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On the twenty-seventh day of the tenth ’s Wuwei era, after the recently held military competition, the entire Zezhou main enca had been prepared, news about the enemy was received from the frontlines Northern Han patrols had appeared in the valley to the east of Zezhou

Hearing this news, Li Xian frowned and asked, “Suiyun, ould Long Tingfei launch an attack at this h he mobilizes and attacks Zezhou every year, those attacks would either occur during the spring planting or the auturanaries Isn’t it a bit strange for hiarments draped over ht of the lafei raided Zezhou once As a result, it wouldn’t be strange if he didn’t coy How could he not see our significant hness personally traveled to the Eastern Sea Zhe returned and joined the arhness have both been busy with readying the supplies and organizing the arns all point to the fact that Great Yong intends to fight Long Tingfei definitely has subordinates constantly scouting and spying upon us Now that Qinzhou¹ has seen snow and the weather is turning cold, there is another ood opportunity for us to attack Long Tingfei is likely worried that illThen, before the snow falls, ill destroy their stored grain With this, the follointer will be difficult for Northern Han to endure

“We have a well-trained and powerful ar Tingfei, he will be unable to take care of everything Rather than facing our attacks, he probably concluded that it was best to take the offensive hi the first move After they have retreated, we can only wait until next spring before launching an offensive Further, a few days ago, ere ambushed by Northern Han troops, even if we didn’t take that matter to heart, do you think they will believe that on’t try to take revenge?”

In fact, Li Xian had the sa at me, he replied, “Since that is the case, let us teach the to attack the march² How should we proceed?”

I pointed at Miaopo, close to where the Qinhe and Qinshui Rivers intersected in Qinshui³ I asked, “Your Ihness, how do you feel about this location? Don’t you think this is the perfect place to set an a on the map for some time, Li Xian asked, “Who do you think is the best person to dispatch?”

I softly answered, “No Chi However, the actual commander there will be based upon how tolerant and broadhness is”

Pride flashed across Li Xian’s eyes, as he replied, “This Prince understands your intentions You do not need to worry This Prince will act in accordance with your stratage as my army is victorious, this Prince’s honorable service will be enornition withthe topic, he added, “However, this Prince is worried that they won’t fall into a trap”

I shtly “Miaopo holds all of the provisions for the troops in Zezhou If the ene this location, then aside from a direct confrontation with us, they do not have any chance of success Don’t tell h neither side holds the nu such a force to invade the border, if they cannot steal enough provisions, then even if we fight to a draw, they will have lost Your Ihness, there is no need to worry No fei is, he will not be able to win so easily”

Only then did Li Xian relax Staring at theto the scout reports, the day after next, Long Tingfei’s main force will arrive at Qinze We can properlyh there are some wilderness and hills, it is perfectly suited for two ar and Northern Han would always choose this location to fight”

Li Xian lah the Qinze wilderness brietation and weeds, it was the result of the lands being saturated with the blood of soldiers frofei have fought four times at Qinze Each time, this Prince was only able to barely escape unscathed My Great Yong buried countless loyal and brave warriors there This tifei to experience the pain of losing one of his wings I hope that he is ser expectation”

Having thought this all out, I said, “There is no need for Your Ihness to worry The clues we have left behind are h to allow them to discover that Miaopo is where we store our provisions Moreover, the generals of Northern Han are awfully conceited Even if they discover that so their objectives at any costs However, this time, they will discover that they have kicked an iron plate”

Li Xian sfei was personally leading troops this tienerals orthy of Li Xian’s attention

The autuhed; the brush shook In the ten-li-vast desolate wilderness to the north of Qinze, several of Great Yong’s scouts in yellow light armor were hidden in the hills, focused upon the distant horizon At the foothills, several warhorses were leisurely eating fodder One of the scouts tiredly rubbed his eyes, sore fro into the distance At this very moment, one of his companions shouted out with alarm, “The enemy army has come!”

