Chapter 528: Kill the thieves!

In an instant, Du Tiechuan fell into a dilemma.

To make the Iron Torrent change direction was naturally impossible. If it could turn flexibly, he would not have gritted his teeth and continued the charge when facing the Ghost Gate Pass earlier—it would have been much better to bypass it; why suffer a twenty percent loss of troops?

And to continue forward and crush his own vanguard army would naturally not cause much loss of troops to the main force.

However, this did not mean that combat effectiveness would not decline.

According to the art of war, the main body that carries and exerts military tactics is usually the soldiers. And the soldiers' morale and spirit have a huge impact on the exertion of combat effectiveness.

Once they kill each other, the enemy will inevitably gloat and their morale will soar, while his own side will know clearly: they have fallen into the enemy's poisonous scheme and are being played in the palm of their hands. Even if the military tactics are strong, they will appear stupid.

In this way, morale will be greatly reduced, combat effectiveness will plummet, and huge flaws will be created, giving the enemy an opportunity to exploit.

One must know that although the Iron Torrent is extremely powerful, it has already penetrated deep into the enemy's hinterland at this time. Once combat effectiveness drops severely, it will definitely be besieged by the enemy.

Sure enough, before they even reached the vanguard camp, the main army was already in an uproar, and people's hearts were wavering.

The soldiers were shaken, and the generals were the same.

If they really killed each other, how would they explain it when they returned to the royal capital? There would inevitably be major questioning. Those whose backbones were not strong might even be imprisoned and convicted!

In the court of the Liangzhu Kingdom, this was the atmosphere.

In the previous ambush battle, Sun Gan was a cautionary tale.

At that time, the Jin Ji Army led by Sun Gan was trapped by the Light Mountain Brother Ning Zhong Mist Map, and although they broke out, they had already missed the opportunity for rescue.

The Bai Yu Camp suffered heavy casualties, losing both men and wealth.

A large number of children from noble families were lost, and the court had great opinions about Sun Gan.

When Sun Gan intervened in the Mu Lan affair later, it further offended the Lord of Liangzhu.

Therefore, when it came to the subsequent probing, Du Tiechuan directly arranged for the Jin Ji Army to go out as a pawn to probe the strength of the Qianfeng Forest.

So much so that Sun Gan was captured and the entire Jin Ji Army was wiped out.

And now, the situation of the heavy armored main army was undoubtedly even worse!

They were not missing a chance to fight, nor were they failing to save those in danger, but killing each other!

Even General Du Tiechuan would bear extremely heavy responsibility.

Even if the Lord pardoned him, his reputation would suffer a devastating blow.

One might ask—if he charged straight through, who would dare to fight under his command in the future?

This infamy was too heavy.

If handled poorly, Du Tiechuan would be shelved, almost cutting off his path as a general.

At this moment, Lu Hongtu's eyes were deep, observing the battle situation.

He wore a smile, calm and unhurried, enjoying this wonderful feeling of being in control of the overall situation.

The surrounding cultivators occasionally cast admiring and awe-filled gazes at him.

This leader of the Liudong Sect displayed the power of his wisdom at this moment.

"Du Tiechuan, even if you are at the Soul Transformation level. Your choice at this moment will also affect your entire life."

"So, how should you choose?"

"I, Lu, am very curious."

Du Tiechuan at this moment seemed to have thought a lot, or seemed not to have thought at all.

His face was calm, his eyes looked straight ahead, his gaze neither unfocused nor wavering, and there was not the slightest hesitation.

Just as the deputy generals were eagerly seeking his orders, he had already spoken—

"Advance."

The answer was only two words.

The deputy generals stared, some transmitted their voices with spiritual sense, and shouted urgently: "But, Commander..."

"Continue to advance." Du Tiechuan spoke again.

His tone was ordinary, neither impassioned nor gritting his teeth, still concise and to the point.

The deputy generals were dumbfounded, their bodies chilled, and their hearts were filled with awe.

"Stop, stop quickly, we are friendly forces." In the vanguard camp, some generals' expressions changed drastically, and they shouted one after another.

The garrisoned elite soldiers also became panicked.

This vanguard army was a regular army of the Liangzhu Kingdom, well-trained and of high quality. Many people knew the terrifying power of the Iron Torrent.

"If we stay any longer, we will die."

"Transfer quickly."

"Damn it! There are formations all around, we can't get out at all. If we want to get out, we have to break the formation."

But breaking the formation obviously required a lot of time.

At this critical juncture, this was too fatal!

Some deputy generals hurried over to the side of the main general.

"My lord, it's too late to break the formation now."

"The enemy's scheme is too vicious. Since they designed it this way, they definitely won't let us leave this place easily."

"What should we do now?"

