The Xia Hua Army Showed Its Might

Xia Hua currently occupies a province with a total population of 17 million, but its army numbers only 100,000, which is divided into five armies, from the first to the fifth.

At this moment, the 100,000-strong army followed behind Huijun, six people in a row, stretching for several kilometers.

Sitting on her tall horse, Huijun was full of pride and satisfaction, while holding a selfie stick high in her hand and chatting with the viewers in the live broadcast room.

After all, the purpose of fighting is to secure a high position in the Ming Dynasty in the future, which will facilitate cultivation.

Having many fans is also beneficial for spiritual practice.

Both of these must be taken into account.

Moreover, leading an army of 100,000 in battle is not something everyone has the opportunity to witness. Now is the perfect time to start a live stream and gain more followers!

"Brothers, look behind me! A hundred thousand troops! Aren't they mighty and magnificent!"

"We're going to attack Shu Han now, brothers. One asteroid, I'll fire an extra rock, okay?"

Seeing her fan base, which originally numbered less than 40,000, rapidly increase, Huijun was overjoyed. Looking at the screen full of comments praising her, her face lit up with a smile.

Until I inadvertently saw a comment on the screen.

"With your troops stretched out so far, aren't you afraid of encountering danger, being ambushed, and ending up unable to support each other?"

"Danger my ass!" Huijun said irritably, "What do you know? The army I lead is a righteous force. Look at what's on both sides of this road! These are all wheat fields! If I don't lead the troops like this, won't the soldiers trample the wheat?"

"You're at war, what right do you have to worry about wheat?" The viewers in the live chat were dumbfounded. Was this the kind of skill a general capable of leading 100,000 armored soldiers should have?

"Wait until they ambush you, then let's see what you do!"

"Hmph, you're overestimating them!" Huijun said smugly. "Let me tell you about Shu Han. Shu Han leader is Liu Bei, and he's a straw sandal weaver!"

"He had five capable generals, known as the Five Tiger Generals. The leader of them was Guan Yu. Do you know what he used to do? He was a date seller!"

"There's also a guy named Zhang Fei, who came from a pig-butchering background!"

"The third-ranked one is Zhao Yun, and he actually comes from a rural sect!"

"The fourth one, he does have some connection to the military, but he used to be a county lieutenant, not a general. Besides, this Huang Zhong is already very old, a full sixty-five years old. I'm afraid he can't even lift a sword!"

"Their head of civil officials, who's called Zhuge Liang, is even more outrageous. Before the Shu Han, he was actually farming!"

"Tell me, how could they possibly know to launch a sneak attack against an opponent like that!"

"How could I possibly lose? It's absolutely impossible!"

Huijun continued to lead her soldiers forward while boasting.

Beyond the borders of Xia Hua, there are great rivers and deep mountains; this is also the border area between Xia Hua and Shu Han.

"Sir, it's getting dark. Shouldn't we find a place to set up camp?" a lieutenant asked.

"Why set up camp or establish a stronghold!" Huijun waved her hand, "Once we cross this mountain, we'll reach Linyang, the great city of Shu Han. It's not too late for us to set up camp outside Linyang!"

"But!" the lieutenant hesitated, "The mountain roads are difficult to travel at night, and the paths are narrow. If Shu Han sends men to ambush us, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

"Why do you keep contradicting me?" Huijun asked irritably. "I'm doing this so that everyone can win the battle as soon as possible and get their merits back for promotions. According to you, we should rest when it gets dark and set up camp when we encounter mountains. When will the battle ever end?"

"Grand Marshal, this is war!" the lieutenant couldn't help but say, "War is never quick! If we can win, it's common for it to last for months!"

"That's because you don't understand us cultivators!" Huijun waved her hand. "Alright, alright, you don't need to say anymore. Once we reach Linyang, you'll see how you perform and know how short-sighted you are!"

A cultivator at the eighth Body Refinement Realm can see for ten thousand meters, draw a hundred-meter longbow, walk on air and fly onto the city wall, and wield a large sword to fight against a thousand men!

Even a single person like that would be invincible on the battlefield, like a whale infiltrating a low-level game, capable of striking at the opponent from both a combat power and psychological level!

The lieutenant sighed, but there was nothing he could do but obey.

Xia Huajun entered the mountains just like that. Huijun not only did not send out scouts to investigate, but he even made every soldier carry a torch, as if afraid that the enemy would not be able to see him.

