What is food?
It's the lifeblood of an army!
Without food, how could they fight?
Moreover, this time, they had to cross Wu Zhou, and their logistics couldn't keep up.
After all, for a million-strong army's food logistics, the strategic supply line was stretched too long.
There weren't enough supply wagons or food.
If it weren't for the Empress's words, they couldn't have brought so many soldiers here.
Now, the promised food was denied.
Temujin's face turned pale with anger, his hand tightly clutching the hilt of his saber, veins bulging!
"Why did the Empress go back on her word after promising us!"
His voice was laced with uncontrollable fury.
His massive body trembled slightly.
A terrifying aura pressed down on the female general.
Obviously, he was on the verge of exploding.
The female general was startled, her horse spooked, taking several steps back.
"What are you doing!"
"This is Wu Zhou! If you dare to be insolent, believe it or not, I will report this to the Empress and make you suffer the consequences!"
The female general shouted furiously.
"Her Majesty didn't say she wouldn't give you food, but you haven't attacked Great Qin yet."
"What if we give you the food and you go back on your word?"
This sentence directly choked Temujin.
He laughed.
A very ironic laugh.
He still remembered the Empress of Wu Zhou's kindness.
But the Empress of Wu Zhou didn't treat him as a human being!
"What about the food?"
Temujin questioned coldly!
The female general rolled her eyes.
"The food will naturally be given to you."
"What are you anxious about? It's not like we're not giving it to you."
"Her Majesty the Empress said that as long as you arrive at Great Qin, ten catties of food will be given for every man killed in battle!"
"The more people die, the more food you get."
The Empress of Wu Zhou wasn't stupid either.
She was also afraid that these steppe people would secretly swallow her food.
That's why she set this rule.
Anyway, she felt that since the steppe people had brought their troops here, they would definitely not retreat rashly.
Since that was the case, why not squeeze them with food?
These steppe people didn't bring any rations, didn't they have to rely on her?
Modun, Xieli Khan, Temujin.
All three of them stood frozen in place.
Their eyes widened in disbelief.
Wait a minute.
What did they hear?
Ten catties of food for every man killed in battle?
Was this called a food supply?
This was clearly asking them to buy food with human lives!
"Empress of Wu Zhou! You really played a good calculation!"
Temujin immediately flew into a rage, gritting his teeth, his long hair flying wildly.
With a wave of his long saber, he pointed it straight at the female general!
The female general was frightened and took two more steps back.
"Temujin! Are you threatening me?"
"If you dare to mess around again, believe it or not, Wu Zhou will cut off your rations!"
She spoke with a fierce voice but a weak heart.
Temujin's body trembled, his eyes crimson.
"You are the first person who dares to threaten this king!"
His fists cracked as he clenched them, his chest heaving violently.
Murderous intent boiled in his eyes, wishing he could hack the female general in front of him to death!
The atmosphere was tense.
The Wu Zhou army and the steppe army drew their swords and confronted each other.
As if a great battle would break out in the next second.
Modun and Xieli Khan's faces were extremely gloomy, as if water could drip from them.
The two of them had fierce eyes, like wolves and tigers, as if they were going to eat people.
They were also enraged by the female general's words.
Listen, is this what a human would say?
They were invited to help Wu Zhou, and they were promised food for an army of a million.
They had emptied out all their family wealth.
Only then did they manage to gather an army of a million.
As a result, you told him that the soldiers had to die in battle before food would be given.
Wasn't this deliberately making things difficult for them?
"Mongol King, why don't we attack Wu Zhou first!"
Modun's gaze swept over the Wu Zhou soldiers like a hungry wolf, saying sinisterly.
"Don't waste words with them! Just fight directly!"
Xieli Khan held a pair of hammers, his warhorse stomping, his aura fierce!
Temujin's body was still trembling.
He stared at the female general.
Forcing down the monstrous anger in his heart.
"Where is the food?"
He was not impulsive, but said in a deep voice.
The female general smiled proudly.
"Her Majesty indeed has foresight, knowing you have wolfish ambitions, the food is naturally not here."
"Only when the battle begins will the food be delivered to the front lines."
She was triumphant, with a look that she had them completely under control.
Temujin took a deep breath.
Trying hard to calm his inner anger.
His fists slowly unclenched, finally returning to calm.
