Starting with the divine power of the Great Vajra, he traversed the heavens.

Chapter 318 In the Way of the Three Fiends

The sky was just beginning to lighten, and a heavy mist hung in the air.

Ren Shaoyang and Hongxiu hurried down the mountain to meet up with Ding'an.

Seeing that more and more soldiers were surging up the mountain, they immediately shouted in unison, leaped out of the mountain path, and charged forward.

Upon contact, both men and horses were shattered, and all property was destroyed and people were maimed.

The three men moved with the force of dragons emerging from the sea, killing people as easily as cutting grass and pulling wheat.

The Jin soldiers who surrounded them saw that the three men moved swiftly and unpredictably, like ghosts and phantoms, and had already killed over a hundred elite soldiers as they ran dozens of feet away.

They all stopped without realizing it, staring wide-eyed, a fear they had never felt before welling up inside them.

"Drink!"

Ren Shaoyang thrust out his fists, the force of which sent the soldiers in front of him staggering and tumbling to the ground.

Ding An raised his thick eyebrows and shouted, "Behold my 'Supreme Heavenly Fire Demon-Repelling Dragon God Cannon'!" With that, he raised his prosthetic arm and unleashed a powerful "True Qi Cannon".

With a deafening roar, the fallen soldiers created a bloody path, their limbs and bodies flying into the air, rising and falling one after another, exploding into countless fiery meteors in mid-air.

When the soldiers arriving from the rear saw this strange sight, they all pointed at the three people and exclaimed in surprise.

"The three villains, it's the three villains!"

"Huh? The three villains have attacked?"

"Run!"

Just then, a cannon boomed in the distance, and thousands of torches surged from Yue Fei's army camp, illuminating the world.

The Jin army hastily led their troops to attack, but before they could get close, several fierce generals of the Song army rushed out, and the Jin soldiers fell from their horses as soon as they made contact.

Seeing that they could not withstand the attack, the Jin army sounded the bugle in their camp. They fought and retreated, eventually returning to Zhuxian Town, where nearly half of their 10,000 men had perished.

At dawn, as the first rays of sunlight appeared, one could see piles of corpses at the foot of the mountain, and under the sunlight, blood flowed like a river.

The Yue Family Army won its first battle and its momentum was unstoppable, charging forward with shouts of battle.

The Beiwei Army donned iron helmets and armor, mounted their horses, and the horses themselves were also covered in armor.

A young general clad in silver armor ran extremely fast, wielding two large hammers, and charged up the city wall with a roar.

The Jin soldiers were startled and thrown into chaos. Arrows rained down on him, but the young general swung his double hammers and broke all the arrowheads.

Just then, another general arrived with a spear. In an instant, a corner of the Jin army's formation collapsed, and the spear pierced straight through the center of the formation. The two armies fought each other fiercely, and it was difficult to determine the victor for a time.

When the soldiers on the mountain saw that Zhuxian Town had been captured, they immediately collapsed. They threw down their swords and spears, took off their armor, raised their hands, and fled down the mountain crying and shouting.

"Hahaha!" Hongxiu looked at the silver-armored young general, her face beaming with joy, and exclaimed happily, "Yue Yun is truly amazing! I'll go help him!"

Ding'an chimed in, "I'm going too!"

Ren Shaoyang gazed intently into the distance and noticed a sudden cloud of dust rising in the east. At the edge of the plains, a troop of men appeared, numbering no less than ten thousand, their armor gleaming—clearly the uniforms of the Jin army.

"Go quickly and help General Zhang Xian!" Ren Shaoyang pointed to the fierce generals fighting all around in the formation. "If you can kill Jin Wuzhu, you must not let him go!"

"Don't worry!" Ding'an shouted, "I don't care about anything else, I'm going to find him!"

The little beggar nodded and said to Shao Yang, "Take Wanyan Jue's dead head to Commander Yue."

"it is good."

After the three of them made their plan, they didn't say much more and immediately went their separate ways.

As Ding'an and the little beggar ran towards the battlefield, they still asked, "Little beggar, why don't you let the cripple give you Wanyan Jue's head to demoralize the Jin army?"

