zhang Kang said, they immediately drew their swords to fight. The sound of swords being unsheathed could be heard all around.

"Kill this captain and let the damn court see how powerful our Black Mountain heroes are!"

Someone shouted loudly, and dozens of people came over together, with a murderous atmosphere in the air.

Hearing this, Zheng Jun couldn't help but sneer: "A bunch of beasts who bully the weak and the common people, why are you pretending to be heroes in front of me?"

As Zheng Jun's voice fell, a large area of cold light rose up around him, and all kinds of swords and knives poured down like hungry wolves seeing a flock of sheep, killing Zheng Jun in unison.

"Oh no, they rushed in too hard!"

Du Ding was horrified when he saw this scene, and he shouted subconsciously: "Go, protect the leader!"

Zheng Jun's speed was much faster than their personal soldiers, so he rushed in front of the bandits early, forming a situation of one against dozens.

Now, all they can do is rush forward, wanting to join the battle as soon as possible and protect Zheng Jun!
On the other side, Zheng Jun's blood was boiling, and his true energy leaked out, instantly stirring up the surrounding dust, so that smoke rose into the sky.

At this moment, Zheng Jun had already rushed into the swords and knives of the bandits like lightning.

Although these mountain bandits usually didn't play high-end games, they were also murderers and robbers. They were extremely ruthless when they attacked, and they hacked at Zheng Jun without any resistance.

What they never expected was that Zheng Jun only swung out a knife and instantly tore through the knife formation that, in their opinion, would kill even the King of Hell on the spot!
"It's over!"

The few blood-refining warriors in the front felt a strong wind rushing towards their necks and a surge of blood, but soon blood flowed out. They then realized that it was not the strong wind, but the sword force.

The sword energy was like a strong wind. The blood-refining warriors who were hit by the sword didn't even have time to scream. Blood splattered everywhere and their heads flew off.

His body fell backwards weakly, which made the ordinary bandits behind him terrified. Zheng Jun did not hesitate at all and started chopping with his knife.

Unlike those blood-refining bandits, these ordinary bandits are even simpler.

Just by raising and lowering the knife, blood splattered everywhere and body parts were scattered all over the ground.

"The opportunity has come!"

Zhang Kang had a gloomy face. He watched Zheng Jun fighting and let his brothers die in front of him. Finally, when Zheng Jun raised his knife, he immediately tiptoed the ground and pounced forward like a cheetah.

Zhang Kang's arms were covered with veins, as thick as trees, and made a series of terrifying bone-rubbing sounds. He raised the machete in his hand high and looked at Zheng Jun with a fierce look in his eyes: "Go to hell!"

Thirty years ago, he worked hard in the village at the foot of the mountain, using this machete in his hand to support his family.

The knife used in slash-and-burn farming is the She knife.

When the Shedao is equipped with a long handle, it becomes a Pudao.

Everyone in the martial arts world laughed at me for using a low-quality machete, which damaged the temperament of a master of energy accumulation.

But Zhang Kang just smiled and never gave up.

Because from the beginning to the end, this machete is his old friend on which he depends for survival!
From slash-and-burn farming to highway robbery.

From hacking to death the tax collectors who collected taxes to wantonly hacking to death the old farmers who worked the fields.

He believed that this time, the old friend who had followed him for half his life would be killed by an ungrateful young captain from the Black Mountain Guard!
He is so young but has such powerful strength. I wonder which family he comes from.

Zhang Kang was thinking in his heart, but he also felt a little pleasure: These young talents deserve to die!
The surging true energy was brewing on the machete, and when it slashed down, it could almost be said to be tearing the air apart.

Seeing this, Zheng Jun did not hesitate. He focused his eyes and began to increase his inner energy. He grabbed an ordinary bandit at random and threw him in the direction where Zhang Kangfei was rushing towards. Then, without hesitation, he activated the Jade Shattering Technique!
"puff!"

With this blow, Zhang Kang chopped the flying bandit into two halves.

But his knife did not stop and continued to chop towards Zheng Jun. Zhang Kang's bald head was covered with the flesh and blood of that little brother. With a ferocious look in his eyes, he just wanted to chop Zheng Jun into two halves!

But at this moment, Zhang Kang suddenly saw a smile on Zheng Jun's face.

What is he laughing at?
Zhang Kang thought in his heart.

But soon, Zhang Kang felt a stream of air suddenly sweeping over him, which directly turned into a stream of swords, which made Zhang Kang stunned.

"Come on, let's cut each other!"

Zheng Jun's whole body was surging with strength, the air was surging, the iron armor was reflecting, and the official robes underneath were fluttering.

"Qiang!"

Along with the clear roar of a dragon, a brilliant sword light shot out!

"boom!"

A low sound suddenly exploded.

A violent storm arose, and with the Pudao and Beirongdao as the center, large amounts of mud and sand rose into the sky, like a dust storm in the desert.

"What a strong sword."

The blade was extremely fierce. Zhang Kang could feel that his machete seemed to be broken, and he could also feel that he seemed to have been stabbed, but this thought still subconsciously arose in his mind.

The next second, Zhang Kang's figure flew out rapidly.

There was a hideous knife mark on his waist, which had cut his waist in half, and blood was gushing out.

Zheng Jun himself swung the Beirong sword, and the blood beads on the sword formed a line, slowly dripping onto the ground and mixing with the soil.

However, the armor on his body had been chopped off a bit, revealing the official uniform underneath.

Zhang Kang, who was cut in half, stared at Zheng Jun with a painful expression.
He had a head-on fight with Zheng Jun, and it looked like only a part of his waist was cut, but he was not cut in half.

But all his muscles and bones had been broken, his internal organs had already ruptured, his vital energy was blocked, and he looked dead.

"You... who are you? I've never heard of you... There's a big family named Zheng in Pingzhang County. Are you a disciple of the clan?"

Zhang Kang stared at Zheng Jun with his eyes fixed, spitting out large pieces of internal organs mixed with blood from his mouth, and began to ask questions.

"Logically speaking, someone like you is not qualified to know my name."

Zheng Jun stepped forward quickly, and under the horrified gazes of the other surviving bandits, he picked up the Beirong sword and slashed at Zhang Kang's neck. Before Zhang Kang died, he said, "But today, I'm in a good mood, so I'll tell you."

"No sect, no faction, Black Mountain Guard, Zheng Jun Zheng Sanlang."

The knife flashed and the head fell to the ground.

Eyes, horror.

(End of this chapter)