kingnovel Chapter 443: Becoming Famous
Chapter 443: Becoming Famous
In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed.
During these two months, Lu Cheng fought from south to north and from east to west, and experienced countless battles, big and small, and killed countless Liao soldiers.
The clothes on his body were soaked in the blood of the enemy again and again. He couldn't wash them clean and could only throw them on the grassland. Even the steel spear in his hand, which was forged with hundreds of tempers, became crooked because it smashed too many enemy weapons and bones. It was no longer as straight as before. The blade was curled and the tip was blunt.
Later, Lu Cheng changed his weapons many times. Sometimes he used spears and swords captured from the enemy, and sometimes he used the spare weapons in the storage space. He broke seven or eight bows and used up countless arrows.
At the beginning, the Liao army's siege of Lu Cheng was led by fierce generals and a large group of cavalry to encircle and suppress the enemy.
However, after being killed by Lu Cheng many times in succession, the Liao army soon realized the horror of Lu Cheng, and began to mobilize more than 10,000 cavalry and infantry combinations, attempting to use human wave tactics combined with crossbow and arrow formations to ambush Lu Cheng.
But every time, Lu Cheng relied on the reconnaissance of the Mountain Eagle's heat-sensing radar and the speed of walking on snow to bypass the enemy's crossbow and arrow formations and surprise attack the local main general.
After several failed encirclement and suppression attempts, the Liao army quickly learned its lesson and changed its strategy, mobilizing an army of 100,000 to set up multiple encirclements around Lu Cheng, and then continuously narrowed the encirclements in an attempt to wear out Lu Cheng with human wave tactics.
But every time, Lu Cheng was able to accurately choose a weak point to break out before the enemy was about to form a siege, and he would even often make a surprise attack to disrupt the enemy's formation, leaving the Liao army clueless.
In the most dangerous one, Marshal Wu Yanguang, who was known as the greatest general of the Liao Dynasty, led 11 generals of the stars, 28 generals of the constellations, and 80,000 elite soldiers to set up a "Taiyi Huntian Xiang Formation". Even Princess Tianshou of the Liao Dynasty, Daribo, personally went into battle in an attempt to surround and kill Lu Cheng.
Facing a large formation composed of heavy armored infantry, shields, crossbows, and chariots, Lu Cheng directly used a string of arrows. He first shot and killed Princess Tianshou of the Liao Kingdom with one arrow, and then shot and killed several generals of the Liao Kingdom. Taking advantage of the enemy's confusion, he almost killed the Liao Kingdom Marshal Wu Yanguang.
In the end, the Liao army ignored their own casualties and forcefully used crossbows to attack. Lu Cheng had to avoid their attack and force his way out of the enemy formation.
In that battle, the hip of Taxue's horse under Lu Cheng's crotch was scratched by a heavy crossbow arrow. Lu Cheng relied on brute force to break out of the encirclement, ran for dozens of miles, and shook off the pursuit of the Liao soldiers before he treated Taxue's wound.
After that battle, Lu Cheng became more cautious. When he encountered a large formation of tens of thousands of people, he would take the initiative to avoid it and no longer confronted it head-on. Instead, he used his speed to detour from the side and did not give the enemy a chance to outflank their formation.
In more than two months, at least ten thousand people died at Lu Cheng's hands, including thirty or forty Liao generals, a Liao princess, and three Liao royal family members.
After a series of battles, the Liao Kingdom completely gave up the idea of besieging and killing Lu Cheng. All the cavalry teams that went south to Baotou Valley withdrew, and the cities and tribes in various places withdrew their defenses to avoid Lu Cheng.
The mighty Liao Kingdom was defeated by a single man and was helpless. If this matter were to be spread, it would undoubtedly greatly damage the reputation of the Liao Kingdom.
At the beginning, the Liao Kingdom tried its best to conceal the news, but as the Liao army frequently mobilized, the Song Dynasty border troops soon noticed the problem and launched an investigation.
When they learned that the Liao Kingdom was being beaten by a fierce general, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty's border army were extremely impressed by the legendary fierce general.
