Chapter 134: Coalition Collapses, King of Chu Goes Mad!

The 14th year of Daye!

The Southern Coalition fought a great battle against the Yuwen Clan in Yongan Commandery.

The Southern Coalition dispatched an army of 300,000, claiming to be a million-strong army.

While the Yuwen Clan dispatched an army of 100,000.

The great battle between the two sides shocked the entire world; this great battle was about to announce the future of the south.

Although there was still the Song Clan in Lingnan in the south, compared to the Yuwen Clan of the past two years, the Song Clan had no reputation.

First, the Song Clan was too far from the Central Plains.

Secondly, the Heavenly Blade of the Song Clan had been in seclusion.

And a year ago, it was said that the Grandmaster of the Yuwen Clan, Yuwen Chengji, personally went to the Song family of Lingnan, sought out Song Que, and the two launched a great battle.

It was said that at that time, the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked, and two mountain peaks where the Song family was located were shattered.

Song Que broke through to Grandmaster and unleashed the final blade of the Heavenly Blade; the blade light was a hundred zhang long, cutting the river in one stroke, yet he still lost.

Afterwards, Song Que remained in seclusion in the Mo Dao Tang, wanting to create the ninth blade of the Heavenly Blade.

Of course, this was just hearsay; no one knew the specific situation.

But the Song Clan had been silent for this year, and the alliance with the Duzun Fortress had also been abandoned, constantly consolidating their forces.

It was rumored that they were preparing to give up fighting for hegemony over the world.

Therefore, in this southern great battle, whoever won would become the greatest warlord hegemon in the south.

However, the direction of the war shocked everyone.

The coalition of several major warlords in the south, with a million-strong army, did not even last a month before they were defeated.

A complete collapse; hundreds of thousands of soldiers were just gone like that.

This shocked everyone in the world.

That was a million-strong army; even a million pigs wouldn't be defeated so quickly.

Countless people did not understand why this would happen.

Why would this happen?

History would tell you that the battle of a million-strong army was a joke.

When Su Fan learned that the Southern Coalition had dispatched a million-strong army, he laughed to death.

Those pig-headed warlords in the south, instead of guarding their own territory well, actually counterattacked him.

And they even brought out a million-strong army.

Lin Shihong and those warlords, who could command a million-strong army? Did you think everyone was the Military Immortal Han Xin, the more the better?

Looking through history books, only a few famous generals could command a million-strong army in battle: Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Han Xin, etc.

Others, such as Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Fu Jian, all flipped over.

They all claimed to have a million-strong army, but as a result, Yuan Shao was defeated at Guandu, Cao Cao was defeated at Red Cliffs, and Fu Jian was defeated at Feishui.

And now, the Southern Coalition was defeated at Yongan.

Of course, this great battle also allowed a group of generals under Wu Jun to emerge, especially Li Jing, because the commander who directed this great battle in Wu Jun was precisely him.

At that time, when Su Fan chose Li Jing, many people in the Yuwen Clan opposed it. Li Jing came from a famous family, and his uncle was the famous Great Sui general Han Qinhu.

However, he was too young, not to mention how important this battle was to the Yuwen Clan.

Even Yuwen Shang advised Su Fan not to act on impulse.

But in the end, Su Fan still chose Li Jing, and the former did not live up to expectations, collapsing the "million-strong" coalition of the south in just one month.

Famous in one battle!

The northern warlords were all shocked. This battle also meant that the south would be the world of the Yuwen Clan.

Even though the population potential of the south could not compare to the north, there were more warlords in the north.

With the Song Clan not coming out, the Yuwen Clan could be said to occupy half of the world. How could this not make all parties fearful?

"Bang!"

"Why?"

"Why?"

In Yuzhang Commandery, in the royal palace of Lin Shihong's capital, he roared angrily at his surroundings.

After a month of great battle, their coalition had become a joke. The million-strong army, although fake, had 300,000 combat soldiers, which was real.

