Chapter 811 A good leader is one who gives his subordinates opportunities to gain military merit
Chapter 811 A good leader is one who gives his subordinates opportunities to gain military merit
When the dust settled, Wen Tianzun only made a slight move and severely injured the three-headed witch, and the process was just like he was casually crushing three small insects.
There were cheers from the heavenly army.
Most of the thunder soldiers in the Thunder Department are the heroes who died in the Shang Dynasty army. Many of them have served under Wen Rui, and some of them were even trained by Wen Rui himself.
Wen Rui, the little god of war of the Shang army, once led them from one victory to another, and the Zhou army was wiped out in the midst of laughter and conversation.
This battle completely awakened their dusty memories, as if they were dreaming back to the battlefield of the conquest of Xiqi. With the just belief of defending their country and fighting against traitors, they fought bravely and won every battle.
The soldiers of the Shang army at that time actually did not understand the concepts of fate, destiny, or tyrants. They only wanted to end the war as soon as possible, return to their hometowns, and pursue a happy life in the future under the wise leadership of two generations of wise ministers, the old and young Tai Shi.
For example, marry a wife, have a child, and use the newly invented curved plow and waterwheel irrigation technology of the most talented young master to cultivate a lush farmland. Although you won't become rich, you will have enough food and drink.
The army led by Wen and his sons were very loyal to the Shang Dynasty. It was not like what the gods and Buddhas had portrayed, that the Shang people were living in poverty and would surrender as soon as the royal army arrived.
King Zhou's tyranny only served to highlight the loyalty and virtue of the Wen father and son. The general idea of the Shang people at that time was that the old Grand Tutor Wen might be getting old and unable to assist and motivate Emperor Xin, but the young Grand Tutor Wen was still young, and there was still hope for the Shang Dynasty to revive under the governance of the young Grand Tutor Wen.
Moreover, the young Grand Tutor was not as accommodating to King Zhou as the old Grand Tutor was. If the old Grand Tutor had forced Emperor Xin to abdicate and assisted the reputable Crown Prince Yin Jiao to become emperor, the people of Shang would have lived a good life.
These Shang army heroes were deified after their death, but their treatment was several levels worse than that of the defeated Zhou army heroes. Not only were the amounts of golden elixirs and fairy jades they received in military pay small, they were also discriminated against and suppressed in various ways by the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals who claimed to be the strongest army in heaven. They felt very aggrieved.
Under the leadership of Wen Rui, the young Grand Tutor back then and the young Heavenly Lord today, they defeated the demon army and won a great victory. They could not contain their excitement and cheered from the bottom of their hearts for this hero who belonged only to them, the merchants.
Although the Doufu Doubing did not have the same experiences as the Leifu Leibing, they were also proud of it and cheered loudly along with them.
The source of the Doufu Doubing soldiers was partly from the reorganized demon clan's heavenly soldiers, and the other part was from the demon cultivators who had successfully cultivated in the mortal world and ascended to heaven over the years.
Obviously, they all cultivated the correct way to become immortals, and they did not eat any human food or commit sins during the cultivation process. However, after they ascended to the heaven, their treatment was very different from that of the human cultivators who ascended. They were labeled as evil spirits among the stars and assigned to the Dou Mansion.
In name they are heavenly soldiers, but in reality they are more like thieves' soldiers, half serving in the army and half in prison.
They also had their military pay withheld and were discriminated against and suppressed by a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals, simply because they were "born from eggs in wet conditions and covered with fur and horns."
Although Wen Rui is not a demon, his deeds in the human world have been spread among the evil fighting soldiers of the stars in Doufu through the mouths of the star gods.
This newly-promoted Heavenly Lord upholds the Jiejiao spirit of teaching without discrimination and makes great efforts to educate the demon race in the mortal world. He has established a demon organization in the mortal world whose level of civilization far exceeds that of human dynasties, thus truly vindicating the demon race.
It has been proven with ironclad facts that the demons are not born evil beasts. Compared with the educated demons, humans are more barbaric, ignorant, corrupt and backward.
