Not far away.
The Seven Masters of Quanzhen, Abbess Miejue, and Song Qingshu were all furious.
"hateful!"
"Wang Yang has once again stolen the limelight."
"Even without him leading the way, anyone else could have reclaimed the lost city!"
Qiu Chuji was dissatisfied.
In his view, Wang Yang had only made a suggestion; it was the martial arts masters like them who were truly willing to risk their lives.
But now, with the continuous recapture of cities, Wang Yang has become synonymous with a great hero.
This greatly displeased Qiu Chuji.
What's even more infuriating is that when Wang Yang was selecting martial arts masters, he actually left the Seven Masters of Quanzhen in Xiangyang City.
He was naturally indignant that he had missed such a good opportunity to make a name for himself.
"How could a mere brat like him have such great abilities?"
"Could such a big thing have been accomplished without the help of others?"
Abbess Miejue secretly sneered; she hated Wang Yang to the core.
He had previously defeated her in public and taken away her Heaven-Slaying Sword.
Just thinking about it makes me want to tear him to pieces!
"Giggle!"
Upon hearing this, Song Qingshu was even more furious.
Previously at Ruyi Restaurant, he was defeated by three chopsticks that Wang Yang casually threw, making him look bad in front of everyone.
At that time, he began to resent Wang Yang.
Later, Wang Yang became the leader of the martial arts alliance. He led a night raid on the Yuan army camp, burning countless grain supplies and forcing the Yuan army to retreat.
This earned Wang Yang the utmost respect from many martial arts masters.
Later, Wang Yang devised a plan and captured a group of martial arts masters from the Yuan Dynasty, which made him even more famous and popular among martial arts practitioners.
Currently, Wang Yang is leading his men to recapture major cities, and good news keeps pouring in.
This naturally aroused Song Qingshu's envy and jealousy.
Why him?
How did he do that?
Song Qingshu was inwardly furious, still unwilling to acknowledge Wang Yang's excellence.
After all, he was about the same age as Wang Yang and was as self-confident as any of his peers.
But in front of Wang Yang, they were like fireflies compared to the bright moon.
...
Soon, news of Wang Yang and his men's victory in recovering lost territory and defending the city spread.
Within the territory of the Song Dynasty, Wang Yang, Yang Xiao, the White-browed Eagle King, the Green-winged Bat King, Yu Lianzhou of Wudang, and others were all hailed as great heroes.
Whether they were soldiers or common people of the Song Dynasty, or martial arts practitioners within the Song Dynasty, everyone knew their names and deeds.
In addition, their deeds even spread to the martial arts world of the Yuan, Ming, Tang, Qin and other regions.
The Yuan Dynasty court was furious upon learning the news.
Unfortunately, Wang Yang had previously captured almost all the martial arts masters of the Great Yuan Dynasty.
The Golden Wheel Monk and the two Xuanming Elders fought so hard that they were seriously injured before they managed to escape from Xiangyang City. Even Princess Zhao Min of Ruyang Prince's Mansion couldn't save them in time.
What the Yuan Dynasty lacks now is top-tier experts.
Ultimately, the only option was to temporarily retreat and avoid the brunt of the attack!
Although the Yuan Dynasty had a strong military force, it was no match for these martial arts experts.
After all, Wang Yang and his men also employed strategy in recapturing the city.
As the saying goes, to catch the thief, first catch the king. They would choose to kill the commander, general, and martial arts masters first, and then destroy the supplies!
This is extremely fatal. Without a commander-in-chief, no matter how many troops there are, they are just a disorganized mess and cannot exert any fighting power at all.
At the slightest disturbance, they scatter like birds and beasts!
Meanwhile, the Qin and Tang dynasties, located in the western and northwestern parts of the Song Dynasty, continued their fierce battles and had no time to spare for other matters, let alone launch an attack on the Song Dynasty.
Meanwhile, the Ming Dynasty naturally felt immense pressure as the Yuan Dynasty withdrew its troops.
In particular, they learned that Wang Yang was leading his men toward the direction from which they were attacking the Song Dynasty.
