Chapter 960 The Curtain Rises

This stumble could very well become Chen Xianba's lifelong shame;

At least, that's how Chen Xianba himself felt at the moment.

As the Chu soldiers swarmed toward him, Chen Xianba slammed his palm against the ground, propelling himself into the air. At the same time, the saber he'd held onto even as he fell unleashed a wave of saber qi, forcing back the Chu soldiers in front of him.

Immediately afterward, Chen Xianba roared:

"Infantry, form ranks!"

"Understood!"

All of the Yan soldiers who had been held back quickly dismounted and moved to reinforce their general.

The Chu army had come on strong, and the initial fall from their horses, coupled with the other traps, had resulted in significant losses for the Yan cavalry. But after a period of intense fighting, the Yan army managed to regain their footing.

The outer ring of Yan soldiers blocked the Chu army's attempts to flank them, while the inner circle immediately drew their bows and began firing arrows.

There was no time to think about forming a shield wall. In fact, proper cavalry wouldn't usually use such a tactic; after all, the Prince's Jinyi personal guards were an exception.

But even without a formation, their individual skills were beyond question.

Chen Xianba, after all, was being groomed by the Prince to become a future "God of War." At a young age, he'd killed Duguzhu and made great achievements. His talent for military affairs was simply overflowing.

Therefore, Chen Xianba's troops, though small in number, were considered elite among the Jidong army. Otherwise, Chen Xianba wouldn't have been so eager to seize the opportunity for the opening battle.

In contrast, the Chu army, despite being prepared and having the initial momentum, had failed to completely crush the hampered Yan army and had even become bogged down in a stalemate.

Cui Dushi himself had been struck by an arrow. After snapping off the shaft, he was somewhat horrified by the elite nature of these Yan soldiers. The fact that an arrow could penetrate his armor and protective qi was enough to prove it had been fired from a true war bow.

If, at this moment, the Chu army could bring out their old tricks, using formations to compress the Yan army's space and advance in a more coordinated and orderly manner, Chen Xianba's surrounded Yan troops would surely be suffocated.

Unfortunately, the men Cui Dushi had selected, while elite, were still elite among conscripted soldiers. Furthermore, the Phoenix Nest inner guards under his command were all skilled in individual combat, but they had no training in formation fighting.

Skirmishes between martial artists and battlefield warfare were two completely different things.

Now, Cui Dushi was hoping that nearby Chu troops would turn around and use sheer numbers to bury this Yan force!

"Brothers, I'm not dead yet!"

Chen Xianba roared again, picking up a double-headed eagle banner that had been dropped by a Yan standard-bearer when he fell off his horse during the initial charge.

Without a word, he broke the flagpole in two and inserted the pieces into the gap in his armor at the back of his neck, effectively carrying the banner on his back.

"Follow me! Let's tear down their command flag!"

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

Chen Xianba took the lead, a one-man killing machine. He was the most conspicuous figure on the battlefield.

In fact, according to the theory of the Prince, who was beloved by the people of Jidong, being the most eye-catching guy on the battlefield was a foolish thing. For a long time, Zheng Fan had been very resistant to shiny armor.

Although he understood the importance of leading by example, he still resisted it.

Later, when his army became strong and powerful, Zheng Fan could sit in the military tent and boost the morale of the entire army, and his chances of charging into battle himself became even fewer.

In the words of the Blind Man, this was the Lord's level of attainment, having long since risen from the petty courage of a ruffian to global strategy. Well, Zheng Fan also agreed with this view.

But in reality,

on the battlefield,

the most admirable and fantasized scene for countless men,

was still a great general,

standing at the front with his saber, leading a mighty army to charge and kill!

A true man should be like that!

Chen Xianba was a typical example of this kind of person. When he was still a fisherman's son, he dared to attack Li Liang Shen several times even when he knew he was no match.

In his bones, he was a true brave general, like Tian Wujing back then, one man, one Pi Xiu (mythical wild animal), and one golden armor, charging into battle before thousands of troops!

