Volume 1 Chapter 309 The Messenger Arrives

Don’t laugh at me lying drunk on the battlefield. How many men have ever returned from the battles throughout history?

Longxiguan

The sky was covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and heavy rain fell from the sky, accompanied by a howling wind. The flowers, plants and trees were all shaken, and even many large trees in the mountains and forests had their branches broken by the strong wind.

“Gee! Gee!”

A figure was galloping on his horse in the storm, his horse's hooves splashing countless water and mud along the way. No matter how strong the wind and rain were, his speed never slowed down at all.

He was the messenger sent by the court to deliver the imperial edict. When he was still 500 meters away from Longxi Pass, he could already hear the dense sound of the Big Sun cannons firing mixed with the deafening thunder, and he could also vaguely hear a lot of noisy shouts and screams.

The messenger who delivered the imperial edict couldn't help but reveal a look of shock on his face, and then he quickly increased the speed of his horse.

At this moment, the gates of Longxi Pass were wide open, and a large number of Baiwu soldiers holding swords poured into Longxi Pass like a mountain torrent.

“Bang bang bang~”

Inside the pass, Jiang Fei was fighting a bloody battle, leading a large number of Huoyun Army to organize a counterattack, and the sound of dense gunfire never stopped.

The Longxi Pass camp stretches for thousands of miles, with fortifications and trenches built layer upon layer. As the war lasts, the wall of Longxi Pass is only the first line of defense. Even if the gate is broken, it will be impossible for the Baiwu Kingdom army to march straight in, unless they can kill all the Huoyun Army hiding in the trenches.

If they want to completely eliminate the Huoyun Army at Longxi Pass, they will need to use their physical bodies to withstand the bullets, and the price the Baiwu Kingdom will have to pay will be heavy.

Although the soldiers of the White Mist Country each have some skills, the best they can do is to see the flight trajectory of the bullet and avoid it.

If it were just one or two bullets, it would not pose any threat to them at all. Unfortunately, this was a war. There were tens of millions of Fire Cloud Army soldiers at Longxi Pass. After the war started, the bullets would be fired with a density that was no less than the storm in the sky. In addition, the terrain here was narrow and it was difficult for the soldiers to disperse. It was almost a pipe dream to want to avoid these bullets.

However, their armor and bodies could not withstand the penetrating power of the Great Sun Rifle. Although one or two bullets could not end their lives, four or five bullets could still kill one person.

Today's war was like the White Mist Country was planning to launch a general offensive. It had lasted for four hours and the soldiers on both sides were all in a very exhausted state. Within four hours, the White Mist Country launched a total of six waves of attacks. Instead of withdrawing troops in each wave, they continued to increase their troops, and each offensive became more fierce than the last.

The gate of Longxi Pass was collapsed by a punch from a Baiwu country general, and was blown away by another punch. Many Baiwu country soldiers also climbed up the city wall and fought with the Huoyun army.

At the moment when Longxi Pass was breached, Jiang Fei led a large number of Huoyun Army soldiers with higher cultivation to charge forward with swords, fighting with the Baiwu Kingdom soldiers who rushed in.

Jiang Fei even relied on his brute strength to kill the general who had broken through the gate of Longxi Pass.

However, in the face of a large-scale war, the power of one person is ultimately insignificant. Let alone an army of millions, even if there were ten thousand soldiers standing there for Jiang Fei to kill, it would take him a whole day and a night to kill them all. What's more, each of these Baiwu Country soldiers was not an ordinary person. They all had cultivation skills, which made it even more difficult to kill them.

Jiang Fei, who was always at the front line, couldn't remember how many times he had swung his spear. He only knew that the Fire Cloud Army brothers around him changed one batch after another. Whenever they died, the rest of the Fire Cloud Army would immediately rush up with knives behind them.

However, the same was true for the White Mist Country’s army on the opposite side. After one group was killed, another group came up, endlessly and continuously.

However, the strength of the Huoyun Army was still somewhat weaker than that of the Baiwu Kingdom's army. After four hours, the battle line continued to retreat. Not only was Longxi Pass breached, but Jiang Fei and others also retreated while fighting, and were almost retreating to the first trench defense line.

