C190

Chapter 190 - Rapid Defeat

By the ninth of the seventh month, Li Yanxian's twenty troops had already reached the vicinity of the Security Region, not far from Li Xianzhong's stronghold!

Li Yanxian then sent people to investigate the situation! The majority of their allied army members were born and bred in the Northwest. They had an abnormal understanding of the topography of the Northwest, so they weren't afraid of Li Xianzhong setting an ambush here!

Sure enough, the information that was transmitted over indicated that Li Xianzhong had always been in the west side of the Security Region's camp. Furthermore, there was indeed a large amount of food there. According to the intelligence provided, the 12 Allied soldiers ate and drank spicy food everyday, and their lives far surpassed the Allied soldiers under Li Yanxian's command!

"Very good! "I was worried that they would escape, but now that they haven't fled, we can defeat them in one fell swoop and get their food and weapons!" Li Yanxian laughed.

"Big Brother, let's go now!" Shaoyun said.

"Good!" He told his men not to slack off. When they reached the battlefield, they would no longer care about their brotherly feelings. They would kill as much as they could! They have pledged their allegiance to the Emperor Xuanwu, and are no longer our brothers, they are our mortal enemies! " Li Yanxian said loudly.

"Understood!" Shao Yun nodded.

Immediately, Li Yanxian's twenty allies went around the security state and headed straight towards the east!

By the afternoon, they were already close to Li Xianzhong's camp!

Just like that, Li Yanxian led the two hundred thousand strong army and charged towards the camp in front of them!

Even though this Li Yanxian was also a famous person in history, his fame was mainly because shesheas the first to resist the Jin Army. In all of history, he was the famous chieftain of the allied army, mainly because he fought guerrilla battles with the Jin Army, and had never fought face to face with them before! He came from a wealthy background, she had no direct combat experience with Jin Army s, and had no direct combat experience whatsoever! Even though he had led two hundred thousand men, he was still using the method of the allied army to attack. She just kept rushing forward; he had neither formation nor strategy!

Li Xianzhong was also from the chieftain of the allied army, but he was a general of the Northwest Army. He studied strategies since young, and when the later generations, Yue Fei, and Han Shizhong, died, he was Grand Commandant of the Southern Song Dynasty. In this kind of large-scale battle, he was much more proficient than Li Yanxian!

Li Yanxian was getting closer and closer to the camp in front of him, and his face revealed an extremely excited expression!

This was the first time he had led a war of this scale since the founding of the allied army! This was much faster compared to ambushing the Jin Army! Right now, he was already fantasizing about invading Li Xianzhong's camp, and leading the army to the south to invade Chang'an City and Tongguan! He also had his own "wild hopes". Wait until he took over Chang'an City, Tongguan, he was preparing to lead two hundred thousand allies to take over Dazhang Pass, Middle Han Area, and capture Emperor Xuanwu alive! After that, he was prepared to lead two hundred thousand soldiers to the north to defeat the female true spirit. In the future, he would be able to become a figure similar to Wei Qing and Huo Qubing and become famous for generations to come!

"Haha, haha..." He could not help but laugh out loud!

Until now, he still did not find anything amiss!

They had already arrived in front of the encampment, but there was not a single person who rushed out!

"Kill!" Li Yanxian laughed as she rushed into the camp!

At this moment, he finally realized that something was wrong!

There was actually no one in the camp!

"Strange! "Charge!" Li Yanxian continued to shout loudly!

He led two hundred thousand men to charge inside, but still did not discover a single person!

"Li Shifu is a coward, could it be that he has already escaped?" Li Yanxian said in shock.

"Looks like it's like this!" Shao Yun nodded as he said.

However, at this moment, something strange happened!

Black smoke suddenly rose up around the camp!

"Oh no, Li Shifu, that despicable person, is actually setting fire to something! God, he's going to burn us all to death! "

Finally, someone realized that something was wrong. The twenty troops inside the stronghold were thrown into chaos as they rushed towards the outside.

Even Li Yanxian was anxious, he never thought that she would be ambushed! If this camp were to be completely set on fire, perhaps the twenty armies would suffer heavy losses!

"Quick!" Fast! "Escape from here!" Li Yanxian shouted loudly.

He was already rushing out! There were soldiers of the rebel army in front of him, blocking his way.

The surrounding smoke became larger and larger, to the point where Li Yanxian could feel her vision becoming blurry!

At that moment, an earth-shaking battle cry rang out!

Li Xianzhong had finally led his twelve allied armies to surround them from all sides!

Just as Li Yanxian's army came out of the camp, they were immediately surrounded and attacked! Li Xianzhong had obviously been waiting here for a long time!

At that moment, Li Xianzhong was standing on top of a slope, the Loess Plateau was filled with this kind of slope! Looking at the battle scene below, he was not excited at all! He knew that a chieftain of the allied army like Li Yanxian, who had come out of seclusion halfway, was definitely not his match! Regarding the matter of defeating Li Yanxian, he was not very happy either! They were all brothers, there were bound to be casualties this time!

As for the smoke in the camp, it was a result of the burning of wet firewood that he had prepared a long time ago! There was a lot of smoke from the wet firewood, but the fire was very small! It was impossible for Li Xianzhong to burn two hundred thousand soldiers here. He just wanted to make these two hundred thousand soldiers chaotic, and then be defeated by himself!

"Pass down the order, surrender and don't kill!" Li Xianzhong said.

Once the order was passed down, the battlefield was filled with the sound of "surrender but not kill"!

