Chapter 854: Great Victory

"The General is dead! The General is dead!"

When the elders of Little Yellow Mountain Stronghold saw Song Gongbao hacked to death by a familiar figure with an axe, combined with the casualties suffered over this period, their morale collapsed to an irredeemable point, and they retreated like a receding tide.

……

"What? Song Gongbao was killed in battle?"

On the other side, having received the news of Song Gongbao's death, Gao Qiu was not shocked but delighted: "Finally dead..."

"Congratulations, Privy Councilor! Felicitations, Privy Councilor!"

A general nearby smiled with a face full of sycophancy: "Although this thief-soldier is dead, his previous attacks were quite diligent... Our spies and scouts have not found any reinforcements entering the city. Thus... the defenders in the city must be at the end of their rope. It would be better to withdraw the Southern Expedition General Department and replace them with the Imperial Court's Heavenly Troops; the city will surely be broken within three days!"

"This is naturally what the old Daoist obtained through physiognomy."

He snapped his fingers.

Night.

Atop the high platform.

From a realistic perspective, the two hundred thousand-strong army Gao Qiu brought to the south were all elite Imperial Guard, while the rest were nothing but the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled.

Ziyin Zhenren seemed to tremble.

"Won?"

"The Dao Seeds prepared beforehand have all been expelled from the Daoist registry; only in this way can they be severed and preserved..."

"I did not expect a flood dragon to fall in broad daylight; it must be that Song Gongbao is dead..."

Gao Qiu stroked his beard and said.

Aaron looked at a middle-aged soldier nearby wearing the clothes of a common foot soldier.

Not far away, amidst a sea of fire, a large number of figures suddenly appeared, some even dragging their intestines.

"Though the equipment is good and the physical strength is high, they have no heart for battle... Trash!"

After all, no matter how foolish or arrogant they were, such sentries still had to be deployed.

The four Great Zhenren all wept bitterly; they did not fear death, but seeing that after working so hard for so long, they still could not avert the doom of their Daoist Lineage's decline, they could not help but shed tears one after another:

"Heaven has forsaken me!"

A feeling of heart palpitations surfaced in the heart of every Zhenren.

A Eunuch said joyfully.

Seeing this, the generals nearby cast looks of envy and jealousy; they had not expected this person to be the one to reap the rewards!

……

"Fire!"

"Regardless of anything else, a defeat is a defeat!"

"Military Advisor, the enemy is launching a night raid!"

This eunuch walked with mincing steps and soon entered a palace.

"Do not worry about those things, you still need to rest more..."

Being raided by Aaron in the night, the camp was immediately thrown into chaos.

At this moment, the little eunuch entered and presented a Bamboo Tube: "Reporting to Wang Gu, news from the front line has arrived!"

"Two of our Daoist treasures have actually been damaged, and one severely?"

Ziyin Zhenren's voice became incomparably sharp, hair disheveled, looking like a resentful woman: "The Great Liang first contended with the Wu King, and then Song Gongbao consumed its Qi Number... Not to mention these, our military, geographical, and human advantages were all-encompassing, why would we still be defeated?"

The Southern Expedition General Department had already suffered heavy casualties, and then their commander-in-chief died, causing morale to plummet to an irredeemable point.

And at this time, the Song Court was practically defenseless, left to the ravages of the Hu people!

Cao Man did not even lift his head: "Why has this office not received any official documents?"

Outside the camp, a Great Song general shouted orders; beside him, a group of crossbowmen held their bolts.

Among them were several people who looked quite familiar, seemingly minor leaders of the stronghold.

He looked at the other person's face, feeling a faint sense of familiarity, especially the long sword—this was Song Gongbao's personal sword!

Cao Man was reviewing documents while reprimanding his subordinates:

"The military equipment and supplies at the front are of the utmost importance... Every responsibility must be registered to the individual. If something goes wrong, then all previous merits and favors will be void, and one will necessarily have to walk the execution ground!"

"It is already too late... The Imperial Court will not listen to the words of a few Daoists."

A female official untied the Bamboo Tube from the hawk's leg and handed it to a eunuch.

"Impossible!"

Ziyu Zhenren muttered; this was more painful than killing them.

Gao Qiu was wearing a silk robe, holding a beauty, when he suddenly heard the report and was immediately overjoyed: "Good... just right to break them in one stroke! Pass on my military order... wait!"

The Grandmaster said.

At this time, he led his men and charged into the original camp of the Southern Expedition General Department.

"What? The enemy troops have left the city?"

"Look... that is the Imperial Guard camp. They drove you here to die; do you not resent them?"

"Aunt, how is the front line exactly?" Xiao Liang continued to ask.

"Pfft!"

The next day.

Jiangzhou Prefecture.

Wu Xing felt as if he had used up all the surprise of his life, only to see a small soldier approach and thrust a sword into his chest.

Furthermore, with Gao Qiu defeated, the Jin King would likely see the weakness of the Song Court immediately and would directly tear up the agreement and march south!

