Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 211 Red Flowers Blooming on the Battlefield
When changes began to appear in the Liao army's formation, the opportunity for battle appeared.

Zhou Su smiled calmly and ordered, "Let Yun Gui start now."

Then the horn sounded in the city, the north gate was opened, and Zhao Guhe led 5,000 soldiers out of the city gate, and then rushed towards the main camp of the Liao army located in the west of the city.

The main camp of the Liao army was actually already retreating in an orderly manner.

Shi Youzhao, the commander-in-chief of the Liao Kingdom's army that marched south, was naturally no ordinary man. He arranged a very strict retreat plan, and his troops retreated in layers.

In fact, the only people who actually appeared at the gates of Xiangyang were the cannon fodder for the siege, as well as the teams supervising the battle and guarding the rear. Everyone else was already evacuating in an orderly manner.

Originally this shouldn't be a problem.

Even if Zhao Guhe attacked from the north of the city, he should not be able to shake the Liao army's formation.

But the problem is that since Liao State was already preparing to retreat, it did not put in more effort in scouting, which was a major oversight on their part.

As a result, Zhao Guhe's army, which had circled around the north of Xiangyang City, had already appeared in the field of vision of the rear guard troops in the west of the city, and the scouts' warning had not yet reached the central army.

Zhao Guhe had already taken the lead, riding a tall, dark red horse and rushing into the rear guard of Liao State. He slashed the enemy left and right with the big knife in his hand, and tore through the enemy's formation in an instant.

Zhao Guhe did not have any "military ambition map" given by Zhao Yifu. He just relied on his courage and strength to directly break through the enemy's formation.

At this time, the role of the Zhao clan members was reflected. Only these Zhao clan members who had practiced martial arts since childhood could keep up with Zhao Guhe's advance and prevent him from fighting alone because of being out of touch with his soldiers.

At this time, he killed his way through the rear guard army and came directly to the general of Liao State.

This general of Liao State was definitely a responsible man. He knew that he could not retreat, as any retreat would lead to a defeat.

So he brazenly confronted the already invincible Zhao Guhe, and the two of them collided fiercely...

“Clang…clang!”

The swords and spears clashed, and after only the third round, General Liao, whose arms were sore and weak, was unable to keep up with the third blow and was beheaded.

Zhao Guhe suddenly raised the long sword in his hand and shouted: "The enemy general surrenders, why don't you surrender quickly?!"

This is probably what the famous generals of ancient times were like.

However, the military power of Liao State still remained, and these soldiers were still fighting desperately to launch attacks, but they seemed scattered because they lacked a backbone.

At this moment, Shi Youzhao, the military marshal of the Liao Kingdom, also discovered the situation here. After a little thought, he ordered the central army, which had not yet had time to retreat, to counterattack directly!

At the same time, he actually ordered his men to continue attacking the city and intensify the attack!
Seeing this, Zhao Guhe did not hesitate at all and led his men to rush towards the stopped central army formation.

Both sides are attacking and the enemy must be rescued.

In fact, Shi Youzhao and Zhao Guhe both had more conservative choices.

But Shi Youzhao clearly had reasons to take the risk, while Zhao Guhe believed in Zhao Yifu's abilities...

As a result, the battlefield between the two sides became intertwined and turned into a chaotic fight.

But to be honest, the Liao army has 300,000 soldiers. If they fight in an orderly manner, it will be a disaster for the Xiangyang side. This kind of chaotic battle will make it possible to win in the chaos.

Zhao Yifu sat far away on the top of Xiangyang City, watching the battle below, and suddenly spread out a piece of drawing paper and began to paint.

Naturally, his sleeves were still transmitting real-time images to his pen pal, while on his face he was carefully drawing a picture of a heroic spirit.

He drew all his own soldiers who died in the war, and then temporarily captured the heroic souls of the enemy...including some of his own people.

