Chapter 558: Kuafu Chasing the Sun, Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers
The next day, early morning.
The Tang flags have been planted all over Zhanxiang City, fluttering in the wind.
The ground was littered with corpses and devastation.
The Tang Dynasty's iron cavalry galloped in the royal court and completely wiped out the last resistance. Li Jing, holding a bloody sword in his hand, stepped over the corpses and entered the golden tent of the royal court.
The house was already in a mess, with gold, silver and jewelry scattered all over the floor, which showed how panicked Jie Li Khan was when he fled.
"Report!"
Two young generals, Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang, came to report.
Xue Rengui said excitedly: "General, we have completely occupied Zhanxiang City and seized countless food and supplies!"
They had been on a light cavalry raid, covering a long distance and deep into the enemy's territory, and they did not bring much food and fodder with them, which had long been stretched to the limit. Now their urgent need had been resolved.
At this moment, Xue Rengui really admired General Li Jing. He thought he was well-versed in the art of war, but he didn't expect that the war could be fought in this way.
Using an army of hundreds of thousands as bait to attract the enemy's attention, the commander-in-chief led three thousand troops and fought across thousands of miles, like a dagger piercing the heart, winning with one move!
Such courage and strategy are truly breathtaking.
Li Jing still had a blank expression on his face, and said calmly: "How many casualties did our army suffer?"
"More than 1,200 people were killed and nearly 1,000 were injured."
These 3,000 men were undoubtedly the elite among the elite of the Tang Dynasty. Many of them were veterans who had followed Li Shimin in his campaigns. They were also led by powerful generals such as Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang. However, they still suffered huge casualties in their attempt to break the city.
"For the soldiers who were killed or wounded, write down their names and give them ten times the compensation."
"promise!"
Li Jing looked at Su Dingfang again and asked, "Have you captured Jie Li Khan?"
Su Dingfang said with some shame: "I am incompetent. I only captured a Turkic general who was pretending to be Jie Li Khan."
Li Jing patted his shoulder and said, "It's okay. You should lead your men to build momentum in this battle so that Jie Li Khan will be frightened. Otherwise, he will lead his troops to defend the city and we may find it difficult to break through."
This is what he really thinks.
He had calculated the itinerary before setting out. If everything went well, he should arrive at Zhanxiang City at night. In this way, he could take advantage of the night and send out fake troops to create momentum. In addition, with his personal appearance, the cowardly Jie Li Khan would surely think that the main force of the Tang Dynasty had arrived and would flee.
In fact, there are tens of thousands of defenders in Zhanxiang City. If they are organized and fight to the death, it will be absolutely difficult for them to attack.
As a general, one must not only take advantage of the weather, but also grasp the hearts of the people.
Li Jing looked at Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui and was very satisfied with them. These two were natural generals and might become the backbone of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
"But I didn't see the Turkic high priest take action this time . Hehe, I still feel a little regretful."
Wang Bo, who was guarding Li Jing on the side, laughed.
Zhu Rong and Lou Ling smiled without comment, only Lu Chunliang coughed and breathed a sigh of relief.
They were sent by His Majesty to protect General Li Jing. After all, the plan of advancing alone into the deep was too risky. Li Shimin's order to them was to save Li Jing's life at all costs.
I thought I would have a fierce battle with the Turkic high priest, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth.
Li Jing frowned when he heard this, feeling vaguely uneasy.
Yes, why is the Turkic high priest not in the royal court?
Boom!
At this moment, the ground in the city shook, and the surrounding bricks and tiles vibrated in unison, as if there was an earthquake.
Suddenly there was a cry of fear outside.
Li Jing and others went out in a hurry to take a look, and they gasped. They saw a giant who could hold up the sky and shake the earth appeared outside the city. He was holding a peach wood staff, with a tiger skin wrapped around his waist and his upper body naked, and was walking towards Zhanxiang City.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every step made the earth shake, leaving behind a terrifying giant footprint.
The tall Zhanxiang City seemed like a small toy in front of it. The fear of facing such a huge thing was chilling.
"This is... the high priest?"
Wang Bo, who had just smiled and said it was a pity that he could not fight with the high priest, could no longer laugh at this moment.
"Damn it, what did this guy eat? How did he grow so big?"
Lu Chunliang even swore.
The high priest at this moment was like Kuafu who chased the sun in ancient mythology. He crossed mountains and rivers, and with a tap of his peach wood staff, a huge crack appeared on the earth, almost splitting Zhanxiang City into two halves!
Many Tang soldiers fell into the cracks and were about to get up when the peach wood stick tapped the ground again, causing the ground to gather together and the cracks to heal.
There were faint screams coming from underground. Those old Tang Dynasty soldiers who had survived hundreds of battles were turned into minced meat.
Li Jing's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He stepped forward, staring at the giant without fear, his blood-red cloak fluttering in the wind.
The high priest also noticed Li Jing, and a hint of hatred appeared in his eyes.