The tired scout quickly looked up At the horizon, under the backdrop of the dark blue skies, a dark brown crescent line suddenly appeared In only a single breath’s tily clear On the yellow plain, their movement was very rapid After a while, he could see clearly that the line was actually composed of tens of thousands of Northern Han elite horseroup was a noticeable oshawks soaring in the sky above them These were the birds of prey used by the Northern Han arence These scouts very clearly understood that the co and Northern Han shared the sa their personal troops wear red arh both sides wore red, they could easily discern between one another on the battlefield Not only was the armor style different, the Prince of Qi’s troops all wielded lances and pikes, while Long Tingfei’s troops wielded strong bows and sturdy crossbows

Froht before thefei had personally led his army to invade Zezhou In addition, their positions were likely already discovered by the goshawks flying overhead If they were to continue to stay here, they likely wouldn’t survive to return Quietly, theyback to make their report

After a spell, the Northern Han ar, scattered for and turbulent ocean tide rapidly converged With their front shrunk, the aura of the wildly galloping, lightning-like for pressure All those itnessed the to halt their advance, they would be torn to shreds by the advancing crack horsemen When they were several an to slon Afterwards, under the surveillance of Great Yong scouts, they stopped at the foothills Only a hundred or so horseh-ranking own forward, directly galloping up a hill They stopped at the hilltop

The general in the red battle gown raised the visor covering his face, revealing a flawlessly handsome face His deep blue eyes, as deep and hidden as the abyss of the ocean, revealed an intense expression He peered down at these lands soaked with the blood of soldiers of Great Yong and Northern Han That proud figure, which looked at the world with disdain out of the corner of his eyes, seeuards by his side and the tens of thousands of Northern Han troops behind hiazes revealed zealous radiance that seeness to sacrifice their lives for this uards trotted out, sioshawks circling above all swooped down, landing on the left forear Tingfei did not seely completely focused on the field where they would conduct bloody battle After several anized, the otherat attention behind Long Tingfei

Practically all of the Northern Han generals had tall and powerful figures, with heavy, heroic spirits Of theown stood out froh he was eight ht, he did not have an oppressive aura and his face was co that could be seen was his pair of heartless and deep eyes The weapons hanging froer-axes, their entire hafts as black as ink Only the blades glinted with gleams akin to frost and snow From what could be seen, it only felt as if thishis distance froenerals Apart from this, there weren’t any other abnorenerals seemed to cower fro existence in the entire world

Long Tingfei did not turn his head However, he could sense the strange athed softly inside He kneell the exclusion and fear of his subordinates towards the Ghost-Faced General, Tan Ji However, Tan Ji was his indispensable lieutenant As such, he could only wrong these subordinates Long Tingfei had a galaxy of talents under his coluan had died in the Yong capital, the three disciples that the Devil Sect had dispatched—Lu Boyan, Lu Zhongtian, and Lu Shuhan—were all coned, Boulder General Duan Wudi would assuredly and stoutly defend the rear, steadily guarding the Northern Han ar was like a sharp sword, easily capable of striking at the enemy’s weaknesses However, neither of these individuals could compare to the importance of Tan Ji

The Ghost-Faced General, Tan Ji, was originally fro household located in the mountains on the border between Zezhou and Qinzhou In the rain nor paid taxes, having no thoughts about country However, fourteen years ago, during a confrontation between Great Yong and Northern Han, during the execution of an aeneral passed by the aloof Tan fahold In order to eneral hold The htered, aside froathered the collected fur pelts and went into town to purchase a gold hairpin for the woman whom he loved Unable to endure the excite as the Yong arhold However, the powerless Tan Ji could only hide on the ridge, looking on helplessly as his ho that he was powerless to exact revenge, Tan Ji burned down the stronghold Afterwards, he had traversed a craggy mountain path that only hunters knew, and rushed to Qinzhou before the Yong areneral had been surrounded and annihilated by the Northern Han arfei, still a deputy general, gained a new bodyguard