Drive Straight for Huanglong Prefecture, and Make the World Tremble in Fear!

Dusk had already grown vast and hazy!

A towering blaze rose from the Great Granary, its radiance shrouding all three provinces.

Like brilliant crimson clouds at sunset, it drew every eye!

Yuanchong City.

Zhou Tiancheng led two hundred thousand troops out of the city.

"What? How dared Zhou Tiancheng!"

"How could no one report such a momentous matter? Do you still hold my position as Inspector in any regard?"

When Tuoba Shuchao learned the news, his face darkened in furious rage.

A sword was already pressed against Zhou Yong's throat.

He recalled how Zhou Tiancheng had specially invited him to drink earlier that day. Cups had clinked throughout the feast, and the atmosphere had been lively.

When the wine was half-drunk, Zhou Tiancheng had suddenly excused himself, saying that age had caught up with him and he could no longer hold his liquor. No one had thought much of it.

During the banquet, Zhou Tiancheng had even spoken with impassioned fervor. "Defending Yuanchong is the sacred duty of men like us."

His words still rang in their ears.

Yet in the blink of an eye!

Zhou Tiancheng had led He Sheng and the others through the city gates to strike at the Great Granary.

Tuoba Shuchao was so furious that his hair seemed to stand on end beneath his crown.

He wished he could split Zhou Yong before him alive.

Yet Zhou Yong did not panic. He pushed Tuoba Shuchao's sword aside with one hand and spoke calmly.

"Prince Qi, please calm yourself."

"Marshal Zhou and the others left the city two hours ago."

Just then, a commotion suddenly erupted atop the city walls.

Most of Tuoba Shuchao's fierce drunken haze had long since faded.

Two hundred thousand troops leaving the city was no small matter. When the wind