Chapter 449: True and False Liangshan Army

The heavy rain poured down.

The color of blood stained everything.

Huobu Quli, at this moment, did not even know how many lives he had taken under his blade.

Today.

He only knew how to keep killing, kill!

Kill whoever he saw!

Even without opium, he was like a War God today. Several times, he had nearly knocked Shama Zhuoyi off his mount.

Who could have known.

At this moment, the one-hundred-thousand-strong army of the Big Trouser Leg tribe had arrived!

Upon hearing this news, Huobu Quli nearly fainted on the spot.

"Headman, Headman!"

"What shall we do?"

"That, that, that is an army of one hundred thousand..."

His men were already panicking.

After nearly two hours of slaughter, the Small Trouser Leg tribe had already suffered nearly thirty thousand casualties! Seven thousand, seven thousand exhausted troops—how could they deal with the fifteen-thousand-strong army of the Small Trouser Leg and Big Trouser Leg tribes closing in from both sides!

Huobu Quli sensed the cowardice of his tribesmen and knew that if he did not stand up now, these people would collapse without a fight. He raised his blade and roared, "Today's battle is for the Son of the Black Dragon! With the Heavenly God's protection, we are invincible!"

"With the Heavenly God's protection, we are invincible!"

"Brothers, tonight, we have no path of retreat!"

"No path of retreat!"

"Kill!"

"Establish the New Order of Liangshan!"

"Kill!"

The morale that had nearly disintegrated just moments ago was quickly rebuilt under the stimulation of the faith in the Son of the Black Dragon.

Although the enemy had superior numbers, in reality, in a large-scale war of this kind, the advantage of numbers could not be highlighted immediately. Large-scale meant small-range. The Yuexi Plain, which was not very large, simply could not provide enough space for hundreds of thousands to fully deploy. Therefore, the numerical advantage at this time could only become more apparent during the rotation of the slaughter.

Attacked from the front and back!

Then meet the attack from the front and back!

At this moment, the Small Trouser Leg tribe, which had nearly been routed by Shama Zhuoyi's side several times just before, unexpectedly displayed a bravery they had never shown before.

"Do you see?"

Liu Zheng chuckled and looked back at Jie Yu: "This is the charm of war."

"The charm of bloodshed?"

Jie Yu clearly still could not agree.

Liu Zheng picked up his wine flask, took a sip, and said excitedly: "It is the charm of unity. At a time like this, war is like a tool that gathers people's hearts, don't you think?"

Jie Yu was speechless.

She stared blankly at the group below, people roaring "Son of the Black Dragon" while fighting excitedly.

To be honest.

She did not quite understand.

She had always been compassionate.

She had always felt that war should disappear from this world. This was her worldview.

At any time, she could only see the devastation under war, the lonely ghosts and wandering spirits, the widows and orphans under war... She naturally also knew the patriotic sentiment of "rather be a ghost of war than a slave of a conquered nation." But she, a flower grown in the greenhouse of the Academy, had never truly seen how much powerful energy these men could burst forth with in the face of their country and their faith.

It seemed.

If those one hundred thousand Big Trouser Leg troops had not come, Huobu Quli's side would not have been this fierce.

This is what is meant by breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats.

Tonight, everyone knew there was no path of retreat.

No path of retreat.

Only one battle!

"Kill!"

"Son of the Black Dragon!"

Some soldiers, too exhausted, had their weapons knocked from their hands by the enemy; however, their powerful faith supported them. They sprang up from the ground, eyes filled with ferocity, and bit into the enemy's throat.

Ahhhhh!

Another Small Trouser Leg warrior with a broken leg knelt firmly on the ground, clutching an enemy's leg, and even as the enemy's blade struck his head, he did not let go until death...

Son of the Black Dragon!

At this moment, this was the faith supporting them.

Establish the New Order of Liangshan!

This was what they wanted!

For Liangshan, for their wives and children!

So as not to be slaves anymore!

That severed head, even as it was being chopped off, was still biting fiercely into the leg of that Big Trouser Leg tribesman...

That half-bodied Warrior used his own blood to blur and block the enemy's vision...

Such fierce people who did not fear death...

Who would not be afraid?

Who wouldn't be afraid?

Naibao Rize saw this situation, and his face turned deathly pale.

At this moment, the "short-legged ones" had actually terrified this army of one hundred thousand that had just charged over, to the point where they didn't dare to advance at all!

This...

Are these still human?

These must be devils!

At this time.

The Liangzhou Army finally arrived. Fifty thousand Liangzhou Army soldiers, logically speaking, were nothing in front of these hundreds of thousands of people. However, their rhythmic footsteps were enough to shake the earth and mountains, splashing through the rain and thunder.

Qin Zhangfeng, riding at the forefront, held a long spear.

Clad in full Plate Armor and a silver-white Helmet, Qin Zhangfeng in the night rain was like a War God returned from Hell, his sword pointing to the heavens, his heroic spirit boundless!

"Ah!"

Pei Yanran couldn't help but cover her mouth and cry out at this moment, her eyes shining.

As the Liangzhou Army charged into the battlefield, there was only the sound of footsteps, with no other noisy sounds.

This terrifying discipline made people tremble with fear!

"Have they arrived?"

