Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains
Chapter 932 - 932: 404, Alliance Arrives, Reunion After a Long Time_3

Jing Tianyu looked at Hou Yucheng's respectful demeanor, a slight smile playing at the corners of his mouth:

"Heading to Xiapi to join forces with your Hou Clan, how come? Have your 4.5 million troops stationed at Xingnan Prefecture already started marching towards Jianye Prefecture?"

Hou Yucheng's body trembled slightly, he quickly raised his head to look at Jing Tianyu, along with Hou Yuling beside him, and the others behind him such as Liu Jianghong, Bai Yunfan, their reactions exactly mirrored his own, all uniformly astonished.

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Seeing the smile on Jing Tianyu's face, Hou Yucheng's complexion gradually turned somewhat unpleasant, but after pondering for a long time, he forced a calm tone: "Indeed, I couldn't deceive Lord Marquis' keen eyes, our Hexi's 4.5 million troops are indeed still stationed at Xingnan Prefecture. This time, Great Jin's southern movement is vast in scale, before the allied forces arrive, Hexi naturally doesn't dare to fully press forward. However, now that it's different, as soon as Lord Marquis' army enters Xingnan Prefecture, our 4.5 million Hexi troops will immediately join forces with the alliance and proceed together to Xiapi County to resist Great Jin."

Upon hearing these words, Jing Tianyu's face immediately darkened.

Hexi Dao comprises four prefectures: Jianye, Xingnan, Zhaoyang, and Nanping. Among them, Nanping was originally the territory of the Nanjiang Five Miao Tribes, located at the southern end of Hexi Dao, while the first three prefectures are on the same level line. The army of Great Jin moving southwards will land at Jianye Prefecture; in the middle is Xingnan Prefecture, where they are now located is Zhaoyang Prefecture.

Hou Yuxiao only took 500,000 Red Flame Army to Jianye Prefecture, leaving 4.5 million troops stationary at Xingnan Prefecture; such behavior makes it hard for people to determine if he is indeed against Jin.

Two possibilities: one is that Hou Yuxiao is truly anti-Jin, yet he doesn't want the Hou clan's elite to become cannon fodder for the Hedong Alliance, so he leaves 4.5 million troops at Xingnan Prefecture, waiting for allied forces to arrive, then together they proceed to Xiapi County;

The other possibility is that Hou Yuxiao is not at all anti-Jin, he's heading to Xiapi with 500,000 Red Flame Army to greet Great Jin's south-moving troops, while the 4.5 million army remaining at Xingnan Prefecture is to block the Hedong Alliance's 7 million troops.

Jing Tianyu furrowed his brow tightly, a touch of seriousness flashed across his face. No matter which possibility it is, he must be extremely cautious. More crucially, up till now, Hou Yuxiao hasn't personally reached out to the Hedong Alliance to clearly express his position. But at the same time, according to the news received by the Hedong Alliance, he hasn't contacted Great Jin either.

This means that Hexi is currently in a state of undecided allegiance.

Furthermore, this also means Hexi's stance could be changed at any time.

If Great Jin's power is significant, the 4.5 million troops stationed at Xingnan Prefecture will be used against Hedong; otherwise, they will be used against Great Jin.

Advance to attack, withdraw to defend!

Quite clever, but unfortunately, at this critical juncture, to even consider such a thing is somewhat naive...

Jing Tianyu's expression flickered several times, he then looked at Hou Yucheng, speaking softly: "According to what I know, Great Jin's southern army will reach Hexi in five days, the matter of joining forces is not urgent for now. Meanwhile, the allied forces have already started crossing the water to land, once they arrive, let them first station at Zhaoyang Prefecture. The matter of uniting forces is significant, unless the Master of Hou Family personally appears for discussions, acting hastily might be inappropriate!"

"This..."

Hou Yucheng's face instantly showed a look of difficulty.

"Second Master Hou, it has been many years, are you well!"

Suddenly, a clear voice came from the carriage behind Jing Tianyu.

Upon hearing this voice, a sense of familiarity stirred in Hou Yucheng's heart, he quickly turned his gaze to the carriage behind Jing Tianyu.

Only to see a plain hand lifting the curtain of the carriage.

Then, a stunning young woman in a pale green long skirt, with a tall and slender figure, gracefully stepped down from the carriage.

The woman's smiling face came into view.

For a moment, Hou Yucheng found himself somewhat entranced at the sight...