Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 210 The God of Slaughter Has Arrived

For soldiers, war is the most important thing, and victory is the most dazzling jewel in the crown of war. Whoever wins it will receive the highest honor.

For politicians, war is always the last resort. The wisest politicians despise war the most because its essence is destruction. The damage a war does to civilization far outweighs the construction of civilization.

Yan Fei was a soldier and a politician. Such a person would use military struggle to serve his political goals.

He had already discussed betraying Tan Shou with Cao Kun, but now he wants to use Yun Ce's head to improve his status with Cao Kun.

Yun Ce never imagined that an arrow shot by a person could accurately pierce the enemy's head after flying nearly 800 meters. Moreover, at the last moment, the arrow could suddenly rise up from its low-flying flight, shooting the enemy like a venomous snake.

Actually, Qian Tong's hundred-man general was not originally Yan Fei's target. It's just that Yun Ce likes to fidget when he talks to people, and his fidgeting also makes the person he's talking to fidget. Qian Tong just doesn't understand this, so he put his head on top of Yun Ce's head for a moment to make it easier to talk to him.

Now, he was shot dead with a single arrow.

Yan Fei rode a pure black Thunder Smoke Beast that was very handsome and ran incredibly fast. This was unbearable for the jealous chestnut horse, so it immediately snorted and came running over, urging Yun Ce to hurry up so that they could fight the horse and man coming from the opposite direction.

Yun Ce had just mounted his horse when Yan Fei arrived. At the same time, the Cao clan cavalrymen who had been lazily lying on the sunny slope recovering from their injuries no longer needed to recover, because a large troop of cavalry came from that direction and trampled them all to death.

When Yun Ce and Yan Fei came face to face, behind them, the Xiangcheng cavalry had already surrounded them in a circle with a diameter of 100 meters.

A group of tall shield bearers emerged from the gaps between the cavalry. The spikes at the bottom of their giant shields, each as tall as a man, were deeply embedded in the ground. The shields were linked together to form a shield fortress. Two-zhang-long spears protruded three feet from the ears of the giant shields. Once Yun Ce got close, these sharp spears would quickly thrust out...

Seeing that Yan Fei had a large number of men, Yun Ce took out the large meteor hammer that he had captured from the Gui Fang Hundred Generals. This thing had some spikes on it, which occasionally made the meteor hammer not run so smoothly, but in terms of lethality, it was a level above ordinary meteor hammers.

The dog's tentacles emerged from the wristbands and spread across the chestnut horse's body like jewels. The chestnut horse, which was very familiar with the dog, immediately relaxed, and even its high-raised tail drooped down to protect its less-than-elegant rear end.

"Why don't you run?" Yan Fei still had some doubts.

"I intend to take the head of an enemy general amidst a vast army. Only then will it be worthy of my journey of two hundred miles to participate in such a war." Yun Ce smiled somewhat happily. He had originally thought that if Yan Fei did not come out, he would not be able to take Xiangcheng. Now it seems that the heavens here are kind to him.

At least it gave him the merit of beheading a general, one of the four top military achievements of the Han Dynasty. According to the rules of the Han army, whoever kills the enemy's commander-in-chief will have all of the enemy's commander-in-chief become his. This has never changed in thousands of years.

Upon hearing this, Yan Fei chuckled and touched his neck, saying, "My fine head is right here; can you take it?"

Yun Ce brandished the meteor hammer in his hand and said, "I want to try it."

Having said that, he swung the meteor hammer around his head. Just as the sound of the wind from the meteor hammer grew louder and louder, Yun Ce suddenly stopped swinging the hammer and looked at Yan Fei seriously, asking, "When will Cao Kun arrive?"

Yan Fei was amused by Yun Ce's question and pointed at Yun Ce, saying, "If you can hold out for an hour, Cao Kun will arrive, and then it will be difficult for me to kill you."

Yun Ce sighed and said, "Cao Kun didn't tell me that he had already discussed it with you. I've been complaining that he gave me too few troops."

Yan Fei laughed and said, "I didn't completely agree to Cao Kun's request. I only said I wanted to see how strong he was. He sent you here. I thought Zhou Cheng could kill you. But that good-for-nothing not only failed to kill you, but also lost two thousand of my elite soldiers. In the end, I had no choice but to kill you to save face."

Yun Ce casually adjusted the chains on the chain hammer and said, "Can't you just kill me?"

Yan Fei shook his head and said, "If you don't die, Cao Kun will use you to pressure me into paying a higher price."

Just as Yun Ce finished putting away the chain from the chain hammer, the chestnut horse couldn't wait to leap forward and bite the neck of the Thunder Smoke Beast under Yan Fei's lap.

At the same time, Yun Ce's drooping meteor hammer swung towards Yan Fei's face. Yan Fei chuckled, turned his head to dodge the meteor hammer, and instead of slashing at Yun Ce, he used his lance to strike the long neck of the chestnut horse like a bolt of lightning.

The meteor hammer that had just flown behind Yan Fei suddenly slammed back under Yun Ce's pull. Yan Fei had to use the end of his lance to block the iron chain beside him, causing the meteor hammer to graz his ear and return to Yun Ce's hand once again.

The chestnut horse was startled by the incoming lance and quickly withdrew its head. However, it was a little too slow to react and had a tuft of mane cut off by Yan Fei's lance. The chestnut horse neighed and reared up, its two hooves, as big as bronze hammers, stomping down on Yan Fei once again.

