Chapter 381: The strength of Sauron's dead soldiers, the shocked government troops
"Grand Governor!"
Hu Dawei leaped over from the front and arrived in front of Lu Xiangsheng's horse, reporting, "The mountain pass ahead has been blocked by a powerful army led by the fierce Tartar general Aobai, and our vanguard was forced to stop advancing."
"That Tartar army of about 70,000 people is very elite. Even the weakest soldier among them has reached the peak of the Body Refining Realm. The aura they exude is extremely terrifying!"
"If it goes as expected, this Tartar army should be composed of the dead soldiers of the Sauron tribe, the most powerful tribe of the Jurchens."
The reputation of the Solon tribe's dead soldiers was such that most of the Ming soldiers who had fought against the Later Jin Tartars were terrified at the mere mention of them.
This is the only human group in the world today that has demon blood, and their combat power is extremely terrifying.
Almost every Sauron soldier is equivalent to a talented warrior, and can be said to be invincible at the same level.
On the battlefield in Liaodong, most of the lost towns were captured by the dead soldiers of the Solon tribe who served as the vanguard of the Tatar army.
In the past few decades, in the Ming Dynasty, only the White Spear Soldiers and the Qi Family Army were able to fight against the Sauron soldiers with equal strength.
Even for Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou, it was the first time they encountered these inhuman Sauron dead soldiers.
"Aobai?"
"Dead soldiers of the Sauron tribe?"
"Humph!"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng snorted coldly and said, "It's them that I'm waiting for!"
"Since you dare to block our army's path with 70,000 troops, you should be prepared for heavy casualties!"
Now Lu Xiangsheng is not afraid of the strongest warriors of the Tatars at all. He has been mentally prepared for it.
Even this group of dead soldiers of the Sauron tribe, led by Aoba, a peerless genius who is as famous as himself, is nothing to be afraid of.
According to reliable information, Aobai has not yet broken through to the sixth level, and his progress in cultivation is one step slower than his own. Now, in a one-on-one fight, he is no match for his own in three rounds.
Even if the Sauron dead soldiers were strong, could they stop the hundreds of thousands of troops led by him?
Not to mention anything else, if he led 130,000 Tianxiong Army soldiers and formed a military killing formation, it would be enough to fight the opponent, and the chance of winning was extremely high.
Unless he breaks through to the sixth level like Aobai, he will be able to lead this group of Sauron soldiers to fight against his own family.
As for now, haha! The other party is still far behind.
Hu Dawei, who came to report the enemy situation, and Yang Guozhu were the two most courageous generals under Lu Xiangsheng.
Especially Hu Dawei, who has now reached the peak of level five cultivation. Although the 30,000 soldiers under his command do not belong to the Tianxiong Army, under Lu Xiangsheng's special care, they are no worse than the Tianxiong Army in all aspects.
Yang Guozhu is in a similar situation. Although his cultivation is currently at the middle stage of level five, the 50,000 soldiers under his command are no worse than those of the Tianxiong Army.
These two powerful generals were undoubtedly Lu Xiangsheng's right-hand men and were highly valued by him.
In terms of military capabilities, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu are far superior to Lu Xiangsheng's two younger brothers Lu Xiangjin and Lu Xiangguan.
"Order all units of our army to maintain their formation and follow the Tianxiong Army!"
Lu Xiangsheng gave the order without any hesitation, "We can't give Huang Taiji too much time, lest the hundreds of thousands of Tatar soldiers who are crossing the river will not be able to cross the river safely!"
"He, Huang Taiji, can come and go as he pleases. How can it be so easy?"
"After I get rid of these Sauron dead soldiers, it will be Huang Taiji's turn!"
"Send someone to immediately notify Hong Chengchou who is marching in the rear, and tell him to speed up the march of his soldiers and come to join our army as soon as possible, so as to avoid being taken advantage of by Huang Taiji!"
Lu Xiangsheng had already obtained the detailed situation of the Tartar army through the two level five peak spiritual birds, the emerald peacocks, which he had recently acquired, and had also made corresponding preparations.
In a nutshell, Huang Taiji's desire to escape unscathed this time is just wishful thinking. How can he do so without paying a heavy price?
Although the opportunity to fight this time was obtained because the Fuxing Army threatened the Tartars' rear, national justice comes first, so Lu Xiangsheng does not feel embarrassed.
"Yes! Grand Governor!"
Hu Dawei immediately took the order and sent out several teams of messengers to convey Lu Xiangsheng's latest orders.
At a command from Lu Xiangsheng, he led the Tianxiong Army soldiers to speed up and soon they met up with their own vanguard army ten miles ahead.
"Greetings, Grand Commander!"...
Yang Guozhu, who served as the vanguard of the army, led his Qi Refining Realm soldiers and hurried over to join the action.
Seeing Lu Xiangsheng personally leading the main Tianxiong Army to arrive, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
There was no way out. Aobai and the Sauron tribe's reputation for dead soldiers was too great. Their vanguard army of only 50,000 people could not defeat the enemy at all.