In the minds of the new generation of demons, the title of "Demon Master" no longer belongs to Kunpeng. Wen Rui of the Jiejiao is the real demon mentor.
The performance of fighting generals in front of the battlefield ended successfully. Wen Rui waved his sleeves elegantly, turned around and walked back to the military formation.
After so many years, he finally got his chance to pretend and found a sense of power.
The three swarm lords of the demon insect army suffered heavy losses. Normally, the outcome of a battle between two armies is already decided, and the losing side's morale is greatly damaged. They only need to attack and defeat the enemy. But this is not a war between human armies in ordinary thinking. Morale does not exist in the demon insect army.
The disastrous defeat of the three Zerg Lords had no effect on their fighting spirit.
If the human army suffers 30% casualties, there is a possibility that the morale of the soldiers will collapse and flee, but the Zerg will not retreat even if it fights to the last insect.
The swarm of demon insects still gathered above the city of Savatthi, as if they had not noticed that their leader had been beaten to pieces by Wen Rui, and were still waiting for the order to attack.
"Congratulations to Lord Tianzun on his triumphant return!"
Wude Xingjun came forward eagerly and said earnestly, "Sir, the demon chieftain has been suppressed by you, but the enemy has not retreated. May I ask how our army should attack next? Should we take advantage of the situation and attack with all our forces to kill the demon army?"
"Are you stupid? The enemy is numerous and we are few. Our army has only 200,000 soldiers, attacking a swarm of billions of insects. If we fight our way through, we will be surrounded."
Wen Rui rolled his eyes and scolded, "Our generals are all injured, and the individual combat power of our soldiers is not much stronger than that of a single demon insect. If we rush over to kill them, what difference will it make to force our soldiers to die in vain?"
"I am stupid, sir, I am teaching you a lesson!"
Wude Xingjun was sweating profusely, stood at attention and shrunk his neck, and timidly explained: "Although the enemy's commander was defeated, the morale of the demon insects has not been shaken. This is completely inconsistent with the battlefield experience accumulated by this humble general in the mortal world. It is simply unreasonable. Please teach me how our army should win."
"Let alone more than a billion demon insects, even if it's more than a billion pigs, it would take three days to kill them all."
Wen Rui spread out his hands, and said with an expression of pity and anger, "I do have some skills, and I can kill more than a billion bugs by myself, but if I have to fight the war alone, what do I need you, a bunch of trash for? After the war, when I return to the Heavenly Court to be commended, I have made great contributions and beheaded a billion people, but you have not made any contribution, but you cheer me on. Is this reasonable? Will it sound good if it gets out?"
There was no attempt to lower the voice during this exchange, and the generals and soldiers heard it clearly, their faces turning red with shame.
"I have already been given more titles than I can be, and it doesn't matter whether I have made any military achievements or not. If you follow me to fight and come back empty-handed, it will show that I, as a leader, don't know how to cultivate talents."
Wen Rui then put his hands behind his back and said earnestly, "So, why are you in such a hurry to attack and defeat the enemy? Just do what you did just now, attack from a distance and kill people. If each of you kill a few hundred people, you can get some credit when you go back."
Wu De Xingjun suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly, saying: "Your Excellency is wise! All soldiers listen to your orders, use long-range magic to kill the enemy, and shoot freely. Those who rush into the battle will be punished by military law!"
The soldiers of the Heavenly Army camp received the order and once again launched various long-range magical powers towards the dark cloud of insect swarms formed by the demonic insects, but they did not advance rashly.
The swarm of insects numbly endured the attacks from the magical power for a long time, but because they did not receive any orders from the three witches, they did not know how to resist and were beaten in vain.
The three Bodhisattvas on the altar in the monastery below breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this massive siege by the demon army was finally averted with the support of the reinforcements from Heaven.
It seems that the swarm of insects has become sluggish after losing its main brain, just like an ant colony or a bee colony that has lost its queen ant and queen bee. The colony has become a mess and the threat has been greatly reduced.
The Heavenly Army used long-range magical powers to slowly kill the enemy, which was a good strategy to annihilate the enemy.
(End of this chapter)