Chapter 355 The Arrival of the Imperial Army

In Huanzhou, the capital city of Huanyu, Li Yuan was talking with Xun Yu about the details of the upcoming war preparations. The guard outside the door came in with excitement and reported:

"Your Highness, Commander Fan is back!"

Li Yuan's eyes lit up after hearing this.

Commander Fan, Fan Jianqiang, was his first subordinate.

Li Yuan's current bodyguards are all 300 cavalrymen who were brought to the fiefdom from Kyoto.

I saw Fan Jianqiang leading four figures into the lobby quickly. When he saw Li Yuan on the main seat, his eyes turned red and he quickly knelt down to pay homage:

"Your Highness, the general is back."

Li Yuan saw Fan Jianqiang coming back and stood up quickly, his face full of joy.

"Great, be strong. This king needs you right now."

Hearing Li Yuan's rude words, Fan Jianqiang's resolute expression moved. His Highness had indeed not forgotten him.

"Please give me your orders, Your Highness!"

Fan Qiangqiang knew that he had missed too many things by staying in the Fan family, and he was deeply afraid that His Highness would forget about him and ignore him.

Li Yuan kindly helped Fan Qiangqiang up, patted his thick shoulder, and looked up and down.

"Be strong, you have indeed lived up to my expectations and successfully broke through to the Tianwu Realm!"

"I am stupid and have wasted too much time." Fan Jianqiang lowered his head and said in shame. He should have been able to work harder and return to His Highness sooner.

"Haha, just in time." Li Yuan was very happy to see Fan Jianqiang successfully breaking through to the Tianwu realm. He patted his shoulder affectionately and looked at the four people Fan Jianqiang brought over.

An old man at the Dharma Realm, two middle-aged men at the Tianwu Realm, and a young man at the Grand Master Realm were all behind Fan Jianqiang, who was very humble.

"Be strong, introduce me to the helpers you brought back." Li Yuan looked at the four of them with a smile. When they entered Huanzhou, Luo Wang had already passed their information to him.

Fan Jianqiang woke up and realized that now was not the time to reminisce with His Highness. He quickly introduced the old man on the far left and said with a hint of respect:

"Your Highness, this is the fourth ancestor of my Fan family."

"Fan Zhiliang of the Fan family, pays homage to His Royal Highness the King of Chu." The fourth ancestor of the Fan family bowed to Li Yuan very respectfully. He showed no arrogance as a respectable person when facing Li Yuan.

Even Fan Zhiliang was a little nervous inside. The person in front of him was the King of Chu who owned four states, the prince with the most extensive territory in the world, and he was also a peerless genius, who was in the same Dharma Realm as him.

Under such conditions, which noble man would dare to despise the King of Chu.

Originally, the Fourth Ancestor Fan and the Second Ancestor Fan planned to support Fan Peng and the others to Lianzhou, but at that time King Ming was defeated and Li Yuan was about to unify the four states. The Fan family immediately changed their minds and asked the Fourth Ancestor Fan to follow Fan Jianqiang into Huanzhou to join the Prince of Chu's Mansion. strength.

"Venerable Fan, I have admired you for a long time!" Li Yuan looked at this ancestor in the middle stage of the Dharma Master Realm and said very politely.

"Your Highness, these two are Du Liyu and Pang Lei who are worshiped by the Fan family."

When Fan Jianqiang introduced the two of them, they both saluted respectfully:

"Du Liyu (Pang Lei) pays homage to His Highness!"

Du Liyu, a strong man in the late Tianwu realm.

Pang Lei, a strong man in the middle stage of Tianwu.

Li Yuan smiled and nodded, "Welcome everyone."

The last young disciple, the grandmaster's initial aura is a little loose. He must have just broken through the grandmaster realm. His face is pale and his body is thin. At first glance, he has a somewhat arrogant air of a scholar.

When Fan Jianqiang introduced the last young disciple, there was some embarrassment on his face: "Your Highness, this is the general's half-brother, Fan Ruanchi. It was thanks to his help in the Fan family that the general was able to quickly Break through the Tianwu Realm."

