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Chapter 204 The Western Rong National Preceptor, to be executed by this eccentric.
Yumen Pass.

The once formidable pass that blocked the Western Rong tribes has now become a stronghold for their armies.

night.

In the big tent.

The Western Rong commander sat in the main seat, his brows furrowed.

Seated below were several generals from the Western Rong and Zheng Wangzhi, a remnant of the Zheng family who had fled beyond the Great Wall.

"The Marquis of Xiliang has been captured by the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Xiliang Army has also been taken over by the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Man proposes, God disposes."

"It seems that if we want to go south for the hunt, we must first wipe out the Xiliang army."

The Western Rong commander said with some regret.

After the Western Rong army broke through Yumen Pass, they stationed themselves there and did not immediately enter Xiliang to move south.

Because the Marquis of Xiliang had secretly reached an agreement with the Western Rong.

The reason why the Western Rong forcibly broke through Yumen Pass was to force the Marquis of Xiliang to join them in raising an army and marching south to attack the Great Zhou.

The Marquis of Xiliang wanted to use the army of the Western Rong to weaken the court and thus protect himself.

The Western Rong also took advantage of the situation and were able to enter Western Liang through Dunhuang Pass first, even with the Western Liang Marquis turning a blind eye.

Then, the main force of the Western Rong army changed from a feigned attack on Yumen Pass to a real assault on Yumen Pass.

Once the Jade Gate Pass is breached, the Marquis of Xiliang will have no room for maneuver. Even if he doesn't rebel, he will have to join the Western Rong in rebelling and attacking the Great Zhou.

After all, the Zhou Dynasty would not let the Marquis of Xiliang go after colluding with foreign enemies and letting them enter Xiliang through Dunhuang Pass, coupled with the fall of Yumen Pass.

This was the Western Rong's scheme.

If the Marquis of Xiliang were to raise an army and march south with the Western Rong army to attack the Great Zhou, it would absolutely throw the Great Zhou into complete chaos.

But who would have thought that man proposes, God disposes? While the Western Rong were attacking Yumen, the imperial court had already captured the Marquis of Xiliang and taken over the Xiliang army.

This completely disrupted the Western Rong's plans.

Furthermore, the Western Rong will have to fight the Western Liang army when they move south.

This was not good news for the Western Rong army.

"General, isn't it just the Xiliang army? With my Xirong cavalry, dealing with the Xiliang army is more than enough."

“That’s right. Without the barrier of Yumen Pass, the Xiliang army simply cannot withstand the army of the Xirong.”

"Perfect timing! Our Western Rong army seized the opportunity to defeat the Western Liang army. From now on, no one in Western Liang can stop our Western Rong army from heading south to graze their horses."

Several Western Rong generals said dismissively, not taking the Western Liang army seriously at all.

If it weren't for the strategic importance of Yumen Pass, the Western Liang army would have been unable to stop the Western Rong army.

These Western Rong generals were deeply unhappy about secretly colluding with the Western Liang army.

After all, the two sides had been fighting for many years and had long since formed an irreconcilable enmity.

It's ridiculous that two sides with a grudge would secretly cooperate.
If it weren't for orders from above, these Western Rong generals would have led their army south immediately after breaking through the pass, and directly defeated the Western Liang army.

The commander of the Western Rong army said nothing more after hearing what these generals had said.

The commander of the Western Rong army could guess what these generals were thinking.

Now that the Marquis of Xiliang has been captured by the imperial court and the Xiliang army has been taken over by the imperial court, there is no point in saying anything more.

The commander of the Western Rong army looked at Zheng Wangzhi beside him; "Young Master Zheng, the Great Zhou court has captured the Marquis of Xiliang and taken over the Western Liang army, so our previous plan is no longer feasible."

"From now on, we will have to rely on Young Master Zheng in many areas."

The commander of the Western Rong looked at Zheng Wangzhi and said politely.

The Zheng family was, after all, one of the seven great families of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although the Zheng family had been exterminated by the Great Zhou Dynasty, they still retained many connections and networks within the Great Zhou territory.

The Western Rong wanted to move south and hunt in the Central Plains, and the relationships and connections left by the Zheng family were of great use to them.

"Rest assured, General. If you need anything, I will do my utmost."

