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Chapter 432: The general trend, all directions are rising (asking for monthly votes)
The Qilin Army followed the defeated Ying State's army and quickly pressed forward to suppress them. With the defeated troops as the vanguard, they successfully penetrated the border of Ying State. However, they did not launch a rash attack at all costs. Instead, they stationed in the city, transported logistical supplies from the rear, and strengthened the city's defenses.

Then, using this garrison as the source, they began to advance forward and steadily occupied the border cities of Ying State. The army's defeat was completely out of control, like an avalanche, and the impact on the morale of the entire army was at the level of collapse.

General Xue was wearing a suit of armor and carrying a Tiger Roaring Spear on his shoulder. He was lazily walking. Although he couldn't continue fighting in his current state, Li Guanyi still asked him to follow him.

Li Guanyi and others knew that General Xue only had the strength to fight one last time.

But Yuwen Lie and He Ruoqinhu didn't know.

As long as General Xue is holding the Tiger Roaring Sky Halberd, the two generals of Ying State will have to be on guard. Even the two of them dare not fight him. General Xue is happy to be here and act as a mascot.

General Xue watched as the flag of the Qilin Army was hoisted on the city wall of Ying State.

This place used to be the outpost of Ying State's attack on the Jiangnan region. It was also the territory that He Ruoqinhu tore from Chen State when he was young. But now it has fallen into the hands of Li Guanyi. His sphere of influence covers an area of ​​100 miles and there are also towns of all sizes.

General Xue asked, "Now that you have let out your last breath, how far do you plan to advance?"

"Are you planning to push forward a few hundred miles?"

Li Guanyi shook his head and replied, "If we go a few hundred miles forward, we will be the only one to go deep into the enemy's territory. If Ying State attacks us, we will suffer a great loss."

His fingers brushed across the feng shui map.

Ying State occupied the Central Plains and the northern region, and at the same time bordered other countries. It even penetrated into the Western Regions and built Xiyi City. At this time, the power of Xiyi City was weakened, and the activeness of Chen State and the Turks on the northern battlefield led to the contraction of Ying State's territory by a hundred miles.

It was like having two pieces of meat cut off from an outstretched arm. The control over Xiyi City had been weakened a lot. At this moment, Ying State, which served as a springboard for invading Jiangnan, was taken over by Li Guanyi.

Jiang Wanxiang has no hope in the world.

Li Guanyi looked towards the previous Central Plains battlefield.

A grand sacrifice was held in the State of Chen several years ago.

When General Yue was rescued, he chose to take away the offensive type of Yue Family Army's heavy cavalry, and left behind the defensive legion to guard the border people of Chen State and resist Ying State.

Previously, Ying State planned to dispatch this part of the army to fight against Yue Family Army and attack Jiangnan. Yue Family Army Corps took advantage of the situation and suppressed and tied down this part of Ying State Army, which allowed Yuwen Lie and He Ruo to capture the tiger and go into battle.

Li Guanyi looked at the area where the Yue Family Army was stationed and said:
"It's time to fulfill the agreement we made a few years ago."

"Let's join forces with Yue's army and fight another wave. Once we have firmly taken over Ying's border defenses, we can stop. War is a battle of foundations. Continuing would be a waste of resources. We would fight Ying to the death with only one area, and use our savings of several years to compete with these two three-hundred-year-old powers."

"So I use my weakness to attack his strength."

"It may not be the case for Chen and Ying."

"We must die."

"The general trend of the world is that those who forget war will be in danger, and those who love war will perish."

"To retreat while the tide is at its peak is the right path."

General Xue looked at Li Guanyi.

Suddenly I felt sad. This kid has changed so much since the first time I met him that it would not be an exaggeration to say that he has turned upside down.

At that time, Li Guanyi was still discussing the general situation of military strategy with him using the military strategy classics he had heard from somewhere, but he was exposed in just a few words.

In just four years, Li Guan's every move was in line with the military strategists' strategy.

Li Guanyi was reading the geomancy map with full concentration. Since he returned to Jiangnan, the Nine Cauldrons have been roaring, and luck has been flowing. He has defeated the enemy army and defeated several people in a row. He is really like a tiger descending from the mountain, with unstoppable momentum.

