Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 976 The Famous General Yu Ji
Meanwhile, the two armies faced off, and a menacing aura filled the area before the Gates of Hell, with gloomy clouds hanging heavy in the air.

Within Chen Sheng's ghost army formation, the evil spirits in the blood pool all revealed their true forms as soldiers in life. Although their armor was tattered and their faces decayed, the army was well-organized, with spears and halberds standing like a forest, and a chilling aura of veteran soldiers soared straight to the heavens.

King Xiaoqing commands 60,000 demons and ghosts. The left wing consists of karmic ghosts clad in black armor and helmets, burdened with sins; the right wing comprises bizarrely shaped demon souls, their demonic winds howling. They too are survivors of countless battles, their ferocity surpassing even their former selves.

Chen Sheng drew his sword and shouted, "To punish the wicked and break the shackles, today is the day!"

Upon receiving the command, 100,000 ghost soldiers roared in unison, their voices shaking the underworld. At that moment, Ge Ying, the vanguard general, brandished his spear, spurred his horse, and led the Blood Pool Iron Cavalry straight into the enemy ranks.

Horse hooves trampled through waves of blood, and spear tips sent wronged souls flying.

The ghost cavalry charged into the array of karmic ghosts. Neither side was alive, and they fought without any restraint.

The severed limbs turned into black mist, then reassembled and fought again; the decapitated man still swung his sword, his headless body still charging forward!

The Little Green King, seeing clearly under the Green Banner, pointed his twin swords, Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, and shouted, "Kill!"

As the command flag waved, the 30,000 demon souls on the right flank simultaneously waved the white bone banner, instantly unleashing a fierce gust of yin wind, and charging forward amidst wailing ghosts and howling gods.

Like a towering wave crashing against the rocks, both sides exploded into clouds of blood mist.

At the height of the battle, Chen Sheng personally led the elite troops of the central army in a charge. Wherever the Ghost King's sword passed, the karmic ghosts and demons all retreated.

Li Xianfeng, his phoenix eyes wide open, leaped out of the formation and blocked the Ghost King's weapon with his twin swords.

The Purple and Green Twin Swords clashed with the Blood Pool King Sword, and the Yin and Yang energies collided with the Netherworld Evil Qi. A thunderous roar resounded, and hundreds of ghost soldiers around were blasted away, their souls scattered!

It is:

Blood pools churn, burying loyal bones; demon banners flutter, capturing heroic souls.

Demons and monsters vie for the female sun, turning the underworld upside down in chaos!

After the two sides fought fiercely for about an incense stick's time, Chen Sheng's burning ambition was instantly shattered, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over it.

It wasn't that his 100,000 ghost soldiers weren't fierce and brave.

The core members of these blood pool demons were the nine hundred soldiers who rose up with him in rebellion years ago. They had been tormented in hell for hundreds of years, and their resentment was deep and their ferocity was incomparable. They were truly first-rate fierce soldiers.

However, the enemy's army of 60,000 demons and ghosts was ridiculously strong.

They were tireless and fearless, as if they had experienced places more terrifying than hell.

Some karmic ghosts even die with happy smiles on their faces, and their demon souls are congenitally disabled, seemingly lacking intelligence and unable to feel the fear of death.

Even more terrifying, these bizarre creatures grew stronger with each battle!

As the drumbeats, seemingly coming from nowhere, grew stronger and more impassioned, the soldiers' weapons, like finely forged iron, became sharper and sharper!

Sometimes they disperse, like mercury spilling onto the ground, seeping and penetrating. At other times they gather and disperse unpredictably, forming deadly vortexes that devour the ghost army's lines.

Furthermore, their tactics are flexible and varied, and they are well-versed in using the weak to defeat the strong and avoiding the strong to attack the weak.

Within moments of the battle, Chen Shengjun's flanks had completely collapsed under such precise and fierce attacks.

Even his elite central army, which he relied on, was being peeled away and weakened layer by layer by the enemy, just like peeling a bamboo shoot!

This army of demons and monsters is not only individually powerful, but also integrates battlefield discipline and killing efficiency!
Their military might was unmatched, and their advances and retreats subtly revealed the battle formations of a top-tier human army, far surpassing the rabble under the command of ordinary ghost kings.

"What...what kind of military command ability is this?!"

Chen Sheng was horrified; a chilling sense of despair crept up his spine.

