The Han advanced officer Wei Bin killed the opposite Qin general Ma Zhaoyang in twenty rounds.
The morale of the Han army soared as Li Jing raised his flag, and the frontline foot soldiers, clad in iron armor, surged forward like impenetrable walls, head-on into the Qian army's formation.
The armor rate of Qian's army is far too different, and the soldiers can't even cooperate, let alone know each other. Many times, they can only unite according to their familiarity with each other, and the Qian army's formation suddenly turned into dozens of small formations of various sizes.
Su Quanzhong burst into laughter. This time, instead of using the Fang Tian Huajue, he took out a horse chopping sword and slashed left and right as if he were a meat grinder charging into the enemy ranks.
Daji watched with some worry, while Deng Canyu signaled for her not to worry, "Your brother is just torturing the easy opponent. What danger could there be?"
After an hour of battle between Han and Qin, the veteran Lu Xiong also fought fiercely. He kept sending troops from the 200 duke states to the front lines, using this chance to wear down the elite troops of the Han army.
Wearing iron armor weighing five to sixty catties, even the strongest soldiers can't withstand a battle for an hour.
Li Jing saw the old man's intention and decisively dispatched Zhou Ji, son-in-law of Huang Fei Hong, and Huang Ming to lead chariot troops to strike from the left and right flanks.
He looked at Zhang Guifang last.
Even though Han is the dukedom ruled by King Zhou personally, he is still participating in the battle as a guest of Deng Canyu.
Such events are not uncommon; in history, Zhang Fei released Yan Yan with justice, and after that, Yan Yan refused to submit to Liu Bei and had always been a guest of Zhang Fei's.
Now Zhang Guifang is also playing a similar role. To mobilize him, it requires Deng Canyu's approval.
Deng Canyu called over Zhang Guifang: "General Zhang, lead your cavalry into battle. Be careful of the female immortal called Dian Cai Tian."
Zhang Guifang had previously been a human immortal. After joining her, she was treated like a lowly maid, Hong Qiao. She would occasionally receive some guidance from her, but no fairy practice was to be expected. However, she could find answers to questions about cultivation here, and she could also obtain some cultivation resources. Now Zhang Guifang has also become a land immortal, and her cultivation is nearly on par with Nezha's.
The young and arrogant Nezha could even fight back and forth with Xianhuati, so much more so for Zhang Guifang, a seasoned veteran on the battlefield.
Dian Cai Tian never found the right chance for a decisive blow, so she didn't make the first move.
Zhang Guifang's cavalry maneuvered around to the flanks of the chariot troops, unleashing a deluge of arrows onto the enemy ranks.
The fierce battle raged from noon to six o'clock, with the battlefield littered with the bodies of the fallen. Most of them were Qian people, and Lu Xiong's military tactics and strategies were indeed top-notch, but his troops were weak, and even his excellent command skills were rendered meaningless.
A copper gong resounded from the Qian side, and the front ranks turned into rear ranks, leaving behind over 15,000 corpses on the battlefield. The veteran commander led his army in an orderly retreat.
That night, Zhang Guifang led his troops to attack the enemy camp, but even though this brave warrior had succeeded in slaying two Qian generals, he was still held back by the veteran Lu Xiong's strict defense.
The old man knew that his martial arts couldn't match Zhang Guifang's, so he didn't play any single combat games. As soon as Zhang Guifang rode to charge, arrows were released from his side like rain, covering the area. Even the most skilled warriors wouldn't dare to charge in such a situation.
Deng Canyu also sent the General Xiao Qiao, leading her newly formed Wudang Flying Army, to cross mountains and ridges to attack from the other end of the Qian camp in coordination with Zhang Guifang. Unfortunately, Lu Xiong's defense was impenetrable.
The looting of the camp was only somewhat effective, as it only burned down a few enemy tents, killed hundreds of soldiers, and caused some confusion, but had no significant impact on the overall situation.