Yan Fei exclaimed, "What a beast!" Before the lance could be fully retracted, half of it rolled on his arm and, with the red tassel still attached, drilled into the chest of the chestnut horse like a drill.

Yun Ce's meteor hammer had already come crashing down like a dark cloud, but Yan Fei's horse was light and agile, dodging Yun Ce's fierce attack. The chestnut horse also changed its stance while standing upright, landing on Yan Fei's right side, once again avoiding Yan Fei's attack.

When the two faced each other again, neither of them made the first move.

Yan Fei said, "You are a man of real talent and learning. It is no injustice that Zhou Cheng died at your hands. Now, I will give you a chance to live. As long as you kneel down and surrender, from now on, I will be the commander-in-chief and you will be the deputy commander."

Yun Ce pointed to his crotch and said, "I have a penis, and it works quite well. If you treat me as your penis, I'm afraid I'll never have the virility I once had in bed."

Yan Fei didn't get angry, but said with a gloomy face, "You're courting death."

The black thunder beast rushed forward, but even faster than it was the horse lance. The meteor hammer arrived first after being thrown later. The two dodged the horse lance and the meteor hammer one after the other. Just as the two horses passed each other, the chestnut horse once again fiercely bit at the black thunder beast, while the spear handle behind Yan Fei's horse lance suddenly flew out, heading straight for Yun Ce's chest and ribs.

Yun Ce laughed heartily, and the other head of the meteor hammer flew out from under his ribs, smashing away Yan Fei's spear grip and then fiercely smashing towards Yan Fei's chest.

Yan Fei deflected the meteor hammer and was about to retaliate when he heard the Thunder Smoke Beast beneath him let out a miserable cry. His body froze, and the meteor hammer that Yun Ce had retrieved slammed into Yan Fei's back with a "crack".

Seeing Yan Fei cough up blood, Yun Ce laughed loudly. Another meteor hammer came crashing down on Yan Fei's head. Yan Fei raised his lance to block it. The meteor hammer hit the highly elastic lance shaft and sank down. The spikes on the meteor hammer had already pierced through Yan Fei's shoulder armor. Just as it was about to continue to seriously injure Yan Fei, the meteor hammer was bounced high up by the lance shaft.

Helpless, Yun Ce had no choice but to retract his meteor hammer, which had lost its power. Just as he was about to gather his strength for another attack, he saw the chestnut horse tearing at a piece of flesh from the Thunder Smoke Beast. It tore a large chunk of flesh, skin and all, two feet long. The severely injured Thunder Smoke Beast's front hooves buckled, and it crashed headfirst into the ground with Yan Fei in toe.

Overjoyed at the sight, he unleashed a meteor hammer, accompanied by the whooshing sound of wind, which violently struck the fallen Yan Fei. With a loud bang, the meteor hammer struck the horse spear that Yan Fei had hastily raised. This time, the meteor hammer struck with tremendous force, snapping the horse spear in two with a crack. The meteor hammer, the size of a human head, struck Yan Fei's chest once more.

Yan Fei screamed in agony, and at the same time, a mouthful of blood spurted three feet away. Before Yun Ce could strike a second time, a rain of arrows from all around him came crashing down on him like a storm.

Yun Ce let out a strange cry and tumbled off his horse. His chestnut horse immediately lay down as well. As soon as the rain of arrows above his head disappeared, Yun Ce swung his meteor hammer with all his might and smashed it into the nearest giant shield. The shield shattered instantly, and the spiked hammerhead smashed into the shield bearer's chest, then emerged from his back with a clump of flesh and blood, knocking down a cavalryman before the force dissipated.

Looking back at Yan Fei, the shameless man was scrambling towards the shield formation while yelling, "Kill him!"

Yun Ce swung his meteor hammer, smashing shield soldiers one after another. He was stabbed countless times by spears. In the intervals between killing and being killed, Yun Ce looked back and saw that the chestnut horse had carefully lay down next to the fallen Thunder Smoke Beast. The soldiers who were attacking took the initiative to avoid the two horses. Even those who couldn't avoid them only trampled on them a couple of times.

After all, this is a battle between people, and has nothing to do with mounts.

With a roar, he swung the two meteor hammers like windmills. With their unparalleled power, anyone touched by a meteor hammer would be either killed or seriously injured.

Yan Fei, who had been rescued by the shield soldiers, looked at Yun Ce, who was charging back and forth in the army formation and was invincible, and for the first time, fear appeared in his eyes.

As a general, decisiveness is of utmost importance. Seeing that he could not defeat Yun Ce, Yan Fei decided to return to his command position, which is where a general should be.

He forgot that whenever he moved, his military flag would move along with him. This allowed Yun Ce, who couldn't find Yan Fei in the crowd, to finally spot his target. The meteor hammer wheel, accompanied by a gale, hurtled straight towards Yan Fei.

"Stop him, stop him."

Yan Fei's newly selected deputy general firmly protected him behind him, using all his strength to direct the guards to form one defensive wall after another in front of him.

Completely ignoring the cold arrows and spears behind him, Yun Ce focused solely on channeling all his inner energy into his meteor hammer. The meteor hammer, once again swung, no longer carried the sound of wind or emitted a terrifying whistling noise; instead, its omnipresent hammerhead proclaimed the arrival of the god of death to his mortal enemies who surrounded him.

(End of this chapter)