Genshin Impact: Liyue's Strongest Thousand Rock Army

In the western camp, during a rare respite and rest period, a team of soldiers led by a thousand-man captain cooked a pot of wild vegetable soup and added a few pieces of dried meat that they had saved from their frugal life. The taste was like heavenly food.

"Boss, why do you think Lord Yuhengxing is suddenly joining the battle?"

"Yes, what was she doing before? You have connections, so tell me about it."

The captain's surname was Li. He used to be from a wealthy family, but now he looked much more stable with his gray hair. He said seriously, "What the higher-ups do is not our concern. What you bastards should think about is fighting well, making money, surviving, and finding a wife to live with."

Everyone laughed, and then someone said, "Xiao Xu, who is burning the fire over there, has a wife. He is only a teenager, but he is really capable."

"That's right. He's honest and down-to-earth. He doesn't do those fancy things. He's not bad looking. How can he not please women?"

This is what an older sergeant said.

"You should save your energy. Girls nowadays like to play with romance. If you don't do some romantic rituals, people will look down on you."

This is what a young sergeant said.

Then, the old and the young started arguing again.

"When I heard the Great Commander and Lord Tianquan were in love, you were still drinking milk. Why are you joining in the fun?"

"The love story between the Great Commander and Lord Tianquan is all nonsense. You'd better be careful and go to the General Affairs Department for tea after the war."

"Hey, little bastard, are you itching?"

"No, my hands are itching. Would you like to practice with me?"

"Shut up!" The captain surnamed Li shouted, staring at the old and young man, grinning, "If you want to fight, fight with me, don't just talk!"

The two of them immediately wilted like cabbages hit by frost and dared not say a word.

At this moment, Xiao Xu, who was burning the fire, shouted "The fire is just right", and everyone present, whether they were just watching the fun or making a fuss, ran to the pot and waited, even the captain named Li was no exception.

The old soldier who had been bickering earlier was waiting with his bowl in hand. When it was his turn to serve the soup, he chuckled and said, "Xiao Xu, uncle wishes you and that girl a long and happy marriage. Can you give uncle a little more?"

Xiao Xu shook his head, "No, then there will be less for others."

Everyone laughed, and while they looked down on the old soldier, they also praised the young man, saying that he was extremely fair and strict, just like General Xu Hongyi, who had the same surname as his cousin.

Every time this happened, Xiao Xu looked embarrassed and said that he was no match for the general.

The captain named Li would also scold the soldiers not to talk nonsense.

The officers and soldiers were very happy.

……

At the end of June, history records that this was a major turning point in the war, but the soldiers who were ordered to join the battle obviously did not know this.

The centurion captain surnamed Li and his men were extremely brave and showed no mercy in the fight with the group of monsters. Even though their men were quickly reduced, the number of monsters also decreased drastically.

It was recorded in later generations that there was a substance that had never been seen before and left no records, which caused monsters to mutate. The mutation did not increase their ferocity, but had the strange effect of eroding their vitality.

However, the soldiers who were fighting at the time were not aware of this, so when they were resting after the battle, they were completely unprepared and were caught off guard.

At that time, it was still the usual garrison, and those people were still cooking as usual, while the others were chatting and laughing, joking around, to ease the heaviness of the war.

"what!"

I don’t know who roared first, then pounced on the person next to him, roared and bit off a piece of flesh, and then exploded completely.

The entire military camp was in chaos.

The soldiers' toes became sharp and purple in color, their eyes were so dark that the whites were not visible, their veins bulged all over their bodies, and they looked extremely terrifying. Even if they were hit by swords and guns, it would be of no use as long as the vital parts were not injured. They were like zombies who were not afraid of swords and guns.

Gradually, there were fewer living people and more monsters. People's strenuous resistance seemed to become food for the monsters, making the monsters even more numerous.

People's dying counterattack did have some effect. There were many cases where one person dragged several monsters to be buried with him.

Therefore, the turmoil in the military camp was temporarily quelled.

"Where are the people? Are there any alive?"

The captain, whose surname was Li, shouted loudly in a shrill voice. There were dead bodies all around him. His abdomen was pierced and it seemed that he would not live long.

In front of him, there was a person lying. It was the young man named Xu. He was still breathing, but it didn’t seem like he could hold on for long. He was breathing out more than he was breathing in.

"Anyone else?!"

"Captain... No need, I can't be saved."

"It's too early to say that. How could a child who had such a wonderful life to live die like this? Where is the person? Is there anyone else?!"

"Captain, I'm telling you the truth. He can't be saved. I can feel it."

The captain surnamed Li sighed and said, "What depressing words are you talking about?"

Xiao Xu coughed up black blood and said weakly, "I shouldn't say that. I shouldn't say that."

Slowly, the young man closed his eyes, stopped moving, and died. Only the captain was left, but he was also close to the gates of hell.

The centurion stretched out his hand and pulled off the outer robe of his military uniform, covering the young man in front of him, and murmured, "Those who have clothes to wear, all have clothes to wear, haha..."