He took a deep breath and issued an order.
"Let's go! To the front lines!"
Temujin's face was extremely ugly.
As if he had eaten a fly.
He didn't expect that he, who hunted eagles all year round, would have his eyes pecked by an eagle today.
The Empress of Wu Zhou's calculation completely sealed off all his routes of retreat!
As he was about to leave the female general's sight.
The female general suddenly spoke.
"Oh right, I forgot to tell the Mongol King, Her Majesty ordered me to monitor you."
"As long as you fight well with Great Qin, there will naturally be enough food."
Saying that, she quickly caught up with Temujin on horseback.
With an arrogant look on her face:
"I am the military supervisor of this battle, you can call me General White Fox."
Temujin, with a dark face, ignored her and turned to leave.
Modun and Xieli Khan followed closely behind.
The three of them didn't say a word.
But the raging fire burning in their eyes was enough to burn everything!
Wu Zhou actually schemed against them.
And played them for fools!
The three of them had already made up their minds.
If they found an opportunity, they must definitely take a fierce revenge!
"Mongol King, what should we do next?"
Modun asked in a low voice.
Temujin's gaze was deep, looking at the city standing in the yellow sand in the distance.
"Break through the Great Qin border, plunder the rations, only then will the initiative be in our hands!"
"As for the Empress of Wu Zhou..."
He clenched his fists tightly, a monstrous murderous intent bursting from his eyes, gritting his teeth.
"If this revenge is not taken, I swear I am not human!"
Just now he was still grateful to the Empress of Wu Zhou in his heart.
Now he wished he could kill this woman directly!
What good would it do to treat them like this?
Even if Temujin racked his brains, he couldn't figure it out!
At this time,
Xieli Khan's voice sounded.
"According to the news we received, this time Qin Xiao is personally leading the expedition and has arrived at Yanmen Pass."
"What should we do if we can't take it down?"
He stated the worst-case scenario.
If they couldn't take down Yanmen Pass.
Then they would really be finished!
This was a life-and-death gamble!
Temujin took a deep breath and said slowly:
"We won't, this king is fully confident!"
He was a Martial Saint, dealing with Qin Xiao would be more than enough!
Soon.
After half a day's march.
The million-strong army arrived at Yanmen Pass.
At this time.
The army was starving, their stomachs growling.
Many soldiers were drinking water to satisfy their hunger.
Their heads were dizzy and their eyes were blurry.
Some soldiers even threw away their weapons.
The reason was that they were simply too heavy.
Holding the weapons, they couldn't walk at all.
This army, from being full of vigor at the beginning, had become weak and powerless.
Finally.
They arrived at Yanmen Pass.
The million-strong army was mighty, arranged in a square formation, confronting the pass city from a distance.
On the city wall.
Qin Xiao stood with his hands behind his back, generals gathering behind him, soldiers standing in numbers.
His gaze pierced through layers and layers of soldiers.
Falling on Temujin and the other two.
The corners of his mouth slightly turned up.
Old friends were finally meeting.
He was still looking forward to it.
"Qin Xiao!"
Temujin also spotted Qin Xiao. A flicker of emotion passed through his eyes before he opened his mouth and roared.
"What kind of hero cowers inside a city? Come out and meet your death!"
It was a deliberate taunt.
He never actually expected Qin Xiao to leave the city.
But to everyone's absolute astonishment...
Clank, creak!
The heavy sound of turning gears rang out.
The city gates slowly opened, and the drawbridge was lowered.
Riding his Qilin steed, Qin Xiao emerged with his army trailing behind him.
He marched out in a grand, swaggering manner.
Temujin was dumbfounded.
The mocking words caught in his throat; he could not spit out a single syllable.
"I have arrived. You do not seem very happy, Temujin?"
Qin Xiao gazed at Temujin with a playful expression.
Through his enhanced senses, he naturally perceived Temujin's true, hidden strength.
The realm of the Martial Saint!
It suddenly dawned on Qin Xiao.
No wonder Temujin dared to challenge him.
So he had made a breakthrough and come here to flaunt his newfound power.
Qin Xiao understood this perfectly well.
He and Temujin were old rivals, after all.
They had clashed countless times, and every single time, Temujin had suffered defeat.
How could a man as proud as Temujin ever resign himself to failure?
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