You want me to see your Grand Chu's splendor?

Then I'll show you,

what true Yan barbarity is!

It was true that Chen Xianba was leading the charge, but his men were also unafraid to die. While maintaining their formation as much as possible, the Yan soldiers lunged at the Chu army's defense line like a pack of wolves and tigers.

That's right, a defense line!

Even the Chu people themselves were surprised. How did it suddenly become them defending?

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

Chen Xianba had already been hit by three arrows, but two of them were lodged in the gaps in his armor, and one had pierced through the armor and into his flesh. But he didn't care at all and continued to swing his saber and charge.

Xu Wei Chang was still beating the drum, and although he was a man, his figure at the moment revealed a sense of lightness.

However, the singing and dancing girls on the high platform were not as calm as he was. Although they were still dancing, they were stumbling and stuttering; although they were still playing, their music was fragmented and broken.

Cui Dushi's arm had been slashed, and he had no choice but to switch to holding his saber in his other hand. At this moment, he couldn't help but look back and see that his Lord Taishou (Prefect) was still leisurely and content. For some reason, he himself felt calmer.

If only he had three thousand imperial guards beside him at this time.

Unfortunately, he didn't.

At this time, the outer Chu army began to support them, and finally, the terrifying state of the Yan people's trapped beast fight was suppressed.

Cui Dushi breathed a sigh of relief.

But as soon as he let out that breath, he immediately sucked it back in, because a loud cry of killing suddenly came from the direction of the mountain.

It was the Yan army that had been besieged for several days, starting to cooperate with the Yan army in front of them, and taking the initiative to kill down the mountain.

In fact, according to Tian Tian's original plan, the best effect would have been to wait for Chen Xianba to cut down the opposing general, seize the opposing command flag, and then take advantage of the momentum to collapse the entire opposing army.

But instead, what he saw was that Chen Xianba's cavalry had been blocked after charging into the formation.

In short, it seemed like Brother Ba had messed up.

Tian Tian did not dare to delay any longer and immediately ordered all the soldiers on the mountain to charge down the mountain in the direction of the Chu army's command flag.

Xu Taishou and Cui Dushi had long planned for this day;

They also knew that the Yan people's plan should be a coordinated attack from the inside and outside, which was also the Yan people's most commonly used tactic;

Therefore, facing the Yan army's counterattack from the mountain, they had actually made preparations, arranging for the Chu army at the foot of the mountain to do their best to encircle and intercept them.

But the problem was that first, the central army's command flag was attacked, and the Chu army was generally already in a state of panic;

Secondly, all the elite of the Chu army had been dispatched to the location of the command flag to defend it, making the Chu army's conscripted soldiers, which were already stretched, even weaker in combat effectiveness. The previous few days of attacking the mountain had been fought in such a ghostly manner, not for the sake of luring the enemy out, but for real performance.

Most importantly, the Yan army on the mountain had not been defending with all their strength, basically rotating on duty to conserve their strength.

Therefore, when the Yan army on the mountain suddenly charged down in one direction, the Chu army's defense line directly collapsed.

Many times, who wins and who loses is not about who is more excellent, but about who is more rotten.

The battlefield situation changed again. The Chu army began to rout on a large scale. Although they themselves knew that they had more people, several times more, they naturally followed suit when they saw people around them running away.

Furthermore, in order to increase the momentum, Xu Wei Chang had also conscripted many civilians. These civilians had never been on the battlefield. In the first few days of attacking the mountain, everyone could shout and shout to boost their morale. When it came to a full-scale contact, all they could do was take the lead in running and collapsing the overall situation.

"Kill!!!"

Chen Xianba continued to encourage his men to start digging again.

The large-scale rout quickly affected the local battlefield. Even though the Chu army had the advantage, most of them were no longer interested in fighting. Many people began to flee in all directions. It wasn't that there were no true loyal and righteous men, but in the face of this ebb and flow, they could only be suppressed back under the command flag by the Yan army.