In fact, he didn't know what the point of doing this was. Perhaps it would be better to let them reincarnate and start their next life earlier, but the upcoming changes in the world made him feel vaguely touched... It seemed that doing this would help with the next things.

As for the dead souls of Liao Guo?
There's nothing much to say about that. Just let them be sent to the underworld. At most, some of the stubborn ones will be stabbed, that's all.

As the battle went on, Xiangyang City was the first to give up.

The enemy has already reached the top of the city wall.

This was not the fault of the commander Zhou Qingzhao, but because Zhao Xiangyu took away the most elite thousand people, and the remaining best were taken out of the city by Zhao Guhe, leaving her with only four thousand new recruits.

These 4,000 new recruits...although they have received training, they are still far inferior to the veterans.

Zhou Qingzhao had no choice but to draw his sword and fight on the city wall.

Zhao Yifu stood silently in the shadow of a corner of the city wall, and his heart was deeply touched as he watched the woman fighting hard.

Back then, she stopped in front of him and asked for a painting, and he painted her ambition.

Now, many years have passed, and she is gradually becoming like the person in the painting...

She was wearing red clothes and silver armor, holding an iron spear and standing on the top of the city wall. Her hair flying in the wind gave her a messy beauty.

She is not like Zhao Xiangyu, who looks like a heroic female general at first glance. Even on the battlefield, she looks like a weak woman who needs care.

"Qiang!"

The iron spear in Zhou Qingzhao's hand was broken.

She once learned swordsmanship, but the killing range of ordinary swords on the battlefield was too small, and she was not born with supernatural powers like Zhao Xiangyu.

Therefore, she later switched to using a thinner iron spear, mainly using stabbing and poking to kill enemies.

However, although this iron spear is suitable for her physical condition, it is too thin and easy to break.

Now she encountered this situation. After a series of battles, the iron spear in her hand could not hold on and broke.

She took two steps back in embarrassment, and her eyes, which should have been filled with poetry and distance, were now filled with the determination of war.

She wasn't afraid of death, but she was a little worried that her death would be ugly...

At this moment, an emerald green bamboo pole stretched out from the side and blocked the person in front of her.

She looked over in astonishment, and saw a man walking towards her at a leisurely pace. He waved his hand to fend off the enemies coming towards him, and then came to her and said, "Junior sister, if you don't pay attention, Xiangyang City will be lost."

Zhou Qingzhao was in a daze for a moment. She no longer cared whether Xiangyang City was lost or not. After all, her heart had already been lost.

She said, “Have you been here all this time?”

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "My mentor was worried that you might be in trouble, so he asked me to come and take a look."

He still tried to keep his distance.

This was a good girl and he didn't want to hurt her.

Zhou Qingzhao came back to his senses and did not insist. Instead, he quickly gave orders and directed the city defense from the top of the city wall.

However, Zhao Yifu noticed that there were actually significant problems in the execution of her orders.

After all, she hasn't established her own prestige yet.

Zhao Yi Fu thought for a moment, and suddenly a ball of sparks came out of the emerald green bamboo stick in his hand. Then he took out some metal spiritual materials from his sleeves and refined them together and integrated them into the bamboo stick.

The bamboo pole was not originally a weapon, but now Zhao Yifu has turned it into a weapon.

He used a bamboo pole coated with metal as the gun barrel, and specially made a sharp triangular cone-shaped gun head.

In this way, it becomes a magic weapon.

The tip of the spear can break anything.

The gun barrel can resist and dissipate huge impacts.

Although Zhou Qingzhao still cannot possess absolute power by using this weapon, he can use this gun to dissolve the opponent's huge force and thus reduce the trouble caused by the enemy's strength advantage.

Besides, the gun body is made of bamboo, which is lighter and more suitable for her.

After doing all this, Zhao Yifu threw the gun to Zhou Qingzhao and said, "Junior sister, take it."

Zhou Qingzhao took the gun and found it very easy to use.

