Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 1134 - 1134 46 Marshal Meng Joins the Army 2 2 in

Chapter 1134: Chapter 46 Marshal Meng Joins the Army 2 [2 in 1]_2 Chapter 1134: Chapter 46 Marshal Meng Joins the Army 2 [2 in 1]_2 But he held on, and he even held on for an entire day.

After such two major battles, how could the consumption be small?

But in the end, at the moment when Fei Xinyu launched the final assault, during the fiercest part of the battle, he seized the opportunity to charge out of White Water City to fight.

Although his actions only caused a slight disturbance among hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Zhao State,

That slight disturbance could potentially cost all of their lives!

At the same time, for this disturbance to have an effect, Fei Xinyu had to seize this opportunity to engage in a decisive battle to determine the outcome.

But before the battle, there had been no communication between them.

In other words, Meng Fang charging out was a gamble using everyone’s lives, betting that Fei Xinyu could seize this opportunity.

And in the end, he won the gamble!

A bet staked with lives forged the first-ever defeat in the distinguished career of Li Po, the leading general of Great Zhao!

Although victorious, the perils were visible to any discerning eye.

Every step was like crossing a mountain of swords, every moment like walking through a sea of flames!

Strategic sallies, climbing sheer cliffs, and launching a surprise attack on White Water City were already ventures fraught with mortal danger.

All just to create an opportunity for warfare: he succeeded.

Surrounded by enemy troops, he tenaciously held the city for a day, buying time for the major forces to react.

An impossible defense, he achieved it once again.

In the heat of battle, a desperate sortie that created a sliver of chance for victory, it was him, still him, always him who accomplished it!

Such strategies, courage, resolution, and personal charisma—each aspect was truly top-notch, truly deserved!

Many might not understand how personal charisma comes into play, but every commander knows: only with a leader’s strong personal charisma will soldiers fight and risk their lives in desperate situations!

Anything weaker just wouldn’t work!

Morale, it either holds or it doesn’t—there’s no in-between, it definitely can’t work if it doesn’t, nor fail to work if it does!

Because of this one man, a series of vital turns forced Li Po’s massive army back to the west of White Water.

This was the most significant strategic victory for the Qin Army in this campaign against the six states, bar none.

You see, on this side of White Water lay a frost valley, the natural fortress of Great Zhao, also an unparalleled strategic location!

This area, flanked by high mountains and rugged ridges, easy to defend but hard to attack, with White Water as a barrier, indeed stood as a strategic stronghold, like a gateway bottling up the Qin forces from venturing deeper into Zhao territory.

Such a significant and perilous location, guarded personally by Li Po, renowned for his stability—how could it possibly fall?

Now, with Li Po’s forces retreating, this barrier became part of Great Qin!

Even though the fierce battle did not significantly reduce Zhao’s military strength, the change in control of this natural fortress also represented a catastrophic strategic defeat.

And all this was due to one man!

Thus Zhao’s supreme commander, Li Po, specifically came to ask: Who is this person? Could he be a hidden master strategist of Great Qin?

Without clarifying this, Li Po felt unresolved, comparing his heart to another’s, he questioned whether he himself could have such discernment and decisiveness—qualities that come with accumulation and years of tempering through military life.

Upon hearing Meng Fang had only joined the military a year and a half ago, and was previously nothing but a rural villager with no experience in warfare,

Li Po was speechless for a long while, eventually sighing deeply.

In this world, there truly are self-taught geniuses!

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He then ordered a scorched earth policy, relocating all border civilians and burning down the forests between the two armies.

These forests, in the hands of Zhao people, acted as a natural barrier capable of resisting a million-strong army.

But now in the hands of the Qin Army, they became a liability, not to be left to benefit the enemy.

With one command from Li Po, the ensuing wildfire raged for two months, thus buying Zhao forces two whole months to regroup.

“How ruthless!”

Fei Xinyu, witnessing the towering flames, couldn’t help but mutter admiration under his breath.

Li Po didn’t hesitate for a moment before issuing this command.

Such decisiveness and resolve, truly terrifying.

“Where is Meng Fang?”

The first thing Fei Xinyu asked upon returning to camp was about Meng Fang.

“Hahaha… What a fine lad, truly a fine lad!”

“Damn, he’s out of this world! I must reward him well, order the whole army to commend him! Absolutely awesome!”

“Colonel Meng is severely wounded and currently unconscious.”

Fei Xinyu was shocked: “Severely wounded? That won’t do! Quick, take me to him, I have divine medicine with me! Anyone could die, but not this man!”

Before the words were out, he rushed out in desperate haste.

If such a talent were to die, it would be a loss for the entire Great Qin Empire.

From this battle forth, Fei Xinyu almost saw another Wu Tiejun.

No, if you consider experience and background, Meng Fang might even surpass Wu Tiejun, utterly eclipsing this unbeatable commander!

After all, Wu Tiejun hailed from a military family, raised in military traditions, himself not weak in skills, but compared to Meng Fang, the difference was like heaven and earth.

But Meng Fang?

He was a genuine rural villager, truly one without any prior training or experience in breath control or martial skills!

That’s what made Meng Fang all the more valuable.

Indeed, it was for this reason that Fei Xinyu internally echoed Li Po’s admiration: In this world, there truly are self-taught geniuses!