Xu Fengnian asked Xu Yanbing beside him: "Uncle Xu, what do you mean by being invincible in the world?"
Faced with Xu Fengnian's question, Xu Yanbing said slowly word by word without thinking: "My lord, you are invincible in the world!"
Seeing the two people from Beiliang being calm and calm, Lu Dantian, who was left aside, felt a strange feeling in his heart.
Even though he has hatred for the Xu family's cavalry, his heroic spirit that regards the world as nothing makes people fascinated.
Xu Fengnian ignored the mixed feelings of the master of swordsmanship in Western Chu and flicked his fingers on the rosewood sword box.
Just hearing a sword cry, the sword box opened by itself, and the Daliang dragon bird turned into a purple light and flew into the sky.
A magnificent sword that could almost connect heaven and earth descended from the sky.
The sword fell, aiming directly at Lu Xiangsheng's army camp.
The giant sword slashed through the clouds and pierced the sky, making bursts of roaring noises.
The originally dense camp was blasted with a huge gap, and countless soldiers were crushed to pulp under the pressure of the sword.
A huge sword mark penetrated the entire camp, and Lu Xiangsheng's tribe was thrown into chaos.
With only one sword shot, Daliang Longque returned to the sword box and closed the lid of the red sandalwood box.
Xu Fengnian calmly ordered Xu Yanbing, "Tell Li Yanchao to attack."
"Yes!" Xu Yanbing went down to deliver the order.
Xu Fengnian's sword shocked the world and Lu Dantian was shocked.
The old man then gave a wry smile and looked down at the long sword that had been hanging for forty years, "Old man, I'm sorry."
The dejected Lu Dantian also left the station after Xu Fengnian.
As the old man walked away, a thought came to his mind that it was time to really leave the world.
Many years later, an unknown soldier who had decided to leave the Guangling Road battlefield in his early years got an abandoned sword by chance in the deep mountains. Then when he was killing everyone in the rivers and lakes, the sword in his hand was engraved with a seal on the blade.
The famous sword that kills Xu.
Many years later, the master of swordsmanship in the south went to the north to challenge Yu Dilong, who was already the best in the world. As a result, the sword in his hand was broken. It was precisely because of this that he never became friends with this swordsman.
Gou, a traveling Confucian scholar
Youfang was born out of nowhere and appeared in the arena for the first time. He had his first peak battle with his old enemy Yu Dilong. After that, Yu Dilong made a ten-year agreement with Gou Youfang, who regretfully lost.
, for the next sixty years, each of them led the way for thirty years.
But in the current world, Yu Dilong is still just a scout captain of the Youzhou Cavalry, and Gou Youfang is still a young man selling steamed dumplings in Emperor Wu City.
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In the fourth year of Xiangfu, in late autumn, everything is in a state of silence.
After Northern Liang King Xu Fengnian broke the camp with one sword, the Northern Liang cavalry immediately launched a charge, and Lu Xiangsheng's troops were immediately defeated.
Lu Xiangsheng himself is not a mediocre person, and the more than 300,000 troops under his command are not weak soldiers. Most of them are veterans who participated in pushing the famous Western Chu generals Xie Xichu and Kou Jianghuai to the riverside to wait for me, veterans of hundreds of battles.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be defeated so easily.
However, most of Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers came from Jing'an and Jiangnan Province.
After more than four years of war from the first year of Xiangfu to the fourth year of Xiangfu, recently there was the Jing'an Dao Uprising. After that, Zhao Xun massacred the revolting civilians, and he was tired of war.
If it weren't for Lu Xiangsheng's high prestige in the army and his love for soldiers as his own son, he might have stopped fighting.
On the first day of his confrontation with Lu Xiangsheng, Xu Fengnian was keenly aware of the war-weariness hidden in his opponent's army.
After more than ten days of confrontation, coupled with many tests, Xu Fengnian acted deliberately, and this emotion had reached the point where it would explode with just one lead.
