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Chapter 150: Counterattack
“What good opportunity?” There aren’t many things that can make Xu Ren so happy, so his excited expression immediately caught everyone’s curiosity.
Xu Ren looked elated, “It’s a good opportunity from Beichen Yuqing. The letter is right here, everyone take a look. According to the timing of the letter delivery, Beichen Yuqing should have already launched the attack. We must cooperate as soon as possible.
Immediately send orders to the front lines, full assault! We need to take the initiative and keep the battle going until early morning tomorrow.
At dawn, the aircraft will be deployed to bomb Shi Chengsong!”
As for Song Xing, it was his first time boarding an aircraft, and it was specifically to take him to Wuyang, which made Song Xing very excited. Feeling the fierce wind blowing against his cheeks, watching the white clouds retreat beneath him, seeing the lush green land, and observing the tiny houses, everything was so thrilling.
“How is it? Interesting, right? How about joining the air force?” Cheng Jiming was already planning to poach Li Xian’s trusted aides.
Song Xing, who had been very excited, looked down on this suggestion after hearing it. “It’s just an aircraft. When technology advances, everyone will have one! I’ve heard much more about this from the young master than from you.”
Damn, he was looked down upon! Ever since Cheng Jiming became a Gold Core and an air force general, he had grown quite arrogant. Today, he was mocked by someone at the peak of the Qi Refining stage. “Hmph, everyone will have aircraft? Who knows how long that will take? But now, I can already fly freely in the sky.
And, have you ever fought in the sky, shot cannons at high altitudes? You haven’t, right! Hmph, I’m in the air force, the air force, do you understand?”
Song Xing chuckled, “General Cheng, you’re amazing, you’re really something. I don’t understand the air force, but I know that the young master isn’t very satisfied with the current air force. You all still need to keep working hard. Keep it up, I have faith in you!”
“Good, I also have faith in you. Song Xing, we’re almost there. We’re about ten kilometers from Wuyang City. Get ready, you’ll have to fly down on your own soon.”
The aircraft suddenly made a 180° turn, and the engines sharply slowed down. Unprepared, Song Xing was thrown into the air; if not for the seatbelt, he would have been sent flying out of the aircraft.
Even so, it still scared Song Xing, who let out a loud scream.
Cheng Jiming chuckled, “How about that? Pretty exciting, huh! If we get the chance another day, I can lend you this treasure to play with. One more minute, and we’ll be completely still. Get ready.”
The fun and games were over, and it was time to get serious. Song Xing checked all the talismans on his body and nodded immediately.
Standing on the edge of the flying vehicle, looking down at the earth 5,000 meters below, Wuyang City seemed no bigger than a washbasin. Although he was a cultivator, because his cultivation wasn’t very high, this was Song Xing’s first time overlooking the earth from such a height, especially the Imperial Capital. A strange sense of superiority suddenly rose within him!
It seemed that being in the air force wouldn’t be so bad! Somehow, this thought popped into Song Xing’s mind. But he still began to apply flying spells, feather techniques, wind escape techniques, and other talismans to his body. Gritting his teeth, he was about to jump down.
“You don’t value your life!” Cheng Jiming quickly grabbed Song Xing. “The spells you’ve applied are at best early-stage Foundation Building level. These spells will collapse at this height. Even a Golden Core-level spell struggles to fly at this altitude! At this height, the wind pressure is already extremely weak.”
“Come on, I’ll take you down.”
“Ah… Can you fly 5,000 meters?”
“I have a magic treasure, so of course, no problem! You probably don’t know, but a Golden Core cultivator with a magic treasure has three to five times the combat capability of one without!” Cheng Jiming grinned, summoning a flying sword, and pulling Song Xing toward the ground. Sure enough, as soon as they left the flying vehicle, many of the spells on Song Xing’s body trembled like jelly, quickly collapsing. Song Xing broke out in cold sweat.
After safely sending Song Xing to the ground, Cheng Jiming saw someone flying from the Imperial Capital in the distance. Without stopping, he immediately flew into the sky. The speed of the magic treasure-level flying sword was even faster. Soon, he returned to the flying vehicle, which then accelerated and quickly disappeared.
“Song Xing!” The person flying from the Imperial Capital recognized Song Xing. It was none other than Fu Minghui. Upon suddenly seeing something flying in the sky, Fu Minghui, who was in charge of the Imperial Capital’s security, naturally had to check it out. To his surprise, it was Song Xing, seemingly flying down from the sky!
