Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect
Chapter 354 - 260 Demon is One Foot Taller_3

Chapter 354: Chapter 260 Demon is One Foot Taller_3

If what this demon said is true, then the demon army gathering near Beidu will sooner or later come from this direction, surely showing signs.

No, not if, I’m afraid it’s true.

Yes, because actually Xiao Liu also knows.

The Immortal Palace has already been defeated.

The Mystic Sect disciples originally planned to sweep Kan State, and the Inner Sect True Inheritors have all gone to Genzhou. What other reason could there be?

No matter how strong you are alone, if you bring along a pig teammate, you can only be exhausted running around, putting out fires everywhere.

Although in fact, Honzan had always kept these things hidden from their outer mountain, telling them to just focus on herding horses. But through his Daoist companions, Tang Tong still managed to find out a lot, so Xiao Liu also learned the general situation.

Initially, the situation seemed very good. Without the Mystic Sect intervening, they were free from worries at their back. The left and right armies of the Immortal Palace easily defeated the enemy army, recovering the entire Southern Country. So, the Immortal Palace probably felt confident again, and orders for battle were repeatedly sent from the Ziwei Constellation. The Three Constellations left the left army to sweep the remnants, and the right army marched north to join forces with the Five Schools of the Northern Army, and together with the Royal Army from Zhenzhou, led by Marquis Lanling of Master Xiao Fa, three armies jointly launched a Northern Expedition, vowing to kill the rebels!

The Stone Dragon was inherently violent and bloodthirsty, allowing the assault cavalry and Wolf Soldiers to loot recklessly, killing everywhere, inciting public outrage. Now with the arrival of the Heavenly Army, both officials and civilians rebelled, sending distress calls everywhere, putting out fires everywhere.

Then, seizing the opportunity when the enemy army shifted to suppress the rebellion, the main force of the Royal Army suddenly crossed the river. The three armies advanced north, killing into Genzhou, with followers uncountable, advancing with unstoppable momentum, gathering an army of 80,000, marching to the gates of Ye Capital City, camping by the Huan River!

That rebel Stone Dragon’s strategic blunder, miscalculation of temple calculations! The army was entrenched everywhere, having to hastily move with 20,000 cavalry, exhausted in retreat, withdrawing awkwardly to confront by the Huan River! The Nine Borders vassals also responded en masse upon hearing the news, and for a moment the enemy army found itself in a predicament with its rear cut off, collapsing everywhere, facing the danger of being wiped out in one fell swoop. The situation in Hebei looked very promising!

Then, the Immortal Palace failed...

Well, the Daoist companions of Tang Tong also went to watch the scene at the front, and the previous letter highly praised the Immortal Palace’s powerful army, saying those Three Constellations Royal Army were the elite of the world, spears and shields like a bundle, roaring after orders, advancing and retreating orderly, the infantry and cavalry sternly organized, silent and calm. Furthermore, the Five Schools of the Northern Army were pillars of the nation, the finest soldiers in the world, all warriors of bravery, selected at that time, each one equipped with armor and weapons, spending tens of thousands, equipped with embroidered armor, adorned with gold and silver, their brilliance like the sun, killing intent soaring to the sky, stirring one’s soul, intimidating at sight. In such a grand formation, how could the Northern captives withstand?

Thus, the Mystic Sect didn’t interfere.

Then, just a few days later, they were defeated...

How they were defeated wasn’t clear, just said that the two armies confronted each other across the Huan River for a while. This time the Huan River wasn’t as wide as the Gen River, so the Northern Army Middle Lang General, seeing the enemy army’s formation, resolutely refused to fight, instead building fortifications, digging trenches, setting up a camp, showing a posture of strict defense.

The Military Eunuch at the time couldn’t understand it, obviously the advantage was on us with 80,000 against 20,000! Why wait for the left army to arrive! At once he repeatedly urged, but none of the generals obeyed orders. In the end, the eunuch was so angry that he reported to the court, accusing the Northern Army Middle Lang General of building high walls and refusing to fight, sluggish and harming military morale, the generals feared the enemy and shirked the difficulties! Wasting national funds and salary, clearly nurturing the enemy for personal gratification! With ulterior motives!

Hence the Emperor, in anger, replaced the general during the battle, bringing the Northern Army Middle Lang General with shackles and locked him to Luoyang, reducing the death penalty by one degree, thus finally forcing the Royal Army to cross the Huan River, engaging in a frontal battle, and then they were defeated.

Yes, the defeat was decisive, lasting only one day. It’s said that Stone Dragon first retreated three days, letting the Royal Army cross the river, then returned to battle, risking arrows, leading from the front, commanding the Ao Bing assault cavalry, with various groups of mixed captives, assault cavalry and vassal guards, attacking from all sides, breaking the formation and attacking from both sides, piercing the camp into disorder, fighting from dawn to dusk. The Royal Army depleted, gradually unable to resist, and seeing smoke and dust rising, the captor cavalry charged, reinforcements continuously arriving at the battlefield, causing morale to collapse immediately, resulting in a great defeat.

At that time, the sound of armor being discarded and weaponry being thrown echoed the heaven and earth, the North School Five Camps Vanguard, Longxiang, Hu Ben, Divine Power, Divine Swift, Gongchen armies, all trapped at the front, almost slaughtered. From the formation to the Huan River, stretching dozens of miles, corpses lay, blood flowed, drowning the oars, broken flags and folded spears covered the ground, beheading 30,000 heads at the formation, countless drowned themselves, capturing 8,000 horses, acquiring 70,000 armor and weapons, and the supplies, tents, wealth, and servants were immeasurable, all taken by the enemy. Marquis Xiao and various generals along with the supervisor and others, riding a dozen horses, escaped the Huan River by night, capturing 485 people below the rank of Middle Lang General, all were boiled, and those who surrendered were all drowned.

Finally, the Immortal Palace concluded in its defeat summary that the blame lay with the discord between the Supervisor Eunuch and the Central Lang General, failing to extort money, slandering and falsely accusing, nearly delaying the national affairs, called back to the palace and tightly confined, urgently summoned the Left Army Central Lang General northward, guarding Guan Du, not allowed to cross the river to fight without an edict.

Thus, in the land of Hebei, a single battle resulted in total loss, and the disciples of the nine major sects all flew to Genzhou to extinguish fires.

This was last month’s event.