Chapter 35: Returning to Dingning Pass

After Chu Feng led his troops away.

Another unit of Xiongnu iron cavalry came rushing toward this direction.

"My lord, there is a situation ahead!"

"Oh?"

Everyone immediately pulled on their reins and stopped.

It turned out that not far ahead of them, a corpse was lying on the ground.

Judging by the attire, it was clearly one of their Xiongnu people.

"Go and take a look!"

"Yes!"

A soldier rushed to the side of the corpse to verify the identity.

He saw that the corpse's torso had been pierced through by a large hole.

The soldier felt a chill just looking at it.

However, he quickly identified the person's identity.

"My lord, this corpse is Lord Tuo Lu!"

"What? Tuo Lu!"

Pei Qi immediately spurred his horse to the front.

He took a close look, and it was indeed Tuo Lu.

"Brother, how could you..."

For a moment, Pei Qi could not accept the situation of Tuo Lu's death.

After he received the news from Tuo Lu, he had traveled without stopping to get here.

Who would have thought that he would still be one step too late in the end.

"The whole army, advance at full speed!"

Pei Qi did not dare to linger here for too long.

He arranged for two soldiers to transport Tuo Lu's corpse back to the tribe, then accelerated toward the battlefield ahead.

Only, when he arrived at the scene.

Everything before his eyes made him feel even more shocked.

There were dead men and dead horses everywhere.

Even the blood on the ground had not yet completely dried.

"This... how is this possible? These were five thousand elite iron cavalry! Could it be that the opponent has an expert of the Innate Realm?"

Aside from this situation, Pei Qi truly could not think of any other possibility.

How could one thousand Wei cavalry possibly defeat four thousand elite Xiongnu iron cavalry?

This was simply a fantasy.

"My lord, according to the count, a total of over six hundred and thirty Wei cavalry were found at the scene; it is inferred that they have about two hundred men left!"

"Two hundred men!"

Pei Qi immediately fell into deep thought.

His strength was on par with Tuo Lu's.

Since even he had fallen at the hands of the opponent, the enemy must have already fled to Dingning Pass by now.

There was obviously no great significance in him chasing after them now.

"My lord, are we going to pursue them or not?"

"We are from the General Flag's side, so we ought to go and pursue them, but the enemy has already fled far away, so there is little point in us chasing them!

How about this, you lead a few brothers to report the situation at the main camp, and say that a formidable newcomer has appeared in Wei, who wiped out the three teams sent to exterminate them!"

After thinking it over, Pei Qi ultimately chose to preserve his strength.

He was alive and well now, and only one step away from Innate cultivation.

There was no need to fight to the death with the enemy over this.

"Yes, my lord!"

After arranging everything.

Pei Qi immediately ordered his men to clear the battlefield.

The scene shifted.

Chu Feng led the remaining two hundred or so men, traveling day and night straight to Dingning Pass.

Although they had suffered very heavy losses this time, they had also brilliantly completed their mission.

He believed the pressure on Dingning Pass had also been reduced quite a bit.

When the sky was just beginning to brighten.

Chu Feng and the others finally arrived at the west gate of Dingning Pass.

The officer guarding the city saw a unit rushing toward him and thought it was the enemy army trying to attack the city.

But seeing that the opponent only had two hundred or so men, he could not help but fall into doubt.

Two hundred men wanted to come and attack the city?

It was not until the other side drew near that he realized it was actually their own troops.

After reporting the situation here.

Dingyuan General Zhao Ping personally rushed to the west gate.

Standing on the city tower, Zhao Ping looked toward the distance.

Upon seeing that familiar young face, Zhao Ping was suddenly overjoyed.

"Good lad, thank goodness you are alright!"

After confirming it was indeed Chu Feng.

The heart that Zhao Ping had been hanging in suspense for these past few days finally settled back into his chest.

For these past few days, he had been constantly worrying about Chu Feng's safety.

He even regretted letting him go deep into the grasslands to carry out the mission.

However, upon seeing him return, Zhao Ping could not help but feel fortunate that Great Wei was truly blessed by Heaven.

After entering Dingning Pass.

Chu Feng immediately dismounted and saluted Zhao Ping.

"Subordinate Chu Feng pays respects to the Dingyuan General!"

"No need for formalities, no need for formalities!"

Zhao Ping grabbed Chu Feng and helped him up.

This troop of theirs had truly performed a great service for Dingning Pass.

It was precisely because they had harassed the enemy's logistical transport behind enemy lines.

That the Xiongnu main camp had been unable to launch an attack on Dingning Pass these past few days.

Dingning Pass had thus gained a moment to catch its breath.

"General, during this mission, our army destroyed the enemy's logistical transport over thirty times, killed countless Xiongnu deep in their territory, and wiped out three Xiongnu cavalry units..."

