Jiang Ziya's first battle after his debut faced Zhang Guifang's vanguard Feng Lin.
Feng Lin had a blue-black face and red hair, wielding a wolf-toothed mace, with some left-handed sorcery. He could spit out red beads to injure others.
Jiang Ziya used the Xinghuang Qiqi to protect himself, took the Kaitian Zhu to block the red beads, and then hit Feng Lin off his horse with a whip. As he prepared to strike again and kill him, Deng Chanyu appeared.
"Jiang Shixiong, please do me a favor and spare this person's life. This person will certainly not come to fight against Xi Gou again."
Feng Lin was the descendant of the wise minister Fenghou during the ancient times. Fenghou was the descendant of Fu Xi when he was a human emperor, and also served as the prime minister of Huangdi Sun.
By the time it reached Feng Lin's generation, the bloodline of his ancestors had become very thin. However, considering the faces of Fu Xi and Huangdi Sun, Deng Chanyu still stepped forward to defend him.
This matter slightly injured Jiang Ziya's dignity, but it's all right. The Jiang family owes Deng Chanyu a great deal of favor. Gratitude has turned into enmity, but now by repaying a part of it, it is actually beneficial for their mutual relationship.
Jiang Ziya agreed very readily: "Go ahead, sister. Take it with you."
Deng Chanyu, ignoring Feng Lin's struggle, tied him up with Hunsuan Yan. After that, she rode on a cloud and returned to Nanjun.
Now, Nanjun is not short of martial officers. In her eyes, Feng Lin can only spit out a red bead and doesn't have any distinctive qualities.
She decided to detain him for a while to let him cool down, then send him to the other descendants of Fenghou.
Without Feng Lin, the situation became almost untenable for Zhang Guifang.
The "Huming Luomashu" (Art of Calling Names to Horse Them Fall) is very powerful. It was even able to shout down Huang Feihou, who rode the Five Colors Divine Bull in the original time and space. This technique targets not the mount but the person themselves.
Of course, strength has its limits. It's not possible for him to shout down Taiyang Laojun, who sits on the Green Ox. This technique isn't that overpowered.
In front of the two armies, Jiang Ziya on the Four Unlikeness was shouted down by him. As Taigong Jiang was about to be speared to death, the generals of Xi Qiu rallied to their traditional defense, surging forward in a dense crowd.
Ji Fa, Nan Gongshe, and all the senior officers of Xi Qi are not mentioned.
Recently, Yin Hong hasn't been idle either. Hong Jin has been using his title to recruit four generals from the Longshan and Huangfengling: Pang Hong, Liu Fu, Ju Zhang, and Bi Huan. These four are the first four of the future Eight Generals who guard the Southern Heaven Gate: Pang, Liu, Ju, Guo, Deng, Xin, Zhang, and Tao. They are all skilled warriors with excellent teamwork.
Zhang Guifang boasts of being the first among the Immortal Human, and indeed, she is extremely valiant. With a silver spear and a white horse, she alone charges through the Zhou army ranks. However, even a good tiger can't withstand a pack of wolves. During the Great Calamity of Sealing the Gods, the realm of an Immortal Human is simply not enough to stand against such an assault. Facing siege, she first endured a whip from Jiang Ziya, then was hacked by Liu Fu with an axe. Exhausted and preparing to take her own life, she was struck by Hong Jin with a heart-pulling talisman.
As someone sent out by the Heavenly Serpent Cult to deal with the calamity, Hong Jin has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Three days later, Zhang Guifang's spirit was controlled.
In the midst of the two armies, he personally opened his mouth to offer surrender, and the Shang army of a hundred thousand men, which had been fighting with Xi Qi for nearly half a year, collapsed instantly.
These were all veteran troops. Even if their families were in the distance, Xi Qi did not mind and directly gathered six to seven million people. The remaining soldiers also lost their fighting spirit and fled into the Hu Si Pass.
