My Cultivation Starting from Archery-Chapter 323 - 160: Crown Prince Rebels

"General Deng!"

As they watched him being taken away, both soldiers and civilians almost unanimously exclaimed.

"General Chen!"

"Those who surrender will not be killed; you said it yourself... But please, please do not harm General Deng’s life!"

"Indeed!"

"General Deng’s honor reaches the skies, ever since his arrival in Lai State, who knows how many good deeds he has done!"

"..."

"Shut up, all of you!"

Sha Wenlong cursed impatiently, "Whether he lives or dies, is it up to you to discuss?"

"Cui Congyi, Sha Wenlong!"

Chen Sansi gave his orders, "Now that Zhaotong has surrendered, there’s no need to worry about our rear, I command Cui Congyi to lead the Hu Ben Army to Green Ridge Mountain to set up camp and intercept the Qing Country reinforcements from Green Ridge Mountain. Sha Wenlong, take three thousand men and station the surrendered soldiers at the camp thirty miles outside the city. Without my orders, you are not permitted to enter the city! Additionally, Princely Heir Cao Fan, take more than twenty cavalrymen and return quickly to Yong Yue Prefecture to report back to Meng Dashuai, the rest shall stay in the city on standby with me! Oh, and leave Deng Feng in the city as well."

"By your command."

Cui Congyi left reluctantly with his orders.

"Not allow me into the city?"

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Sha Wenlong cursed inwardly but had no choice but to comply.

He and Cao Fan came to the city gates when suddenly, Sha Wenlong voiced his concerns with some unease, "Young Master, with Chen’s arrangement, giving you just over twenty cavalrymen to return to Yong Yue Prefecture, could it be that he has some ulterior motive?"

Startled by this suggestion, Cao Fan felt a chill, "Could he?"

"Why couldn’t he?"

Sha Wenlong lowered his voice and analyzed, "By arranging things this way, he clearly wants to split us up!"

"No harm!"

A shadow emerged slowly from the darkness.

Pei Tiannan bowed and said, "Young Master, I will personally accompany you back to Yong Yue Prefecture to report."

Cao Fan asked, "What about the matters in the city?"

"Just an incense burner."

Smiling Tiger Pei Tiannan said with a smile, "Leave the collection to Yun Xiaozi and the others; as for other matters, in my opinion, it’s not easy to act on Zhaotong Prefecture now, better choose elsewhere!"

"That would be the most prudent approach."

Sha Wenlong agreed, "Then let it be so!"

Soon, everyone took their respective places.

Cui Congyi led the Hu Ben Army as the vanguard directly towards Green Ridge Mountain; Sha Wenlong oversaw the surrendered soldiers outside the city, unable to enter without an order; Cao Fan, meanwhile, led twenty men towards Yong Yue Prefecture.

Chen Sansi watched with his own eyes.

In the departing troop of Cao Fan, there was a powerful and overwhelming aura.

Who else could it be but Martial Saint Pei Tiannan, aside from that eunuch surnamed Feng who was also in the troop?

That is to say, now only two Taoists from Ci Yun Temple might still be lurking in the city, not yet gone.

According to memory.

These two old Taoists, one strong and one weak, one in the Meridian Passage Realm with incense magic skills and purple mystical energy of average level, the other in the Hua Jin realm with thin mystical energy of incense.

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After setting up the military forces within the city,

Lai Zi slipped away quietly, heading straight for the Guanyin Temple in Zhaotong Prefecture.

...

Yong Yue Prefecture.

King Tang Li Gong in full armor, two thousand Iron Cavalry ready for battle inside the city.

In addition, more than thirty thousand foot soldiers were ready for deployment.

The war drums shook the earth and the skies while shouts and calls of battle rose and fell.

The Deputy General hurried over, "Prince! Great news, Meng Quji and his men outside are starting to retreat, even leaving behind many siege weapons and supplies!"

"Good! Keep scouting and report back! The moment they retreat, we’ll strike like thunder from the city and pursue them!"

Li Gong raised the General’s Sword high, about to issue a command, when a Black Hawk descended in a spiral to alight on his arm.

"This..."

"Is it a message from Deng Feng? Why would he send a message at this time, is there anything urgent?"

He opened the letter.

Inside were a few lines of hastily written, almost scribbled text, written urgently enough that instead of ink, it was in blood.

"Deng Feng incompetent, fear Zhaotong Prefecture City cannot hold, Deng can only die to apologize for his failure, please, Prince, be cautious in your actions."

Overrun?

After reading the content, Li Gong’s ears rang incessantly as if a venomous bee had burrowed into his mind, his expression fluctuating erratically, "Overrun? What nonsense is Deng Feng talking to me, wasn’t everything still alright yesterday? How could Zhaotong Prefecture be breached overnight?"

"What?"

The Deputy General was shocked, "Prince, how could this be possible? A single night, unless... unless the city walls have collapsed..."

"Or!"

Li Gong’s eyelids twitched, "He surrendered!"

"That’s even less likely!"

The Deputy General holding the blood letter, "If he had surrendered, why would Deng Feng even say he needs to die to apologize?"

"Report——"

"Prince!"

"Intelligence from the other Prefectures has arrived!"

"Last night, turmoil erupted within Zhaotong Prefecture City, General Deng, despite his best efforts, was unable to quell the disturbances and was... captured alive by Chen Sansi, and is now detained by the military!"

"The Eight Prefectures also say that if no reinforcements come, they are prepared to surrender as well."

"Dare they speak to me like this? Damn scoundrels!"

Li Gong struggled to control his emotions, almost roaring, "The Main General has not surrendered, yet chaos breaks out within the city first, are we overestimating Deng Feng’s capability, or does the one surnamed Chen have some sort of devilish spell!"

"Prince, calm your anger!"

The Deputy General felt helpless, "What shall we do next? If Deng Feng falls, the rest of the Eight Prefectures are bound to follow suit like the previous Twenty-Seven Prefectures, and we’ll be left an isolated city..."

"Panic for what! The Emperor is on his way!"

Li Gong was after all a grand commander, quickly regaining his calm and judging swiftly, "Moreover, I’ve just received news that those scoundrels from Nanxu Country, without our consent, have already entered the territory of Daqing."

The Deputy General heard this and his face filled with loathing, "Those bastards from Xu Country, really like blood-thirsty wild dogs!"