Legend of Demonic Pheonix: Volume 3

By Li GouHai

A thousand years of war, two opposing empires, blood soaked the vast continent, hatred spanning endless time and space.

Wearing red clothes, he had been infected with so many evils.

A black umbrella was holding up a part of heaven and earth. The young generals whose wives and children were unknown, the mysterious young ladies of bizarre origins, the ancient mythical beasts, the loyal knights, all of them would perform a fantasy drama of going against the heavens and being punished by the heavens, unveiling the mysterious veil of ancient legends.

Li Doggy, another of Hai's works, the legendary life of Miss Kong.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Funstory
• Release date: Apr 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781648975592

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PROVINCE

CHAPTER 201 - AT THAT MOMENT

Boss Ming, your thumb ring is really not bad! Look at the color, the luster, and it's completely pure ice, right? "

Child Ming replied smilingly: Who knows, it's a gift from the brothers in the horse team below. They said it would be fine, I don't really care about this, I'll just treat it as a gift from the brothers.

That must be something good. How could they dare to give you such a messy item?! The person opposite of him did not seem to understand the meaning behind his words, and continued to speak: With your Chamber of Commerce of Ming Family, having a horse team is very convenient, walking around in all directions, all of you have seen and seen a lot, what kind of good things cannot be found, and adding on to the prosperity of the merchant guild, there are no treasures that cannot be bought.

Child Ming smiled bitterly as he nodded his head. He raised his teacup and lightly bumped it with the man.

To be honest, Child Ming had already grown tired of this lifestyle. Every day, he would drink tea, walk the birds, shop, listen to all kinds of compliments, wear three boxes of clothes, flatter each other at the banquet, discuss business affairs, and discuss the most famous kabuki in the nearby city.

He missed the days when he stayed out in the open with the horse team. He missed the days when he had raised his Chamber of Commerce of Ming Family and there were many people waiting for him to solve his problems everywhere, and he even missed the time when Big Brother strong man from the Wulian Border Army was secretly bringing him medicine, food, clothes, and medicine from Wu Lian Mountain. Every time he was scared, but every time he was successful.

Maybe I'm more suited to being a soldier? Child Ming thought to himself. No one would understand the peculiar thought of a successful merchant wanting to be a soldier, and no one would be able to comprehend his nostalgic memories of those days at the Phoenix City Pass. At least, these people in front of him wouldn't.

In the past half year, following Huo Yanrann's order, the entire Fire Phoenix Empire had been moved, especially the northern battle zone that was separated from the Moqiu State. The atmosphere was exceptionally tense, to the point that if a spark were to fall, it would explode.

But in such a situation, the reason why the Child Ming did not give him any information was not because he did not want to, but because Kong Xiu did not allow him to.

The reason why Kong Xiu and the other two had kidnapped Xiong Sisi after the Autumn Festival parade was to help him clear herself of any suspicions. Furthermore, when they were about to separate, Kong Xiu had told the Child Ming that there was no longer a need for him to provide any more information in the near future.

With Kong Xiu's order, no matter if the Child Ming was willing or not, his intelligence network would be broken. Hu Hu, who was initially arranged to protect the Child Ming, suddenly turned from a guard into a jailer, and looked at the Child Ming as if he was a criminal. However, the treatment of this prisoner was too special, he was escorted every day to taverns, teahouses, the Flower Bird and Fish Market ~ ~ ~ The daily schedule looked colorful to others, but to the Child Ming, it seemed extremely boring. Forget about everything else, just from the fact that Xiong Sisi had stopped sending people to watch him, it was clear how bored the life of the Child Ming was.

Just as Child Ming and the few other people in front of him were boasting nonstop, he suddenly felt something shake under his feet. He immediately raised his head to look at the fat man sitting in front of him and his beautiful lover, only to find that there was nothing wrong with the two of them.

Am I too sensitive? Child Ming thought to himself as he turned his head to look at Hu Hu, who was sitting on a table behind him.

Hu Hu sat on the chair, but his eyes were not looking at Child Ming, his head was turned to the side, his eyes stared straight in the north, his face full of shock.

When Hu Hu turned his head to look at Child Ming, the two of them could see the shock in each other's eyes and the cold sweat on each other's face.

Right now, he felt that the best way to suppress the flames of anger was to bury himself with an endless stream of documents. Countless amounts of food, new recruits, procurement of military equipment, and the transfer of officers all required Xiong Sisi, the highest military officer in the north of the empire Battlefield, to sign and approve. Just from these documents, he could sense that the entire Fire Phoenix Empire was already in preparation for battle. The Phoenix Shadow Army s, Red Camp s, and people's militia s that were part of the northern war zone seemed to have evaporated from the order list of the Imperial Army Headquarter s. Other than the following matters, such as the allocation of food and the travel of friendly forces, the Imperial Army Headquarter s actually did not give a single order for any of the northern war zone to prepare for battle.

If Xiong Sisi had thought about it too much in the beginning, then all of the Fire Phoenix Empire soldiers in the northern region had started to think too much. Even the noblemen who were personal friends with Xiong Sisi and were sensitive to the situation could tell that something was wrong.

But no one dared to ask, because who knew if the Her Majesty Yanrann gave Xiong Sisi some sort of secret order. Thus, the middle senior officer began to complain and curse at Xiong Sisi, whether intentionally or not.

They were confused and confused, while Xiong Sisi was annoyed inside. He didn't know how to explain to his subordinates that he actually didn't know about this matter, and was even more unwilling to face the greasy smiles of the countryside gentry. On an impulse, Xiong Sisi ordered his staff officers to deliver the documents to his office, so he pretended to be busy.

