Chapter 673

For this battle, Wei Yuan gathered fifty thousand troops, claiming to be two hundred thousand, and marched toward the Zhao state's new domain in a grand manner.

The vanguard force totaled one thousand light cavalry, led by a man with short whiskers like steel needles on his face. He was ordered to take command in a crisis and had only brought his brothers from the Mietian Gang into the Azure Void army three days ago. After this battle, he would probably have to go back to his old profession.

This man was at the Dao Foundation perfection. At this time, he led the cavalry to trot all the way, saying while marching: "The work we are going to do this trip is very simple, which is to find fault! We are familiar with this work. Follow me and learn later; listen clearly, do you understand?"

"Understood!" A group of men like wolves and tigers, riding on horses, finally shouted the same voice.

The cavalry soon arrived at the edge of the Zhao domain. The short-whiskered man took out a brocade bag, opened it, took out a piece of paper, read it carefully, then used Dao power to burn it, and said: "The Domain Lord has already taught how to find fault; I don't need to think about it myself. Brothers, follow me!"

Iron hooves rolled and stepped into the soft world of the Bishui domain.

The large cavalry had already had military Qi. Rushing into the domain, they were immediately known, and then with beacon smoke warning, in the blink of an eye, thousands of light cavalry rushed over and blocked the way.

A captain of the Zhao light cavalry rode out and shouted: "Stop, who are you, why are you trespassing in the domain? This is the Great Zhao Bishui domain, not a place where you can come and go as you please."

The short-whiskered man pointed to the black-bottomed silver-decorated military uniform on his body and said loudly: "Blind your dog eyes! Can't even recognize the military uniform on my body? Have you ever seen such a handsome military uniform? I am the Azure Void's Mobile Corps Commander!"

That Zhao cavalry captain originally had no good feelings for the Azure Void, so he sneered: "I was wondering who it was. So it's that group of barbarians from the Azure Void! If you have nothing to do, go back where you came from, otherwise, if the generals blame you later, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

"We have something to do; who said we have nothing to do? If there was nothing to do, who would come to this broken place of yours! Listen, the two pigs raised by our Lord are lost, and now we suspect they have escaped into your Bishui domain."

"What?" A group of Zhao troops felt they had heard wrong.

"I said, the pigs raised by our Lord are lost, and now we suspect they have escaped into your city! You all move aside immediately; we are going to enter the city to search. If we search the whole city and don't find them, then we will turn around and leave."

That Zhao troop captain laughed in anger and said: "Who knows what your Lord's pigs look like?"

The short-whiskered man almost blurted out "They look just like you," but fortunately he pulled back at the edge of the cliff. He rode his horse and walked into the domain, saying in his mouth: "I will recognize them when I see them......"

Where would the Zhao troop captain let him pass? He reached out to stop him and shouted: "Bold! You dare to trespass in the Great Zhao territory?"

The two passed each other on horseback. The short-whiskered man touched the Zhao troop captain's fingertip, immediately fell off the horse, and shouted loudly: "Zhao troops are beating people! Beating people to death! Brothers, fight them!"

The Azure Void light cavalry immediately drew their firearms and shot as they aimed. A large area of steel balls flew over, and in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred Zhao cavalry were knocked off their horses!

The disaster happened suddenly, and the Zhao light cavalry was shocked. At this moment, the large force behind had not finished organizing the formation and was still far away. Although they were caught off guard, these Zhao cavalry were also fierce, and although they were at a disadvantage in numbers, they were not afraid at all and counter-charged. The two cavalry armies instantly fought in one place.

Once they fought, the Zhao light cavalry, who had always considered themselves elite, discovered that their opponents were superior in cultivation, combat skills, and weapons and equipment. After a few rounds, the Zhao troops suffered heavy losses.

The short-whiskered man fell to the ground, groaning while holding his firearm and shooting continuously, specifically hitting the horses' bellies, and in the blink of an eye, he knocked over seven or eight cavalry.