At this moment, Li Guanyi's own realm was faintly boiling.

Although he was still in the eighth heaven, his every move and gesture inexplicably carried a kind of majestic spirit that made people's hearts palpitate. It was majestic and domineering. General Xue could "smell" this terrifying and majestic aura, grinned, and whispered in his heart:

"…The spirit of the kingly way, or the spirit of the emperor's way."

"The Emperor's aura."

"How could such a freak appear in the White Tiger Sect that has existed for eight hundred years?"

"The feat that the overlord failed to accomplish eight hundred years ago, will it be completed by the descendants today?"

When Li Guanyi personally put on armor and went out for inspection, General Xue was looking at the geomancy map.

The world has now gone through three hundred years of chaos.

The Central Plains was divided into two dynasties, the Southern Chen and the Northern Ying. However, in the past few years, turmoil arose and a piece of territory was torn out by the Qilin Army.

If they were to join forces with Yue's army, the Jiangnan region would have to continue to expand outward and occupy part of Ying State's territory.

General Xue was thoughtful: "The territory of Jiangnan should be able to expand a lot."

"It will take several years to recuperate after that."

"Then, that's..."

His finger moved and landed on the southwest area, looking there. At this moment, starting from the Zhenxixiong City in the western region of the Chen State, along the river system moving from northwest to southeast, Li Guanyi's troops had conquered several cities built along the river.

The general trend is surging, and momentum is building up everywhere.

If the army from the Western Regions and the Southwestern Flying Army form an alliance, and the strategy of the Angry Scale Dragon King and others succeeds, they can occupy all the cities of the State of Chen along the waterway, and Li Guanyi can expand outward, thus truly securing this part of the territory of the State of Ying.

Instead of being pushed back just after taking it down...

General Xue's expression slightly condensed. The world geomancy map that was extremely clear in his memory, one-third from the western region down, would completely turn into red Qilin patterns.

By that time, Ying State occupied the Central Plains area.

The originally vast State of Chen became a narrow territory suppressed from both sides.

The north-south direction is okay.

But the width is totally pathetic.

It just became like a long worm.

According to historical experience, when a country reaches this point, it will probably decline and fall within ten years, unless the enemy country is in trouble or the country itself is in internal turmoil.

Of course, it can at least last for five or six years.

After all, the vast territory is not fake. Even if it is an elite army, if they advance alone into deep territory, the pressure on logistics, civilians, and corvée will be enormous. Yuwen Lie and He Ruoqinhu were at a great disadvantage when they advanced alone into the south of the Yangtze River. The same would be true if Li Guanyi were in their place.

General Xue said to himself: "Divide the world into three parts?"

"No, by then it will rise rapidly, and its territory will even be larger than that of Chen State, approaching Ying State. If that happens, we can choose a time when Ying State has a major national event and have Yue Pengwu's troops withdraw from the battlefield in the northern frontier."

General Xue exhaled a breath, and after a long while, he murmured:

"After that, I won't take action anymore."

In the secret stone of General Xue, the formation was flowing. In the formation, General Xue, who was controlling the mechanical armor, was mumbling. In the secret formation opened up in this secret stone, the black-haired woman looked at him quietly and said, "Why?"

General Xue clapped his hands and sighed, saying:
"The possibility of world unification has emerged."

"It can be seen that the final battle will take place within five years at most. Now it seems that the final battle will be no less fierce than the battle between the Overlord and the Scarlet Emperor. It may be a large-scale battle involving millions of people."

"In the end, Ying and Chen are allies, and Li Guanyi is dealing with the situation of both countries at the same time."

"It is better to defeat Chen State first, then destroy Ying State, and then come slowly."

The black-haired woman said, "It should be the first one."

General Xue said, "Haha, if it's the first one, then wouldn't it be more like the battle with the Overlord Red Emperor back then? Gather all the heroes from other forces to fight against the White Tiger Sect together."

"But I know more than you do."

"If the Emperor of Ying State was still alive, the first change would have occurred, but if he died..."

General Xue was silent for a while, and then said, "No matter what, as long as Li Guanyi takes this final step, the trend of the entire world will change accordingly. He will be the overlord of this era."

"I hate that I was born too late. I couldn't fight the Overlord Scarlet Emperor in 800 years."