Hearing this order, the staff officers looked at each other, then cheered. Before Xiong Sisi could even react to what was going on, various files and letters had already filled the room. Looking at the documents that could bury him alive and the staff officers who were cheering Escaping, Xiong Sisi finally understood that these people must have blamed him for saying that pretending to be busy. They wanted him to experience how busy he was everyday.

However, he had already said it. The things had been delivered. If he went back on his words now, where would he, as a commander, be able to put more face? Xiong Sisi rolled up his sleeves and ordered someone to brew a pot of tea. He sat behind the desk and started to read the instructions one by one. It had to be said that although this matter was abnormally boring and made him dizzy, it was indeed a good excuse for him to escape from the military officers and country gentry.

What? You're looking for the Lord Commander? He's busy, he doesn't have time ~ ~ so busy, if you don't believe me go see it for yourself!

A single sentence blocked everyone's path. When he saw the documents on the ground, he immediately turned and ran, afraid that the Lord Commander would catch him discussing about military matters. Just looking at the thickness of the documents, it was obvious that they would not be discussed for a long time.

He had brought a bunch of documents, avoided a large number of idle people, and unintentionally helped his subordinates. The key thing was that, in the process of handling the documents, he had found a rare sense of participation, and was finally able to find a little use for himself in the preparation for this war. Xiong Sisi suddenly felt that this decision of his was quite wise, and even started to enjoy the process of using the pen to circle around the documents, evaluating and reclaiming everything.

After three to five days, the staff officers could no longer sit still. With regards to the military and political affairs of the five to six provinces of commander of the northern theatre of operations, they could even temporarily appoint and remove the provincial governors in times of emergency. Lord Commander felt that he was free, so he let him experience it for a bit, but experience it was over, the daily documents and reports were divided into different levels according to how important they were, the most important things were the reports they would be sent to Lord Commander, and normally, small matters like this would be answered by the staff officers in accordance with the rules. This matter was easy to say, but it involved a lot of things, such as the relevant laws, the budgets of the various provinces, and so on. Even if it was the last document that only required Xiong Sisi to write the word agree, the previous few sentences and the dozen or so signatures were all results of the staff officers' hard work for a day or two.

It was precisely because of this that the staff officers thought that this matter was over, and that they should do it themselves. After ten over people discussed with each other, three senior staff officers were sent over to Xiong Sisi, begging Lord Commander to return the work to them.

If not because they did not want to leave their hometown for too far, according to the Imperial Military Discipline's promotion regulations, they would have been transferred to another place to work as military officers. However, when would they have had the time to work as staff officers by the commander of the theatre of operations's side? If they had accidentally gone to a place like the Wulian Border Army back then, where they might not even be able to sleep, their heads would have disappeared. Although they did not have much official title or actual authority, they were extremely well-organized. In addition to the money for tea that was sent over each month by the provincial customs, it was an easy job to make the role of a staff officer of a war zone into one of having too much money and getting close to home. It would be perfect for the three of them to find Xiong Sisi and concede.

When the three of them went to Xiong Sisi's residence, the Guard Captain was first amused, Are the three of you unable to sit still? You want to find the Lord Commander and live?

The three of them laughed and said, Isn't it a joke for the Lord Commander to do this? But it's more or less enough. We don't want to tire the Lord Commander out.

The guard captain definitely wouldn't stop them because of this. While leading the three inside, he smiled and said, You three really don't have to say it, the commander has been very happy these past few days. He hasn't even thought about his food, and the customers have all disappeared.

Hearing this, the three of them looked at each other. They could see a trace of doubt and confusion on each other's face. What did he mean by that?

However, after the Guard Captain finished speaking, he did not say anything else and continued to have a happy smile on his face. No matter how sly and sly the three old staff officers were, they were still a little unclear. When they arrived at the entrance of Xiong Sisi's study, the three of them finally understood what the Guard Captain meant. They also understood that the Guard Captain was not joking, but was actually happy that they came.

Wearing a plain white robe, with a incense burner at his feet and a teacup by his side, Xiong Sisi's desk was filled with documents related to the laws of the empire, provincial financial reports, and other documents. On the ground, there were three big baskets of documents. He lightly pressed the page with his left hand while the pen in his right hand circled around and around. His brows would furrow at times as he relaxed, completely immersed in the book.

After a long while, after Xiong Sisi had finished approving the papers in his hands, the Guard Captain took a step forward and reported to him, saying that the staff officers had arrived. Hearing that, Xiong Sisi raised his head and saw the three senior staff officers, he smiled and waved to them and said: Usually I do not know how hard it is for you three, but in the past few days, I have experienced it, although it seemed like it was a bit hard for me to point it out, I was wrong to blame you two previously.

The three old staff officers hurriedly knelt down on one knee, both bowing and apologizing. They said that the young staff officers were insensible and had made the Commander work hard. It had already been several days, so the Commander should also take a good rest and let his staff do the chores.

Xiong Sisi waved to let them get up, and also stood up to move his shoulders a few times. Just as he was about to speak, he seemed to have heard something, and the smile on his face instantly disappeared. His actions frightened the three staff officers and the captain of the guard, but no one dared to call out to him, so they could only stand to the side in a daze.

After a long while, Xiong Sisi finally turned back and asked the four of them with a face full of shock: Did you hear that?

A guard captain together with three senior staff officers shook their heads. Sir, we didn't hear anything.

Xiong Sisi's face was filled with shock and sadness, and also a trace of anger. His entire being seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and even his essence energy and spirit seemed to have disappeared without a trace at that moment. He asked with some dissatisfaction, Did you really not hear anything?

The four of them continued to shake their heads. I really didn't hear anything.

Xiong Sisi sighed in exhaustion: Alright, you guys go down first, I want to calm down.

Then these papers ~ ~ An old staff officer asked softly.

