Volume 1, Chapter 311: Terrifying Thoughts
Jiang Fei was confused and watched this scene, too surprised to speak.
One after another, the soldiers of the Fire Cloud Army activated the Transformation of the Void and charged into the Baiwu Kingdom's army without hesitation, engaging in a melee.
There were so many that Jiang Fei couldn't even count them. He only knew that everything he saw was Taixu Qi, and the air was filled with the screams of a large number of Baiwu Country soldiers.
The Hua Taixu secret method costs twenty years of life, but in return one gains strength that is several times stronger than one's own ability, enough to crush people of the same realm.
Originally, the cultivation level of the Fire Cloud Army soldiers was only slightly weaker than that of the White Mist Country soldiers. But now, with the help of the Hua Taixu secret method, not only has that gap been made up, but it has surpassed it by far.
Even ten soldiers from the White Mist Country are no match for one soldier from the Fire Cloud Army who has activated the Transformation Realm.
The entire battlefield was plunged into a massacre, and the soldiers of the Huoyun Army began to fight back and crush the enemy.
Jiang Fei felt extremely upset at this moment. He didn't even know how to face these soldiers who had activated the Hua Taixu state. That was twenty years of life. Who wouldn't feel distressed and who wouldn't cherish it?
The martial arts practiced by all the soldiers of the Huoyun Army is the Taixu Divine Art. This was the order issued by the emperor himself. However, he never passed on the Taixu secret method to these soldiers. Where did they learn it from?
Suddenly Jiang Fei's body shook, and an extremely strong sense of fear surged into his heart. After he figured it out, he felt that his breathing became difficult.
After the death of Master Taixu Yingfeng, there were only three people in the world who knew the secret method of Hua Taixu. The first one was Jiang Fei himself, and the second one was his own brother Jiang Yue!
The third one is the current emperor, Xiang Yun!
The secret method of transforming Taixu that Jiang Yue and Xiang Yun knew was passed down by him personally. Now all the soldiers of the Huoyun Army who practiced the Taixu magic know this secret method. Was it his own brother who told him this, or was it the Emperor Xiang Yun who told him this?
No matter which one of them it was, Jiang Fei couldn't accept it!
Because both of them knew that the price of the Hua Taixu secret method was twenty years of life. No matter who announced that the entire Huoyun Army had to practice this secret method, his heart had become extremely vicious and he had lost all his kindness.
This is treating all the Huoyun Army as tools of war and not treating them as brothers at all.
Although he was the general who protected the country, he almost didn't care about the training and management of the Fire Cloud Army in the barracks. Everything was managed by his own brother Jiang Yue himself, so the Hua Taixu secret method was most likely passed down by his own brother.
But for such an important matter, how could his stupid brother dare to do this without the emperor's approval!
Or...did they both tacitly agree to this?
Jiang Fei didn't even dare to think about it further. He found that the deeper he dug, the more terrifying the truth became!
As a large number of Fire Cloud Army soldiers who had activated Hua Taixu joined the battlefield, the battle situation became one-sided. Large numbers of Baiwu Kingdom soldiers were killed. Soon, everyone took back the first line of defense trenches and continued to kill towards the city wall of Longxi Pass.
The soldiers of Baiwu Kingdom never retreated or showed any fear, but unfortunately the battle line was still taken back bit by bit by Huoyun Army, and it seemed that the army was about to be driven out of Longxi Pass.
A soldier who was supporting Jiang Fei saw the fierce fighting going on ahead and his comrades fighting bloody battles. He was so excited that he couldn't help but let go of Jiang Fei. Then, the Taixu Qi in his body surged and he roared, "I will fight you, transform into Taixu..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Fei, who was standing beside him, suddenly jumped up from the ground with strength from nowhere, and then threw him to the ground, shouting, "Don't open it!"
The soldier's path to transform Taixu was interrupted. After landing, he looked at Jiang Fei in confusion and asked, "General, why are you doing this?"
Jiang Fei punched him without thinking and cursed: "Twenty years of life, do you want to waste it like this?"
The soldier was stunned for a moment, then gnashed his teeth and said, "If the enemy army of Baiwu Kingdom does not retreat, then we will lose our lives. What's the point of having these twenty years of life? Aren't all the brothers who have opened Hua Taixu thinking the same thing? They are using their own lives to fight, and want to completely defeat the Baiwu Kingdom army!"
"They've all gone, how can I hide here? General, don't stop me!"
"No!" Jiang Fei was shocked. Although he was unable to refute the soldier's words, he still wanted to stop him because no one knew the pain of losing life better than him.
But the soldier had made up his mind. The next moment, his whole body turned into Taixu Qi and dissipated. When he condensed again, he had turned into Taixu starlight and rushed towards the battlefield ahead.
