Chapter 248 Today I Can Be the Doorkeeper

The biggest advantage of the Qi army is its large number of people, but its biggest disadvantage is also its large number of people.

Since ancient times, the more soldiers and horses a person has on a battlefield, the better. The combat effectiveness of an army has two core factors: one is the commander's ability, and the other is the overall combat effectiveness of the soldiers. Only when the two are perfectly combined can the combat effectiveness of the army be maximized.

If the two cannot cooperate effectively, they will only get half the result with twice the effort, and the combat effectiveness of each other will be greatly reduced. This involves the issue of the maximum extent to which a commander can lead his troops.

Some people command 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and are extremely powerful, but they may not be able to control 100,000 soldiers. Some people can rule the world with 100,000 soldiers, but if they are asked to command 300,000 soldiers, they will be stretched to the limit and in a miserable state.

A general who can command 300,000 soldiers and horses as easily as an arm is a true general, and there will be only a few of them in an era. A general who can command 600,000 soldiers and horses and make it look like a piece of cake may be a famous general that can only be seen once in a hundred years.

However, King Jian of Qi was obviously not a rare general. He was not even as good as ordinary generals. During Yang Chong's attack, he only knew to mobilize troops to besiege Yang Chong, but he did not have a clear concept of the order of mobilization. As a result, the Qi army's formation had more and more flaws with Yang Chong's attack, and these constantly emerging flaws were Yang Chong's opportunities.

In the Qi army's formation, Yang Chong rushed left and right, constantly attacking the Qi army's formation. In this process, no matter how Yang Chong changed direction, he had only one target, and that was King Jian of Qi.

At this moment, Yang Chong has broken through one Qi army formation after another, but there are still two Qi army formations in front of him, and on his left, right and behind, there are more Qi troops pouring in. Yang Chong quickly assessed the situation.

His physical strength was certainly enough to support him to fight his way to King Jian of Qi, but the soldiers under his command were still within the scope of human beings and still had the limitations of being human. Heavy armor certainly improved the combat effectiveness of the cavalry across the board, giving them an overwhelming advantage over the Qi army in the charge, but conversely, the physical consumption of the cavalry was also terrifying.

If Yang Chong had to attack the Qi army alone without the help of his cavalry, he would probably be drowned in the crowd even if he had extraordinary abilities.

"It's time to use that weapon." Yang Chong raised his hand while thinking.

The royal guards who noticed Yang Chong's actions quickly reached for the bag on the side of the saddle, and a slingshot appeared in their hands.

Slingshots were used before humans invented bows and arrows. After ancient humans freed their hands, throwing stones at prey was an effective means of attacking the enemy. Later, people discovered that by tying a rope to a stone and swinging the rope, they could unleash greater power. From then on, throwing stones became slingshots.

To this day, the trebuchet is still the most easily obtained long-range attack weapon for humans, and Yang Chong was using such a trebuchet at this time.

However, this time the catapult no longer threw stones, but simple incendiary bombs made of black gunpowder and white phosphorus. In order to refine these things, Yang Chong also spent a lot of effort, and even did not hesitate to "compromise" and use the "beauty trap" to let Ehuang use her not-so-good alchemy to experiment with the proportions of these things.

At this time, Yang Chong's personal guards, who numbered less than 400 people, threw their catapults with incendiary bombs in their hands with all their might. At one time, hundreds of incendiary bombs were thrown into the sky above the Qi army. At the same time, Yang Chong also threw the almost unusable spear in his hand into the sky.

"What is this going to do?" Prince Jian of Qi, who was in the rear formation, stood on a high platform and took in all the changes in the war: What new tricks does the fake king have?
Countless Qi soldiers subconsciously looked up at the sky. The originally clear sky suddenly exploded with a loud thunder, hitting the spear thrown high into the sky by Yang Chong. In the flash of lightning, violent flames rose, followed by even more violent explosions and flames spreading in the air.

At this moment, the chaotic war suddenly became quiet. What did they see?
What countless soldiers saw was a loud thunder and the sound of countless thunderbolts exploding. That kind of exploding sound could not be anything other than the power of heaven. Also, there was the flame rising in the air, like a ball of heavenly fire falling from the sky.