Xiong Sisi waved his hand impatiently. Take them away, take them away.

Yes, sir! The three staff officers hastily left. When they saw that their Commander was in low spirits, it was better to speak less. It was more important that they call for people to move the paperwork away.

The Guard Captain didn't leave, he accompanied Xiong Sisi back to the inner room, letting him lean back on the reclining chair, and covered him with another blanket before leaving. Right when he was about to close the door, the Guard Captain suddenly heard Xiong Sisi whispering to him: It's started, they have started.

Duan Xiaoling stood in the small hole that belonged to her. This hole was dug out by Yu Mingmei herself. She thought that it was impossible for her to dig a two feet deep hole in the rock just by relying on her physical body. However, this was not the time to be curious, nor was it the time to think about how he could raise his strength so that he could do it. It was the time to listen to orders and act in concert.

Dozens of members of the Phoenix Blood Guild, including Duan Ling Tian, stood knee-deep in the crater. Everyone concentrated and raised their heads to look at Yu Ming who stood at the highest point of the crater. Seeing him start to wave his arms nonstop, Duan Ling Tian started to think about her little brother again. Could that person be Little Wu? No, definitely not! His Majesty promised me that he wouldn't let him step into the battlefield and let him live a peaceful life. Only then will he be able to continue burning incense for our Duan Clan.

Thinking up to here, a huge suction force suddenly appeared below her feet. That hole seemed to have instantly turned into a demon's giant mouth, swallowing the bloodline power in Duan Xiaoling's body. Even her flesh and bones started to be compressed by this suction force, constantly exploding and leaving her body. Duan Ling Tian subconsciously resisted before giving up. It was his choice now. Since things had come to this point, why should he resist? She gave up on resisting and began to feel her own blood, flesh, and bones being sucked away bit by bit. This was the last moment of her life, the last moment when she would be able to feel the world, and she didn't want to waste it.

All of the members of the Phoenix Blood Division, including Yu Ming's group, were completely drained of their flesh and blood by this mystical formation. Their bodies turned into blood as they flowed into the interior of the Gufeng Mountain. The power of the seal originated from the ancient times, and it had gathered the three great bloodlines of the human, four God Beast, and fire phoenix. Although it was already continuously being used up, just relying on the dozens of people in the Phoenix Blood Division to break it was no different than trying to shake a tree.

However, this array formation of the Phoenix Blood was not meant to fight against the ancient bloodline seal. It gathered all of the blood essence of the members together at a place extremely close to the core of the sealing power, and then did only one thing: self-destruct.

Following an extremely heavy sound, the Gufeng Mountain collapsed. It did not shatter into countless stones, but slowly turned into powder from the inside. The top of the mountain continued to fall, stirring up dust. However, it wasn't just dust, but also the mountain that had already turned into dust. The Gufeng Mountain was created by the power of the seal and everything about it relied on this miraculous power to condense together. Now that the power of the seal had disappeared, it became its original form.

Duan Yaowu looked at everything in front of him with a tinge of fear. A perfectly fine mountain, seemed to have disappeared just like that, in the time it took for an incense stick to burn, had been turned into a huge curtain of ash and soil. The thick dust was blocked off by the mountain walls on both sides, forming a raging dust storm, which surged towards him and the Demonic King Valley.

But now was not the time to be moved by emotion, shock and fear. A large hand ruthlessly slapped the back of Duan Yaowu's head, knocking his helmet down and waking him up at the same time. Duan Yaowu squinted his eyes. He extended his hand and pulled up the hood covering his back, lowering its brim in order to protect it from the sandstorm for a while. Then, with his left hand gripping the reins of his horse and his right hand waving the whip, he rushed towards the wall of dust that was over a hundred feet tall. Behind him, the Fire Phoenix Empire Apprentice Knight s who were riding dozens, hundreds, and thousands of horses also started to move. The young Knights waved their horsewhips and rushed into the dust storm, taking the first step in Fire Phoenix Empire battle, which was also the first step in Fire Phoenix Empire unifying the continent!

Duan Yaowu took the lead and charged into the dust storm, taking the lead to rush past the Blue Moon Pass and Liehyang Pass. These past three stages of the Phoenix Trials, had already become legendary existences in recent years. However, Duan Yaowu did not stop at all. He did not have the time to pay respects to the elders who had resisted the invasion of the Devil Kingdom for more than a thousand years, what he needed to do was to rush, rush, charge into the Moqiu and kill the Moqiu Soldier.

After passing through the three trials of the Divine Phoenix Sect and rushing into the Demonic King Valley, Duan Yaowu still did not stop. Even though he was already far away from the main group, he still kept on raising his whip and accelerating forward, and it had been more than twenty years since he had last lived under the protection of his elder sister. He had always been the only one who did not make it up to others, and he could not afford to miss this opportunity.

Even after entering the Demonic King Valley, that narrow and rugged path still could not stop Duan Yaowu's footsteps. He did not stop at all, and once he was tired, he would lie down on the horse's back for a while, and when the horse was tired, he would stop to feed it some grass and drink some water.

The path slowly widened, and cold wind started to blow through the mask onto his face. Duan Yaowu suddenly became excited, the Demonic King Valley was about to end, and he was about to step onto the Moqiu! At this moment, he suddenly felt a bit of regret. He felt that he should get someone to be his partner, or at least be his witness.

However, if that was the case, by the time the main force caught up to him, he would have had enough rest. To be able to greet them at the entrance of the valley with a blade in hand, how impressive would that be!

Thinking about that, Duan Yaowu once again whipped his horse, the mount under him seemed to have felt the cold wind coming from the north, it trembled the sweat on his body, forcefully pushed back with its hind leg, and rushed forward once again.

