Chapter 66: The Collapse of the Military Camp Amidst Chaos

  "This last move is really powerful, if I hadn't been prepared earlier, it would have been me who lost my life." After searching the body of the Bamboo Pole Taoist and not finding any Taoist scriptures, he sighed at how such a powerful secret technique had slipped through his fingers.

  "It seems that I also need to speed up my cultivation, the fourth layer of the law gate, although the law is very powerful, but now only mastered one kind of Taoist skill, the divine ability of the Golden Claw is cultivated with a clever method, and its power is not as good as expected. After breaking through the law gate, I will cultivate another Taoist skill, and in the future, when facing enemies, I will be much stronger than now." He called out to the red copper sand to strangle the bamboo pole Daoist's corpse into powder, and then he broke through the air and left, but he didn't go to find other Qi Refining Masters to talk about this matter, instead, he lowered his head and returned to the camp.

  He returned to the camp, carefully thinking about the cause and effect, and finally guessed that it might be someone sent by the Yin Wind Daoist. "It's just a pity that this arithmetic is a strange technique, and there is no record in the sect, so I can't cultivate it. Otherwise, with this calculation, I would know whether it was done by the Yin Wind Daoist or not, and I wouldn't have to make wild guesses here."

  After careful consideration, he put the matter aside and began to focus on practicing the law of moving objects, in order to break through as soon as possible and cultivate another Taoist skill.

  In the following tens of days, Wang Guang used various metals provided by the eldest prince to enhance the power of Chi Tong Sha. At the same time, he pondered the pursuit of soul technique and the symbol manipulation method exchanged from Hei Shan Dao Ren. There was no duel between the two armies, nor was there an enemy attack on the camp. Every day, beautiful women accompanied him with wine and meat, and his life was quite comfortable.

  More than ten days passed in relative calm, when suddenly the tranquility was shattered by a sudden and urgent drumbeat. After inquiring of the soldiers, it turned out that the troops of the Great Qi Dynasty had arrived to do battle.

  Wang Guang followed a group of generals out of the formation, and they fought with each other for seven or eight rounds. Both sides had their gains and losses, but in the end neither could overcome the other. Taking advantage of the soldiers' hunger, they all withdrew from battle and rested.

  For more than ten days, the army of the Great Qi Dynasty came to fight every day. At first, Wang Guang went out to prevent the Great Qi Dynasty from sending out practitioners each time, but after going seven or eight times, he found that the other side had not sent out a practitioner even once, feeling bored, he stopped going afterwards.

  He didn't go out to suppress the enemy, and other Qi practitioners also started to slack off. For a time, both armies were ordinary people fighting each other. Today you behead three or five of my generals, tonight I'll sneak into your camp. You sneak into my camp today, tomorrow I'll sneak into yours too. After dozens of days of silence, the soldiers on both sides found it hard to distinguish between friend and foe in the heat of battle.

  In just over ten days, the two armies faced each other with gloomy winds and dense dark clouds. Even if the two armies retreated, the battlefield was still filled with a bloody atmosphere. At first, there were still crows and beasts that came to steal food under the cover of darkness, but later on, various birds and beasts were so intimidated by the dead air and resentment on the battlefield that they did not dare to approach. The entire border area within dozens of miles was filled with a pungent stench. Fortunately, the weather gradually cooled down, otherwise, it would have been unknown how many plagues would have erupted.

  It so happened that on this day, Wang Guang was listening to the war drums outside while watching a beautiful woman dance with three or five Qi practitioners in the camp, drinking and having fun. Unexpectedly, at noon, he suddenly heard the sound of killing from the front lines of the two armies, with cries and wails, mournful and angry shouts, which shocked several Qi practitioners to cry out that something was wrong.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, before they even had time to emerge from their tents and take a look, soldiers from their own side came flooding back towards the camp like a tide, abandoning their helmets and armor, wailing and crying out in despair. Banners were scattered all over the ground, and who knows where the weapons and other equipment were thrown. A lone soldier leapt into the air to get a better view, and saw that the Great Qi Imperial Army was taking advantage of the rout to pursue them with reckless abandon, apparently intent on attacking the camp.

  "Give the poor Taoist a place to stay, and the defeated soldiers will disperse to the rear of the camp. Anyone who dares to enter within 800 meters of the camp will be killed without mercy." Wang Guang saw the situation and shouted loudly that it was not good, and other practitioners also looked anxious, but they couldn't think of a solution. This guy, in his anxiety, didn't care about anything else, and directly shouted and boasted about the little military knowledge he had just learned.

  The soldiers guarding the camp were not dare to slack off, they also knew that if they let the defeated soldiers rush into the main gate of the camp, it would be hard to say whether they could beat back the pursuing troops of the Great Qi Dynasty, even if they could beat them back, their own camp would still be rushed by their own defeated soldiers.

  One by one, they wielded strong bows and powerful crossbows to shoot arrows and hold down the enemy's feet. Alas, the soldiers who fled from the camp in the morning did not die at the hands of the enemy, but died at the hands of their own people.

  "Let all of you listen, do not charge into the camp. Whoever charges into the camp will be killed without pardon." Seeing those defeated soldiers rushing around blindly, Wang Guang jumped up and shouted loudly: "All of you, move to the two sides of the camp and form a tight array, each general gather your soldiers, whoever disobeys, kill without pardon."

  The loudest shout came down, and only a few scattered soldiers ran to both sides of the camp, but some soldiers who heard the sound wanted to go to both sides of the camp. However, in the chaos of the army, people were crowded together, and it was impossible to change direction. They were actually squeezed to the front gate of the camp by others and shot dead by their own people.