The troops of Xi Qi grew stronger and stronger as they fought, while the southern district didn't sit idly by. After all preparations were ready, they formally launched an attack on Chuan.
Deng Chanyu herself stationed in Hanzhong.
Yi Tairan served as the vanguard, Zheng Lun was appointed as the supervisor of supplies, Huang Feibiao served as the main commander, leading 50,000 troops in a grand procession along the main road to Jinsha City.
This time, it was an invitation to join the battle.
The banner they unfurled was to help their ally Jinsha City against the unethical Sanxing City.
The goods from Hanchong, traveling south, have to pass through Sanxing City first before reaching Jinsha City. Sanxing City charges heavy taxes on them, so they don't have to do anything but lay at home and enjoy the wealth they earn, isn't that great?
The goods from Hanchong have always been brought into the Shu region at a loss. The priests and nobles of Sanxing City have all eaten well, while those in Jinsha City are just left with dissatisfaction. Why? They can only beat each other.
Both sides went into battle with slaves and their large armies.
Nearly every able-bodied man was a soldier. Jinsha City had 100,000 soldiers and Sanxing City had 120,000 soldiers. They fought on the plain, with Huang Feibiao's army going to support Jinsha City.
The priests and nobles of Shu didn't let their guard down either. At every step, there were spies and secret agents observing their camp, supplies, and even if some important generals used doubles.
In the end, they discovered that the Han were incredibly foolish, busy every day fighting for Jinsha City against Sanxing City with great enthusiasm.
Even Huang Feibiao, the main commander of the army, was hit by an arrow.
What a good person! After finishing with Sanxing City, give the Han people some gold and jewels to leave.
As for General Piaoshu using 50,000 troops to annihilate an army of 200,000 from two cities combined? No one had considered that possibility; it was simply not realistic.
General Piaoshu was just handling his duties and providing cover.
On the other side, Deng Ai led a combined force of over 12,000 elite bodyguards from four families and his own elite troops trained in Yinping for their skill in climbing mountains and navigating rugged terrain, totaling 30,000 troops. They moved swiftly and quietly along small trails, scaling Mount Taizhou before marching hurriedly to the gates of Jinsha City.
They retrieved armor, weapons, and arrows stored in the Deng family's trading station outside the city. With three million people well-fed, they launched a direct assault on the city.
As soon as the "Deng" banner reached the gate of Jinsha City, the slaves who had been promised by the "Han state" began to revolt.
They opened the city gates and allowed Deng Ai's army to enter. Then they took charge of guiding the army, clearing out the city's nobility and priests.
In the central ancestral temple, the high priest with a gold mask was resentfully praying to the ancestors.
"Fish-pheasant Ancestors! Open your eyes and see for yourselves! The Han have breached our homeland. They are going to kill our men, abduct our women and children! Silk-worm Ancestors, please bestow upon us divine power and thunder from the heavens. Let our enemies fall into the blue waters, and let those traitorous slaves be struck by lightning!"
Following his command, one slave after another fell into a blood pool that was ten chi deep and nine chi in both length and width. In the end, several nobles even used ornately decorated ritual daggers to stab their own chests, sacrificing themselves to the ancestors in an attempt to bring the ancestors back to the mortal world.
The high priest prayed to the ancestors like a dream, when an urgent messenger rushed in to report.
"The high priest, quick! The slaves have all rebelled! The slaves throughout the city have all risen up!"
The elderly high priest struck the soldiers' spines and heads with the gold staff in his hand: "All of you are scum! A bunch of scum! Donkeys and horses are more noble than you, you"
Suddenly, he looked at the blade that had pierced his stomach, and there was a vice captain's suppressed anger by his side: "Do you remember the girl you killed with your horse last month? That was my daughter! Dog thing! I am now a Han, not your slave!"
The man with numerous wounds on his back and chest chopped off the head of the old priest, flipping open the gold mask. What lay beneath was a face twisted in fear.