Chu Feng reported the battle achievements they had made over these past few days one by one.

Upon hearing these battle achievements, everyone was instantly dumbfounded.

Was this a battle record that one thousand men could achieve?

But when they cast their gaze upon the remaining two hundred or so men.

Suddenly, everyone was left speechless.

These remaining two hundred or so men all had resolute expressions.

The murderous aura on their bodies could not help but make people shrink back.

As a professional soldier, Zhao Ping could tell at a glance.

This was entirely a group of iron-blooded warriors who had crawled their way out of a pile of corpses.

"Brothers, thank you very much for the contributions you have made to Dingning Pass!"

"I will report everyone's merits one by one; for now, please go and rest!"

As the words fell.

No one at the scene moved at all.

In other words, if Chu Feng did not give them an order, they would not make any move.

"Everyone, dismiss and rest!"

Chu Feng naturally saw the situation.

He immediately let everyone dismiss and rest.

His wings were not yet fully fledged, so he did not have the ability to go against the Dingyuan General.

"General, please forgive me; these brothers have become accustomed to being tense on the battlefield, so it is inevitable that there will be some issues!"

"Haha, no matter!"

Zhao Ping did not say anything more.

After the two exchanged a few words, Chu Feng took his leave.

"General, it seems this lad has already won the hearts of these two hundred men."

"Indeed, who could have imagined that this young scholar who was once press-ganged would one day become an iron-blooded, fierce general on the battlefield!"

Zhao Ping did not continue to say anything more.

Instead, he had his subordinates go and find out what these two hundred men had actually encountered over these past few days.

The information eventually received was basically identical to what Chu Feng had described.

Especially regarding Chu Feng's performance on the battlefield, which was given a very high evaluation.

However, what surprised Zhao Ping the most was the poem Chu Feng left behind after the battle ended.

"Pity the bones by the Wuding River, still the people in the dreams of spring boudoirs!"

Zhao Ping savored it carefully, "A good poem! A good poem! But why does it look like there is only half of it?"

After bidding farewell to Zhao Ping, Chu Feng first found a place to wash his body.

It had been difficult to wash up while constantly rushing back and forth on the grasslands these past few days.

After tidying up, Chu Feng immediately opened his information panel.

【Name: Chu Feng】

【Race: Human】

【Techniques: 《Qi Refining Technique》(Minor Accomplishment) + 《Eighteen Wind-Chasing Sabers》(Major Accomplishment) + 《Tyrant Spear》(Minor Accomplishment) + 《Purple Firmament Profound Heaven Art》(Entry Level) +】

【Realm: Postnatal Perfection】

【Strength: 38,000 jin】

【Talent: Master Archer +】

【Killing Points: 2510】

"Yo, the 《Purple Firmament Profound Heaven Art》 can finally be upgraded, but I wonder what changes there will be after upgrading?"

Chu Feng immediately clicked the plus sign.

Subsequently, two thousand points were instantly deducted from his two thousand five hundred and ten Killing Points.

"Damn, two thousand points just gone like that?"

Although he had mentally prepared himself, Chu Feng still felt a great deal of heartache after two thousand points were deducted.

However, these two thousand points were not spent in vain.

As he deepened his understanding of this cultivation technique.

He gained quite a bit more understanding regarding the application of his own True Essence.

The speed at which True Essence circulated within his body became even more swift.

His recovery, endurance, and other various abilities were all significantly enhanced.

"No wonder it cost so many points; this feeling is simply extraordinary!"

Chu Feng clenched his fists tightly.

His dejected mood returned to calm once again.

With five hundred and ten points remaining, he directly added all the remaining points to his cultivation.

【Name: Chu Feng】

【Race: Human】

【Techniques: 《Qi Refining Technique》(Minor Accomplishment) + 《Eighteen Wind-Chasing Sabers》(Major Accomplishment) 《Tyrant Spear》(Minor Accomplishment) 《Purple Firmament Profound Heaven Art》(Entry Level)】

【Realm: Postnatal Limit Perfection】

【Strength: 45,000 jin】

【Talent: Master Archer】

【Killing Points: 10】

Over two thousand points were wiped clean once again.

His strength had once again achieved a leap in growth.

With his current strength.

He basically no longer needed to take ordinary Innate Realm experts seriously.

"Right, I wonder how the Squad Leader is doing now!"

After his strength had finished increasing, Chu Feng went to look for Zhao Hu.

Having not seen him for many days, he missed him dearly.

Only when he arrived at Zhao Hu's station did he discover that Zhao Hu was not there.

He asked the soldiers under his command, but they did not know where Zhao Hu had gone either.

"Strange, where could he have run off to?"

Just as Chu Feng was wondering where Zhao Hu had gone.

The rumbling sound of war drums suddenly rang out.