Genshin Impact: Liyue's Strongest Thousand Rock Army

The war must finally begin, just as no matter how long the war is, there will always be a day when it will be over. Ten years may seem like a very long time, but it passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the residents of Liyue Harbor woke up as usual. There were still some firecracker scraps by the door that had not been cleaned up, making the ground bright red and very festive.

The ground in front of the residential buildings in the harbor was bright red, but outside the harbor it was pitch black, like a dark cloud covering a city. Moving towards Liyue Harbor, the already extremely vast distance between heaven and earth seemed to have increased a little more with their big strides.

"Prepare for battle and meet the enemy!"

It was an old cry, followed by a woman's sonorous voice.

"Ready to fight!"

On the west side of Liyue Harbor, General Yu, who led 300,000 soldiers to guard the port, and General Mulan, who also had the character Xin, stood on the command platform.

In front of them, there were countless groups of monsters that filled the towering mountains and vast lands of the past, trampled countless flowers and plants, and broke many trees... The whole world was full of monsters!

Even though the two generals were worried about this doomsday scene, they could not show it in front of the entire army.

Being afraid before the battle is a big taboo, especially when it comes to advent, one must not make such a mistake.

"City defense crossbows ready!"

The old general shouted, and then the messenger waved the flag in his hand to convey the order to all parts of the army.

In an instant, from the slightly higher places where the army stood or where sentry towers were built, there was a sound of springs. The clicking sound was very neat and regular, and it was very pleasant to hear.

"put!"

The general with the character "御" raised his arm and shouted, and the messenger's flag was pressed down heavily, like a sharp sword stabbing down to kill the enemy.

Hey, hey, hey...

The iron arrows shot from each city defense crossbow were as long as the standard spears of the Qianyan Army. They were unstoppable and pierced straight into the group of giant monsters, piercing through several hillbillies or nailing a rock dragon lizard to the ground, never to return, and taking the first credit in this war.

The old general Yu shouted loudly. Although he had an old face, his strong body burst out with endless strength. This shout, which dissipated the depression in his chest, represented the momentum of the Qianyan Army, an indomitable momentum.

"Pass the order, keep shooting, and don't move the infantry until the monster is within a hundred steps!" The old general's voice was a little hoarse, perhaps because of the shout just now, which hurt his throat.

Mulan's heroic face showed a little worry, "If it's only a hundred steps, will the buffer zone be insufficient?"

After all, we are facing a huge group of monsters, so we must be cautious.

The old general waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, we are all members of the Qianyan Army. What difficulties can there be? We will make it possible for them to accomplish the impossible. You stay here. I, the old man, will leave first... I am old and need to rest more."

Thus, only Mulan, the messenger, and several captains were left, dishevelled in the wind.

The messenger was a little hesitant, but because of the strange atmosphere, he didn't dare to ask.

An army cannot have two generals. This is what people are afraid of. If there is a conflict in orders, the soldiers who are carrying out the orders will suffer.

Mulan said helplessly: "Give the order, the older generation has enough experience, it shouldn't be a big mistake."

Soon, the infantry troops gathered, stood with guns and waited with solemn expressions.

Mulan was inspecting when he heard a scout report that the monster was less than 200 steps ahead of the army. He immediately ordered the troops to prepare and advance.

Then, she sent someone to find the old general who was resting. After all, the two of them were the commander-in-chief together. She had to inform the other party after giving the order. However... after the guard who ran back hurriedly whispered something to her ear, the expression of this heroic general became particularly strange.

Mulan asked in a low voice: "Gone?"

The guard nodded and continued, "And the general's armor is also gone."

Mulan waved her hand to let her leave, feeling distressed.

He personally went into battle the day before, defending the position with the infantry, and issued the terrifying order that the enemy should not move a hundred steps away. This old general is really...

It is said that wars are won by regular tactics and by unexpected means, but it seems that Mulan, a young man, is the former, while the old general, who is in his twilight years, is the latter. It is really strange and bizarre.

"You ran away secretly before joining the battle. Are you afraid that I would stop you, or are you worried that I would steal the credit?"

Mulan muttered to himself, but no one could hear him amid the mighty shouts of the marching troops and the murderous sound of the wind.

In front of the battle formation, the big general, wearing a mighty iron armor and holding a spear as powerful as a dragon, led thousands of people and beat the monsters that were like an endless stream, unable to advance an inch at a hundred steps. It was like a wall, an invisible wall.

The soldiers of the Qianyan Army also shed blood and died. Some were killed by monsters, some were chopped in half by axes, and some were killed by a rock dragon lizard. On this battlefield, death is too easy.

The crossbows defending the city fired with a hissing sound, and soldiers and groups of monsters kept dying, as if it had become a tacit understanding. For every hundreds or thousands of iron arrows that flew out, there would be one or two or even three or four Qianyan Army soldiers, dragging more than ten or twenty monsters to be buried with them.

