Chapter 474: Rescue, reunion, the ins and outs, reversing the battle situation

Chu Qingwu, dead!

Everyone looked up at mid-air, causing the tragic battlefield below to appear stagnant for a moment. Their emotions were different, but the shock and vibration in their pupils were almost identical.

A descendant of the fourth generation of the Chu clan of the Chen Cang Fangbo lineage, commander of the Lu He Camp, and the direct grandson of Yan Ling County Governor Chu Tianxu, was just killed by someone like this?

"Yushan Branch righteous army, come to rescue the river mouth!"

"Baiyang Branch righteous army, come to rescue."

"Shuhe Branch righteous army, come to rescue..."

The impact everyone was facing in their hearts at this moment would not be mentioned for now. With several loud shouts coming from the south side, the two sides who had briefly stopped fighting had their attention pulled back to the battlefield, and their faces changed instantly.

In the south direction, there were actually over ten thousand people rushing toward this side. Among them, over two thousand were wearing armor, and all of them had green kudzu cloth tied to their left arms.

"The uprising in the eight villages on the south side was successful, it's reinforcements, our reinforcements have arrived!"

"Hahahaha, brothers, Chu Qingwu is dead, reinforcements have arrived, we won, we won, kill!"

"Pincer attack from front and back, destroy the Chen Cang government army!"

Chu Qingwu's death had already given the rebel army below a shot in the arm. The timing of the arrival of the uprising reinforcements from the eight villages on the south side could be described as just right. The rebel army, which had been killed until only over twenty thousand remained, instantly felt like they had been injected with chicken blood, roaring crazily, and their morale was boosted again.

They roared crazily, charging toward the central army again regardless of their lives. What was even more fatal was that the twenty thousand-plus remnant army was in the north, and the ten thousand-plus reinforcements were in the south. Pincer attack from front and back, they actually surrounded the Chen Cang army.

"What are you panicking about? Rabble, no matter how many come, it's useless. Rear army turn and adjust bows, shoot and kill the south-facing rebel army, Zijian lead the front army to continue to suppress and kill the remnant army!"

The Chen Cang government army was divided into two groups. One was the Lu He Camp County Guard army. They originally had about four thousand people. After fighting for such a long time, the losses were minimal, and there were still over three thousand three hundred people left. The other group was the people of the Jurisdiction Office of Hekou Village and the die-hards they led. The number of people was over three thousand at the beginning. They suffered greater damage, and now there were only over two thousand left.

From combat power to fighting spirit, and then to battlefield literacy, regular troops were obviously not comparable to ordinary people. The minimal losses were proof of this.

At this moment, facing the situation where the commander was killed and their side was being pincer-attacked from north and south, unlike the panicked and messy expressions of the two thousand-plus people of the Hekou Village Jurisdiction Office, the panic on their faces lasted less than ten breaths. After a middle-aged man's roar sounded in mid-air, they immediately recovered.

Then, quickly following the man's instructions, the thousand-plus soldiers in the rear holding strong bows turned their arrowheads and began to shoot arrows to suppress the south side. The two thousand-plus people in the front army charged even more fiercely than before, and the human war chariots almost crashed into the rebel army regardless of their lives.

In an instant, the killing efficiency of the army was actually two or three percent higher than before Chu Qingwu died.

Blade slashing, sword stabbing, axe hacking, spear thrusting, hammer hitting, sickle cutting, and even weapons being dropped and starting to punch and kick, if limbs were broken, they used their teeth to bite. In short, both sides were trying every possible way to kill the enemy, and the battlefield instantly became bloody and tragic to the extreme.

The blood splashing everywhere, the constantly piling corpses, the tragic fighting and fighting for life, and the painful wails filling the entire heaven and earth, all were stating an iron-like important fact:

Rebellion and uprising are not drinking water and eating, not playing house. There is a reason why the rule of the feudal town can last for nearly three hundred years without collapsing.

Mud-legged people fighting regular troops, saying it's like throwing an egg against a rock is even light.

Therefore, Chu Qingwu's death and the arrival of ten thousand-plus reinforcements did not reverse the situation on the battlefield. No matter how high the fighting spirit of the rebel army was and how intense their emotions were, they were still the side being slaughtered.