"We previously used the True Dragon of Great Song to suppress other Hidden Dragons... This is also the Backlash of the secret arts!"

"As for the southern war situation... the two flank armies have failed, and the frontal assault has also suffered losses. I hope Privy Councilor Gao can truly sweep the world clean, otherwise..."

After all, the other party is a great general, so Aaron still had to give some face and maintain his appearance.

"A good death, a wonderful death... This person has already broken free from the shackles of the Dragon Qi. Once given a path to live, he will surely backlash against us!"

"What... we won?"

"Please, Grandmaster, give your instructions!"

The four Taoist Masters immediately looked at the Grandmaster, but the Grandmaster looked dazed, his gaze seemingly seeing the True Dragon of the Great Song.

"At this moment, the True Dragon of the Great Song has not yet been completely severed... which is why we have not yet died, our souls entering the Underworld to suffer all kinds of misery..."

The four great Taoist Masters all kowtowed; as Taoist Masters, they already had the resolve to die for their Daoist Lineage.

Several types of special reconciliation reports were also very useful for preventing embezzlement.

Inside the camp, Wu Xing was organizing his pack.

Xiao Liang was the most sensitive to this and asked.

"Tonight is the time for revenge!"

On the high platform, the Grandmaster sighed faintly, his expression desolate: "The True Dragon is dying, so we naturally must be implicated..."

Many soldiers wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves, even drawing their weapons to hack at those nearby.

"We understand."

The Grandmaster spat out a mouthful of blood, but his fingers dipped into the blood and quickly drew Talismans in the air.

Three Red Rune instantly appeared and flew into the firmament.

"Fire!"

The Grandmaster's voice came: "The Great Song is beyond saving; we should think about the Daoist Lineage..."

The Grandmaster's eyes shed tears of blood: "With the True Dragon of the Great Song like this, it can no longer suppress the King Qi of the Jin King... I fear there will be a great disaster before long!"

In Lishui County, even if they conscripted every able-bodied man, could there even be ten thousand people?

This night raid was simply a joke!

I don't know where the Prime Minister found this knowledge; it is truly strange.

"You..."

Official intelligence naturally requires formal documents, but this is another channel of Secrecy, focusing on speed.

Xiao Zi looked at the medical officer kneeling on the ground, trembling with rage.

"Shoot everyone who comes, no matter who they are!"

"I do not follow the Dragon, but the Prime Minister!"

Since the weakness has been discovered, one must naturally strike until they are dead!

Warfare is the way of winning by any means necessary!

Aaron saw this scene and was somewhat dumbfounded.

Wu Xing screamed, fell to the ground, and slowly lost his breath.

Chongming Dao.

"Oh?"

Although this was the case, his trembling palms had already exposed his inner state.

As early as when the gates of Lishui County were opened, the Song Army scouts had already seen it.

And that seal shattered completely, the long sword snapped, the bead fell, and countless spiderweb-like cracks appeared on it!

Thinking of the scene where the prosperous Jingshi would soon be trampled by the Hu people, the heavenly streets trampled by the bones of nobles, and the inner treasury burned to brocade ash, a look of terror appeared on the face of every Taoist Master!

"This, this, this... how could it be so cruel?"

"Quickly move the Imperial Court to the south, perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope!"

This crossbow was quite powerful; the arrows shot could penetrate iron armor.

The officials cultivated by the Taixue indeed had their strengths, especially in Arithmetic, with almost no errors.

The Grandmaster and the four Taoist Masters were observing the stars.

"General..."

He looked at the sky and suddenly muttered to himself: "It is now the dead of night; waking the soldiers is prone to mutiny... better to order each camp to be on guard and rise slowly!"

Squads of soldiers marched out of the city and began to form ranks... dense and numerous, about thirty thousand people!

Boom—!

Ziyu Zhenren sighed.

Could it be... that this is also the Scientific Dao Method of the Supreme Dao?

Just as Fan Jin was pondering, he saw Dulongzi walking in with his large sleeves fluttering and a face full of joy: "Haha... Prefectural Assistant, we won!"

The few officials who had just been promoted shivered coldly.

However, a smile immediately appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The whole army, attack!"

The Grandmaster picked up the bead, only to see that this treasure was not only covered in cracks on the surface, but its interior had also turned into stone, becoming a Stone Bead; compared to its previous state of radiating Light and auspicious energy, it was a world of difference.

King Liang, Xiao Liang, was lying on his sickbed, but his complexion remained rosy.

"Sigh... you foolish child." Xiao Zi sighed, then continued: "But Your Highness need not worry, the Prime Minister broke five hundred thousand with five thousand; our side has won!"

"This... why is this camp even easier to fight than the previous one?"

Prefectural Office.

He and the other high-ranking priests and Taoist Masters... could not jump ship at all and could only wait to perish along with the Great Song.

Beside him, Fan Jin was also processing documents, unfazed by this scene.

On the other side, with owls and other nocturnal Animals to guide the way, Aaron immediately had a clear understanding of the enemy's strengths and weaknesses.

"Ah!"

