Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2082 The Great Yan seizes the opportunity to gain an advantage, and the Great Cang divides the world into three.

Inside Gu Fei's tent, a figure stood quietly.

The man was dressed in a black robe, which covered his entire body. He also wore a black mask that obscured his face, revealing only his eyes.

After Gu Fei entered his tent, he was not surprised to find that there were already others in his tent. They bowed respectfully and said, "Reporting to Your Excellency, everything has been taken care of. Jiang Shuihan can no longer be an obstacle for us."

"That's good."

"General Gu has successfully led tens of thousands of Cang soldiers back to Han. Our Great Han will never forget your merits!" the black-clad figure said.

As the place where Luo Wang was first established, Da Cang is also the place where Luo Wang's influence is the strongest. Especially for its most crucial enemy, Zhong Cang, it will naturally have no shortage of overt and covert infiltrations or actions.

The person who appeared in Gu Fei's military tent was none other than Shadow, the confidant and bodyguard of Chen Pingping, one of the two deputy commanders of Luo Wang.

With his strength as a half-step Celestial, Shadow is a top expert within the Luo Wang organization.

Within the Net, there are no beings at the Celestial level. If they need the assistance of Celestials, like Yan Ruohai in Henan, they would have to apply to the Hall of Offerings.

The Luo Wang organization drafted the documents, and Wang Yu was responsible for their approval.

In fact, the Luo Wang organization rarely needs to employ celestial-level experts. After all, how many large-scale operations like the Henan operation can there be?
The demons and monsters are intelligence operatives; martial arts prowess has little impact on their profession.

Although Heavenly Slaughter and Earthly Destruction are primarily for assassination, assassinations don't necessarily require Celestials. Even disregarding the restrictions on Celestials, unimportant figures don't need Celestials for assassination, and important figures are always protected by skilled individuals.

Huangfu Guyuan and Jing Liuyun were almost always within his sight. Ling Donglai was always by Wang Yu's side, as was Han Xin. This time, Wang Yu even arranged for Kunpeng to join them.

True assassins do not rely on brute force.

The most renowned assassins of various dynasties never relied solely on brute force. The one who almost killed Xuanyuan Huang in Da Cang is the most typical example; that one is the epitome of an assassin.

Within the Net, the strongest are those few half-step Celestials: Zhao Gao, Mu Daoren, and Shadow, and there aren't many in total.

As for Mu Daoren, although he was only a late-stage Grandmaster when he first appeared, he is now a half-step Celestial.

Mu Daoren is one of the three giants of Luo Wang, and he controls the Tian Sha Di Jue of Luo Wang. With such a status, how could he lack anything, whether it be cultivation techniques or various resources?

Being in a high position, cultivation techniques or resources will naturally come to him!

Every time the Great Han takes action against the martial arts world, as long as there is a need to use the Net, and when it comes to the various martial arts techniques or skills obtained from those martial arts people or sects, although the Net will hand them over, wouldn't it take a look at them before handing them over?

At the Celestial level, resources are insufficient to advance further! However, for those below the Celestial level, the assistance provided by resources is considerable!

In this respect, the Wood Taoist has a natural advantage.

Even in this respect, the celestial beings in the temple are far inferior to him.

The celestial beings in the Hall of Offerings, if they want to see any cultivation techniques or obtain any resources, in addition to their due "salary," all other extras must be earned through real merit.

After all, the Han Dynasty wouldn't give them away for free! Just because they are celestial beings doesn't mean they should be given away for nothing. Without rules, there can be no order!
But Mu Daoren is different; those under the net will naturally give him what he needs.

Although the celestial beings in the Hall of Offerings are powerful and hold high positions, their positions are merely honorary and they do not actually possess any real power.

But Master Mu truly wields real power, and that power is quite substantial!
Therefore, his martial arts skills naturally progressed by leaps and bounds!

As his old rival, Ximen Chuixue had only progressed from the mid-stage Grandmaster to the late-stage Grandmaster over the years, but Mu Daoren had directly soared to the half-step Celestial.

Of course, their paths diverged. Ximen Chuixue wasn't in a hurry to improve his skill level; instead, he pursued a deeper understanding of the sword. His understanding of the sword transcended his skill level. Ximen Chuixue also had aspirations regarding the Way of Heaven and Man.