But at this moment, there were a small number of smart people in the field, regardless of whether they were in a fighting state or not, who all focused their attention on mid-air.

To be precise, it was focusing on the three people in mid-air.

The first was the Green-Faced Heavenly King of the Frost Ash Society; the second was the mysterious person who killed Chu Qingwu, wearing a red mask, dressed in green kudzu clothes, and holding a black long stick; the third was the middle-aged man who appeared immediately after Chu Qingwu died and angrily revitalized the government army, dressed in green brocade clothes and holding a long sword.

Obviously, the Lu He Camp was not just garrisoned by one Xianyang level expert, Chu Qingwu.

It's just that I don't know why, just now Chu Qingwu fought with the Green-Faced Heavenly King of the Frost Ash Society for a long time, and that green-clothed middle-aged man never appeared.

In fact, if you look closely at the appearance of the green-clothed middle-aged man, it is not difficult to guess the reason.

The middle-aged man's green brocade clothes were torn in several places, his breathing was slightly rapid, and the long sword in his hand was still stained with blood.

Obviously, he had also just withdrawn from the battle.

And looking at it, the battle situation was not easier than here.

"Twelve Heavenly Kings of the Yan Ling General Branch, two came down and it wasn't enough, they actually sent another expert, but why doesn't this person wear a green-faced ghost mask, and his strength..."

Chen Yuanyan only glanced at the Green-Faced Heavenly King, and his gaze immediately shifted to the person in front. His expression instantly became extremely ugly. The reason was not that the other party's stick tip was still picking up Chu Qingwu's corpse, but that he couldn't see through this person's strength.

The Lu He Camp garrisoned a total of five thousand-plus troops. The sixteen villages usually garrisoned a small team of one hundred people each, so there were usually nearly four thousand soldiers in the camp.

Responsible for the defense of Lu He Valley was Commander Chu Qingwu, Deputy Commander Chu Qingkai, and the army was naturally commanded by these two people. Chen Yuanyan was the Lu He Military Clerk, whose main responsibility was to be responsible for the military supplies of the camp and to supervise the sixteen Jurisdiction Offices within the entire Lu He Valley.

Just now, the news of the mutiny and rebellion in the millet collection area of Hekou Village reached the military camp. Chu Qingwu didn't notify him at the first opportunity and set off directly after ordering troops. By the time he noticed something wrong in the main building and prepared to set off, he was ambushed by a Green-Faced Heavenly King hidden in the camp and almost died.

If it weren't for Chu Qingkai noticing in time and joining forces with him to force that person back, the final outcome would have been unimaginable.

"Even the commander was killed, I couldn't be this person's opponent. Letting Qingkai go to the surrounding area for reinforcements was correct. Now I can only rely on the army. The armies garrisoned in the surrounding areas won't be able to come over so quickly, but the major commanders and Xianyang level experts can arrive in a quarter of an hour at the fastest. Holding on shouldn't be a big problem!"

Bang...

While Chen Yuanyan's thoughts were flying over the army, at a high altitude three or four hundred meters away from him, Xia Hong drew his long stick, directly threw Chu Qingwu's corpse away, and then turned his head to look at the Green-Faced Heavenly King behind him, his eyes full of scrutiny.

"Thank you..."

That Green-Faced Heavenly King looked at him. Although there was gratitude in his eyes, there was more shock and doubt. He cupped his fists and was about to speak actively, but only after saying the two words "thank you," the Xia Hong in front of him suddenly underwent some subtle changes. The two pupils under his mask contracted suddenly, and his body shook violently.

If someone untied the mask, they would find that under the mask, his face was full of ecstasy and emotion. He immediately cupped his fists and bowed respectfully to Xia Hong, saying incomparably excitedly: "Greetings... my lord!"

"You were sold by someone, do you know?"

That green-faced person was stunned upon hearing this, then looked at Chen Yuanyan above the army opposite, and instantly reacted. His eyes were full of anger, then he cupped his fists and said:

"My lord, the subordinate is the Hai-character size. Deputy Commander Chu Qingkai is not in the camp. I agreed with the You-character size Heavenly King that he would be responsible for assassinating Chen Yuanyan, and I would be responsible for assisting the righteous army in dealing with Chu Qingwu here. This dog thing must have seen that the situation was not good and ran away first."

