My Cultivation Starting from Archery

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"There's a warrior almost on par with the Martial Saints, ripping people in half with his bare hands, fierce and invincible!"

"And then there's that Chen Sansi!"

"He holds the Heavenly Book he obtained from the Red Eyebrow Army back in Ming State!"

"He can summon Heavenly Thunder!"

"At that time, hundreds, even thousands of lightning bolts struck down!"

"They directly killed several thousand people!"

"..."

"Enough!!!"

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Fan Shuzhen himself began to feel somewhat afraid.

If what these captains said was true, then Hu Lao Pass might well have more than thirty thousand defenders.

How could this be possible?!

And who was this hand-to-hand combat expert?

Someone dispatched from the Capital City of Dasheng?

It was indeed quite possible for the Capital City to be hiding such powerful warriors.

Additionally...

It was the Heavenly Thunder!

Even that seemed a bit too exaggerated.

If someone could actually control Heavenly Thunder, what was the point of fighting? They might as well retreat!

"Military advisor!"

Fan Shuzhen said anxiously, "How credible is what they say?"

"The Heavenly Book..."

Ran Jingxuan became serious: "How did we all overlook this point."

"You mean it's all true?"

Fan Shuzhen hurriedly said, "That Chen Sansi can summon Heavenly Thunder and kill thousands of people? Do we need to fight at all then?"

"Killing thousands might be an overstatement, at most a few hundred,"

Ran Jingxuan analyzed, "Moreover, I speculate that it can only be used during a stormy night, and there must be other restrictions; otherwise, they would have taken the initiative to kill us already."

"To summarize,"

"It's that the number of generals inside Hu Lao Pass is incorrect, and the number of troops might exceed three thousand."

"I'm afraid there might be more than eight thousand."

Fan Shuzhen snorted, "It seems Li Gong is trying to trap us!"

"Don't worry!"

Ran Jingxuan advised, "Let's question Li Gong one more time. Additionally, if we still have spies or in Yong Yue Prefecture, we should find a way to verify with them how many troops are actually in Hu Lao Pass." Read latest stories on My Virtual Library Empire

"What about my younger brother?"

Fan Shuzhen said anxiously, "My younger brother has gone missing, and there is a high chance he was captured. What should we do?"

The Fourteenth Son, Fan Jiuxiao, wasn't particularly high in cultivation.

But his mother's family held an extremely high status!

If Fan Shuzhen wished to seize power in the future, he would need the support of his younger brother's family. Now that he had brought them out, losing their life would mean losing a significant ally.

"Military advisor!"

"What do we do! We can't just sit around doing nothing, can we?!"

"..."

Ran Jingxuan pondered and finally resolved, "The situation in Lai State has stabilized, and we've absorbed over twenty thousand soldiers from Qing Country. We still have an army of one hundred and eleven thousand, four Mystical Phenomenon Generals. Even if there are five thousand troops and two generals inside Hulaoguan, the gap between us on paper is still significant. With steady advancement, the impact is not large."

What Heavenly Book.

Even if it's useful, it's ultimately limited.

That won't bluff me.

If it were so exaggerated, the Red Eyebrow Army wouldn't have been defeated by just over a thousand men last year.

Of course...

It is indeed troublesome.

What follows is nothing but more cautious action.

"Lord Eight, send the commands."

Ran Jingxuan said, "Let General Peng go first to probe; it would be best if we could retrieve the Fourteenth Prince. You and I shall set off immediately to deploy troops, one hundred thousand strong approaching Hu Lao pass to exert pressure on them, absolutely not giving them any more opportunities!"

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Yong Yue Prefecture.

"Good!"

Meng Quji, upon receiving the latest intelligence, exclaimed loudly, "Outside Hulaoguan, General Fang and Vice General Chen joined forces, one thousand five hundred men utterly defeating ten thousand of the Enemy Army, capturing alive the Fourteenth Prince of Nan Xu, Fan Jiuxiao!"

"With this, we can at least stall them for another ten days or so!"

"Indeed, who would have thought that when these two brothers-in-arms joined forces, they would create such an effect."

Zhan Taoming, mixed with worry, remarked, "The situation is still not optimistic though.

Our previous small victories were because Fan Shuzhen and others were busy fighting a battle of wits with Li Gong, trying to control the situation in Lingzhou. Therefore, the vanguard only set up camp and there were no generals in charge.

"In plain terms, it was an internal conflict."

"Now, as Lingzhou is thoroughly under Nan Xu's control, it means the internal conflict has ended."

"Their four Mystical Phenomenon Generals will come out in their full strength. Even with Deng Feng, I fear it will be quite difficult to withstand them for a long time."

"Indeed, that's why we too must hasten our pace."

Meng Quji stuffed his mouth with several bites of Beast Meat, "Prepare more golden liquid for me, add more poison to it. We'll continue the siege tonight. Even if we can't kill Li Gong, I'll disgust him to death!"

"Yes!"

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"Meng Quji!"

Li Gong roared as he left the city wall.

His Armor was stained with golden smears of an unidentified substance, emitting a foul stench all over him.

This bastard!

He actually took the risk of getting himself injured, shattered the Protective Gang Qi in a short time, and then poured a bucket of the golden liquid. Although the Mystic Iron Armor protected him, it was still utterly revolting!

"Wait until I get my hands on him, I'll start by twisting off his head to use as a piss pot!"

"..."

Deputy General Liu Huanrong unconsciously kept his distance, "Prince, the vanguard unit of Nan Xu has been defeated near Silver Pine Cliff, and Vanguard General, Fourteenth Prince Fan Jiuxiao, was even captured alive..."

"Waste of space!"

Li Gong scolded, "I've told them not to focus solely on Lingzhou, and now they've given Fang Qingyun and his men a chance to exploit!"

"Indeed, the number of casualties isn't too large, after all, we've replenished their ranks with twenty thousand men, bringing our forces up to over one hundred and eleven thousand."

Liu Huanrong said in confusion, "The key issue is, where did they get another Mystical Phenomenon General from Great Success?"

"Who knows!"

Li Gong was also puzzled, "I guess it was someone secretly sent by the Crown Prince of Sheng Country after coming to the border, that definitely couldn't have been from the Profound Image Realm Great Success!

"The number of martial artists in the Profound Image Realm Great Success is all known, each with their assigned position. They're deployed to the east, south, north, and west. How can they manage if they're all called here!"