Is this something a human can do?
It's impossible. This is not something that humans can do. Human power cannot reach such a level. Since humans can't do it, it can only be done by God.

This was Heaven helping Yang Chong and the Dong'e army. For a moment, the Qi army's courage was lost. They were not afraid to fight against the Dong'e army, but what about against Heaven?

Among the people of the seven countries, the people of Qi were the most superstitious. What happened at this time fell into the sight of the Qi army, and some of them thought of a rumor.

Thinking of the rumor and what was happening at this time, some soldiers in the Qi army began to waver in their will. Amid their wavering, there were screams of many people. The flames in the sky turned into meteors and fell into the Qi army's formation. The flames seemed to have life, sticking to the Qi soldiers, igniting their skin and hair, and igniting their armor and clothes.

If the fear just now only existed in the mind, then at this moment, the fear has become reality.

The most fearful among them was King Jian of Qi.

As strong was King Jian of Qi's determination before, as great was his fear at this moment. The courage he mustered was due to impulse. When his impulse was replaced by the fear of the unknown, his collapse happened in an instant.

"I cannot stay here, he is not a human being." King Jian of Qi thought as the man walked down the platform uncontrollably. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone he is the king.

Seeing that the heavy cavalry led by Yang Chong were about to break through the army formation and rush to him, it was too dangerous for him to stay here.

Especially at this time, Yang Chong seemed to be helped by heaven, and King Jian of Qi felt that he needed to avoid his edge.

As King Jian of Qi retreated, the royal flag of the Qi army also began to waver. As the royal flag retreated, Yang Chong launched a fatal blow that squeezed out the last of the heavy armored cavalry's strength.

King Jian of Qi's retreat began to cause the Qi army, which was already filled with fear, to fall into even greater chaos. At this moment, fear turned into chaos, and chaos turned into collapse.

"The king is dead." Such a voice came from somewhere. At first, the voice was still very weak for such a large battlefield, but it spread quickly. In just a moment, the sound of the king dying and the king escaping was like a landslide and tsunami.

It was also at this moment that the Qi army's formation was defeated by the Dong'a army. In front of Yang Chong was no longer the endless Qi army, but the back of King Jian of Qi.

"Kill." Yang Chong drew the long sword from his waist. He had already seen King Jian of Qi. That was his chance to win.

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"King Jian of Qi actually lost?"

At this time, Linzi City had fallen into great chaos. The 420,000-strong Qi army was defeated three times by the Dong'a army in three days. The reason for all this was that King Jian of Qi was captured by Yang Chong himself in the first day of the battle.

In the following two days, although there were loyal generals in the Qi army whose king was captured and were willing to fight a decisive battle with the Dong'a army, with their king captured, the army's morale and fighting spirit were completely lost. They were defeated in successive battles, and finally nearly 200,000 soldiers fled, and nearly 200,000 were captured.

The huge Qi army turned into a passing cloud in such a ridiculous and tragic way, and Qi Wangjian, the high and mighty king, became a prisoner. His ending would probably not be much better than that of his grandfather. Faced with such a situation, even Yan Fei, with her temperament, could not help but sigh.

Although she thought Yang Chong was extremely extraordinary and even had a connection with the legendary Blue Dragon and the Seven Stars, she actually had no hope that Yang Chong could defeat the Qi army. But now, the facts told her another answer.

"So, can Yang Chong be called a legend now?" Moon Goddess took over the conversation.

At this moment, she had lost her loftiness and mystery. Her eyes, as deep as the stars, were rippling with a strange brilliance. She had already made up her mind to devote her life to the pursuit of the Way of Heaven. But now, Yang Chong was closer to the Way of Heaven than Donghuang Taiyi, the leader of their Yin-Yang School.

If Yang Chong did not have a destiny, how could he have done things that ordinary people would not even dare to think about.

The Moon Goddess likes destiny.

"If this is not a myth, then there is probably no myth. It seems that the secret of the Seven Stars of the Azure Dragon may really be revealed by him." Yan Fei said with a complicated expression.

