Chapter 319 - The Original Aspiration in Troubled Times (1/2)
Volume Five The Swordsman in Heaven Realm-Chapter 319 The Original Aspiration in Troubled Times
Yellow sand spread all over the sky and a cold wind was howling, chilling one’s bones to the core. This was like a place from hell. However, a fierce battle involving more than 200,000 lives was taking place here!
Both sides were mainly infantry troops. One side was dressed in white armor. They were fewer in numbers, but all who were in the line of fire, were in constant high spirits.
The other troop wore bronze armors. Although they had more people in their troops, their lineup was messy, and all the soldiers were in low spirits, with some even attempting to escape. Apparently, the battle was already set!
“Run away! Don’t save me anymore!” More and more soldiers in bronze armors started to run away. A soldier with disheveled hair, was desperately dragging his one-armed companion dressed in the same uniform, and headed forward. At the same time, he also had to fight off the enemies constantly. That shout came from his injured teammate.
“Shut up! If you still have the strength, just follow me and we will make it out!” The soldier with disheveled hair, had a furious look on his face, but his clear eyes shone with a heart shaking brilliance. He was totally different from the others.
“You… This is the fifth time that you saved me! Why do you persist in doing that?” The one-armed soldier suddenly became calm and murmured, “We had a chance to be soldiers of the other side, and would have been given good positions. But you rejected them for yourself, and also for me… And now, I have already given up. Why do you still insist?”
“I rejected them because we are citizens of Tian Liang Country! And now I will not give up trying to save you, because you are my brother!” The soldier with disheveled hair, hacked away at another enemy, and shouted his answer, without even looking back.
“But we are dying! Can’t you see that? They have surrounded us! Even if we can break out of this encirclement, no one knows how many other encirclements there are out there!” The one-armed soldier yelled in despair.
“We may die, but, we will never sit and await our doom!” The knife that the soldier with disheveled hair had, was already broken, but he still moved forward, firmly and steadily!
The battle was violent and the result was obvious. After two hours, the yellow sand was still dancing in the air and the camps had not changed. The only difference was that the troops dressed in white armor were standing there valiantly, while the soldiers of the other camp were now corpses.
“Commander! We won! But the number of people from the other camp in this battle does not tally with the information we have at first. There are supposed to be 167,428 soldiers, but two were missing when we counted the corpses!” One soldier was reporting respectfully to a bearded old man sitting on a horse. Then the soldier said awkwardly, “The person you commanded us to kill… seems to be…”
“Hahaha, to be one of the two missing corpses, right?” The bearded old man laughed loudly, his eyes shining brightly.
“Y… Yes!” The soldier was confused; if the person they had to kill had escaped, how come the commander seemed glad, instead of being angry?
“How many times? Four times or five times? Tian Liang Country is a tiny area, ruled by a fatuous lord. Why would there be such a talented person in this country? Old Fang, since we can’t kill him even in such a cruel way, you win! We’ll follow your plan later!” The old man smiled lightly and pouted his lips at another old man dressed in the same way beside him.
“Yes. Before the battle between the two countries began, I met him three times. I’ve tried to talk him into joining us every time we met, but I failed. The reason he gave made me unable to say anything else.” That old man said. He had a three inch scar on his face, and gave out a type of overwhelming aura. “‘The lord is fatuous, but still has human sympathy. I’m just protecting my hometown!’ That’s what he said, each time. What else can I say to that?”
“God, is that the reason why you pushed the lord to start a war with them?” The bearded man was stunned, but the next second, he came around and said sharply, “You old dog! Whoever says that you are just a man with brute courage, I’ll definitely kick his ass!”
“Hahaha!” The old man with a scar, laughed loudly. Then he waved his arms and shouted vigorously, “Everybody, head to Tian Liang Country now! We will kill the enemies, but do not disturb the residents!”
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Three days later, the lord of Tian Liang Country went personally to a site that was ten miles away from the country, and presented his imperial jade seal for his surrender, formally admitting that Tian Liang Country was now a dependent state of Dong Ling Country.
When the troops from Dong Ling Country entered the main city, they did not disturb the residents at all. However, all the soldiers had only one common task: Find a particular person.
“Ayu, it’s our time!” Inside a hut in Tian Liang Country, the soldier with disheveled hair, who had escaped from the battlefield, had a clean face at the moment. He was Lyu Liang, who had entered the mortal world to toughen his heart.
“Aliang… I just don’t understand… If you wanted to join them earlier, why did you put yourself through so many dangers?” The one-armed youth did not understand it. Although he was low in spirits, he started to pull himself together.
“Hahaha, let me explain!” After a burst of hearty laughter, the old man with a scar on his face, opened the door directly, and entered. He nodded. He looked at the dumbfounded one-armed youth at first, and then turned to look at the calm Lyu Liang approvingly, and said, “Lyu Liang, he is your reason, right?”
“There is no difference for me to surrender during the first battle or at this moment, but for my brother, the treatment he will get will definitely be different!” Lyu Liang said firmly. The next second, he suddenly knelt and kowtowed to him, saying, “Commander, your troops are well disciplined, and you also have not given our lord a hard time. Now that Tian Liang Country has surrendered to Dong Ling Country… If you still want me, I’d like to join you and be a part of an army of justice, to fight against those vicious powers!”
“You’ve made a good plan… I can’t reject you, and I hope that you can do your best to help our Dong Ling Country rule the whole world!” Nodding approvingly, the old man with a scar said sharply.
“Commander, I beg you to arrange for my brother to be with me. Although he is weak and irresolute, he does have brains and complements my personality. That is my only requirement to surrender to Dong Ling Country!” Lyu Liang bowed deeply again, and stared at the old man with an expression that seemed to brook no refusal.
“Give me a reason!” The old man suddenly said solemnly.