And they were defeated just like that.

The key was that Lin Shihong felt he had been betrayed.

The Yinkui Sect had promised reinforcements, but apart from a few disciples he was on good terms with in the past, not a single other elder had come.

Originally, he wanted to rely on the experts of the Yinkui Sect to deal with the fierce generals of the Wu Jun army, but in the month of great battle, there was not a single one.

He could only watch helplessly as those fierce generals of Wu Jun—Yuwen Chengdu, Yuwen Wudi, Pei Yuanqing, and others—ran rampant in their army.

Although he also had some martial generals under his command, compared to top martial generals like Yuwen Chengdu, they couldn't compare.

They were not even a match for a single blow. On the battlefield, these fierce generals like Yuwen Chengdu directly charged the formation, beheading generals and seizing flags, coupled with Li Jing's artistic command.

Finally, after a month of great battle, there was a lack of unity within their coalition, which was discovered by Li Jing, who launched a charge on the coalition camp, causing the army to collapse.

Of the hundreds of thousands of troops, only tens of thousands escaped, while a few tens of thousands were casualties, and the rest all became prisoners.

After one battle, the Southern Coalition existed in name only.

And his Chu army suffered a blow to its vitality. You must know that of the 300,000-strong army, 200,000 were his Chu army.

Now in this Yuzhang Commandery, he still had 100,000, but he knew that these 100,000 were just new recruits, forcibly gathered from all over.

They had very little combat power and would likely collapse at a single blow when facing the elite of Wu Jun.

Lin Shihong's hysterical roar made no one in the royal palace dare to respond; everyone wished they could bury their heads in the ground.

Their eyes were full of resentment. He resented why the Yinkui Sect would betray him at this critical moment; this was no longer just dropping the ball.

He knew that the Yinkui Sect not making a move was equivalent to abandoning him.

In addition to anger, he was even more afraid.

Without the support of the Yinkui Sect, what could he use to fight against Wu Jun, to fight against the Yuwen Clan? It was likely that by then, the Yuwen Clan could just pull out a detachment and crush him.

In the month of great battle, he had already felt the strength of Wu Jun; the other party only had an army of tens of thousands, yet they could easily defeat his army.

In those first few great battles, they were high-spirited, but as a result, their army of tens of thousands couldn't take down the other party's five thousand troops, and instead, their side suffered heavy losses.

As for the final great battle, it went without saying.

He was unconvinced, but he also understood that at this very moment, he was beyond saving.

Unless the Song Clan could make a move now.

However, long before the war started, he had sent people to Lingnan, wanting to join forces with the Song Clan to deal with the Yuwen Clan.

But the other party refused.

Now it was even more impossible.

"I hate this!"

Lin Shihong vented his anger, smashing his royal palace to pieces, crazily attacking everything around him.

Boom!

A bolt from the blue, thunder rumbled, and soon a heavy rain began to fall.

"Even you look down on me."

"Damn heavens, I am unconvinced, I don't believe it. The Yinkui Sect doesn't dare to oppose the Yuwen Clan, then I will!"

With blood-red eyes, after hacking the disciple sent by the Yinkui Sect to deliver the letter to death, Lin Shihong exuded a cold and terrifying aura.

"Immediately send people to continue conscripting troops for me. I want 300,000, no, 500,000 troops!"

Lin Shihong's order, the officials below dared not disobey, but where could they gather 500,000 troops?

Forcibly conscripting troops, the coalition had already been defeated, and the Chu land was already in a state of panic. It was likely that once this order went down, those people in Yuzhang and other places would all flee.

But if they didn't complete the task of the King of Chu, Lin Shihong, they would likely die.

The King of Chu had just revealed his eyes, that crazy look, which made these officials also feel fear.

"Can't stay anymore."

Many people decided in their hearts to take their whole families and leave this place. In their eyes, the King of Chu was already finished; staying here any longer would mean perishing together with the King of Chu. ===== CHAPTER 135 =====