775 Cool As A Cucumber (1/2)

”Zhang Huai, don't be so stubborn!”

A powerful and majestic voice spread across the wilderness.

”Ruler Zong Shou is wise and is the hero of our Cloud World, but unfortunately, he is too young and rash, having angered the Taoist Faction. Now that he is about to face his tribulation and he is being attacked by the many sects, he will face the wrath of the saint. At this moment, he is most probably dead. Gantian Mountain is about to be dissolved. You are a real talent, so why be buried along with him? If you are willing to surrender to my Great Yue, I will reward you with half a province of land!”

This place was Huizhou Island, a small city close to the Cloud Ocean known as Shuangtian.

The entire Huizhou was like a ring-shaped island. Although this Shuangtian City was small and not as easy to defend as Seven Cloud Mountain, it was still a core area and an extremely crucial place.

If cavalrymen were sent out, they could cut off all the roads that led toward the core Huizhou land.

This was why to occupy Huizhou without heading from Seven Cloud Mountain in the east, or from the west where Gantian Mountain sent heavy troops to gather, then one had to conquer this city!

However, during these few days, this small city welcomed 1.3 million troops from the South Wind Cloud Continent, blocking this area.

At this moment, Zhang Huai was leisurely sitting on the wall of the city.

He was dressed in scholarly attire and seemed totally out of place amidst the tense and explosive atmosphere.

However, at this moment, each time the 40,000 troops in the city felt nervous, they would all look at Zhang Huai.

As long as they saw that extremely calm body, the uneasiness in their hearts would fade away.

Zhang Huai himself didn't feel anything. He smiled and looked across from himself.

He looked at the middle-aged male in golden armor who held a large spear and gave off an exceptional aura.

This should be the Ruler of Great Yue, the mighty lord of South Wind, the valiant spirit of Yue Dynasty.

But, did he think about persuading him to surrender?

This Shuangtian City had already been trapped for five days now. From the first to the fourth, he had been sieging.

Unfortunately, Kong Yao was prepared in the city, not only having 200,000 Elites in wait, but the City Protecting Spiritual Formation and the city walls were both strengthened. All sorts of artifacts and machinery were all prepared sufficiently.

They suffered heavy losses on the first day, unable to get a step ahead at all. Then, they used strategy to try to persuade the generals within to rebel and collude from the inside.

Zong Shou's tribulation wasn't a secret matter. Everyone also knew about how he offended the Taoist Faction.

There were also people who started to spread secret news about how the Gantian Ruler was facing a calamity and was about to die around Gantian and Huizhou.

They were unable to prohibit it and also couldn't find out where the source came from.

He started new policies within Huizhou and offended too many natives and nobles. As such he was too lazy to clear it all up.

Once these Great Yue troops were forced back, then he would deal with those people.

However, at this moment, there were indeed people whose hearts swayed in Huizhou. The cities in the south mostly surrendered without putting up a fight.

The Great Yue Army was pretty much sweeping across!

This was why he was a little worried those few days that there would be some trouble.

However, the situation was much better than he had expected. These Shuangtian City soldiers all came from Huizhou. 200,000 people were all young strong men who Zong Shou saved from Lianyun Island.

They were also people who benefitted from the land being split up. In the end, they were all unified. Even at the toughest of times, none of them rebelled.

As for the people within the city, these rich people were forcefully moved away a day ago.

Only the loyal and agreeable civilians were left and as such, they were unable to cause many problems.

Yuan Weiling was helpless on this fifth day and so he started to persuade him to surrender.