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Chapter 43 Xuanwu!

The world's most famous general, ranked 34th.

The Southern Dynasty was number one in land warfare.

Holding a double-dragon halberd, he can kill a martial arts master within thirty-three steps.

He led an army of halberd soldiers who were able to kill cavalry with infantry and was brave and fearless. He was invincible and together with the Modao army of the Guanzhong nobles of Ying State, they dominated the north and south. However, such a brave general betrayed his own soldiers and became a big thief.

"Over the Thousand Peaks..."

In the quiet room, the elegant old man murmured the name, his tone contained murderous intent and confusion.

"The tribe of Yue was settled in the border areas, and the emperor's brother was the general who suppressed them. After several attempts to tame them, they were rewarded with both kindness and force, and they all became obedient. Only Yue Qianfeng was the only one who resigned from his post, abandoned his troops, and rushed into the border like a mad dog."

"What happened to Xiao Wuliang?!"

"He and the Luzhou Sword Immortal attacked together before, and actually allowed Yue Qianfeng to survive!"

Someone bowed his head and answered: "... General Xiao said that General Yue..."

He paused and said, "Yue Qianfeng's body has already reached great perfection. When the Red Dragon Dharma Form erupts, it can burn mountains and boil rivers. He is also intercepting in secret, so he has no way to bring his subordinates with him. In a one-on-one situation, Yue Qianfeng is no match for him, but it is not difficult for him to leave."

"The swordsman of Luzhou has unparalleled sword energy, and can split mountains and seas. But that warrior has been the first to reach the enemy 17 times, killed eight generals, and captured the flag three times. With his pair of halberds, he can take the enemy's head from the midst of thousands of troops as easily as taking something out of a bag. He is wearing the soft armor bestowed by the late emperor, and he survived."

The elegant old man slammed his fist on the precious table and shouted angrily, "Ridiculous!"

"He used the precious armor bestowed by the late emperor to rebel against our court. What kind of traitor is he!"

"Xiao Wuliang can lead seven riders to charge into battle, and can kill the strongest archer of the Turks by throwing his hand cones."

"How many warriors today are stronger than him? This is the second time. Ten years ago, when he led the Night Cavalry, he let that weak woman and a child survive. Ten years later, he can't even stop Yue Qianfeng?"

"Ten years ago, he was 23 years old. It can be said that his skills were not yet fully developed, so he had someone to help him."

"Ten years later, at the age of thirty-three, he still doesn't have enough power?!"

"He is secretly disobeying! He relies on his martial arts skills!"

"Has he forgotten who promoted him back then?"

The man who responded bowed his head and said, "General Xiao Wuliang said that he was guilty of not completing the Prime Minister's request."

"I beg you to remove his position and transfer him to the border to serve as a soldier."

"Guarding the border gate for the country."

The elegant old man froze for a moment, and was speechless in the end. He waved his sleeves and cursed: "You bastard, don't you know that the world's major events are in the capital and in the hands of the ministers? In this thousand-year-old family, you keep talking every day, just wanting to go to the border and lead troops to fight."

"You know that it is the people who suffer in war, and you know that military tactics have been dangerous weapons since ancient times, and sages only use them when they have no choice? At the age of thirty, he is still as anxious as when he first went to the battlefield."

He calmed down and looked at the scroll of the world situation that was opened on the desk in front of him.

The description of Chen State is the most detailed, while the descriptions of the other states are only rough.

He stared at the border between Ying and Chen.

After the man surnamed Yue was suppressed and returned, the State of Ying became friendly with the State of Chen and started mutual trade.

Two months later, the State of Chen held a grand ceremony to worship its ancestors, and the second prince of the State of Ying, Jiang Guang, also came to congratulate.

However, the Ying State also deployed 30,000 Tiger Cavalry at the border.

The subordinates of Yue Family Army were also there across the river, checking and balancing each other. This also forced the veteran generals of Yue Family Army to stay there and unable to come back to rescue their commander. However, they never expected that there was actually a reckless man who didn't care.

Since ancient times, most brave generals have had such character. Otherwise, they would not be so brave and disregard life and death.

The Ying and Chen states made peace briefly, and General Yuwen of Ying transferred part of his troops and led his army north to expel the Turks. The Tuyuhun were resisted by the nobles of Longyou and Guanzhong, and had no time to attack the Chen state. The general situation in the world had entered a stable state, and there was peace under the checks and balances of all parties.

It is also the perfect world judged and deduced by the ministers in the court.

But, it's different now.