The moment he jumped out of the valley entrance, Duan Yaowu stretched out his arms, he raised his head and enjoyed the moment of glory. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that his vision was growing higher and higher. In his panic, he looked down, and discovered that he was already more than ten feet away, and on the ground was a red warhorse.

After Chen Chu wiped off the blood on his blade, he returned the blade back into its sheath. He bent down to pick up the head and threw it at the guard, then said without any change in his voice: Tell them, the war is about to begin.

CHAPTER 202 - FIVE HUNDRED BEAST SOLDIERS GUARDING THE PASS

On the third day of the battle, Huo Yanrann was in a rage!

The Phoenix Blood Group that she had painstakingly nurtured was not only for the sake of increasing the combat prowess of the Phoenix Shadow Army, but also to break through the Gufeng Mountain at this critical time and fire her first shot for the sake of launching a surprise attack on Mo Qiu.

So she had even offended Xiong Sisi, and transferred over elite Red Camp from a few southern provinces that she was not very familiar with, which was related to Mo Qiu, Chen Chu and the others. She wanted to make use of their fearless and fearless spirit to win the battle, and as long as she could snatch away the Demonic King Valley Gate at one end of Mo Qiu, the following armies would be able to charge into Mo Qiu without end.

But now, what had happened to the surprise attack?

Three thousand Apprentice Knight s, three thousand Red Camp Man-at-arms, and fifteen thousand soldiers of the first people's militia, all of these twenty thousand plus people were stuck inside the Demonic King Valley, unable to move. What blocked them was only the five hundred Water Camp Demonic Beast Soldier s under Chen Chu! Even if the Demonic Beast Soldier's fighting strength was astonishing, but it still couldn't be shocking to the point of one versus four hundred, right?

Huo Yanrann angrily smashed a plum wood table in her palace, and in a rare moment, shouted at the soldier: In a day, if you cannot take out the Demonic King Valley Gate, make Xue Biwu and Luo Qianqiu cut themselves into pieces, then come see me!

Xue Biwu was the commander-in-chief of this raid, as well as the governor of the southern province of Phoenix City. He was an old soldier. His first reaction after receiving the mission was, This isn't a good job. Assault was certainly an advantage, but to charge through Demonic King Valley in one breath, to build up defensive positions, and to resist the opponent's attack in one breath, no matter what, this was a very difficult mission. Not to mention that the physical strength of the soldiers was a huge challenge, they would probably have to face continuous battles for three days and three nights, and the intensity of the battles would only get stronger and stronger, and they would definitely not be able to defeat the opponent in a single battle.

The old general thought for a long time, and in the end, gave a command to the people's militia soldiers who were part of the third wave: Whether it is the soldiers or the officers, each person must bring an additional two buckets of kerosene s, thirty arrows, and a wooden arrow! Those who disobey orders, those who bring fewer, execute!

The old general's order had only two words to it: Defend with all your life. Although he was far away from the southern border, Xue Biwu had heard of Qu Feizhi's masterpiece that was made famous for his fire, so he decided to return the favor this time. In his plan, the first wave of Apprentice Knight would use their light horses to snatch the advantage, the second wave would ride on a light horse to stabilize their position, and the third wave would arrive to repair the fortifications.

To a certain extent, this strategy was not wrong. If everything were to go according to the Old General's plan, Kong Xiu and the rest would indeed face the greatest crisis. However, a human being's calculations were not as good as a heaven's planning. Although Xue Biwu was clever and calculating, he did not expect that there would be a Duan Yaowu who would take the lead and rush out, furthermore, this charge was faster than the rest of the army by half a day. This period of time, had become the deciding factor of their life and death.

And this Duan Yaowu, was also the other point of Huo Yanrann's fury. Duan Yaowu's original name was Duan Shaowen, and he only changed it to Duan Yaowu after entering the Red Camp and becoming a Apprentice Knight. However, no one knew that he was the younger brother of one of the members of the Phoenix Blood Group, Duan Xiaoling. At first, in order to allow Duan Xiaoling to join the Phoenix Blood Group, Huo Yanrann had promised her that Duan Xiaowu would enter the military academy, enter the Red Camp, and stay far away from the battlefield. However, because of Duan Xiaowu's change in name, he had accidentally come outside of the Demonic King Valley, and even caused such a disaster, while at the same time let Huo Yanrann know of his name. Right now, Huo Yanrann was furious. No one would believe it if she did not change her mind and destroy the promise.

It was a pity that not only was he unable to revive after death, but the situation had worsened. Duan Yaowu took the lead and rushed out of the Demonic King Valley, coincidentally meeting Chen Chu who was leading the patrolling soldiers, and got his head chopped off. At the same time, Chen Chu was unbridled, brazenly leading five hundred soldiers to the front of the city, firmly blocking a corner of the Demonic King Valley, causing the tens of thousands of soldiers to be unable to move.

Every time this matter was brought up, Old General Xue Biwu would bang his hands on the table painfully, and say how regretful he would be. If Duan Yaowu was not alone, but had accompanied his three thousand Apprentice Knight s, or even if three hundred of their fellow Apprentice Knight s appeared at the same time, not only would he not die, he would even scare Chen Chu away and finish the mission he had set.

After Chen Chu chopped off Duan Yaowu's head, he first sent his personal guards to return to the city to gather troops and report the situation. Afterwards, he advanced instead of retreating, and led five hundred of his subordinates to rush into the Demonic King Valley, using the mountain rocks and the narrow ancient path as a cover, forming the first barrier against the Fire Phoenix Empire.

The place Chen Chu chose was a corner about two kilometers away from the entrance of the Demonic King Valley, which was also the last bend. Although both ends of the curved horns were paths that could be ridden on dozens of horses, but after reaching this point, the bends became extremely large, almost like a zigzag shape, and the path was extremely narrow, so narrow that only three horses could travel on it. Chen Chu had arranged a total of fifty rows of five hundred astonishing fighting strength Water Camp warriors to wholeheartedly wait for the arrival of the Fire Phoenix Empire army.