"It's no use!" Hongxiu said as she ran. "Local officials are more powerful than distant ones. The Jin soldiers may recognize Jin Wuzhu, but they may not recognize Wanyan Jue. This dead man's head is better given to Commander Yue, and he can decide what to do!"

"Oh~"

Ding'an understood and made a plan: "As long as we capture Jin Wuzhu, the Jin army will surely collapse!"

Ren Shaoyang quickly descended the mountain, boarded the blood-red donkey cart, and with a loud "thump," the white donkey galloped off towards Yancheng.

In the Yue Family Army camp, Yue Fei was gazing at the sand table, sometimes thinking with his eyes closed, sometimes writing with his pen.

The messengers received their orders and left, while messengers arrived one after another.

Just then, the sound of bugles and shouts of alarm came from outside the camp.

Yue Shuai looked at Niu Gao: "What's going on? Could it be that a Jin expert has attacked the camp?"

Niu Gao shouted, "Marshal, don't worry, let me go take a look!"

The Yue Family Army was known for its strict discipline. Even with food shortages forcing them to kill their warhorses for sustenance, no riots broke out. Instead, the entire army fought with fierce determination, determined to capture Zhuxian Town and march straight to Huanglong Prefecture!

The disturbance within the camp suggests that the intruders are aggressive and likely no ordinary enemy.

Yue Shuai's heart sank: "Could it be Wanyan Jue? Shao Yang and the others... failed?" He felt a pang in his chest: "These three children are so young, I wonder if they can escape with their lives?"

Just then, a guard rushed over, knelt on one knee, and said, "Commander Yue, there is good news!"

Niu Gao was delighted and shouted, "What good news? Tell me quickly!"

"Ren Jianshen has returned in his chariot!"

Yue Shuai and Niu Gao perked up and clapped their hands, laughing loudly, "Good, good!"

The two men strode out of the tent, one after the other.

A donkey cart came galloping towards them from afar, and the soldiers on both sides cheered.

"Yu Yu Yu~!"

Ren Shaoyang parked the donkey cart in front of Yue Shuai, jumped off, and strode away. Yue Shuai looked at him with a pleased expression and said, "Shaoyang, you've worked hard!"

Ren Shaoyang held up the severed head in his hand and chuckled softly, "Commander Yue, I have fulfilled my mission."

Yue Fei was taken aback. He examined the glaring, ferocious head closely, then suddenly seemed to realize something. His expression changed drastically, and he slowly said, "It's...that person's?"

Niu Gao may seem rough and boorish, but he is actually quite shrewd. He immediately held his breath, his eyes showing surprise and excitement.

Ren Shaoyang laughed and said, "The sun of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Jue's head is here!"

"Good!" Yue Shuai laughed loudly, taking Ren Shaoyang's hand as they returned to camp. "Shaoyang actually killed the Supreme One! I'm overjoyed, extremely overjoyed!"

The three of them burst into laughter and walked into the tent together.

After Ren Shaoyang laid down Wanyan Jue's head, Niu Gao examined it carefully and clicked his tongue, saying, "They both have one nose and two eyes. The two Tartar emperors are not much different."

"You fool!" Yue Fei laughed and scolded, "This man's martial arts are unparalleled. Even I wouldn't dare to challenge his 'Heaven and Earth Overlord Fist'!"

"So what?" Niu Gao retorted, "He was still killed by our brother Shao Yang!"

Ren Shaoyang glanced at him and laughed, "Old Niu, are you praising me like this because you want to go to the battlefield?"

Niu Gao chuckled, scratched his head, and said, "Of course! I really want to go and capture that son of a bitch Jin Wuzhu, and ride him like a donkey!"

"Alright!" Yue Fei laughed. "Go on, go on! I get annoyed watching you cause trouble."

"Hehe, I'm off!"

Ren Shaoyang called out to him, "Old Niu, you ride our white donkey."

"Huh? I'm a renowned general, and you want me to ride a donkey?" Niu Gao stared at him, wide-eyed.