A top-notch general turned his troops around and drove into the territory of the State of Chen like a spear.

Yue Qianfeng's several appearances have led to several secret changes, the interception of the masters in the martial arts world, and the deployment of Xiao Wuliang, the most powerful general of the State of Chen. Jiangzhou was briefly in turmoil, which also led to the surrounding areas having to recall their troops to try to intercept Yue Qianfeng.

He had to adopt a completely conciliatory policy towards the other generals of Yue's army.

The Ying State Tiger Cavalry and the famous Shangzhu State, Ying State Enemy-breaking General, were stationed there. In order to stop Yue Qianfeng, the troops could only be transferred from the northwest, which led to Tuyuhun's eagerness to attack Chen State.

The Turks were waiting for Ying State to see whether it would take advantage of the changes in Chen State to adopt other strategies.

The old man had a sharp eye and could tell at a glance that the key to the world's fate rested on Yue Qianfeng.

If he succeeds in breaking through the imperial city gates, the border troops will be withdrawn to suppress him...

The old man clenched his fist in anger.

"Fool, idiot!"

"He is as stupid as an ox."

"This is what is called a famous general in the world."

"A bunch of unbridled wild horses, devouring their masters at will, as long as they go crazy and don't care about their own lives, they are enough to stir up the world's great changes. They sound like the most important weapons of the country, but if they don't respect the king, they are nothing but traitors and rebels!"

The old man said: "The troops at the border must not move any further. I have written a letter to invite the prince to come."

"Order the defenders of Guanyi City to mobilize the soldiers from the other border cities to form a siege. No matter what Yue Qianfeng wants to do, he must be stopped and killed!"

"Order the border guards to contact the Tanguts, give them a thousand gold coins and silk, and invite them to the court to meet with the emperor."

"The daughter of the right prince of Tuyuhun loves jade and sent a beautiful jade, and the beauty went to congratulate her."

The old man issued one order after another to stop Yue Qianfeng from stirring up trouble. He was old but steady.

When he picked up the pen to write the letter, his expression was calm, as if he could control the situation in the world. But then someone came quickly. It was a eunuch in the palace. He said hurriedly, "Sir, the emperor got a painting of a peaceful landscape. The ministers in the court cannot appreciate it. The emperor is angry about it."

The official who had just reported the important matter frowned and scolded: "Ridiculous, the Prime Minister has a great..."

The old man shouted, "Ridiculous!"

The official was about to respond when the inkstone hit him on the forehead, making his eyes dizzy and his forehead bleeding.

The elegant old man put down his pen, walked hurriedly to the eunuch, held his arm, and said:
"This is a big deal. No one can see the great work of a saint."

"Although I am stupid, I am willing to take a look."

"Please show me the way."

The official from the Ministry of War sat on the ground, covering his forehead, in a daze.

The old man, wearing a scarlet official uniform and a jade belt, walked away quickly. The young official looked at the scroll that represented the general situation of the world and wrote only a few sentences. The old man's back could no longer be seen. All that could be seen was the night sky, with the wind rising and the clouds hanging high. If that General Yue Qianfeng really rushed through the city gate and reached the capital of Jiangzhou.

In other words, the whole world knows that General Yue Qianfeng seems to be planning to attack the city gate. Is this really his plan?

He looked at the clouds moving in the sky, covering the bright moon.

"The sky is going to change..."

………………

In the secret realm.

Facing the questions raised by General Xue.

Li Guanyi reluctantly responded with some of the allusions he knew before, such as the Art of War. General Xue shook his head and said indifferently: "You are just talking big. The battlefield is not that simple. You have never been on the battlefield. The words you said are what all students of military strategists say, but they don't understand the mystery."

"Well, it's just correct nonsense. You just repeat it. It's well said. Don't say it next time."

"Avoid the strong and attack the weak, how do you know what is strong and what is weak; know yourself and know the enemy, how do you know what you know is true and false? The five virtues of a general, how to conduct, how to train soldiers, how to form a battle array, how to connect the spirit of weapons, how to make soldiers have the mind of death and not the mind of victory, so as to win the battle?"

"Which place can we set up camp in the mountains and rivers? How can we take advantage of the weather and storms to attack?"

"If a general in the army is disloyal, how can we suppress him? If a general in the army is defeated, what should we do?"

"There are thirty-two methods of using spies and sixteen methods of killing spies. What are they?"

"How to identify the enemy's spies and how to use them in the opposite direction. There are thirty-six basic battle formations. These are just the skills of a military strategist before a battle. Only when you have mastered these can you be considered a general and be qualified to bear the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and your country."