Half a day later, Duan Yaowu's fellow Apprentice Knight arrived. They weren't prepared for the danger in front of them and casually walked into the corner. What followed was a massacre. The Water Camp warriors went all out, revealing their fangs and claws to the unprepared Empire's Apprentice Knight s. They used the darkness of the night to rush into the Apprentice Knight camp that was following closely behind. The five hundred soldiers started a massacre, their already powerful fighting strength combined with the cover of darkness, causing a massacre that was the greatest since the start of the war. The death of the young Apprentice Knight almost scared them to death, causing them to brandish their blades to flee towards their own men. In the end, out of the three thousand Apprentice Knight s, less than one thousand and five hundred could meet with the Red Camp Man-at-arms.

At that time, Vice Marshal Luo Qianqiu was together with the Red Camp Man-at-arms, and when he saw the Apprentice Knight like this, he knew that something bad had happened. He immediately ordered them not to conserve their energy and to immediately go forward to reinforce them.

The mountain road was full of corpses and gravel. Not to mention the cavalry charge, one couldn't even run fast enough to get down by himself. At the end of the road was a towering mountain wall.

Luo Qianqiu came from a famous Luo Family in the empire, and according to seniority, he was even Chen Chu's cousin. If not for a weirdo like Chen Chu, Luo Qianqiu could be considered the number one person of the Luo Family young generation. Not only was his battle skill high, his thoughts were meticulous, and the rarest of all was neither arrogant nor impetuous. After discovering the situation, Luo Qianqiu immediately ordered everyone to enter a defensive posture, while carefully defending one side, they cleared away the corpses and the stones on the ground. He had heard too much about Chen Chu and was extremely worried that Chen Chu would use his corpse and his surroundings to make trouble. After a careful examination, Luo Qianqiu did not find any hidden traps, which made him heave a sigh of relief. Actually, he had misunderstood Chen Chu. Firstly, Chen Chu did not know when the Fire Phoenix Empire army would arrive, nor did he dare to use his precious time to do all these things; secondly, he did not have as many strange things as Qu Feizhi on hand. If it was Qu Feizhi, then he would have had to do it no matter what.

After clearing a path, Luo Qianqiu ordered the entire troop to slow down and send out scouts. It was only then that the three scouts noticed the entrance to the curved passage. The three scouts looked at each other and instantly rushed back, their faces pale as they reported to Luo Qianqiu that there was an ambush ahead.

Luo Qianqiu felt that it was strange, under such a situation, there would definitely be ambushes. Seeing that the three scouts could not explain, he decided to just go and take a look, if the scouts did not let him go, he was determined to take a look too. When they reached the corner of the passage, Luo Qianqiu jumped off his horse and gently moved to the side of the mountain cliff. How could this be called a conspiracy? This was an open and just scheme, an unbreakable military formation!

The first row of the road was filled with soldiers who were simply lying on the ground. The second row sat on the ground, the third row squatted on the ground, and the fourth row stood at the start of the road. In their hands were long spears and giant shield s, filling the entire road up. The shiny weapons in their hands, combined with the appearance of their beast heads and their heavy breathing, made this scene even more shocking.

How was he going to get there? Luo Qianqiu's forehead was drenched in cold sweat.

He couldn't rush over. It was such a narrow road, but even if he were riding three horses side by side, it would only give him the space to ride two horses. Not to mention whether he had enough distance to charge through, even if he did, how far could the two men go? How many rows could he charge? Wasn't this supposed to be a gift of a head and battle record to the other party? Let all the riders dismount and fight the enemy head on with knives in hand? There were enough people, but once Red Camp Man-at-arms dismounted, it would become a lump of metal that was hard to move. Whether or not he could beat it was to be careful not to fall, as long as he sat on the ground without anyone's help, he would not be able to get up for the rest of his life. As for taking off the heavy armor s to exchange for light armor, Luo Qianqiu had never thought of this. Wasn't that clearly courting death? Needless to say anything else, just look at the grieving Apprentice Knight sitting on the side of the road. They were all wearing light armor and looking at the wounds on their bodies, they were not much better than thick pieces of paper.

Luo Qianqiu was a little conflicted in his heart, but he didn't expect that this dilemma would last for five days.

The next afternoon, the master and fifteen thousand people's militia soldiers arrived. When he saw that Luo Qianqiu was still stationed here and had not moved, he got angry and publicly scolded this young master of an aristocratic family. Luo Qianqiu knew he was in the wrong, he did not retort, and waited for the old general to finish scolding him, then he brought everyone to see the army formation that Chen Chu had set up.

When the generals saw the Iron Hedgehog from afar, no one said a word. They immediately understood why Luo Qianqiu was in such a difficult situation.

However, Xue Biwu was still furious, but he did not scold him again this time. Instead, he scolded Luo Qianqiu with a straight face: General Luo, this commander knows that you love your soldiers as your sons, but have you ever thought about it? When the army finally reached the pass, they might have to face tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the other side! At that time, how could they continue fighting? Is the Empire's grand scheme going to be buried in the hands of a high-ranking officer who loves soldiers like children?

Luo Qianqiu kneeled down, cold sweat pouring down his face, This general knows his wrongs. He truly regretted it, but he had never thought of this.

Then we might as well do it quickly! Xue Biwu bellowed.

