All-Out War, an Urgent Mobilization Order!
"Get ready..."
War is imminent.
Before the person was seen, their voice arrived first. A solemn figure stepped into the hall, followed by five other figures shrouded in black robes...
Their appearances were indiscernible, but their auras indicated that they were all at the Qi Condensation First Layer!
Upon seeing this, Qin Xiao stood up and bowed, saying, "Father, shall we mobilize all the troops?"
"Now that the Chiyuan State has collapsed, and the new Core Formation True Person cultivator of the Daliang has taken over, there shouldn't be any more war in the north..."
Upon hearing this—
Qin Lu grinned, a hint of amusement in his eyes. "Given the Da Zhou Da Zhou Imperial Family's nature, it would be strange if they didn't attack now..."
"In earlier years, I might not have understood some of it."
"But now that Chiyuan has destroyed the country, the Da Zhou Imperial House's game is only just beginning to unfold. Using someone else to do their dirty work and then discarding them after they've served their purpose has been thoroughly understood by the Da Zhou!"
"Although it's hard to say..."
"But most likely, before the siege of Daliang, the Daliang Ancestor had already managed to break through a minor realm, gaining some extra lifespan..."
"Later Zhou and Liang reached an agreement to turn this charade into reality!"
"With the help of the Da Zhou, some unsettling elements in the Daliang State, such as Wu Yong of Jade Tiger Pass Zhengyuan Dao District, have fallen..."
"Zhengyuanzi didn't die, but Wu Yong, who has absolutely no connection to him, did. This whole thing is very strange!"
"Clearly, the Zhengyuan Dao District was given to the Da Zhou by the Daliang Liang, and Wu Yong was killed at the same time..."
"Then..."
"Zhengyuanzi appeared in the west and reached a stalemate with the Chiyuan State."
"Based on the battle reports collected over the years, it's not that the Chiyuan State is stubbornly determined to fight, but rather that the Daliang has been keeping a close eye on the Chiyuan..."
"The reason for the stalemate has lasted so long is likely to buy that Demon-Quelling True Person time to break through."
"The day he breaks through will be the day Ancestor Chiyuan dies!"
"And the Daliang Ancestor, whose lifespan was already nearing its end, naturally dragged the Chiyuan Ancestor down with him to die. Now, without the threat of Chiyuan from the west..."
"The Daliang only needs to face the Da Zhou in one direction."
"In this way, the crisis Daliang will be resolved, and it can even rise again by stepping on the corpse of the Chiyuan State..."
"This is a critical moment."
"Chiyuan is destroyed, his territory will surely be contested by the states of Zhou and Liang!"
"And that Demon-Quelling True Person, having only recently broken through, presents the perfect opportunity for the Da Zhou to invade and annex the Daliang, thus containing the Daliang from the west..."
"And to the north, we will strike directly into the heart of the Daliang Kingdom!"
"It's even possible that the Da Zhou Imperial House intends to wipe out the Daliang as well..."
"At that time, we will swallow Chiyuan in the west and invade Daliang in the north. If successful, the Da Zhou will reach its zenith and then expand further north to annex the Frost Spirit Demon Domain!"
"Therefore..."
"The entire northeastern corner of the continent will become part of the Great Zhou State. Perhaps conquering the continent is what the Da Zhou truly desires..."
Upon hearing this--
Qin Xiao remained silent. If his father's speculation was true, then the ambitions of the Da Zhou Imperial House were far beyond what could be seen openly...
At this rate, it's like a python swallowing a dragon, changing the very foundations of the world!
"The transfer order should be issued soon."
"Have the Yingchuan Army Corps, Cloud Dream Army Corps, Cloud River Army Corps, Black Dragon Legion, and Qin Elite Soldiers all prepare, with Qin Wu as commander-in-chief..."
"We have assembled troops in Yunmeng, ready to march north at any time."
"I remember there was also a young general Li Xin. You and he stayed behind to guard the clan and hold the rear..."
"Qin Hui and Qin Wen will stay as well. This time, I'll only take the third and sixth sons."
"As for the fifth brother, remember to send him a secret letter, instructing him to take the opportunity to expand his territory northwards while he Dragon-Gazing Sect..."
