In the Blade

Five days later, outside Yanzhou City.

Riding on a horse, Xiang Rong looked at the not-so-grand city in front of him, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

He was a little curious about how this disciple left by Ruan Shantao was going to deal with him. You know, he had just led his army across the river bank where it was easiest to set up defenses, and also passed through the forest where it was easiest to set up ambushes... From beginning to end, he didn't see any arrangements, as if the resistance of Yanzhou City didn't exist at all.

This didn't seem like the style taught by Ruan Shantao. If it was his old friend, he would definitely rely on the environment to set up several lines of defense to kill as many grassland soldiers as possible under his command, and drag them to death in the countryside of Yanzhou as much as possible, and he and the fierce generals he brought with him would also be focused on by Ruan Shantao himself, and suppressed.

Under the layers of weakening, even if the vanguard army could reach the city, they would be drained of their last drop of blood by Ruan Shantao under the city wall.

If the Overlord Halberd of the Great Chu was not used, the battle would probably be fought like this. Even though Ruan Shantao, who was in charge of Yanzhou, had only a bad hand in his hand, Xiang Rong never doubted the ability of his old friend. If he didn't use some tricks, he would really lose.

But now, there is nothing.

Nothing, nothing along the way, defense line, ambush, hidden pieces, traps... nothing. Along the way, let alone the soldiers of the Southern Chen, he didn't even see the scouts and cavalry. Even at this moment, he had led his army to the city of Yanzhou, but still didn't see any traces of guards on the city wall.

The huge Yanzhou city seemed to have become an empty city at this moment.

This didn't seem like Ruan Shantao's style, but Xiang Rong had guessed his thoughts.

"Want to scare me?"

Xiang Rong sneered.

Indeed, the most frightening thing is the unknown, because no one knows what kind of danger is hidden here - if another general came, he would probably retreat and set up camp at this moment. After all, not everyone is willing to take risks and face the fear of the unknown.

But Xiang Rong is not afraid of these.

As the last survivor of the Chu royal family, Xiang Rong is a daring person. When he was still young, he dared to hide his name and go to Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Chen court, alone, and even sneaked into the Imperial College as a student. After that, he traveled around the world, and later arrived at the border of Jibei much earlier than Ruan Shantao came to Yanzhou. After confirming that the Southern Chen court was in decline, he went to the Mobei royal court alone, and as a southerner, he got the position of the Mobei national teacher with his skills.

Such a daring person has long put life and death aside. How can a mere empty city scare him?

Moreover, he had a reason to enter the city.

The Overlord Halberd in his spine had not drunk blood for a long time and had become increasingly weak. A blood sacrifice of sufficient scale was necessary to restore some of the power of the magic weapon - you know, this magic weapon was even a little hungry and did not even want to let go of the broken body of Ruan Shantao after he turned into a monster.

That was still not a good idea. On the one hand, as he said, Ruan Shantao's will and Overlord Halberd were not compatible. Forcing it to use was just a temporary solution. Besides, he was an old friend after all. It was a bit disrespectful to kill him and take his body.

Moreover, compared to Ruan Shantao's body, wasn't there a better target for blood sacrifice?

"A city of more than 100,000 people... is a little small, but it should also satisfy the Overlord Halberd a little bit, right?"

Thinking of this, Xiang Rong drew the soft sword at his waist.

"Listen to my command! Enter the city!"

"Enter the city!"

"Enter the city!"

Amid the shouts of the messengers and the deafening drums of the wizards, two invisible sword lights smashed the city gates.

And Xiang Rong, with his 20,000 vanguard troops, gradually entered the city.

Several fierce generals holding fierce weapons were assigned by Xiang Rong to lead the troops to advance steadily. As the strongest force of the vanguard, Xiang Rong himself led a force alone and advanced on the main road of Yanzhou City - but even after entering the city, the vanguard still did not see any resistance.

They did not even see any living people.

"...Huh?"

Xiang Rong's brows suddenly frowned. He always felt that something was wrong.

Even if Yanzhou City wanted to use the empty city tactics to intimidate him, it couldn't hide all the more than 100,000 residents of Yanzhou City, right?

The scene was so big... Why didn't he receive any news before?

"Still can't see anyone?"

Xiang Rong asked his scouts.

And the scouts were also confused. As the vanguard, they had been around the city for a while, let alone the ambush of the southerners. They didn't even see half a living person.

In the houses on the roadside, there were still a lot of food, clothing, and even money left. It was obvious that the people who originally lived in Yanzhou City left in a hurry, even rudely.

"It looks like they were driven away."

The scouts finally answered like this.

"It looks like these southerners really abandoned the city and fled."

"Incredible! The national master is so powerful!"

"You are worthy of being the national master!"

"With the national master, those weak southerners don't even want the city!"

Hearing the report from the scouts, many grassland generals couldn't help but laugh and praised Xiang Rong's achievements. This was indeed worth praising. You know, it was the first time they had fought such a comfortable battle. The enemy was scared away without a single soldier. They had never seen such a scene before.

Just for this reason, Xiang Rong's status in their hearts has been infinitely elevated, and he can even be compared with the god-like Khan living in the depths of Mobei.

But only Xiang Rong couldn't laugh.

"No."

Xiang Rong frowned tightly.

"No, no... No! The situation has changed! Let the other troops withdraw quickly! We must not split up now!"

"What..."

All the grassland generals have not reacted yet. They don't know why the state teacher suddenly changed his temperament.

They were clearly on the verge of victory, and the entire Yanzhou City had already fallen under their control. How could they suddenly...

"Kill!!!"

At this moment, a harsh shout of killing came from the streets in the distance. It was the voice of the grassland soldiers.

Then, a blazing fire broke through the sky.

"It's you!"

The familiar fire appeared in front of him again, and Xiang Rong's eyes were wide open, and his murderous aura was like an angry lion!

"How dare you!"

"You really dare to come in..."

In the streets in the distance, Du Chengfeng, who was riding on a horse, looked up at the distance and continued to swing the heavy sword in his hand.

The blazing fire blade swept across, bringing up a large number of broken limbs and arms, and fell into the broken walls and ruins.

With just one sword, eleven grassland soldiers died on the spot.

But Du Chengfeng on horseback sighed.

"Not enough..."

Looking at the big sword in his hand, Du Chengfeng gently patted the blade to comfort him.

"Don't worry, there are plenty."

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