The entire Ming Dynasty was shaken and began to recruit martial arts masters within its borders.
It should be noted that even within the territory of a dynasty, these powerful martial arts forces have their own independent territories.
The dynastic forces and these martial arts forces have always kept to themselves.
The martial world is the martial world, and the imperial court is the imperial court!
Even some extremely powerful martial arts forces are ones that the dynasty dares not easily provoke.
Of course, if the dynasty offers sufficiently generous terms, some major martial arts forces are willing to cooperate with it.
In order to deal with Wang Yang's martial arts forces, the Ming Dynasty gathered experts from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Eastern Depot, the Western Depot, and the Dragon Guard Manor.
In addition, he also won over some other martial arts forces.
On the Song Dynasty side, they had masters such as Qiao Feng, Murong Fu, Zhou Botong, Xuan Ci, and Master Xuan Ku to assist them.
Of course, there was also support from gangs such as the Beggars' Sect and Shaolin Temple.
The two sides fought fiercely on the border of the Song Dynasty, with back-and-forth battles.
Originally, the Ming army and martial arts masters mainly clashed in the northeastern part of the Song Dynasty, while some cities in the north were also occupied by the Ming.
However, these cities, like those previously occupied by the Great Yuan, are only guarded by some innate or early-stage Grandmaster martial artists.
Upon learning that Wang Yang was leading a large number of martial arts figures from the Song Dynasty to attack, the northern city that had been occupied by the Ming Dynasty fled immediately.
After all, it's not worth risking one's life and fortune for the sake of a city.
At this time, on the northeastern border of the Song Dynasty.
On the summit of Tahu City, a group of people stood tall.
The leader had thick eyebrows, large eyes, a high nose, a wide mouth, and a square face that looked weathered.
His eyes were like cold lightning, full of heroic spirit and extremely imposing.
Who else could it be but Qiao Feng?
Beside Qiao Feng stood an old man with a full head of white hair and a beard that reached his chest.
It was Zhou Botong, who was known as the "Old Rascal".
Not far away, a man stood. He was dressed in a light yellow robe, with a long sword at his waist. He had a handsome face and was elegant and refined.
It was none other than Murong Fu from the Murong family of Gusu!
In addition, Abbot Xuanci and other martial arts figures were also present.
At this moment, everyone looked out from the city gate tower.
Before my eyes, smoke billowed everywhere, and the ground was littered with corpses lying haphazardly.
Not long ago, the Ming Dynasty army launched an attack on the city. Fortunately, with the combined efforts of Qiao Feng and other martial arts figures, as well as the soldiers defending the city, they were able to repel the enemy.
In addition, the sturdiness of the city walls of Tahu City also played a significant role.
The entire city gate tower is constructed of brick, making it more sturdy and durable.
Outside the city, there were moats, sheep and horse walls, and barbicans to block the way.
Combined with gate towers, watchtowers, watchtowers, and battlements, it forms a multi-layered defense.
"Qiao Feng! The Ming Dynasty's offensive is getting stronger and stronger! In particular, it seems that the number of martial arts masters is constantly increasing!"
"At this rate, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for long."
Zhou Botong glanced at Qiao Feng and said this.
He used to only know how to play and have fun, acting crazy, but this time, coming to fight the enemy has shown him the cruelty of war.
Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground and the rivers of blood flowing down, I was struck by the sight.
No matter how genuine he is by nature, it would be difficult for him to show it at such a time.
Upon hearing what Zhou Botong said, Qiao Feng frowned and his eyes narrowed.
They have many martial arts practitioners on their side, and their strength is also very high.
However, there were many masters in the Ming Dynasty, and their numbers seem to be increasing recently.
It is not hard to see that a large number of experts are coming to support the Ming Dynasty from the rear.
They managed to hold on only because of the city's fortifications and the combined efforts of martial arts masters and the defending soldiers.
However, the other cities in the northeast did not have martial arts masters stationed there, and many had already been occupied by the Ming Dynasty!
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