Chapter 36: Decision of the Carrot Country

  The situation of the proud General Chen Tai of Youtuhou was arrogant, and Zhang Liao easily defeated the 20,000 elite troops of Youtuhou. Although there were brave defenders fighting to the death in the city, under Zhang Liao's ingenious command, the archers shot once and annihilated the defending army.

  In this battle, the Che Long Guo army annihilated 24,000 soldiers and horses of the Che Tu Guo at the cost of losing hundreds. One thousand long gunners were left to guard the town of Tu, and the battlefield was cleared. Zhang Liao's army did not stop for a moment and directly attacked another defensive barrier of the Che Tu Guo, Yu Tu Town. This town is a famous military town in the Che Tu Guo, where all the residents are soldiers or family members of soldiers, making it difficult to attack.

  Rushing at full speed, in about an hour, Zhang Liao's army of 18,000 had already marched to this place. At this time, Yu Tu Town did not know that Hu Tu Town had been taken down by Che Long Guo's commander Zhang Liao, so the town's defense was slightly slack.

  Having obtained this good opportunity, Zhang Liao naturally would not let it go. He had originally intended to let the army rest for a moment, but since the opportunity was here, how could he let it go?

  Zhang Liao rode at the forefront on his horse, followed closely by elite long spear soldiers and archers.

  "Kill!"

  The mighty army appeared, and the soldiers on the city wall were momentarily stunned. Then they shouted loudly: "Enemy attack! Close the city gate!"

  The defenders of the castle were in a hurry to close the gate, but at this moment, suddenly thousands of arrows were fired, directly shooting the soldiers who intended to close the gate into hedgehogs.

  The long spearman accelerated his attack and soon entered the town of Yu Tu.

  Zhang Liao's army marched too quickly, entering the town of Yudu, and the defending general only reacted after they had already entered. However, this general was no ordinary person, and immediately ordered his men to ride swiftly, exiting from the west gate and rushing towards the capital.

  He quickly put on his armor, picked up his weapon, mounted the war horse sent by General Bu, and led a hundred personal guards composed entirely of warriors to charge out.

  Along the way, a large army gathered, and by the time they reached the East Gate, there were already 5,000 troops stationed there. The townspeople also received his military order, hastily picked up their weapons, formed a militia, and vowed to live or die with Yutu Town.

  These family members are all from military families, familiar with bows and horses, and also have a certain combat effectiveness.

  Thus, instantly, this Yu Tu town had an army of 300,000, although most were family members of soldiers, but the combat power was also remarkable.

  Ten thousand bow and arrow soldiers, more than eight thousand long gun soldiers, in an orderly manner, rushed into the city, following Zhang Liao to continuously kill and wound the soldiers of Yutu Town. At this time, only one general was seen, holding a large knife and riding a horse out, with an extraordinary momentum. Zhang Liao concentrated his mind to observe, but found that this general was also a four-star warrior, whose strength was not weak. More importantly, behind him followed a hundred soldiers, who were obviously elite, strong and powerful, with a murderous aura like clouds.

  The general of the Yu Tu town saw Zhang Liao, but in his heart he didn't dare to be careless. Although this man had no fluctuations in his aura, judging from his calm demeanor, he was obviously extraordinary. This general was not like Chen Tai, who was arrogant and proud, but a practical and martial general. Immediately, he led 100 elite soldiers to attack Zhang Liao, without any intention of single combat.

  Zhang Liao's eyes narrowed, but his fighting spirit was full. This kind of opponent was the only one who could make him take it seriously!

  "Dong Dong Dong!"

  Two weapons clashed continuously, with the cooperation of soldiers under their command. Although Zhang Liao was a super martial artist, he had to divide his attention to command his soldiers, and his soldiers suffered heavy casualties, so they were actually evenly matched.