However, while Master Mu had some pursuit of martial arts, he wasn't absolutely devoted to it. Furthermore, he wasn't entirely confident about reaching the level of a Celestial Being. Therefore, he focused more on achieving higher realms rather than on profound insights.

Within Henan, Yan Ruohai personally directed operations, while in Guangyin, Chen Pingping tasked his trusted confidants, including Shadow, with taking action.

Chen Pingping and Jia Xu are very similar in one respect: their ability to speculate on human nature and the human heart.

If we were to ask these two to offer advice or strategize in the heat of battle, they might not be able to match the others. Let alone compare to god-level strategists, they might not even be able to surpass peerless masters of the same level.

However, Jia Xu could be unscrupulous at crucial moments, while Chen Pingping, who was used to darkness, was more adept at intrigue and trickery.

And their greatest strength lies in understanding human nature. Not to mention those of the same level, many top-tier strategists might not be able to match them in this regard.

Everyone has their own style and strengths, and when it comes to understanding human nature, that's where Chen Pingping excels.

Gu Fei's display of loyalty might have fooled others, but it did not fool Chen Pingping.

Especially since Chen Pingping was deliberately studying it.

Jia Xu was also skilled at understanding people's hearts, but he didn't study others unless he had the chance. He wouldn't let go of any opportunity to coast along, let alone actively seek out tasks. He didn't have that much information to study other people.

But Chen Pingping was different. As the deputy commander of the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven), especially since he was in charge of the demons and monsters, he was specifically responsible for intelligence and espionage. Studying other people, especially those from enemy countries, was his job.

Furthermore, given the nature of the Net, he also has a wide variety of abundant information that allows him to study the subjects he wants to study.

Apart from Wang Yu, even high-ranking officials like Guan Zhong or Han Xin were not allowed to look at the things within the net without Emperor Wang Yu's permission. Zhao Gao also dared not allow them to see them.

This is the department's responsibility. If others could freely access the intelligence of the Luo Wang organization, things would fall into complete chaos.

However, as one of the three leaders of the Luo Wang organization, second only to Zhao Gao, he naturally had the authority to view all the contents, unlike others.

Among the many generals here, Gu Fei was chosen by Chen Pingping as his target for breakthrough.

Chen Pingping chose Gu Fei, not others, not because he believed those people were more resolute than Gu Fei, but because Gu Fei's status was high enough. Given his position in Guangyin, second only to Jiang Shuihan, this was the only way Gu Fei could be effective.

As it turned out, Gu Fei did not disappoint Chen Pingping.

All those who surrendered combined were not as useful as him alone.

Three days later, under the "voluntary" leadership of General Jiang Shuihan, tens of thousands of Cang soldiers formally surrendered to Meng Tian. The entire army removed their armor and laid down their weapons to demonstrate their sincerity, creating a truly impressive display of force.

From this point on, the resistance forces of the Cang Army in Guangyin were officially and completely disintegrated.

Meng Tian was in charge of posting notices to reassure the people and properly arranging for the surrendered troops, while Xue Rengui was in charge of leading troops to take over the cities of Guangyin.

Meng Tian's contribution in this great battle was already significant. The battle in Dongcang was enough to make Meng Tian the most outstanding figure among the various battlefields of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, even Han Xin's achievements in this battle were not comparable to Meng Tian's, and were far inferior.

The significance and merit of conquering a capital city and destroying Dongcang cannot be compared to a few battles.

As for Xue Rengui, although he had some merit in this battle, it was not outstanding. Therefore, Meng Tian simply gave the credit for taking over the soup and water of those cities in Guangyin to Xue Rengui.

If it were a major achievement, Meng Tian would absolutely not give it up, but he didn't care about such trivial merits. He had already reaped a great reward from this battle.

In this great battle, the Han Dynasty conquered three regions in one fell swoop: Qingbei, Henan, and Guangyin. If they could digest the gains from this battle, their national strength would undoubtedly increase significantly.

When Xuan Yuanhuang from Qingbei received the news that the outcome of the match in Henan had been decided, he remained silent for the entire afternoon.

In this battle, the Han Dynasty certainly won the southern campaign and gained three territories in succession. Moreover, these three territories were among the top in the Great Cang, especially Henan, which ranked first.

