Chapter 184 Bloody Dragon Qi, Dragon Fighting in the Wild

Author: Traveling from the South

Chapter 184 Bloody Dragon Qi, Dragon Fighting in the Wild

Temporarily stopping for a rest, Lou Jinpeng urgently inquired about the military situation of all parties.

"What's the news from Bei'an City?"

"General, everything is normal. The main force of Zhou's army is still trapped under the city."

"Where's Silver Spear Gaohu's partial army?"

"They don't have enough cavalry. They need to go all out to blockade the northern part of the county. They don't seem to be planning to join the war."

No, no, intelligence was clearly sent, but Lou Jinpeng only felt that the fog of war was surrounding him.

"Send the order, march quickly and return to the Tingshan camp." A sense of powerlessness emerged in his heart, and he could even guess that he was now surrounded.

"Report! There are beacon smoke burning in the direction of Tingshan Camp."

"Report, the enemy's rangers are approaching from the surrounding area, and our outpost is pushed back within 300 steps of the military formation."

"Report! An unknown army appears in the rear. Everyone is wearing black armor. They have set up a demon-suppressing banner. It should be the demon-suppressing general who has arrived in person!"

The vast plains and fields outside Bei'an City have become the place where the two armies have a decisive battle. The military atmosphere is intertwined, and the situation changes.

It is said to be strategic planning, but it has evolved to this day, and it also requires a head-on confrontation with hard power.

In fact, in terms of numbers, the gap between the two sides is huge, and in terms of combat power, the gap between the two sides is even greater.

The main force of Lou Jinpeng's army was originally Sun Yucheng's auxiliary army. The quality of the outer town army was a few levels lower, and with the addition of 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers of various types, it was barely an army after integration.

There have been heavy losses these days, and there are still 25,000 men left, all of whom are infantry. The cavalry is only enough to serve as sentinels, and the armor rate is less than 30%.

Zhou Bai's side pursues the policy of elite troops. Needless to say, the five thousand demon-suppressing army is the elite among the elite.

The other 10,000 people are also regular soldiers, composed of Cangbei veterans and garrison troops, and their combat strength is not weak.

The entire army wears armor, 10% is iron armor, 90% is paper armor and leather armor, the armor is sharp, and the arms are complete.

Such a comparison of combat power shows that one side is like a wolf and a tiger trying to swallow up a whale in one gulp, while the other side is just stubbornly resisting.

Lou Jinpeng knew his men very well. It was okay to fight a smooth battle, but if he really wanted to fight the next tough battle, he would definitely need the cooperation of the Yamen Army in Bei'an City.

However, the Bei'an Yamen army that was supposed to go out of the city to respond could not protect themselves because they were also fighting, but they were just killing each other.

…

The county town, the ancestral home of the Sun family.

A few hours ago, Yao An hurriedly found Sun Geng and demanded to take action immediately.

Twenty thousand state troops have already moved north, and will use thunderous force to quell the unrest in Bei'an County.

Of course, all the news came from Yao An, so Sun Geng was inevitably a little hesitant.

"Master Sun, the Tian family has no family ties, and your Qianlong family cannot be swayed by emotions, otherwise it will be difficult to do great things."

"Tiger poison does not eat its seeds." Sun Geng's expression changed uncertainly, as if he had not made up his mind.

"What if Mr. Sun's tigers already know about the transfer of destiny, what should you do?" Yao Anshun pointed out that there have been many patrols in the Sun family's ancestral home in the past few days, which is obviously a temporary transfer.

Sun Geng was dull for a moment, and finally asked the biggest puzzle in his heart: "I have a question, why does the imperial court or Governor Lei still believe that I will be loyal to the imperial court when they know that I am now carrying the dragon spirit?"

An ambitious tycoon in troubled times naturally has the decisiveness to make. He just always doubts the state's motives.

"Master Sun should be well-connected in the capital. Could it be that he doesn't know the most widely circulated saying, which is to grant princes titles to respect Zhengshuo."

"The imperial court does not need your loyalty, and is even willing to support you in establishing a small hereditary country of the Sun family, as long as you do not try to overthrow Daxu's orthodoxy."

"Governor Lei, I wish you could establish a county and then guard the borders of Dingzhou. The central government can respect Zhengshuo, and the state..." Yao An talked eloquently, and his various arguments were a little secretive, but reasonable.

After hearing this, Sun Geng no longer hesitated and immediately decided to take action.

At the same time, because Lou Jinpeng was about to send troops, Sun Yucheng, who no longer wanted to sit back and wait for death, also decided to take action against his father.

In the words of Bu Yuanzi, as long as he can establish a country and call it a system, a blessed land will be born in the underworld, the ancestors will be honored, and the family will only be proud of him.

As for Sun Geng, he can be granted a posthumous title, and he can still live forever like a god.

Filial piety or unfilial piety, human relations and family ties, are no longer important at this time...

However, Sun Geng was the first to launch an attack, and Sun Yucheng was still caught off guard. Nearly half of his army generals were instigated to rebel. For a time, most of the territory except Jiedu Mansion fell under Sun Geng's control.

Fortunately, Sun Yucheng knew the importance of military power, and the three thousand most elite soldiers in the Yamen Army were always under his personal control.

There was an internal fight between father and son, and with neither side's extraordinary powers daring to intervene, Sun Jing was never able to conquer Jiedu Mansion.

