Fang Yun left Wei Changxian and continued to stay in the carriage reading, as if nothing had happened.
Wei Changxian didn't come back for a long time, and the coachman outside the door breathed a sigh of relief.
After breakfast, the army continued to march. At around ten o'clock in the morning, a shrill whistle sounded from the southwest.
Fang Yun slammed the book shut and said in a low voice, "Stop the car!" Then he jumped out of the car. At the same time, Lu Menhou's voice rang out.
"Enemy attack! Be prepared for battle! The defeated barbarians are coming to harass us again. I hope all the soldiers will unite as one, kill the enemies and enhance our country's prestige!"
"Kill the enemies! Promote our country's prestige!" Many scholars followed suit and spoke eloquently, followed by a hundred thousand soldiers who shouted one after another.
The soldiers were a little panicked when they were attacked by the enemy, but after shouting, the panic disappeared and they all shared a common hatred of the enemy and became very calm.
Fang Yun looked ahead and saw several scouts riding on dragon horses and rapidly approaching with mechanical whistles, while the Barbarian King Xiong Bei and Lang Dan, leading the barbarians of the early morning, were chasing closely behind.
Fang Yun took a close look at the Barbarian King Langdan. His wounds were gone without a trace, and the destroyed parts were full of power, probably 90% of his strength in his prime.
The moment he saw these barbarians, Fang Yun secretly thought that something was wrong. He did not expect that the barbarians from the Confucius world were so smart. When their sneak attack failed, they began to delay, or used this time to annihilate more of the human race's manpower.
Once the Lumen Army enters Zhucheng, the monsters will either have to attack the city or fight with more humans. It is far less advantageous to fight the Lumen Army first.
As for the barbarians defending the city, that is a joke in the world. The defending barbarians can only become living targets for the human race.
Fang Yun kept thinking in his heart that the next few days would be the most difficult time for the army.
This time, the human race taunted the barbarians first, but the barbarians ignored them and continued to attack.
The two barbarian kings were no longer as reckless as last time, but attacked the two university scholars, Lumen Hou and Xun Tianling, carefully, not wanting to be hurt by the powerful forces of the two university scholars. At the same time, they would rescue the barbarian marquis and the barbarian commander, and basically ignore the barbarian generals.
The two great scholars, Lu Menhou and Xun Tianling, could not ignore the two barbarian kings, but they could not kill the cunning barbarian kings. They were firmly held back because the use of war poems required a certain amount of time, and they were often unable to distract themselves. Once they were distracted, it meant that the barbarian kings were getting closer.
The Barbarian King is very powerful. We must not let them get too close to the position, otherwise it will be a disaster for the human race.
Even though the Barbarian Kings were difficult to approach, the witchcraft they occasionally used was equivalent to the human race's Hanlin war poems, and the scholars in the army had to find ways to stop them.
Fortunately, not only did the range of the Grand Secretary's war poem increase, but the range of the protective war poem also increased greatly. The two Grand Secretaries could barely ensure that most of the soldiers would not be affected by the power of the two barbarian kings.
The battle between the Barbarian King and the Grand Secretary was evenly matched.
However, there are a lot of barbarian marquises and barbarian commanders, far more than the Hanlin and Jinshi of the human race. After being blessed by war poems, ordinary soldiers' swords, spears, bows and arrows can hurt the enemy's barbarian generals, but against demon marquises and demon commanders, only scholars and machines can play a role.
The talents of scholars in the army are limited, and the organs have to consume various resources, which will be damaged if overused.
At the beginning of the battle, the barbarians were kept out, but soon, barbarians would often rush into the human army, causing great damage, so that some generals had to use war poems to kill these barbarians, thus accidentally injuring ordinary soldiers.
Fang Yun sighed softly. The barbarians were fighting a war of attrition, using the lives of a small number of barbarian generals and commanders to exchange for the lives of a large number of human soldiers. This was the method that the human race feared the most.
