This is how immortals are cultivated

"Untie his mouth. I want to see what crazy things he says."

The defeated general who had just escaped from Yongzhou had his gagged mouth untied, and immediately burst into tears and screamed:

"General, I'm not crazy! I'm not lying. Everything I said is true. The Yellow Turban Army is not human, they are a bunch of monsters."

"You don't know, I saw with my own eyes a Yellow Turban soldier tear another lieutenant's body in half..."

"Hahaha...."

Huangfu Gao, who was sitting in the commander's seat, suddenly burst into laughter, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

As he laughed, the generals under his command also laughed.

There was no other reason. The words of this criminal general were simply too bizarre. Explaining them in this way was simply an insult to their intelligence.

Huangfu Gao snorted coldly again, and the tent suddenly fell silent.

He looked down at the guilty general from his position and said, "If this was an ambush, or if Fan Teng was caught off guard due to his arrogance, then he still has a chance to escape punishment if he explains it clearly. But if he continues to speak such absurd words, his crime is unforgivable."

"I absolutely did not lie! What I said is true!"

The defeated general who escaped death and did not even dare to flee back to Cangzhou, but fled all the way back to his own army's headquarters, wailing.

In his opinion, Cangzhou was finished. No one could stop those 5,000 monsters from heading to Cangzhou.

Now the safest place around Yongzhou is probably where the commander-in-chief and the main force of the army are located.

"Report!"

At this time, the voice of the summons officer's report came from outside the tent again.

Huangfu Gao asked the messenger to enter the tent with a frown:

"What's wrong? What's the matter?"

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief... yes, someone is challenging us outside the main camp."

"That...that person calls himself 'Master of the Great Peace'."

"Thief leader?!!"

Huangfu Gao stood up suddenly.

"Not only do these rebels refuse to accept death, but they dare to challenge our army?"

"How many people came?"

"Just...just one." The interrogator said tremblingly.

Chapter 181: One Person Breaks Through

The two goals of the Qing army's massive expedition this time were to suppress the Yongzhou rebellion and to capture and kill the rebel leader.

In other words, these two goals can actually be combined into one - capturing and killing the bandit leader.

The Taiping Dao rebellion was based on Taoist beliefs. As long as the leader of the Taiping Dao was killed, the Yellow Turban Army, which had lost its cohesion and organization, would be in disarray.

And now, this goal is within reach.

Moreover, if the scouts ahead had not made any mistakes in their investigation and if the messenger had not conveyed any errors, the other party might not have even brought a large army, but had come alone.

While Huangfu Gao was excited, doubts also arose in his mind.

Why did he come alone before an army of 100,000?

Could it be that you want to surrender?

No, Fan Teng had just been defeated, and the morale of these rebels was at its highest point. How could they possibly surrender?

"I know what's going on..."

Huangfu Gao suddenly spoke and slammed the table in front of him.

"How dare you bully me like this, you thief!"

The eyes of all the generals in the camp instantly focused on Huangfu Gao.

Huangfu Gao sneered and explained to his generals:

"I believe that the traitor is thinking of using the power of Yongzhou's great victory to negotiate terms with our army and the imperial court."

Yes, although this group of Yellow Turban rebels occupied Yongzhou, it was only one state after all. Whether in terms of population or resources, they were far from enough to compete with the Qing court that controlled the world.

The great victory in Yongzhou was certainly due to Fan Teng's incompetence, which led to his downfall, but it was also a "coincidence" for the Yellow Turban rebels.

Yes, the imperial army could fail countless times. Even if the 50,000 troops led by Fan Teng were completely wiped out, there are still 250,000 troops left.

The support behind this army is the imperial court and the entire world.

They can fail countless times, but these rebels will be overthrown immediately if they fail once.

With such a huge gap, ceasefire and negotiation are the only options.

The Taiping Dao leader's request for troops to rebel was undoubtedly because he wanted to ascend to the sky and become a marquis and king overnight as a pariah.

If we can negotiate terms this time and get the court to recognize it, it will be exactly what the other party wants.

After hearing Huangfu Gao's explanation, all the generals in the camp nodded in agreement.

Because apart from this reason, I really can't think of any other reason why the other party came to the camp alone.

"But... if we're here to negotiate terms, there's no need for the bandit leader to come here in person..."

The military commander who had played chess with Huangfu Gao earlier raised an objection hesitantly after some thought.

"That's why you don't understand these lowly people. They want to climb to higher positions, but they can only gamble their lives. They do this to show their sincerity, and also to save their lives."

Just as Huangfu Gao said this, a scream suddenly came from inside the tent.

It was the general who had fled back from the defeat in Yongzhou.

Earlier, when the other party heard the name "Taiping Daoist Master", he seemed to have fallen into a trance, but now he has finally come to his senses.

"Run! That's a demon...that demon is coming!"

