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A clever person, this is a very clever person.

After hearing Zuo Yuanhao’s words, Qin Tian marveled in his heart.

Logically, Zuo Yuanhao, under Lei Shi, was already one of the most trusted people. However, he also knew that Lei Shi was using him, and he understood Lei Shi’s character, incapable of achieving great things. Therefore, when Qin Tian was very weak, Zuo Yuanhao chose to affiliate with the not-yet-completely-risen Qin Tian among the many forces in East State.

This was a gamble, but for Qin Tian, he had to admire Zuo Yuanhao’s foresight.

”Commander Qin, I know that Commander Xiao Zhan trusts you very much. The person Commander Xiao Zhan favors, I think, is someone I should follow loyally.”

Seeing Qin Tian looking at him with a shocked expression, Zuo Yuanhao smiled slightly and said, ”Commander Xiao Zhan’s death was orchestrated by Lei Shi. I believe you are well aware of this. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have led your troops from Xiaochi Town to within less than a hundred miles of Sea City and then retreated.”

”I have investigated that this assassination was jointly orchestrated by Zhao Tuo and Lei Shi, intended to eliminate Xiao Zhan and allow Zhao Tuo to dominate Sea City alone. They succeeded, but they did not expect that before Commander Xiao died, he would dispatch you and request the Imperial City to designate you as the First Deputy Commander.”

”So now they want to deal with you. It is likely that the City Guard Army in Sea City will no longer be under your control. These ten thousand troops are ones I personally trained over the years. They are not Lei Shi’s soldiers but loyal to me. Now, I am willing to hand them over entirely for Commander Qin to deploy.”

As Zuo Yuanhao spoke, he turned and bowed deeply to Qin Tian, his expression serious, cupping his hands in salute: ”Commander Qin, just as a woman seeks a good husband, a subordinate seeks a good master. Commander Qin, you are the good master in my heart. I have lofty aspirations and am willing to serve faithfully, never to break my word!”

Thud!

Zuo Yuanhao spoke and then knelt before Qin Tian!

Qin Tian was taken aback and quickly helped him up, saying, ”Commander Zuo, you have seen my situation. Now we are wandering outside with the troops, without anyone to rely on. Your decision to come to me at this time has already demonstrated your loyalty. Please rise. From now on, we will conquer the world together!”

Qin Tian clasped Zuo Yuanhao’s hand and solemnly said.

Zuo Yuanhao was overjoyed, looking at the rolling dark clouds in the sky, full of heroic spirit, saying, ”Commander, today let’s swear an oath before the storm, as princes and dukes, advancing and retreating together!”

Qin Tian nodded, looking at the thunder and lightning in the sky, and shouted, ”As princes and dukes, I, Qin Tian, will advance and retreat together with Zuo Yuanhao!”

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”Qin Tian! I will be at odds with you forever!”

In Sea City, after Wang Zhongyuan reported the outcome of his trip to Xiaochi Town, Lei Shi was furious, with veins bulging on his forehead, looking extremely terrifying.

”Zhongyuan, keep a close watch on the actions of other City Guard Army units. Report immediately if there is any unusual movement! If necessary, act first and report later! I must not let a single person escape to Qin Tian! I want to destroy him!”

Lei Shi, burning with anger, marched straight to Zhao Tuo’s residence, where Zhao Tuo was struggling with the invasion by the Dragon Clan.

On one hand, after Xiao Zhan’s death, the Imperial City had not clearly appointed Zhao Tuo as the overall person in charge of the East State battlefield (the Crown Prince’s forces were obstructing).

On the other hand, the people of the City Guard Army were not listening much to Zhao Tuo’s orders, leaving him at a loss.

Of course, the most critical issue was that the Dragon Clan’s army had already overrun all cities east of the East State Mountain Range and Sea City and even controlled the mountain line of the East State Mountain Range!

A great battle was imminent.

The choice was to hold Sea City and prevent the Dragon Clan from advancing west or face the fall of Sea City and East State descending into chaos.

It was already at the most critical juncture.

At this time, the Ninth Prince promised Zhao Tuo that as long as Zhao Tuo could control the East State situation and repel the Dragon Clan, he would be granted the position of both the City Lord of East State and Commander of the East State City Guard Army!

This essentially meant making Zhao Tuo a prince in East State!

This enormous temptation made Zhao Tuo rack his brains to perform well on the East State battlefield.

At this moment, Lei Shi burst in, cursing Qin Tian and asking Zhao Tuo to join him in attacking Qin Tian. Zhao Tuo naturally refused, saying, ”General Lei, in front of the Dragon Clan, Qin Tian is nothing but an ant. Let’s not worry about him for now. Once the Dragon Clan is repelled, dealing with Qin Tian will be a matter of minutes.”

Speaking, Zhao Tuo pointed at the map and said, ”We must hold Sea City now. I cannot command that rascal Qin Tian, but you must strictly control your people; they must uniformly follow my command.”

”But now, even with all my forces combined, we only have over ninety thousand people. This number is surely insufficient against the Dragon Clan,” Lei Shi said after calming down slightly.

”That’s exactly what I wanted to say,” Zhao Tuo grinned, ”My father and elder brother have already secured an Imperial Decree from His Majesty the Ice Emperor. His Majesty has decided to send an additional hundred thousand troops to reinforce us. Haha! Once our reinforcements arrive, the Dragon Clan army will have no chance of breaking Sea City!”

”Since His Majesty can decree the reinforcement of a hundred thousand troops, why can’t he appoint General Zhao as Commander, fully responsible for East State battlefield affairs?” Lei Shi asked.

”Don’t mention it! It just angers me!”

Zhao Tuo flung his hand, saying, ”I don’t know why either. The Crown Prince’s forces slightly obstructed, and the Ice Emperor hesitated. He would rather leave the position vacant than give it to me, which... which shows no respect to the Ninth Prince at all!”

”No worries,” Zhao Tuo patted Lei Shi’s shoulder, ”As long as we win this battle in Sea City, everything will be possible afterward. The Crown Prince... hehe, he thinks he can overturn the clouds and rain in the East Capital by controlling the City Lord. He underestimates the Ninth Prince!”

”Report! General, the Dragon Clan army is attacking the city!”

Suddenly, a soldier rushed in hastily, sweating profusely, and reported.

Zhao Tuo was stunned, then his face changed drastically, asking, ”How many enemy troops are there?”

”Looking from the city tower, one cannot see the end. At least... fifty thousand!” said the soldier.

Lei Shi stepped forward and asked, ”Who is leading them?”

”Pho... Phoenix Flag... It’s... it’s... Long Tianwu!”

At this point, when the soldier mentioned Long Tianwu, he was already stammering, filled with fear.

Zhao Tuo and Lei Shi simultaneously turned pale and glanced at each other, saying that name simultaneously: ”Long Tianwu!?”

”Long Tianwu personally attacking the city? Impossible! Come with me to check it out!”

Before the reinforcements arrived, Long Tianwu had already led troops to attack the city. Zhao Tuo was extremely anxious and hurried to the city gate tower!