Luo Qianqiu quickly walked in front of the Red Camp Formation and stood on top of a huge boulder while wearing a set of light armor. He shouted to the Knights who were looking at him: Everyone, I apologize to everyone, but due to my hesitation, I delayed the battle for an entire day. This is my fault, I will not avoid it. The Fire Phoenix Empire had been established for a thousand years, and from the day the country was established, the conflict with Mo Qiu had never ceased. Now, the Her Majesty Yanrann has finally decided to send troops to Mo Qiu, to gather all of our nation's power to fight to the death with the enemy, yet we are stuck here, the army is right behind us, the enemy is right in front of us, as the elites of the empire's Red Camp, do you want to let our people's militia's brothers go and fight in front of us? I can't bear it, and I'm going to pay for my mistakes! I will get a volunteer to go with me and break through the enemy's defense line to open up a path to victory for the Empire!

The Red Camp Knights had long had their complaints. In this day of constant searching, the opponent's strength had already been estimated to not exceed a thousand, and they already had four thousand five hundred people before them. Fighting one against one would be underestimating the opponent, and four against one wouldn't be enough? Why not? Was staying here an embarrassment?

Just as this grievance was about to burst out, Luo Qianqiu was finally woken up by Xue Biwu's curses. He stood on the huge boulder and gave out the order to assemble, and at that moment, the riders' resentment turned into fighting intent, gushing out from each of their bodies. They raised the swords in their hands and roared out from their throats, Kill them! Open up the road to victory!

Fifty riders were chosen as death squad. They were dressed in heavy armor clothes and stood in numerous rows. Their only mission was to block the swords and crossbows for their comrades behind them. Behind heavy-armored knight were ninety knights who had removed their heavy armor s. Every three of them held a knight spear, and once they got close, one of them would be in charge of aiming, while the other two would be in charge of exerting their strength. No matter what, they had to stab this twenty feet long monster into the enemy's chest.

They took off their heavy armor s and held their swords in their hands, the knights holding their spears in front would quickly retreat to the sides after stabbing them, opening up a path for the riders in the middle, and these knights would advance along this narrow road, flying over the heads of the heavy-armored knight in the front row, and smashing into the enemy army along with their horses, creating a huge gap.

It had to be said that Luo Qianqiu's plan was a death match. Regardless of whether the plan was successful or not, with the four hundred and forty-one people inside, including himself, only a few would survive. Furthermore, in order to increase his fighting spirit, Luo Qianqiu was ranked first among the three hundred Knights. Once the battle in front began, he would be the first one to rush into the enemy lines!

As for the Apprentice Knight s, they had already been pushed to the side. They were asked to protect the heavy armor s of the Knights well and were not allowed to join the battlefield. From the moment Apprentice Knight joined the Red Camp, although the age difference was only about ten or so, but almost every official Knight took them to be their son, and as for the younger generation, they taught all of them their martial skills and the character of a Knight without reservation. Right now, it was about time for them to give their children a final lesson: Stay there and watch, watch how your senior uses his life and body to open up a path for the next army!

Just when Luo Qianqiu was fully prepared to give the order to attack, Xue Biwu rushed over from the back with a group of people. He did not try to dissuade Luo Qianqiu, but had the people's militia soldiers behind all take off two things from their waists and hand them over to the Knights on their horses. Luo Qianqiu also received the things. These were kerosene bottles, two of them were the size of fists.

After rushing in, smash it with this! Burn them to death! Xue Biwu waved his arms at the Knights, Everyone, now is not the time to be merciful and tolerant in the way of knights. Only by defeating the enemy with the fastest speed can we achieve the best tactical results!

Luo Qianqiu hung the kerosene bottle on his waist, and immediately bowed to Xue Biwu: Please rest assured, I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations!

Fifty heavy-armored knight s stepped into the bend in the road. Ninety Knights held onto spears as they followed behind them. Behind them, were three hundred Knights led by Luo Qianqiu. What was last was the formation of all the Knights of the Red Camp Man-at-arms. Once Luo Qianqiu and the rest obtained some results, they would press their entire army down, crushing their opponents into fine powder! All of their faces were expressionless. Everyone knew that this was a battle of life or death. They were simply waiting to see if they could reap more of the lives of their enemies before they died.

About a hundred meters in front of them, the group of Water Camp soldiers tightly gripped the weapons in their hands almost at the same time, and stared at them with yellow eyes. Looking at their orderly movements, Luo Qianqiu was shocked. He had long heard of the name of the Water Camp, these soldiers were created by the Devil Kingdom False Messenger of God using demonic techniques, it was said that their fighting strength was astonishing, but regarding the execution of orders, their ability to execute them was extremely poor, and there was no need to talk about tactics or such, but what he saw before his eyes was not true. Honestly speaking, their understanding and execution of battle formations were only at the same level as the buggers from people's militia s who could catch up to them every single day. However, this kind of basic execution, coupled with the heaven s risks and terrain, as well as their nearly invincible individual military capability s, was more than enough.

At this moment, Luo Qianqiu believed that they could defeat three thousand Apprentice Knight s, and he was even a little regretful that he had brought several hundred of them with him.

However, regardless of what their emotions were, they could not display it at this moment. This was truly a 'chance of meeting on a narrow path'. Only a true Braveheart could achieve victory!

Get ready! Luo Qianqiu sat on the horse and raised his blade up as he gave the order.

Hu! The fifty knights pulled down their helmets to cover their faces.

Hu! The ninety knights raised their spears at the same time.

Hu! The three hundred knights tightened their reins.

Honor is my life! Charge!" Luo Qianqiu's blade descended and he gave the final command.

Honor is my life! The fifty riders roared and started running forward with small steps. They were wearing heavy armor clothes that weighed over two hundred kilograms, but they were still running with all their might, just to increase their momentum at the last moment.

Honor is my life! The ninety knights also started to run. They also wanted to increase the strength of their final attack.

