C34 (2/2)
After hearing the three words ”Nine Tiger Flag”, Kong Sheng suddenly turned his head to look at Zhao Handong. The northern man nodded his head bitterly in a rare moment, and then said in a low voice: ”We've already repaired all the stone thrower, and we have sufficient stone materials prepared, we should be able to handle it.”
”Hold on?” What's the use of stopping it?! ” Chen Chu did not give this Vice Commander of the Phoenix City Pass the slightest bit of face. ”It is not important that you put up the nine big tiger flags in front of the Phoenix City Pass! The most important thing was that there were only the three tiger flags in their country! If an elite troop of soldiers were to pass through the Wulian Mountain Range and go straight into the depths of the Moqiu State, this would be a good opportunity to eliminate the entire Moqiu State in one go! ”
His words completely shocked Kong Sheng! As the two nations had been fighting for hundreds of years, no one had ever dared to say that their Moqiu State had been extinguished.
Kong Sheng's performance seemed to be already within Chen Chu's expectations. He no longer spoke and coldly looked at Kong Sheng. Even Qu Feizhi did not seem to be surprised by Kong Sheng's actions. He did not dare to stare at Kong Sheng like Chen Chu did, but he still hid at the side with a smile that was not a smile.
After a while, Kong Sheng finally snapped out of his shock, furrowed his brows and asked: ”Where did all these soldiers come from?”
”Phoenix City plus Wulian Border Army. Of the two squads, one is familiar with the Black Scorpion Army and the other is familiar with Five Lotus Mountain. Chen Chu gave his the answer almost immediately.
”Putting aside the fact that the Wulian Mountain Range is unrestrained and unrestrained, just the fact that Demonic Beast are rampant in the mountain and even a while ago, a formation appeared. How do we get there?” Kong Sheng asked again.
Chen Chu answered even faster, ”Since the Wulian Border Army can beat up the Demonic Beast and keep them hidden in the mountains, then there must be a way to get past them. The fact that the Demonic Beast were gathering into a formation meant that they had gained intelligence. No matter where that intelligence came from, as long as they had that intelligence, they would be afraid of death. If they understand, then tell them to either let us go there and split their Moqiu in half. Or if everyone were to fight face to face with each other with swords and weapons, gather several million people's militia s, and stomp them down as well, and level Five Lotus Mountain for him! ”
His words resounded like thunder in everyone's ears. What he said was something that others wouldn't even dare to think about, was him using a land with Moqiu State that he had yet to obtain, to negotiate conditions with a group of Demonic Beast? Tens of millions of people's militia were trampled over? The entire population of the Fire Phoenix Empire was not even 50 million, what did a few million army mean to an empire? These four words were 'militaristic'!
A people's militia soldier's standard equipment was leather armour and a saber. If it was exchanged for money, this set of equipment would be worth an ordinary farmer's monthly rations. Moreover, Border Army wore chainmail, so the cost directly increased by five to six times. A farmer would need half a year to be able to afford a single Border Army. There was no need to talk about Red Camp anymore, just their war horses could almost match all of the equipment of two Border Army Soldier s. These were only soldiers. The officers' light armor, soft armor, the soldiers' death in battle, the medical fees for the disabled, and their pensions were all not counted.
Even if one were to calculate five million people's militia, ten peasants raising a single people's militia soldier, even if it was just a year of war, would be enough to wear down such a huge amount of Fire Phoenix Empire!
Even if it was done as he said, if the Wulian Border Army killed his way into the Moqiu State and millions of people's militia were to flatten it, what would happen to the Phoenix City Pass? A few tens of millions of enemies were eyeing them covetously. Even if they transferred all of northern province from the northern province to the entire nation, how long would it last? In the face of absolute advantage in numbers, a strong individual's combat power was not even worth mentioning! When the Moqiu State was destroyed and Five Lotus Mountain was trampled to the ground, how much Fire Phoenix Empire would there be left?
As if he had seen through Kong Sheng's thoughts, Chen Chu used a calm and almost callous tone and said, ”Everything must come to a price, to rebuild half of the mountain in exchange for a united continent. Lord Kong, think twice about the merits of this world. ”
Kong Sheng was shaken by what he had just said, and a small flame almost started to churn within his heart. That's right, this was an extraordinary achievement! For thousands of years, Mo Qiu and Wu Lian's Demonic Beast had been a thorn in the throat of the Empire. Now, even if he were to use the cost of destroying half of the mountain to wipe out his two enemies, who could say that he would be wrong? What's more, this half of the mountain could be rebuilt.
But very quickly, a cold feeling rose from Kong Sheng's heart. No, that's not right, there must be something wrong, I must have forgotten something. He quickly paced back and forth in the barn. No one interrupted him and just looked at him.
After walking a few rounds back and forth, Kong Sheng stopped in his tracks. He looked at Chen Chu and said, ”I'm going to go and verify something. Before he finished speaking, he didn't look at anyone else and walked out of the room.