"Now that I have been given such an opportunity, how can I not cherish it? Being able to devote myself to such a battlefield, even if there is another battle and then sleeping for a thousand years, I will not regret it at all."

"My last battle should be before the world is unified. This is my last battle."

"However, Li Guanyi will have a few years to recuperate, so there should be no need for me to appear."

"The trend is set. Whether he can succeed or not depends on himself."

General Xue said to himself: "However, the path he took to become a master seems to be vaguely related to the world. If so, then the day when the world is torn apart will be the day for him to break through."

Just two steps left.

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Chen State Frontier——

Han Zaizhong climbed up from his bed, pushed away the body of the concubine's woman on the bed, and walked out lazily with his strong body, wrapped only in a piece of cloth to cover his private parts, basking in the autumn sun and yawning.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the flag with the word "Yue" on it at the military camp. After washing, he put on his armor and went to the army to greet his brothers. There was a man waving a spear in the training ground. He was also a general stationed in the Yue Family Army.

Han Zaizhong looked at it for a moment, gave a thumbs up, and praised:
"Brother, you are wielding a powerful spear today, full of murderous energy!"

The general who was brandishing his spear stopped his troops, looked at him, and said, "You are flirting with other women again. Don't think that you can do whatever you want when General Yue is not around. When we meet up with General Yue one day, the General will investigate and no one will plead for you."

Han Zaizhong laughed loudly and said, "Brother, you are just kidding. I have never violated the military law. I have my own life outside the military camp. However, I am not as vigilant as you."

The general's name was Yang Xingshi. He said in a cold voice, "We have been waiting here for three years since we separated from the commander-in-chief several years ago. Yuwen Lie and He Ruo went to Jiangnan to fight, and we could only contain the group of Yingguo defenders in front."

"I have all the strength in my body, but I can't use it. I just feel suffocated. What else can I do if I don't practice with my spear here?"

Han Zaizhong heard the dissatisfaction in his words and said, "You don't have to use words to squeeze me. Our army occupies this place and follows the military orders of the commander-in-chief to guard the border and protect the people, but we do not respect the imperial order of the State of Chen."

"Earlier, the border troops of Ying State wanted to be transferred to attack Jiangnan. Didn't we go forward and fight them fiercely? But holding them back was the limit. Do you want us to abandon this place and ignore everything and go deep into Jiangnan?"

Yang Xingshi said nothing more.

Some time ago, they were just advancing forward to contain the border troops of Ying State.

The people stationed in the border town were extremely worried. They all came out on the road, holding pots and drinking water, asking, "How can they be brought out by Yue Pengwu after the Yue Family Army has left here and see such a scene?" They sighed and lamented.

Han Zaizhong sighed and also trained his troops in the army, paying close attention to the situation in the world. He was only annoyed that the military order issued by the Marshal when he left that day also restricted them.

Yue's army is stationed here, so we can't move lightly.

But on this day, when Han Zaizhong was resting, he suddenly heard military news. A soldier came running over on horseback, his face flushed, and said, "General, General!"

Han Zaizhong was washing his feet, covering his face with a worn-out military book. He was too idle to fight because there was no battle. When he heard the noise, he kicked the foot basin away, walked out barefoot, and cursed, "What's going on? Why are you so flustered?"

"You don't even follow military law?!"

The soldier was frightened by him, but he was not afraid at all. He just said, "What a great event, what a great event!"

"What big happy event? If there is no happy event, you will drink this basin of foot washing water." Han Zaizhong glared at him and stuffed the dried meat on the table to him. The soldier didn't care to eat, but just said: "Qin Wuhou personally led the army to attack Ying State!"

Han Zaizhong's voice suddenly rose, and he asked, "What did you say?!"

The boots he had just put on were kicked off, and he grabbed the scout and said, "Are you serious?!"

The scout replied, "It is absolutely true. The border of Chen State that He Ruo captured back then has been occupied by Qin Wu Hou himself, and his army is powerful and is heading in our direction."

Han Zaizhong's eyes lit up and he said in ecstasy, "Good, good, good!"

The scout laughed and said, "General, you don't want me to drink the foot washing water, do you?"

