Chapter 1117: Reflections on Civil Unrest
"Finally here!" Lu Xun looked at Li Shimin and others who took a day to appear on the horizon.
Even after a series of victories, the team still has no impetuous spirit, but only a remarkable toughness.
Although the successive victories of breaking camp were easy, they did build full confidence for the troops under Li Shimin.
"Winning without being arrogant, this kind of mentality is really terrifying!"
Lu Xun sighed. He had made several plans, but under Li Shimin's cautious response, he could only choose the last plan with the greatest risk.
"Ling Cao, you lead a thousand infantrymen and spread more kerosene and hay to stabilize the camp. When I give the order, you immediately retreat from the rear camp and then set fire to the camp." Lu Xun said this without any taboo.
"Bo Yan, you..." Ling Cao was shocked. Lu Xun was using him as bait, intending to perish together with him.
"This is a military order!" Orders were issued one after another coldly.
If he had a choice, he would not do this. Li Shimin was too cautious. If Li Shimin was blinded by victory, he would naturally set Li Shimin on fire.
But at a glance, he knew that the opponent was not simple. It was a dream to want to win easily. Only by risking death could he be reborn.
"Don't worry, I won't gamble my life in a place like this." As if he felt the atmosphere was too heavy, Lu Xun added .
"Yes, sir!" Upon hearing this, Ling Cao stopped trying to persuade him and just bowed and obeyed.
On the other side, Li Shimin was a little frightened . His premonition was frantically warning him of danger.
I saw a gust of autumn wind blowing, and a military flag beside him suddenly broke, and then it fell at the feet of Li Shimin's mount as if it had eyes.
Li Shimin didn't even look at the broken military flag and walked straight forward.
Although he did not know how to tell fortunes, Li Shimin still knew what such an ominous event would foreshadow. When he stepped over the broken military flag, the feeling of fear made Li Shimin's scalp tingle.
"My lord, how about we bypass this camp?" Cheng Yaojin said with fear in his heart. At this moment he also felt the horror of approaching death.
His feelings were deeper than Li Shimin's. As a famous lucky general in history, he was reluctant to attack the camp below.
"It's unavoidable!" Li Shimin said coldly. The warning of danger made him more serious than ever before.
"Unless we retreat, this camp will become a nail in our way in attacking Sun Quan's territory. Especially after they gather their soldiers here, the threat to us will be infinitely magnified!"
At this moment, Li Shimin felt deeply the pressure of being in a difficult situation. Every choice made by the opponent showed their wisdom. He knew by intuition that once they attacked the camp below, they would step into the opponent's plan.
But this is no longer a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy, and this is the other party's strong capital.
The opponent only needs to force him back, or even delay him enough for the opponent to gain the advantage.
He must destroy the camp in front of him, pursue them along the way, and finally launch a surprise attack on the enemy's territory to gain the advantage.
He is a bit like Li Mu now. Li Mu fought against Wang Jian, won three and drew two out of five games, and then Li Mu was gone.
Li Shimin could not afford to lose, nor could he afford to tie, so he could only keep winning.
"Prepare for battle!" After thinking for a moment, Li Shimin decided to throw away his brain and continue to rush forward.
What a joke! Lu Meng won such a dangerous situation, how could he lose now?
"Kill! Let me see who can scare me to death!"
Li Shimin's body was shining with golden light, and he was very excited. He wanted to see who could defeat him when he was leading an entire army!
Kill by force, this was Li Shimin's judgment, and it even enlightened his nature. The talent that originally needed some time to transform was completely sublimated at this moment.
"Is this my talent as a monarch?" Li Shimin closed his eyes and savored his talent. "The larger the territory, the greater the increase it brings?"
The monarch's talent was sublimated, and the golden glow spread on the soldiers behind him. In an instant, the morale of the army was raised again.
Although Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin were also frightened, they no longer felt any fear because of the momentum of their commander.
"What a talented monarch!" Lu Xun looked at Li Shimin from afar. With his vision, he could naturally see the changes in Li Shimin at a glance.
However, these days, although monarchical talent is not yet commonplace, it is no longer rare.
As Li Shimin was one of the potential dragons evaluated by General Xu Zi, Lu Xun had naturally heard of him, and was not surprised at all that Li Shimin had the talent to be a monarch.
"I don't know what the effect is!" Lu Xun stared at the golden luster and calculated silently.
