Peace Order
Chapter 544 - 32: Horse Treads the Martial World!

Chapter 544: Chapter 32: Horse Treads the Martial World!

Li Guanyi’s accession to the Divine General List didn’t create particularly fierce ripples throughout the land. The Divine General List only looks at a person’s war achievements to rank them, and squeezing into it requires at least the foundation of the Fifth or Sixth Layer Heaven—at the youngest and weakest in terms of intrinsic strength, Li Guanyi was somewhat of an anomaly.

However, of the more than eighty renowned generals, ultimately, they are generals, and not commanders.

Just a solitary army that surged into the mountains and forests, then vanished without a trace. Zhenbei City sent out a portion of the Reconnoitre Army and found that this wave of Qilin Army disappeared within the endless mountain range at the border between the two countries, with no known whereabouts.

Shen Xinsu finally took a breather, "This mountain range is vast and stretches for thousands of miles, directly traversing from south to north, splitting east and west, just like the spine of a dragon. It’s filled with dangerous outlaws. Over a thousand men rushing into it is like a piece of meat falling into a wolf’s den."

"They definitely can’t survive. We can rest a bit easier now."

So, he reported with great fanfare that it was a tremendous victory, a great conquest.

Pressured by Zhenbei City, the Qilin Army fled into the mountains and woods, and their whereabouts are unknown.

Meanwhile, Li Guanyi’s corps hadn’t made a sound for more than ten days, and in the tumult of the world, they seemed gradually to calm down. Furthermore, with the Turkic Seven Kings arriving in the lands of Ying Country, the Emperor of Ying personally gave them a grand welcome, affording them much face.

The Regent of the Western Regions—that old Wolf King with a lame leg—nearly crippled the newly founded Dangxiang people with a single bite amidst the wild desert winds. Leading the soldiers who had departed from Chen Country, he directly burrowed into the nation of the Dangxiang people, his bravery unmatched.

The soldiers who seemed cowardly under Chen Dingye now unleashed a terrifying killing power. The Southern Dynasty’s favored formation tactics, crossbow shooting strategies, and exceptionally fine armor were fully displayed under such a courageous king.

The Regent, powerful as a fierce tiger, had over the years incrementally retrained his martial arts. Holding a double-bladed spear in his left hand and a Hook Scythe Battle Halberd in his right, he charged to the front, personally slaying over three hundred soldiers clad in heavy armor.

Then, using his long spear to prod at the corpses of the Dangxiang nobility, he galloped back and forth across the battlefield.

The Regent achieved a great victory and subsequently liberated many from the Central Plains who had been oppressed by the Dangxiang Kingdom.

He issued an order to kill the Hu, primarily targeting the people of the Dangxiang Kingdom, exempting other Hu peoples.

Anyone, be they Tiele or Tuyuhun people, could bring the heads of Dangxiang people to claim their reward, which caused the Dangxiang Kingdom to find themselves surrounded, as if by the old ferocious Wolf King’s soldiers.

This completely intensified the border conflicts.

The Dangxiang Kingdom retreated repeatedly.

Compared to such a grand strategic shift, the small-scale battle at Zhenbei City in Chen Country, involving no more than ten thousand men and lacking the feat of conquering land, didn’t make much of a splash. If not for the noticeable outcome of "Annihilation," others might have ignored it altogether.

Only the Regent, after washing off the sticky blood from his body three times, looked at the battle reports.

He said to his son, "Remember this man."

The Wolf King tapped his finger on the table, saying, "He will become an enemy of you and me."

Chen Wenmian gazed at Li Guanyi’s war achievements with a hint of flame in his eyes. This former Crown Prince, who had also charged into battle with Xiao Wuliang, was now able to command three hundred cavalrymen to perform flanking and cutting maneuvers, but he still couldn’t compare to Li Guanyi’s war achievements.

The Regent said in a low voice, "The son of Li Wanli..."

He mused.

In the eyes of their generation, Li Guanyi had not sullied the name of Li Wanli, but in the eyes of Chen Wenmian, he was merely Li Guanyi.

The Wolf King sets his paw, the Seventh Prince returns to Ying, Yue Pengwu heads north, Chen Dingye tightens his grip.

The countries of the world, great heroes each, underwent changes.

The great aspirations and ambitions of these heroes clashed like swords, emitting a shrill sound, never ceasing for a moment. And at a place gradually overlooked by all, within those mountains,

Smack!

Li Guanyi slapped a mosquito to death.

His men had been marching for ten days, and due to the varying individual quality of the soldiers, they weren’t moving quickly, but fortunately, no one attacked them. Elder Pang had temporarily left the team, this elderly man having finally acknowledged the Young Master’s uniqueness. He chose to take Li Guanyi’s seal and go out.

He began to prepare to persuade the nations, reestablishing Li Guanyi’s reputation, mainly to solidify the title of "Qin Wu County Knight," to prevent troops from the two countries from coming to kill them. As for Ling Pingyang, the strongest Cavalry General among the younger generation, he stayed behind.

He dismounted with five hundred Heavy Cavalry, and they marched on foot alongside the new recruits.

Although their pace was not fast and their journey difficult, they didn’t have to suffer casualties due to enemy attacks or the terrain. Nevertheless, such a journey required unparalleled willpower.

Li Guanyi threw away the mosquito and continued writing a letter.

"Shuangtao, everything is going well with us, although the food has a gamey taste, Lei Laomeng’s cooking is slowly improving. He’s talented, turning what was passed down from the ancestors of Divine Beast Manor into something with a new flavor,"

"Besides carrying Mechanical Crossbows and catching bears and such, he also climbs cliffs to catch birds."

"Nangong Wumeng has excellent movement techniques, she caught several eagles. Now Lei Laomeng is determinedly boiling an old eagle, having not closed his eyes for eight days, probably because there are a hundred people under him now, so they have hoisted him up, and he is determined to outdo that old eagle."