Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 259 Qin Army Attacks: Rushing to the Battlefield
"Jing Ke failed!"

After Ji Yan finished speaking, Leng Feibai closed his eyes tightly. Although he already knew, he still felt a sense of loss when the news came back.

But now is not the time for that. Leng Feibai looked up and asked, "How many troops can the Yan Kingdom mobilize right now?"

"There is an army of 200,000 in the southern part of Yan!"

Ji Yan said in a calm voice, "Furthermore, His Majesty has dispatched 50,000 troops from Liaodong Commandery to the south, and Prince Jia of Dai has mobilized the entire nation's army, totaling 100,000, to assist Yan. As for Wei, Chu, and Qi, just as you said, they remain unmoved!"

"normal!"

Leng Feibai directly answered Ji Yan's last question, "Back then, King She of Zhou called on the world to attack Qin, and the six states readily agreed. But in the end, not one of them sent troops, and they just watched King Zhaoxiang of Qin destroy Zhou. If Qin had grown stronger, they would have swallowed the bitter fruit of national subjugation sooner or later!"

After saying that, Leng Feibai looked up at Ji Yan and asked, "Brother, who will lead the army?"

"I will lead the 200,000-strong army in southern Yan to fight Qin head-on!"

Ji Yan said with a serious expression, "The 100,000 troops of the Dai Kingdom and the 50,000 troops from Liaodong County will be jointly commanded by the generals sent by Ji Dan and Prince Jia, and will be stationed in Ji City for reinforcement... In case of emergency, Your Majesty and the royal family will go to Liaodong County for refuge in the next few days, and the last 100,000 troops will be used to protect your safety."

"Um"

Leng Feibai nodded and asked, "Brother, when are we setting off for Yannan?"

"us!"

Ji Yan raised an eyebrow and said in a serious tone, "You're also on the list of those going to Liaodong County, so hurry up and pack your bags!"

"Why would I go to Liaodong Prefecture!"

Leng Feibai almost panicked and quickly said, "Of course I'll go to the battlefield with you. With my skills, I can at least help you kill a few more Qin soldiers!"

"That's not a trip!"

Ji Yan was furious, and his tone became stern. "You think you're invincible just because you managed to snatch the Six-Fingered Black Knight from Wei Zhuang's hands? Let me tell you, even the Sword Saint Gai Nie could only defeat about two or three hundred cavalrymen at most. Staying here is just suicide."

Leng Feibai retorted irritably, "Then staying here is just suicide, isn't it? If I stay here, at least I can save my life..."

"Leng Feibai!"

Ji Yan angrily revealed Leng Feibai's real name. Back when Ji Yan had just returned to Yan, he had someone identify the characters on the jade pendant and discovered that the first character on the pendant was "Leng".

Ji Yan grabbed Leng Feibai's collar and said coldly, "Listen to me carefully. You are just a pastime I picked up. You are a plaything to pass the time. You are not a member of the Ji family. You are not qualified to go to the battlefield, let alone die for your country."

After saying that, Ji Yan took out a bamboo scroll from his bosom and stuffed it into Leng Feibai's hand.

"For the sake of the years I've raised you, you'd better take this bamboo scroll and get to the Heavenly Sect. But remember this: if you go to the Heavenly Sect and act recklessly in my name, I will absolutely not let you off the hook..."

"Snapped"

Leng Feibai slapped Ji Yan, who exuded an aura of domineering CEO, across the face, but he didn't use much force; it was more like a gentle caress.

"Brother, is it fun?"

Leng Feibai stared at Ji Yan almost face-to-face, gritting his teeth as he said, "Trying to provoke me and force me to leave? Do you think I'm stupid... um!"

Before Leng Feibai could finish speaking, Ji Yan flew out of his sleeve a medicine bottle about the size of three fingers put together with the cap open, and splashed most of the liquid inside onto Leng Feibai's face.

In an instant, a feeling of exhaustion welled up from Leng Feibai's body.

"Dream Water!"

Anger flashed across Leng Feibai's face for a moment.

A year ago, Leng Feibai saw that Ji Yan was so worried about training his troops that he couldn't sleep, so he specially made him a bottle of Dream Water so that he could rest in peace.

Unexpectedly, Ji Yan would use this thing to deal with him.

Feeling the dizzying sensation in his mind, Leng Feibai's anger intensified. "How could you... use it to..."

Before he could finish speaking, Leng Feibai collapsed to the ground, staring at Ji Yan with a dazed look in his eyes.

Ji Yan smiled, lowered his body and said, "Back then, I adopted you for two reasons. First, I saw you abandoned in the snow. Second, my teacher found you and kept you by my side. It gave me a sliver of hope in the face of death. But I could never watch my country perish and live a life of ignominy. So it's better for me to die on the battlefield, wrapped in a horse's hide. Fei Bai, please live well for me."

