Chapter 462: World Chapter: The Shu Kingdom Army Assembles

The sun is shining brightly and the sky is blue and vast.

This was a rare sunny day before winter came in the King's Continent. People should have been enjoying the comfortable day of late autumn, but at this moment, the whole world was abnormally filled with an extremely depressing and murderous atmosphere!

Boom, boom, boom.
At this moment, the boundless desolate land was trembling slightly under the trampling of countless combat boots, as if it could not bear the heavy burden!
Under the vast clear sky, a black mass of blue-armored troops, like a tide, were gathering in a specific direction at a very fast speed. Looking down from the sky, it was as if an endless swarm of ants were swarming towards a specific point from all directions, and their momentum was so terrifying that it seemed as if they were going to swallow up the world!
That is; the current total legion strength of Shu Kingdom, totaling 28 people!
Although this army of nearly 30 was fully armed with shining swords, everyone had a solemn expression. And even with such a large-scale gathering, except for the "clicking" sound caused by the friction between the weapons and armor, strangely no one spoke.

Because the Shu soldiers knew clearly what was waiting for them ahead.
And in this rapid and silent march.
"Captain, why do the seniors seem so nervous?"

Perhaps because of the overly depressing atmosphere around him or because of his lack of experience, a new recruit could not help but whisper to an old soldier running beside him. That old soldier was the captain of their unit and one of the senior commanders of this operation; Liao Hua of Shu.

"Although they all look serious, they seem to be panicking. This is the first time I've seen them look like this in such a long time."

In fact, it is normal for Xiaobing to have this question, because in the past, these predecessors have always been brave and calm no matter what they faced. But today, Xiaobing rarely saw an extremely subtle and complex emotion in their eyes.

In those countless pairs of eyes, there was an inexplicable feeling of nostalgia, as well as panic and fear from the bottom of their hearts.

When Liao Hua was asked, he turned around subconsciously and looked at the young soldier beside him with a deep gaze. Then he said, "Really? You just joined our Shu Army last month. It's normal that you don't know."

As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to the front again. It was unknown whether he was afraid that the soldiers would see the fear hidden in his eyes, or because he was more concerned about the situation on the front line. But as he ran forward, he did not stop talking: "Master Li Ping has made it very clear. Our mission this time is to block the entire border area and stop a traitorous man from escaping Shu at all costs."

"I know Lord Li Ping's military order." The soldier nodded, "But I just don't understand. The enemy is obviously just one person. Why did the top leaders make such a big fuss and send our entire army to encircle and suppress him? Isn't this a waste of talent? You know, we have nearly 30 people! Even so, why do I feel that the seniors are going to deal with a million enemies? Is that man very powerful? Who is he?"

"That man," Liao Hua raised his head and looked up at the blue sky above his head: "He is a legend of our Shu Kingdom, a great leader who has brought supreme glory to our Shu Kingdom and brought great changes to Sanfendi and even the whole world."

As if lost in memories, this veteran who had the honor of surviving the brutal canyon battlefield for five consecutive years sighed and said, "You, a new soldier, may not know that five years ago, our Shu Kingdom was still the weakest country in the Three Kingdoms. At that time, in the battles with Wu and Wei, we always lost more than we won. This predicament was not reversed until the appearance of that man."

The soldier immediately answered, "I know. You are talking about the 'Wang Yao', right?"

Liao Hua turned around and glared at the new recruit, and said in a low voice: "How dare you! How can a young boy like you call out that master's name?!"

The soldier was suddenly yelled at. He was startled and a little aggrieved: "Then what should I call him?"

After these words were spoken, Liao Hua was stunned for a moment and was actually stumped by the question.

Yes.

How should they address him now? Times have changed. Because of a word from the actual ruler of Shu, they have become sworn enemies. In this situation, can they still call him "General Commander" as before?

Just when Liao Hua was still feeling a little sad, the unrestrained new soldier asked again: "And Captain, I still don't understand. Even five years ago, our Shu Kingdom had many heroes. Why do you say that we are the weakest in the Three Kingdoms? Shouldn't the weakest force be the Wu Kingdom in Jiangdong?"

Liao Hua came back to his senses and could not help but sigh: "Indeed, although we had many heroes in Shu at that time, the local heroes headed by Your Majesty have always been xenophobic and have always suppressed non-local heroes, resulting in instability within the heroes. In addition, the top leaders have always been nepotistic, and many officers are actually royal relatives of Shu. Humph, those dandy boys are just good-for-nothings. In terms of fighting skills, they may not even be as good as a centurion. How can the legion be strong in the hands of these people? On the other hand, as for the Wu Kingdom, although the Wu Kingdom has few soldiers and generals, they are wholeheartedly against the outside world. The difference between the two is obvious, needless to say."

