Legend of Demonic Pheonix/C17 Kong Sheng's Hope
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C17 Kong Sheng's Hope

If a random person with Fire Phoenix Empire were to ask him what a Demonic Beast was, most of the answers would be the same.

"It's much bigger than the dogs we have at home!"

"I heard that he's very fierce, and wants to eat people?"

"I've never seen it before, but no matter how fierce it is, it's still a beast!"

To ordinary people with Fire Phoenix Empire, the word "Demonic Beast" was simply too unfamiliar. It was just a rumored living being. After all, those beasts lived in the depths of the Wulian Mountain Range, which was too far away from their daily lives.

However, in this Northern Winter, Demonic Beast that was always unknown to the world had appeared in a way that no human could predict, horizontally in front of the world.

It was not only Chen Peng, but also all the people who had lived in this border area for dozens of years. No one had ever seen a Demonic Beast like this before.

There were rows of huge wolves with sharp blades on their foreheads, and groups of tigers dressed in heavy armor. Each of them was in the shape of an animal, but their formation was completely different from that of an army. They roared with restraint, advanced quietly, and commanded in a unified manner.

Under Chen Peng's request and pleas, a few squads of soldiers were sent out. In the instant of contact, the Demonic Beast s showed their side of a "beast", their wild ripping and fierce pouncing made any soldier other than Fire Phoenix Man-at-arms not have the ability to retaliate, and even if it was a Fire Phoenix Man-at-arms, they had to use their greatest control to ensure that their mounts did not fear the wild beasts in front of them.

However, even if Fire Phoenix Man-at-arms could fight against the Demonic Beast army in front of them, with regards to food, how many would actually send out their Red Camp? There were more than ten food convoys of various sizes in the town, and about one to two thousand people were being escorted. Other than Captain Liu's team of about ten riding Fire Phoenix Man-at-arms, the rest of them were basically people's militia. They were counting on these fellows, who couldn't even stand in the queue, to repel the thousands of giant beasts outside the city? Even people with some common sense wouldn't dare to think about it.

And so, just like that, the large amount of military rations that the five provinces of north of the empire and Commander Shi Keren had painstakingly transferred over was blocked by the small Penglai Town of thousands of well-trained Demonic Beast.

Chen Peng and Captain Liu had organized a few attacks, but the results were too bad. In terms of individual abilities, the difference in strength between the people's militia and the Demonic Beast had already surpassed the difference in strength between the people's militia and the heavy infantry of Mo Qiu. If five people's militia soldiers could put down one heavy infantry, then one Demonic Beast could scare off ten people's militia soldiers with a single shout. The battle of Red Camp was very difficult as well. With much difficulty, they managed to rely on their fast horses and heavy armor to break through the first layer of defense, and there were even layers of Demonic Beast soldiers waiting behind them. Captain Liu only had a dozen men under his command, and they could not withstand the opponent's charge at all. He did not dare to charge in again, so he could only sigh and ride his horse back to the city.

They had thought about contacting the defending troops of Phoenix City Pass and asking for reinforcements from the depths of the empire. They didn't know if it was a coincidence or an advance arrangement, but not long after the pigeons flew towards Phoenix City Pass, they were torn to shreds by a few falcons swooping down from the sky. Only a few feathers were left behind. There was even less of a need to think about the Empire's hinterland. The main military officers of the five northern provinces had all arrived at the Phoenix City Pass long ago, and if the other provinces wanted to mobilize their troops, then that order wasn't something that a small county governor and leader of the Red Camp could issue. Right now, the only thing worth celebrating was that the Demonic Beast soldiers did not attack the city. They were only guarding three to four miles away from Pang Lai County, firmly blocking the only path to Phoenix City Pass.

In front of their sharp claws and fangs, the leather armour and cloth clothing did not have any form of resistance. The five well-trained Border Army warriors were not even able to last one round against the sneak attacks of the Demonic Beast.

It was only until one day, when a soldier had accidentally worn a chain mail, that he luckily escaped death. He risked his life to ride his horse back to Phoenix City Pass, and reported this matter to Kong Sheng and the officials of Phoenix City Pass.

When Kong Sheng heard this news, he was first shocked, and then he started to worry. This made him frown, if the road was blocked, the food wouldn't get through, what should he do now? To lead troops to attack the Demonic Beast Army from behind? Facing thousands of Demonic Beast, not even ten to twenty thousand troops were enough to deal with them, but how many of his own subordinates would he have? Taking these ten to twenty thousand, this Phoenix City Pass was basically an empty city. What if the opposing Moqiu Army seized the opportunity to make a move? At that time, if they did not kill all the Demonic Beast and lost their Phoenix City Pass, that would become a huge joke.

He called a meeting of all the officers above the commander level to hear everyone's thoughts. They were all of one mind, and there was only one word to describe the meeting: "Wait."

To use the words of a straightforward guy like Zhao Handong, it was "Wait, I can even help the empire defend the Phoenix City Pass". Without waiting, this group of brothers might not even be able to survive, and they will definitely lose their Phoenix City Pass as well. "

Kong Sheng nodded in agreement. Then, amidst the wails of the various officers, he ordered them to change the two meals they had for porridge every day.