"Ji Yan, you son of a bitch..."

Leng Feibai uttered the last five words before completely losing consciousness.

Just then, a woman walked in from outside, her expression not looking too good.

If Leng Feibai were still conscious, he would have realized that the woman in front of him was none other than Duanmu Rong, the famous Sleeping Beauty from Qin's Moon.

"Miss Rong, I'll leave Fei Bai to you!"

As Ji Yan spoke, he raised his hand and stepped forward to loosen the joints of Leng Feibai's limbs.

Seeing this, Duanmu Rong couldn't help but say, "This is going a bit too far. You don't have to do this!"

You don't understand him!

Ji Yan stuffed the bamboo slip into Leng Feibai's arms, and said helplessly, "I know this child's personality too well. Once he wakes up, no matter how far away he is from me, he will definitely come back to find me. So don't rush to set his joints back up before we get to Liaodong County."

"All right!"

Although Duanmu Rong did not understand Ji Yan's behavior, she ordered people to put Leng Feibai on a stretcher and carry him out.

Seeing Duanmu Rong take Leng Feibai away, Ji Yan felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart, and he immediately felt at ease. Only then did he lightly flick his sleeves and leave his residence with his head held high.

After an unknown amount of time, Leng Feibai gradually regained consciousness, and at that moment he only felt a warm current flowing into his mouth.

The hot liquid contained a bean-like flavor, and if Leng Feibai wasn't mistaken, he was drinking bean porridge.

"Cough cough!"

A coughing sound came from Leng Feibai's mouth, and his eyes slowly opened.

In an instant, a blanket of white snow filled his eyes.

Leng Feibai's pupils widened for a moment, but he quickly regained his senses and stared intently at the figure that appeared before him.

"you're awake!"

Duanmu Rong put down the bowl in her hand and looked at him calmly.

"Where is this? Where are the Ji Yan people?!"

Leng Feibai recognized Qin Shi, the sleeping beauty, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Have we arrived in Liaodong County?"

"You've been unconscious for six days."

Looking at Leng Feibai, Duanmu Rong said calmly, "We'll arrive in Liaodong Prefecture in two days, you..."

Before Duanmu Rong could finish speaking, Leng Feibai struggled to get up.

But for some reason, his arms and legs didn't respond at all, as if he were crippled.

Leng Feibai stared at Duanmu Yan in front of him and said through gritted teeth, "You drugged me!"

"It was Ji Yan who untied the joints of your limbs!"

Duanmu Rong looked at Leng Feibai and said in her usual indifferent tone, "But Ji Yan is right. If you were awake, you would definitely rush to the battlefield at all costs, which is why he untied your limbs."

"Grandpa's Ji Yan!"

Leng Feibai gritted his teeth in anger, and for a moment, Fan Xian came to mind.

If that brat dared to touch me like that, I'd beat him to a pulp with the door bolt. Thinking this, an impulsive idea popped into Leng Feibai's head. He turned and said, "Miss Duanmu, could you please help me remove my hair from under my head? Then please go out first. I'd like to be alone for a while!"

Hearing Leng Feibai's words, Duanmu Rong didn't say much. She helped him fix his hair and got off the carriage with the bowl of porridge.

After glancing at the situation inside the carriage, Leng Feibai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and used the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique to sense the surrounding situation.

The carriage I was in was in a rather remote location, and even the driver wasn't on board.

Leng Feibai was overjoyed and immediately tried channeling his energy into his head.

The true qi flowed, and the hair that had been suppressed by Leng Feibai's head actually floated up in that instant.

Leng Feibai manipulated his hair with his true qi, letting two strands of hair float in the air and form lines.

Tongtianlu - Suspended Talisman
The azure talisman flew out and merged into Leng Feibai's body.

Leng Feibai, who was lying on the bed, suddenly floated up. Overjoyed, Leng Feibai used his hair to draw three more Five Thunder Talismans.

"boom"

A burst of lightning blasted the carriage to pieces.

The loud noise attracted the attention of those around, who saw that the carriage where Leng Feibai was located had exploded.

Duanmu Rong knew something was wrong and quickly ran over.

But the next moment, Leng Feibai's figure flew out of the explosion and stood in the sky.

Tongtian Talisman - Fourfold Golden Sword Talisman
Having escaped the confinement of the carriage, Leng Feibai once again channeled his inner energy to unleash the Tongtian Talisman, and four golden talismans flew out, swirling around him.

The next moment, the four talismans transformed into four sword energies.

He immediately severed all of Leng Feibai's limbs.

"Um"

Leng Feibai groaned, and red Qi was released from the broken limbs. Soon, two brand new arms and legs grew back from his wounds.

"Ji Yan, you bastard."

Leng Feibai cursed, "Wait until I get back, I'll beat you to death!"

After saying that, Leng Feibai used the Cloud Stepping Technique and flew towards Jicheng.