However, in fact, the Great Yan also gained a considerable advantage in this battle!
The Great Yan acquired half of Qingnan and half of Heyang with almost no effort.

Although the Great Yan also participated in this battle, its main force did not suffer any losses. Even though Han Xin controlled Qingbei, the losses were only to the remaining troops of Qingbei.

Instead, through this battle, the Han army eliminated the last remaining troops of Dongcang, allowing him to take over Dongcang's territory south of the Yellow River with almost no effort.

Therefore, although the Great Yan and the Great Han were opposing sides in this battle, and Xuanyuan Huang did indeed suffer a defeat at the hands of Han Xin, the Great Yan was not a loser, but also a winner, only not by as much as the Great Han.

In fact, almost a third of Heyang Road is controlled by Zhongcang.

However, Zhongcang's troops in Heyang Road were mostly deployed to the battlefield. At this time, the small portion of Heyang Road under Zhongcang's control was basically at the mercy of Dayan.

In fact, Xuanyuan Huang did just that.

While the battle in Henan was still undecided, he could refrain from taking action against this piece of meat that was already within his grasp. But once the battle in Henan was decided, he immediately ordered his men to take over that small portion of Heyang Province.

When he received the message, the situation in Guangyin was still unresolved, which presented him with an opportunity to strike first. If he waited until the situation in Guangyin was also resolved, it would cause problems for Heyang if they wanted to take advantage of the situation.

However, despite gaining such an advantage for no reason, it still couldn't improve Xuanyuan Huang's mood.

He would rather not have had the chance to take advantage of this opportunity.

The difference in strength between the Great Yan and the Great Han was simply too great after this battle.

Moreover, after this battle, the Great Yan will face the pressure from the Great Han.

The key point is that although they gained a considerable advantage in this battle, the Han Dynasty did not allow them to fully take advantage of the situation.

Ma Qianli from Zhennan was actually released just like that!
Not only Ma Qianli, but Ma Baili has also returned to Lian!

The two most important people in Zhennan are still alive, and although half of the 150,000-strong Zhennan army was lost in Henan, the other half has returned.

As long as Ma Qianli and Ma Baili are around, Zhennan is impregnable, and no one can easily find any flaws.

In this way, if the Great Yan wanted to take advantage of Zhennan later, it would also be unable to do so.

After this battle, Da Cang is basically in a three-way split.

These three are naturally Wang Yu's Great Han, Zhao Kuangyin's Great Song, and Xuanyuan Huang's own Great Yan.

As for Xicang, although there were some unexpected factors, and Zhao Song experienced some twists and turns in the battle with Xicang, Xuanyuan Huang still did not have a high opinion of them.

Those unexpected factors might bring some setbacks to Zhao Kuangyin, but Xuanyuan Huang did not believe they could change the final outcome.

Ultimately, the strength of Xicang was far too weak.

As for Xicang, although it nominally has a young emperor, given his age, isn't he just a figurehead? Aren't the real decision-makers those few ministers?
But can the situation be the same when several people make a decision versus when one person makes a decision?

In critical moments, it can go wrong if several people make decisions instead of one. This is similar to the unreliability of most alliances.

Zhenbei and Zhennan were also not taken seriously by Xuanyuan Huang.

These two companies have the strength, but lack ambition.

Zhennan, in particular, is the one with the least ambition.

Therefore, although the Great Cang still appears to contain six forces on the surface, in Xuan Yuanhuang's eyes, there are actually only three, forming a situation where the three factions divide the Cang.

But ironically, even combined, these two families were nowhere near as powerful as the Han Dynasty.

Just like Cao Wei at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it had already occupied the vast majority of the country.

Their Zhao Song and Da Yan dynasties were equivalent to Shu Han and Eastern Wu at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but they did not have the natural defenses of Shu Han and Eastern Wu.

The situation was somewhat better for the Song Dynasty. In terms of defense, they had a certain geographical advantage, although it certainly couldn't compare to the natural defenses of the Shu Han.

However, compared to the natural barrier of the Yangtze River in Eastern Wu, their Great Yan had virtually no geographical advantage.

How could Xuanyuan Huang feel at ease when he thought about this and the situation after this battle?

(End of this chapter)