Seeing Liao Hua's obscure expression, the new recruit seemed to realize the sensitivity of the topic and tactfully changed the subject: "So, the reason why Shu has been able to develop peacefully in recent years is related to the legendary man you mentioned earlier?"

"Of course!" When mentioning 'that man', Liao Hua's eyes unconsciously lit up with a glimmer of pride: "That man is simply a legendary existence in our Shu Kingdom. His appearance saved the then shaky foundation of Shu Kingdom. If it weren't for him, it is estimated that our Shu Kingdom would not have been able to grow to this extent in just five years."

At this point, Liao Hua continued, "In fact, many of your predecessors, including many active thousand-man captains and centurions, have followed him more or less in the past, and at least have accepted his command and appointment. It must be said that he is really a rare military genius in a century. His combat style is extremely unique. He can always unexpectedly cause the most terrible blow to the enemy. Even when facing the heroes of the enemy Wu and Wei, he can lead us to victory again and again. You have to know that at that time, that adult was a terrifying existence who was invincible in the Three Kingdoms!"

The more Liao Hua spoke, the more excited he became: "For example, back then, when we first fought against Wu's iron-blooded governor Zhou Yu, under the command of that lord, with only a thousand men, our Shu army killed Zhou Yu, the strongest fire mage in the Three Kingdoms, as well as Sun Ce, the new generation of the Sea of ​​Light, Lu Bu, the unrivaled magician of Wei, Xiahou Dun, and so on. In short, almost all the Three Kingdoms heroes you can name today have been defeated by this lord!

The most exciting battle was the highland battle of Wei State. After leading us to kill three routes of Wei State, the lord broke into the dangerous highland of Wei State alone and fought a decisive battle with Cao Cao, the strongest hero of the Three Kingdoms at that time. That battle was earth-shattering! Of course, in the end, the lord was more skilled and narrowly defeated Cao Cao, who could destroy an entire army with a wave of his hand and had swept across our Shu State! Do you know? Even to this day, there is still an epitaph written in blood on the crystal of Wei State. That was written by the lord for all of us soldiers! He is really an incredible and great leader. His five-year military career in Shu State is extremely legendary. His achievements have not been surpassed by anyone so far!"

Listening to the centurion's vivid description of the thrilling battles of the past, the recruits seemed to feel the glorious history of those years. While their faces were full of admiration, they also swallowed their saliva subconsciously: "Then he must be an extremely powerful hero, right?"

"Wrong." Liao Hua corrected him, "Strictly speaking, that gentleman was just a soldier back then, just like you are now, not a hero!"

"Huh? Just a small soldier?" The new soldier said in suspicion and shock, "Captain, are you kidding me? A small soldier? Like me? How can we small soldiers fight against heroes?!"

"It's incredible, isn't it? But that's the truth." Liao Hua said proudly, "It is precisely because of this that he is called a legend. Otherwise, do you think that people who can be called 'legends' are just eating for free?"

The new soldier stared at Liao Hua with his mouth wide open, almost forgetting to breathe. A soldier fighting against a god-like hero? It was too incredible.
When the recruits thought about facing such a legendary figure, they began to feel scared belatedly.

"Captain, do you think we can defeat him?"

"What do you think?"

The recruit was silent.

Liao Hua continued, "In fact, it's not just that. It is said that just a few days ago, that lord led his army to a crushing victory and destroyed the Xuanyong Empire thousands of miles away. What is Xuanyong? That is the real dynasty empire! In terms of strength, it is a terrifying existence that can destroy Sanfendi in turn, but under that lord's offensive for half a year, an empire as powerful as Xuanyong eventually collapsed! And I also heard that after the war, that lord also drove the monster dragon to massacre hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war in Xuanyong. There were so many corpses and blood that the entire canyon river was dyed red!"

"They massacred hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war?!" The new recruit suddenly stopped. He was completely panicked at this moment: "Then what are we going to fight for? Let's go, Captain. They are not an enemy we can handle!"

Liao Hua also stopped. He looked at the recruit whose legs were clearly shaking, and for some reason there was a hint of gentleness in his eyes: "Haha, you're scared now? So, now you should know why the seniors who are so brave on weekdays are so scared now, right?"

Having said that, Liao Hua unconsciously reached out and touched the cold helmet on the recruit's head, feeling filled with emotion.

