Chapter 1 - The Boy of Iron and Blood (2/2)

One man could kill 1,000 people, and one skill could nearly wipe out an entire army. This was the strength of a Yuan Dan level cultivator.

“Charge!”

With a sword in his hand, Mu feng leaped from his war horse, traveling more than 10 meters in a single jump. With a swing of his sword, a three-meter-long beam of red-colored Sword Qi burst out and struck at a soldier who was from the Tian Feng kingdom.

“Ahh~!”

The enemy soldier screamed while being chopped in half.

As soon as Mu Feng’s feet reached the ground, he jumped onto another enemy’s horse and beheaded him with a single strike.

He then jumped from his enemy’s horse back to his own. He was very familiar with this killing tactic as he had already practiced it many times before.

Mu Feng was smart. He only fought about 20 feet away from his father.

“Your Royal Highness, should we release arrows to help General Mu?”

Up on the wall of Jiu Quan city, a lieutenant colonel was asking a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was none other than Nan Hao, the prince of Nan Ling kingdom.

“No, the arrows might accidentally hurt our General.”

Nan Hao sneered coldly. The lieutenant colonel frowned, but did not say anything else.

The number of enemies was three or four times times that of the Mu army. Although the Mu army was fearless and brave, their enemy still had an advantage as the Mu army was outnumbered.

The sun started to set in the West. After fighting for a long time, the Mu army had lost almost half of their soldiers. However, they managed to kill more than 200,000 enemies, soaking the golden sand with blood.

Even so, the Mu army still had not received any backup from Jiu Quan city.

“Your Royal Highness, we can’t continue to fight like this. Although the Mu army is brave, they are outnumbered. Your Royal Highness, please allow me to send backup.”

A lieutenant colonel asked Nan Hao respectfully.

“We can’t do that. Who will defend our city if all our soldiers are sent out?”

Nan Hao declined.

The lieutenant colonel’s face turned pale. He looked down from the wall and felt bitter when he saw the struggling Mu army below.

Behind the enemy’s army, a general was riding on a Dragon Horse that had a dragon horn on its head. He watched the battle and sighed deeply: “Mu Tian is indeed a great general. It’s such a pity that he was born in the Nan Ling kingdom. Pass my order, full attack. A hundred gold coins will be rewarded for each dead enemy!”

“Yes, general!”

Beside him, a soldier passed down the order.

“General, we can’t continue to fight like this anymore. We are outnumbered. We should retreat back to the city first and continue to defend by making use of the geographical advantage there. We could attack once more as soon as we receive backup.”

A muscular man whose armor was dyed with blood said. He was Mu Shou, Mu Tian’s right-hand man.

Mu Tian looked at the remaining half of his army and his son who was a bit tired after the fight. He then nodded and shouted: “Retreat and continue to defend our city!”

The Mu’s army started to retreat back to the Jiu Quan city wall.

“We will retreat and continue to defend the city. Open the gates now!”

A lieutenant from the Mu army shouted.

“Yes, general. We will open the gates immediately!”

The lieutenant colonel who was standing on top of the city wall shouted back. When he was about to open the gates, his head was chopped off by the strike of a sword.

Nan Hao, the one who beheaded the lieutenant colonel, said with a cold smile: “You’re not allowed to retreat!”

“Your Royal Highness, what do you mean?!”

Mu Tian saw what had happened. He squinted his eyes and shouted furiously.

“General Mu, once you retreat, the enemy will definitely grab the chance to attack. Please hold on for a little while longer, backup will come soon.”

Nan Hao looked down from the wall and said with a cold smile.

“Shut up, you son of a b*tch! I think you are planning to kill us all. Open the gates now!”