Because the monarch had more talents, wise counselors like Chen Xi also made some calculations.
Spiritual talents and legion talents have traces, and the same is true for monarch talents.
There are two types of capabilities: enhancing capabilities and reducing consumption. Among them, enhancing capabilities is the most common. However, the prerequisites generally require a series of prerequisites such as defeating the enemy, expanding the territory, and gaining recognition.
Sun Quan's checks and balances were to strengthen the capabilities of another aspect by weakening the capabilities of one aspect.
When applied to Lu Su, it probably weakened the temperature and increased the coverage range.
Li Shimin had just awakened his monarch talent, and must be at his weakest point in time. Lu Xun felt relieved after a rough calculation. If it was a talent like Sun Ce's that took effect immediately, he would be in trouble. Fortunately, although the upper limit of this developmental talent is high, it will not make much change to the current situation.
"Meet the enemy!"
Lu Xun looked at Li Shimin rushing over and immediately shouted and began to give orders.
Although he cannot defeat Lu Meng, he is now the commander of a large army.
Although the quality of the troops is a little poor, they are still very confident in setting up camp and defending.
"Kill!" Li Yuanba roared, kicked his horse's belly and rushed towards Lu Xun with a hammer. Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin also attacked from both sides. Their purpose was very clear, which was to kill the general and seize the flag.
"Attack!"
Lu Xun looked at the charging army calmly and pointed his sword to the sky.
An illusory sword light flew out directly, and then the soldiers in the camp rushed towards Li Shimin's troops like a tiger out of a cage, and a rain of arrows directly covered the frontal army formation.
Li Shimin's troops, which had just broken through the camp's defensive fortifications, were instantly defeated. The entire legion under Lu Xun rushed out like an eagle with spread wings, before Li Shimin's soldiers could react, and in an instant, people and horses were thrown to the ground.
"Strangle them!" After suppressing the frontal attack, Lu Xun directly relaxed the defense on Yuchi Gong's side, leading him and Cheng Yaojin to collide with each other.
"Asshole, how come you are in such a place!" Yuchi Gong was squeezed in the middle for a while, unable to exert his strength, and questioned Cheng Yaojin furiously.
"I should be the one asking you this!" Cheng Yaojin smashed a shield with one axe, then chopped down a soldier. He was about to sweep again, but suddenly he felt the axe in his hand sink.
I saw a few soldiers who didn't know where the strength came from, and they held on to the axe tightly and refused to let go, while the other soldiers around them also pointed their guns at Cheng Yaojin's spurs with fierce eyes.
Cheng Yaojin rolled off his horse in a panic, reluctantly let go of the axe in his hand, drew out his sword and chopped left and right.
"Hehehe, in the midst of a chaotic army, just a little bit of misleading is enough to be fatal!" Lu Xun sneered as he looked at Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin who were entangled together and their strength was greatly reduced.
Without any command assistance, it was a very easy thing for him to let the two troops rushing into the camp collide with each other.
All we need to do is confuse the serious goals of both of them, and then we can naturally lead them together.
Relying on the effect of Sun Quan's monarchical talent, he weakened his own military power in exchange for a more prominent effect of misjudgment.
Now it seems that the effect is outstanding.
"Sure enough, although Zhongmou is not the best monarch, he is the most suitable stage for me to display my talents!" Lu Xun silently watched everything happening in front of him, waiting for Li Shimin's counterattack.
He didn't think that Li Shimin would be limited to this level, because this level alone would not be enough to defeat Lu Meng.
Li Shimin was not annoyed by the strange actions of Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin. He understood that this was the other party's ability. What was needed at this time was not blame, but guidance.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, he should lead the war instead of being led by others.
"Order Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin to charge in the opposite direction of me!"
Li Shimin said with a cold expression that when he entered a state of war, his mind would never be filled with anger and regret, and he would only deal with all situations with this calm attitude.
Lu Xun's misjudgment was serious, but at this moment, with his talent as a monarch, he did not buy it, so Lu Xun's position was extremely clear in his eyes.
"Humph, although the defense is tight, it is not completely without loopholes!"
Li Shimin glanced at Li Yuanba who was sniped, pulled the reins, and led the way directly towards a gap in Lu Xun's camp.
"Sure enough, his ability to capture opportunities and loopholes even vaguely bears the shadow of a god of war?" Lu Xun's expression remained unchanged. That loophole was indeed not left by him, but a real loophole captured by Li Shimin himself.