"To us, that lord is not a stranger, because he was once the commander-in-chief of our army and was deeply loved by the people of our Shu Kingdom. But now, the people of Shu Kingdom are calling him a devil, a butcher, and a criminal! Haha, humans are always ungrateful. Those who are insulting that lord now seem to have forgotten that it was he who single-handedly put an end to the war in the Three-Point Land and brought us precious peace."

The recruit whispered, "Why did he become like this?"

Liao Hua sighed and said, "I don't know. Maybe it's because the past five years have been too painful. It's lonely at the top. All the soldiers who followed that lord are now basically dead. Even that Lord Luna died in the end. He has experienced too much pain along the way. Maybe it was because of this pain that drove that lord crazy. After all, he would never do such a cruel thing back then."

The new recruit also sighed unconsciously. He often heard people cursing the man outside, but he had never heard of similar negative news in the legion.

But the new recruits were still confused: "Captain, why did the seniors want to encircle that man? You guys obviously love him, right? And the seniors were actually very scared, but why did they still choose to move forward?"

In this depressing atmosphere, Liao Hua rarely showed a smile: "This is exactly the difference between us veterans and you new recruits. Compared with you who grew up in peacetime, we pay more attention to honor. That adult taught us that even if we are like ants, we must have an unyielding will. So we can give up our lives, but we will not give up our dignity and honor. This is the will that we soldiers should have! Maybe it seems incredible to you, but this is how we are. We are not afraid of death, we just know what we should do. It has nothing to do with whether we are afraid of death or not."

At this point, Liao Hua couldn't help but sigh: "It's like we don't know why His Majesty wants to hunt down that adult, but in the final analysis, as Shu soldiers, we should be loyal to Shu, and we can't refuse military orders. This is not blind loyalty. We want to snipe that adult, but we also respect that adult. No matter what, all we can do now is to interpret our loyalty to Shu with death. Only in this way can we express our highest respect to that adult! So you see, although your predecessors are also very scared, you can't see their determination and glory!"

The recruit lowered his head: "I can't understand why we respect a person but end up turning our swords against him."

"This is fate, recruit. Perhaps this outcome was destined when that lord came to Shu." Liao Hua touched the recruit's head again. "There is no right or wrong in this world. What there is is only a difference in standpoint. Moreover, as a soldier, our duty is to obey. Moreover, think about it from another perspective. If that lord knew that the troops he led back then turned out to be a group of cowardly people, what do you think he would think?"

The new recruit raised his head and looked at the tall and burly captain with extremely complicated eyes.

Liao Hua said: "I believe that sir is not in the mood to play with us, nor will he care about the old friendship, and he is even more unwilling to see us, his former subordinates, completely lose the attitude of an enemy because of the old friendship! So what we have to do is to completely regard him as an enemy that must be defeated, otherwise we won't even have a one-tenth of a chance of defeating him! Do you understand? He is nothing but our enemy now. Maybe he was a friend yesterday and may be a friend tomorrow, but today, at this moment, we can only be mortal enemies to the death! This is our greatest respect for that sir!"

After saying this solemnly, Liao Hua said nothing more. He turned around and started jogging to catch up with the troops in front. In the eyes of the new soldier behind him, he only left a back figure that was getting farther and farther away, but always looked extremely tall.
Is there anything in this world that is worth living and dying for?
The new recruit didn't know, but at least at the moment, he felt that the old soldiers in the corps had similar beliefs.

No, he wants to go too!
He wanted to see the man who was called a legend. He wanted to see what the pinnacle of this world was like, even if the price was his life!

So, the trembling recruit gritted his teeth and mustered up his courage again. After taking a deep breath, he quickly followed Liao Hua's back.
The sky is clear and the earth is vast.

The mighty Shu army gathered in the designated desolate border area without hesitation, and finally blocked a peak in a huge square formation. When the Shu soldiers were finally ready for battle -

On the top of a high peak a hundred meters ahead, a cold and stern figure in blue and white slowly appeared.

That was the first legend that brought light and endless glory to the Kingdom of Shu!

But the sky is clear and the autumn wind is bleak.

The man standing alone on the top of the mountain looked down at the Shu army spread all over the world. As his silver hair swayed, one could see that in his pair of sharp eyes, one black and one red, there was no emotion at all. Instead, there was only determination and admiration for the countless former subordinates and now enemies.

In this little world, both sides are very clear that only by going all out to kill the other side can they show the greatest respect to each other!

(End of this chapter)