He remembered that many years ago, when Commander Su was still very young, he had organized an inappropriate poetry meeting. In order to find talents, he deliberately criticized Commander Su for his mediocre literary talent and bad intentions. At that time, he was still very young and said some youthful and frivolous words.

There is a poem which talks about a frontier battlefield and comrades-in-arms. He said that they had no clothes. It was really a sin, a sin.

How can you say that you have no clothes, and you share the same robe with your son!

……

In early July, news of the infected monsters spread throughout the military camp, causing panic among the people. The large-scale deaths of soldiers also led to low morale, and Liyue's defense work fell into crisis.

Keqing, who is working on the front line, is also facing great danger. She is exhausted physically and mentally from having to guard against monsters and infected soldiers every day.

"Sir, the order to retreat has come down again."

"Don't worry about him. The defense line has been stretched to its limit. We can't go anywhere."

Keqing stared at the sand table in front of her, brows furrowed, and spoke without turning her head.

The sergeant who reported the order hesitated and did not retreat.

"What? Is there anything else?" Although Keqing didn't turn around, she could still detect other breathing sounds in the tent besides her own.

The sergeant then said, "The one who brought the order is Miss Walnut."

“Hu Tao?” Keqing was slightly surprised and turned around to ask, “Where is she?”

When I turned around, I immediately saw a pretty face with sparkling plum blossom eyes. Who else could it be but Hu Tao?

The soldier retreated upon seeing this. He had already brought the person here, so he had no right to worry about the rest.

"How did you come?"

"If I hadn't come, how could I have seen that the law-abiding Lord Yuheng would actually violate military discipline and disobey orders?"

"This has nothing to do with you. This is a military camp. Leave now."

"Since this hall master is coming, of course he has made all the necessary preparations. Do you want to ask Brother Su or Sister Ningguang?"

"I won't leave."

"This hall master knows."

"Then you still..."

The words came to an abrupt end before she could finish them, because Keqing's head tilted and she fainted.

Hu Tao clapped his hands and said with a look of regret, "He was too weak to take a beating. He passed out immediately. I had thought of at least ten backup plans. What a waste."

That night, Master Hu, dressed in black and with black hair, carried a sack and rushed out of the camp quickly. The soldiers turned a blind eye and did it unnoticed.

……

On the hillside of Tianheng Mountain, the oil lamp flickered, causing the hand that was writing to move very slowly, but the handwriting was extremely neat.

At the end of the font, there are three bold words...End of book.

Ningguang put down the brush, looked up at the expressionless guy beside her, and suddenly said, "Isn't this ending too tragic?"

Su Ping thought for a moment and said, "It seems a bit tragic to die alone on the way home without any relatives around."

What the couple was talking about was the ending of a book, which was "Just At This Time" that Su Ping had promised to complete ten years ago. Due to the rare free time in the past few months, one person talked about it and the other wrote it to the end.

Ningguang raised her eyes, with indescribable tenderness, "Change it?"

Su Ping couldn't see straight, nodded and said, "Change it."

Thus, an extremely tear-jerking and tragic ending, where a person died on the way back home, was changed into a family reunion, everything went well, and all wishes came true!

It is not very realistic and unlikely, but this is the meaning of literary works, to make all the impossibilities in reality possible through writing.

……

After the army retreated, the monsters advanced unhindered, advancing all the way to Liyue Harbor.

However, on the city wall standing outside the harbor, thanks to the persistent shooting of the Guizhong machine replica and the protection of the fairy magic formation outside the wall, it was temporarily safe.

The people in the army were frowning all day long, and the soldiers were sighing among themselves, and there was no sign of the bravery and diligence they used to have.

There are various versions of the description of this period in later generations. Novels and stories are particularly fond of adapting them and letting their protagonists turn the tide.

In reality, there are not so many catapults or gunpowder barrels, no immortals who just returned to Liyue Harbor, and no sleeping Liyue Demon God who has reappeared to destroy the monster army. None of that exists!

Some are just a group of tiny humans who, with their fragile flesh and blood, are trying to reverse the situation and save the eggs from falling.

For many years, there has been no sound of reading, no students reciting poems, and no writing or painting in the school. Ever since Confucius passed away and the war was about to break out, the school no longer looks like a school.

On this day, people came one after another, and there were more than ten or a hundred people, there were a total of three thousand people. It took several hours before they could actually stand in the courtyards of the school, facing the sky.

These three thousand people, dressed in dark blue Confucian robes, with crowns on their heads and swords at their waists, are three thousand Confucian students, standing here just to... serve the country.

"Brother Zeng, the time has come."

The person who was speaking was a Confucian scholar known as "Xiaozi Yuan". The brother Zeng he was referring to was not Zeng Xi, but his son Zeng Shen.

Zeng Shen nodded, and was the first to raise his sword to the sky. His clear voice echoed throughout the courtyards.

"Liyue is facing imminent disaster. Those of us in the Confucian school who wish to save the world from ruin, please raise your swords!"