But this is understandable for Lu Xun. Even Lu Meng could be defeated by the rash, so he is not as good as Lu Meng.
"Sure enough, I still need to continue practicing!"
Seeing Li Shimin opening up a loophole, disrupting the overall situation and tearing apart the advantages he had originally built, Lu Xun couldn't help but sigh.
More than half of the camp has been lost. If we want to preserve our strength to the maximum extent , we can only fight the enemy at this time.
In fact, Lu Xun felt that he could take Li Shimin with him, but he was a wise man, not a gambler. This land was just a stage for them to show themselves, not a hell for them to kill each other.
He could certainly take his own life and die together with Li Shimin, but what would be the point of such a situation?
Lu Meng's serious injury made him think of many things. He had other ways to delay Li Shimin, but he finally chose this one, not only for the success rate, but also to remind the people in the central government of Luoyang what level of fighting they had to reach to be the meaning of their coming here.
"Almost done, let's get started!"
Lu Xun waved his sword towards the sky, and Ling Cao, who was responsible for starting the fire, immediately activated the semi-fixed military formation on the ground, and then ignited various flammable objects.
"The biggest drawback of the military situation is that we are unable to cope with the two strategies of water and fire. Human power will eventually be exhausted!" Lu Xun murmured to himself. If this fire were to start, too many people would die.
But he felt that someone needed to do something to make the people in the central area of Luoyang realize what would happen if they put a group of latent dragon monarchs together.
War is not a game. Under frequent wars, the bottom line will be broken infinitely and the strength will be completely dissipated in internal friction.
"What is that?"
After Li Shimin killed a soldier, he caught a glimpse of bright red in his eyes, and then a gust of wind blew towards him.
"Is the fire breaking out?" When he turned his head, he found a bright red color on the other side, and then a gust of wind blew over. Li Shimin was stunned and immediately shocked!
Lu Xun waved his sword, a strong wind began to blow, and the bright red flames scattered in the camp suddenly exploded.
Upon seeing the signal, the soldiers under Lu Xun who had been given instructions immediately began to retreat, while Li Shimin's troops, who did not know why, chased for a few steps until they noticed the situation around them after hearing the general's calls.
"Prepare for the legion attack!" Yuchi Gong subconsciously mobilized the clouds and planned to use a legion attack to put out the fire. Li Shimin wanted to stop him, but before his voice could be heard, Yuchi Gong launched the legion attack.
In the places hit by the Legion's attack, the flames not only did not go out, but became even more intense.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat!" Li Shimin shouted angrily.
He recognized the effect of the military formation immediately. It was a military formation that could transform the essence of heaven and earth into fuel. It was a fire attack auxiliary military formation developed by Zhou Yu and promoted by Zhuge Liang to the entire Han Dynasty.
It was usually forbidden to use it within the Han Dynasty, but now it was not within the Han Dynasty, so Lu Xun decisively used this powerful weapon.
The merciless sea of fire devoured almost everything, and when the flames went out, everything turned to ashes.
Li Shimin glanced at the soldiers behind him and saw that their faces looked extremely ugly.
There were not many losses among the elite troops, but none of the ordinary soldiers were able to escape as the sea of fire wiped out their existence.
If only these few people wanted to attack the city, they were just dreaming. Lu Xun burned down his path to victory with a fire.
"What do you think? Do you think the current war is meaningful?" Lu Xun rode his horse to Li Shimin.
"You are the ones who started this war!"
Li Shimin stopped Li Yuanba who wanted to kill Lu Xun with a hammer. The other party was just an incarnation of internal energy, which seemed to be the technology of Mohism. Even if he killed him to vent his anger, it would be useless. It would be better to listen. Moreover, he vaguely understood something, but did not fully understand it.
"I also discovered it when Lu Ziming almost died. How many times do you think this will happen again?" Lu Xun asked calmly.
At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly understood what Lu Xun meant. Talents like them, no matter which one was lost, would be a waste for the Han Dynasty.
"This is not our decision!" Li Shimin felt a little powerless. If Lu Xun had said these to him before, he could not feel it personally, but when Lu Xun set the fire, he and Lu Xun now had the same personal experience.
That is the experience that if you don't do something, you will lose more in the future.
Maybe one day, he will kill his elder brother Li Jiancheng with his own hands, just for a war that doesn't even count as territory?
