When Wang Chong was in the Chrysanthemum-Slaying Alliance, he had heard stories of the world's foremost rebel leader, whose compound surname was Tai Sui and given name was Yu.
The height of this man's martial prowess was said to be unmatched throughout the ages.
In his youth, he had never thought of rebelling. He had even placed first in the military examinations in the twelfth year of Emperor Qin's reign. He had intended to serve the court, but his blunt, headstrong nature offended the Jiang Clan. Third Lord Jiang found a pretext, accusing him of delivering military provisions late, and ordered his arrest and execution.
Those sent to arrest Tai Sui Yu knew his martial valor, so they first offered him poisoned wine, intending to announce the decree only after he drank it. Instead of poisoning Tai Sui Yu, however, they poisoned his uncle Tai Sui Liang to death. Enraged, Tai Sui Yu slew the envoy and led his troops in rebellion. Thereafter, he grew fiercer with every battle, winning victory after victory until he held Five Provinces.
He was now locked in fierce battle at Muye City with the dynasty's foremost master of military strategy, Grand Preceptor Wen Xi!
Looking at the Five Provinces occupied by the Taisui Army on the map, Wang Chong could not help feeling his heart stir.
In truth, the strongest force at court now was not the seventy or eighty thousand troops in his Mother Empress's hands, but Grand Preceptor Wen Xi's army.
When the Eighteen Tribes of the Grasslands invaded Shangdu, Luoyang, and carried off Emperors Qin and Hou, even Grand Preceptor Wen Xi had been unable to extricate himself. The Taisui Army had him firmly entangled, leaving him unable to be in two places at once. That alone showed how ferocious the