His voice revealed endless fear, which made everyone who heard it look sideways.

As a survivor who had personally experienced a battle that didn't feel like a war at all, he understood that the 5,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who defeated them were no longer human.

And why did those untouchables become like that?

There is only one answer - the demons used magic to turn those extremely weak and untouchable people into monsters as fierce as wolves and tigers, capable of tearing people apart alive.

That demon was undoubtedly the 'Taiping Daoist Master'.

And now that the demon has come in person, he is undoubtedly more terrifying than the 5,000 Yellow Turban Army.

The wailing of the lieutenant general and his plea for escape made the veins on Huangfu Gao's forehead bulge.

"Take this traitor who has humiliated the nation and ruined the army away. Execute him according to military law and hang his head in public."

"Anyone who dares to utter such cowardly words again will be killed without mercy!"

Under Huangfu Gao's military order, the escaped general from Yongzhou was immediately brought back.

Huangfu Gao stood up again and looked around the camp, then said sternly, "That bandit leader thought a small victory would allow us to return to the capital. He is gravely mistaken."

"Yongzhou, if 50,000 men can't take it, then use 100,000. If 100,000 men can't take it, then use 300,000. If 300,000 isn't enough, then use 500,000! One million!"

"If we retreat even a little, we will be laughed at by these untouchables."

"What should we do with the bandit leader who has already arrived outside the camp?" asked a general.

"Needless to say, just capture and kill him." Huangfu Gao replied.

"If someone dares to come here alone, he must be prepared for his own death. Perhaps he has other plans for Yongzhou."

"But what does it matter? We can take this bandit leader with us to attack Yongzhou."

"I'm going to chop off the heads of those untouchables, build a mausoleum, and place this thief's head on top!"

"Go and arrange... to lure the bandit leader into the camp and see me."

Huangfu Gao said to the messenger.

"Marshal..." The summons officer swallowed his saliva after hearing this and then spoke again:

"The bandit leader also said a few words when he was outside the camp."

Hearing this, Huangfu Gao raised his eyebrows and said, "Speak."

"The bandit leader said that if the Marshal is unwilling to surrender, he will come to see you in person..."

"?"

Huangfu Gao thought he had heard wrongly.

What is this summons officer talking about? If you don't want to surrender, you can come to see me.

Putting aside the huge gap in strength between the two sides, the other party is not here to ask for surrender, but is here to persuade them to surrender?

Coming alone to persuade surrender?

Even if we take a step back...with the army surrounding us now, can the other side see me just by asking one person to see me?

"Then..." the interrogator spoke again tremblingly.

"Then what?" Huangfu Gao asked subconsciously.

"Then the bandit leader told me to repeat this to you, Marshal, and then he said 'ten'."

十？

Ten what?

A big question mark popped up in Huangfu Gao’s head.

"Nine..." the interrogator continued.

Outside the army formation, hundreds of cavalrymen gathered, holding spears, surrounding a young man in a Taoist robe who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, and pointing their spears at the young man.

"eight...."

The young man suddenly stood up and stretched his muscles.

"seven...."

The young man's figure suddenly disappeared in front of the rangers. Before the rangers could react to the young man's disappearance, the ranger in front of the young man also disappeared completely, leaving only a ball of blood-red fog.

Then, there was a huge sonic boom, which blew the rangers away with the air wave.

"six...."

The squad leader was patrolling with his team around the military camp.

The team leader was still talking about how much property he had looted when he captured Yunzhou earlier.

But at the moment his voice was uttered, within a frame, the men behind him disappeared.

"five...."

The camp fence walls built with high-quality ironwood were shattered, and the flying debris was like powerful arrows, instantly blowing up the unlucky people standing nearby.

"Four...."

The outermost tent in the camp suddenly exploded, leaving only a deep ravine extending from outside the camp to inside the camp.

"three...."

In the camp, all objects along the ravine, whether people or buildings, disappeared.

"two...."

Near the main tent of the camp, the density of soldiers became increasingly greater, and turned into a thicker blood mist.

"one....."

A breeze blew, ruffling the tent curtains. With this breeze, a figure suddenly appeared in the main tent, appearing in the eyes of Huangfu Gao and many Qing army generals in the camp.

Before anyone in the tent could react, a huge sound wave rolled in from far outside the tent.

The first sound made by Fang Suichu when he set out from outside the military camp, as well as the subsequent sounds, finally caught up with the person who made the sound.

With the arrival of the sound waves, the gentle breeze turned into a terrifying sonic boom. The sound barrier formed along the way exploded inside the commander's tent. The soft air turned into a hard wall, violently tearing and smashing everything in the tent.

All the Qing army generals in the tent were thrown out uncontrollably, and then the pillars supporting the tent were broken, and the entire tent was blown open, revealing a scene inside the tent that was in a state of disarray and chaos.