  Seeing himself shouting was useless, King Guang angrily shouted loudly. He was furious at the chaos of those generals and decided to behead all the generals who went on this expedition after suppressing the rebellion.

  Unfortunately, he didn't know that more than a dozen generals who went to war were beheaded in front of the two armies. Otherwise, they wouldn't have let the defeated soldiers rush into their own camp, after all, they knew much more than Wang Guang.

  "Boundless Heaven Lord!" Seeing the tens of thousands of defeated soldiers still rushing towards the camp in a state of panic, not only did they push down the deer horn barriers and wooden fences in front of the camp, but also used their companions' corpses to fill up the trenches and other defensive measures, inadvertently creating opportunities for the pursuing troops behind them.

  "We can't hold on, Wang Daoyou, let's leave quickly." A cultivator beside him pointed to the Great Qi Imperial Army formation, where dozens of cultivators were frantically flying towards them.

  "Who dares to leave, I'll cut him down right now." Wang Guang's face was ferocious, he didn't want to give up the camp at this moment. You should know that this camp and Bian Guan are mutually supportive, if they really lose the camp, Bian Guan will be left with only one isolated city, and the enemy can do whatever they want to them. At that time, it's not just a matter of going out to ask for reinforcements, even eating and drinking in the city may not be guaranteed. Moreover, a large number of defeated soldiers retreated to Bian Guan, but Bian Guan would not open the city gate to let the soldiers in, and might even shoot and kill these defeated soldiers to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the situation to attack the city.

  "These soldiers will also die if they retreat to the border, it's better to kill a few more people before dying." Wang Guang clapped his hands together, and a dark thunder suddenly exploded in mid-air. "Everyone, get ready for battle, each general lead your troops to prepare for combat, as long as we can hold on for half an hour, the soldiers from the border will come out to rescue us."

  King Guang personally led the law enforcement team to kill hundreds of panicked soldiers after falling from the sky, and gradually gathered some soldiers. The other few Qi practitioners also fell from the sky, took off their Taoist robes and put on helmets and armor, with a military officer's appearance gathering people to start killing the enemy. Although they did not dare to use Taoist techniques, nor did they dare to mobilize their powers to slaughter those soldiers. However, relying solely on physical strength, they killed those soldiers so badly that they were left in a state of utter defeat and disarray.

  Wang Guang changed into a fish-scale armor, and casually picked up two wolf-tooth clubs that were over five feet long, shouting loudly. While gathering his men, he killed the fleeing soldiers, and by the time the Great Qi army arrived to pursue them, he had already gathered more than 10,000 soldiers and was ready for battle.

  The two armies collided, and the routed soldiers sandwiched in the middle were instantly crushed into pulp. Wang Guang swung his wolf-tooth club and killed seven or eight burly soldiers in a row, also beheading a war general. Fortunately, he had mixed with the rivers and lakes before, and was quite familiar with close combat. As for the other few Qi practitioners, they were really not good at close combat. They couldn't even kill the enemy general, let alone being surrounded by more than ten small soldiers, they were so busy that their hands and feet were tangled together.

  You An escaped with his life, having lost his helmet and armor, changed into a Taoist robe and fled in mid-air, not daring to bring it with him amidst the chaotic army, fearing that the opposing Qi practitioners would discover and pursue them.

  "What a bunch of cowards." After hitting one of the little soldiers on the head, Wang Guang only discovered that all the practitioners who were stationed in the same camp with him had run away. Therefore, after muttering a curse under his breath, he continued to lead the soldiers in battle, hoping to wait for reinforcements from the border.

  It was also his bad luck that after killing for more than an hour, he didn't see any reinforcements. He didn't dare to fly into the air to investigate, but only found out that the practitioners flying in the sky discovered him and beat him up, so he had the idea of leaving.

  It's a bit late to want to leave now, the surrounding soldiers were rushed by the Daqi army horses and scattered all over the place. Not only was the camp completely destroyed, but also more than 10,000 troops that had been gathered with great difficulty were completely dispersed. Looking around carefully, there were only over a thousand fierce soldiers left beside him, still wielding their swords, guns, and spears in a fierce melee.

  "Everyone follows General Ben, and General Ben will lead you to break through the siege." After throwing away his wolf-toothed club and killing a general, he seized the enemy's war horse, grabbed a flagpole and erected it, then retreated towards the imperial border.

  The surrounding defeated soldiers saw the flag raised, and one by one they gathered around, after a fierce battle, their numbers actually increased by more than 3,000. When Wang Guang led these soldiers to break out of the chaotic army, only over a thousand people followed him, while many others were killed or dispersed in the chaotic army.

  Leading the defeated soldiers to flee for more than ten miles, they finally stopped. It was not that Wang Guang wanted to stop, but the defeated army was really powerless to rush on the road, and people and horses were exhausted and could not march.

  Jumping off the war horse, some soldiers endured their fatigue and injuries to bring King Guang some wound medicine. "General, you are also injured, apply some medicine first, lest the wound festers."

  "I didn't expect you to bring some golden wound medicine in the midst of chaos? Not bad, after I return, I'll reward you for your merits. As long as you have skills, even being a war general is possible." Only then did Wang Guang realize that he had been injured dozens of times while trying to avoid unclear and unfortunate events, or even death, without using his Qi manipulation techniques. Fortunately, his body was strong, although the wounds were deep enough to see bone, but as long as he slightly adjusted his technique and applied some spiritual medicine, he would recover immediately.