When Li Yuan looked at him, Fan Ruanchi's face suddenly became extremely excited, and his eyes almost overflowed with admiration. He took a step forward, held Li Yuan's hand directly, and cried with joy:

"Fan Ruanchi, a commoner, has long heard that His Highness has sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. He is fresh and handsome, suave, chic and handsome, calm and elegant, elegant and peaceful, handsome without waves, majestic, graceful, and majestic in appearance... ( Two hundred words are omitted here)"

Fan Ruanchi's excited voice echoed throughout the lobby.

Du Liyu and Pang Lei stared blankly at Fan Ruanchi, who was full of witty words and eloquent.

Fan Jianqiang touched his face with his hands, looking slightly embarrassed. He knew the character of his half-brother. He originally didn't want to bring him here, but the cheap father insisted on letting him bring his younger brother.

Fan Sizu's eyes showed a hint of shock. It was the first time he noticed that Fan Laosi's son was so carefree...and so eloquent.

"When I saw him today, His Highness the King of Chu was indeed extraordinary. At this moment, the common people had only one thought in their hearts. They could serve His Highness the King of Chu and die without regret. I, Fan Ruanchi, was born for His Highness! I am...

Hey... Hey, brother, what are you doing! "

Seeing that Fan Ruanchi was getting more and more outrageous, Fan Jianqiang finally couldn't help but pull him over.

"Ahem, Your Highness, the younger brother of the last general, he...he..." Fan Jianqiang didn't know how to describe Fan Ruanchi.

"Haha, it's okay. I can see that your younger brother is outspoken and articulate. He is a talented person." Li Yuan admired Fan Ruanchi's talent very much.

"Look, let me just say that our Highness is wise, mighty, extraordinary, and dazzling..."

After being praised by Li Yuan, Fan Ruanchi took out a feather fan from nowhere, quickly came to Li Yuan's side, and fanned the fan with a flattering look on his face.

Li Yuan admired Fan Ruanchi very much: "Haha, Mr. Fan, you have the potential to be a lobbyist."

"Your Highness, just call me Cao Min Xiao Fan." Fan Ruanchi looked flattering.

"Come on, come on, sit down, let me introduce you. This is Xun Yu, my trusted minister."

Li Yuan introduced to Xun Yu who kept smiling lightly.

Although Li Yuan's tone was very casual, Fan Sizu and even Fan Ruanchi felt a sudden change in their hearts, and they all saluted solemnly:

"Greetings to Master Xun!"

Xun Yu was the first confidant of the King of Chu after he entered the fiefdom. He had been stationed in Lingzhou. When the war was about to begin, he was transferred to Huanzhou and sat in the rear. It was obvious how much the King of Chu trusted him.

"Everyone..." Just when Xun Yu wanted to say a few polite words, Zhao Gao's figure suddenly appeared, with a hint of strangeness in his tone:

"Your Highness, Shangguan Zhenyu led 50,000 cavalry to attack Fengding City!"

Fengding City, an important city connecting Fengzhou and Zhongzhou, is a battleground for military strategists. It is guarded by Lu Bu and Cheng Yu to stop the imperial army.

But normally, it would take at least five days for the army led by Shangguan Zhenyu to arrive. Why did it suddenly appear in Fengding City without making any noise before?

Li Yuan and Xun Yu's eyes moved.

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Ten miles away from Fengding City, a group of black cavalry quickly rushed towards Fengding City. The first person was wearing black armor and had a swarthy complexion. The aura on this man's body was extremely huge. In this man's huge aura, there was a trace of extremely fierceness. , the crazy killing aura, like a ferocious giant beast, covered by cloth, but revealing a trace of pointed fangs.

The black cavalry is silent. It is the famous phantom cavalry commanded by Shangguan Zhenyu. There are 50,000 cavalry here. Bright light bursts out from the phantom cavalry. The blue-black light turns into a halo of light and fills the surrounding body, especially If the horse under his feet received some kind of blessing, it would be extremely fast for a while.

The power of the stroke surrounded the entire cavalry, and the phantom cavalry seemed to blend into the spirit of the wind. The sound of the horses stepping on the ground was constantly weakened with the help of the wind, and was transformed into the singing of the wind, sprinting at high speed on the road.

Although the sound was repeatedly weakened, it was still seen by the Fengding City scouts. But by the time these scouts reacted, the phantom cavalry had already left their sight, leaving a dust on the ground and the horrified eyes of the scouts.