It was this ant-like mortal who dared to take advantage of his absence and lead his men to raid and occupy the Turkic royal city, forcing Jie Li Khan to flee in panic.
How audacious!
The high priest was filled with anger and resentment. Ever since he was bestowed with great power by the God King, he had been in seclusion temporarily to adapt to the sudden power. He did not expect that the Tang army would take advantage of the opportunity and attack.
Sensing that the royal aura of the Turks was damaged, he woke up from his seclusion and came here in anger.
"die!!"
The high priest's voice was like thunder, and he waved his palm towards Li Jing, like a giant hand of a god falling from the clouds.
Many Tang soldiers shot arrows at him, but the sharp arrows could not penetrate the high priest's skin. That hand seemed to be made of steel, containing infinite power.
"Protect the General!"
Wang Bo roared, and his body quickly became burly, with thick, thorny hair growing on him. He held a huge stick weighing ten thousand pounds in his hand and smashed it towards the giant hand.
After Wang Bo turned into a giant ape, his body size increased dramatically and was now nearly ten feet tall. In the eyes of others, he looked like a small mountain, but in front of the high priest, he was still more than a head shorter.
boom!
When the stick came down, the giant hand trembled slightly, but did not suffer much damage.
On the other hand, the giant ape that Wang Bo turned into had a broken tiger's mouth, the iron rod was even twisted, and his body retreated violently.
The high priest ignored the little monkey and continued to slap Li Jing.
"Don't even think about it!"
Wang Bo roared and flew up. He hung his huge body directly on the high priest's arm, opened his big mouth full of fangs, and bit towards the palm.
clang!
Sparks flew, and Wang Bo's teeth, which could bite through gold and iron, could only produce sparks when they fell into the high priest's hands.
But this also caused the high priest's palm to be deflected, breaking many city walls, but did not hit Li Jing and the Tang army.
The high priest snorted coldly, let go of the peach staff, stretched out his other hand, and grabbed the giant ape's tail.
whoosh!
Lou Ling's star arrow shot towards him, shining brightly like thunder, but it only penetrated an inch below the skin and then broke without even a stain of blood.
The high priest grabbed the giant ape's tail and exerted force, smashing it to the ground repeatedly.
For a while there was a continuous roar, the earth was shaking, and smoke and dust were billowing.
Even though Wang Bo had a body of steel, his bones and tendons were broken, he was hit so hard that he felt dizzy and had stars in his eyes.
The high priest threw it away, and the giant ape smashed a hill and was buried by the rubble.
Wang Bo, who was at the Half-Step Yang God Realm and one of the Four Pillars of the Tang Dynasty, seemed so small and powerless in front of him.
Lou Ling and Zhu Rong flew out, one of them holding a three-pointed, double-edged sword, with murderous aura rising into the sky, and slashed at the high priest, while the other one spewed out Samadhi True Fire, and the flames turned into a fire dragon and rushed towards the enemy.
Both of them are half-step into Yang God realm, and each has their own magical powers. When they join forces, even ordinary Yang God realm beings will have to temporarily hide away.
Lu Chunliang was not idle either. He and Lou Ling cooperated very well. At this moment, he had already escaped into the underground and came to the feet of the high priest. He raised his hand and sprinkled out a dozen talismans.
Facing the joint attack of the three masters of Zhelong, the high priest showed a scornful smile.
If it was before he was granted power by the King of Gods, he might still be afraid, but at this moment, he has already transcended the mundane world and reached a realm that mortals can never reach!
This amazing power is really intoxicating...
When he stepped on the ground, it was as if a giant god had descended to the earth. Invisible power spread underground, shattering the deep rocks. An invisible shock wave spread in all directions.
All the talismans that Lu Chunliang scattered were blown away, and his earth escape technique was immediately broken. He spat out a mouthful of blood and his body floated away.
"cut!"
However, Lou Ling went against the powerful airflow and forced his way in front of the high priest. His body gradually grew larger, emitting a bright glow, and only stopped when it was four meters long.
Taoist magical power—the laws of heaven and earth!
This is the magical power passed down to her by Li Daoxuan, a method for achieving sanctification of the physical body. Lou Ling is extremely compatible with this method, and with the three-pointed, double-edged sword, she really has a bit of the demeanor of Erlang Shen.
clang!!!
The three-pointed, double-edged sword slashed the high priest's knee, penetrating three inches into the flesh. Streams of blood flowed down the blade, burning the earth like magma.
The high priest cried out in pain. Although the injury was not serious, it was very painful.
roar!
At this time, the fire dragon also came with its fangs and claws bared, and went straight to the eyes of the high priest. The Samadhi True Fire was said to be inextinguishable when it met water, and swelled when it met wind, burning everything. At this moment, in just a few breaths, it suddenly grew to more than ten feet long and swallowed the high priest's head.
Lou Ling leaped into the air, swung the three-pointed double-edged sword again, and slashed at the high priest's neck.
Lu Chunliang's face turned pale. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stared at the battlefield, and murmured, "Did it succeed?"