  But this is only the surface phenomenon, once the battle starts, the great general of Yutu Town will know that he is not the opponent of this general. The soldiers under his command are very strong, and they can barely fight against this general to a draw. However, his own army suffered heavy casualties.

  "This battle will be lost!"

  The great general of Yutu Town hesitated for a moment, and then knew that his army was no match for the enemy. Fortunately, this man had been leading troops for many years, so he had already thought of a way to retreat.

  "Front army cut off, others wait, quick retreat!"

  With that said, he exerted great effort to dodge Zhang Liao's three-pointed, double-edged knife and then hastily retreated on horseback.

  Zhang Liao did not pursue, but instead gathered his troops and launched a swift massacre. The vanguard was the cannon fodder left behind by the great general of Yutu Town, whose elite had already escaped. Therefore, facing Zhang Liao's powerful army like a tiger and wolf, they were no match, allowing Zhang Liao's army to slaughter them mercilessly!

  Yutu Town was easily captured as the enemy general fled, and Zhang Liao did not hesitate to lead his army towards Chebi City, the capital of Chebi State.

  …………

  At this moment, upon hearing the news of General Wang Wei's escape from Yu Tu Town, King Ruan Shi of Che Tu Country sat paralyzed on his throne with a loud curse: "Chen Tai has brought disaster to our country! Chen Tai has brought disaster to our country!"

  Since Zhang Liao's army rushed to Yutu Town, it must mean that Yutu Town has fallen. Yutu Town is the only way to get to Che Tu Guo. If Yutu Town hadn't fallen, then Zhang Liao's army would have had to come from Dou Shou Mountain Range, otherwise it would be impossible.

  However, the entire Dou Beast Mountain Range is filled with Dou Beasts. No matter how large an army is, it can only be destroyed in this place. Therefore, the only possibility is that Hu Tu Town has fallen.

  "My dear sirs, what good plan do you have now?"

  At this time, he said in a listless tone, it was clear that he already knew that the country of Cheen might not be able to hold on.

  At this time, Wang Wei, who was retreating from Yutu Town, said: "Your Majesty, I have fought against the general of Che Long Guo, and he is indeed a fierce general. His army is also an elite soldier. It's extremely difficult to make the Che Long Guo army retreat!"

  "Ah......!"

  The various ministers of Che Tu Guo were shocked and bewildered. This Wang Wei was a fierce general of Che Tu Guo, and whether it was his personal strength or his command ability, he was one of the top two in Che Tu Guo. Therefore, his words would not be false. This means that the rumors about Che Long Guo destroying Che Hu Guo in one day without suffering any losses itself are true. Perhaps it's not as exaggerated as that, but Che Long Guo's losses were absolutely extremely small.

  The king of Che Tu Guo, Ruan Shi Ze, was greatly disturbed in his mind. He clearly knew some secrets of Che Hu Guo, including the evil summoning magic!

  At that time, Che Tu Guo was also a powerful country, but it was severely damaged in blocking the invasion of Che Hu Guo into Sheng Xiao Valley. The secret about Che Hu Guo has been passed down for generations, and he understood that its ruler, Taige, would definitely use the summoning evil technique. The sudden disappearance of 500,000 people from Che Hu Guo is clear evidence.

  The powerful monster summoned by that evil spell did not cause significant losses to the Che Long Kingdom, which shows the strength of the Che Long Kingdom!

  However, Ruan Shi suddenly remembered his own words that it was difficult to repel the army of Cheolongguo, not impossible, and thus a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.

  "Wang Ai Qing, tell me, where is the difficulty?"

  At that time, I just said it tentatively.

  Indeed, Wang Wei obviously had a good strategy against the enemy: "Your Majesty, the army of Cheong Dragon is very powerful and it's hard for our country to make them withdraw, but that doesn't mean there's no way."

  "Oh! Tell us, what's the difficulty? We are all here, I'm sure there must be a way to solve it!"

  We've been eagerly waiting for you to ask.