Han Zaizhong laughed: "Boy, why are you so upset about a joke? Do you want me to drink your foot washing water before you can let it go?"

The scout said, "How can that be possible?"

Han Zaizhong glared at him, kicked him to the ground, cursed him with a smile, and hurried to find Yang Xingshi. The latter also came to find him. The two of them summoned all the middle and high-level generals of Yue Family Army to discuss with each other.

Marshal Yue had previously sent a message asking them to go and help Li Guanyi, but they never expected that before they could figure out how to help, the Qilin Army came out on their own and even took a big bite of the Ying State's border.

Ying Guo is like a tall man trying to bully a little kid.

However, he didn't expect that the little kid had already grown up, and kicked Ying Guo back so hard that all his bones were broken.

The generals and counselors of Yue's army talked endlessly with each other but could not come up with a good implementation plan. Some thought that this was a very good opportunity and immediately sent troops to encircle Ying State from the front and back together with the Qilin Army to strike hard at Ying State.

Destroy and expel the Ying State's own vital forces in this area.

To ensure that after Tiance Prefecture occupies 300 miles of Ying State’s border, it will not be beaten back by the enemy in a few days.

In the end, the two sides continued to fight.

However, in the eyes of Yang Xingshi and others, being able to achieve this step was also a great victory, which meant that the battlefield of the competition between Ying State and Jiangnan was placed within the territory of Ying State. At worst, they could fight within Ying State.

In the end, Jiangnan took the initiative and gained the advantage.

Another group of generals agreed with this conclusion, but opposed Yue's army's all-out attack.

"If we leave, it won't be difficult to join the Qilin Army to attack the Ying Kingdom together. But once we leave, it will be equivalent to completely betraying the Chen Kingdom. What will happen to the people in the cities where we are stationed?"

"But, once you lose an opportunity, it will never come back. If we don't go to support them, and wait until the Qilin Army's spirit collapses and Ying State reacts, what will happen? The next time the Qilin Army has a chance to go deep into our territory may be a few years later."

"So for the sake of this victory, you're not going to care about the people?"

"This is how Marshal Yue taught you?!"

"Bullshit, who wants to abandon the people?"

"Marshal Yue didn't teach you to be timid!"

These warriors started arguing with each other.

Without General Yue's pressure, they would not become enemies, but it was too normal for them to curse each other when they didn't like each other. Han Zaizhong picked his butt, put it under his nose and smelled it, wondering whether he had wiped it clean when he went to the toilet today.

I pinched my fingers and felt that the quarreling of these brothers was boring.

Yang Xingshi on the other side stood with his back straight. He had a grudge against General Yue, but in the end he joined Yue's army and became the commander-in-chief. He was the most staunch supporter of General Yue's ideas and believed that the people should not be abandoned.

Military exploits can be gained again, and opportunities for war can be found again.

Qin Wuhou is young and brave, and he still has a chance in the future. But once Yue's army leaves, what should the people in the city who are left behind Yue's army do when they are angered by the State of Chen?
Do we have to gamble on Chen Dingye's conscience?

Han Zaizhong felt a headache after hearing this. The generals slammed the table. The imperial edicts were placed on the table. Han Zaizhong took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him and said that he had a stomachache and was going out to relieve himself.

Yang Xingshi asked: "What did you eat? Did you get an upset stomach?"

"Are you looking for a chance to slip away?"

Han Zaizhong said confidently: "I just swallowed a basin of foot washing soup."

Yang Xingshi almost laughed out of anger when he heard his nonsense. He had no choice but to let the rough man leave. However, he did not notice that Han Zaizhong took all the imperial edicts away when he left. The big man, who was of a high rank in the army, squatted there, unfolded the imperial edict, and frowned:
"What is this? What are these?"

"Promote him, increase his official position, increase his treatment..."

"Tsk, are you going to confer the title of Duke on General Yue? A king of a different surname is also OK?"

"What did you do early?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, Chen Dingye's Duke, Chen Dingye's king of a different surname."

"Isn't this the same as the King of Hell's Book of Life and Death? If you go up there, you'll die."

Han Zaizhong flipped through the twelve volumes of imperial edicts, which were all good words and promises. He curled his lips and said, "Why does His Majesty always talk in his sleep? Now he knows how to say good words. Why is it that each volume of imperial edicts is more decisive than the last?"