On the Han side, they had been fighting for over a dozen days, with over 50,000 soldiers killed or injured from Qian. However, since they were fighting within the territory of Xuzhou, the 200 dukes could provide a continuous supply of troops from their homeland of Qi and Lu. Men and women of all ages, from old warriors to young children carrying spears, joined the battle. For every one Han soldier killed, ten Qian soldiers were sacrificed. Deng Canyu and Li Jing were both heartbroken by this.
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Li Jing, who had always been overly confident, felt somewhat embarrassed. Facing the veteran Qian general, he felt like a mouse trying to catch a turtle, with no way to get a grip on it.
Nevertheless, the pride in his heart made him prepare for a decisive battle using his military tactics, rather than simply throwing the 33-day Golden Bell Tower at the enemy to finish them off directly.
Deng Canyu also didn't voice any opinions. With her abilities, like Jiangziya against Lu Xiong, using martial arts instead of military tactics to directly decide the outcome could certainly be done. However, she never made a move because it wasn't her time for a calamity.
Nezha, as well as Jin Za, Mu Za, and Huang Tianhua who have joined the Han, are still in their respective calamities. How can they escape their misfortunes if they are not fighting for their lives on the battlefield?
That was her thought, and she believed that the Western Figures on the other side were also of the same mind.
Now both sides have taken advantage of the situation to accumulate battlefield experience, honor, and alleviate their calamities to a considerable extent. They are ready to collectively escape their misfortunes. Deng Canyu is unsure whether the one secretly orchestrating the situation on the other side is the Medicine Buddha or Maitreya. They seem to have a tacit understanding, as neither wants to end the current war and then face the immortals of Jie sect.
Over the next few days, the intensity of the battle was not high, but it was not low either.
Jin Za and Mu Za teamed up to fight Dian Cai Tian.
The battle between the two sides was not hot nor cold, with only occasional flesh wounds that could be healed with a single pill.
Huang Tianhua faced the Qian general Yang Ren.
He had suffered greatly under Yang Ren's Yindaolaoyan, whose eyes were filled with the joys and sorrows, happiness and sadness of the human world. Just being looked at by it made him feel dizzy and shaken to the core.
Fortunately, he was wearing Guang Chengzi's Bagua Purple Belt Immortal Garment, which allowed Yang Ren to not fully unleash the power of the Yindaolaoyan eyes. This was just enough to hold him off.
Soldiers clashing with soldiers, commanders facing off against commanders, and immortals battling other immortals - the fierce battle between Han and Qian nations raged on in Xuzhou.
Many of the Asura who had been redeemed from the blood ocean have died, and there are also losses on the Han side.
This is an unavoidable aspect of war. It is impossible for no one to die in battle. For many commoners, displaying their bravery and fearlessness on the battlefield, and then having their true spirit listed on the divine roll and enshrined as a god after death, is actually a shortcut.
Is that cruel? That's fate. As long as Deng Canyu can't defeat Hong Jun, she must follow his arrangements.
What she can do is to make the "role" of the Han nation more dazzling, design the "costume, makeup, and props" to be more attractive, and arrange the plot in a way that can reflect her personal characteristics, no matter you are brave, decisive or resolute, try to give you the chance to "shine on stage".
In the eyes of the Tao, there is no difference between commoners, human immortals, and land immortals; they are all ants.
Even if immortals fail to make the list, and commoners make it instead, such things can happen. To obtain an offer from the Taoist paradise, not only does one need strength, but also a stage to showcase oneself.
Deng Canyu spares no effort to design "scenes" on the battlefield, trying to give minor characters more chances to shine.
These soldiers and officers loyal to Deng's family might even continue to serve her as soldiers and officers in the heavenly court in the future.
Ordinary mortals must seize every opportunity to rise to the top. You can't compare that to the Ma family. What contribution did the Ma family have in the Shengdian War? None at all, but Jiangziya stubbornly bestowed a god position upon them, and Primordial heaven had to put up with it.
Victory in fewer numbers over many, taking advantage of ease while waiting for the weary, and fighting one hundred with one—Deng Canyu arranged all sorts of scenarios on this side.
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