That night, Jiang Ze did not go back to find Gu Nian, but stayed with Chen Ling all night.

The next day, Jiang Ze opened his eyes and Chen Ling was no longer around.

Chen Ling has already led three thousand troops to the border between the two countries and set up an ambush.

One day later, Xiang Mao and his 100,000 troops encountered a mine array while passing through the border mountains. The formation of the forward troops was disrupted, and the logistics troops were attacked by Chen Ling's cavalry.

However, due to the limited number, the riot did not last long before being suppressed. Chen Ling urgently issued a retreat order. Although the cavalry was highly mobile, Xiang Mao's army was full of talents, and several generals were trapped with supernatural powers.

A lot of people. In the end, about 500 of the 3,000 troops died directly in the battle, and 500 were left behind by the opponent's control-type superpowers.

Xiang Mao did not kill these 500 people, but gave them a chance to survive, which was to line up in long rows and charge against the mine array.

The mine array is more than 500 meters in total. As long as the minefield is cleared and those who are still alive can leave.

But what was unexpected was that the leader of the five hundred people rejected Xiang Mao's request.

Xiang Mao couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why refuse?"

The other party replied: "When we come this time, we have no intention of going back alive."

"It's brave, but is it worth it?"

"You don't have to talk nonsense."

As soon as the other party finished speaking, Xiang Mao's lieutenant chopped off the other party's head with a knife.

Xiang Mao was a little unhappy: "What are you in a hurry for?"

"He's already talked about this, so what are you waiting for?"

"If that's the case, then you can lead people to attack the mine array."

"Captain, can't we take a detour?"

"The terrain in this area is relatively complicated. If you take a detour, you will waste a lot of time. You must go straight to the mine array, because this road is a shortcut. Even if the road is full of potholes, it is still the fastest way."

"Okay, then I will personally lead the people to attack the mine array." the deputy general replied.

Xiang Mao turned to look at the more than 500 people and asked one last time: "Your commander has been killed. Don't you really want to fight for yourself? With the armor on your body, you can blast a mine several hundred meters away."

Formation, the probability of survival is quite high."

No one spoke, but some people had conflicting expressions on their faces, and their hearts were shaken. After all, it is human nature to survive.

"Oh, forget it, I really don't have time for you to engage in ideological struggle." After Xiang Mao finished speaking, he made a gesture to a general.

The general immediately sent out hundreds of sword and ax soldiers to kill them.

When the dead began to appear, some recruits began to scream in fear. They even shouted that they were willing to charge the mine array. However, before they could shout for long, the soldier commander killed them first. Because, according to military law, they were not allowed to go to the mine array for this trip.

They must die. If someone lives as a deserter, their family members will not receive any benefits. Of course, in addition to considering their families, another reason is the consciousness of being a soldier.

Soldiers should not be afraid of death. From the first day they join the army, they will go through layers of brainwashing and education, so most of them have already put life and death aside.

In less than five minutes, all five hundred people died.

Xiang Mao ordered that all the armor of these people be taken off and used as backup for the soldiers rushing to the mine array.

In this way, with the spare armor, the soldiers achieved zero death when they rushed into the battle, and most of them only suffered varying degrees of burns.

After the mine array was broken through, Xiang Mao continued to lead the army forward.

However, after experiencing the mine formation, there are also poison formations, phantom formations, water formations, etc.

Under the constant ambushes of Chen Ling's army, Xiang Mao was delayed for about eighteen hours in total.

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Near Ercheng, Xiang Mao ushered in Chen Ling's last ambush.

Almost all of Chen Ling's troops had been killed, and now there were only a few dozen left, surrounded by Xiang Mao's cavalry.

Xiang Mao came to these dozens of people, applauded them, and said with admiration: "After going through waves of surprise attacks, dozens of you have survived until now. I can see that you are all the elites among the elites.

.I am a person who cherishes talents. If you are willing to surrender and work under me, I can spare your life."

Chen Ling raised his sword and smiled: "Brother Xiang, you are still as naive as before."

"Yes, I was very naive. I thought I recommended you back then. Even now, I still hope to give you a chance."

"I'm sorry, we have a mission on our shoulders. This time, we can't go back alive."

"I know that your purpose is to delay me, so you can't escape. I'm curious, what is Jiang Ze's request? How long do you want you to delay? Half a day? Or one day?"