She kept drawing her gun quickly and it also saved her a lot of effort.

If someone tried to block her attack with a shield, they would be pierced directly by the sharp spear tip, and the person behind the shield would also be pierced.

Zhou Qingzhao then pulled out his hand and easily pulled out the spear.

This kill was even easier than stabbing the wooden man during normal training... This was the blessing brought by the magic weapon.

Then another fierce warrior climbed up to the top of the wall and chopped it down with a huge axe.

Zhou Qingzhao quickly blocked it with his spear... "clang!"

There was a loud bang, and her body didn't tremble at all, but she was forced to lower her body due to the huge force.

However, because she was not affected by the huge impact, she was able to naturally tilt her gun to relieve the force, then ducked and rolled to the side, and then half-crouched and stabbed out again.

"puff!"

The shot hit the opponent's kidney and penetrated the armor like cutting paper.

The giant shuddered and was about to turn around while enduring the pain... Zhou Qingzhao had already suddenly drawn his gun again.

"Pull!"

All of a sudden, the armor on the giant's side was flipped open, revealing a bloody hole.

Then a large amount of blood and internal organ fragments flowed out from the bloody hole. The giant man's physical strength also quickly dissipated along with the huge wound, and he soon collapsed in front of Zhou Qingzhao.

At this time, the enemies around her were frightened by her and dared not move forward.

The soldiers on his side were all surprised when they saw this, and shouted "General Zhou is mighty!"

At this moment, Zhou Qingzhao finally established his prestige in the army.

She took a deep breath and turned to look for the man who had captured her heart... After a while, she saw him. He was standing quietly in the corner, staring at her. People coming and going around him seemed not to notice him.

Zhou Qingzhao took a deep breath and felt confident.

She opened her voice and began to bark orders again.

This time, because of her earlier display of bravery, her orders were carried out well.

As it turned out, many of her judgments were correct. When her orders were carried out, the wall in the dispute was quickly stabilized.

As her successes increased, Zhou Qingzhao became more and more confident. She was also rapidly improving her knowledge and experience. Another rising star in Daxu was slowly rising.

Zhao Yifu nodded with satisfaction when he saw this. He knew that Zhou Qingzhao would not let him down.

Zhou Su is the reincarnation of that person. Maybe he has been given many settings, but his daughter is bound to inherit some of her father's talents.

The battlefield is at a stalemate now, and it depends on who will collapse first.

But the stalemate is actually very disadvantageous to Daxu.

Zhao Guhe, who is charging at the front, is the focus of this war. It depends on whether he will break through the Liao army's central formation first, or whether Da Xu will be the first to give up.

There are two disadvantages here.

That is, although the Liao army had difficulty turning around for a while and Zhao Guhe seized the opportunity, as more and more Liao soldiers received orders to turn around and encircle them again, Zhao Guhe's chances of winning were getting smaller and smaller.

On the other hand is Xiangyang City.

There are only 4,000 weak soldiers left to guard Xiangyang City. If it falls first, it will also mean the failure of the war... Among them, the situation in Xiangyang is actually the most critical and dangerous. After all, the defense force of Xiangyang is really too weak.

Fortunately, Xiangyang is now stable again, and Zhou Qingzhao has finally begun to show his talents.

Now, it all depends on whether Zhao Guhe can penetrate the central army led by Shi Youzhao before most of Liao’s troops come to support...

Although the Liao Kingdom's central army formation was solid and its soldiers were elite, they were still unable to stop Zhao Guhe's advance.

Shi Youzhao remained calm. Even though the news of the unsuccessful siege in Xiangyang had been reported back, he was not in a hurry. He believed that he could delay until the army returned to support him.

But at this moment, he received another bad news.

That is, the many armies that came back to provide support were ambushed by a small force!

Many generals were killed in the enemy's battle line. The originally retreating army was in some chaos because of stopping and attacking again. Now it has become even more chaotic!
Shi Youzhao felt a little flustered.