  Wang Wei said, "The Dragon Car Kingdom's army is powerful, but it also has weaknesses. Firstly, their military strength is too small, with less than 20,000 soldiers. Secondly, although the Dragon Car Kingdom's army is elite, except for the commander-in-chief, there are no other fighters, so their high-end combat power is insufficient. If we can form a thousand-man fighter army to surround the commander-in-chief of the Dragon Car Kingdom and make it impossible for him to command the army, then the threat of the Dragon Car Kingdom's army will be greatly reduced, and it may even be possible to defeat them!"

  "An army of one thousand warriors?"

  At that time, a bitter smile arose in his heart. Although the Rabbit Country was powerful, it was not easy to gather a thousand warriors!

  However, this is a hope. Although Ruan Shi knew it was difficult to do, he gritted his teeth and decided to do it anyway. After thinking for a moment, Ruan Shi suddenly looked at the ministers of Che Tu Guo with sharp eyes.

  "Gentlemen, now is the time of life and death for our country, so I hope everyone can do their best to serve the country. Can you all do it?"

  Ruan Shi's voice was heavy with emotion as he spoke.

  "Your Majesty, I am willing. My humble family has a private army of one hundred warriors. I am willing to mobilize them all and have them join the great warrior army!"

  That was what Wang Wei said first.

  "We are delighted; 'My dear, you really are a pillar of our country!'"

  "Is anyone else here?"

  At that time, I thought that with me taking the lead, all of you ministers would eagerly offer up your family's warriors, but after waiting for half a day, not another person appeared.

  "Our faces turned pale one moment and white the next, sternly shouting: 'Good, very good! Now that the country is in danger, you are still thinking of preserving your strength. But once the Che Long Kingdom breaks through the city, will your preserved strength be useful?'"

  "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm unwilling to atone for my sins, but the fact is that there isn't a single warrior or general in my fief!"

  An old minister stepped forward and knelt down.

  Looking at this old minister, Ruan Shi knew that this person could not afford to raise a Dou Shi Jia Jiang. Although he was the first civil official of Che Tu Guo, he was an honest and upright official with little wealth, whereas raising a Dou Shi Jia Jiang required a lot of financial support. Ruan Shi sighed: "Hai Da Ren, I know you don't have one in your mansion, no need to be ashamed!"

  At this time, Ruan felt a pang of sadness in his heart. He thought to himself that he had been too soft-hearted. If only he had recovered the embezzled money earlier and used it to nurture warriors for the state, things would not have become so dire today. But now it was too late. The officials did not support him, and it was too difficult to take control of the warriors from those cowardly and timid men who were devoid of bravery or strategy.

  Wang Wei stood out at this time, looking at the various ministers with disdain and sneering: "Hmph, do you think that if you don't oppose Chelungguo, they will let you off? No! This is absolutely impossible. With Chelungguo's foundation, they naturally know that it is impossible to control such a large territory. And Chelungguo's ambition looks extremely big. Therefore, if they want to truly control the vast area, there is only one way: to control all the troops and warriors, even we ministers will be killed. You think about it for yourselves!"

  "This...!"

  The grand hall became noisy, and it was clear that Wang Wei's words had struck a chord with them. However, deep down, they thought of themselves as high-ranking officials who should be spared by the Dragon Country from being killed or having their family properties confiscated. But after Wang Wei's reminder, they finally came to their senses. In a war between two countries, these ministers could only rise and fall together with the nation. A country like the Dragon Country that had suddenly risen to power would not use officials from a defeated nation, so it was highly likely that they would all be killed.

  The emperor thought for a moment, and the ministers' foreheads were immediately beaded with cold sweat. Suddenly, one of the ministers stepped forward and said: "I beg to report to Your Majesty, I have about 50 pints of rice in my house that can be contributed to form an army of brave soldiers!"

  This minister took the lead, and the other ministers also had a model, immediately opening their mouths to offer so many warriors.