In a daze, it was as if he had not returned to the rainy night in Dazexiang, which was full of hope and passion, but returned to the day when Qin general Zhang Han's army broke through Chen County, and he fled to Xiachengfu in a sorry state, abandoned by his friends and family, and at the end of his rope!
"Could it be... that my fate is truly so unfortunate? I just tried to return to the mortal realm, only to encounter a renowned general from the underworld?"

A sense of desolation, like that of a hero meeting his end, welled up in my heart.

If Xiaoqing knew that Chen Sheng was elevating her to the level of a "renowned general of the world," she probably wouldn't be able to laugh at all.

Because the one who executed this exquisite, artistic maneuver was not her at all.

Admittedly, she commanded the initial formation of the two armies, but that was largely due to the inherent qualities of the E'tu army and their domineering, reckless spirit.

Although Xiaoqing is knowledgeable in military strategy, especially in "military tactics" and "military yin and yang", she is still far from mastering the fine application of "military situation" and "military skills".

If judged by the standards of Han Xin, the military genius, then generals in the world can be divided into different ranks.

A commander who can lead a hundred men can be a platoon leader; a commander who can lead a thousand men can be a colonel; a commander who can lead ten thousand men without disorder can be called a good general; and a commander like Liu Bang, who can lead an army of one hundred thousand men, is an even rarer talent.

With her background as a demon king and her authority as a water lord, Xiaoqing can barely be classified as a "good general of the world".

But the micro-manipulation of 60,000 troops, which she could control with ease and turn the impossible into the possible, was clearly beyond her capabilities.

Behind the blue banner, the one who truly commanded the army to launch this smooth and seamless offensive was the woman in red—Yu Ji!
Earlier, when King Xiaoqing was commanding the central army, wielding power and confidence, she noticed out of the corner of her eye that Yu Ji, dressed in red, slightly parted her lips several times, as if she wanted to speak, but then quietly stopped herself. Although Xiaoqing was straightforward, she was not stupid, especially when it came to matters of great importance, such as victory or defeat and the spotlight.

He simply asked directly, "Miss Yu, have you noticed something?"

Yu Ji initially nodded humbly and whispered a few words about the subtle flaws in the connection between the enemy's two flanks.

Xiaoqing made slight adjustments as instructed and sent out a detachment to launch a probing attack.

As expected, it worked extremely well, like a sharp blade cutting into a soft spot, instantly tearing open a gash.

Xiaoqing's eyes lit up, and she asked a few more questions about the specific tactics.

This time, Yu Ji no longer held back, her few words hitting the nail on the head. As her suggestions were incorporated into the command, the balance of the entire battle began to visibly tilt in their favor!

Xiaoqing's vertical pupils narrowed slightly, and she looked at the beautiful woman again with a hint of surprise and scrutiny.

She was always decisive, and seeing that Yu Ji was truly capable, she simply made a bold decision that astonished everyone around her:
"Miss Yu, it seems you are quite knowledgeable in this area! Why don't you try taking command?"

In any case, the army was controlled through the divine sense authority granted by Xu Xuan, making it easy to command. In addition, the karmic ghosts and demons were fearless of death and executed orders without hesitation, making the handover process exceptionally convenient.

Xiaoqing was quite straightforward; she directly shared the core permissions, wanting to see just how many hidden skills this concubine of the Western Chu Overlord truly possessed.

This trial revealed an extraordinary female military genius!
As soon as Yu Ji took over the authority, her temperament changed abruptly, and the sorrow and madness in her bones were transformed into calmness and sharpness.

He took out a Kui Niu war drum, which was neither gold nor wood and was covered with mysterious runes, from who knows where. He stood in the center of the army, swung the drumstick, and with a loud "dong," the sound shook the surrounding area.

The drumbeats seemed to contain invisible divine commands, precisely reaching the senses of every karmic ghost and demon!
In an instant, the 60,000-strong army, which had previously been fighting independently, seemed to have been given a unified soul, advancing, retreating, and maneuvering, and began to orderly coalesce into battle formations that integrated offense and defense! The efficiency increased by more than several times!
"Boom! Boom!" The second drumbeat sounded, the rhythm changed, and the instructions changed again.

Upon hearing the drums, the army moved forth, employing ingenious formations to cut, penetrate, and encircle, instantly shifting the previously stalemate in the war situation decisively!