"No, stop, all of you come back, come back to this general!" Seeing more and more soldiers activating the secret method of Hua Taixu, all of them were fearless and did not care about their own lives, Jiang Fei really could not help it, and he screamed heartbreakingly on the ground without caring about his image.
He hoped that there would be at least one person who would listen to him and not open Hua Taixu, thus preserving those twenty years of life.
This time, the Baiwu Kingdom sent an army of five million to attack the Dayun Empire. The marshal was named Wei Qian, who was forty-six years old and a veteran of many battles. He was quite experienced in both deploying troops and commanding attacks.
As a general in Baiwu Kingdom for many years, Wei Qian experienced countless battles, big and small, and was defeated no more than 20% of the time. Such achievements made him always respected in the court of Baiwu Kingdom, and even the king valued him very much.
Otherwise, he would not be allowed to lead the troops in this life-and-death war between the dynasties.
However, Wei Qian, who had always been calm, capable and experienced in using troops, now looked very ugly. He was ordered to lead troops to attack the Dayun Empire, but it had been more than a month, and he hadn't even taken a small checkpoint of the Dayun Empire. This was simply a denial of his ability to command troops!
What's worse is that under his order of continuous fierce attacks on Longxi Pass, the number of troops has dropped sharply, and the number of five million troops is about to drop to four million. Such casualties are simply terrible.
It was because a bombing artifact suddenly appeared from the sky in the Dayun Empire, which could kill the enemy from a thousand meters away. When a new batch of shells from the Dayun Cannon were delivered and fired, it directly hit their military camps!
The weapon was so powerful that even soldiers who had just entered the Qinxin realm could not resist it. If they were hit by a shell, they would die.
Fortunately, he ordered a retreat in time, otherwise there would be heavy losses and more than half of the five million troops would be lost.
With the addition of the Great Sun Cannon and the Great Sun Rifle to the battlefield, the offensive of the White Mist Army became extremely slow and difficult. Every time the army advanced one meter, a large number of soldiers had to pile up their flesh and blood.
After finally climbing onto the city wall of Longxi Pass, Wei Qian thought he could take it down, but was repelled again by the army led by Jiang Fei.
This made Wei Qian very angry, and he immediately organized the army to counterattack. However, he greatly underestimated Jiang Fei's ability. The siege battle came to a stalemate, and the army of Baiwu Kingdom went in and out of Longxi Pass, but was unable to break through.
Today, the battle situation was quite good. The Fire Cloud Army of the Dayun Empire finally suffered a large-scale rout. For the first time, the army of the White Mist Kingdom rushed into Longxi Pass frantically, and even occupied the entire city wall of Longxi Pass and raised the flag of the White Mist Kingdom.
Seeing the waving flag, Wei Qian finally smiled after more than a month of war. He felt a little relieved and was about to order the entire army to attack when suddenly a large number of light blue stars emerged from Longxi Pass in front of him, followed by continuous howling sounds.
Wei Qian couldn't help but frown, his eyes fixed on the Longxi Pass city wall. He wanted to see what was happening!
At this moment, the soldiers of the Fire Cloud Army who were rushing in the front and activated the Taixu state jumped onto the city wall, swinging and slashing with long swords in their hands. A large number of soldiers of the White Mist Country on the city wall screamed as they were cut in half, had their heads chopped off, or fell off the city wall.
The next moment, more soldiers who had activated the Taixu state rushed up, and the Baiwu soldiers on the entire Longxi Pass city wall were completely defeated at lightning speed. They were taken back by the Huoyun Army in just ten breaths, and the Baiwu country flag was also cut off directly.
Wei Qian's mouth twitched, and he looked at the gate of Longxi Pass again. The Baiwu Kingdom army that rushed in was quickly defeated and repelled. Although his soldiers were brave, they would die if they rushed forward, and it was difficult to hurt any enemy. In front of these shining enemy soldiers, they lost their numerical advantage.
Wei Qian was stunned by the sight of such a large-scale rout. At this time, Lieutenant General Chen Bao hurried over to report: "Marshal, withdraw the troops. We have already suffered more than 300,000 casualties in this battle. Now the enemy is strong. If we continue to fight, I am afraid there will be more casualties!"
"Let's withdraw our troops and find another way to break through the pass!"
"marshal!"
Chen Bao urged him to stop. Wei Qian slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath and said slowly: "Pass the order down, sound the retreat!"
Chen Bao was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurried to pass on the order, but at this moment Wei Qian slowly drew the sword from his waist, jumped up from his horse without saying a word, soared into the sky, and then swung his sword across the air, killing those Huoyun Army soldiers in the Taixu state on the wall of Longxi Pass.
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