The army that invaded the south this time was said to have 300,000 troops, but in reality most of them were auxiliary troops and pawns, and there were only about 100,000 actual combat troops.

Even so, it is already a very strong force.

But to be honest, Shi Youzhao found that he probably did not have the ability to command an army of 100,000 people.

He is just stretched to the limit right now.

The chaos in the rear made him feel uneasy, and Zhao Guhe's charge in front of him made him a little scared.

At this moment, he seemed to see the embodiment of the destiny of the Great Xu Kingdom in the south.

Originally, he thought that Da Xu, which was once half-occupied by Da Liao, was dying, but now he has a feeling of coming back to life.

Why is this?

Why did it turn out like this?
Shi Youzhao gave the order in despair: "Retreat!"

In fact, he had to retreat because Zhao Guhe was almost breaking through his central army's defense, and the horse's hoof was about to hit his face!
So the personal soldiers loyal to Shi Youzhao took him to retreat quickly, and the entire central army formation collapsed.

A great victory won by everyone's joint efforts has finally arrived.

What follows is a massive battle royale.

Zhao Yifu sat quietly on the top of the city wall, took out a wine bag from his sleeve, and silently poured wine around the top of the city wall.

[Hahaha, great victory, what a great victory! ]

[We are so fortunate to have so many talented people in our Great Xu!]

Zhao Yifu ignored the revelry of the guy in the Qianli painting in his sleeve.

He just ground the ink in front of the desk, and then another picture of a heroic spirit was painted.

Beside the desk, Yiyi quietly served as his paperweight, one paw pressing down the corner of the paper while her tail slowly swung as she rolled up the ink block and carefully ground the ink.

When Zhao Yifu started painting, it took over the job of grinding ink.

However, its bright big eyes were still observing the battlefield, and if anything unusual happened, it would notify Zhao Yi Fu.

After all, it was well known that the shamans of the Northern Dynasties liked to do some tricks, and Zhao Yifu did not dare to take it lightly.

However, surprisingly, nothing unexpected happened until Zhao Guhe captured the military marshal Shi Youzhao and rode back on horseback, as if the wizards from the Northern Dynasty had already abandoned the battlefield.

[I'm going to get your second uncle promoted three levels in a row! ]

In Qianli's painting, someone made a wish of admiration.

Zhao Yifu immediately waved his hand and wrote: [No, let me let my second uncle hone his skills on the Xiangyang battlefield for a while.]

Puzzled, Ying Cong asked, "Why is this happening? Your second uncle, General Yungui, is truly a god-like being. He captured the enemy leader amidst a vast army. What a feat of courage!"

Zhao Yifu said, "My uncle is certainly brave and courageous, but I hope he can quickly become a well-rounded man of both literary and martial talents. If I follow your instructions, I'm afraid he'll have to take charge directly. I don't want him to grow through trial and error."

Ying Cong asked doubtfully: [Is it OK to stay in Xiangyang?]

Zhao Yifu said: "We have our Zhou general in Xiangyang, and he can guide the generals."

Ying Cong was even more puzzled: [Zhou Su? Isn't he just a scholar? Why does he have such ability?]

Zhao Yifu said: [My Master Zhou is actually a genius.]

Some things really cannot be said clearly, especially to an emperor like Ying Cong.

He will not test human nature, even if he thinks the person can stand the test.

Ying Cong still didn't understand, but he was too lazy to think about it. After all, Zhao Yifu had never disappointed him.

He said: "Then we must thoroughly interrogate Shi Youzhao and find out why he dared to invade the south."

[By the way, Lu Zhao's army is so close to Xiangyang, yet they haven't come to support it yet... They deserve to be killed!]

Zhao Yifu replied: "We won this battle, so you can do whatever you want."

Ying Cong replied comfortably: [Indeed.]

Indeed, this smooth and easy rhythm is fascinating.

(End of this chapter)