Chapter 542

"Kill!"

Just at this moment, a shout of charging came from afar.

Instantly, a large number of Han soldiers rushed up, surrounding everyone in the middle.

"Four Imperial Tribute Lords, how should these people be handled!"

A captain, seeing Li Mochou and the others, immediately asked respectfully.

Li Mochou took a look at the scene; at this moment, the people from Baihua Valley and the Iron Palm Sect were huddled together, trembling while holding their weapons, staring at the Han soldiers in great fear.

"Senior Hong, Hero Guo, Sect Leader Huang, and this young lady, I am willing to lead the Baihua Valley disciples to surrender to the Great Han; I beg you all to spare our lives!"

Seeing this scene, the Valley Master of Baihua Valley instantly knelt on the ground and begged Hong Qi and the others for mercy.

Upon hearing this, the three of them—Hong Qi, Guo Jing, and Huang Rong—turned their gazes toward Li Mochou.

After all, Liu Bian had originally tasked Li Mochou with full responsibility for the people of the Jianghu.

Now, the life or death of these people was naturally for Li Mochou to decide.

"Kill them all!"

Li Mochou's beautiful lips parted slightly, but the words she spoke sounded incomparably cold to the ears of the people from the Iron Palm Sect and Baihua Valley.

"Yes!"

"All soldiers, follow me and kill!"

Upon hearing this, the small team captain waved his hand at the Han soldiers behind him and shouted coldly.

"Kill..."

Instantly, more than a hundred Han soldiers charged toward the disciples of the two sects.

And the Valley Master of Baihua Valley was also killed by Huang Rong in a few moves.

Thus, the people of the Iron Palm Sect and Baihua Valley were all slaughtered by Li Mochou and the others.

At the same time, Zhang Fei, who was leading the army in a charge, also intercepted Master Fang Zheng of the Shaolin Temple and the others.

Master Fang Zheng himself only had the strength of the Postnatal Ninth Heaven, and the Shaolin disciples he led were all below the Postnatal Sixth Heaven.

Facing Zhang Fei and the Han soldiers who possessed the strength of First-rate Martial Generals, they only resisted for a short while before being completely annihilated by Zhang Fei and the others.

Soon, after an hour of fierce fighting, all the Jianghu people who had come to Changde Prefecture were completely annihilated by Zhang Fei and the others.

And subsequently, the sects they belonged to would also face reckoning from the Great Han.

After Liu Bian received the news from Zhang Fei, he also issued an edict to him.

That was to lead an army of ten thousand, with the cooperation of personnel from the Hall of Worship like Li Mochou, to suppress the Jianghu forces in one fell swoop.

Any Jianghu force that dared not to obey the laws of the Great Han was to be completely exterminated.

Following the slaughter of people from sects like the Quanzhen Sect, Iron Palm Sect, and Shaolin Temple by the Great Han in Changde Prefecture, those small sects in the Jianghu chose to join the Great Han at the first opportunity.

Their cultivation was low, and they lacked the courage and strength to resist the Great Han.

Moreover, the strength displayed by the Great Han was not weak.

This time, with the appearance of Zhang Fei, Li Mochou, and Huang Rong, the people of the Jianghu also learned of their strength.

Just in Changde Prefecture, the Great Han had displayed five Innate Realm experts.

And they knew that this Great Han had more than just one general named Zhang Fei.

They also had these five: Lü Bu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Zhang Liao.

Since these people dared to use the names of these Three Kingdoms period generals simultaneously, their strength must not be too weak.

Moreover, Lü Bu's martial prowess would definitely not be weaker than Zhang Fei's.

Thinking of this, many people in the forces felt a sense of despair.

Now, they had offended the Great Han to the point of no return; even if they wanted to surrender, the Great Han would not accept them.

The only thing left before them was to fight the Great Han to the bitter end.

However, the current strength of the Great Han was not something they could contend with.

But what these Jianghu people did not know was that the three routes of the Great Han Empire's army...

After half a month of campaigning, the first and second routes had already successfully destroyed the Jin Kingdom and Western Xia.

At this moment, these two armies, totaling four hundred thousand, were confronting the million-strong Mongol army led by the Mongol Great Khan, Möngke.

At this time, in the central army tent of the Mongol army.

"Everyone, the strength of the Han Kingdom is too powerful."

"This Khan did not expect that they would conquer the Jin Kingdom and Western Xia in such a short time."

"Although the strength of these two countries is not as good as our Mongolia."

"However, for this Han Kingdom to be able to destroy these two countries in such a short time."

"This point, even for our Mongolia, would be very difficult to achieve."

"Yet, this Han Kingdom only dispatched an army of two hundred thousand to easily destroy these two countries."

"Regarding the Han Kingdom, we must be careful and cautious!"

Möngke was currently sitting on the main seat, speaking in a deep voice to a group of Mongol generals.

During this period, as news of the Han army arrived, he once again felt fear toward the strength of the Han army.

"Great Khan, I admit that this Han army is very powerful, much stronger than the original Song Kingdom."

"However, our Mongol iron cavalry is not weak either!"

The person speaking was Zhebei, a Mongol general who had originally followed Temüjin.

"Great Khan, General Zhebei is absolutely right."

"Our Mongol iron cavalry has never feared anyone or any force."

"I believe that we will definitely be able to defeat the Han army, and the one to ultimately unify the world can only be our Mongol Kingdom!"

As Zhebei's voice fell, another Mongol general stepped out and said to Möngke with an arrogant expression.

This person was Möngke's subordinate general, Uriyangkhadai.

"Indeed, our Mongol iron cavalry has never feared anyone!"

"Their Han Kingdom's army is powerful, but our Mongol iron cavalry is not weak either."

"Moreover, we have a million Mongol iron cavalrymen, while their Han Kingdom only has an army of four hundred thousand."

"In cavalry warfare, there are no conspiracies or tricks to speak of; it can only be won on the frontal battlefield."

"And in frontal combat, our Mongol iron cavalry has traversed the world without a single defeat!"

As Uriyangkhadai's voice fell, the group of Mongol generals also spoke with faces full of arrogance.

They were very confident in the combat power of the Mongol iron cavalry.

"Good!"

"Generals, you are worthy of being the pillars of our Mongol Kingdom; with your assistance, defeating the Han army and unifying the world is just around the corner!"

Möngke, on the main seat, seeing the high fighting spirit of the generals, could not help but clap his hands and laugh as he spoke.

Subsequently, everyone began to discuss how to fight a decisive battle against the Han army.

At the same time, in the Han army camp opposite the Mongol camp, Lü Bu, Ma Chao, Guan Yu, and Zhang Liao had also gathered together.

After the four of them had destroyed the forces they were responsible for, they received news of the million-strong Mongol army moving south.

Having no other choice, they had to gather their armies together to jointly resist the southward advance of the Mongol iron cavalry.

"Everyone, now that we have an army of four hundred thousand, dealing with the Mongol iron cavalry is already an easy task."

"My intention is to start the war with the Mongol army tomorrow and end the campaigning in this realm as soon as possible."

Lü Bu said with a smile to Guan Yu and the other two.