Hai-character size, You-character size Heavenly King, divided according to the twelve earthly branches, so this Frost Ash Society had a total of twelve Heavenly Kings.

After Xia Hong reacted quickly, he shook his head and said: "It should be that your intelligence had a problem. Just now in the camp, there was not only Chen Yuanyan but also another Xianyang level expert with 9-jun strength. He also only had 9-jun strength. The assassination of Chen Yuanyan failed, and he ran away immediately. He didn't even look at the battlefield here."

Xia Hong saw the situation in the military camp clearly in the dark just now. When that person failed the assassination and prepared to escape, he came to the battlefield here.

He didn't think about the true identity of the person in front of him first at this moment, but went through the relationship between Great Xia and the Frost Ash Society in his mind, then turned his head and asked in a deep voice: "That little dragon head of yours, is it Ji Hong?"

Operating in Yan Ling County, Chen Cang for a long time, having not small connections, knowing the situation so well, and at the same time being able to pull Xianyang level reinforcements from Great Xia, besides Ji Hong, he really couldn't think of anyone else.

That Green-Faced Heavenly King nodded heavily immediately. At this moment, the two were surrounded by rich bone energy, and they were not afraid of being heard. After thinking for a moment, he took off his mask, revealing a slightly handsome middle-aged face, bowed to Xia Hong, and said: "Subordinate Jiang Xinfan, greetings to the Lord!"

Jiang Xinfan!

Xia Hong's expression was stunned. It was no exaggeration to say that just now seeing the other party use the Feather Light Sword Technique and feeling the Great Xia Holy Pattern aura emitted from the other party's body, countless guesses instantly rose in his mind.

But among these countless guesses, there was only no Jiang Xinfan.

Jiangxia Town Head, Jiang Xinfan!

No way, in the three years since I left, there has been such a big surprise?

Realizing that Jiang Xinfan's address to him just now was Lord, Xia Hong's brows furrowed slightly. After reacting quickly, his eyes were full of surprise and shock.

No, no, now is not a good time to solve the puzzle!

Xia Hong quickly put aside the thoughts in his mind, looked up and asked: "You cooperated with the Frost Ash Society and instigated this uprising. What is the purpose?"

Jiang Xinfan was stunned when he heard Xia Hong's question, but after all, he was a person who had served as a town head, and his reaction was extremely fast. He immediately figured out why Xia Hong wanted to ask this question, and his face was instantly respectful.

"The Lord probably escaped from the Blood Miasma Plain just now, and it is very likely that he bumped into this uprising by accident, but he could immediately see that our uprising had ulterior motives. No wonder there has been no news for three years, the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, and everyone in Great Xia are still so loyal. This is the Lord..."

Although Jiang Xinfan sighed in his heart, he also knew that the situation was critical at this moment, so he hurriedly cupped his fists and explained to Xia Hong: "The Lord has sharp eyes, the subordinate admires him. This uprising is a task given to Ji Hong by the Frost Ash Society General Altar. According to the letter from the General Altar, there is a small group of people in the Chen Cang high-level who have the heart to imitate Wei Bo's reform, are trying their best to persuade the Fangbo to lower the requirements for entering the civil register, reduce the tax ratio for those with slave status, and subsequently gradually reduce the number of slave status villages in the entire Chen Cang territory by half.

The General Altar unanimously believes that this is a move to draw the firewood from under the cauldron. If Chen Cang really succeeds in promoting the reform, it will inevitably damage the foundation of the Frost Ash Society, so they jointly issued the task of this uprising to the Little Dragon Head..."

A person who has served as a town head is different. In a few words, he explained the motivation and purpose of this uprising clearly.

After listening, Xia Hong only thought for a few breaths, instantly understood, and then his expression became incomparably wonderful.

He didn't know what was going on with imitating Wei Bo's reform, but the several reform measures mentioned by Jiang Xinfan, he not only understood as soon as he heard them but also reacted quickly. These measures were not only beneficial to Chen Cang's future development but would also greatly strike at the living space of the Frost Ash Society.