"Of course it's one day. Now, we are only six hours away from the goal."

"Six hours, right? Let's do this. We can stop marching and wait for six hours, allowing you to complete your mission and fulfill your wish. After that, you surrender to me. How about that?"

As soon as Xiang Mao finished speaking, several lieutenants objected: "Commander, how can we wait for six hours? Nuer City is under strong attack, and we cannot waste a moment."

"I know very well the defenses of Nuer City. They will not fall so quickly."

"But……"

"No but, you all shut up." Xiang Mao glared.

Seeing that Xiang Mao had made up his mind, the lieutenants stopped trying to persuade him.

Xiang Mao turned to Chen Ling and said, "Look, I'm under tremendous pressure just to let you complete your so-called mission. Am I not sincere enough?"

"Your sincerity really surprises me. However, it is really impossible for us to commit treason."

"Don't make a decision in such a hurry. I'll give you fifteen minutes to think about it carefully. Think about how I treated you in the past. As long as you figure it out, I will still be your eldest brother."

Afterwards, Xiang Mao ordered them to step back twenty steps and give them some space to discuss.

Those dozens of people, you looked at me, I looked at you, and they began to discuss. However, the content of their discussion was not treason, but whether to pretend to surrender in exchange for six hours.

In the current situation, it is impossible for these dozens of people to delay Xiang Mao for another six hours. Therefore, we can consider feigning surrender in exchange for time.

Fifteen minutes later, Xiang Mao came to Chen Ling again and asked: "How is it? Has the result of the discussion been reached?"

"Okay, as long as you wait six hours, we will surrender."

"It's a wise choice. Since you want to surrender, then throw down your armor."

"That's not possible. If we throw away our armor, we will have no resistance at all." Chen Ling refused.

"I don't understand this. You are all planning to surrender, so why do you need any resistance?"

"Anyway, you agree to stay for six hours and then we surrender."

"Oh, you're not sincere." Xiang Mao shook his head in despair, made a gesture to a deputy general, and then left.

The deputy general suddenly pulled out his sword and ordered: "Kill without mercy."

After a while, the battle started again.

Xiang Mao turned his back to the battle, took out a cigarette, lit it, and smoked as if nothing had happened. In his heart, he thought that when the cigarette was finished, the battle would be over.

The shouts from behind, the sound of lightning, the clang of swords...

Lasts less than five minutes

, and then gradually became quiet.

Xiang Mao blew out a smoke ring and threw away the cigarette butt, thinking that it was almost over.

Suddenly, he sensed four combat reactions with strength exceeding 500.

Xiang Mao's eyes widened. He looked at the battle situation and found that there were actually four behemoths over fifty meters tall who were killing people. Xiang Mao's soldiers were unable to withstand the terrifying power and were knocked away one after another. Even Xiang Mao was knocked away.

Mao's lieutenants were a little overwhelmed and temporarily retreated.

Looking at the four behemoths who were neither humans nor ghosts, Xiang Mao couldn't help but sigh: "Oh my god, he suddenly became a complete animal-type superpower. Does Lieguo have such technology?"

A deputy general came to Xiang Mao and suggested: "Captain, those four monsters are extremely powerful and blessed with supernatural powers. They are not easy to deal with. Why don't we leave a team of thousands of armored guards as bait, and then order

The army is marching?"

"No, no, no, it's not as simple as you think. Even the armored guards can't delay them."

"But, how should we deal with them?"

"Tiger, lion, mouse, elephant." Xiang Mao suddenly pointed at those giant animals.

"Captain."

"There are no cows. Do you look down on cows?"

"Captain, what are you talking about?"

"I like this kind of giant beast the most. Pass the order and the soldiers will retreat. Only five-star generals are allowed to go into battle with me."

Five-star generals, all at the level of generals, Xiang Mao now has three under his command, and two more are fighting against Zerg harassment on the western border.

"Captain, do you mean that you want to do it yourself?"

"Does that need to be said?"

Xiang Mao suddenly threw off his armor, then jumped up and flew high into the sky.

When he fell again, a giant bull-headed beast nearly a hundred meters tall fell from the sky. It directly crushed the rat monster to death, and the blood spurted out, sweeping around like a flood.
To be continued...