"We will go all out, fight to the death to attack and defend, perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope!" A young general suggested with a face full of shock and anger.

His suggestion was agreed upon by many generals.

The middle-aged main general looked deeply at the young general and sighed heavily: "Things have come to this, we can only do this."

Immediately, the main general took out the general's seal, sat in the center, and let the other deputy generals leave to guard the formation eyes and formation feet, forming the most powerful battle formation.

The soldiers were all mobilized, and in order to survive, they would definitely go all out this time.

"Go all out, perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope for survival!" The young general shouted to encourage those around him.

However, just at the moment when the battle formation was about to be successfully concluded, it suddenly disintegrated.

The formation failed, the soldiers wailed and fell to the ground, countless people vomited blood, and many others fainted on the spot.

The scene was chaotic.

The generals also suffered heavy backlash.

The young general among them roared in disbelief: "Impossible!"

Blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he ran to the main general's tent, roaring at the main general: "My lord!"

The main general suffered the heaviest backlash and had already fallen to the ground, with a pool of blood beneath him.

The subsequent deputy generals also gathered in the tent with wounded bodies.

Seeing the main general like this, the shock and anger on their faces gradually faded.

Only the young general remained indignant.

The main general looked around and said in a calm tone: "Everyone, if we resist stubbornly, we will inevitably offset the combat effectiveness of our main force."

"This is exactly the enemy's poisonous scheme!"

"If we do this, we will fall into the trap."

"Therefore, I deliberately failed to form the formation. In this way, letting the Iron Torrent crush us is the best decision for the battle situation at the moment!"

"Marshal Du Tiechuan... although I don't like him, as soldiers of the Liangzhu Kingdom, we should see the situation clearly."

"The enemy's scheme is vicious. If we consume ourselves with the main army, the outcome of this battle is still unknown."

"But if we act like this, it will inevitably make this new army a mourning army, and their morale will soar!"

"Everyone! You must recognize clearly that it is the enemy army that is framing us, not the friendly army. Only by doing this can we have the most correct revenge, and it is the situation the enemy least wants to see."

"Cough, cough, cough."

Speaking of this, the main general lowered his head and coughed blood continuously.

Some of the deputy generals were solemn, some were furious, some were gnashing their teeth in hatred, but none refuted.

Even the young general was the same.

"Bastard! To be calculated by the enemy."

"Even if I become a ghost, I will not let go of the person who implemented this poisonous scheme."

"What the lord said is absolutely correct, although I am very unwilling, I can only do this."

"Cough, cough, cough." Some people also vomited blood and smiled miserably, "What else can we choose? Even if we want to resist stubbornly, with such injuries, we have no hope."

"My lord, I hate you, and I admire you." "But to die for the country like this, our clan will inevitably be rewarded and supported by the Lord. Forget it, let's just do this!"

The deputy generals were all persuaded, or forced to admit, and voluntarily gave up the struggle.

They left one after another, returned to their posts, pacified the soldiers, and revoked all defensive formations.

Only the young general remained.

He walked to the main general's side, squatted down, and wanted to help the main general up.

It didn't succeed.

The main general's injuries were too severe, so that even a slightly larger movement might cause him to lose his last breath.

Therefore, the young general finally just squatted on the ground and hugged the main general's upper body.

The young general gritted his teeth, but the unstoppable tears flowed down his cheeks and dripped onto the main general's blood-stained armor.

The main general's eyes were already dim, entering the countdown of his life.

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He barely recognized the young general's appearance: "Sorry, let you finish like this on your first battle."

The young general was originally sobbing, but when he heard this, he suddenly laughed: "Dad, son, I have practiced hard for decades, and I don't know how many times I have looked forward to and imagined my first battle to kill the enemy."

The main general also laughed: "Stinky boy, when you enter the army, you should call me my lord..."

His voice became lighter and lighter, and stopped abruptly.

The young general's expression suddenly stiffened, tears flowed down, but the corners of his mouth split open, revealing a brilliant smile: "Dad, don't worry. Even if we all sacrifice, I still have a son, and you still have a grandson. My Wu family will inevitably flourish!"

He carefully placed his father's body flat on the ground.

Then, he stood up, put on his helmet, lifted the camp curtain, held his head high, and walked out of the main general's tent.

He ordered the gates to be opened, stood on the gate tower, fully armed, and shouted: "Soldiers, shout with me—Kill the thieves!"

Under the leadership of the generals, the vanguard army had already recognized the situation and was already solemn.

Hearing the young general's shout, many people felt their blood boil, pulled up their throats, and many people's eyes turned red, shouting loudly.

"Kill the thieves!"

"Kill the thieves!!"

"Kill the thieves!!!"

They gave up all defenses and wore full armor, just for the sake of decency before death.