The two pillars of the country have joined forces, and it seems that the high priest is in danger.
However, the next moment, everyone's expression changed drastically.
I saw that the blazing Samadhi Fire gradually became smaller. It was not extinguished, but was being swallowed by something.
That was the mouth of the high priest.
The Samadhi True Fire, which is said to be able to burn everything, was actually swallowed directly into the opponent's stomach!
clang!
Lou Ling's three-pointed, double-edged sword chopped on the peach wood stick, causing hot sparks to burst out without leaving a trace.
boom!
The high priest waved his sword lightly, and Lou Ling fell to the ground like a meteor. Even the three-pointed, double-edged sword flew out of his hand, spun and cut through several large trees, and finally nailed deeply into a stone wall.
Spider-web-like cracks continued to spread.
In an instant, the offensive and defensive situation changed. The high priest defeated the three Dormant Dragon masters with great force. Now only Zhu Rong has the strength to fight.
But Zhu Rong knew that he was no match for the high priest anyway, so he came to Li Jing without any hesitation, ready to take him away.
But at this moment, there was a roar of thunder, and countless bolts of lightning fell and struck the high priest.
But who knew that the high priest's hair was dancing wildly, and he endured the thunder. He reached his hand into the thunderclouds, grabbed a ball of bright lightning, and then squeezed it slightly.
Sizzle!
The thunder dissipated, revealing a slender figure. It was the Goddess of Lightning who had hurried over. When she saw her companions in danger, she immediately used thunder magic to fight the enemy. However, she did not expect that the high priest was much more powerful than she had imagined.
She tried to escape by transforming into lightning, but was grabbed by the other party and forced to reveal her true form.
There was a hint of cruelty in the high priest's eyes and a grim smile on his lips.
I heard that all these dormant dragons are from Li Daoxuan's school, which is equivalent to his registered disciples . Among them, the Four Pillars of the Nation have a very high reputation in the Tang Dynasty.
In this case, before killing Li Daoxuan, crush all these people to death and give them to him as a gift.
The next moment, the muscles in his arms bulged, and the blue veins appeared like swimming dragons as he exerted force suddenly.
If nothing unexpected happens, Dianmu will be turned into meat paste.
"No!!!"
Zhu Rong looked at his sister who was in pain, his eyes were bloodshot, but it was too late to rescue her.
At this moment, a bright sword light flashed, and a clanging sword sound rang out between heaven and earth.
The high priest let out a scream and took three steps back. There was a deep scar on the palm of his hand that was visible to the bone. Blood kept flowing. The horrifying sword intent tore through his flesh and blood and went straight to his internal organs.
If it weren't for his extremely strong body, the sword energy would have pierced his meridians and limbs by now.
Dianmu fell to the ground, looking frightened.
Tai Wei floated down, looked at the cracks on her sword, and frowned slightly.
"Such a hard body."
She thought she could cut off the opponent's hand with one sword, but she didn't expect that only a sword mark was left, and the ancient sword also had cracks due to the violent collision.
To mortals, this is a sword that can cut through iron like mud, but to monks, it is just a piece of scrap copper and iron without any spirituality.
She has been traveling overseas in recent years. In order to hone her sword skills, she only uses ordinary iron as weapons and does not rely on external objects.
At first the iron sword often broke, but as her sword power grew stronger, it was no longer her sword that broke.
After comprehending the Supreme Sword Scripture, the ordinary iron sword turned into an indestructible divine sword, capable of cutting off all things in the world, including the demons hiding in the abyss and swamps.
"Cover me, I have a way!"
When Dianmu saw that the high priest was not seriously injured, she immediately made a decision. She carefully took out a brocade bag from her arms with a solemn expression.
Tai Wei raised her eyebrows. She had felt a vague sense of threat from the other person's arms before, and she thought it was this thing.
"What's this?"
Dianmu opened the brocade bag and poured it gently. A small yellow bean appeared in her palm. It looked very ordinary, without any trace of magical power.
Her voice rang out, revealing a kind of blind admiration and pride.
"This is a treasure given to me by the Imperial Master. He told me to use it when the Tang army is in danger. Now is the time!"
Taiwei was a little confused. Could a soybean really deal with this giant who even she found so difficult to deal with?
If senior brother came in person, he should be able to defeat this giant, but it is just a soybean given by senior brother, it should not be that powerful.
As she spoke, Dianmu sprinkled the soybeans, and then made hand gestures and chanted a spell.
In an instant, the soybean burst into golden light, like a round and golden elixir. A burly figure as big as a mountain appeared on it, with red eyebrows and phoenix eyes, looking like a diamond.
The divine power gushed out, and the long smoke looked like red clouds.
A figure slowly walked out from the light, his face was as red as jade and his beard was as white as soap wool.
Beside the yellow turban, a golden ring shines with the sun’s rays; in the middle of the embroidered jacket, the iron armor is covered with frost and swallows the moon’s shadow!