"Oh, right..."
"Once the imperial court issues its orders, we will have our allied forces provide manpower and supplies. This kind of total war cannot be fought solely by our elite troops..."
"Let these subordinate forces form a ragtag army; we need cannon fodder."
"Also, inform the Lingyun Su Clan and the Huaize Gan Clan that once their troops are dispatched north, they should join our army and together we will march north to plunder..."
"This time, it is also fortuitous opportunity for the Qin Clan!"
"Yes, Father!"
Qin Xiao gladly accepted the order. Upon seeing this, Qin Lu nodded slightly, took a step, and vanished from the main hall in an instant...
Its aura had clearly reached the Sixth Layer of Qi Condensation!
Just a week has passed, and as Qin Lu predicted.
An imperial envoy arrived in Longchuan and conveyed the imperial decree to the Huang Clan...
Subsequently, Huang Clan informed the Qin and Zhang families that, according to the imperial court, this time in Longchuan, just like last time, ten Qi Condensation cultivators would be recruited to go north to Daliang.
But this time--
With the fourth family no longer contributing, the Huang Clan family produced three Qi Condensation cultivators, while the Zhang Clan still only has Zhang Xuan as its sole heir...
Including Qin Lu, Qin Wu, Cloud Dream Mountain, Mister Mengyu, and the Second-Tier insect demon Qing Centipede, we have a total of four Qi Condensation combatants.
The remaining two vacancies were naturally filled by the Hundred Arts Office.
Including Gongsun Zhe, the head of the Fu department, Fu Hua, there are exactly ten Qi Condensation warriors, almost drawing away all the Qi Condensation from Longchuan...
The same applies to the other counties!
Even this time, all 123 prefectures of the Da Zhou...
Half of them were conscripted, and some large counties even had twenty Qi Condensation cultivators conscripted, while even the smallest county had at least ten Qi Condensation cultivators conscripted!
If there aren't enough people, let the monks from the Hundred Arts Office fill the gaps.
A total of over a thousand cultivators gathered, and five of the nine legions of the Da Zhou Dynasty were mobilized...
The Xuan Prefecture Dao Soldiers, Golden Province Dao Soldiers, Yan Province Dao Soldiers, Yi Province Dao Soldiers Yangzhou Dao Soldiers the Five Directions, with Golden Province and Yi Province primarily attacking the south...
Xuan Prefecture, Yan Province, Yangzhou will focus their attacks on the north!
At the same time, the five Dao Foundation foundations— Xiashang Dao Academy, Fengyuan Ji Family, Jinxuan Dao Sect, Huaqing Dao Sect, Yan Miao Bai Clan —all mobilized their forces...
In addition to three Dao Foundation Grand Cultivators from the royal family, the visible combat strength is a total of eight Dao Foundation Realm Grand Cultivators!
This is already an open game; clearly, the Da Zhou is going to...
They're getting serious!
Time flies, and I return to the Yunmeng Dao-Seeking Peak once more.
At this moment, atop the mountain peak, there were fourteen Qi Condensation cultivators gazing into the distance...
They were roughly divided into three groups.
One side consisted mainly of the Huang Clan, along with three other cultivators from affiliated minor clans, totaling six people.
The other side consisted of the Qin Clan as the main force, along with three subordinate forces: Cloud Dream Mountain, the Su Clan, and the Gan Clan, as well as the hiding Qing Centipede, totaling five people and one insect.
Finally, there's Zhang Xuan, who teams up with two members of the Hundred Arts Office...
"I never imagined that our reunion here would end like this..."
"The three of us were once close friends here..."
"But now we must part ways, Brother Huang. Have you decided where you're going?"
Upon hearing this—
Huang Liang pointed northwest and said, "This time, my Huang Clan plans to attack the northwest, where the capital of the Daliang lies..."
"The Northern Liang Dao District will also be the most intense battlefield in the future!"
"Though it's like pulling chestnuts out of the fire, the harvest is plentiful."
"Brother, I..."
"I don't want to spend my whole life stuck in this Qi Condensation Realm..."