Beauties in Simulation Cross over into Reality - Chapter 382 - 325: So What if He’s Prince Zhenbei’s Legitimate Son?

Beneath the walls of Tingtao City, the great battle raged through the night and continued at dawn.

However, compared to the fierce fighting of the previous night, the battle was now nearing its end.

The soldiers of the Wei Kingdom’s Tingtao City were indeed brave.

But they were no match for the three hundred thousand elite soldiers of the Qin Kingdom.

Still, the City Lord of Tingtao City was no fool.

When he saw the battle line being pushed back relentlessly toward the city walls, he ordered a retreat before morale could completely collapse.

The well-trained soldiers of Tingtao City began an orderly withdrawal back into the city.

Immediately after, Tingtao City’s Array activated as they prepared to defend to the death.

But how could Qin Huo possibly give them such an opportunity?

“Charge! Break the city!”

On Qin Huo’s command, Cloud Ladders were raised against the city walls one after another.

Catapults were wheeled into position.

Massive stones engraved with Array-Breaking Runes were hurled at the enemy city.

The Qin Kingdom’s warriors charged forward under a hail of arrows, fighting fiercely.

A Siege Hammer inscribed with Array-Breaking Runes slammed against the main gate again and again.

Even after fighting all night, every soldier remained in a state of high excitement.

Watching the Qin soldiers assault the city with reckless abandon, the City Lord of Tingtao City clenched his fists so tightly they grew sweaty.

It wasn’t that he had never fought the Qin army before.

But now, seeing the Qin army’s posture, it looked as if they were aiming to shatter the city and annihilate the kingdom!

BOOM!

Following a tremendous crash, Tingtao City’s City Defense Array was broken.

Immediately after, like a bolt of lightning, the City Lord saw a young man bathed in blood charge onto the city walls.

Every thrust of his spear was clean and decisive, with no wasted motion; every move was a killing blow.

He planted the great banner of the Qin Kingdom on the city wall.

That banner was like a high tower lit with ten thousand lamps in the night; the morale of the Qin soldiers surged once more, and they flooded onto the walls one after another.

“Go!”

The City Lord of Tingtao City knew the city could not be held. He abandoned it and fled.

In his view, though he would certainly be severely punished for returning to court in defeat, he could still find a safe haven by fleeing to the Wei Kingdom or the Qi Kingdom.

An hour later, the City Lord of Tingtao City set fire to the granaries and broke out from the rear gate with his main force.

The remaining defending soldiers in the city all surrendered. Tingtao City and its two surrounding satellite cities all fell to the Qin Kingdom.

When the Qin army entered the city, Qin Huo ordered that the common people were not to be disturbed, the prisoners were not to be mistreated, and the fires were to be extinguished immediately.

In Qin Huo’s eyes, population was combat strength. These captives could be taken to the rear, trained, and then integrated into the army to replenish their forces.

Over the next two days, the entire army rested and recuperated, and rewards were distributed based on merit.

Because of his outstanding performance on the battlefield, and for being the first to scale the walls of Tingtao City, Xiao Mo was naturally summoned for a personal audience with Qin Huo.

“Xiao Mo pays his respects to the General.”

Stepping into the military tent, Xiao Mo cupped his fist in a salute.

“Mm.”

Inside the tent, the more Qin Huo looked at the young man before him, the more satisfied he felt.

“Xiao Mo of the Xiao Mansion. Before you came, I read your file. You are the third son of Prince Zhenbei, Xiao Shi?” Qin Huo asked.

“I am,” Xiao Mo replied.

“Excellent, excellent. Xiao Shi certainly raised a fine son,” Qin Huo said with a smile. “Since your official enlistment is still with the Iron Tiger Army, I cannot grant you a formal position in my army. However, I will record a credit for you equivalent to the rank of Centurion. After the war, all rewards will be dispensed at once. What do you think?”

“Thank you, General!” Xiao Mo, of course, had no objections.

“Go on, get some proper rest.” Qin Huo clapped Xiao Mo on the shoulder. “This war will continue until the Wei Kingdom is annihilated. A war of annihilation is not something everyone gets to experience. Fight well. Although you are a concubine’s son, I dare say your future achievements will be no less than your father’s!”

“Yes, Sir. Then this subordinate will take his leave.”

Xiao Mo cupped his fist in salute once more, then withdrew.

After Xiao Mo had left, Vice General Chen Jin said to Qin Huo with a smile, “This Xiao Mo… on the battlefield, he’s incomparably fierce, like a god of slaughter, but off the battlefield, he’s like a Confucian Scholar. Truly interesting.”

“Yes, he is indeed exceptional.”

Qin Huo nodded.

“We’ll just have to see if he can survive. The living become famous generals. The dead are just dry bones.”

「Two days later.」

The Qin army marched out once more.

Among Xiao Mo’s group of ten, the young man Hong Bo had his leg broken by debris and needed time to recuperate, so he could only stay behind to rest in Tingtao City.

When Xiao Mo and the others were leaving, Hong Bo cried uncontrollably, wanting to go with them.

Zhao Wei and the others laughed at him for “putting on an act,” saying, “You don’t have to go to the battlefield, you must be overjoyed on the inside, so just stop pretending.”

Furious, Hong Bo’s face flushed red as he insisted on going, but Xiao Mo managed to calm him down and then gave Zhao Wei and the others a talking-to.

「One month later.」

The Qin army arrived before the Wei Kingdom’s Zhulu City.

By this time, the Wei Kingdom was already on high alert, and scouts reported that the Wei Kingdom would also be sending troops as reinforcements.

But Qin Huo didn’t care in the slightest.

Taking advantage of the army’s soaring morale, the Qin forces consecutively conquered fifteen cities of the Wei Kingdom, including Luoyu City, Chi City, and Mengjiang City.

In every major battle, the Iron Tiger Army was always the unit charging at the very front, aside from the cavalry, and Xiao Mo was the man leading the Iron Tiger Army’s charge.

Whenever Xiao Mo stepped onto the battlefield with his Long Spear in hand, he was like a god of war.

The Wei Kingdom naturally noticed a young talent like Xiao Mo and considered dispatching Golden Core Realm Cultivators to assassinate him and eliminate a future threat.

But the Qin Kingdom was not foolish either.

Every promising seedling on the battlefield was protected. If any Cultivator more than two Realms above Xiao Mo were to make a move, they would inevitably be stopped by the Qin Kingdom.

Before he knew it, a year and a half had passed.

During one of the battles in that time, Xiao Mo achieved a Realm Breakthrough and entered the Dragon Gate.