Chapter 10: The Fierce Di Wei

  "Be careful, master, let me handle this." Seeing Meng Li's back being stabbed with a knife, Dian Wei immediately became anxious. As the trusted bodyguard of the Three Kingdoms, he would rather die than let his master suffer even the slightest injury, which was his lifelong creed.

  "Alas, it's all up to you now." Meng Li looked at Chen Qing and Xu Shu, whose movements were getting slower and slower, and glanced at the soldiers beside him, who were falling one by one, but had only advanced less than 1 meter. He knew that everyone was almost at their limit. If they went any further, it would be like using human flesh to pave the way, and they still wouldn't be able to reach Jiao Da's front line. Moreover, the remaining forty or fifty soldiers who survived this bloody battle would all become seasoned veterans, and using them to increase the chances of success by just a little bit wasn't worth it.

  "Drip, mighty warrior Di Wei bursts forth with his protective skill. Current strength value: 95 (Famous throughout the land)."

  "Halt! The thief is trying to escape, my Master Ye is here!" Dian Wei pulled off his helmet and, bare-chested, grasped the large iron halberd in his hand and rushed towards Fazheng's command flag. Just three or four steps later, seven or eight soldiers surged forward, thrusting their long spears at him.

  Only to see a good one, with the left hand's iron spear slightly lifted and then with the right arm, seven or eight long guns were tucked under his arm, and he actually competed with these seven or eight people.

  "Ah, yeah! Get up, Grandpa Dian!" With a loud shout, Dian Wei suddenly lifted those seven or eight people into mid-air. With a casual flick of his wrist, he sent them flying 2-3 meters away, knocking down a group of people who were about to continue attacking from behind.

  "Ah~" Tian Wei, who was big and clumsy but not agile, was easily injured on the battlefield. He was stabbed in the calf by a careless soldier. Enraged, Tian Wei regained his composure, grabbed the long spear with his left hand, and swung his iron halberd with his right hand, slicing the little soldier into two halves at an angle.

  "Up, up, kill him and be promoted three ranks, reward silver ingots one hundred taels." Fearing the power of Dian Wei's divine spear, Jiao Da was afraid that he would run over and split him in two. So, he didn't care about those little promises anymore, a bit of position and money could buy safety, why not? Besides, who actually killed whom still needed to be verified by himself!

  Money can make a ghost grind, let alone these poor and rough soldiers. One hundred taels is enough for them to marry a beautiful wife and buy several large tile houses to live a good life. The envious soldiers rushed up one after another. Similarly, the squadron leaders who did not take the reward money seriously but looked at the promotion of three grades were also envious and dismounted to follow the crowd and rush past. It is worth knowing that without this opportunity, they may be squadron leaders for their whole lives and cannot become generals.

  Every step almost killed dozens of people, and at this moment, Di Wei's body was covered in blood, truly like a demon god, terrifying.

  There are still ten steps left. "Ah~" Dian Wei almost got shot every step of the way, luckily he was thick-skinned and didn't get seriously injured or else he would have fallen down already, it's a trade-off either way. That large iron halberd almost every time it swept down would cut off over ten long spears and then chop into the enemy's body splashing out a big patch of blood.

  Ninth. "I am Li, the Anping Colonel under General Jiao..." Just as he was about to report his name, a certain colonel who was waiting to do so was split in two by Dian Wei's halberd. The poor colonel didn't even get to finish reporting his own name before his soul returned to the earth.

  "Shut up!" The impatient tone of Dian Wei instantly stopped the footsteps of several other lieutenants, but the people behind pushed them to the front of Dian Wei.

  "I am under General Jiao's command..."

  "I am under General Jiao's command..."

  "Shut up!" The scarlet-eyed Diwu's gaze was fixed intently on Focused Big, who sat atop a tall horse nine paces away.

  Eight steps. "Ah~" The back was also surrounded by people, and Di Wei was hit by several more bullets.

  "Roar!" A burst of energy seemed to erupt with Tian Wei's beast-like roar.

  "Drip, mighty warrior typical burst skill magic god."

  "Drip, Demon God's blood volume is still at 60%, current combat power: 97 (Demon God)."

  Seven steps. Six steps. Five steps. Taking advantage of the enemy's temporary intimidation by Di Wei's momentum, Di Wei opened up his stride and charged in with large strides.

  "Block him, damn it! Retreat, retreat quickly! Get out of my sight!" Looking at the demon-like Dian Wei, Jiao Da was frightened. He was really scared. Is this still human? The legendary Martial God's fear couldn't be more than this, after all, this wasn't one of those immortal realms where a single skill could knock down a large group of people. In his haste to retreat, Jiao Da even swung his long spear towards the soldiers behind him.

  People crowded, people squeezed, and the dense degree of being about to stab themselves with a long gun into the body of their comrades in front was also blocked by Tian Wei three steps away. The ruthless long gun accompanied by splashes of blood light stabbed at Tian Wei's body again.

  "Drip, Demon God's blood volume is still at 20%, current combat power: 99 (Demon God)."

  Dian Wei, who had burst out again, killed the soldiers who formed a human wall without any surprise. Seeing Jiao Da turning his horse's buttocks to prepare for escape, he fiercely threw his iron halberd at Jiao Da. The flying halberd bit into Jiao Da's back like a fierce beast.