Moreover, he himself did not feel tired, so he naturally thought the soldiers could continue walking. The soldiers were tired and hungry, but they could not stop.

It would be fine if Huijun were walking, but he was riding a horse!

Is Huijun smart? Of course she is!

However, precisely because he is intelligent, he lacks the patience to learn skills that require time and experience to hone, such as commanding troops.

He only skimmed through a few military books and studied a few battle examples online, and felt that he had learned almost everything.

He might be more cautious if his opponent were someone as renowned as Zhang Jiao.

But who is Zhuge Liang? I've never heard of him!

At four o'clock in the morning, the advance team finally emerged from the mountains.

"I knew it! How could they possibly know about the sneak attack?" Huijun said smugly while livestreaming, "Look, I've successfully escaped! I feel like I don't even need to set up camp anymore. Let's just attack the city directly. I'm going to have lunch in Linyang!"

"Could he really be a genius?" one viewer asked in the live chat.

"Hehe!" This was a comment from Sima Yi watching the live stream.

Lao Tzu was invincible in the north, and everyone thought he was the god of war.

As a result, when I encountered Zhuge Liang, he sent three thousand soldiers in full armor, and I was so badly defeated that I didn't even dare to leave my camp. I had to endure it even when he insulted me by dressing me in women's clothing.

You dare to underestimate Zhuge Liang? You think you're worthy?

According to my calculations, you shouldn't live more than an hour!

"Drink!" With a cannon blast, Huijun suddenly heard a rustling sound!

"This is... someone firing arrows?" Huijun immediately looked up, only to see the sky covered by dark clouds, with countless arrows falling from the sky almost like raindrops!

Even with his eighth-level Body Refinement Realm cultivation, he couldn't see any gaps for a moment!

"How is that possible!" Huijun was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage and said, "A mere farmer dares to ambush me?"

"Boom!"

After the rain of arrows, the sound of horses' hooves filled the air!

"Cavalry?" Huijun deflected the rain of arrows. He appeared to be a civil official, but in reality, he also possessed the Eighth Level of Body Refinement, so the arrows naturally couldn't harm him.

Upon hearing the sound of hooves, Huijun was not angry but pleased. Cavalry was a precious commodity, and therefore, in any era, it was always commanded by the emperor's most trusted people.

For example, if the Tiger Leopard Cavalry were in the hands of Cao Ren, then the Shu Han cavalry would naturally be in the hands of Guan Yu!

Guan Yu is not only the leader of the Five Tiger Generals, but also Liu Bei's younger brother. No matter how many of my men were killed by your arrow rain just now, as long as I can defeat Guan Yu, those few deaths are nothing!

Huijun circulated her Qi and Blood to her eyes, and sat on her tall horse looking at the person who had come.

But they saw a cavalry unit, led by a general with a red face and a long beard, charging left and right as if they were in an empty field.

"Is the newcomer Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang?" Huijun shouted, "Do you dare to fight me for three hundred rounds?"

"What wouldn't I dare!" The Great Han rode Red Hare Horse and charged towards him, then brought his Green Dragon Crescent Blade down heavily!

"Hmph, a mortal warrior, dares to boast of bravery?" Huijun drew her sword disdainfully. "Behold my Heavenly Lotus Sword Technique!"

"Crack!" The longsword cleaved her neck in two. Huijun's eyes widened in disbelief. "How could this be... Qi Refining Stage?"

Furthermore, you, a Qi Refining Stage cultivator, shamelessly use a knife to attack people without using Divine Ability or Law Technique. Do you think you're a Body Refinement Realm cultivator?

Guan Yu stroked his long beard, spurred his horse, drew his sword, and continued his charge.

The Huijia Family members who came with Huijun were furious, but for the sake of military merit, they all stood at the front. Now, with people packed together behind them and arrows flying everywhere in the sky, they couldn't run away or fly away.

A frontal assault?

That burly, red-faced Great Han with the knife is right ahead!

"Huijun, you bastard!" someone roared, then charged at Guan Yu.

Some people quickly took out their phones to inform their Lineage.

But no one ever told them that there were Qi Refining cultivators in the Great Ming Kingdom!

Guan Yu didn't waste any time, killing them one by one with his sword. When he encountered people sending messages, he didn't rush to interrupt them, but waited until they sent the messages before attacking them.

