Chapter 8 Mushrooms

  A dust of 150,000 troops rose to cover the sky and moon. They had already divided into vanguard and rear guard units preparing to attack the mountain. A vanguard unit of 5,000 people arrived at the foot of the mountain first. The originally fierce vanguard officer stared blankly at the two big mountains in front of him.

  He hesitated for half a day before finally saying: "You...you'd better go see for yourself."

  The old mother brought a dozen guards and ran to the front of the mountain. As soon as she saw it, she was also stunned and subconsciously asked Xianfeng: "What's going on?"

  "If I knew, I wouldn't be asking you where to attack from - besides, the road up the mountain has already been buried under a huge pile of stones."

  The old mother was stunned for a moment and suddenly stood up straight on the horseback, asking loudly: "Where are Zhang Hufen and the others?"

  Just then a messenger came to report: "General, Zhang Hengtian's troops have already descended from the mountain behind us."

  The old mother was shocked and said: "What? Where is she?" Before the words were finished, someone wailed loudly: "General, I'm here!"

  Zhang hurriedly rushed over, pounced on the horse in front of Old Mother, and hugged her legs, crying loudly: "Great General, Old Zhang has lived to see you."

  The old mother was shocked and lifted Zhang Heng's chin, examining him for half a day before asking in a trembling voice: "Where are the sisters?"

  Zhang Hengyu pointed back with his hand: "All down." Those Feifeng Army who had been trapped on the Luotuo Mountain for nearly a month all rushed up crying, and exclaimed in unison: "General!"

  The old lady took off her helmet and calmed herself down for half a day before asking again: "You... how did you get down here?"

  Here is the translation:

  At this point, it was clear that Su Jing and Ku Mei had different thoughts in mind. Almost simultaneously, they shouted: "Master!" "Little Dragon!" The two of them looked up at the sky together, and I awkwardly waved my hand at them - originally, with great success, I wanted to land in front of them with a cool pose, but unfortunately, I only knew how to fly and not land. After circling above their heads several times and trying a few times without being able to land smoothly, Su Jing and Ku Mei's faces changed greatly. Two figures jumped off the horseback and flew up together to rescue me. In the end, it was still Su Jing who was one step faster than Ku Mei, stretching out her hand to hug me in her arms and gently landing on the ground! She took a step back and knelt down with a thud, and before I could help her up, the 50,000 Flying Phoenix Army behind her from the mountain all knelt down together. I hastily said: "No need, no need, you're all our own people, what are you doing?"

  I exerted myself and lifted Zhang Heng a few times before barely pulling her up. Looking back, the Fei Feng army was still lying on their backs, unable to get up. I smiled and said: "You guys...

  "We'll have to wait for me to help one by one, and by the time we're done, they'll all be transformed from young girls to older women." The female soldiers finally got up with a smile. Although I haven't spent much time with these girls, we can also be considered as having a deep friendship. The subordinates brought by my mother are not very good, and the look in their eyes towards me still cannot shake off the color of reverence.

  Zhang Heng rushed to tell my mother about the detailed process of splitting the mountain, and Su Mei's old tears flowed horizontally: "Master, congratulations on your great success." I hurriedly waved my hand: "Don't use the two words 'great success' at all." Anyway, it was related to these two words that he didn't move a little bit, wanted to say something but didn't say it, and glanced at me before walking away.

  I comforted her, saying: "When you reach my age in my past life, you will naturally become more and more powerful." I said this because I was afraid she would feel down. Originally, there was only one Sword God on the entire continent, what a huge halo that is? As a result, when I, a half-baked person, came along, I stole her thunder, Su Jing's... uh, no matter how big her heart is, after all, she is still a young girl, and it's hard to say whether she will feel unbalanced psychologically.

  Su Jing shook her head and said, "Sword God passed away at the age of 35. To reach such heights in another 15 years is absolutely impossible." She sighed wistfully, "If the four words 'Tian Zong Ying Cai' were to be used on Sword God, then no one else would deserve this description."

  I touched the back of my head and said, "If you praise me like that, I'll become arrogant."

  Su Jing glared at me and said, "It's not like I'm talking about you, you're at most a genius from the previous life."

  I laughed and said, "In my previous life, I was already a genius, this life I want to continue being a genius, how can others live? This is my magnanimity." I patted my thigh and said, "Oh dear, did I unknowingly become invincible?"

  Su Jing suddenly stared into my eyes and said: "Xiao Long, you have to promise me one thing!"

  I saw her very solemnly and asked: "What did you say?"

  "In the future, unless absolutely necessary, you must not force your sword energy like this again. Even if your sword energy becomes stronger and can kill a few more enemies, it won't contribute to the overall situation. But if something unexpected happens to you, the people of our country will be worried and frightened once again."

  I smiled and said: "You work hard for the country and the people, have you ever thought about what kind of return you want?"

  Su Jing said inexplicably: "What's in it for me?"

  I said: "Fame, benefit, or the gratitude of the common people?"

  Su Jingdao said: "I don't lack the first two things, what's the use of taking the last one?"

  "What were you thinking?" I said: "If you could have solved it with your own hands, then there would be no need to say anything. But obviously you're having a hard time, otherwise you wouldn't have come looking for me."