Seeing that the news could no longer be concealed, the Liao Kingdom could neither defeat nor kill the general, so it had to send envoys to the Song Dynasty to request the Song court to recall the fierce general.
But Lu Cheng's whereabouts became unknown afterwards, and even if the Song Dynasty border troops wanted to find him, they couldn't find him for a while.
It was not until two months later that Lu Cheng arrived at the border of Western Xia and killed more than a thousand Western Xia cavalrymen before he was found by the scout team sent by Zhong Shidao.
It was not until this time that everyone knew that the man who roamed the grasslands and was invincible was named Lu Cheng, from Jizhou Prefecture of the Song Dynasty.
For a time, Lu Cheng's name spread throughout the Song, Liao, Xixia and other countries. Liao and Xixia regarded Lu Cheng as a killing god and named him "Ren Tu". The Song border troops regarded Lu Cheng as a heavenly general and worshipped him.
In Zong Shidao's residence, Zong Shidao looked at Lu Cheng who was sitting opposite him. He could not imagine that this young man whom he had met two or three years ago actually had such astonishing martial arts power. It was simply beyond his imagination.
One man can defeat an entire country and move freely among an army of 100,000. Even the Overlord of Chu is no more capable than this, right?
"Shou Xin, you really surprised me. In the past two months, the entire north has been turned upside down by you. I, the generals of the border army, thought that the Liao Kingdom was going to invade the south again, and we were all ready to fight a big war, but we didn't expect it was you who did it. It's really unbelievable. It's a pity that you don't come to the army with all your martial arts skills."
"Lu is currently honing his martial arts skills and has no intention of joining the army. Perhaps, in the future, he will join the army and lead troops to fight the enemy."
"Since you don't want to, no one can force you. By the way, not long ago, the emperor sent an imperial decree to the border troops, asking us to notify you to return to the capital after we find you."
Lu Cheng shook his head: "Lu's purpose of coming out this time has not been achieved yet. I still want to go a little further and cannot return to the capital for the time being."
"I don't care about that. Anyway, I have already notified you. Do you want to stay for a few days? The generals under my command admire you very much. Especially those who fought with you in the past. Now they tell everyone about how they fought against you and how great it was."
Lu Cheng smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, Mr. Jinglüe. I still have a long way to go, so I can't stay for long."
"Well, you're welcome to come to my place often."
After bidding farewell to Zhong Shidao, Lu Cheng did not return to the grassland to continue killing. He had killed enough people this time, and a lot of hostility and murderous intent had accumulated in his heart. The smell of blood on his body could not be washed off, so he needed to calm down.
After leaving the northwest, Lu Cheng changed into ordinary clothes and even pinched his face to make himself look more ordinary. He traveled around as an ordinary person, taking in the customs and folkways of the Song Dynasty and the beautiful rivers and mountains.
After being in a state of mental tension for more than two months, Lu Cheng also felt a little tired.
As he relaxed, his whole state gradually became peaceful, and the hostility in his body also dissipated bit by bit.
At first, even if Lu Cheng walked down the street with a smile on his face, the people around him would involuntarily stay away from him. Some children would be afraid and hide when they saw Lu Cheng. When Lu Cheng walked in the jungle, birds and animals would hide away from him.
It was not until Lu Cheng walked several hundred miles that his temperament became more and more peaceful, and there was no trace of blood anymore.
One day, when Lu Cheng came to Louguan Terrace on the northern foot of Mount Zhongnan, he suddenly heard the sound of a bell coming from the distant mountains. He felt something in his heart, so he found a stone and sat down. The blood in his body vibrated with the sound of the bell echoing in the mountains. His mind was completely relaxed, but his blood was boiling.
Soon, the relaxed spirit and the boiling blood merged with each other and became increasingly restrained.
The murderous intent accumulated over the past period of time surfaced in his heart. It seemed that there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood in front of him, and thousands of troops were fighting. An invisible energy and blood gathered into a giant dragon, rising into the sky and circling in all directions...