The Savage Lady Wants to Kill Me! Reborn on the Path of Cultivation

Zheng Guang proposed to burn down Jinling Town and permanently eliminate this strategic location of the Jin Kingdom. However, this strategy was ultimately not implemented due to Duan Tianyang's opposition, which also laid the seeds for what happened later.

The Hongxing Army attacked Jinling Town silently under the cover of night and evacuated at the beginning of dawn. The bad news of Jinling Town spread like thunder to every corner of the Jin Army camp in Mucheng.

Upon hearing the news, the commander of the Jin Army's Eighth Corps Wu Youqiang and his deputy commander Tian Ye, the commander of the Fourteenth Corps Wanyan Lie and his deputy commander Shen Gu all looked solemn and gathered together urgently to discuss countermeasures.

The atmosphere in the central military tent was so depressing that it was almost suffocating.

Wanyan Lie was furious, his eyes were blazing with fire, and his voice was shaking with anger: "General Wu, General Tian, ​​in the Jinling Town Incident, Lord Wang died for his country, and our army's stockpiled millions of shi of grain and grass were wiped out. Do you two know this clearly?!"

Wu Youqiang and Tian Ye looked at each other, both unable to hide their sorrow, and nodded heavily.

At this moment, Shen Gu suddenly slammed the table and stood up, his voice like thunder: "This was done by Zheng Guang's Divine Realm Army's Second Corps! Previously, the Eighth Army's more than 10,000 elite soldiers failed to wipe out the mere 2,000 remnants of the enemy, and instead allowed them to bypass and attack Jinling, causing such heavy damage. Who can take responsibility for this?!"

Wu Youqiang stared at Shen Gu, his tone heavy: "I will report this matter to the court and take due responsibility."

Wanyan Lie frowned and added, "How can explanations alone calm the monarch's anger? The most urgent task is to completely annihilate the remnants of Zheng Guang to avenge the previous humiliation!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Gu stepped forward and bowed to Wan Yan Lie to ask for orders: "Sir, since the Eighth Army is unable to suppress the bandits, the Fourteenth Army will take on this important task. I am willing to lead the army in person to encircle and suppress the remnants of Zheng Guang and swear to wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

Wanyan Lie nodded in agreement, then turned his gaze to Wu Youqiang and Tian Ye, asking for their opinions: "What do you two generals think?"

Wu Youqiang and Tian Ye were well aware that the two men's actions were both an attempt to evade responsibility and to compete for military merit.

However, the Eighth Army had made the mistake first, so they had nothing to say.

Tian Ye took a deep breath, his expression stern, and said slowly: "Two generals, the situation behind this matter may not be as simple as it seems."

"What do you mean, General Tian?"

Tian Ye looked solemn as he continued, "Our army of more than 10,000 elite soldiers had already locked onto the remnants of Zheng Guang and were confident of victory. However, we unexpectedly encountered enemy reinforcements during the pursuit..."

Before he could finish his words, Shen Gu interrupted him with a sneer: "The reinforcements General Tian mentioned are only a mere twenty or so people."

"More than 20 people can lead 2,000 remnants and defeat our army of tens of thousands. How can they be ordinary people? I suspect that an elite division of the Divine Realm Army may be hidden in Taishan!" Tian Ye's eyes were deep and sharp.

What a fart! Shen Gu cursed in his heart, but he remained calm on the surface, and patiently refuted: "The main force of the Divine Realm Army was besieged by our army in Mucheng, and only the remnants of Zheng Guang escaped. How could there be elite troops hidden in Taishan? General Tian, ​​is he afraid of the rope after being bitten by a snake once? I, Shen Gu, am not a coward!"

After saying this, he bowed to Wanyan Lie and asked for orders: "Sir, please allow me to lead the troops!"

Wanyan Lie smiled slightly and agreed, "Very good. The task of wiping out the remnants of Zheng Guang will be handed over to General Shen. However, Zheng Guang's troops are cunning and unpredictable, so General Shen must be careful."