It was indeed a wonderful plan to draw firewood from under the cauldron and kill two birds with one stone!

But the resistance to such a reform would inevitably be huge.

You know, slave status villages are Chen Cang's assets, and they are precious assets that can continuously create wealth. The high-level relies on them for support, and among the four classes of noble, noble, military, and civil, which one doesn't enjoy the benefits brought by slave status villages?

If so many people with slave status have their taxes reduced, who will bear the loss of tax deficit? If the number of slave status villages is really reduced by half, not to mention anything else, the price of slaves will skyrocket in the future, and many people may not be able to live the life of being surrounded by people as before...

Historically, reforms and changes will inevitably offend the interests of some people, and the resistance will inevitably be great. It is the same everywhere.

And the reason why Xia Hong's expression was wonderful at this moment was that he could already be sure that this Frost Ash Society must have the participation of Chen Cang's high-level, and it was very likely to be another Fangbo lineage, the Chen clan.

Otherwise, where did the intelligence come from? Jiang Xinfan said very clearly that only a small group of people had the heart to reform and were persuading the Fangbo. Without thinking, he knew that that small group must be the core of the core.

Even if the news was not leaked by this small group, it was at least leaked by people very close to them.

"So the Frost Ash Society made such a big commotion in the Lu He Valley uprising, just to let the Chen Cang Fangbo and a group of high-level people see, and disguisedly increase the resistance to the reform!"

Originally, the reform was just the idea of a small group of people. Now, it might not have been brought to the table, or it might have been initially brought to the table, but the argument was very fierce.

At this juncture, the slave status villages rebelled and made such a big thing. What kind of chain reaction will it cause?

Just think about it and you will know. The conservative faction will definitely make a big fuss about this, scolding these slaves as ungrateful wolves. Giving them tax cuts and loosening ties is not only unfavorable to the rule of the town but also will cause bigger trouble later when their strength grows.

So, don't even think about reform!

Not only is reform impossible, but it is also very likely that the intensity of exploitation and suppression of slave status villages will be increased in the future to prevent such events from happening again.

"You guys are quite bold, daring to get involved in such a big thing. What if you are discovered by Chen Cang and traced back to Great Xia along with the radish and mud, what should you do?"

There was obviously no reproach in Xia Hong's tone, just a normal inquiry, so Jiang Xinfan was not panicked, but sneered: "The Lord doesn't know, this Chen Cang is not a good thing either. Since the beginning of last year, they have successively sent many Xianyang level experts to sneak into Beishuo. Yang Zun, with their support, did not respect the alliance order and has repeatedly clashed with my Great Xia. Now he is even instigating various towns to leave the alliance. If you don't come and go, it's not polite. They come to the Jiuzhen territory to stir up wind, and we can naturally come here to stir up rain."

Not only has Jiangxia merged into Great Xia, but the Jiuzhen Alliance has also been formed!

Extracting another key element from Jiang Xinfan's words, Xia Hong's heart became more and more excited, but he still suppressed many puzzles, lowered his head and looked at the battlefield below and said: "Then this Frost Ash Society is really stingy enough. Such a big thing as rebellion, they only sent one Xianyang level expert, plus that group of protectors?"

In fact, there were two, but Xia Hong instinctively excluded Jiang Xinfan.

Jiang Xinfan's expression suddenly became strange at this moment. He didn't seem to have much resentment toward the Xianyang level expert who sold him out just now. After thinking for ten breaths, he opened his mouth and said: "Lord, the Frost Ash Society itself didn't intend for this rebellion to succeed. Their purpose is to make as much commotion as possible, so that the town side, preferably the Fangbo, will notice."

"Then the commotion you made right now is not enough, right?"

"Indeed, the intelligence of the General Branch had a problem. The original plan was that the You-character size Green-Faced Heavenly King would assassinate Chen Yuanyan and then join forces with me to deal with Chu Qingwu. As long as we hold on until the reinforcements from all branches arrive, these thousands of troops in the Lu He Camp, no matter how powerful they are, will be useless. But now..."

