Chapter 993 Instant Fame! (Jingkong Fan)
Zhou Chongyue was stunned!
This child... is actually from the Xuanyuan family!
Then it's not surprising that I lost to him.
No, it's still strange.
First, the child is too young, he looks only twelve or thirteen years old. Second, I have never heard of the Xuanyuan family producing such a powerful young warrior.
There's a reason for that.
He had been staying in Zhao Kingdom until this year when he joined the Black Wind Camp.
Although he was a direct descendant of the Xuanyuan family, Xuanyuan Qi did not give him any special treatment; he started from the lowest cavalry rank.
He was assigned to Li Shen's command and had always obeyed Li Shen's orders to charge into battle. This was the first time he had been given command and led troops to Cangzhou for support.
Therefore, it's not surprising that Zhou Chongyue had never heard of him.
In fact, not only Zhou Chongyue, but even Guo Mang and others were stunned.
Xuanyuan Qi was outrageously strict with his own child. To prevent anyone from secretly taking care of him, he didn't even allow him to use his real name, and he was still called Jingkong in the military camp.
He revealed his identity today to intimidate these bastards.
It worked very well.
Zhou Chongyue was stunned, and the other five thousand rebels were also stunned. For a moment, not one of them dared to rush forward.
Zhou Chongyue dared to rebel, which shows he had a strong will. He quickly forced himself to recover from the shock.
He stared intently at the boy who was holding him hostage with a red-tasseled spear, gritted his teeth, and said, "You're lying! I've never heard of such a person in the Xuanyuan family! Do you think I'll be afraid of you just because you're impersonating someone from the Xuanyuan family?"
His words were forceful and resonant, not only for his own benefit but also to revitalize the morale of his troops.
As expected, upon hearing this, the rebels also began to look at the silver-armored youth on horseback with some suspicion.
Zhou Chongyue pressed his advantage, coldly snorting, "The Xuanyuan family was wiped out many years ago, with only Grand Marshal Xuanyuan Qi and his eldest son Xuanyuan Zheng surviving! And who are you, you wild brat?"
In fact, he had heard that the eldest son of the Xuanyuan family had a child who survived, but that child rarely appeared in public, and there were many rumors about that child, especially in Cangzhou, where the child was considered a rumor.
At this point, if you try to defend yourself, you will find yourself in a passive position, regardless of whether the explanation is true or false.
Guo Mang looked worriedly at the silver-armored youth on horseback, fearing that he would fall for Zhou Chongyue's provocation.
But the young man wasn't led by the nose by Zhou Chongshan at all. He looked coldly at his defeated opponent and said arrogantly, "I'll give you two choices: one, surrender; two, die. I'll count to three. If you don't answer, I'll take that as you've chosen the second option."
"one."
"two."
Just as he was about to utter the number three, Zhou Chongyue grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and threw it violently at Xuanyuan Xi!
Almost at the same moment, the expert who had been lying in ambush behind Xuanyuan Xi rose into the air, gripping his curved blade tightly with both hands, and launched a sneak attack on Xuanyuan Xi without saying a word!
"Watch out!" Guo Mang was facing Xuan Yuanxi directly and saw the sneak attack from behind clearly, but he was too far away and injured to stop it in time.
Xuanyuan Xi smiled faintly: "Heh, a trivial skill."
His spear, as swift as a dragon, spun around above his head and, without turning back, coldly thrust backward, striking the master squarely in the heart!
As for the snow that Zhou Chongyue scattered, it was blown away by the warhorse beneath the boy before it was even halfway through being scattered!
Zhou Chongyue's body trembled: Holy crap! This horse can even blow snow!
“Three.” Xuan Yuanxi finished counting and looked calmly at Zhou Chongyue, who was completely bewildered. “It seems you have chosen the second path.”
No... I... I... I didn't even have a chance to say it—
The gleaming spear fell, and the rebel leader's head rolled to the feet of an archer.
The archer was paralyzed with fear!
Everyone felt a chill run down their spines!
"Reporting on behalf of General Zhou—"
Someone in the crowd shouted this, but before they could finish, a bugle call for attack sounded not far away, and countless hooves rushed in. One of the cavalrymen charged at the front, carrying a banner with a flying eagle fluttering in the wind and snow on his shoulder.
That's the banner of the Xuanyuan family!
The Xuanyuan family's iron cavalry has truly arrived!
The boy who killed Zhou Chongyue was not lying!
He is a member of the Xuanyuan family!
With their leader dead and reinforcements from the imperial court arriving, the rebel army's morale plummeted. It's unclear who was the first to flee, but before the Xuanyuan family's iron cavalry could flatten the mountain, all the rebels fled in disarray.
Guo Mang breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness, the Black Wind Riders arrived just in time.
He was about to witness the heroic figure of the Black Wind Riders when he unexpectedly saw a familiar face.
Hey you, the one carrying the commander's flag, yes, I'm talking to you!
Aren't you Erdan?
Erdan was a deputy general under Guo Mang. His surname was Zhang Minghuan, and Erdan was his nickname.
