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Lu Yuanshan prepared to report the situation faced by Xilin City urgently to the West Capital.

That very night, Xu Kuan and Che Aijun marched overnight, encircling Qingye Town, the transit city between Dashicheng and Xilin City.

The ten thousand garrison of Qingye Town surrendered without a fight.

By the next day, when the 150,000 West State Army of Dashicheng reacted and rushed to Qingye Town, Xu Kuan had already set up formation, quietly waiting for these people to arrive.

The West State Army was unable to break through Xu Kuan’s defenses in Qingye Town after attacking for half a day, and instead suffered heavy losses, having to temporarily retreat and urgently report the situation in Qingye Town to the West Capital.

Qingye Town, situated between two mountains, is a valley.

The skies above are also like a choke point, where the enemy’s over ten thousand Flying Beast Soldiers flying up were merely sitting ducks, easily shot down by Xu Kuan’s True Qi Crossbows as targets.

Previously, Xu Kuan had reported to Qin Tian that he selected Qingye Town as his defensive position, deeming it the most suitable location, and was surprised by how easily it was taken.

Xu Kuan blocked the reinforcements of over 200,000 troops from Dashicheng both front and back.

Xilin City, facing the threat of Lin Yu’s True Qi Cannon and Yellow Stone City, dared not deploy troops recklessly.

At this moment, Qin Tian personally led an army of 300,000, heading straight for Yellow Stone City.

He was coming here to personally initiate the West State War.

Through this war, Qin Tian aimed to destroy one king,

while announcing the rise of another.

...

Bam!

Clang!

Inside the Martial King’s Palace at the West Capital, receiving consecutive reports of the battles at Dashicheng and Xilin City, the Martial King was utterly furious.

He never expected that Qin Tian, just as Wu Xian Sheng had predicted, would feign an attack on Gao City to mislead, reducing Xilin City’s troop strength and then attack Xilin City from the rear!

However, Xilin City had 60,000 troops, Yellow Stone City another 10,000, how many troops did the enemy have to easily capture Yellow Stone City?

”How could Qin Tian’s main forces appear at Yellow Stone City? How could it be? Even if they crossed Xilin Mountain, Xilin Mountain would only allow a few hundred people a day. Could they have been transporting people daily for months without us noticing?”

Today Wu Xian Sheng was on sick leave, and the Martial King’s gaze locked onto a few generals who had previously advised him to deploy troops, angrily demanding, ”What exactly is going on?”

Veteran General Xiao Mao softly responded, ”Your Highness, this all seems strange to me. At Xilin Mountain, we have scouts placed at every mile and patrols in between, suggesting that Qin Tian stealthily deployed one to two thousand elite forces, which is plausible, but 50,000... that’s absolutely impossible.”

”Young General, I am not asking for your remarks now, I want you to help me analyze what on earth Qin Tian is up to!” the Martial King fumed.

Xiao Mao, upon hearing this, immediately swallowed nervously and bowed his head, saying, ”Sir, Qin Tian’s intentions are apparently clear; he wants Xu Kuan to cut off the reinforcements of the 200,000 troops from Dashicheng to Xilin City, and he plans to personally attack Xilin City.”

”Talk about strategy!”

”Sir, under the current circumstances, we cannot lose Xilin City. We must provide reinforcement. Hmm... either break Xu Kuan’s defense at Qingye Town, or... send reinforcements from the West Capital; in any case, we cannot let Xilin City fall into Qin Tian’s hands, or the West Capital will be in danger!”

After Xiao Mao finished speaking, the other generals unanimously nodded in agreement with the reinforcement strategy.

Reinforcement.

The word sounds simple, but to execute it, that is incredibly difficult!

Xu Kuan has 100,000 troops stationed at Qingye Town; the 200,000 West State Army of Dashicheng might not be able to break Xu Kuan’s well-defended line.

As for here at the West Capital, even if the Martial King mustered all his forces, he could only gather 250,000 troops. Reinforcement? How to reinforce?

Furthermore, with the Demon Clan in internal chaos and unable to spare any men for support, aid seems unlikely.

So, even after everyone unanimously agreed on sending reinforcements, the atmosphere in the room quickly quieted down again.

What on earth could be done to reinforce?

The Martial King pondered for a moment and said, ”Besides dispatching troops from the West Capital for reinforcement, does anyone have any better ideas to augment Xilin City?”

Xiao Mao and the others thought for a moment and all shook their heads.

”Sir, how about seeking Wu Xian Sheng’s opinion?”

After a long pause, a general proposed.

”That might be an option,” someone else agreed.

Xiao Mao sneered, ”Indeed, didn’t Wu Xian Sheng claim to be a sage? He usually boasts greatly; now faced with difficulty, he hides away? Let me see what insights he can offer on this situation! Sir, where is Wu Xian Sheng? Why hasn’t he come?”

Annoyance flashed across the Martial King’s face: ”He’s on leave.”

Xiao Mao murmured, ”If I recall correctly, Wu Xian Sheng has taken leave for three consecutive days of military meetings. Ha! Though he’s not highly skilled, he is still an Immortality Cultivator; using sick leave as an excuse seems far-fetched…”

”Right, sir, I believe Wu Xian Sheng is feigning illness. At this time, as the lord’s subject, he should dutifully contribute; please summon Wu Xian Sheng to join our discussions.”

”We ask the lord to summon Wu Xian Sheng!”

The generals spoke in unison.

The Martial King took a deep breath.

Recently, he had distanced himself from Wu Xian Sheng, who seemingly had resentment towards him, he knew this.

Of course, he felt annoyed and had already declared that he didn’t believe he couldn’t manage without Wu Xian Sheng.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, he indeed found it a bit unmanageable.

Despite his anger, the Martial King, prioritizing the bigger picture, instructed a guard: ”Go, invite Wu Xian Sheng here; tell him it’s my decree.”

”As you command.”

The guard hurried off.

In under half an hour, the guard returned swiftly and reported, ”Your Highness, Master Wu said he is gravely ill and unable to come; he asks for your forgiveness.”

”Hiss!”

Upon hearing this, the Martial King gasped, his expression instantly changed.

Beside him, Xiao Mao and others’ faces altered as well; seeing the Martial King’s anger, they felt a hint of schadenfreude.

”Humph, gravely ill... what a gravely ill!”

The Martial King was so furious he was almost gritting his teeth, he angrily declared, ”No matter, let him tend to his illness at home!”

He ordered the guard: ”Convey my decree: Master Wu should rest and recuperate at home and shouldn’t step outside unless he’s fully recovered!”

”As you command!”

The guard left once again, and the Martial King waved his sleeve, ”Enough about that person, let’s continue our discussion. Without him, I can still easily defeat Qin Tian.”

Grinding his teeth, the Martial King declared, ”I must still have a decisive battle with Qin Tian; since Qin Tian has come this time, we shall confront him.”

”Xiao Mao, you lead 50,000 troops to Qingye Town to reinforce Dashicheng; I will personally lead 200,000 troops to Xilin City. At that time, you break Qingye Town, and I will attack Yellow Stone City. With a pincer attack, I want Qin Tian to have no return!”