At this moment, on the farm side,

Chen Ran had also put on military attire and appeared on the watchtower.

He watched the long-awaited Liangzhou Army arrive.

He couldn't help but sneer: "Governor Liu, oh Governor Liu, no matter how famous you are in Longyan, you probably never imagined that today, I would have this invincible army waiting for you!"

He waved his hand.

Something unbelievable happened.

On the farm side, there also appeared fifty thousand soldiers, wearing almost exactly the same gear as this Liangzhou Army!

The same Plate Armor, the same weaponry, the same formation!

Only...

These fifty thousand soldiers came from the Nanzhao Kingdom!

"Roar!"

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Seeing that Chen Ran had finally brought out his secret weapon, Shama Zhuoyi and Naibao Rize both began to cheer.

Fifty thousand against fifty thousand.

At this moment, everyone's gaze was drawn to these almost identical fifty thousand-strong armies.

Real and fake Liangzhou Army?

This... who would win and who would lose?

Jie Yu secretly glanced at the expression on Liu Zheng's face beside her.

The latter was expressionless, and even looked a bit like he wanted to laugh.

Laugh?

She was confused again.

"Hahahaha, are you scared silly?"

Chen Ran couldn't help but laugh loudly: "Attack, attack for me! Leave none alive, attack!"

The fifty thousand Nanzhao Army soldiers, with their superior Weaponry and Equipment, were full of momentum, their Long Spears pointing toward the Liangzhou Army. They seemed to be mocking them.

The Liangzhou Army.

Quiet and silent.

Still, there were no other noisy sounds.

They just stood there quietly.

It seemed as if the Nanzhao Army before them had not caused them any surprise at all.

Only those pairs of eyes hungry for battle seemed as if they could only be satisfied by blood.

"Charge!"

Chen Ran thought the Liangzhou Army was feigning shock, and finally gave the order loudly.

The fifty thousand Nanzhao Army soldiers immediately swarmed over with great momentum. Fifty thousand men brandished the Long Spears in their hands, and wherever they went, everything was like grass being cut. The people on Huobu Quli's side, who had almost charged into the farm, were immediately wiped out in large numbers; seeing this, Huobu Quli hurriedly reorganized his troops to avoid the brunt of the attack!

Many people also took a deep breath.

Is this the power of the Nanzhao Army?

Is this the elite force hidden by the farm?

"Hahahaha, satisfying, so satisfying!"

Chen Ran couldn't have felt better at this moment.

This was the Weaponry and Equipment he had exchanged for using who knows how much Opium... In front of these Liangshan People who were fighting with almost nothing but farm tools, his fifty thousand-strong army was an indiscriminate crushing force!

He was already getting carried away at this moment.

He seemed to be able to see Governor Liu in the distance.

"Are you afraid?"

He laughed up at the sky.

However...

Soon, he realized.

The Liangzhou Army over there still had not moved.

No.

They had moved, but they only changed into a different formation right where they stood.

Silently.

Continuing to wait.

Liu Zheng smiled and asked Jie Yu beside him, "Guess, how many rounds can the Nanzhao Army hold out?"

"Huh?"

Jie Yu had just lost once, and now she was stumped by Liu Zheng's question again.

That's not right...

What do you mean by "how many rounds"?

This, this, this...

This is a battle between two armies, not a sparring match between martial arts experts!

How can there be such a thing as "rounds"?

This Prefect Liu is really... too arrogant!

But her lips still moved slightly, and she did not speak.

Silence is golden!

Silence is golden!

At this moment, she represented the Academy. She could not afford to lose again...

But she still did not believe it...

Can these two armies, which seem to have the same configuration, really end the battle in just a few rounds?

The Nanzhao Army was still running.

At this time, they were already getting closer and closer to the Liangzhou Army here.

Finally, Qin Zhangfeng, who was leading the Liangzhou Army, shouted, "Lin!"

"Lin!"

The fifty thousand Liangzhou Army soldiers, in perfect unison, raised their shields and began to jog.

At this moment, the formation of the Liangzhou Army was in the shape of a fan!

For the first time.

These people of Liangzhou, including Pei Yanran, and including Jie Yu of Academy Yushi who was beside Liu Zheng at this time, were all seeing the true Liangzhou Army fight on a large scale for the first time!

Seeing this neat, orderly formation, even in the rainy night and the mud, they still maintained the same pace.

At this moment.

Everyone present had only one reaction in their hearts.

Shock.

Only shock!

Astonishment!

Only astonishment!

Because without comparison, there is no harm.

Seeing the Nanzhao Army opposite, which was also organized but had messy footsteps, and then looking at the uniform Liangzhou Army here...

Uniform ranks, uniform Plate Armor, uniform weapons, uniform footsteps!

Fifty thousand people, as if holding the same spear!

Fifty thousand people, as if wearing the same suit of armor!

"Bing!"

When they were still three hundred paces away from the Nanzhao Army, there was another shout!

The formation began to charge! The silver-white armor shimmered in the night rain at this moment. Because the downpour was heavy, those torches had been extinguished. But because this was Liangshan, the place closest to the moon, there was actually moonlight amidst this heavy rain...

The fifty thousand Liangzhou Army soldiers began a rapid charge.

These two armies, which were almost exactly the same, finally engaged in their first clash.