Zhao Handong froze for a moment, then subconsciously turned his head to ask Chen Chu: ”What is he going to verify?”
Chen Chu said indifferently: ”Combat power, individual military capability. If the individual military capability is not able to fight the opponent one on one, then this kind of surprise attack would be meaningless. ”
Chen Chu was right, the moment he came out of the barn he immediately ran towards the city walls. After chatting with the skinny Ling Zilu for a while, they got people to prepare armor and horses. Ling Zilu understood his superior very well now, so he did not say much and directly called for people to follow him.
He took off his jacket, put on a layer of lining on the standard chain mail, and got the Apprentice Knight to help him put on the standard plate armour s. After that, he stepped on the stone and mounted on the horse's back, hung the little battleax s under the saddle, hung his blade horizontally around his waist, put on his helmet, pulled down his protection, and finally took the knight spear from Apprentice Knight's hands. A mighty Fire Phoenix Army Knight was ready to go!
The city gate rumbled and opened a crack, and five Knights, led by Kong Sheng, rushed out, straight in the direction of the Moqiu Army.
Just as they ran out of the stone thrower's attack range, five black figures appeared in front of them. These were the five Leopard Soldiers, and they were clearly showing the traces of a queue as they rushed over from the side. They were extremely fast, although they were armored infantry, their speed was not much slower than Kong Sheng's group. They drew an arc, accurately blocking in front of Kong Sheng.
Kong Sheng waved and ordered the other four people to stop. He took off his own Knight's Spear and slowly galloped it forward a few steps, levelling the spear's tip and lightly tapped it three times towards the soldier leading the group, this was a commonly seen sign of singlehandedness in battles. The enemy leader actually understood what Kong Sheng was trying to do, he turned his head and roared a few times, then walked forward by himself, extended his beast claws and lashed out at Kong Sheng a few times.
Kong Sheng could see a lot of meaning in this one action, but now was not the time to think about it too carefully. He turned his horse and galloped more than a hundred meters away, turning around to face the soldier once again. Then, with his legs on the horse's belly, he laid on the ground flat on his back and brandished the Knight's Spear in his hands, rushing towards the soldier once more.
He raised the shield in his left hand, and the curved blade in his right hand hid behind the shield. The pair of yellow eyes that looked exactly like the eyes of a leopard slowly widened as he stared straight at Kong Sheng.
In the moment before the two forces met, Kong Sheng changed his fighting style. He threw out the Knight's Spear in his right hand, then unsheathed his blade from the back of his hand and bit towards the Spirit Demon Panther soldier's throat like a venomous snake.
The Leopard Soldier did not hesitate either, the shield in its left hand clanged to forcefully block the thrown Knight Spear as it slashed down, and then the curved blade in its right hand chopped towards Kong Sheng's right wrist, which was holding the blade.
The more powerful the Spirit Demon Leopard, the faster it would be. If Kong Sheng chopped down with his blade, at the same time his own neck would be chopped off, his own wrist would also break. In that split-second, Kong Sheng decisively threw away his blade and retracted his hand. At the same time, his right leg kicked the Demon Leopard Soldier's right shoulder, ending this round.
After this round, Kong Sheng threw a blade and a spear. The Leopard soldier's right shoulder was injured, and it looked like it could no longer hold onto its scimitar. But looking from another point of view, it was actually Kong Sheng who had lost by half. After all, he was on the horse and the other party was stepping on the horse. ”Not only did the Demon Leopard Soldier cancel out the advantage of a horse's high speed attack, it even fought to a draw with Kong Sheng. This kind of pure strength and the result of fighting with his life on the line made Kong Sheng a little nervous.
He took off the battleax and weighed it in his hand. The Leopard Soldier also threw away its shield and switched the blade with its left hand. Kong Sheng activated his warhorse once again, both sides clashed once again, this time Kong Sheng released his full strength, and somersaulted while using the handle of the axe to break the scimitar, following that, he swung his right hand, and the battleax flew past the neck of the Demon Leopard Soldier like it was training in white. With the gallop of the warhorse, a huge panther head shot into the sky and then rolled to the ground.
When the Spirit Demon Leopard Soldiers' heads fell to the ground, the other four demon leopard Soldiers shined their scimitars, the four Knights behind Kong Sheng also levelled their spears, the two parties were at loggerheads, and the atmosphere immediately became tense. Kong Sheng calmly rode his horse back, holding his battleax s, he held onto the ground as he led the four riders back. After they had left for a few dozen feet, the five of them almost simultaneously turned their horses around and rushed back to the Phoenix City Pass at full speed.
Zhao Handong welcomed him at the closed door, and when he had just taken off his helmet and was about to dismount and take off his armor, he asked anxiously, ”How was it?”
The corner of Kong Sheng's mouth raised, his eyes sharp and fierce: ”Perhaps, we can consider Chen Chu's idea.”