  "Mom said: 'I invited you and Xiao Jing to discuss the next plan. The 100,000-strong army of Hei Jisi is trapped, and we are either staying here to surround and support or retreating. Everyone's opinions are not quite the same.'"

  "Grandpa's, Old Zhang has been holding back a belly full of anger on the mountain and hasn't let it out yet. Let me tell you, we'll just wait and see what Black Geese does. If they send people to rescue those bastards on the mountain, we'll give them a good stew. And if they become turtles with their heads shrunk back in, that's even better. Those sons of bitches on the mountain will starve to death, and then we can return home."

  Old Mother said with her hands behind her back: "What you said is naturally a means, but what if Hei Jisi wants to send a large army, how can we prepare for the final battle? Can your 50,000 troops still withstand a fierce battle?"

  Zhang Heng said with a smile: "I'm afraid it will take another month or so to recover."

  "My mother said: 'In that case, I think we should go back first.'"

  "Then we won't eat those 100,000 dumplings on the mountain?"

  "Camel Mountain is over a thousand meters high, and even if they were to rescue us, it would be a time-consuming and laborious task. Since there are no battles on the border in the short term, we can also take this opportunity to return and regroup."

  Wang Qingdao said: "Then I'll go to the seventeen countries and make a reconnaissance, let them open up the road?"

  Before Old Mother could speak, a soldier suddenly came to report: "General, apart from the King of Guo, the commanders-in-chief of all seventeen states have arrived outside our camp and request an audience with you."

  "Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives."

  "Oh, you asked how Hei Qi was defeated? - Zhang Heng Hu, you come and tell Old General Qiao about the situation at that time." After saying this sentence, Lao Ma turned her back and looked away.

  Zhang Hengyu hastily gave his mother a knowing glance, put one arm around Old Joe's shoulder and pointed to the distance with the other hand: "Do you still recognize that mountain?"

  Old Joe squinted his eyes and took a look, almost jumping up: "Isn't that Camel Mountain? How did it become like this?" At this moment, the other dozen or so generals were also extremely shocked. They had come from behind the Flying Phoenix Army, so they hadn't seen Camel Mountain after it was split open. The eighteen countries were all on the border, and Camel Mountain was naturally something they had seen countless times before, but after becoming Comb Mountain and Mushroom Mountain, this was still their first time seeing it. Suddenly, who wouldn't be greatly shocked?

  Zhang Hun hurriedly put his arm around Old Joe's shoulder and said with a smile: "Listen to me, you know that in the past, Lüe Camel Mountain was divided into South Peak and North Peak?"

  "Uh..." Old Joe's face turned red as he said, "I knew this one."

  "It's simple, I'll tell you. Our country has a new Dragon Sword God, he was flying in the sky yesterday, waving his hand and chopping -" Zhang Hengyu drew a palm in front of Old Joe's chest, "and cut the South Peak into its current shape. As for the North Peak, it stood up like this, and the original Camel Mountain was split into two mountains. Those Black Giants are all trapped on the top of the North Peak, unable to come down or go up, waiting to starve to death. Did I make myself clear?"

  "Th...th..." Old Joe's face turned red and his ears were burning, he was incoherent for a long time before barely squeezing out a few words: "Are you saying that Camel Mountain was chopped up like this by someone?"

  Zhang Heng Hu laughed and said: "You're right, but I think this guy has really become a god."

  Zhang Heng's words were not unclear, but rather concise and to the point. However, I had to admit that it was still quite mind-boggling to fully understand them. The commanders stood there in stunned silence for a full five minutes before they started gasping in shock one after another.

  It's the same principle, according to ordinary people's logic, Zhang Hentu's statement is unacceptable. However, ordinary people also have a habit of only believing their own eyes. The generals listened to Zhang Hentu's description and looked at the dismembered Luocha Mountain in front of them, and finally changed color on their faces, one by one staring blankly...

  Lao Qiao was stunned for a moment before regaining his composure and asked: "I wonder... this Dragon Sword God, do we have the honor of seeing your esteemed face?"

  Zhang Huhu pointed at me: "Ah, it's this one."

  All the envoys had a look of shame on their faces, and the old mother continued: "I know that the eighteen countries are nominally allies, but they are somewhat superficially united. This is not wrong, as countries have always prioritized their own interests. You are all afraid that if you rashly reach out, you will be beaten by Blackgis, and also worry that your neighboring country's power will suddenly increase and pose a threat to your own country in the future. But I want to say that at this critical moment for my daughter's country and all of yours, we absolutely cannot afford to have such thoughts. You are all aware of how powerful Blackgis is - in the first Great War between the two continents, they mobilized 3.8 million troops. After 20 years of recovery, this time they will come back even stronger, and we must prepare to resist an army of 5 million!"

  The generals' faces changed again...

