My Cultivation Starting from Archery

A sacrifice of living people to the Incense God Sect.

Is this the Cao Family's doing?

What a Great Sheng Dynasty.

Before this, Chen Sansi actually heard relatively positive evaluations about the Crown Prince, who has been diligently overseeing state affairs for forty years, playing the role of a repairman. Yet, the deeds he has accomplished are no different from his father's.

This time.

The Incense Fire Divine Sect along the way harvested an abundance of offerings, giving off an impatient feeling, seemingly eager to uproot the "chives" completely. It is unknown what significant, urgent matter they have encountered that needs to be dealt with.

The Cao Family's dispute is none of his concern.

He only hopes it won't affect the battle he is about to fight.
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The ship began to slow down, finally docking at the busy wharf.

A figure in a light blue gown, sitting in a wheelchair, was particularly eye-catching.

There was no Xu Wencai, but his fourth senior brother was present.

"Senior Brother!"

Chen Sansi greeted with a fist and palm salute, then naturally began pushing the wheelchair.

"Junior Brother, you've become even stronger after more than a year of absence," Fang Qingyun chatted, "How is it going? I heard you now have both a son and a daughter?"

"Yes, I gained a daughter while at war in Ming State."

Chen Sansi asked, "What about Master? Why has there been no word from him?"

"He's gone to make preparations for the Eight Camps, no, I should say the Twelve Camps now."

Fang Qingyun said eagerly, "How about it? I have prepared the maps. Shall we discuss the current situation just the two of us? Let me, as your senior brother, witness the genius who commanded the Four Crossings of the Hongze River."

"Senior Brother flatters me, I was just lucky."

Guided by a scholar, Chen Sansi arrived at a large residence within the city.

Inside the hall, sand tables and maps were already prepared.

Without any superfluous words, they went straight to the point.

"Qing Country."

"When the four factions of the grassland aren't united, it is the strongest nation aside from the Great Sheng Dynasty. Officially, they have six Martial Saints and a total of six hundred thousand troops."

"However, two years ago, they had a coup d'état, and overnight three Martial Saints were killed, greatly reducing the number of High Realm Martial Artists. This time, they originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos in Ming State to act, but ended up shooting themselves in the foot."

Fang Qingyun had already marked the map, "Two months ago, Prince Tang of Dongqing Country, leading an army of one hundred and eighty thousand, stationed in Lai State, was disastrously defeated by Meng Quji, losing seventy thousand men in battle and having twenty thousand captured."

"Now the remaining ninety thousand troops of Dongqing are scattered along a thousand miles of front in Lai State, unable to form a cohesive front.

"Among them, fifty thousand elite troops are trapped inside Yongle Prefecture City."

"For the moment, the situation is at a stalemate."

Chen Sansi nodded, "If I remember correctly, Yongle Prefecture was the capital of the former Yan, and almost became the capital of the Great Sheng Dynasty when the nation was founded, but for some reason, it was moved to Chang'an later.

"Yongle Prefecture is also known as one of the five most impregnable cities in the world.

"With fifty thousand elite troops inside, plus a Martial Saint, a strong assault would undoubtedly result in a tremendous loss. The best method would be to maintain the current situation and continue the siege until their supplies are exhausted. How long would it take?"

"Six months."

Fang Qingyun pointed at the city, "Yongle Prefecture itself is East Qing Border's number one granary, enough to feed fifty thousand elite troops for half a year. I agree with Junior Brother; the best strategy is to continue the siege.

"Only after Lai State falls can we enter Lingzhou and reclaim Ziwei Mountain.

"Our forces at the front are still quite strained, after all, we're facing an army of a hundred and eighty thousand. Though in pieces, they still add up to nearly one hundred thousand in number, just segmented into chunks."

"Six months won't do, that's too long."

Chen Sansi looked towards the south on the map, "Continuing to drag this out, the situation may become disadvantageous for us. We need to find a way to fight a quick battle and resolve it swiftly, otherwise, if enemy reinforcements arrive, the worst-case scenario might lead to a complete waste of previous efforts. Senior Brother, do you know the composition of the Enemy Army?"

"Of course," Fang Qingyun explained slowly, "The fifty thousand elites trapped in Yongle Prefecture are experienced veterans. The rest are mostly garrison soldiers drafted from various places in Qing Country, or local troops. I've seen it with my own eyes, even though they have High-level Generals, the majority of their men are at the level of second-rate garrison troops of the Great Sheng Dynasty."

With an empire of over two hundred and fifty years, decay was inevitable.

The combat effectiveness and will to fight of the garrison troops are probably not high, otherwise, they wouldn't have been beaten to this state in such a short time.

"If that's the case."

Chen Sansi pondered, "There's a high probability they will surrender. They must have reasons for resisting until now."

"It seems Junior Brother has a plan already."

Fang Qingyun said, "You have one month to integrate with the Black Armor Army bestowed by His Majesty. In a month's time, we will formally enter the Lai State battlefield and head to Yongle Prefecture to await orders."

After a preliminary analysis of the situation,

they went to the military camp of the Tongnan Prefecture Command.

The rest of the subordinates were also there.

In the Martial Arts Arena, a densely packed sea of fully armored elites.

Upon seeing Chen Sansi, they all knelt on one knee in unison.

"Greetings, General Chen—"

Chen Sansi took the roster and quickly familiarized himself with it.

The three Thousand Captains were at the Hua Jin Perfection, approaching Meridian Passage, High Realm Martial Artists.

As expected of the elite Black Armor Army.

Cao Fan and others were at another Martial Arts Arena.

There, five thousand Hu Ben Army soldiers, the trusted aides of the Crown Prince, the elite of the elite, were now led by two Profound Image Realm Generals, one being Cui Congyi and the other Sha Wenlong.

Furthermore, there were another twenty thousand Hu Ben Army soldiers at the main frontline, led by Martial Saint Fan Tianfa, joining Meng Quji to attack Yongle Prefecture, along with Pei Tiannan who had come secretly.