Ren Shaoyang laughed and said, "Our donkey brother is a divine donkey that can travel a thousand miles a day! Ride it and I guarantee you can kill Jin Wuzhu!"

"Really?" Niu Gao was overjoyed and quickly cupped his hands, saying, "Brother Shao Yang, thank you!" After saying that, he hurriedly carried his double maces and ran out of the camp.

Watching the oxen run away into the distance, Yue Fei sighed, "This battle is over."

Ren Shaoyang smiled and shook his head: "The real war has only just begun."

"Oh?"

Yue Fei poured two cups of warmed wine, handing one to him, "Shao Yang seems to be referring to more than just the battlefield?"

Ren Shaoyang took the warm wine, drank it all in one gulp, and said calmly, "General Yue, how long do you think this battle will last?"

General Yue tilted his head back and drank, gripping the wine cup tightly. He said in a deep voice, "A raging horse gallops like a yellow dragon, a startled bow brings down a blue swan! The shame of Jingkang remains unavenged for the subjects, the Jin state has not been destroyed, and it is difficult to return!"

Ren Shaoyang poured him a drink and said, “Yes, when will the hatred of the subjects be extinguished? We are thinking of revenge, of wiping away our shame. But the officials sitting in the capital, even Emperor Zhao Gou, are probably not of the same mind as us.”

Yue Fei shouted sternly, "Shao Yang!"

Ren Shaoyang smiled and raised his glass to him.

Yue Fei was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "You've had too much to drink."

Ren Shaoyang said, "General Yue, do you know that Jin Wuzhu has already sent people to Lin'an, and Qin Hui has been plotting with Wan Qixie and other cronies? Now our Yue Family Army seems to be advancing without hesitation, but in reality, it is beset by internal and external troubles?"

“I know,” Yue Shuai said in a deep voice, “Therefore, I must take Zhuxian Town within three days and head straight for Tokyo.”

"and then?"

Yue Fei shouted, "Then, naturally, we will wait for the angels to bring provisions, prepare ourselves, recover Hebei, and march straight to the enemy's capital!"

Ren Shaoyang said coldly, "What if the imperial court sends a recall order instead of a commendation?"

Yue Fei was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" He suddenly looked up and stared directly at Ren Shaoyang, "Shaoyang, what you're saying could possibly be the work of Qin Hui and his cronies."

Ren Shaoyang sneered, "If the emperor doesn't agree, do you think these villains can succeed?"

Yue Fei was speechless.

Ren Shaoyang stood up, placed one hand on Wanyan Jue's head, and laughed: "General Yue, you and I both know that Qin Hui and Wan Qixie and others seem to be jumping around happily, but in reality they are just black gloves working for Zhao Gou, or even traitors representing the interests of the Jin state in the Song state."

"Since Zhao Gou condoned them, doesn't that signify something?"

Yue Fei's expression changed drastically, and he slowly stood up, saying, "What do you want to say?"

Ren Shaoyang said, "The traitor is in the imperial court, among all the high-ranking officials. The greatest traitor is Zhao Gou!"

"Insolence!" Yue Fei's face turned pale as he shouted, "You've crossed the line!"

Ren Shaoyang smiled but did not speak.

The two looked into each other's eyes and remained silent for a long time.

Suddenly, a chorus of cheers erupted outside the tent, the shouts deafening.

Ren Shaoyang said, "Commander Yue, listen, we won."

Yue Fei's eyes lit up, and he quickly turned his head to look, murmuring, "We won, we won." He kept saying "we won," and tears welled up in his tiger-like eyes and slowly flowed down his cheeks.

At this moment, Ren Shaoyang smiled, got up and walked out of the tent.

"Shaoyang, are you leaving?"

Ren Shaoyang said calmly, "Commander Yue, some things can't be done your way." He turned his head and smiled casually, "They have to be done the way we three villains do."

Yue Fei asked, "What method do you use?"

Ren Shaoyang's figure slowly disappeared in front of the door, and his clear voice could still be heard echoing through the world.

"Only with lofty aspirations can we dare to sacrifice ourselves and change the world."

(End of this chapter)