  "To be blunt, our daughter nation is located far to the east of your territories, and the Blackjiss army's spearhead is pointing at each of your borders. If my daughter nation had the same mindset as you do, when the Blackjiss first invaded the Federation's mainland, if we were to sit back and do nothing, think about the consequences. But we didn't, did we? When the Blackjiss first attacked our border, our soldiers fought bravely on the front lines of the Dark Forest, our casualties were twice that of the total of the eighteen nations' alliance, why? Because our queen deeply understands the principle of 'when lips are gone, teeth will be cold'. Now that war has broken out again, if we can't work together like before and unite our strength, the Blackjiss will surely take advantage of our weakness and defeat us one by one. I am puzzled by the treachery of the Guo nation, perhaps they think that the Blackjiss' main goal on the Federation's mainland is only our daughter nation, they don't need to be a shield for others. But I want to ask you: even if the Blackjiss doesn't annex you at first, when our daughter nation falls, will they still allow you to maintain your armies and rule yourselves? At that time, they only need to attack from both sides, and in less than a month, your fate will be nothing but four words: 'nation destroyed, people annihilated'!"

  The generals listened with cold sweat, and someone said: "This principle we are not unclear, it is just that there are strong enemies outside, the country is in danger, and there are different political views inside. We are also helpless."

  "Mother said: 'So I say we have really reached the last critical juncture. In the past, no matter who did what, let bygones be bygones. I hope that in the days to come, we can unite against outsiders, cooperate sincerely, not look down on allies because of their weakness, and not have a compromising mentality towards strong enemies. Can you all do it?'"

  The old lady's words were both humble and proud, and she spoke from the heart. The princess was able to show such magnanimity at a time when her country's power was strong, which moved and shamed the envoys of the seventeen countries. At this moment, they thundered in unison: "We can."

  "How's that? Pretty cool, huh?"

  Ma Jing smiled and said: "I don't know if it's handsome or not, but your appearance floating around in the sky is exactly the same as when you're riding a horse."

  I was depressed for a long time, and suddenly I grabbed Su Jing's arm and asked: "By the way, how do you usually land?"

  Su Jing glanced at me and said: "Aren't you very talented in flying?"

  I smiled and said: "My greatest fortune is meeting you."

  Everyone heard that it wasn't a good topic, and it seemed like someone was teasing Su Jian Shen. They couldn't help but snicker. The old lady coughed and said: "You all go prepare for the withdrawal, Yangyang and Xiao Jing come with me."

  The three of us withdrew from the crowd, and finally had time to talk freely. Su Jing already knew the true identity of Old Mother, and couldn't help but sigh: "Godmother, it's been tough on you all these years."

  Mom said: "It's not that hard, but you're a young girl who is always busy running around outside, it's really not easy."

  I sighed and said: "It seems like I'm the one who's been busy for nothing."

  Mom looked at me and then at Su Jing, suddenly smiled meaningfully.

  At this time, the guard at the entrance of the account said: "Report to the general, Yun Qinwang rushed from the capital and arrived at the camp gate. She didn't allow us to report first, saying that she was afraid that you would delay the military affairs by coming to greet her."

  The old lady laughed and said: "This Yun Qin Wang, wherever she goes, she is so unconventional - but what did she come here for?"

  The old lady said as she put on her helmet, Yun Qin Wang said it was not necessary to receive, but since she knew about it, she had to pretend to be a little bit. She had just stepped out of the big tent and heard a soft voice outside saying: "I said no need to receive, you still received, this will delay many military machines, if the emperor knows, I will not be skinned?"

  "Hehe, there's nothing much to deal with now. King Yun has come from afar and worked hard, how can I let him go without seeing him off?" The old lady said with a smile on her face, making a gesture of bowing at the entrance of the tent. King Yun hastily rushed over to support her, whispering: "Aren't you trying to take my life?"

  According to etiquette, it's not excessive for Old Madam to pay her respects to Yun Qingwang. Although she holds military power but has no noble title, Yun Qingwang is truly a member of the royal family who stands above everyone else. However, Yun Qingwang doesn't dare let Old Madam kneel in reality. If you let the commander-in-chief lower his head in front of his subordinates, it would be unbearable for them. To put it bluntly, in this chaotic war, taking revenge on a prince is an easy task. The two of them, one pretending to bow and the other truly supporting, are actually doing it for show. Old Madam is doing it to demonstrate the dignity of the royal family, to warn her subordinates not to be arrogant and domineering at any time. Yun Qingwang, on the other hand, is doing it for his own safety...

  The two of them pretended to finish their play and came into the tent, only then did they smile at each other. The old woman said: "Dear Wang, how did you come?"

  Yun Qin Wang sighed and said: "Isn't it because the Empress Dowager is worried? She's also afraid that you won't have enough money to spend, so she ordered me to bring 1.5 million taels of silver as a reward for your journey."

  "Then I should thank you, this god of wealth."

  She immediately pulled Prince Yun's hand and said seriously: "Fortunately, the heavens have blessed my daughter country, 50,000 Flying Phoenix Army has been safely retrieved."

  Yun Qin Wang said: "Just now when I passed by Weiguo, I heard about it, but only vaguely, saying that someone did something to the mountain? It's all mixed up."

  "They've just left their prime minister, and the rumor has already flown to the State of Wei? It seems that after all, it's a veteran 50 Cent Party, with a reposting speed that's not slow at all."

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