"Champion Marquis, General of Cavalry, Beiliang Governor, Main General of Hongze Camp, Chen Sansi, head to Jiazhou to take command and must recover the two Western states within a year; depart immediately without delay!"
Mr. Hou's loud voice echoed.
"I, accept the order."
Chen Sansi took the deployment order.
"Then, Governor, please set off quickly."
Mr. Hou sighed with relief, "Now, all the frontline soldiers are inside Cloud Top Prefecture, waiting for you to take charge of the overall situation."
After repeatedly instructing him, he then led people away.
Housekeeper Wu spat fiercely at their leaving figures, "A bunch of incompetents; everything depends on the Governor Mansion, yet they still harbor suspicions. They were with the Old Governor before, and now they are the same with the Young Master!"
Chen Sansi looked at the housekeeper, aged over seventy, "It is not purely for the court. As soon as I returned, I saw the state affairs handled during this period; many places are running out of grain, aren't they? If we don't end the war situation quickly, we really won't be able to hold on."
After the court collapsed.
The Ancestor Vein was lost.
Various sects poured in.
Everyone had no good days ahead.
Housekeeper Wu shook his head and sighed, "From ten days in Yunzhou, we have been fighting continuously for three or four years now, and there have been floods and droughts in many places; where is there much grain left?"
Chen Sansi handed the deployment order to a servant, "My fear is that this battle will not be quick."
Housekeeper Wu, surprised, said, "You mean, Governor, that even you are not sure about quickly repelling the West Qi Army?"
"In this world, there has never been anyone predestined to win every battle."
Chen Sansi gazed into the distance, "It's just that previously, every time, I won."
"Uncle Wu, prepare yourself. Tonight, I will set out on my journey."
Chen Sansi and Sun Li, Chen Yunxi met hurriedly and parted hurriedly, then he headed straight for the military camp, summoning the fully recuperated soldiers of the Hongze Camp, and departed from Liangzhou by night.
As they reached the city gates.
Another horseman caught up with them, holding a long spear, with a bow and arrows slung on his back.
Chen Sansi was somewhat surprised, "What are you doing?"
Sun Buqi clasped his fists, "I have achieved Meridian Passage, please allow me to join the camp!"
Chen Sansi looked at him, his voice grave, "Hongze Camp's roster is full; there is no position of Meridian Passage General for you. Go back and stay with your sister and Chen Yunxi."
"Governor, I don't want a position."
Sun Buqi insisted, "Even being an ordinary soldier will do, let me go with you."
Since his master had passed away, Sun Buqi rarely showed his face and had almost completely cut off contact with his old friends. Every day, apart from eating, he practiced martial arts in the courtyard.
His constitution was not exceptional, just superior, but he had an excellent grasp of things. In just half a year, he had also broken through from the Hua Jin to the Meridian Passage Realm.
However, the journey ahead was perilous, and he was the sole heir to the Sun Family.
A person's life is their own to decide.
Thinking this, Chen Sansi did not refuse, "Join the ranks, you will be assigned to the Central Army. Temporarily responsible for patrolling the camp until we reach Jiazhou, after which we will make further arrangements."
Sun Buqi did not utter any useless words and merged with the troop on horseback.
Hongze Camp continued to move forward.
"What a ridiculous 'Military Immortal.'"
Wang Zhi grumbled, "Before the defeat at Yiling, if they had transferred you to us, none of this would have happened."
The brother saw it too."
In Chen Sansi's mind played the post-battle marching routes of both enemies and allies: "After Yiling, we've retreated too much on the front line, it's not easy to push back now."
"Brother, you're underestimating me. Before I met you in Po Yang County, I was the Main General of Xuanwu Camp. I've participated in many major and minor battles, how could I possibly not understand the situation?"
Wang Zhi worriedly said, "It seems Han Xiang really has some skills, plus West Qi has quite a few 'Immortal Masters.' It's likely to get troublesome from here on."
"Brother, how is your realm?"
Wang Zhi sat on the back of a Black Wind Horse, pulled out a flask from his chest, and took a small sip, "Give me another two years, and I might have a chance to break through to Martial Saint."
Chen Sansi indifferently said, "I'll speed it up for you."
Hongze Camp set out from Liangzhou towards Jiazhou, needing to head south from Ming State, then eastward, crossing over the land of two states by water and land, a journey taking a total of three months.
Chen Sansi often stopped to practice martial arts and perform alchemy.
He had prepared extra amounts of Elixir Pills and True Martial Pills for his subordinates.
Martial Saint required an extremely high physical condition, and even the True Martial Pill only had a one percent chance of allowing someone with insufficient physical constitution to break through to the Martial Saint Realm, but relative to the Mysterious Phenomenon, there was no such high threshold. As long as there were enough Elixir Pills, it was entirely possible to stack Meridian Passage up to Mysterious Phenomenon.
Chen Sansi performed alchemy four times, scrapped one batch and produced three superior True Martial Pills, and threw one directly to Wang Zhi. More Martial Saints in the group meant a better chance of victory when facing cultivators.
"Hey, you sure treasure these a lot."
Wang Zhi held the elixir, feeling somewhat emotional.
Who could have imagined,
he had initially gone in despondence to a remote little county like a defeated dog, and by a twist of fate, met the greatest benefactor of his life.
Xia Cong hurried back with a squad of troops: "We have already reached Jiazhou territory, and I have informed the Governor's Army to come and meet us."
"What's the situation?" Chen Sansi asked urgently.
Xia Cong pointed westward: "Two hundred miles from here is the boundary of Jiazhou's Luo River, and across the Luo River is Cloud Top Prefecture. Right now, the West Qi Army is attacking Cloud Top Prefecture, and General Teng Le and others, leading fifty thousand troops, are struggling to hold on."