The ten famous generals of the Dayu Dynasty each have their own characteristics. Shangguan Zhenyu has three characteristics:

fierce! quick! Just!

During the dynasty war more than 20 years ago, Shangguan Zhenyu led 200,000 phantom cavalry to attack the Fengyu Dynasty for thousands of miles. They fought with blood and bones along the way and reached the enemy's hinterland in ten days, approaching the imperial city.

The generals who were attacking the Yu Dynasty outside made the hairs on their backs stand up, and they were frightened and quickly returned to defense.

When Shangguan Zhenyu withdrew his troops, all the forces in the Fengyu Dynasty cooperated and all the armies in the dynasty were encircled and suppressed. Shangguan Zhenyu led 200,000 phantom cavalry to break out of the encirclement and ran back to the Yu Dynasty.

When he returned to the Yu Dynasty, he was already covered with scars and was dying. There were only less than 30,000 soldiers left out of the 200,000-strong army. In the past twenty years, the dynasty helped him find a large number of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and holy healing medicines, and he has been recuperating in Kyoto. .

At this time, in Fengding City, thousands of farmers and craftsmen were busy on the city wall, doing defensive work. Generals walked around the city wall, issuing orders one by one, and groups of soldiers quickly fired oil and gold juice. , rolling wood... all go to the top of the city and prepare for defense.

The generals who were supervising looked at the fiery red figure on the tall building from time to time, showing admiration.

Lu Bu!

The most powerful general under King Chu!

"Fengxian, this time we must focus on defense first. The purpose is not to defeat the imperial army, but to prevent the imperial army from entering Fengzhou and cooperate with Mr. Li to govern Fengzhou. The various forces in Fengzhou and Yizhou will slowly send people to support here."

On the city wall, Cheng Yu persuaded Lu Bu earnestly, fearing that Lu Bu would get excited during the battle and run out to chase the enemy general.

"Zhongde, don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion!"

Lu Bu played with the extremely thick and exquisite Fang Tian painted halberd. The black halberd shaft was densely covered with patterns like fish scales, and the blade of the halberd was extremely thick and exquisite.

Cheng Yu smiled bitterly, he was afraid that Lu Bu would be like this.

Lu Bu glanced at Cheng Yu, not caring about his expression at all, and continued to play with Fang Tian's painted halberd.

Suddenly Lu Bu's tiger eyes flashed and he suddenly looked outside the city gate.

"Report, the scouts just found traces of enemy troops ten miles away!"

At this time, the messenger rushed up to the tower as fast as possible.

"Blow the drum, they are already here!"

Lu Bu's eyes flashed with evil aura, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly. He had already sensed an extremely alarming aura coming towards him in the distance.

Cheng Yu's face froze.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The rapid drum beat was loud and loud.

Uh-huh!

On the Fengding city wall, tens of thousands of farmers and craftsmen who were originally busy suddenly stopped and looked nervously at the generals on the tall buildings.

"Everyone listen to the order and be on alert immediately. The enemy is attacking!" The general next to him did not hesitate at all. The sound was like a falling meteorite, instantly causing huge waves in the sky above Fengding City.

"Quick! Quick! Farmers and craftsmen quickly get down the city wall and take shelter!" The commanders who were supervising everywhere heard the loud sound of the warning drum, reacted instantly, and called them to get down from the city tower.

The cold horn sounded, waking up the soldiers below the city tower. The strong bodies of the elite soldiers under the city tower quickly rushed up to the city wall. Each team advanced in an orderly manner, advancing and retreating in one unit. There were swordsmen, shieldmen, spearmen, and swordsmen. Soldiers, sword and shield hands are at the forefront, Yun Tiejian is covered with a thick layer of animal skin, his body is slightly bent, the shield is raised high in front of him, his hands and body are supporting the shield.

Behind them is a row of spearmen, with two long and extremely sharp spears protruding from the gap between the sword and shield hands. Behind them, rows of archers hold arrows in their hands, holding their big bows tightly, ready to fire at any time. Shoot arrows.

The farmers and craftsmen had put down their tasks, and each of them turned pale and hurriedly fled towards the city.

However, at this moment, there was shaking outside the city gate!

