Li Qingge had once said that twelve great chieftains of the Eighteen Tribes of the Grasslands had signed the Eagle Letter, and at least two hundred and thirty grassland experts had already entered the Central Plains from every direction. But she had not known then that, beyond this, the Wen Family had deliberately opened the border passes and let in two thousand elite Yegeluo Clan cavalry. Under Wen Zhengxi and Wen Zhiwei's original arrangements, the Chrysanthemum-Slaying Plan had accounted for everything, leaving not a single flaw; every detail had been carried to its utmost.
Yet they could never have imagined that the Prince of Yan would actually escape. Most crucially, Wang Chong had routed the Yegeluo Clan's elite cavalry outside Pengshan County, rendering both their target and their most formidable move ineffective.
Even so, if more than two hundred grassland experts stormed Tongzhou Prefecture, Wang Chong would undoubtedly die. No one in heaven or on earth could save him. But Wang Chong had not played by the usual rules. Surrounded on all sides, he had never intended to hold his ground. Instead, he attacked with all his strength, seeking to wipe out one contingent first.
As it happened, this contingent was the weakest. Its temporary leader, A Chi Le, had failed to withstand even a single move from Wang Chong and was stabbed dead on the spot. The battle that followed was like a mountainside collapsing. Wang Chong slaughtered to his heart's content, striking harder and harder, the cavalry lance borrowed from Qin Han becoming a fire dragon in his hands.
It was already deep into the night. Wang Chong adapted the Candle-Bearing Sword Technique to his cavalry lance, using none of its hugely draining moves, borrowing only the secret method behind its unrivaled speed. Specks of fire sprang from