Their shouting, with all their might, resounded through the world and shook the clouds.

At this moment, it seemed even louder and more shocking than the buzzing thunder of the Iron Torrent sweeping and rolling!

"The vanguard army, they..."

Countless soldiers in the heavy armored main army had tears in their eyes, their emotions stirred, and they were choked with sobs.

Du Tiechuan took a deep breath and shouted for the first time in a tone that was not flat: "Advance!"

Boom, boom, boom...

The Iron Torrent instantly crushed the vanguard camp, grinding everything into powder.

The vanguard soldiers stood proudly in place, motionless, staring at the arrival of death with unparalleled courage.

The shouts of "Kill the thieves" continued until the moment they lost their lives.

This was a entrustment, also an expectation, and even more a heavy responsibility, falling on the shoulders of the heavy armored soldiers like a mountain.

The morale of the heavy armored main army was violent!

"Kill the thieves!"

"Kill the thieves!!"

"Kill the thieves!!!"

They shouted while running wildly.

The shouts of killing the thieves did not die out with the destruction of the vanguard army, but were passed on to the heavy armored main army very naturally.

No one had any wavering anymore.

Everyone was filled with roars.

Ning Zhuo was among them, and even though he was a person from another country, he was deeply shocked by this scene.

He was strongly infected, and at this moment, he also selflessly threw himself into it, becoming one of the thousands of shouting soldiers.

And when he threw himself into it wholeheartedly, his understanding of the Iron Torrent military tactics broke through the previous limit and reached the peak.

He not only felt the emotions of the comrades around him, but even felt the thoughts of dozens of people around him.

"The enemy is too vicious. Find the person who designed this, and must smash his bones and scatter his ashes."

"Kill, kill the thieves! This time we must kill twice as many to sacrifice to the vanguard army!"

"If we don't kill until the blood flows all over the mountain, we will not give up!!"

Millions of people with one heart, military power soared.

The heavy armored main army slammed into the Long Wang Giant Wood Mountain with a violent and terrifying posture.

"Such iron-blooded heroism... magnificent." Even a weak woman like Shen Qinghe couldn't help but feel her heart surge when seeing this scene.

Zhu Xuanji's eyes flashed, and he sighed: "Although the Liangzhu Kingdom is small, the soldiers are willing to die, and they cannot be lightly insulted."

Looking at the Qianfeng Forest Alliance, the expressions of each cultivator were very grave.

Lu Hongtu no longer had his previous demeanor, his face was livid, and in front of the vanguard army's voluntary sacrifice, he felt like a clown.

Long Wang had a worried face, and fear was revealed in the depths of his eyes.

He looked at the Long Wang Giant Wood Mountain with extreme heartache, and shouted wildly in his heart: "No, absolutely cannot let the enemy army knock down the Long Wang Mountain!!"

However, even as powerful as he was, he dared not face its edge, and he knew deeply that with his own strength, blocking such an iron torrent was simply a daydream.

Long Wang was powerless, and the other cultivators were even more helpless.

The mountain ground shook violently.

Countless ginseng roots, like big dragons and giant pythons, rushed out from the ground one after another.

In the blink of an eye, the battlefield was transformed into another appearance.

Brown-red ginseng roots covered the mountains, blocking the sky and the sun, thousands of them, rushing towards the iron torrent.

Boom, boom, boom!

The ginseng roots smashed into the iron torrent, splashing countless heavy black waves.

The iron torrent continued to wash away.

Each ginseng root supported for at least twenty breaths before disintegrating.

Countless huge ginseng roots whipped, slapped, besieged, and divided this heavy armored main army from the front, sides, and behind the torrent, from all directions.

A tragic hand-to-hand battle was staged in front of many cultivators.

The iron torrent suffered real containment for the first time, and its speed plummeted all the way.

Only the Ginseng Root Long Wang, with true Soul Transformation level combat power, could achieve this level!

And in order to contain this iron torrent, the ginseng roots also suffered heavy casualties. But no matter how many sacrificed, new ginseng roots were still endless, one after another.

"Kill the thieves!"

"Kill the thieves!!"

"Kill the thieves!!!"

The heavy armored main army was still roaring in unison, ignoring the sacrifice of their comrades around them under the attack of the ginseng roots, fully executing military orders, and following Du Tiechuan to charge forward.

Boom!

They broke through layers of siege and slammed into the Long Wang Giant Wood Mountain.

Countless defensive formations, spells, and talismans on the mountain peak shone with brilliant light.

It couldn't support for ten breaths, the mountain body shook violently, and then slowly tilted and fell heavily to the ground.

Boom, boom, boom...

The mountain ground shook violently, and thick smoke rolled.

Long Wang Giant Wood Mountain, fell!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 529 =====