Zheng Wangzhi understood the Western Rong commander's meaning and immediately expressed his opinion.

"it is good."

The Western Rong commander nodded in satisfaction and looked at the Western Rong generals present. "Issue my order to immediately assemble the army and launch a direct attack on Xijing City."

Now that the Marquis of Xiliang has been captured by the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Xiliang Army has been taken over by the Great Zhou Dynasty, there is no need for them to wait any longer.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Great Zhou Dynasty had just taken over the Xiliang Army and that the army's morale was unstable, this was the perfect opportunity for a surprise attack.

Perhaps this way we can defeat the Xiliang army in one fell swoop.

"As the commander commands."

All the Western Rong generals present stood up and spoke.

Just then, a cold wind blew into the tent.

Then, a figure appeared silently inside the tent.

"who?"

The Western Rong commander and everyone in the tent were startled and looked at the figure that had suddenly appeared in the tent.

The figure was dressed in unusual clothing, had no facial features, and looked extremely feminine.

The Western Rong commander and his generals did not recognize the figure who suddenly appeared in the tent, but they could tell that the figure was a person from the Great Zhou.

"who are you?"

"How dare you trespass into my tent?"

The Western Rong commander stared intently at the figure, his expression grave.

The Western Rong commander knew that this person was no ordinary individual, capable of silently infiltrating the heavily guarded and heavily armed army into this large tent.

When Zheng Wangzhi saw the figure suddenly burst into the tent, his pupils constricted.

Zheng Wangzhi didn't recognize the figure, but he recognized the figure's distinctive clothing.

"The Eastern Depot's henchmen?"

Zheng Wangzhi blurted it out.

Indeed, the distinctive clothing worn by this figure is exclusive to the Eastern Depot, thus revealing the figure's identity.

Eastern Depot's henchmen?

The Western Rong commander and his generals all changed their expressions upon hearing Zheng Wangzhi's words.

The reputation of the Eastern Depot was already known even to the Western Rong commanders, who were far away beyond the Great Wall.

I know that the Eastern Depot is a newly established agency by the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which has the privilege of acting first and reporting later.

Although it has not been established for very long, it has already eliminated many powerful ministers and aristocratic families for the emperor of the Great Zhou.

Most importantly, the Grand Supervisor of the Eastern Depot is a half-step Celestial Realm expert, who is said to have a record of killing experts of the same level.

The Western Rong commander and his generals never expected that the person who suddenly and silently broke into the tent was actually a member of the Eastern Depot.

And this figure was indeed a member of the Eastern Depot, none other than Cao Zhengchun, the Grand Supervisor of the Eastern Depot.

Cao Zhengchun glanced coldly at Zheng Wangzhi, then looked at the Western Rong commander; "Cao Zhengchun, the supervisor of the Eastern Depot, how dare you Western Rong offend my Great Zhou, break the agreement, and send half-step Celestials to assassinate my Great Zhou generals."

"Today, I will retaliate in kind and send you Western barbarians to the underworld to meet King Yama."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Zhengchun's figure vanished from the spot like a ghost and instantly appeared in front of the Western Rong commander.

Cao Zhengchun lashed out with his claws, grabbing at the Western Rong commander.

The Western Rong commander was no ordinary man. After a moment of surprise, seeing Cao Zhengchun reaching for him, he clenched his fist and attacked Cao Zhengchun.

However, the Western Rong commander only possessed the strength of a Grandmaster at the peak. Although he was very strong, he was still far inferior to Cao Zhengchun, who was a half-step master.

Furthermore, Cao Zhengchun was attacking with all his might. Let alone a Grandmaster at the peak, even someone at the half-step Celestial Realm wouldn't be able to withstand more than a few moves from Cao Zhengchun. Cao Zhengchun reached out and grabbed the fist that the Western Rong commander was about to throw. Unstoppable forces were output from his claws and rushed into the Western Rong commander's body.

"puff."

The Western Rong commander spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling as if countless scorching things were destroying his internal organs.

At the same time, Cao Zhengchun's other hand, radiating intense heat, struck the Western Rong commander.

"bump."

After the palm strike, the Western Rong commander was sent flying backward. After slumping to the ground, he struggled a few times and then fell silent.

His unwilling gaze was fixed on Cao Zhengchun.