Chen Chu, who was in the Water Camp array, heard the familiar shout, and a wry smile suddenly appeared on his face behind the mask. After a moment, he waved his hand at the Guard Captain beside him: Let's begin.

When the Guard Captain got the order, he stood up abruptly and shouted at the top of his lungs: Counterattack!

Yes, Chen Chu's strategy was not to defend, but to counterattack.

The Water Camp soldiers fiercely jumped up from the ground, wielding their swords, warhammer, and axes, they rushed towards the incoming Red Camp Knight. Their speed was even faster, their movements were nimble, and their strength was even greater. To be honest, if they were simply competing in terms of physical strength, the Water Camp soldiers had never lost to anyone!

The two huge troops had met in advance, and the Water Camp soldiers had almost all descended from the sky. The warhammer in their hands smashed fiercely into the heavy-armored knight s' masks and chests, and the huge impact passed through the inch thick armor, smashing onto the Knights, causing them to froth at the mouth, and their eyes to spurt out blood. Once they fell to the ground, the Water Camp Soldier s would flocked over. They would put the axes and swords in their hands into the seams of their armor, and after another forceful stir, one of the Fire Phoenix Empire Red Camp Knight would lose her life.

The fifty heavy-armored knight s were completely unable to withstand the two rounds of attacks. As soon as they fell, the ninety knights holding spears behind them suffered a calamity. In order to be more precise and more forceful with their spears, they didn't have any follow-up combat tasks. They only had a single saber hanging from their waists. Now that Water Camp had given up defending and launched a counterattack, and had broken through the heavy-armored knight's defense line in the blink of an eye, the riders were caught off guard. With three people holding a spear, in the face of a life or death crisis, a single misstep could lead to a fatal mistake.

Some teamed up wisely. They would first throw their spears, then draw their sabers and fight back. The first one wanted to throw the spear, the second one wanted to pull out the blade, but the last one released his grip in an instant, and placed all the weight of the spear on the knight in charge of aiming at him. That knight was caught off guard, and threw the spear to the ground, but before he could even react, Water Camp's blade had already struck his neck. There were others who wanted to pull out their blades and casually threw away their spears. Coincidentally, the two people behind had already used their full strength, but with the spear tip touching the ground, their full strength was reflected back. The two people behind were lucky that they only managed to deflect the attack, but were unlucky and had their spears thrust into their stomachs, dying because of their teammates' lack of cooperation.

But even more Knights were in a worse situation, the lance that the three of them could only operate had been snatched away by a Water Camp Soldier, with a sweep, it caused their bones and tendons to be broken and fell onto the ground, the Water Camp Soldier who was rushing from behind raised her blade and the three of them almost died at the same time.

Luo Qianqiu reacted extremely quickly. Seeing that the situation in front of him was in chaos, he immediately ordered the rest of the Knights to stop their charge and changed their tactics, requesting for everyone to sheath their swords and take out the kerosene bottles ahead of time. Everyone should go from the right side to the left side after throwing out the kerosene bottles. Right now, even if they had to risk it all to destroy the corpses of their comrades, they definitely could not let these Water Camp Demonic Beast Soldier continue to act so arrogantly! He had to seize every opportunity to give them a blow!

After saying that, Luo Qianqiu personally went to the Red Camp Army behind him to give the order, and they were requested to wait. If the kerosene were to charge in after throwing everything, it would be tantamount to seeking death. This kind of meaningless sacrifice was not worthy of praise.

Just as Luo Qianqiu was about to pass down the orders to the back of the group, a knight behind him took the lead to rush out, replacing Luo Qianqiu as the first person to rush towards the enemy lines. With his left hand controlling the horse and the kerosene bottle in his right hand, he charged towards the incoming Water Camp Warriors while shouting honor is my life.

The people behind saw that he was getting closer to the other party. As long as they threw out the kerosene bottle, they would be able to burn at least a dozen of his people. However, he was still greedy. He wanted to stick it closer and throw it further, so that the enemy would suffer more casualties. Unfortunately, he forgot the history of the Water Camp Soldier, or should we say, his ancestry.

The Fire Camp Soldiers were previously called Demonic Beast Soldier, they were created by the Messenger of God Chen Tianming using the Beast God's power to forcefully combine the powerful Demonic Beast and the Moqiu State's elite soldiers together. Because Chen Tianming pursued the individual military capability too much, it caused them to lose too much intelligence, and was dominated by the Demonic Beast's beastly nature, which resulted in the latter stage having extraordinary fighting strength but extremely low subservience. If one were to speak bluntly, these were a group of humanoid fierce beasts.

No matter how fierce a horse is, it is still a horse." Especially when a few Water Camp Soldier s suddenly stopped in their tracks and roared out like tigers and lions towards the galloping horses. This well-trained warhorse lifted its front hooves abruptly, supporting itself with its two hind legs, its entire body stood up, and in a flash, the knight on its back fell to the ground. The kerosene bottle in the knight's hand shattered and burned in an instant, turning the knight into a human-shaped fireball. The warhorse was also unable to escape its own fate, and was cut in half by a Water Camp Soldier that had rushed over as well.

The desperately twisting and burning bodies of the Knights under him and the miserable cries they let out shocked Luo Qianqiu who had just turned around. He hurriedly galloped his horse forward, wanting to stop the others from charging forward. However, it was too late. More than ten Knights were already angered, and they rushed towards Water Camp Soldier while roaring. Some of them even forgot about the kerosene bottle on their waist and rushed forward with their swords raised.

However, the mountain path could only be passed through by three riders at most, and there were nearly ten people standing side by side. In addition to Water Camp Soldier's natural restraint towards war horses, the riders were all cut down, one by one, and other than one person who smoothly threw out the kerosene bottle, no one else succeeded.