Guo Mang rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things. At that moment, all the cavalrymen who had been shouting and charging into battle rode up to him.
However, he was completely dumbfounded.
These aren't the Black Wind Cavalry of the Xuanyuan family at all! They're just the remnants of his troops left behind in the camp!
He turned and stared blankly at Xuanyuan Xi: "M-My lord, what's going on?"
He didn't know Xuanyuan Xi's official rank, but judging from the other party's imposing appearance, he must be above him.
Xuanyuan Xi wiped the red-tasseled spear with a handkerchief and said casually, "Oh, I borrowed your man."
"Where are your men?" Guo Mang asked.
“It’s just me,” Xuanyuan Xi said.
Guo Mang staggered and nearly fell over: "W-what do you mean, just you alone? Did the imperial court... only send you as reinforcements?"
"No, we sent quite a few, but they were all stuck on the road due to the heavy snow." Only he and Xiao Shiyi made it through.
Guo Mang swallowed hard, then mustered his courage and asked, "May I ask how many reinforcements the imperial court has sent?"
Xuanyuan Xi said, "Two hundred."
Guo Mang stared in disbelief: "Only two hundred? That's not enough! It should be at least ten or twenty thousand..."
Xuanyuan Xi sheathed his clean red-tasseled spear, gave him a strange look, and asked, "Why do you need ten or twenty thousand soldiers to escort grain supplies?"
Guo Mang was once again deeply shocked: "You...so you were just escorting grain supplies?"
Did those rebels realize they'd been tricked by a mere supply cavalryman?
May I ask you, from whom did you learn this skill of bluffing?
Guo Mang suddenly realized a crucial question: "Your Xuanyuan family identity wouldn't also be..."
Xuanyuan Xi said, "My identity is real, I am indeed a member of the Xuanyuan family."
After saying that, he turned to look at the remaining soldiers waiting in place, frowned, and said, "What are you all standing there for? Go ahead and grab it!"
Guo Mang: "..."
Under Xuanyuan Xi's leadership, the remaining soldiers of Cangzhou looted the rebel camp, leaving them not a single grain of rice or a thread.
That night, the Cangzhou army, which had been starving for many days, finally had a full meal.
...
Although Zhou Chongyue is dead, his son is still alive, as are the 20,000 rebel troops.
The weather remained harsh, and reinforcements from Yunzhou could not arrive. The Cangzhou army had only three thousand soldiers left, of whom only two thousand were capable of fighting.
Guo Mang's opinion was to maintain the status quo.
"We've seized some grain and supplies; we can hold out until the Yunzhou army arrives."
Xuanyuan Xi, however, did not agree with this approach.
First, we don't know how long the weather will worsen, and our food supplies will eventually run out.
Secondly, there are too many wounded soldiers. We must recapture the city as soon as possible and allow the wounded soldiers to enter the city for treatment.
He said solemnly, "For a soldier with passion, the saddest thing is not dying on the battlefield, but dying of illness in the barracks."
Guo Mang was stunned.
He never expected that a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy could say such things.
Did he... also experience death and pain?
Otherwise, how could I have such feelings?
I'd rather die in battle than die of illness!
In the end, Guo Mang agreed to Xuanyuan Xi's plan.
Three days later, Xuanyuan Xi led two thousand Cangzhou troops to attack the right wing of the rebel army.
The rebels had never seen the real Black Wind Riders, but Xuanyuan Xi's reputation had already spread, and with the Xuanyuan family's banner in hand, all the rebels thought that the attacking force was the Xuanyuan Iron Cavalry.
With the rebels' morale low, Xuanyuan Xi pressed his advantage, leading the Cangzhou army straight to the commander's camp, and actually managed to scatter the 20,000-strong army!
Xuanyuan Xi first pursued the smallest force, defeating the rebels so thoroughly that they had no chance to fight back.
An hour later, Xuanyuan Xi killed Zhou Chongyue's youngest son, Zhou Fengdong.
Three days later, Xuanyuan Xi captured Zhou Chongyue's third son, Zhou Fengqiu.
On the seventh day, Xuanyuan Xi severely injured Zhou Chongyue's second son, Zhou Fengxia.
That night, Zhou Chongyue's eldest son, Zhou Fengchun, surrendered outside the city.
In just seven days, with only 2,000 troops, they completely defeated Zhou Chongyue's 20,000 rebel troops, ending a year-long civil war in the southwest.
Xuanyuan Xi became famous in one battle!
Upon receiving the news of victory from the southwest, Shangguan Yan was overjoyed. Without waiting for Xuanyuan Xi to return to the capital, he issued an imperial edict to the entire world, bestowing upon Xuanyuan Xi the title of the first Marquis of Champion in the history of the Yan Kingdom.
The thirteen-year-old Marquis Wu was unparalleled in the six kingdoms!
In the next chapter, I'll go back to see Jiaojiao!
Guess if Jiaojiao and Aheng had a second child?
(End of this chapter)
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