“Doctor…”
Someone beside Fu Minghui interrupted immediately, “It’s Grand Chancellor!”
Song Xing quickly offered his congratulations: “Ah, congratulations on your promotion. I need to see the master.”
Fu Minghui became enthusiastic: “Let me take you into the Imperial Capital. It’s under martial law lately, and it’s not easy to get in.”
“No, no, it’s just a few miles. I can walk there; there’s no need to trouble the Grand Chancellor, my lord.” Song Xing firmly refused. The letters on him were crucial and had to be delivered to the master. Who knows where you’d take me?
Fortunately, in just that short time, someone else flew over on a sword. It was Yang Zhong.
“Uncle Yang.” Song Xing quickly stepped forward to bow. To his surprise, Yang Zhong turned out to be a Golden Core cultivator!
Yang Zhong was decisive, pulling Song Xing onto the flying sword without any hesitation, without greeting anyone around them, and immediately turning to leave. It was a clean break. Yang Zhong understood very well that the fact that Anyang had used a sealed flying vehicle to deliver a message meant it was of utmost importance and must not be allowed to fail.
After Yang Zhong and Song Xing left, the remaining people began to discuss among themselves. Clearly, Song Xing had descended from the sky, and from a height of 5,000 meters, which stirred many thoughts. Was the flying object just now Anyang’s war instrument? Why could it fly so high?
Fu Minghui furrowed his brow slightly. “Wasn’t that war instrument flying a bit too high? At that height, there’s already weak wind pressure. Even a typical Golden Core cultivator wouldn’t fly that high.”
As expected, discussions started. Li Yulong, after reading the letter that Song Xing had delivered, immediately smiled. The troubled expression that had been on his face for the past few days was replaced with one of confident insight.
“Song Xing, stay here for the next few days. Stay at the Li residence and wait until things are resolved.”
“Yes.”
After Song Xing left, Li Yulong looked up at the sky and then to the east, as if he had already envisioned a new way of warfare. He murmured to himself, “Once the flying war instruments are deployed, air raids and decapitation plans will bring about unpredictable changes in the future wars of Yingzhou!”
“Heh, I imagine the Imperial Capital is quite lively right now.”
“I wonder how things are going there now?”
Meanwhile, in Zhongshan County, after Zhongshan County’s Governor, Shi Chengsong, had sent off Shi Chongxin and over a thousand elite soldiers, he began to wait, constantly calculating and planning. “According to the marching speed, we should succeed by tonight at the latest! Then, we’ll launch a full-scale attack by evening. For now, let everyone rest, and then…”
“Report! Sir, General Shi Chongxin has returned, badly injured!”
“What?!” Shi Chengsong was greatly shocked. Just moments ago, he had been planning to launch a full-scale attack by night, but now he received news that the army he had just sent out had been completely defeated.
Without waiting for Shi Chongxin to come in, Shi Chengsong immediately went to meet him and saw Shi Chongxin’s pale face, his mouth still dripping blood. Shi Chongxin was surrounded by seven or eight more disheveled Foundation Building cultivators.
Seeing this, Shi Chengsong immediately felt uneasy and shouted, “What happened?”
“Anyang sent people to launch a sneak attack! We encountered them halfway, and we were outnumbered!” Shi Chongxin didn’t mention that his preparations had been inadequate.
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“How many people?”
“At least ten thousand!”
“Ten thousand?” Shi Chengsong’s expression changed again. If it was ten thousand elite soldiers, it would indeed be a serious problem! He immediately shouted, “Prepare for battle! Increase defenses at the front line. Shi Chongxin, immediately lead 30,000 elite soldiers from the left wing to intercept. No mistakes allowed!”
“Yes!” Despite his injuries, Shi Chongxin immediately led his troops to continue the fight. Fortunately, as a general, he didn’t need to be at the very front, so his severe injuries weren’t a major issue.
However, just as Shi Chongxin was about to set up the defense, chaos suddenly broke out ahead. The entire defense line collapsed.
“Not good, they’ve taken advantage of the gap!” Shi Chongxin immediately understood what had happened, but it was too late!
Boom…
Ten shells, crossing a distance of one kilometer, directly blew Shi Chongxin’s position apart! The general’s flag was the best target for the attack!
The surviving soldiers later recalled that the general was blown apart, with only his head flying into the air, his face still showing terror.
When the explosions rang out, the defending soldiers from Anyang, under Xu Ren’s orders, charged out of the temporary border defense line and launched a counterattack!