If Oboi had led 70,000 Solon soldiers to attack in formation, Yang Guozhu's troops could only rely on the military formation to defend with all their might and wait for Lu Xiangsheng to lead the central army to come to their rescue.
This is because the Grand Commander Lu Xiangsheng and his Tianxiong Army are no longer the same as before, and he gave everyone courage and encouragement.
If it were a few months ago, Yang Guozhu's vanguard army would not have dared to pursue the Tartar army so closely.
"Ah."
Lu Xiangsheng nodded, glanced at the dangerous mountain road ahead, looked at the Tartar soldiers who were waiting in full battle array, and said to Yang Guozhu and dozens of other Qi Refining Realm generals with a cold gaze, "Yang Guozhu, you lead the vanguard soldiers to support the Tianxiong Army."
"This time I will personally lead 130,000 Tianxiong troops to face the rumored Aobai and the dead soldiers of the Sauron tribe head-on!"
Even though he felt the intimidating aura coming from the Tartar army ahead, Lu Xiangsheng would not be afraid at all.
Now Lu Xiangsheng personally leads the 130,000 Tianxiong Army to attack, and he will not be afraid of any enemy of a similar size to the Tianxiong Army.
These included the Tatar army led by Oboi and Huang Taiji, as well as the Fuxing Army led by Li Dingguo himself.
Despite the great changes in the world today, Lu Xiangsheng is still a top genius among all the major human forces.
"Yes!"……
Yang Guozhu and others took the order in unison, and immediately led 50,000 vanguard troops to clear the road, allowing the 130,000 Tianxiong Army soldiers led by Lu Xiangsheng to pass quickly.
The soldiers of the Tianxiong Army arrived in front of the two armies and, under the command of a Qi Refining Realm general, quickly formed a military killing formation capable of both offense and defense.
This is a five-element wheel formation, also known as the Five Elements Everlasting Formation.
Every aspect of this military killing formation is very balanced, and it is the most standard military killing formation.
The formation trained by the Tianxiong Army was inherited from the ancestors of the Lu family, to which Lu Xiangsheng belonged, and was not officially owned by the Ming Dynasty.
It is precisely this military killing formation that possesses all five elements and is both offensive and defensive that has made the Tianxiong Army famous.
After several months of continuous training, the Tianxiong Army soldiers, with the old leading the new, have trained the formation to a high level of perfection with 130,000 soldiers.
Although the proficiency of the formation was not as good as that of the Tianxiong Army which only had 30,000 soldiers before, after the increase of 100,000 soldiers, the power of this formation increased instead of decreased, and was enough to compete with the enemy army that was waiting in full battle array ahead.
Although Lu Xiangsheng was not prepared to expose his own life-saving artifact, the Flame Flag, in public, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
However, he could use the power of his own divine weapon to greatly enhance the might of his military killing array.
The Flame Flag is the most powerful innate artifact among the Five Flags, and it can enhance the power of the military killing formation presided over by Lu Xiangsheng by more than 30%.
No matter how powerful the Sauron dead soldiers are, there is a limit. Lu Xiangsheng didn't believe that the Five Elements Formation, which he personally presided over, could not defeat the enemy.
"Array Kai!"
Lu Xiangsheng was a straightforward and hot-tempered person, and his style of doing things was swift and resolute. He did not want to wait even for a moment. Seeing that the soldiers had already taken their positions, he immediately used the formation to stimulate the soldiers' qi and activated this military killing formation.
"Roar!"
I saw a phantom of a fire unicorn appear in an instant, and with the help of the blood and smoke formed by the soldiers, it began to expand and grow rapidly.
After continuously absorbing the blood and energy of 130,000 Tianxiong Army soldiers, it transformed into a 600-foot-tall fire unicorn.
As the huge blood and energy smoke from the Fire Kirin rolled up, the 130,000 Tianxiong Army soldiers disappeared in an instant. Only a huge phantom of the divine beast Fire Kirin was left, roaring with its head raised.
“Swoosh!”…
This real Fire Unicorn, with blazing flames all over its body, leaped dozens of feet and pounced like a flash of fiery red lightning towards the giant blue sky wolf in front of it, which was transformed from 70,000 Sauron dead soldiers led by Aobai!
"Whoosh..."
As the two giant mythical beasts transformed from the shadows of the martial arts images of both sides approached within ten feet, they spit out flames or wind blades from their bloody mouths, collided with each other with a loud bang, and then offset each other's impact force.
"Oh!"
Immediately afterwards, the two beasts with bared fangs and claws collided with each other, tearing and biting each other with claws and mouths, and began a close combat. The scene was very scary.
Although the number of Sauron dead soldiers led by Aobai was only 70,000, there were more than a thousand Qi Refining Realm generals among them!
The remaining soldiers were all at the peak of the Body Refining Realm. The military killing formation they formed transformed into giant wolves, divine beasts, which were also about six hundred feet tall!