Jiang Xinfan looked at Chu Qingwu's corpse on the ground, his expression a bit strange.

The next step definitely couldn't go according to the original plan, but they couldn't be considered a failure. Chen Yuanyan didn't die, but Chu Qingwu, who had the strongest strength, died.

Although that You-character size Green-Faced Heavenly King ran away, Xia Hong is here!

With the Lord's strength...

"The other Xianyang level expert went for reinforcements. The rebel army doesn't have much time. I estimate that in a quarter of an hour at the fastest, Xianyang level experts will come one after another. Since I am here, I will help you! You want to make some commotion, right!"

Xia Hong lowered his head and looked at the one-sided battle situation below, took a slight breath, gently shook the Panlong stick in his hand, then thought of something, turned his head and asked Jiang Xinfan with a smile: "Do you have any extra masks on you?"

Jiang Xinfan immediately understood, took out a green-faced, fanged ghost mask from his bosom, exactly the same as the one he was wearing on his face.

"The treatment of this Frost Ash Society is still quite good. This kind of mask can even isolate the perception of the Jie-body Realm. The cost should be quite high. They gave me an extra one as a spare, and now it can just be used..."

Although Xia Hong's speed of changing the mask was very fast, Jiang Xinfan still saw his appearance in the gap, and his heart was completely settled.

He confirmed Xia Hong's identity through the Holy Pattern Ancestor aura that Xia Hong just released, but after all, the time he officially joined Great Xia was still short, and his understanding of the bloodline was not deep, and he was also worried that he would make a mistake.

"Lord, subordinate will go to hold back Chen Yuanyan, the army..."

"No need!"

Xia Hong didn't rush to take action, thought for a moment and asked: "Among those Cold-Resisting level protectors wearing red masks, are there any of our own people?"

The "our own people" Xia Hong said naturally referred to the people of Great Xia. How could Jiang Xinfan not know? He immediately cupped his fists and replied: "Yes, there are 53 Cold-Resisting level protectors participating in this uprising, 8 of our own people, 5 are people Ji Hong accepted in Chen Cang, and the rest are all sent by the Yan Ling General Branch of the Frost Ash Society."

"You go and pass the order to the sixteen branch masters now, let them take people and disperse immediately. Those who are sure not to be found by Yan Ling County, go back to their previous villages, those who are not sure, run for their lives quickly. There is not much time left; in addition, let those Cold-Resisting level protectors take their respective confidants, disperse on the east side of the millet fields, and all be prepared..."

As Xia Hong spoke, Jiang Xinfan's expression was both shocked and confused. After Xia Hong finished explaining, he couldn't help but ask: "Lord, three thousand-plus County Guard soldiers, plus two thousand Jurisdiction Office people, Chen Yuanyan's strength is also not weak, just relying on you alone..."

"Alright, you hurry up and do as I ordered!"

Xia Hong didn't listen to him finish, his body suddenly ejected, and he flew straight to the sky above the army.

Jiang Xinfan looked at Xia Hong standing in the air, his face full of hesitation, then thought of something, lowered his head and searched for a while in the rebel army camp, saw several protectors wearing red-faced, fanged ghost masks, and immediately flew down.

51 Cold-Resisting level protectors, 16 branch masters, more than half of them were on the battlefield below. Xia Hong asked him to notify these people, so he naturally had to notify those present first.

Just right, taking advantage of the time to notify these people, he could keep an eye on the Lord. In case of any emergency, it would be good to help in time.

"The Lady sent me to Chen Cang in March, cooperating with Ji Hong is a secondary task, the main task is to find the Lord. Now that I have finally found him, I can't let anything go wrong again."

Jiang Xinfan quickly found the Cold-Resisting level protectors below and began to give them the orders Xia Hong had just given. Of course, at the same time, he didn't forget to keep an eye on Xia Hong's situation.

"If the military strength is a bit more, or if there are some other means, I think it might be a bit difficult to influence the battle situation, but three thousand-plus people..."

Xia Hong lowered his head and looked at the army below, a hint of arrogance appearing on his face. He knew exactly what Jiang Xinfan was worried about, nothing more than being afraid that he alone could not reverse the current battle situation. ===== CHAPTER 475 =====