In the blink of an eye, the Zhao state's five hundred light cavalry were left with only two hundred. They had to retreat. And the Azure Void cavalry only suffered dozens of injuries and ten deaths.

At this time, two Azure Void cavalrymen lifted him up from the ground according to the short-whiskered man's instructions and then lifted him onto the horse.

As soon as the short-whiskered man got on the horse, he became full of life. Seeing thousands of Zhao iron cavalry rolling over, he opened his throat and shouted loudly: "You stole our Lord's pigs; we will definitely not let it go! The army will arrive immediately; guard your little broken city!"

Subsequently, he gave a greeting, and the Azure Void cavalry took the injured brothers and the bodies of the dead and went away like the wind.

On the way to retreat, some cavalry asked the short-whiskered man if the acting was a bit too much just now? They were going to fight anyway; wouldn't it be over if the brothers started fighting with one order?

The short-whiskered man scolded: "You guys just don't have brains! This is the method the Domain Lord personally explained; can the Domain Lord be less smart than you? I'll do the acting, and no matter which side's immortal great power asks later, I dare to swear to heaven that it was they who moved first!"

"If I followed what you said and swore randomly, I would have been struck by heavenly thunder before I finished speaking. A bunch of idiots, move your brains more in the future! Read less storybooks and more history books when you have nothing to do! The Lord said, you can't fight without reading."

The crowd of cavalry was convinced.

It is common knowledge in the cultivation world of this world that if you lie in front of an immortal, heavenly tribulation will come down on the spot. Some powerful Master Yu Jing also have such means, for example, True Person Yan Shi.

This short-whiskered man had been prepared to quibble in front of the immortal from the very beginning.

Bishui domain, Li Chengfeng had just finished breakfast when he received this news and was so angry that he couldn't even eat, immediately going to the border to inspect.

Subsequently, the scouts reported back that they had found the location of Wei Yuan's army. At this moment, Wei Yuan's nearly one hundred thousand troops had arrived a hundred miles away and were marching toward this side.

It just so happened that the edge of the Bishui domain was an open and flat area, suitable for a decisive battle between the two armies, so Li Chengfeng ordered the army to rise, seize the battlefield position, and wait quietly for Wei Yuan's army to arrive.

He had prepared for this battle for a whole year.

Approaching noon, Wei Yuan's army slowly entered the battlefield. Several miles away, the Zhao army had already finished lining up. Fifty thousand Zhao troops were arranged in several horizontal formations, with strict formations and soaring military Qi.

The two thousand Zhao troops in the front row were holding flying sword guns, waiting in full battle array. The two thousand Zhao troops in the rear were sword and shield soldiers, and the left and right wings were three thousand light cavalry each. Li Chengfeng led a group of generals to line up on the high ground in the rear.

Wei Yuan looked from afar and saw that the Zhao army's military Qi was magnificent, like a cliff wall, which was the portrayal of a first-class elite strong army.

Looking at Wei Yuan's side, the military Qi was uneven, and even under the pressure of the Zhao army's military Qi, there were small groups of collapse.

Wei Yuan looked at the Zhao army and said: "No wonder they have the confidence to fight me. A full twenty thousand Body Forging warriors in the Body Forging Realm are absolute main forces even in the Great Tang Nine Armies."

Cui Yu nodded: "Indeed rare, it's just a pity, the times have changed."

Wei Yuan smiled: "The times change because of us, this is a good thing. Otherwise, it would be us falling behind and getting beaten."

Wei Yuan waved his hand, the horn sounded, and several thousand people in the front army lined up in a horizontal formation and stood firm. Also holding flying sword guns, Wei Yuan only had three thousand people here, and the remaining seven or eight thousand were holding firearms.

Li Chengfeng pointed at Wei Yuan from afar and smiled at the left and right: "How about it, I was right, wasn't I? Although firearms first appeared in the Azure Void, it depends on who uses them.

We are all equipped with flying sword guns now, and most of the people on the opposite side are still using old-fashioned firearms. Wei Yuan probably never thought that I would treat him with his own way, right?"

"Your Highness is wise!"