At this moment, the messenger who was delivering the imperial decree rushed into the endless Huoyun Army camp and shouted loudly as soon as he entered: "Your Majesty has ordered to abolish the post of Marshal Jiang Fei, the Great General Protector of the Nation, and appoint General Zhao Zhong as the acting marshal. All Huoyun Army soldiers at Longxi Pass are ordered to evacuate the pass and return to the capital at full speed. There must be no mistakes!"

"Your Majesty has issued an order to abolish the Protectorate..."

The messenger shouted as he ran, riding his horse towards the front of the military camp, wanting to spread the imperial edict throughout the Longxi Pass military camp.

In fact, he could clearly hear a great battle going on ahead, and it must be very brutal. The roar of the Japanese cannon alone was enough to flatten an area of a thousand meters. But even so, the war was still going on, and it did not end because of the bombardment of the Japanese cannon. One can imagine how tense the battlefield ahead was.

His announcement of this decree now was intended to shake the morale of the army and put pressure on the soldiers at the front, which might very well be the fuse for defeat.

He had hesitated, but the golden imperial edict in his arms told him that he couldn't. He was a member of the Huoyun Army of the Dayun Empire and obeyed the Emperor of the Dayun Empire. The Emperor's edict was for him to read it out on the spot so that all the soldiers of the Huoyun Army would know the news. He couldn't disobey the order!

When the Huoyun Army soldiers in the rear of the military camp heard the news he said, they were stunned on the spot and stopped preparing to move strategic materials to support the front line. They didn't know whether to continue moving forward or retreat.

As his shouts spread farther and farther, more Fire Cloud Army soldiers heard the imperial edict. They were in a dilemma between the emperor's order and the marshal's order. Moreover, they were still fighting and the White Mist Army was about to attack them.

If the entire army retreats without caring about anything at this time, they will be killed by the enemy. In the face of a disorganized defeat, the enemy will go completely crazy and launch a large-scale pursuit and massacre of those who are fleeing and evacuating. By then, the number of soldiers of the existing Huoyun Army who can successfully evacuate may be less than 50%.

At this moment, Jiang Fei, who had a long bloody wound on his chest, was struggling and being dragged back to the second defensive trench by four or five Huoyun Army soldiers. The military doctor who had been prepared rushed over immediately to bandage Jiang Fei's wound, and another soldier held a water bag and kept feeding Jiang Fei water to stop him from cursing.

"Marshal, your body is already very tired. You can't fight anymore. If you continue, your whole body will collapse!" The military doctor advised while bandaging Jiang Fei and shedding tears.

"Stop crying here. Don't I know my own body? Do I need you to say anything?" Jiang Fei cursed in a low voice, then gripped the spear tightly and wanted to get up and fight again.

The military doctor quickly held him tightly, snatched the rifle from the soldier next to him and handed it to him, saying, "Marshal, you can kill people with this, why bother going to the front to take risks!

Charging into battle in blood is what the vanguard does. As the commander of the entire army, your safety is the safety of all the soldiers. You must not fall down!"

The military doctor tried to persuade him earnestly, but Jiang Fei stood up with a cold face, endured the pain and kicked him, knocking the military doctor to the ground, and cursed: "I don't need you to teach me how to be a marshal!"

After saying this, Jiang Fei was about to rush to the front line to fight. At this moment, Zhao Zhong also ran over covered in blood. There was a sharp arrow stuck in his left shoulder, piercing through his shoulder, but Zhao Zhong moved calmly as if nothing had happened.

When he saw Jiang Fei, he immediately ran over to report: "Marshal, the first defensive trench has been breached, all the garrisoned brothers have died, and the enemy is now heading here!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fei walked towards Zhao Zhong with a cold face. When he came in front of him, under Zhao Zhong's puzzled gaze, he grabbed the sharp arrow stuck in his shoulder without saying a word, broke it with a sudden force with a "click", and then pulled it out in an instant.

"Ah!" Zhao Zhong immediately cried out in pain, but Jiang Fei said coldly: "Military doctor, bandage him!"

The next moment, Zhao Zhong's face turned red with shame, thinking that he was too delicate. It was just a little pain, but he actually cried out. The soldiers around him were all injured, but they didn't cry out. How could he, as a general, have the face to cry out!

Before Zhao Zhong could think about it, Jiang Fei, who had bandaged his chest wound, raised his spear and looked around, shouting: "Soldiers, don't be afraid, I am still here, Longxi Pass is still here!