The fierce battle made them even more brave and heroic...

But even with such a sacrifice, it was still a drop in the bucket compared to the countless monsters that kept pouring forward, and it didn't have much effect.

When Mulan realized something was wrong and sent troops for support for the third time, and even planned to risk the taboo of leading troops to fight when one of the two generals was already leading the army, it was too late.

A hundred steps in front of the formation, from the time General Yu led his troops into battle to the time reinforcements arrived and then to the time when the defeat was irreversible, less than three hours had passed.

The Qianyan Army, which was once fearless and brave, like a celestial army, at this moment even though it sent out 100,000 infantrymen, was still unable to withstand the attack of the monsters and was defeated with blood all over the ground.

Upon hearing that they were losing, Mulan sighed heavily, then his eyes became fierce. He drew the sword from his waist and was ready to order a fight to the death, but was stopped by a man who approached him.

In this camp, she is one of the main commanders of Mulan and ranks among the four generals. Apart from the old general Yu, who else dares to stop her in person?

The man had an ordinary appearance, nothing special about him, and his skills seemed to be just at the standard for joining the Qianyan Army. However, he dared to stop the young general because his identity was not ordinary.

"The commander-in-chief has ordered us to ensure that we have manpower. If the defeat is too great to resist, the western camp will retreat to five miles outside the harbor to fight. General Xinzhi, please do not embarrass me."

As he spoke, the man took out a piece of letter from his bosom. The handwriting on the letter was written by Lord Tianquanxing himself. Because Lord Kaiyangxing, the commander-in-chief, could no longer write, the military orders over the years were all written by others, especially Tianquanxing. As one of the generals, Mulan certainly recognized him.

"This place is fifteen miles away from Liyue Harbor, which is already very close. If we retreat further, and if we are defeated again, Liyue Harbor will be directly invaded by monsters. How can the commander-in-chief..."

"I don't know about this. I am just delivering the order, but I don't understand what the commander-in-chief is thinking."

"I see."

Mulan pursed her lips and said to the messenger, "Withdraw the camp and retreat, avoid the battle, and... create more obstacles along the way, and hold them off for as long as possible."

The ordinary-looking man said calmly, "General Xin, be ready to receive them."

Mulan was stunned. "Are there reinforcements?"

"Of course not, otherwise we wouldn't have to withdraw our troops. We would have to prepare to meet General Yuzhi, the old man. They should be coming soon."

"General Yu Zi... the monsters are surging like a tide, and he refuses to retreat. I'm afraid he won't survive."

"Perhaps, but there are more than just the Thousand Rocks in the army."

Mulan narrowed his eyes slightly, "What do you mean, in the army, besides the Qianyan Army, there are other people..."

She stopped talking abruptly, staring at the man in front of her quietly, and said self-deprecatingly, "I see. The monsters' attack was so fierce that I almost forgot that if there are spies planted in a place, there must be more than one."

The man didn't answer. Perhaps he still had professional ethics, so he changed the subject and said, "General Xin, may I ask why we lost this time? It's not just a few words like 'our army is weak, and the monsters are strong'."

Mulan glanced at him and said slowly, "There are 300,000 troops, including 250,000 infantrymen, and the rest include mechanical troops, cooks, military doctors, and miscellaneous soldiers. Such a large army can stretch the battle line very far, and can even encircle a city. However, facing such a large number of monsters, no matter how surprising the tactics are, they can't be used. The only way is to face them head-on. In addition, the disparity in numbers means that they will be defeated like a landslide."

"The numbers are too big, so this tactic won't work. Can we sum it up this way?"

"can."

The army retreated, and in the blink of an eye after losing 100,000 soldiers, first came the cooks and military doctors carrying food, fodder, pots and pans, then the mechanical team carrying huge city-defending crossbows, and finally the infantry troops.

Mulan personally led people to cut down some big trees along the way, and ordered the soldiers holding the Eye of the Wind and Ice Elemental God to blow down and break countless trees, making the way forward for the group of monsters more difficult. However, it is still unknown how long they can hold out like this.

In addition, the soldiers who possessed the other six elemental divine eyes were also not idle and each received orders.

The rock element caused the ground to sink, creating pits several people deep. Fire and grass promoted combustion, and the raging fire was thrown into the pits, and then covered with a fragile water shield, and the purple lightning balls produced by the lightning element were thrown in.

In this way, once a monster steps in, it will break through the water shield and suffer the horrific damage of the burning and explosion of lightning and fire.

Finally, of course, a layer of ice had to be added in front of the pit to allow the monsters that might not step in to slide in. After doing all this, Mulan led the army to truly retreat.

On the way, she asked the spy's name. Although it was against the rules and impolite, she didn't want to be ignorant of the person with whom she had shared life and death, even if it was a fake name.

The man smiled faintly and said something strange, as if his original name was not this, but for some reason he changed it to this name.

"Many years ago, my name was Jiang Xue..."