The two sisters who saw the myth each had their own thoughts, and so did the people in Linzi city. The Qi army that fled back from the front line had already spread the terror of Yang Chong and the Dong'e army to the extreme. Soon, Yang Chong, who was invincible with the mandate of heaven, would lead his army to the city. Then, how could the safety of Linzi be guaranteed?

Is Linzi going to have a new owner?

"Why did the king fail?" The young man slumped in his seat as if he had lost his parents. This news was hard for him to imagine. Although he also felt that it was not reliable for King Jian of Qi to lead the army in person, he had never thought that King Jian of Qi would fail, and fail so miserably, with his army collapsed and himself becoming a prisoner of the enemy.

Hou Sheng is not a capable person, and facing such a situation, he is really helpless.

What's more, Yang Chong might not give him a chance. The vanguard of the Dong'e army, standing on the top of Linzi City, was already vaguely visible.

Even an army of 420,000 couldn't stop Yang Chong, so could the city walls of Linzi alone stop him? Although the population of the entire Linzi city has exceeded one million, how many of these one million people are willing to take up arms and fight a bloody battle with the Dong'e army?
While Hou Sheng was in panic, an uninvited guest appeared in front of him.

"Who are you?" Hou Sheng looked at the handsome young man in front of him with confusion in his eyes. He didn't remember knowing this person.

"My name is Bai Feng, the commander of the Night." Bai Feng looked at the fat man in front of him and had the urge to take action, but Yang Chong told him that a living Hou Sheng would be more useful than a dead one, so he came.

"Night? Yang Chong's night?" Hou Sheng instinctively wanted to call for the guards, but the words were blocked when they reached his throat.

"Prime Minister, don't make the mistake of misleading yourself." Bai Feng said coldly, but his simple words had already interrupted Hou Sheng's hope.

"Yang Chong, no, it's the King of Qi. What does the King of Qi want you to find me for?" Hou Sheng said, trying to calm himself down.

"Your Majesty wants Linzi City." Bai Feng said directly.

"I'm afraid that Linzi City can no longer stop the King of Qi's army." Hou Sheng said pessimistically.

"What my king wants is a complete Linzi City, a Linzi City that has not experienced the destruction of war." Bai Feng said.

Linzi City was managed by the State of Qi for hundreds of years. Its scale, population, and wealth were unrivaled in the world. Even Wei's Daliang and Qin's Xianyang were inferior to it.

Yang Chong was determined to capture such a city, but also because of this, he had to use a better way.

"I'm afraid I can't do anything about it." Hou Sheng still wanted to struggle. Everything he had came from Qi. Once Qi was gone, who would still look at him in the eye?
"My king promised that as long as the prime minister hands over Linzi City, the king will make you a marquis and give you five thousand households." Bai Feng put forward the conditions he brought.

"What if I refuse?" Hou Sheng asked back.

"I happen to be a killer." Bai Feng introduced himself with a strange look in his eyes. The look he gave Hou Sheng was like a hawk seeing its prey on the ground. Compared to the identity of a messenger, he actually preferred the profession of a killer.

"Is the King of Qi really willing to make me a marquis?" Hou Sheng was almost in despair. Did he have any choice now?

"Compared with Linzi City and the entire Qi State, five thousand households are probably nothing, right?" Bai Feng asked back.

"It's really nothing." Hou Sheng calculated.

In Hou Sheng's plan, the army of Dong'a City had already blocked the four gates of Linzi City. Although Dong'a's military force was limited and could not surround the entire Linzi, it was still possible to cut off its internal and external traffic.

The mobilized people of Linzi had no choice but to climb onto the top of the city walls, take out unfamiliar weapons and look at the enemy troops below the city. It seemed that there were not that many of them, but these people won the war and were now at the gates of the city.

The Qi army generals on the city wall encouraged the morale of the soldiers and civilians defending the city. They really needed to guard Linzi City. After all, this was their home!
Just when the soldiers and civilians of Linzi were ready for a big battle, a carriage drove out from the Dong'e army's formation. The carriage was not luxurious, but the people sitting on it?

"Is it the king?" The guard on the city wall recognized who the person in the carriage was at a glance.

"Open the city gates quickly and let the king of Qi and his army in."

Under the gaze of countless people, King Jian of Qi actually shouted such words in public.

(End of this chapter)