  "Thud!" The sound of falling off the horse's back. With blurred eyes, he stared at the azure sky, slowly closing his eyes, Focusedao regretted why he had run to such a forward place and insisted on showing off. Overthinking and being too clever had ruined my life, Focusedao!

  "The general is dead! The general is dead!" The guards, who had been watching with bated breath, suddenly lost their composure and began shouting.

  He picked up another iron pike and ran quickly to Jiao Daxing's corpse, beheaded him, hung his head on the pike, and shouted loudly: "Jiao Da has died, you still do not surrender quickly!"

  Seeing the typical Wei, who would soon raise his head in a few steps, Meng Li also couldn't help but feel happy and shouted loudly "Jiao Da is dead, you still don't quickly surrender!"

  "With a loud crash, the great banner of the central army fell as another iron pike flew out."

  As the great banner and vanguard troops retreated, the soldiers in the rear also abandoned everything and started fleeing. This four-city coalition army was finally terrified, throwing down their weapons and scattering all over the mountains.

  Meng Li leaned his gun against the ground and muttered to himself with tears in his eyes: "This battle, we will win in the end!"

  Xu Shu, who had already sheathed his sword, couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. "Yes, we've finally won! It's not easy at all. After this battle, who would dare to underestimate us? Our lord's prestige and fame will surely spread far and wide. The people of Yan Nan Dao have always revered the strong, so with this momentum, accepting their surrender should be even easier."

  "These more than 30 people left are the foundation for forming cavalry in the future." Chen Qing thought about his cavalry and looked at these more than 30 soldiers who were still standing on the battlefield, almost everyone was injured. Just a few days ago, they were just ordinary people guarding their homes, but today they have become seasoned veterans, the battlefield is indeed the best place to temper people.

  "Let's go, gather the troops. The enemy has already scattered and won't be able to regroup for a while. Let's rest here for a few days tonight and then recover our spirits to accept our results." Meng Li also felt a sense of emotion as he looked at the exhausted crowd. Over 800 people have fought until now without a single person fleeing, which is an achievement in itself.

  ……

  "Father, let's just leave if it doesn't work out. Let's take our assets and settle down in one of the four cities along the river to live a comfortable life as a wealthy family." Guang heard this from afar and felt a deep sense of foreboding at the suggestion made by Old Master.

  "Alas, judging from the sounds of battle ahead, both sides have nearly tens of thousands of troops. Alas... It's clear that they have nearly tens of thousands while we have less than a thousand. The disparity is enormous. Yin Wei was also very torn at this moment, his older brother was still fighting on the battlefield ahead."

  "Wait a bit, wait a bit. This is how it is when you're human - adding flowers to silk is easy, but sending charcoal in the snow is hard! Just wait and don't be so garrulous." The old man was very worried at this moment, the gap in strength was really a weakness, his brave and strong eldest son was still fighting on the battlefield and it was hard for him to leave.

  ……

  "Father, look, such a large group of cavalry is charging towards us, what should we do?" At this moment, Yin Sang actually wanted to say "Let's surrender".

  "Huh?" The old man, who still had good eyesight despite his age, indeed saw a group of neatly dressed soldiers running towards the woods. However, most of them didn't have any weapons in their hands. Could it be?

  "Yin Wei, you lead the remaining family soldiers to capture them." The resolute old man had an exciting and unprecedented idea at this moment.

  "What? Captured?" Just as he was lamenting that his older brother had probably perished on the battlefield, his father suddenly spoke up with this sentence.

  "Hurry up and go! Can't you understand what people are saying?" The old man was extremely angry at this moment. Apart from the eldest son, who had some sense of responsibility, these two sons were useless.

  When Meng Li and others returned, they found that their own horses had increased by a lot. Originally four or five hundred people now have nearly two thousand people.

  Looking at the beaming old man Meng Li, he was surprised and what made him so excited?

  "Haha, Your Highness, just look at this, these are all trained soldiers, it's a bit of a waste to let them run away like that. Why not take them to the Yan Nan Road instead?" The old man said without waiting for Meng Li to ask on his own initiative.

  This is probably the old man who cut off the fleeing soldiers. It's said that when an army is defeated, it's like a mountain collapsing, and there are countless fleeing soldiers. When they see people, they either flee or surrender. This isn't surprising for these two thousand people.

  "The country's good tactics, unfortunately, the soldiers who were suddenly attacked during the front-line training at that time only had 34 people left." He looked back at the wounded soldiers and felt a sense of regret.

  ……

  "Father, that fierce warrior might be a martial god, or perhaps he's been enhanced by some secret method, but at the very least, he's a martial grandmaster. And that young general in white robes is quite skilled in commanding cavalry, and that strategist's martial prowess isn't simple either. In short, Father, you're truly great!"

  "Haha, your old man's eyes are still working just fine!" Hearing Wu Shen's fierce tug on his few strands of beard, Yin Guozi burst into hearty laughter. He had won again!

  ……

  In the capital of the Han State, a middle-aged man wearing a crystal crown and a dragon robe was smiling complacently as he read a confidential report. "Good kid, you have a fierce warrior who looks like a god of war by your side, as well as high-ranking generals and strategists. Which power has pledged allegiance to you? Your old man never had such good luck."

  ……

  "Ah, Martial God!"

  At this time, the news spread in all directions like a thunderbolt, and Meng Li's name also became known throughout the world.