More than ten of the bottles that the knights had brought with them had already ignited, sealing off the path in front of them with a wall of fire, cutting off Luo Qianqiu's chance to attack with his life. In desperation, no matter how strong Luo Qianqiu's fighting intent was, he could only wait until the fire was extinguished before fighting.

After this battle, the Fire Phoenix Empire had lost more than one hundred sixty people, and the opposing Water Camp Soldier s had lost no more than ten, out of which at least four of them had been burnt to death by the last wave of kerosene bottles.

Facing such a result, Luo Qianqiu had no face to face. He shook his head and sighed, and in that moment, the old and young general both had no idea what to do. Helpless, the two could only regroup their soldiers and continuously launch small-scale attacks at the Water Camp in the passage. They would use the tactic of if you want to die from beating me to death, at least you'll tire me to death to wear down the other party.

But the cost to Xue Biwu and was also huge. In total, they had lost more than seven hundred soldiers, and with the previous Apprentice Knight dead, the number of casualties had already exceeded two thousand, becoming a hundred out of a hundred. Compared to the high morale before the war, which troop would send him to attack the pass? From top to bottom, all of their faces were deathly pale, as if they were about to send themselves to their deaths. Luo Qianqiu believed that if not for Xue Biwu's Law Enforcement Unit, at least half of the soldiers in front would be able to escape.

Under this kind of situation, Huo Yanrann's orders arrived. Xue Biwu and Luo Qianqiu, however, could feel the anger of the Her Majesty from the words she said. Looking at the natural moat in front of them and the godly soldiers, they looked at the dejected faces beside them and laughed bitterly: What should we do?

CHAPTER 203 - RAISE THE FLOWER TO ACCEPT THE WOOD

In fact, was surprised by the sudden attack from the Fire Phoenix Empire. Although he had been preparing for an attack since the moment he had taken the initiative to select the Demonic King Valley Gate as the garrison, he had never expected the enemy to attack so quickly.

Due to the protection of the Child Ming, Kong Xiu forcefully stopped his attempt to transmit information to Mo Qiu. However, this also cut off their understanding of the internal affairs of the Fire Phoenix Empire. Although there were hidden piles buried in the northern provinces, but in terms of intelligence, no one could compare to Child Ming. After all, he was the owner of the Chamber of Commerce of Ming Family. With his connections, circle of people, ability to grasp things and his sensitivity, even if it was a random transfer of troops or the transportation of food in the northern war zone, the Child Ming would be able to tell that something was different. However, from another point of view, it was hard to say whether or not the reason why Xiong Sisi's northern battle arena was set aside, was because of his serious dissatisfaction with the previous information leak.

Based on the intelligence they had gathered, Kong Xiu, Qu Feizhi, Chen Chu and the others had determined that Huo Yanrann would stock up the food during this period of time, recruit new soldiers and clean up the military equipment. After that, when the Gufeng Mountain had naturally collapsed, she would use a large number of troops.

However, after thinking it through in a million ways, she did not expect Huo Yanrann to have such an ability. She secretly formed the Phoenix Blood Division, and even went on to keep it a secret. Firstly was their identities. Their identities were a little unknown even to Xiong Sisi, the noble commander of the northern theatre of operations. He only knew the code names of each of them and that they could help the Phoenix Shadow Army Soldier increase its fighting strength. As for the Phoenix Blood Division being able to grasp such a profound formation and turning it into powder in one go, this was the absolute secret within. Even Duan Xiaoling, who wasn't a high level member of the Phoenix Blood Division, wasn't completely aware of it.

Speaking of which, it was also because of Chen Chu. Back then, when Sir Chen Chu had obtained Huo Yanrann's trust, he took the responsibility of being the first in command of Phoenix Shadow Army, allowing him to freely enter and leave the palace inner courtyard. He took the chance to steal an ancient formation to remove the seal, allowing Kong Xiu and the Demonic Beast Soldier to see the light of day once again, bringing a great calamity to the heart of Fire Phoenix Empire. Huo Yanrann thought in pain. She realized that she had always missed out on the treasury beside her, and she was determined to find a way to retaliate against Chen Chu and Kong Xiu.

Although Huo Yanrann was unable to find a method to directly take Kong Xiu's and Chen Chu's life in the huge library, she had also accidentally discovered a method to fix the Gufeng Mountain, and conveniently thought of a new way to fuse the bloodline. Although the requirements of this way of thinking were much higher, it was still enough to make Huo Yanrann overjoyed, and thought that if this way of thinking was possible, then it would be more worth it than taking back the lives of two people.

Under this background, Huo Yanrann began to seriously research on a new fusion method. At the same time, she secretly established the Phoenix Blood Group, with Yu Ming Ming who was known as a madman as the leader, and started to search everywhere for people whose physiques and abilities met the requirements. She knew that this kind of person would not be easy to find, so she gave Yu Mingming a dictum of only eight words: at all costs, regardless of the cost.

Even with such an order, Yu Mingmei had still spent a lot of effort and time to round out twelve groups of sixty people. Although it was just barely enough, Huo Yanrann could already see hope from them.

Finally, when the fifty or so members of the Phoenix Blood Guild stood up on the Gufeng Mountain, under the guidance of YinMing Ming, they activated a bloodline formation which was almost customized for them, turning them and the members of the Phoenix Blood Guild into fine powder, and once again opened the path to Moqiu State.

It had to be said that this move was a fatal blow to the Moqiu State, Kong Xiu, Chen Chu and the others.

When the members of the Phoenix Blood Group stood at the head of the Gufeng Mountain, Qu Feizhi and Su Wen were still leading the soldiers to clear the wasteland. The principle of not fighting without food was the first thing any Imperial Military Academy student would learn after entering school. No matter how strong one's fighting