In less than half a day, all 22 members of the Huijia Family who rushed out of the valley died under Guan Yu's blade.

The 20,000 soldiers who rushed out of the valley were originally in a disorganized formation and had no fighting spirit. However, after all of them were killed, they suddenly became determined to fight. They not only fought to the death but also displayed great ferocity.

Kill if you can, even if your own leg is broken, you'll still cling to someone else's leg, even if your hands and feet are broken, as long as you have a mouth!

They worked in groups of three, three groups in a squad, and ten men working together to take down two or three cavalrymen!

After a bloody battle, 20,000 infantrymen not only defeated Guan Yu's 5,000 elite cavalry, but also managed to hold the mountain pass!

Zhao Yun led 20,000 infantry and archers to charge alongside the cavalry, but these 20,000 men fought to the death and refused to retreat, buying precious time for the soldiers behind them.

The 80,000 troops then used local materials to set up camp and build fortifications along the mountain, constructing simple city walls with cement.

When it was fully light, a fortress had actually been erected on this nameless hill!

"Is this Xia Huajun?" Outside the fortress, Guan Yu, his feet treading on countless corpses, his body covered in blood, his green robe stained black, looked at the black Guan Yu before him with a complex expression.

Zhao Yun stood beside him, equally silent.

In this battle, the enemy had a marshal who was as incompetent as a pig, committed many military taboos, had a very scattered formation, and marched for a whole day and night.

Although they numbered 100,000, only 20,000 actually joined the battle immediately!

On the Shu Han side, Guan Yu led 8,000 elite cavalry, and Zhao Yun led 20,000 infantry.

They had 28,000 men fighting against 20,000, and even launched a surprise attack with arrows first, yet they still couldn't win?

Guan Yu squinted, his expression equally filled with shock.

The soldiers they brought were all soldiers who had followed them in the past. For example, the soldiers selected by Guan Yu were trained in Xiakou and had fought countless battles with him.

Guan Yu didn't know what those armies that were famous throughout history looked like, but he believed in his own troops, which he considered to be the best and strongest troops in the world!

The opposing army, supposedly recruited from the countryside, was actually modern soldiers brought from the modern Earth in the Spirit Realm. Their organization in Taiheng was the same as their organization on Earth.

Guan Yu acknowledged the strength of the army from the wartime period, but hadn't this country been at peace for decades? Had they not fought a war for decades? Did they still possess such fighting power?

Moreover, those soldiers were from the era of firearms, while the Great Ming Kingdom was a nation of cold weapons. In other words, they weren't even using their usual weapons, and their fighting style wasn't what they were used to!

With such an advantage, how could they still manage to fight like this?

What would it be like if you gave your opponent familiar weapons and let them use familiar tactics?

Looking at the fortress, whose shape was still changing and whose height was still increasing, Guan Yu was somewhat bewildered for a moment.

He knew, of course, that Shu Han could never become the true Shu Han; these people were merely scouts for the king.

However, since there were gods and immortals watching from above, Shu Han could not surrender directly. In fact, they had to fight bravely and show their true abilities.

We now have the Five Tiger Generals, who are still young and have even cultivated immortality, as well as Zhuge Liang Jiang Wei, and heroes from all walks of life who admired Shu Han and came to join us.

Because of the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," so many people wanted the Prime Minister to win that the current Shu Han has far surpassed the historical Shu Han, becoming a super-strong force in the entire history of China.

The reason it's not very famous is mainly because Zhuge Liang's strategies were so brilliant that his opponents all seemed like idiots, to the point that outsiders felt like they were just playing a game of stomping on weak opponents.

It's naturally not as exciting as a battle where the two sides are evenly matched and go back and forth.

How could the Shu Han, which had surpassed all limits and transcended all boundaries, possibly be conquered head-on? It could only have been defeated by some kind of conspiracy or trickery!

Guan Yu was already planning his expression after falling into the trap, just waiting to put on a good show and indulge in his dream of being an Oscar-winning actor.

It wasn't until today's battle that he finally discovered it.

It turns out that there are still armies in this world with such a strong fighting spirit, whose combat power has been reduced by 99%, yet the remaining soldiers are still fighting!

Xia Huajun?

Oh no, their name on Earth is something like the People's Army?

Guan Yu put down the Spring and Autumn Annals in his hand, took out his mobile phone, and began searching for information about the People's Army.