Thousands of riders swept across the flat ridge and arrived at the Old Du Mountain defensive line. The main commander was surprisingly Wu Zhongxuan, who led the Ministry of War's Minister of War with the military rank of Great General Zhennan. This veteran general with meritorious service flipped over and fell off his horse. He stood in the middle of the devastated military camp, gripping his horse whip tightly, narrowing his eyes and not saying anything. The bodies of the dead soldiers had been removed, but the bloodstains on the ground were still shocking. It was enough to see the tragedy of the previous battle.
Not far away, four or five military officers came in a line. The armored man in the middle held the head in his hands and knelt down five steps in front of Wu Zhongxuan, sobbing. Wu Zhongxuan saw this scene and his face darkened. Wang Tongshan was a key person that the King of Yan used to control the northern troops. In the end, it was because Zhao Bing and Zhao Zhu did not trust him, Wu Zhongxuan, in the northern border. Wu Zhongxuan was recruited by the imperial court. It seemed glorious, but in reality, a tall tree attracts the wind. The notorious Wang Tongshan was originally going to be an important chess piece for Wu Zhongxuan, used to attract the attention of the Liyang officials, especially the civil officials. For this reason, Wu Zhongxuan purposely suggested to the young Emperor a generous condition that even Wang Tongshan himself did not expect. That was to give Wang Tongshan an official title. Although he was not given the title of Marquis, once the battle of Guangling ended, Wang Tongshan would be able to control the Jianzhou region south of the Guangling River with the dual identity of Marquis and General of the South to suppress the King of Yan's southern troops and prevent Zhao Bing from going north. Now that Wang Tongshan had died, not only did the imperial court lose an unparalleled valiant general on the western front, it had a great impact on the battle of Guangling. It also had a profound impact on Wu Zhongxuan's future plans in the imperial court. How could Wu Zhongxuan not grit his teeth and want to skin the young King?
Wu Zhongxuan looked at the head that had died with remaining grievances. His eyes were wide open and his face was ferocious. Even at this moment, seeing Wang Tongshan's head with his own eyes, Wu Zhongxuan could not help but feel a little dazed. Wang Tongshan, who was invincible in the southern border with his military achievements and military power, the valiant general who could overturn an entire tribe with his halberd, died just like that? To be honest, not only did Wu Zhongxuan dislike this person from the bottom of his heart, even Zhao Bing and Nalan Youci disliked Wang Tongshan, not to mention Crown Prince Zhao Zhu who had personally assassinated Wang Tongshan. However, this was the reality of the world. No matter how tyrannical and cruel Wang Tongshan was, his ability to lead troops into battle was not an exaggeration. The barbarians of the Southern Border were extremely difficult to tame, and they often changed sides. Today, they would pledge allegiance to him, and tomorrow, they would rebel. Only Wang Tongshan, the God of Slaughter, had the highest prestige among the barbarians. Every time the barbarians rebelled, as long as they raised Wang Tongshan's flag, it could be said that they would surrender at the sight of the wind. This led to a big joke in the early years. There was a general who specially spent two hundred thousand taels of silver to send someone to borrow Wang Tongshan's flag to quell the rebellion in the barren hills and turbulent rivers. Because of this, Zhao Bing, the King of Yan, had no choice but to transfer Wang Tongshan to the northern border. Therefore, the officials of the southern border all regarded the unruly Wang Tongshan as the Xu Xiao of Li Yang.
He was dead, and the matter had come to this. Wu Zhongxuan sighed and bent down to help the infantry officer who was loyal to Wang Tongshan up. He comforted him, "Officer Situ, I will definitely avenge General Wang. Even if I have to take the risk of being reprimanded and demoted by the imperial court, I will transfer five thousand infantry and cavalry to intercept and kill Hsu Fengnian!"
The officer who was holding the head and covered in blood said in a deep voice, "General, I beg you to let me serve as your vanguard!"
The rest of the officers in Wang Tongshan's army also cupped their fists and asked, "General, please let us take revenge!"
Wu Zhongxuan's face was expressionless, but his mind was racing. The officers in front of him and the soldiers under their command totaled more than ten thousand. They were all direct subordinates that Wang Tongshan had brought from the southern border to the northern border. Wang Tongshan was bloodthirsty, but he had never been greedy for money. He was willing to give away all rewards, especially when it came to military merits that were reported to the King of Yan. He never deducted anything. Wang Tongshan even gave many of the merits of personally killing the enemy chieftain to his subordinates. Therefore, fighting under Wang Tongshan's command was much faster than fighting under other commands. Ordinary generals used people, dogs and not wolves. Unless they were fierce tigers themselves, they had to worry about their own safety. Wang Tongshan was famous for his ferocity, so he had many fierce generals under his command. In fact, Wu Zhongxuan had been paying attention to this group of captains who were good at war. Originally, he thought that with Wang Tongshan's death, the group would be leaderless. He would push the boat with the current and follow the Southern Expedition General to fight for a future. But now, it seemed that he might not be able to use them.