Xu Taishou was tired.

He stopped beating the drum,

Instead, he smiled and said to the surrounding singing and dancing girls:

"Thank you for seeing me off. I have failed you. Don't worry, I will beg for a safe place for you.

I, Xu Wei Chang, pride myself on being romantic. In my life, I can't stand to see the destruction of beauty."

"Puff!"

Chen Xianba stabbed Cui Dushi in the chest with his saber. Cui Dushi's strength had long been exhausted, and in the end, he could only use the saber in his hand to tap Chen Xianba's armor a few times.

"Bang!"

Chen Xianba kicked Cui Dushi's body away, and the armored soldiers behind him, even though they were already panting for breath, still rushed forward fiercely and beheaded the stubborn Chu army.

Under the command flag, the area around the high platform was covered with corpses.

On the other side not far away, Tian Tian had also led people to kill over.

Seeing Tian Tian's silver armor, Chen Xianba subconsciously felt his face burning a little;

This was a big loss of face.

If Tian Tian hadn't led his troops in time to rush down and collapse the Chu army's momentum, he, Chen Xianba, might have really fallen here today.

Xu Wei Chang sat cross-legged on the high platform, with a smile on his face.

His appearance reminded Chen Xianba of the county magistrate of Xiaowei County, Wang Qingmei;

However, there were some differences.

When he saw Wang Qingmei, Chen Xianba only felt disgusted.

But when he saw Xu Wei Chang, he couldn't feel disgusted, even though this person almost ruined his lifelong reputation.

Yes, Chen Xianba had always firmly believed that he would become a great person like the Prince, but the Prince was still invincible to this day, and he almost capsized just as he debuted.

Wiping the blood off his face,

Chen Xianba didn't even look at the women on the platform,

He walked directly to Xu Wei Chang.

Xu Wei Chang bowed down;

"Do you want to surrender?"

"Nay."

Xu Wei Chang straightened his back, pointed to the women around him, and took out a jade pendant, a paper fan, and two pieces of gold from his arms.

"I beg the general to show mercy and not make things difficult for these women."

"Is there anything else?"

"No, oh, there's one more thing. Can the general let me choose a way to die, and use a bowstring to strangle me, so that I can keep a whole corpse."

As he said that, Xu Wei Chang touched his sleeve, but didn't find anything else, and turned to smile bitterly:

"General, this suit is inlaid with gold thread, please don't dislike it."

Chen Xianba raised his saber, the blade resting against Xu Wei Chang's jaw, and said:

"I can give you a chance to live."

"Really, there's no need. General, I'm a man who seeks fame and fortune. In this life, I just love the taste of fishing for fame and reputation. Please fulfill me. Even in the afterlife, I will be grateful for the general's kindness."

As he said that, as if he had thought of something, Xu Wei Chang stood up, walked to a zither, and took out a booklet from below, taking the initiative to send it to Chen Xianba:

"General, please take a look."

"What is this?"

"General, this is the dialogue you designed when you showed courtesy to a virtuous person and recruited me, and I refused. Take a look, the words you said that I designed for you are very organized and very hard-hitting, directly highlighting your image. The historians don't need to change it, they can directly put it in the history books."

"But this Jingnan Prince's son..."

"Eh? This is a typo, a typo. Aren't you?"

"I am."

Tian Tian also walked onto the high platform at this time.

Most of the Chu army had already collapsed, and the Yan army had not chosen to pursue the escape, because there were not enough cavalry, and there was no point in pursuing the escape.

"Then..." Xu Wei Chang scratched his head, "It's a pity, I only wrote one copy."

"Give you pen and ink, you rewrite it, write about the two of us." Chen Xianba said, "My name is Chen Xianba, he is the son of the world."