Time passed by day by day, the cold wind blew incessantly, the food in the Phoenix City Pass had already been used up. The soldiers were all leaning against the city wall, not wanting to move at all, they were hungry and not lazy. The heavy armor s of the Fire Phoenix Army had long since been worn out, and really did not have the strength to carry that thing on their shoulders and wander around. In Kong Sheng's arms was a water sac that was filled with hot water. This thing had recently become something good, so he could keep it warm in his arms.

Right now, the entire Fire Phoenix Army had almost become the public enemy of the Phoenix City Pass, because they refused to kill the warhorses no matter what. Every day, other than the regular patrols, the Fire Phoenix Army would always send people to guard the entrance of the camp to prevent anyone from entering. There were even rumors in the people's militia that they had long killed their horses and shared their meat. It was just that they did not want everyone to get into contact with some meat.

Every time he heard these rumors, Kong Sheng would laugh bitterly and shake his head. He understood Fire Phoenix Army too well, they would probably cut off a piece of his flesh rather than touch a single hair on his horse.

These horses were all genuine horses from the Northwest Highlands of the Empire. The first thing these Knights came into contact with, ever since they had become Apprentice Knight as teenagers, was to stay with the horses and feed them, bathe them, and eat and sleep with their own war horses. When the horses turned three to five years old, the Apprentice Knight had also become a knight. Thus, one man and one horse took off the Apprentice Knight's soft armour, donned the knight's heavy armor, and became a pair of life and death partners on the battlefield. The Northwest Horse could live up to forty years. If nothing went wrong, this horse and this man would live and die together. Someone said that the Knights of Red Camp can have no wives, but they cannot have no horses. If you let them choose between a wife and a horse, they will probably choose a majority of the horses.

Since that was the case, what kind of knights with Fire Phoenix Army would kill their warhorses?

But things often went so far as that, and the horses in the Red Camp encampment had all lost their looks due to hunger as well. Outsiders thought that horses ate grass, but only those who had truly fed their war horses knew that their war horses ate bean cakes and oats. How many times had he hoped that catching a handful of grass would allow these riders, who weighed hundreds of kilograms, to advance on the battlefield? That was a fantasy story!

Kong Sheng did not reprimand the Knights of Fire Phoenix Army, nor did he stop the discussions of the people's militia. Things should come to an end. Suppressing them and trying to reason with them would not solve it. He could only hope that before it happened, these comrades who had put their lives in the hands of humans would suffer a little less.

Kong Sheng raised his head and looked at the Moqiu Army camp in the distance. In this period of time, the Moqiu Army had not launched an attack on anyone, so they just stayed there. Kong Sheng had sent a few squads of scouts, but they all returned empty-handed. Zhao Handong guessed that since a long time ago, Moqiu Army had reached an agreement with the Demonic Beast, and both sides were determined to starve them to death so that they could obtain Phoenix City Pass without spending any effort at all. It might even be possible that at this stage, the Moqiu Army Battalion did not even have fifty thousand soldiers.

Kong Sheng laughed bitterly, even if there were only ten thousand soldiers, so what? He couldn't even eat, yet he still had the strength to hit him?

Zhao Handong helplessly shook his head, he had already left with his men after ten odd days with his empty pipe in his mouth. He heard that some of the trees on the mountains nearby could still be eaten, so he had to go and find them.

Before leaving, Zhao Handong secretly stuffed a paper bag into Kong Sheng's hands, containing half of a cooked pigeon. Kong Sheng laughed, and then handed the pigeon back to Child Ming. This child was only sixteen; he was currently growing up. On the other hand, he could still carry one on his shoulder. Unexpectedly, not only did Child Ming not accept it, he even took out half a pigeon from his bosom. This caused Kong Sheng to laugh out loud, he never thought that Zhao Handong would really take care of this child.

Kong Sheng laid on the roof of the Castellan Mansion, his head resting on the claws of the Divine Bird Phoenix, slowly tearing off the pigeon meat, while looking towards the south. Based on the time, it should have been quite some time since he had arrived at the imperial capital. The imperial capital's reinforcements should be on their way as well. Once the army arrived, the Demonic Beast would definitely not be able to hold on and there would be hope. But why aren't reinforcements here yet?

The pigeon that was not even half the size of his palm was eaten by Kong Sheng for half an hour, and even his bones made cracking noises as he chewed. Just as Kong Sheng was about to lick the fat off his fingers, a soldier suddenly shouted, "Lord Kong! Lord Kong! Look! Food team! The food brigade is here! "

Kong Sheng jumped up, without caring about the danger of falling from the roof, he grabbed the telescope that the soldier threw, and looked towards the south carefully. Sure enough, on the distant horizon, a small group of silhouettes appeared.

His silhouette became clearer and clearer through the binoculars. It was a group of people's militia. Each of them was pushing a wheelbarrow filled with food as they slowly walked along the main road. Although there were only a dozen or so food carts, for the current Phoenix City Pass, these were life-saving food!

Kong Sheng ordered the soldiers to immediately send scouts to meet them, at the same time, he continued to stare at the group of people. Food! The food was here! With food, there was hope! With this first team, the second and third teams wouldn't be far away! Furthermore, this also meant that the Demonic Beast had been forced back! The reinforcements were about to arrive! Phoenix City Pass saved!

Kong Sheng's tears silently fell. He looked through the telescope at the group of people, each of them arched with an incomparably handsome spine, and every bag of food had a faint holy radiance radiating from it.

When he saw that there was only one last person in the line, Kong Sheng was stunned. It was a woman, a woman wearing a fiery red, snow-white cloak.

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