Soon, Sun Yucheng relied on his elite men and his status as Jiedushi to slowly regain the situation and launch a counterattack.

The two sides went back and forth, relying on every street, and actually ended up in a stalemate.

You said that the governor and the imperial court support me, but I am the governor, so who can do anything to me?

It was just a scandal of internal strife between father and son, but it made the fate of both parties worse and worse, and the whole city became divided.

The fight lasted until dusk, each of them lost their troops and generals, and the blood of the Jiedu Yamen soldiers stained Bei'an City red.

"Commander, please send troops quickly! You have been deceived. The Zhou army outside the city is not the real main force..." At this point, Lou Jinpeng's messenger desperately entered the city.

"Fifteen miles southeast of the outskirts of the city, we were sniped by Zhou Bai. The enemy's fighting strength was overwhelming. The general could only lead his troops to resist step by step."

"If the war reaches Xu, and you haven't led the Yamen army to attack the enemy's rear, then we can only break out at night, or we can retain some vitality..."

Lou Jinpeng's battle report was very detailed, but it made Sun Yucheng look pale.

The hero was not free to transport him. Seeing that the main force of the Zhou army outside the city had not moved, he wanted to capture Sun Geng with force and wait for the opportunity.

Sun Yucheng couldn't imagine how to handle the next situation. He asked unwillingly: "A thousand cavalry can cover the entire territory and block fifteen waves of your messengers?!"

The messenger said helplessly: "The enemy Taoist priest group did not directly participate in the war, but it patrolled the periphery and reported the situation, but it will not be affected too much by the military spirit."

He actually wanted to ask Sun Yucheng on behalf of Lou Jinpeng, where is our Taoist priest group?

When Wu Dingzhen came to the city, he welcomed him with great fanfare, so why didn't it have any effect?

In desperate situation, Sun Yucheng summoned Bu Yuanzi and Lin Ren for discussion. Lin Ren boldly advised him to show his cards to Sun Geng.

From the perspective of luck, what advice can Bu Yuanzi give?

In the end, we have to regain the military power and unite the dragon energy before we can fight to the death. Otherwise, leading thousands of defeated soldiers to attack the Zhou army in a flank is just asking for death.

So Sun Yucheng led the troops into battle and personally charged and fought back to his ancestral home several times. As a result, Sun Geng not only had rebels in his hands, but also dead soldiers who had been raised by the Sun family for many years.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Sun Yucheng could smell the blood on the battlefield fifteen miles away, as if he had seen the day when Bei'an City was destroyed.

Unable to force him directly, he could only choose Lin Ren's suggestion and have a showdown with Sun Geng.

Sun Yucheng refused all the escorts, and after getting permission, he returned to his family's ancestral home under the hostile and indifferent gaze.

Once upon a time, he was the destined heir of the Sun family, but now he has turned against him, and even the servants are fighting against him with swords.

In the huge family ancestral hall, only the father and son were left.

"Is my mother okay?"

"She lives in the back house and misses you very much, but don't worry, she doesn't know what's going on outside."

"Father, let's do it. To see the county in its current situation after a hundred years, there must be a sacrifice."

"Oh, why is this..."

No one knew what the father and son said after that, only that it was Sun Yucheng who walked out at the end.

The low destiny of the entire Bei'an City stirred up, and traces of bright red blood blended into the earthy yellow dragon energy.

The nine-foot dragon snake screamed sharply toward the southeast, bloodthirsty and high-spirited, and the depression that had been suppressed by the dragon carp for several days disappeared.

"If I win this battle, you and I will share the glory and wealth; if we lose this battle, I will be buried in the earth with you!"

Sun Yucheng, wearing white mourning clothes, with bloodshot eyes, led the city's last intact and healthy elites of more than 10,000 government officials, and walked quickly out of the city.

The last ray of sunset on the horizon was dim, as if announcing the outcome of the southeastern battlefield.

However, no matter how anxious Sun Yucheng was, he wanted to join the battle immediately, but the Zhou army outside the city was the first hurdle he needed to cross.

The one who stayed behind at the Bei'an Camp was Zhou Bai's personal guard commander Qu Zhi. He took the most elite 500 personal soldiers and organized young militiamen to act as the main force.

This is one of the reasons why no abnormality has been found in the city. Every time there are messengers coming or going or small groups of troops trying, Qu Zhi will resolutely annihilate them.

"Commander, what should we do? Sun Yucheng is personally leading the troops. It seems that he is going to join the battle on the frontal battlefield." The junior officers in the personal camp immediately approached Qu Zhi for advice.

"Sir, let's fight. We militiamen are not vegetarians. As for those who have not been trained, there is no need to go to the battlefield." A militia captain shouted that he wanted to fight.

Qu Zhi looked calm, shook his head and said: "The young people will withdraw first, leaving three thousand militiamen. The lord has given instructions before, and it is enough to weaken the reinforcements as much as possible."

"Let them pass, we will only hold on to the rear group!"

When Sun Yucheng saw that the camp was tightly closed, he didn't think much about it, and just happened to verify that it was an empty shell in disguise.

Since they don't dare to fight, they can save some time.

Unexpectedly, just as he led most of the Yamen troops to pass by in a hurry, Qu Zhi led his own barracks and cut off the rear troops like sharp knives.
To be continued...