A soldier's helmet fell off; he had just come over to report when arrows suddenly flew in, shooting him dead!

Wu Xing froze. Looking in the direction the arrows came from, he saw a dense crowd of people, some wearing tattered Song Army uniforms, holding broken weapons, killing everyone they saw within the camp!

Feeling the injuries within their bodies, the four Zhenren all fell silent.

Xiao Zi glared at the eunuch, had a servant bring a pillow to place behind Xiao Liang, and ordered someone to bring ginseng and silky fowl porridge: "Your Majesty, you have just woken up, you may eat some porridge..."

Just at this moment, the stars that had filled the sky suddenly changed, and dark clouds gathered.

Aaron delivered a pre-battle speech, then felt bored, and waved a hand: "Attack!!!"

Just at this moment, Xiao Liang exclaimed and woke up from the bed, saying with a dazed expression: "I... what has happened to me?"

The chaos continued to spread toward the Imperial Guard camp.

Then, the Imperial Guard collapsed with screams...

"It seems someone wants to pick the peaches..."

Dulongzi said with full confidence: "Entering the manor today, I saw the Qi Luck of every official in the manor greatly increase. Cao, although your destiny was cold and lonely before, and you had a death tribulation... it has already begun to change, and you have even vaguely condensed the appearance of a high official. This is the benefit of following the True Dragon!"

This was all the result of Song Gongbao's generous funding recently!

"We are all rebels. Although you, Song Gongbao, have come to attack me, Fang La, I do not blame you!"

"Hmm, these words are reasonable. Let your troops go first."

At this moment, the True Dragon of the Great Song let out a mournful cry, its claws and teeth all broken; it looked incomparably miserable!

A falcon landed directly in the Liang King Palace.

He was even feeling incredulous at the smooth operation of the Prime Minister's manor.

The surrounding eunuchs and palace maids wept with joy; their futures were all tied to this little master!

"The King has woken up, and we have won a great victory; this is a double blessing!"

"Want to eat my peaches? Aren't you afraid of having your teeth shattered?"

"Heaven has forsaken me!!!"

"You... could it be that you have all defected to the enemy?!"

"Now, taking advantage of the chaos of the enemy changing shifts, it is the perfect time to attack!"

Almost at the same time the defenses were set, Thunder fell from the sky!

Amidst the loud noise, the four great Zhenren turned pale in unison, as if struck by a heavy hammer!

Xiao Zi opened the Bamboo Tube and looked at the note inside, her crimson mouth gradually widening: "The Prime Minister raided the enemy camp at night, breaking five hundred thousand with five thousand... beheaded Song Gongbao in the siege battle, captured and killed Gao Qiu during the night raid... we have... won a great victory?!"

"Is this... Heavenly Punishment and Backlash?!"

Zilei Zhenren did not care.

Cao Man answered earnestly, when suddenly a rider stopped outside, and a soldier ran in, holding a document high: "Frontline battle report... we have won a great victory!"

Xiao Liang suddenly felt somewhat dazed: "Could it be that I have slept for several years?"

Suddenly, firelight and human voices stirred outside, which startled him: "What has happened?"

Gao Qiu had after all served as Privy Commissioner for several years and knew that waking soldiers suddenly in the middle of the night easily led to mutiny, so he finally held back: "First order the personal guard camp to go forward and block the enemy. We have a military stockade, and it is night; how many can the enemy bring?"

"Although this precious Artifact is damaged, it is not broken. Let them carry it to preserve a sliver of Qi Luck... and then flee far away overseas!"

A wave of arrows passed, and the first group of people fell, but the troops behind did not show a trace of panic and continued to advance in silence.

Three waves of arrows passed, and the 'people' on the opposite side stepped on the corpses of their companions and suddenly launched a charge.

"You all deserve to die!"

"Sigh... Privy Councilor Gao is likely already defeated!"

Aaron stood atop the dilapidated city wall and beckoned.

An owl landed on his arm, eating the medicinal pill he tossed out.

His face vaguely resembled Song Gongbao's, but was not quite the same, and he held a notched long sword in his hand.

The sound of neat, uniform footsteps suddenly rang out.

"The Qi Luck of everyone on our side has risen greatly; there can only be one possibility, which is that the Prime Minister has won a great victory, enough to occupy at least half the world!"

Dulongzi stroked his beard and sighed inwardly: 'I never expected... this old Taoist could actually help a True Dragon rise, and by using the various sect classics obtained from destroying mountains and temples to repair and supplement my own Taoist scriptures... my Zhulong Tao might not be unable to become a prominent school of the Taoist Gate in this age, just like the Chongming Tao!'

"The King has woken up!"

"The enemy is changing camps?"

The mountain range where the Chongming Dao was located suddenly roared, and a translucent cover rose, containing a seal, a sword, and a pearl; these were the precious Artifacts that suppressed the Qi Luck of the Chongming Dao!

"Is it actually true?"

Fan Jin's hand shook, and a drop of ink fell onto the document, slowly spreading...

(End of chapter)