Chapter 135: The Right Wise King's Choice

"What is happening?"

Murong Hao hurriedly turned around to look, and at a glance, he saw the source of the chaos.

A troop that appeared from nowhere suddenly struck from his rear guard.

The entire troop was like a sharp blade, fiercely tearing a large gap in the rear of his hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

"Hmm?"

"How am I still alive?"

Lu Tianzong suddenly opened his eyes and also saw the massive disturbance appearing at the rear of the Chu Army.

He saw that a vanguard unit flying the Great Wei flag had appeared at the rear of the Chu-Xiongnu Allied Forces at some unknown time.

They were continuously reaping the lives of the Chu-Xiongnu Allied soldiers with a powerful, unstoppable offensive.

What surprised him even more was that several of his own formidable generals were being killed one after another by this raiding force.

"Haha, our reinforcements have arrived!"

"What? Your reinforcements!"

Murong Hao was secretly surprised.

He had not expected a Great Wei support unit to suddenly pop up at this moment, and for this unit's combat power to be so fierce.

"Haha, didn't expect that, did you, kid!"

Lu Tianzong said triumphantly, "Didn't expect that we would suddenly arrange for an elite force to stab you in the ass, did you?"

"Hmph, a mere few tens of thousands of men daring to contend with my eight hundred thousand troops is simply a mayfly trying to topple a tree!"

Murong Hao coldly snorted, "Wait for this general to first behead you, this old scoundrel, and then I will go deal with your so-called elite force!"

"Come on!"

Lu Tianzong braced himself, preparing to fight.

Even if he died today, he would drag Murong Hao down with him to buy time for Chu Feng and his unit.

"Iron Pagoda, charge with me!"

The general leading the charge this time was no longer Hong Ji, but Chu Feng himself.

It was not that Chu Feng did not trust Hong Ji, but that there were too many experts among the Chu-Xiongnu Allied Forces this time.

He had to kill these powerful experts among the Chu-Xiongnu Allied Forces first.

Only then could he rest assured and let his soldiers engage in battle.

Rumble...

The iron hooves of the Heavy Cavalry were accompanied by thunder that resounded through the heavens and earth.

Like a sharp sword forged from divine thunder of the nine heavens, they charged forward without hesitation.

Wherever they passed, flesh and blood flew; the screams, wails, and shrieks formed a symphony of tragedy in this battle.

The Chu soldiers who had not reacted in time to such a sudden change lost their lives one after another before they even knew what was happening.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

As the impact grew larger, someone finally noticed the situation occurring here.

"Report!"

"Report to the General, a Great Wei elite force has suddenly appeared at our rear; they are unstoppable, and our rear has suffered heavy losses!"

"What! Great Wei elite force?"

A general first felt surprised, then asked, "Do you know which Great Wei unit it is?"

"It is unclear, we only saw a flag in the enemy's formation inscribed with 'Anwu Army'!"

"What, it is actually the Anwu Army!"

Everyone was shocked.

Recently, this Anwu Army had been stealing the spotlight.

Its influence had already crushed all of Great Wei's combat legions.

The Battle of Wang Ting made them legendary in one fight.

They trampled the Xiongnu Wang Ting and captured the Xiongnu Great Chanyu, Touman, alive.

"Hmph, I didn't expect Great Wei to bring out this unit; it seems Great Wei is already at the end of its rope!"

"That's right, the Anwu Army suffered huge losses after the Battle of Wang Ting; it is impossible for there to be many of them coming to support!"

The deputy general, Ren Tianxing, plotted for a moment and then issued an order: "All generals, listen to my command: hold the pace of the Anwu Army at all costs, even if you have to use human lives to fill the gap, you must hold them! Once the Great General finishes off Lu Tianzong, we will surely win this battle!"

"Understood!"

"Wait a moment!"

Ren Tianxing called everyone back, "You know who should be doing this kind of dirty, exhausting work without me having to tell you, right?"

"Hehe, don't worry, General, such a 'good deed' is of course for the Right Wise King's elite troops to do!"

"Haha, you all understand my heart well!"

The combat order was quickly delivered to the Right Wise King's unit.

After the Right Wise King received the order.

He slapped the table in front of him, shattering it instantly.

"Too much deception!"

The Right Wise King looked at the messenger in front of him with burning eyes.

Letting their men go to block the Anwu Army—wasn't this just using his own soldiers' lives to fill a pit?

A significant number of men and horses had already been lost during the previous siege.

Now, they were being ordered to go and deplete the Anwu Army.

This was equivalent to sending away the very last of the Xiongnu's foundation.

"This is the order of the Great General; you are not to shirk it. Those who disobey will be dealt with by military law!"

After the messenger finished relaying the order, he left this place quickly.

Because he could sense that if he did not leave, he would likely be torn to shreds by the Right Wise King.

"Ah!!!"

"Chu Army, you never treated us Xiongnu as human beings at all!"

The Right Wise King growled in a fit of exasperation.

Yet the current situation left him no room to make other choices; if he did not obey, he did not know what else to do.

"Great King, these Chu people are bullying us too much. They are using the lives of our soldiers to trade for their own military merit!"

"Great King, you must absolutely not agree. Once you agree, our Xiongnu will likely..."

"Sigh, how could I not know the situation you speak of!"

The Right Wise King sighed, "But we are at a dead end now. If we do not obey, we are still on a path to death!"

"Great King, I wonder if you are willing to take a gamble?"

"Hmm?"

The Right Wise King looked at his subordinate, "Why do you say we should take a gamble?"

"Since the Chu Army does not treat us as human beings, why don't we defect to the Anwu Army!"

"What!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

They were immediately met with opposition from everyone else.

"Halitu, have you gone mad? Have you forgotten that the Anwu Army is our enemy? It was they who breached our Wang Ting and captured our Great Chanyu!"

"What kind of bullshit are you spouting? Defect to the Anwu Army, how could you even think of that!"

"Hmph, I would rather starve to death, die of thirst, or jump off a cliff than defect to the Anwu Army!"

This proposal drew opposition from almost everyone.

They all believed that defecting to the Anwu Army was the one thing they should never do.

After all, they held a deep, gnashing hatred for the Anwu Army.

Even taking a step back.

If they really defected to the Anwu Army, wouldn't they just treat them the same way the Chu Army did?

"Great King, this concerns the survival of the tribe, please make a decision!"

"Hmm..."

The Right Wise King summarized the opinions of his subordinates.

If they truly followed the Chu Army's orders and used their own men to fight a war of attrition against the Anwu Army.

No matter who won in the end, the final result would only benefit the Chu Army.

If he led his men to defect to the Anwu Army, then they would have to face the wrath of hundreds of thousands of Chu soldiers.

Plus, they and the Anwu Army had a blood feud.

Even if both sides joined forces, it was not certain they would be a match for the Chu Army.

Just as the Right Wise King could not make up his mind.

An arrow suddenly shot into his tent.