However, Fang Yun also had a look of relief on his face, because in the battle, the scholars present often used his handed-down war poems, and the military strategy of "waiting for the enemy to tire out" was also always in play, but these people were not proficient in it. The effect was somewhat poor.
The battle was extremely brutal, but Fang Yun was actually somewhat happy because at this time, Lu Menhou would definitely let him join the battle.
However, when he saw Wei Changxian walking towards him with a smile on his face, Fang Yun knew that he was overthinking.
Wei Changxian smiled and bowed to Fang Yun, saying, "The marshal said that you are of noble status, so you should continue to stay in the carriage. Unfortunately, in order to guard you, the army will lose a Jinshi to participate in the war."
Fang Yun stared into Wei Changxian's eyes and said firmly: "This battle could have resulted in one more Hanlin and one more Jinshi!"
"You can't blame my marshal for this. If you want to blame someone, blame your father! If his crimes hadn't been cleared up yet, why would I stay here? I tell you the truth, unless the marshal dies in battle, you can't even think of joining the war before arriving in Zhucheng!" Wei Changxian made no secret of his contempt and hostility.
Fang Yun was not angry at all. Instead, a look of astonishment flashed across his face. Then he returned to normal and said angrily, "I will report this to the King of Chu and then to the Great Confucian Hall! You are accomplices in the massacre of those soldiers!"
Fang Yun observed carefully and found that when Wei Changxian mentioned "King of Chu", he didn't care at all. But when he mentioned "Hall of Great Confucian Scholars", Wei Changxian's expression changed slightly. He was obviously afraid of the Hall of Great Confucian Scholars, but then relaxed again.
"Go ahead. Does the King of Chu believe in Marquis Lumen, or the son of the traitor? Does the Hall of Great Confucian Scholars believe in the King of Chu, or the mere Marquis Zhujiang?" Wei Changxian sneered.
Fang turned around and went back to the carriage. After lowering the door curtain, his expression became very serious.
"That bastard King Chu actually wanted to force me to make a mistake, then convict me and deprive me of my title, and even... wanted to kill me!"
Fang Yun finally understood why Lumenhou had never let him fight along the way, and why Lumenhou's cronies had never taken him seriously. If the King of Chu had issued a secret order, then everything could be explained. He thought he was not a traitor and had no guilt in his heart. Since he was released from prison, he just needed to clear his grievances, but he forgot the intentions of the King of Chu or many ministers of Chu.
The death of Zhujiang Marquis in the battle with the barbarians is the result that the King of Chu most wants to see.
"It's worthy of being the test of the Ninth Mountain!" Fang Yun finally realized that he had underestimated the difficulty of this expedition to the south.
"Unfortunately, I'm not just Zhang Longxiang..." An inexplicable smile appeared on Fang Yun's face, and there was a coldness behind the smile.
After a long while, Fang Yun's tongue burst into spring thunder and sighed, "My fellow human beings, it's not that I, Zhang Longxiang, don't want to fight, but Lumen Hou forbade me to fight. I admit that my father is suspected of treason, but do I, Zhang Longxiang, have any stains before? Ten years have passed, and the whole Chu State and the great Confucianists have searched the entire Zhou Dynasty, but can they find a trace of evidence? No! What I hate is that I can't kill the barbarians with my own hands; what I feel sad about is that I can't save the soldiers on the battlefield; what I worry about is that the future of the army is bleak! I, Zhang Longxiang, have a lot of talent, but I can't fight. I am wrong! After arriving in Zhucheng, I will commemorate the fallen soldiers with my blood!"
Marquis Lumen was furious and shouted, "Our two armies are fighting, why did Marquis Zhujiang say such a thing to disrupt our army's morale? Come, keep a close watch on Zhang Longxiang. If he disrupts the army's morale again, he will be executed without mercy!"
"Alas..." Fang Yun's long sigh echoed in the sky.
.(To be continued.)