"Your Highness is the wise master!"

"That Wei Yuan is simply not worth mentioning compared to Your Highness!"

Li Chengfeng laughed, high-spirited, covering the whole field, and said: "All troops attack! No return without victory today!"

The Zhao army shouted three times for victory, neat and uniform, shaking the four fields, and the military Qi soared. Judging by military Qi, the Zhao army was more than a notch stronger.

The large Zhao army began to step forward, preparing to bring the Azure Void army into range.

Li Chengfeng smiled and said: "I think Wei Yuan still doesn't know one thing, and that is that the first three flying sword bullets in the hands of our soldiers were specially crafted by master craftsmen, with a range twenty zhang farther than the Azure Void's flying swords! At that time, I will naturally give him a big surprise!"

Many generals and strategists didn't know about this, and at this moment, their confidence increased greatly, and they gave another round of flattery, which was endless and had long-lasting power.

When the Zhao army approached three hundred zhang, Wei Yuan waved his hand again, the front army retreated like a tide, and the middle army lifted the cannon covers that could block spiritual sense, and suddenly cannons with dark green luster appeared.

For this battle, Wei Yuan prepared five hundred infantry cannons to prevent accidents.

There were too many infantry cannons to be placed in one row, so they had to be arranged in two staggered rows, with the rear row equipped with bases and temporarily padded high, so that they could complete the formation without interfering with each other.

At this time, the Zhao army was already within range, and Wei Yuan directly ordered to fire.

The sound of cannons roared, instantly overwhelming all sounds between heaven and earth!

When hundreds of infantry cannons appeared, Li Chengfeng instantly felt a sense of impending disaster. Before he could react, the battlefield had already been submerged by the sound of cannons!

Cannonballs exploded in the Zhao army's formation, and the strict formation became a death-inducing spell at this moment. Every cannonball whistled past, taking away the lives of more than a dozen, or even dozens, of Zhao troops!

One round of artillery fire left Li Chengfeng's mind blank, not knowing what had happened for a while. Most of the Zhao troops were dizzy from the bombing, but a small part still followed the training requirements and continued to move forward with guns. As a result, they ushered in a new round of shelling.

The artillery fire was round after round, as if it would never end.

In the army Wei Yuan brought, more than half were actually civilians responsible for transporting ammunition and supplies. For this great war, to prevent accidents, Wei Yuan specially carried twenty thousand cannonballs, enough for each cannon to fire forty rounds.

In Wei Yuan's philosophy, even if you fight kids, you have to fight seriously. If you get hit by kids, it would be too shameful.

Every ten cannons in the artillery team had a Dao Foundation warrior responsible for command, so they could concentrate on covering fifty targets at most. The central Zhao army suffered heavy casualties, so Wei Yuan mobilized two hundred cannons to bombard the cavalry on both wings, and then used fifty cannons to bombard Li Chengfeng's central army at maximum range.

The two central armies were eight miles apart, and the infantry cannons Wei Yuan brought happened to have a range of eight miles.

Wei Yuan had calculated the position and arranged the artillery positions. When lining up and setting up the cannons, due to the cover of military Qi, Li Chengfeng and the spiritual sense of several Dharma Forms under his command could not investigate, and even the two Master Yu Jing sitting in the dark were not clear about what Wei Yuan was doing.

Dozens of cannonballs whistled toward Li Chengfeng's central army. A Dao Foundation general moved quickly, reached out and grabbed a cannonball, and shouted: "What kind of ghost thing is this......"

With a boom, the cannonball exploded, and the general's arm disappeared, falling directly from the air. A Dao Foundation perfection cultivator was seriously injured.

Li Chengfeng was shocked and angry, and had to go all out with several Dharma Forms to barely block the cannonballs one after another. At this moment, he suddenly saw a cavalry unit killing from the flank of Wei Yuan's formation, with a heavenly horse running in the military Qi above his head.

This cavalry unit was extremely fast, circled a large circle from afar, and cut off Li Chengfeng's retreat!

(End of chapter)