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Taking advantage of Lu Dantian's gift of the sword, Xu Fengnian used his sword, which seemed powerful, but in fact, he killed less than a thousand soldiers in Lu Xiangsheng's army.
But this sword was enough to break the spirit of Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers.
Lu Xiangsheng defeated Wucai County and realized that the imperial court's plan to destroy Chu had failed and Jiangnan Road could no longer be defended.
He led his own troops and retreated to Jing'an Road.
After arranging the remaining defeated troops, Lu Xiangsheng wrote a memorial and sent it to Tai'an City to ask for reinforcements. On the other hand, he suggested that the court send the 300,000 most elite troops from Liyang led by Chen Zhibao, Gu Jiantang, and Zhao Sui back to Lianghuai to guard against Beiliang and Northern Liang.
Confluence of Western and Chu.
As for why he gave up the advantage he had finally gained and went on the defensive, Lu Xiangsheng also explained clearly in his memorial.
Xu Fengnian's personal strength has reached a point where it can influence the outcome of the war.
Facing the enemy head-on with him, the soldiers would only be demoralized by Xu Fengnian's earth-shattering attack.
We can only wait for the opportunity, accumulate military strength, and advance in two directions, one way to contain Xu Fengnian and the other to attack Chu.
Adopt the strategy of "when the enemy retreats, we advance, and when the enemy advances, we retreat."
The basis of the strategy proposed by Lu Xiangsheng is to rely on Liyang's own profound background to make Xu Fengnian exhausted.
The Liyang court knew that although this approach was effective, the manpower and material resources required would be astronomical.
At the same time that Lu Xiangsheng's memorial was sent to Tai'an City, a memorial jointly signed by Chen Zhubao and Gu Jiantang was delivered.
It is certainly worth mentioning that Lu Xiangsheng was defeated.
They expected that Lu Xiangsheng would be defeated and Li Yang would definitely want to retreat.
So they jointly submitted a memorial saying that Xu Feng had only 50,000 soldiers per year, and that Xi Chu's strength was greatly reduced after the fierce battle at the Western Barrier.
Even if the two join together, they are still not enough to fight against Liyang, who has the advantage in military strength.
The elites of the two Liao Dynasties are still there, Chen Zhibao's soldiers and generals have not lost their fighting strength, and there is side support from the King of Jiaodong. As long as the court mobilizes more troops, the Western Chu can be destroyed in one battle.
Once you quit, it means giving up the great situation that you have worked so hard to achieve.
As for the issue of Xu Fengnian's strength, Chen Zhibao and Gu Jiantang gave their own solutions.
The two of them are already in the realm of Confucian saints and land gods. It may not be enough to deal with Xu Fengnian, a great immortal, but cooperating with the masters in the army to delay them is enough.
Regarding the different opinions given by Lu Xiangsheng, Gu Jiantang, and Chen Zhibao.
There was a heated debate in Liyang Temple, with supporters on both sides.
Finally, in Jin Lanting, Wen Tiren and others said: "People are bound to die, but ten people cannot be treated; ten people are bound to die, but a hundred people cannot be treated; a hundred people are bound to die, but a thousand people cannot be treated; a thousand people are bound to die, but ten thousand people cannot be treated
"Everyone is bound to die, and he is rampant throughout the world, issuing orders and prohibiting them. This is the teacher of the king." Let's talk about this.
Zhao Zhuan made the decision to adopt the suggestions of Gu Jiantang and Chen Zhibao.
Zhao Zhuan personally ordered an additional 200,000 troops to be sent to Gu Jiantang for a decisive battle with Beiliang and Western Chu at the Western Barrier.
These 200,000 soldiers and horses are the new Liyang army created by the imperial court.
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The Guangling River was constantly surging, and hundreds of warships carried the Northern Liang cavalry across the Guangling River.
Xu Fengnian stood on the leading Huanglong battleship and looked at the waves on the river. "This battleship of the Qingzhou Navy is indeed excellent. It is worthy of the navy built by Li Yang."
Chen Chuiyun on the side laughed when he heard this and said: "However, it is all advantageous to me, Beiliang."