"Don't worry, sir. I will take care of it." Shen Gu responded and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Tian Ye called out urgently, stopping Shen Gu, his tone full of meaning, "The behavior of Zheng Guang's remnants is strange. The exhausted army fled to Taishan, why didn't they take advantage of the situation to escape, but instead turned around and attacked Jinling Town? Moreover, the distance from Taishan to Jinling is long, and they took a detour, but they were able to arrive quickly and break the city. Where did they get the physical strength from? There are many doubts here..."

Tian Ye was full of doubts. He even suspected that the ones who attacked Jinling Town might not be the remnants of Zheng Guang, but that the intelligence was wrong, or that the enemy had deliberately set up a mystery.

However, Shen Gu had lost his patience with Tian Ye's detailed analysis. He waved his arm lightly, with a disdainful smile on his lips, and said slowly: "Knowledge gained from books is always shallow. You must practice it yourself to know it. Empty talk will harm the country. If General Tian wants to immerse himself in the ocean of theory, then please do as you please. I will not accompany you any more."

After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and strode out of the tent.

"General Shen..." Tian Ye tried to keep him, but Shen Gu had already disappeared outside the tent.

Seeing this, Wanyan Lie raised a faint smile, then stood up, bowed deeply to Wu Youqiang and Tian Ye, and said gently: "Two generals, I will take my leave first."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left, leaving the two people in the tent looking at each other in bewilderment. There was an indescribable heaviness in the air.

Wu Youqiang and Tian Ye looked at each other and saw deep worry in each other's eyes.

What Wu Youqiang was worried about was how to report this defeat to the court. After all, it was the negligence of his soldiers that allowed the remnants of Zheng Guang to escape, which in turn caused the disaster in Jinling Town, resulting in the loss of food and grass for the two major legions and heavy losses.

What Tian Ye was worried about was that there must be some hidden story behind this matter, as if an invisible hand was controlling it in secret, but he couldn't tell exactly where the problem was.

Although Shen Gu appeared to be dismissive of Zheng Guang's remnants, he was actually quite wary of them.

Because of this, he and Wanyan Lie discussed and decided to send 50,000 troops to encircle and suppress the remnants of Zheng Guang.

Although this move seemed like an exaggeration, it was a decision made after careful consideration by the two men. They vowed to wipe out the remaining troops of Zheng Guang and never leave any future troubles.

Let’s talk about Duan Tianyang and his group. After evacuating Jinling Town, they returned along the same route.

When they were halfway through the journey, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in the sky, hovering above their heads, crying miserably.

Miller hurried to Duan Tianyang's side and said in fluent Chinese: "Sir, there seems to be an enemy ahead."

When Zheng Guang heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he turned to ask the reason.

Miller pointed to the sky, and the soaring eagle was his messenger and sentinel.

Upon seeing this, Duan Tianyang explained to Zheng Guang in detail Miller's identity and falconry skills.

After hearing this, Zheng Guang's expression suddenly changed. He stared at Miller in disbelief, feeling very excited.

Just imagine, if the army could get such a falcon-training genius to spy on the enemy and deliver secret messages, how could its combat power be increased?

Facing Duan Tianyang's question about the number of enemy troops, Miller pondered for a moment, his eyes sharp, "There are many of them, and they are only 20 miles away from our army. Sir, should we fight or retreat for the time being?"

Before Duan Tianyang could speak, Zheng Guang said firmly: "Retreat! We must not fight this battle. Since the enemy army has appeared here, they must have sent out all the elite troops from Mucheng to wipe out our army. If we fight them, it will be difficult to retreat unscathed."

As the words were still fresh in our ears, the circling falcon suddenly let out a series of rapid cries, like an emergency alarm, cutting through the sky.

Zheng Guang looked up involuntarily, then turned to Miller, his brows full of doubts: "Why is this eagle so anxious? Is there any new change?"

Miller looked up intently, and after a moment, he pointed to the west and said in a deep voice, "There must be enemies over there!"

Upon hearing this, Duan Tianyang narrowed his eyes slightly, exerted all his strength, and looked into the distance in the direction Miller pointed.

I could vaguely see two figures on the distant hills...