Xia Gu, who could no longer contain herself, immediately revealed her true form as a toad demon upon hearing the command of the drum. Her enormous body stirred the blood pool, and she led her subordinate Yunmengze demon souls to unleash their innate spells.

This caused a massive surge of blood, creating a temporary "isolation zone" within the tide of the ghost army, completely separating Chen Sheng's main force in the center from his flanking troops!
On the other side, the Black Alligator General received the command from the sound of the drums. His eyes flashed with a fierce light, and with a roar, he picked up his twelve-foot-long spear, flipped over, and mounted the neighing Ghost Water Horse. His hooves pounded the blood waves as if walking on flat ground.

Leading three thousand of the most elite demon cavalry, they pounced on the isolated demon army's flank like tigers released from their cages!

What's even more astonishing is that the demon cavalry and the flanking support demon soul troops cooperated perfectly. The demon cavalry and demon magic combined to unleash a combat power that was far more than just the sum of its parts!
These fierce and ruthless beings from the land of Calamity seem to be forced to constantly push their limits and improve themselves in this efficient and brutal war.

After all, if you want to continue following that great demon king Xu Xuan, you can't do it without real skills!

Yu Ji stood before the drum, her red robes fluttering in the wind. Her eyes were fixed on all directions, and her ears were attentive to all sounds. With a wave of her jade hand, the drumbeats changed from fast to slow, from heavy to light, and the 60,000-strong army surged and moved like the tides, ever-changing.

As the drumbeats grew more intense and rapid, the pace and intensity of the war were continuously escalated.

Under exquisite control, the strangling front line was no longer a chaotic melee, but transformed into an incomparably sharp razor, slowly but steadily advancing layer by layer towards the core of Chen Sheng's central army!

First, it was aimed at Zhou Wen's troops.

Led by the Black Crocodile, the three thousand demon riders did not charge head-on. Instead, they swirled around the enemy formation like whirlwinds, cutting and slicing at high speed. With their sabers slashing and demonic magic splashing, each rotation was like scraping fish scales, precisely peeling away the flesh and blood from the enemy's outer perimeter.

Once their formation was thrown into chaos and riddled with weaknesses, the cavalry did not linger in battle and led their troops away. Meanwhile, Yan Renying, who had been waiting for an opportunity, led the Shu Mountain sword cultivators like sharp knives into the heart of the formation, aiming straight for the commander!

Next came the Deng Zong tribe, the Song Liu tribe, the Zhao Ping tribe...

Under this combined attack, Chen Sheng's once-powerful generals and their troops collapsed one after another, like an earthen dam being breached by a flood.

One by one, the banners symbolizing the "Zhang Chu" regime were cut down and floated in the filthy waves of blood.

The momentum of Chen Shengjun's "first uprising," which was the foundation for uniting the army, is being gradually eroded.

The whole process was slow and determined, giving people a sense of unsolvable pressure.

Chen Sheng's generals, though brave and fierce, were utterly incapable of dealing with such tactical attacks that were beyond the comprehension of their time. They could only watch helplessly as their troops were divided, eroded, and routed.

This is a perfect example of how a military defeat can be as devastating as a landslide!

Xiaoqing, who was watching from the sidelines, was dumbfounded; her jaw almost dropped.

She originally thought that Yu Ji was only "somewhat capable", but she never expected that she had so many abilities!
An absurd thought popped into my head: Could it be that... the legendary battles fought by Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of the past, were all orchestrated by this beautiful woman in red?
Yu Ji seemed to notice Xiao Qing's shocked yet inquisitive gaze. While calmly striking the war drum to direct the overall situation, she explained softly, "Your Majesty flatters me. In my lifetime, I merely followed Xiang Yu in his campaigns, learning a little bit from what I saw and heard."

His tone was calm, as if he were talking about something trivial: "His resentment lingered after death, and in the cycle of reincarnation, he watched the Battle of Gaixia and the earth-shattering duel between Han Xin and Xiang Yu countless times in the realm of the unseen..."

"Over time, they naturally came to understand some principles of military strategy. In addition, with the convenience of using divine sense to communicate and command, they have gained a lot of advantages."

fur?

After hearing this, Xiaoqing's lips twitched involuntarily, and only two words remained in her mind: Hehe.

If this is just the tip of the iceberg, then 99% of the generals in the world probably haven't even scratched the surface of military strategy!

(End of this chapter)