Dominating Martial King
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281: Chapter 203: Invincible with the Wind (Please Subscribe) 281: Chapter 203: Invincible with the Wind (Please Subscribe) Wei Yang really wanted to achieve a significant feat with the West Mountain County Army to repay Chu Xisheng for the lifesaving grace he had received.

However, at the moment when the entire West Mountain Hall departed the fortress and arranged their formation outside the fortress gates, two thousand county soldiers from three li away just ‘boom’ scattered into disarray.

Commander Yan Guo was the first to spur his horse into a frantic escape, and the rest of the soldiers from the West Mountain Guard County Army also fled in a swarm.

Some fled towards the direction of the northern military camp, while a portion of Sheen Family’s clan soldiers headed for the Sheen Family estate built on West Mountain.

Yan Guo held a very poor view of his own subordinates.

How strong was the Wen Family Castle?

The Wen Family had four hundred house guards and a thousand manor guards, plus the manpower provided by the Sheen Family, the participants in the battle approached nearly two thousand.

This force of two thousand had overall combat power that was by no means inferior to his West Mountain County Army and they had numerous crossbow arrows, defending the fortress.

Inside, there were six Sixth Grade fighters and thirty-three Seventh Rank sitting in garrison.

Yet such a powerful force was completely wiped out by the West Mountain Hall in just a little over fifteen minutes.

Even the several Sixth Grade fighters including Yue Wei didn’t make a single sound.

The charge of the three hundred cavalry raised only a bit of a stir at the fortress gates, before being slaughtered to the last man.

If the Wen Family Castle could fall so easily, what of his own West Mountain Guard County Army?

After the previous battle in the canyon, his county army had become a disorderly mob with no fighting spirit.

At the moment, there were only twelve Seventh Rank martial cultivators in the army, what could they use to contend with West Mountain Hall?

Yan Guo had no intention of throwing away his life here, nor did he wish for his brother warriors serving under him to go to their deaths and fall into the unfathomable depths of West Mountain Hall’s trap, so he decisively fled.

His numerous subordinates, holding statuses of households and hundred households, fled as if they had received amnesty, not hesitating to run at full speed.

The strength of West Mountain Hall was unfathomably deep; frontal confrontation was definitely not the wise move.

The lower ranks of officers and soldiers scattered even more swiftly.

Fearing they would escape too slowly, they abandoned all sorts of heavy weapons on the spot.

Just as the West Mountain County Army completely collapsed, another force of approximately four hundred appeared from the direction to the east of the dock.

All dressed in red, they marched without much discipline, a jumbled mess, but each individual was quite formidable.

Chu Xisheng glanced over and his lips curled up slightly in a pleased smile.

The newcomers were Zuo Ya’s forces, the four hundred martial masters from the South Street Temple Market.

Their leader was none other than the female guard from Zuo Ya’s side.

This woman, named Sikong Xin, had Sixth-Grade cultivation and was said to have been a Gold Medal Assassin from the Killing Tower.

When she defected from the West Mountain Hall, she was sheltered by Zuo Qingyun’s efforts.

Skilled in assassination techniques, with proficiency in both short sabers and big spears, she was extremely powerful in combat, once resisting Long Heng’s attacks several times undefeated, despite being a tier weaker in cultivation.

The expression of the female guard was strange as she rode out alone, coming before Chu Xisheng.

“Master Chu,” Sikong Xin greeted with a fist salute from atop her horse, “We are here on Zuo Ya’s orders to provide support.

He has instructed me to convey a message, urging you to be very cautious of the Seventeen Linked Wharves upstream.

Zuo Ya is trapped in the county government and cannot come personally, but he has learned from his elders that Dragon Leader Ren Daoheng from the Seventeen Linked Wharves has prepared to launch a surprise attack downstream.

He suspects that the Iron Banner Gang is preoccupied elsewhere, and that the Wen Family Castle is a trap set for you by Shangguan Shen Hao and others—”

She stopped there, casting a complex look at the Wen Family’s fortress ahead.

Whether this fortress was a trap was no longer important.

The place was already flattened and destroyed by West Mountain Hall, and the West Mountain County Army had fled outright.

How laughable was this trap?

Chu Xisheng was very pleased upon hearing this.

Not because of the four hundred martial masters brought by Sikong Xin but because of Zuo Qingyun’s gallantry.’

He estimated that when Sikong Xin led these four hundred martial masters across the river from the Ancient Market, he had only just stepped out of West Mountain Town.

This was not just an icing on the cake but a timely help in the snow.

“The Seventeen Linked Wharves?”

Chu Xisheng narrowed his eyes, looking upstream along the Shenxiu River.

Then he laughed, “They want to put me in a hopeless place, but unfortunately, they overestimated themselves and their flashy, ineffective moves.

They underestimated my West Mountain Hall’s strength.

This mere Wen Family Castle is as vulnerable as chickens and dogs, which my West Mountain Hall could level in an instant.”

Sikong Xin’s eyebrows lifted slightly.

She pondered how not only Shangguan Shen Hao and others had misjudged West Mountain Hall’s strength, but many in the county, including Zuo Ya’s father, had underestimated Chu Xisheng.

After the battle today, not only would West Mountain Town change, but the entire Xiushui County would face a Heavenly Transformation.

Chu Xisheng then turned his head to look at those four hundred red-robed martial masters under Zuo Qingyun.

“It wasn’t easy for the brothers to come all this way; we can’t let them return empty-handed.

So, how about this: I’m about to flatten Yunhe Manor, why don’t you let them accompany me to display their might?”

Sikong Xin’s expression brightened, and she agreed decisively and straightforwardly, “On behalf of my brothers, I thank Master Chu for your generous support!

If there is anything you need us for, just command us.

Zuo Ya has already said that once we cross the river, we are completely at Master Chu’s disposal.”

She had no reason to refuse.

The battle at Wen Family Castle was already settled.

Sikong Xin couldn’t think of anyone who would dare to confront West Mountain Hall head-on or any family that had the power to withstand the might of West Mountain Hall’s forces.

So Chu Xisheng was not leading them into battle but was leading them to fortune.

Moments later, seven hundred of West Mountain Hall reassembled their troops, and together with Sikong Xin’s force of one thousand one hundred, they marched towards Yunhe Manor twelve li away.

These thousand plus people caused all the local tyrants they passed by to silence themselves, each shrinking back into their own estates, not daring to show themselves.

However, for the moment, Chu Xisheng didn’t care about these minor players and had no inclination to bother with them.