The blue giant wolf and the fire unicorn were like two huge mountains. When they fought in close combat, the noise was as loud as a landslide.
Even the soldiers of Hong Chengchou's army who were rushing to the rear could still clearly see this terrifying battle scene even though they were dozens of miles away.
The two six hundred foot tall divine beasts sometimes fought in close combat and sometimes used their magical powers to attack each other from a distance. The shock waves caused by their magical powers swept across, and the vanguard soldiers led by Yang Guozhu, who was supporting his side in the nearby ten miles, were also forced to retreat again and again!
They were forced back to the location of the Datong Army led by Jiang Ge, where hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed, before they finally gained a foothold.
This kind of head-on super war on land created a huge sensation.
Even with Lu Xiangsheng's sixth-level cultivation, the 130,000 Tianxiong troops he led were still evenly matched with the 70,000 Sauron dead soldiers led by Aobai.
It is conceivable how powerful the fighting power of these rumored dead soldiers of the Sauron clan is.
The Datong army soldiers led by Jiang Ge, who had originally wanted to come and take credit, were now sweating profusely.
It is true that hearing about it is worse than meeting it in person. The fighting power of the Sauron dead soldiers is indeed well-deserved.
If it were before Lu Xiangsheng's breakthrough, and his Tianxiong Army had not expanded significantly, once they encountered this group of Sauron dead soldiers, they would probably have suffered a disastrous defeat.
Not to mention that these disorganized Datong troops would probably not be able to hold out for even a quarter of an hour once they came face to face with this group of Sauron dead soldiers.
The total number of Qi Refining Realm generals from various units of the Datong Army was only a few hundred, which was far less than the thousands of Qi Refining Realm generals among the dead soldiers of the Sauron tribe.
In terms of single combat capability, he is far inferior to the same-level Sauron dead soldiers and generals.
"Yuanfeng!"
Hong Chengchou, who had just led the Qin army to the vicinity of the battlefield, saw this huge battle scene and asked Hong Yuanfeng, the commander of the personal guard beside him, "If you were to lead our 230,000 personal guards, could you defeat this group of dead soldiers of the Sauron tribe led by Aobai himself?"
It was not until he saw this scene in person that Hong Chengchou finally understood that he had underestimated the strength of the Sauron dead soldiers.
"Grand Governor!"
Hong Yuanfeng looked solemn, and after a moment's thought, he said, "If I personally led 230,000 guards to fight, I would probably be able to do what Lu Xiangsheng is doing now, and fight him to a draw."
"I'm afraid it's beyond my ability to defeat it."
Hong Yuanfeng did not exaggerate at all and was telling the truth.
The arrogance he had always had disappeared completely like a bucket of cold water after seeing the huge fight ahead.
"In this case, Li Dingguo, who was able to easily defeat the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Huang Taiji, is really terrifying."
Hong Chengchou was not only thinking about the battle situation before him, but also about Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army.
It was a foregone conclusion that he would join forces with Lu Xiangsheng to expel the Tartar troops led by Huang Taiji from the country, and there would be no changes.
But then, it will be very difficult for us to face the next round of offensive from Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army.
At that time, Hong Chengchou will face a difficult test.
As for whether he could defend the remaining Qin territory, he had no confidence at all.
Such a powerful Tartar army was still unable to compete with the Fuxing Army, let alone myself.
At least under normal circumstances, I can't do it.
"Grand Commander, if things are impossible at that time, we might as well go upstream along the Han River and retreat to Hanzhong Prefecture. We can use the natural barriers to block Li Dingguo's advance. It should not be a problem."
Hong Yuanfeng is worthy of being Hong Chengchou's most trusted right-hand man, with extraordinary military talent. He expressed his suggestions that he had considered for a long time.
"We have more and more warriors under our control, and they are becoming more and more elite. Even if we retreat to Hanzhong Prefecture under the relentless pressure of Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army, the court will not dare to rashly punish us."
His eyes were slightly cold, and he said icily, "By that time, the number of elite soldiers under our control might be able to double, and no matter who the imperial court sends, it will be useless!"
As the Hong family became more and more powerful, some little thoughts naturally emerged in Hong Yuanfeng's mind.
"Yuanfeng, don't say anything!"
Hong Chengchou understood the seriousness of these words and quickly stopped Hong Yuanfeng from speaking, but there was a look of deep approval in the look he gave him.
I have to say that this trusted family general has finally grown up and the issues he considers coincide with his own.
Hong Chengchou had thought about this problem not long ago: If he tried his best but could not stop Li Dingguo from leading the Fuxing Army to attack Qin, the best way out would be to evacuate to Hanzhong and use the natural barrier to stop the Fuxing Army's continued expansion, which would not be a problem.
At that time, using Hanzhong Prefecture as a base, he could build a top-notch army, which would give him confidence whether he was advancing or retreating in the future.
(End of this chapter)
