Chapter 264: The invading army reaches the city (1/2)
Chapter 264: The invading army reaches the city
On the vast Four States Lake, a strong breeze blew the mist from the lake, letting a black banner appear in sight.
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
War drums rang like thunder!
With an aura soaring into the sky!
An ice cold pressure seemed to fill the skies over Central State City.Central State City had suffered no dangers in the several hundred years it was established, so seeing this kind of scene made everyone shocked.
Several hundred warships arrived in the docks.In this large fleet of ships, there was at least a hundred thousand troops!
The Central State citizens were terrified.
“It’s the Southern State army!”
“Why did the Southern State army come to Central State for?”
The South State army did not even give time for the people of Central State to react as the deck opened and boats carrying soldiers moved to the shore like a wave of ants.The warhorses neighed and the flags danced as countless cavalry landed on the shore. Almost in an instant, the Central State docks was completely taken over, with countless armoured soldiers with blades flowing like waves towards Central State City.
Had the citizens seen the pressure of an army like this before?
This was a joke fight!The Southern State troops had suddenly appeared and Central State City had made no preparation at all!
Central State City blew their horn and the Central State troops prepared their defenses.Several thousand archers quickly ran to the walls, pointing their sparkling arrows at the slowly approaching Southern State army.
“Stop!”
“If you take another step forward, we’ll shoot!”
The Southern State army completely ignored the Central State soldiers’ warning, as they entered formation in a short period of time.The Central State soldiers all felt tense as cold sweat covered them. Against these prepared invaders, Central State was not prepared at all.If it was a head on collision, Central State’s army could not compare to Southern State’s army at all!
There was no danger around Central State and did not have a large garrison.Most of the soldiers didn’t even have battle experience!
The Southern State troops were not the same.The Southern State army was situated to the south of the Southern Summer Country, with the duty of guarding the border.Whether it was army size or battle experience, Central State could not compare at all. If they really thought, there would be no hope of winning!
At this moment.
A white haired old man riding a griffin flew into the skies above Central State.He quickly flew over the Southern State troops and loudly shouted, “Is the leader of the army in front the Western Marquis, Shangguan Hong?”
“This marquis is here!”The Western Marquis was riding a large Southern Barbarian War Rhino which had a set of heavy armour around it.When he found Gu Qianqiu riding on the griffin, he immediately gave a few loud laughs, “It’s your excellency, the great scholar.I never thought that you would be a step faster than me. Since it’s like this, please help this marquis capture that villain Chu Tian!”
Gu Qianqiu jumped down, fallen several dozen meters down, landing like a bomb on the ground.He completely threw the Southern State knights around him into a mess, “The Western Marquis has brought half of the elite troops of Southern State, this is going too far!Central State is a part of the Southern Summer Country. If you bring a large army into Central State like this and ignite the flames of war, creating a internal struggle, this is going against the laws of the kingdom!”
“The great scholar’s words are wrong.Central State has fallen into chaos and Southern State is here to help, how could this be internal struggle?”The Western Marquis looked at Central State City before pulling out a gold glowing command token from his chest, “Not to mention that I have the command token from the Refined Ruler granted by my king, with the order to capture Chu Tian.With the royal command present, who dares to block me!”
Gu Qianqiu’s frown became even stronger, “Since you have the royal command, why do you need this army?”
“Chu Tian is filled with arrogance and even an imperial envoy was crippled by him.With this kind of wild person, how could he obediently give up. This villain has a strong influence in Central State and if I don’t bring something this serious, I might not be able to pressure him.”The Western Marquis said in a righteous manner, “You should know that Chu Tian secretly swallowed up the three great families. Now that he has made a name for himself, if he stubbornly resists, this marquis can only lead my army to storm through!”
The Western Marquis did not want to listen to this bookworm’s nonsense, “Chu Tian crippling the royal envoy is treason!Listen to my orders and charge in!”
Wu, wu!
The Southern State army sounded their horns.
The army formed several formations as they spread across the plains, preparing their siege weapons, being able to attack Central State City at any moment.The strong pressure was slowly released and crashed down on Central State.
The Central State citizens were scared silly!
The Southern State’s army was very famous among the Southern Summer eight states!
South State bordered the southern barbarians and the Southern State army frequently fought the barbarians, so they had a lot of fighting experience.There were also several battalions formed from barbarians, becoming the only barbarian heavy armoured infantry troop the Southern Summer Country!
The southern barbarians were a branch of humans.
The barbarians were tall and strong, with an average height of two meters.They had pitch black skin, strong muscles, firm bone structure, and a cruel instinct.This was the characteristics of the barbarians.
Even if these barbarians did not cultivate, their body strength alone was equal to a soldier at the 5th Body Refinement Layer.If they did cultivate themselves, they had a terrifying battle strength, so they could become the most powerful heavy armour troop!
The Western Marquis had also brought this barbarian battalion.
They were truly prepared to attack the city!
This was a chance that Western Marquis was waiting for, after all, the Western Marquis’ successor, Shangguan Feichen was half crippled by Chu Tian, so his anger could be imagined.Back in Thunder State, the Western Marquis had wanted to kill Chu Tian, but no one expected Chu Tian to kill the Abyss Demon with an unknown method, becoming the hero of Thunder State.Adding in the Divine Wind Marquis and the Golden Arrow Marquis, the deterrent of the two marquis stopped the Western Marquis from making a move.
Who would have thought that Chu Tian would go and seek death.
He actually crippled the Imperial City envoy!
The Refined Ruler seized this chance to give the Western Marquis this chance.Of course the Western Marquis understood the Refined Ruler’s meaning which was to give him a chance to take revenge.
As for bringing the army to Central State, one reason was to destroy Chu Tian’s influence, the other was occupy Miracle Commerce.
Would the Southern Summer King care about a nameless peasant?
The Western Marquis can blame it on a mistake or on Chu Tian for forcing him to kill him!
Like this, he could solve the hate in his heart!
“Listen closely citizens of Central State City!”The Western Marquis rode his giant barbarian rhino to stand in front of Central State City, wielding a giant brush which he pointed at Central State City as he shouted, “I am Southern State’s marquis, Shangguan Hong.I have led the Southern State elite army here today to catch the villain Chu Tian! The citizens and soldiers of the city are innocent. If you open the door, then this marquis will give you a large reward!”
After saying this, the Western Marquis’ voice turned, becoming sharp and fierce, “If you dare resist, you will be guilty of the same crime as Chu Tian.All the Central State officers cannot escape this responsibility, either being exiled as a light punishment or being beheaded as a heavy punishment. The Central State citizens will also be implicated!”