"Only those who have a long-term vision and are able to plan the overall military situation, rather than just the battle formation, can be considered a famous general. However, you are just a parrot. How could there be someone like you among my juniors? Has the Xue family stopped studying military books?"

General Xue seemed to begin to doubt his descendants, but his eyes were mostly full of mockery and joking.

Li Guanyi twitched the corner of his mouth.

The divine general picked up his writing brush and wrote a number on the young man's forehead.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he said: "But fortunately, it seems that my preparations have not been in vain."

"I'll tell you how to solve various situations."

He began to talk about the cavalry tactics and the crescent-shaped impact formation. After a full hour, the young man surfaced. Yaoguang, who was reading a book, saw Li Guanyi fall onto a rock.

Yaoguang said in a calm voice: "You look very tired."

Li Guanyi covered his forehead.

Thinking about how exhausted he was just now, General Xue kept explaining and deducing the battle formation.

Complex, meticulous and systematic.

"I feel that the knowledge of military tactics entered my mind in a despicable way."

Li Guanyi entered into a regular life. He practiced archery and martial arts during the day, and went out of the city to the secret realm to practice in the afternoon. He wanted to obtain the starlight to cleanse his foundation and prove the best method of entering the realm, so he had to come. And every time he finished a battle, took the elixir, and his body was tired.

God Xue will unilaterally force him to learn all the military tactics.

"Overview of Battle Formations", "Essence of Military Strategy", "Military Canon", "Grassroots Strategy", "General's Garden", "On All Matters", "Six Strategies and Three Strategies", "The Art of Naval Warfare"... Li Guan had a photographic memory of all kinds of military books, and he had a quick mind and could draw inferences from one example. So General Xue increased the difficulty of teaching him.

Every time he defeated someone, he would teach him the military tactics and strategies that this person had mastered five hundred years ago.

It has to be defeated by Li Guanyi.

Such days can be considered fulfilling. More than ten days passed, and Li Guanyi still didn't know what the use of this kind of teaching was. But one day on his way back, he raised his head and glanced at the city defense, and was slightly startled, and naturally came to a conclusion in his mind.

The city defenses were tightened.

Even the replacement city gate guards were elite soldiers who had experienced real battles, were good at infantry combat, and were equipped with bows and crossbows with a staggered shooting method.

It is a defense used to deal with the sudden intrusion of a strong infantry fighter.

If the city gate is used as the benchmark, there should be a general not far away. Well, although these people are dressed simply, they should be special soldiers holding iron chains and hooks to trip horses. They are a very solid defensive type.

When Li Guanyi walked into the city, he realized what judgment his brain had made.

His face looked heavy, and he put his hand to his forehead.

He was happy at first, but then confused. He was happy that General Xue had taught him and he had undergone such a transformation. But he was shocked and confused. A big city like Guanyi City had such good defenses. Did that mean someone was going to attack the city?

Who is so crazy?

In this case, he had to take his aunt to the Xue family first. Li Guanyi made a decision and went to the Xue family. At the same time, he was thinking about one thing in his mind, that is, he had used up all the pills. Because of the tempering in the secret realm, his consumption of pills was much greater than that of ordinary people.

But the pills are expensive, and I can’t ask the young lady for money again.

In recent days, I have been telling stories to Xue Changqing and earned some money, which is enough to make ends meet.

Turning around, I heard someone shouting, "I know everything about fortune telling and divination. I know everything about Ziwei Dou Shu and Liu Ren. Hey, my friend, please stay. I see that your forehead is black. I'm afraid there will be disasters of bloodshed and war in the near future."

Li Guanyi heard a familiar voice and saw an old man.

It was the [Si Ming] who climbed the wall before.

The old man also saw Li Guanyi and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

About to speak.

Li Guanyi's pupils contracted and his sight shifted, and he saw the huge black turtle next to the old man.

The old man froze as he stroked his beard, his eyes wide.

I saw the white tiger on Li Guanyi’s shoulder and the red dragon on his arm.

Both sides were at a standstill for a moment.

Then both sides noticed each other's gaze, and their expressions changed.

The old man said: "Can you see it?!"

Li Guanyi frowned and turned to leave. The old man threw the stall away, jumped onto the table, and chased after him, shouting, "Disciple, Disciple, stop!"

Li Guanyi walked faster.

The old man pounced and hugged the boy's thigh.

"Apprentice, no, it's not."

"If you don't want to be my apprentice, how about you be my master?!"

"Master!"

(End of this chapter)