Rumble, the earth roared, and the vibrations became louder and louder. In just a few breaths, everyone heard a fierce horse neighing from the wind. In the lightning flash, the earth trembled, and tens of thousands of people The iron cavalry suddenly appeared in the sight of the city gate, bursting out with a heavy aura like a mountain, rushing towards Fengding City like an overwhelming mountain.

The newly built fortifications on the city wall were shaking a little, and unfixed tools collapsed. What was even more frightening was that the farmers and craftsmen on the Fengding City Tower had not yet evacuated, and the soldiers were not ready yet.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, there was a thunderous explosion in the sky over the phantom cavalry far outside the city!

Following a piercing scream, thousands of dense arrows came like a tide, roaring towards the army on the city top!

At that moment, the void seemed to be torn apart.

The long empty marks behind the arrows are enough to prove the power contained in these arrows!

boom!

Tens of thousands of arrows pierced the air and burst out from all directions, covering the city wall in the horrified eyes of the soldiers!

too fast!

Just a few seconds after the enemy troops appeared, their sharp arrows were already fired!

"Buzz!"

At this moment, Lu Bu's whole body was filled with evil aura, and the aura in the middle stage of the Dharma Master Realm suddenly exploded. The endless torrent of Gang Qi, like an endless dragon, circled back and forth in the sky, filling every corner of the city wall, covering the entire city. City gate!

In an instant, densely packed in all directions, all the arrows were smashed into pieces and turned into iron filings all over the sky!

Lu Bu, who remained unmoved amid the falling iron shavings from the sky, was like a god, fixing people's hearts and becoming the backbone of everyone's hearts.

Outside the city gate, the hooves of war horses clattered. Shangguan Zhenyu at the front had a stern look on him, looking at the extremely dazzling Lu Bu on the tall building, and raised the corner of his mouth!

"Buzz!"

The next second, without any warning, in the eyes of Cheng Yu and the city gate defenders, a deep shadow suddenly shot out from the ground, surging toward Fengding City like a tide. In just an instant, the phantom cavalry seemed to be coated with a layer of mysterious black mist, and they seemed to merge into each other, making them difficult to identify.

"Broken city!"

Shangguan Zhenyu's powerful and deep voice echoed in the world like thunder, and his whole body boiled with energy!

Buzz, the void trembled, and the aura of the fifty thousand cavalry behind them was like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, connecting into one, and forming a phantom of a huge broad sword a hundred feet high in the sky above the legion.

That broad sword was extremely huge, and its blade was so sharp that it seemed like it could split the heaven and the earth.

And in the handle of the knife was Shangguan Zhenyu, and Shangguan Zhenyu was seen slashing down with the big knife in his hand!

In an instant, murderous aura rippled for dozens of miles, and the entire Fengding was surrounded by murderous aura.

The shadow of the huge broadsword condensed into reality, bursting out with a dazzling brilliance, like a cold moon, cold and bone-chilling!

The dazzling silver covered the sky and the sun, and all the power was contained in the blade, leaving only the sharpness of the blade and the moon-like blade.

Although it is daytime, the sun and moon shine together.

Severely chop down Fengding City!

In an instant, murderous intent swept through the sky, and the terrifying murderous intent locked onto everyone on the city tower. Everyone felt as if they were tightly surrounded by countless blades. The soldiers on the city wall felt extremely unsmooth not to mention their actions, and even their breathing was extremely unsmooth. Very frightened!

"Interesting, I finally found someone who is qualified to be my opponent!"

"Ha ha!"

An unruly voice resounded through the sky, and the fiery red figure suddenly rushed out of the tower. Lu Bu laughed three times, faced the giant sword that was coming towards him, leaned over and rushed forward, and swung Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand to swipe it fiercely. There are no rules, just one effort to defeat all laws!

At this moment, the halberd blade burst out with a dazzling red brilliance, like a sun, a blazing sun. The terrifying evil energy was overwhelming, and the sky was dyed blood red!

The sky split into two, with the cold light of silver on one side and the red light of blood on the other!

boom!

The collision between the two sides formed a terrifying storm, which swept across the sky. For a time, the sun and moon were darkened, and the space was rolling like a rolling wave.

The huge broadsword exploded instantly and turned into countless cold blades!

At the same time, the fiery red figure flew out and hit the city wall hard... (End of this chapter)