"I'm afraid I know I'm going to die."

Han Zaizhong's stomach was really rumbling, so he went to squat in a pit. He forgot to bring anything to wipe it, so he took the imperial edict and wiped it clean, threw it into the pit, pulled up his pants, and said, "Really, these guys are too rigid about the rules. They might as well listen to me."

He rode his horse and galloped all the way through the army back to the Biancheng Fortress, and went to the government office. It was the memorial that Lu Youxian had written to Chen Dingye before his death, asking Chen Dingye to pay attention to Yue's army.

The military supervisor here is an uncle of the Chen royal family.

He also stationed Yue's troops in the city and placed various bureaucrats and trusted cronies in control.

Han Zaizhong sang a fat promise and entered. The emperor's uncle was sitting upright, surrounded by guards. Seeing that Han Zaizhong came alone, without a soldier or armor, he relaxed and asked, "General Han, why are you here today?"

Han Zaizhong said directly: "I plan to come and seek refuge with you, uncle."

Chen Xinghuai was surprised and asked, "Oh?"

Han Zaizhong said, "I was really annoyed by the quarrels of these soldiers. Suddenly, I remembered that you promised that as long as we come here, we can have whatever we want, right?"

"I just happen to have something that I really want."

“Those who want it are crazy.”

Han Zaizhong is a talented general in Yue's army. If he can surrender, it will be a great contribution. Chen Xinghuai was overjoyed and said, "Haha, that's right. I wonder what General Han wants?"

Han Zaizhong said: "Ask the emperor's uncle to borrow something to persuade the brothers."

Chen Xinghuai said proudly: "What do you want to borrow? Just tell me!"

Han Zaizhong said, "Uncle Emperor, look..." He moved forward and tried to take something out of his arms. Chen Xinghuai looked and suddenly saw that the man turned over his hand and found a short sword. Chen Xinghuai's face suddenly changed, and before he could react, Han Zaizhong stabbed him with the sword.

"I'll lend you your head and your city."

Chen Xinghuai's face changed drastically.

A great war broke out, and the atmosphere was full of arrogance.

A moment later.

When Han Zaizhong entered this magnificent courtyard, he was neat and tidy. When he came out, his sleeves were stained with blood. He was seriously injured from the sudden attack. However, this brave warrior was already in a murderous mood.

He rushed straight into the government office. A famous general, also the defender of the city, went in alone and went crazy. The city was not prepared enough for him.

Within an hour, all the officers who had put Chen Dingye in charge of Yue's army and who had checks and balances were killed. Their sleeves were stained with blood. The defenders in the city were all terrified and frightened by Han Zaizhong's head, so they had to surrender.

If they did not surrender, they would be punished for dereliction of duty. The generals of Yue Family Army were summoned. When they arrived at the city, they saw Han Zaizhong eating heartily, with a pile of human heads on the table next to him.

Yang Xingshi and other generals all changed color.

Han Zaizhong stood up and said, "You guys are arguing about whether to fight or not, whether to retreat or not. It's really unpleasant. Why can't you have both?"

"The people must be protected!"

"This dog from Ying country must be beaten!"

"Since the people of this city will be humiliated if we leave, why don't we just take the city and the people with us? Since we are going to rebel, why not do it in a smooth way?"

"We will take the city and the people with us and return to Jiangnan. Since we are going to bet, let's go all in! A big bet!"

"It also makes Jiangnan look magnificent, and it can be regarded as a token of my loyalty!"

"I have killed all these people, Chen Laogou's confidants. If the Marshal investigates them one day, I will bear all the responsibilities. Today, I have only one thought for you all."

Han Zaizhong stood up, clasped his hands, and looked at me with a fiery look in his eyes: "We have been waiting here for too long. If we continue to wait, our swords will become dull and our horses will become tired, and we will really not be able to fight anymore!"

"Gentlemen."

"Cross the river!"

“Cross the river!!!”

At this time, in the Ying State court.

The front-line battle report finally arrived here and fell into Jiang Wanxiang's hands.

And this king is already old, but his vitality is like a candle in the wind.

Saw the battle report of the great defeat at the front.

(End of this chapter)