"But the sun is about to set?" Xu Wei Chang said anxiously, "Dying at night loses the elegance of the sun. Look, the sunset is coming, this is the most suitable time to die, beautiful, very beautiful."

"Heh." Tian Tian couldn't help but smile, "Brother, this guy's tone of voice is a bit like Father's."

"Write!" Xu Wei Chang shouted immediately, "This sentence must be added, I will write it!"

He could add a sentence to himself:

The son of Jingnan King said: This man has the backbone of the Regent!

Great, great!

Compared to this, the sunset is not important.

"Alright, I won't delay you on your way." Chen Xianba stopped him, "I will add it for you."

Xu Wei Chang nodded and reminded: "Then you must not miss it?"

"No, but you have to write another copy for me, you have to call open the gate of the city."

"Don't worry about that, not to mention that I have lost here, the city is already empty, how dare you continue to resist, in fact, I have already arranged it, you can send someone to call the gate, the people inside will open the gate.

I also hope that the general and the son of the world can understand the suffering of the people, and the battles that should be fought have been fought, and if you can't win, you can't win, and if you lose, you lose, anyway, everyone was a family eight hundred years ago."

"Since you have this realization, what were you doing before?" Chen Xianba asked.

Xu Wei Chang shook his head and said, "I was just one step away from killing you, General. Isn't it worth it?"

"That's right."

Xu Wei Chang turned sideways and said, "General, please do it."

Chen Xianba reached out and took a hard bow from a soldier, then wrapped it around his neck and began to exert force.

Xu Wei Chang instinctively grabbed the bowstring tightly with both hands, his body began to struggle, as if trying to break free, and at the same time, he was crying and snotty;

In the end,

The death was extremely miserable.

Tian Tian sighed beside him and said; "This guy really doesn't know that being strangled to death is actually the ugliest, it's better to keep smiling and cut off his head with a quick knife and sew it back on."

"Give him a proper burial." Chen Xianba let go and ordered the people around him, "Bury him on this mountain and erect a monument."

"Understood."

Chen Xianba turned to look at Tian Tian and lowered his voice: "Today's matter cannot be said, especially not to let the Prince know."

"Brother, do you think this is possible?"

"At least don't let the Prince know the details!"

"Impossible, do you think my father's Jinyi personal guards are really all wearing brocade?"

It was no secret that the Jinyi personal guards had dark posts in all armies.

"Alas."

Chen Xianba sighed,

"I'll write a memorial to the Prince to admit my mistake later."

"I'll do it too. The plan was that the two of us planned together."

Chen Xianba remained noncommittal, stretched, and said to a soldier beside him:

"Go and see if Zhou Feng is dead."

"Dead." Tian Tian replied, "I killed the chicken to scare the monkey."

"Oh." Chen Xianba didn't take it seriously.

"Does this need to be written in the memorial?" Tian Tian asked.

Chen Xianba hesitated for a moment,

said;

"Hey, this can be written."

"Brother, in fact, Father hates outsiders spreading this rumor the most."

"I know." Chen Xianba nodded, "So I think I should share a little burden for the Prince, the Prince is too tired."

……

"These two stinky brats."

Zheng Fan threw the memorial on the table in front of him.

"Lord, is Tian Tian's progress going smoothly?" Si Niang asked.

"It's not a big problem. The Chu imperial guards have all gathered in front of us. There are some small troubles in those two stinky brats' places, but not to the point of any big troubles. Besides, Gou Mo Li is also helping to keep an eye on them."

"The Lord is really worried this time." Si Niang smiled.

"Hehe." Zheng Fan shook his head, "I'm not here to help these two stinky brats accumulate experience. They are also a link in my next plan."

Zheng Fan stretched,

Said:

"Let's see."

…………

In fact, I have been correcting and thinking about the next big plot, thinking about how to write it in a full way, and trying to avoid the boring feeling of directly leveling it, so this plot is a bit slow.

But now it's almost finalized.

Therefore,

From tomorrow, try to update twice a day, hold on to everyone!