Zhu Tian: Starting from the Laughing Proud Yue Buqun

Chapter 230 The two armies are locked in a standoff, and Xu Qing personally arrives.

Nearly a month later, the Ming Cult army, led by Zhu Yuanzhang, marched south and encountered the Japanese army that had been massacring the Central Plains on the Yangtze River.

The Japanese army of 100,000 was surprisingly well-equipped, with complete armor and a large number of warhorses!

This couldn't possibly be all that an island nation could possess. Clearly, these Japanese armies looted the armories of many major cities, seized Mongol warhorses, and upgraded their equipment.

They were even stronger and more excited, and even when they saw the hundreds of thousands of Ming Cult troops on the other side of the Yangtze River, they were not afraid at all.

On the contrary, the Japanese army was very excited!

These days of looting have given them a taste of success, further solidifying their ambition to annex and occupy the Central Plains.

All the generals had said before the battle that as long as they defeated the Ming Cult, they would be able to occupy this land and dominate the Central Plains.

This Central Plains is so rich and fertile that all the Japanese soldiers are green with envy, wanting to occupy this land and never wanting to return to that small island.

Many Japanese martial arts masters are extremely envious of the martial arts manuals of the Central Plains martial arts schools, hoping that they can become the masters of this land.

Then they will surely be able to obtain the martial arts manuals of the Central Plains martial arts world and climb to a higher level of martial arts.

Therefore, these Japanese martial arts figures actively crossed the Yangtze River, trying every means to assassinate the generals of the Ming Cult army, let alone the Grand Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the past few days, I have been assassinated more than ten times.

But they were all stopped by Zhang Wuji, Yang Xiao, White-browed Eagle King and others, and killed on the spot.

Even a master at the Innate Grandmaster level has died!
However, there were many Japanese experts accompanying the army this time, including three masters at the Innate Grandmaster level, and the rest were all martial arts masters who practiced various secret techniques.

Furthermore, these individuals were extremely skilled in assassination techniques. They managed to evade the main army and infiltrate the generals' camps, and several generals were successfully assassinated by Japanese assassins.

Both Grand Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Wuji were extremely angry about this.

They also wanted to retaliate, but neither Zhang Wuji nor the White-browed Eagle King were skilled in assassination, so they crossed the river.

Before they could fully infiltrate, they were discovered.

Zhang Wuji and his companions fought a fierce battle against the group of Japanese masters. He fought two grandmasters alone, but the battle did not last long.

After all, they were near the enemy's army, and after a prolonged battle, they would inevitably be surrounded.

After forcefully repelling their opponents, Zhang Wuji led a group of Ming Cult masters back.

However, this situation still had a significant impact on the morale of the entire army.

Before the two armies had even officially clashed, a general was assassinated, which naturally dampened the morale of the soldiers.

Inside the main tent, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. He hadn't expected that these Japanese people from such a small country would be so troublesome.

"Those Japanese experts are truly cunning; they never dare to confront us head-on."

Whenever they engaged in direct combat, it was always under circumstances where they outnumbered the opponent, which is truly hateful!

Wei Yixiao spoke angrily. With his lightness skill, he was naturally not afraid, but others did not have his lightness skill and strength.

The so-called ninjutsu of the other side was indeed strange; it was entirely assassination techniques and they would not engage in direct confrontation with them.

"Strategist, do you have a plan?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Bowen and asked for a plan.

Liu Bowen stroked his beard and said, "The enemy's forces are not stronger than ours, but rather fewer, yet they deliberately resort to such assassination tactics to disrupt our army's morale. This move is indeed insidious."

In my opinion, this battle cannot be a stalemate; we must quickly push forward and decisively defeat those Japanese troops.

"Judging from their style of doing things, I'm afraid they won't engage us in direct combat. They're more likely to avoid battle in order to wear down our morale and supplies!"

Yang Xiao then spoke up, saying that their forces were several times stronger than the enemy's, and given such a disparity, almost no one would choose to engage in a direct confrontation.

"That's right, so we must come up with a foolproof plan to surround this Japanese army!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, but the other side was clearly not going to be fooled so easily; they had a lot of combat experience.

Everyone was well aware of this, and they all looked distressed.

"There's no need for that."

At this moment, Xu Qing's voice came from high above, reaching the ears of everyone in the camp.

"It's Master's voice!" Zhang Wuji exclaimed in delight.

Everyone was shocked, recognizing the voice as that of the sect leader. Zhu Yuanzhang quickly stood up, and Yang Xiao and the others rushed out of the tent.

Everyone looked up and saw a gust of wind coming from the sky. Xu Qing, Zhang Laodao, Xiao Zhao, Zhu'er and others rode the wind over the army and arrived at the camp.

"It really is the cult leader!"

"Zhu Yuanzhang pays respects to the leader!"

"We pay our respects to the leader!"

"Meet the leader!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and the Ming Cult's high-ranking members all bowed to Xu Qing.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding soldiers also knelt on one knee and saluted Xu Qing, their eyes filled with fervor and excitement. Everyone had heard of Xu Qing's achievements.

The number one person in the world, the leader of the Ming Cult, and the leader of all of them!
Many people were seeing it for the first time, but they were still incredibly shocked.

They never expected their leader to descend from the sky, arriving on the wind.

Is this even human anymore?

They are practically gods!

This is divine intervention!
Zhang Wuji was also extremely surprised. His master had acquired even stronger methods after going to the Lingjiu Palace ruins!
Yang Xiao, White-browed Eagle King, Wei Yixiao, and the others all looked at Xu Qing with awe, feeling that the sect leader's temperament was becoming increasingly transcendent, as if he were about to become an immortal.

"Everyone, get up."

Xu Qing slightly raised her hand, and a gentle breeze helped everyone up.

The journey from Lingjiu Palace in Tianshan to this place is incredibly long.

However, Xu Qing relied on his wind magic to travel along the way, and was able to cross distant distances in just a few days.

"Master, Zhu Yuanzhang is guilty, please punish him!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward, still kneeling on one knee.

"What crime have you committed?" Xu Qing asked calmly.

"Zhu Yuanzhang failed to fulfill his promise to the leader, to conquer the Mongol capital and destroy the Mongol Yuan dynasty. I beg the leader for punishment," Zhu Yuanzhang pleaded.

The promise made in March has already passed.

He felt guilty for failing to destroy the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and for betraying Xu Qing's trust in him.

“Arise! The Yuan Emperor colluded with Japanese pirates, leading foreign tribes to invade our Central Plains and slaughter our people.”

What crime have you committed by making the decision to head south and intercept these Japanese pirates?

Xu Qing helped him up and continued, "The fate of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty is sealed and irreversible."

After we've slaughtered and exterminated all these Japanese pirates, it won't be too late to overthrow that corrupt dynasty!

Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply moved and exclaimed excitedly, "Yes, Master!"

"Everyone, get ready! Follow me and slay those alien races!"

Xu Qing acted swiftly and decisively, and his purpose in coming here was to slaughter the invaders.

"As the leader commands!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

Under the command of Grand Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang, the army was quickly mobilized. With the leader of the Ming Cult arriving in person, the morale of all the Ming Cult soldiers soared.

"Master Zhang, how about we first cut off the arrogance of these Japanese pirates?"

Xu Qing and Zhang Laodao exchanged a glance and said with a smile.

"Hahaha, good!" Old Zhang laughed and nodded, his laughter also containing murderous intent towards the intruders.

The two of them walked together on the air, heading towards the Japanese pirates on the opposite bank.

(End of this chapter)