Wu Zhongxuan patted the shoulder of the infantry officer and pointed his horsewhip at the front line of Laodu Mountain. "As long as you take Laodu Mountain, you can do as you please in Guangling. Not only that, as long as there is news of Hsu Fengnian's whereabouts, I will immediately inform you. Also, the cavalry of Tanghe and Li Chunyu will do their best to assist you in stopping Hsu Fengnian."
Wu Zhongxuan glanced at Wang Tongshan's head. "As for General Wang, after you take Laodu Mountain, I will submit a memorial to the imperial court. I will only say that your main general died in battle at Laodu Mountain. I will definitely ask the imperial court for a posthumous title."
The group of officers accepted the order and thanked him.
When Wu Zhongxuan left with his troops, he turned his head back to take a look at that military camp, and then said to the personal army commander beside him indifferently, "Pass on a secret order to Li Chunyu, when Old Du Mountain celebrates their victory, let him lead the troops in a night attack. None of the captains with real authority, including Situ Yushan, will be left alive. As for how many soldiers he can gather, it will depend on his own ability. At the same time, tell Li Chunyu that if he does not do his job well, and there is any rebellion among Wang Tongshan's old subordinates, Tanghe will take over. "
The personal guard commander led a group of elite cavalry and left quickly. At this time, Wu Zhongxuan deliberately slowed down the speed of his horse. He waited until a young man in light armor who looked like a scout approached before he asked, "Young master Yuan, in your opinion, if the whereabouts of Wang Tongshan are discovered, how many people do we need to send to stop the person who killed Wang Tongshan?"
The young man who was called young master Yuan by Wu Zhongxuan and not a military official did not have the slightest bit of fear and awe that the other officers had towards Wu Zhongxuan. He said calmly, "Is Wu Shangshu joking? Instead, he is asking this question very seriously? "
The two expert retainers of Great General Wu both showed undisguised annoyance. They had long been displeased with this young man surnamed Yuan who had joined the army of unknown origins. He had not accomplished anything, but he was extremely arrogant. Every time the Great General took the initiative to speak to him in an amiable manner, he would have this half-dead expression.
Wu Zhongxuan was not angry at all. He nodded seriously and said, "I'm not joking."
The young man who was temporarily acting as a roaming cavalry scout smiled. "Three to five thousand people might not be enough. Ten thousand elite cavalry is more like it."
Wu Zhongxuan made a sound of agreement. Then, he said doubtfully, "Didn't you say that after Li Chungang returned to the realm of Immortals on Earth, he only managed to break 2600 people's armor with one sword at the banks of the Guangling River? Could it be that the battle strength of the current Four Great Grandmasters of martial arts has increased explosively compared to the top grandmasters of sixty years ago? Does he actually need ten thousand people to kill him? "
However, the young man's words were full of sarcasm. "Some things can't be calculated like this. Not to mention how high Li Chungang's true battle strength is, those martial arts grandmasters who died on the battlefield were all 'idiots' who fought to the death. For example, the Xishu Sword Emperor who was trampled into meat paste by the Xu family's cavalry. Before this, the Wu family's Nine Swords defeated Beimang's ten thousand cavalry. In fact, they were chased and intercepted until they had no way to retreat. Thus, they had no choice but to stake everything on one throw. Wang Tongshan was known as invincible in Nanjiang, but it was only because there were no heroes that made him famous. Relying on his natural brute force and Vajra physique, he could naturally exhaust all the experts below the realm of Celestial Phenomenon. Cheng Baishuang and Ji Liu 'an could not do anything to him. However, as long as they went north, for example, if it was Đồng Thái? I reckon that the Peach Blossom Sword God would be able to defeat him with one or two strikes. To put it bluntly, even if I were to fight against Wang Tongshan and he had the upper hand within fifty moves, Wang Tongshan would definitely die after a hundred moves. "
As soon as he said this, the Southern Expedition General was still considered calm. However, the expressions of the two arrogant and conceited retainers changed greatly.
The young man said indifferently, "Nanjiang? There's no Jianghu there. The sky is high and the land is vast. It's not the scenery of a small well. "
This young man who had been quietly fighting in the Eastern Sea's Martial Emperor City for two years had now changed his surname from Jiang to Yuan. He looked into the distance and said, "There's no harm in speaking the truth. At Hsu Fengnian's realm, as long as he wants to leave, no one can stop him, let alone catch up to him, unless it's Cao Changqing, Đồng Thái, or Tuoba Bodhisattva. Therefore, what I said about the ten thousand cavalry encirclement was actually nonsense. "
Wu Zhongxuan sighed with emotion. "The Jianghu is higher than the imperial court. It's not a comfortable thing."
The young man agreed for the first time. "One day, where we stand, there will be no immortals or heroes. All the dragons in the Jianghu will be fish in a pond."
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There was a lake in the northwest corner of West Chu's imperial city. The lake wasn't big, but it was quite famous. Its name was even more interesting. It was called "Jianghu". It was said that the lake was bottomless, and its water source was connected to the Guangling River outside the capital.
A young woman dressed in simple and elegant palace attire sat in the waterside pavilion by the lake. There was no one around her, and it was completely silent.
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