"That should be Xu Shiren, shouldn't it?"
Still atop the central earthen hill, behind the newly erected plank wall, Xue Changxiong turned to ask as he watched the teeth-grating scene on the battlefield ahead.
In the Exorcising the Dragon rebels' Chessboard Camp, though one corner had been broken, the other four camps still maintained their lines around earth-banked plank houses, holding a basic battle line against the government troops, who had erected plank houses on the earthen hills. Only the commander directing the archers and crossbowmen at the front had clearly changed. He wielded the same River-Cutting True Qi and possessed equally astonishing archery, but his shots were even more powerful.
Never mind the soldiers perfunctorily tossing torches back and forth between the lines-even officers atop the earthen hills died on the spot if they so much as showed themselves.
Naturally, this immediately brought to mind an anticipated Core Formation master of the Exorcising the Dragon Gang, whose presence had been exposed yesterday when he threatened Pingchang City: Xu Shiren, the Lu Commandery Great Hero.
"It's him," Murong Zhengyan answered at once. "He's a little older than me, but we entered the passes the same year and worked together in Daxing for several years. Later, I received an outside appointment to a Commandant Province first and went to Longxi. We haven't met since... but I still recognize his skills."
Xue Changxiong narrowed his eyes slightly, his thoughts wandering inexplicably astray.
Come to think of it, although Murong Zhengyan came from a distinguished family, and members of the Murong clan had wandered north and south even in its heyday, the main branch's roots and history lay entirely in Hebei. When Eastern Qi fell, Murong Zhengyan had been taken to the Western Pass for essentially the same reason as the other powerful