Watching Leng Feibai soar into the sky and disappear into the distance, leaving behind his limbs on the ground, Duanmu Rong swallowed hard, a hint of fear flashing in her eyes.

For some reason, she felt extremely fortunate at that moment that she had never provoked Leng Feibai.

Flying at high speed, Leng Feibai quickly found the direction of Jicheng.

He didn't return to the Pingnan Marquis's residence in Jicheng until dawn the next day.

There was no one in the Pingnan Marquis's residence at this moment. It was probably because Ji Yan knew that he would not have a chance to return after this trip, so he simply dismissed the servants in his household and sent them away.

After making sure no one was around, Leng Feibai took all the books from Ji Yan's study.

Afterwards, Leng Feibai bought some food at a tavern on the street, ate to satisfy his hunger, and then immediately set off to fly quickly towards the Yi River.

If he remembered correctly, this was the battlefield where the Yan state resisted the Qin state.

The Qin army was stationed entirely at the Yi River.

After Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin ended, Ying Zheng was furious and immediately ordered Wang Jian and Meng Tian to lead 300,000 Qin troops and 800 chariots to the State of Yan to annihilate it and vent his anger.

Near the Yi River, a vanguard army of 10,000 Yan soldiers had already been stationed to investigate the movements of the Qin army.

Once the Qin army takes any action, the main camp will be notified immediately for support.

The highest-ranking military and political official in charge here is none other than one of the leaders of the Mohist school in the original work, and a Yan army general who has not yet joined the Mohist school at this time, known as Big Iron Hammer.

At this moment, war clouds gather on both sides of the Yi River, and a life-or-death battle is about to break out.

For the soldiers of Yan, this moment was about defending their homeland.

Once the battle lines collapse, it means that the people of Yan will become completely destitute and have lost their homeland, and may even be captured by the nobles of Qin and sold as slaves.

For the soldiers of Qin, the Yan army on the other side was a military achievement that allowed them to escape poverty and enter the ranks of the nobility.

Therefore, whenever the two sides went to war, the soldiers on both sides fought like madmen.

Soon, both banks of the Yi River were stained crimson with the blood of the soldiers of both armies.

The battle had been going on for two whole days. With the help of the 10,000 troops given by Ji Yan, Da Tiechui had managed to repel the Qin army's offensive several times in a row.

But the price was that by now, more than half of his soldiers had been killed or wounded, and they were exhausted.

Meanwhile, the Qin army on the other side remained completely at ease.

Left with no other choice, Big Iron Hammer had to bite the bullet and send someone to the main camp to ask Ji Yan to send troops to support him.

But at that moment, Qin general Xin Sheng led a force of three thousand men in another fierce attack on the camp of the Great Iron Hammer.

Left with no other choice, Big Hammer had to lead his remaining troops in another resistance.

However, after two days of continuous fighting, the Yan army's combat effectiveness was less than 30%.

In a short while, only Da Tiechui and a hundred-man squad remained of the Yan army on the battlefield.

Looking at the Yan army surrounded by him, Xin Sheng's face flashed with smugness. He then shouted at the big iron hammer, "Boy, if you know what's good for you, surrender now! The King has always cherished talent. As long as you surrender, you'll have all the riches, mansions, and beautiful women you could ever want!"

"fart!"

Big Iron Hammer cursed, "Who doesn't know that your Qin army loves to massacre prisoners of war? Back in the Battle of Changping, 400,000 Zhao soldiers died at your hands."

Hearing Big Hammer's words, Xin Sheng's face showed not anger but joy. "Very well, since you refuse to surrender, then this general will have no choice but to use your heads as stepping stones for my subordinates to be promoted."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xin Sheng waved his hand, and the surrounding Qin soldiers immediately rushed forward.

But in that instant, a figure descended from the sky and landed in front of the giant iron hammer.

"Big Iron Hammer!"

Leng Feibai had met Da Tiechui a few times before. When he was seriously injured after being harassed by Yan Yi, it was Da Tiechui who secretly helped him heal his injuries using his Double-Handed Technique.

Upon seeing Leng Feibai, Da Tiechui was also stunned and hurriedly said, "Ji Feibai, it's you... Be careful..."

Big Iron Hammer shouted a warning, and several Qin soldiers had already walked up behind Leng Feibai, raising their long spears and thrusting forward.

"boom"

Leng Feibai turned around and unleashed a powerful palm strike, instantly turning the Qin soldiers into skeletons.

The sudden turn of events immediately startled everyone on both sides.

"You scoundrel who attacked from behind!"

Leng Feibai cursed and turned to look at Big Iron Hammer, asking, "Big Iron Hammer, where is my brother?"

Seeing this, Big Hammer said irritably, "Ji Yan isn't here; he's fifty miles away. But now's not the time to talk about that."

(End of this chapter)