The two hundred thousand strong army under Li Yanxian's command were already in chaos, upon hearing the sound of surrender and not killing, countless of his men knelt down, and threw their weapons away! In any case, they were allied troops and had a burning passion towards each other. They also believed that the other side wouldn't really kill them!

In less than two hours, this ridiculous battle had ended!

There were fallen soldiers everywhere below, only Li Yanxian was still leading more than a hundred loyal followers to stand at the entrance of the camp!

At that moment, Li Yanxian's face was extremely ugly to behold! He did not expect that her' ambition 'would not even be able to achieve the first step! She, the great leader of the allied army, was actually unable to defeat Li Xianzhong, that brat! He never thought that Li Shifu would actually be this powerful! He was the leader of the allied army in the past, and had always looked down upon Li Shifu, this junior! In his opinion, Li Shifu only had a group of people following him because his background was good. He had always felt that Li Shifu did not have any true abilities! But now, he had lost to Li Shifu!

One month ago, he was still chasing Emperor Xuanwu, and in just a month's time, he had actually suffered a crushing defeat!

Li Xianzhong had already walked in front of Li Yanxian and the others, smiling at them!

"Li Xianzhong, don't be complacent! You betrayed the allied armies and surrendered to the Emperor Xuanwu! If this were to spread, all the heroes in the martial arts world would despise you! " Li Yanxian said coldly.

"If I join the Emperor Xuanwu, I would be betraying the allied army. If you join the Emperor Kang, then wouldn't that traitor be betraying the allied army?" Li Xianzhong said.

"You do not care about brotherly feelings! Many of your brothers have died in this battle. Li Yanxian said again.

"You are the one who brought the troops here, I have no choice but to resist! "The reason why these brothers died in battle was because of you. How did it become my sin?" Li Xianzhong coldly snorted.

"If you were to hand the food over to me, why would I bring my men here?" Li Yanxian asked.

"Didn't you seek refuge in the Emperor Jianyan? Why didn't you let the Emperor Jianyan give you food? After you pledged your allegiance to him, you only received a position as an envoy from Chuan Shan Xuan. In addition, all your brothers will starve to death with you! You only care about your own power, you never think about the interests of your brothers! Do you still think you did the right thing? " Li Xianzhong said.

"This... Lin Lingsu had already said that his destiny was on the side of the Emperor Jianyan! "I'm doing it in the name of Shuntian!" Li Yanxian insisted.

Li Xianzhong shook his head, he did not want to argue with Li Yanxian, and immediately said in a clear voice: "Brothers, Emperor Xuanwu is merciful, although Li Yanxian tried to assassinate him, but Emperor Xuanwu said it was his fault, not the brothers' fault! Right now, all of our brothers only have to surrender to the Emperor Xuanwu, and the Emperor Xuanwu will naturally forgive all of them! Even Li Yanxian, if he was willing to surrender, Emperor Xuanwu would forgive him! Where should we go from here? All of you can make your own decisions! "

The army of over a hundred thousand men was outside. Under such circumstances, there was no other choice! Unless they wanted to die, they knew what to do!

Finally, someone walked out and knelt on the ground, saying, "I, Shaoyun, am willing to surrender to Emperor Xuanwu, and from now on, I will follow your lead!"

Seeing that Shaoyun had walked out and was kneeling down, the remaining hundred or so people were all dumbfounded. After a while, a few people walked out and knelt on the ground, and gradually over a hundred people walked over and knelt down!

On the spot, only Li Yanxian stood there alone!

"Big Brother Li, you were once the chieftain of the allied army. His Majesty had said before that you had contributed greatly to resisting the Jin Army! If you surrender, not only will the king not blame you, he will reward you instead! Surrender! " Li Xianzhong looked at Li Yanxian, and said indifferently.

felt sweat dripping from his forehead. Countless chieftain of the allied army s and soldiers were watching him, and finally, Li Yanxian could no longer endure it any longer as he knelt on the ground and said, "I am willing to surrender to Emperor Xuanwu!"

"Brother Li, you must swear an oath to Second Master Guan!" Li Xianzhong said after thinking for a while.

The Green Forest, the underworld, and the Guan Second Master had a supreme status. They all needed to be in front of Guan Second Master to form ties with their brothers! If he swore on Second Master Guan's behalf, he would never betray him! If you break your vow, no one in the Green Forest or the underworld can take you!

"Good!" I swear by Second Master Guan that from now on, I will be loyal to the Emperor Xuanwu and will not betray the Emperor Xuanwu! " Li Yanxian said.

Only then did Li Xianzhong relax, and laughed: "Brother Li, please get up!"

Just as he finished dealing with this matter, countless troops suddenly appeared in the distance!

These soldiers were all dressed up as Song Army, with a total of fifty to sixty thousand people! These were the Tsinghua Army s and Jingyuan Army s who came to the Shaanxi. They were stationed at the Gold Tripod Mountain and the Meridian Ridge respectively. They were originally here to help Li Xianzhong, but who would have thought that Li Xianzhong had already subdued him!

Li Xianzhong told them about Li Yanxian's surrender and frowned. He said: "This person has colluded with Lin Lingsu, Wu Qing and the others to attempt to harm Your Majesty. If I don't kill this person, how will I explain this to your majesty? "

Li Xianzhong said: "After all, this person is the leader of the Shaanxi's rebel army, and his prestige amongst the allied army is extremely high! If he were to kill him, he was afraid that the allied army would fall into chaos. That would be extremely disadvantageous for His Majesty! I think that even if Your Majesty were here, you would spare this person's life! "