Perhaps, even in death, the Western Rong commander never imagined that he would lead the Western Rong army to hunt in the Central Plains, and before he could even head south, he would die inside the Jade Gate Pass.

This scene happened in the blink of an eye.

Before the Western Rong generals and Zheng Wangzhi could react, they saw that their Western Rong commander had died at the hands of Cao Zhengchun.

"Commander."

The expressions of the Western Rong generals all changed when they saw that their commander was dead or wounded.

"You will all die too."

Cao Zhengchun's figure disappeared from the spot again, and he attacked several Western Rong generals with a series of palm strikes.

Even the Grandmaster-level commander of the Western Rong died at Cao Zhengchun's hands in the blink of an eye, let alone these Western Rong generals.

In just one minute, several Western Rong generals fell to the ground and became corpses.

"Guards, there are thorns..."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zheng Wangzhi rushed out while shouting.

Unfortunately, Zheng Wangzhi could only utter half a sentence before he couldn't utter another word.

Cao Zhengchun grabbed Zheng Wangzhi by the neck and sneered, "You remnants of the Zheng family, you escaped quite quickly, even to the border."

“But you can run away like monks but not like temples. Now you’ve fallen into my hands.”

"I will immediately send you down to the underworld to reunite with the Zheng family."

Cao Zhengchun exerted force on his hand.

A 'click' sound.

Zheng Wangzhi, the young leader of the Zheng family who had escaped from Rongyang, died just like that.

"Bold."

"Who has infiltrated my Western Rong army and attacked my Western Rong commander?"

Just as Cao Zhengchun snapped Zheng Wangzhi's neck, a loud shout rang out.

A powerful aura rushed in from not far away.

The commotion inside the tent still alerted those outside.

However, Cao Zhengchun didn't care. In any case, he had already killed the Western Rong commander and several generals, so it didn't matter if it alarmed the outside world.

Cao Zhengchun casually threw Zheng Wangzhi to the ground and then shot himself into the air.

That powerful aura arrived just in time.

The two figures collided in the blink of an eye.

“Western Rong National Preceptor, I was just looking for you. How dare you attack and kill my Great Zhou general! You shall die!”

"You eunuch of the Great Zhou, you dare to infiltrate my Western Rong army, you are truly courting death."

The two figures clashed fiercely.

Its powerful aura stirred up the surrounding winds and waves.

The shockwaves from the battle reverberated throughout the entire Yumen Pass.

The Western Rong guards quickly surrounded them.
……

at the same time.

In the Western Rong army camp, shadowy figures lurked everywhere, rushing into various military tents.

soon.

Fires broke out throughout the military camp, followed by the sounds of fighting.

Several dark figures sneaked into the area where the military camp kept its warhorses, and a fire broke out.

The warhorse was startled and ran wildly in all directions.

The entire Western Rong army camp was in complete chaos.

Outside the military camp, dozens of dark figures lurked in the shadows.

As fires raged and chaos erupted within the military camp, one of the leading figures in dark robes whispered, "The alien camp is in disarray. Let's proceed according to Mr. Jia's plan!"

The dozens of dark figures all nodded and quickly separated.

Each of the dark figures took out a small firecracker-like object from their pockets, lit it, and threw it into the Western Rong army camp.

As soon as these small firecrackers fell to the ground, wisps of blue smoke rose up.

As these dark figures continued to throw small firecrackers into the military camp, the smoke inside gradually dissipated and began to spread in all directions.

……

In a grove of trees not far from Yumen Pass.

Jia Xu and Zhang Liao stood on a treetop, gazing at the flames burning in the direction of Yumen Pass and listening to the chaotic sounds coming from that direction.

Hidden in the woods below are 50,000 troops of the Western Liang army.

"Mr. Jia, judging from the commotion, Eunuch Cao and the others have already made their move."

"Can we really annihilate this Western Rong army like this?"

"You must understand, this is a Western Rong army of over 200,000. Even if Eunuch Cao kills their commander and causes chaos in the Western Rong army, it is estimated that it will not be able to damage the Western Rong army's strength."

“We only brought 50,000 Xiliang troops. Even if the Xirong army is in disarray and suffers some casualties, they still have a lot more troops than our Xiliang army.”

Zhang Liao glanced at Jia Xu and said with some concern.

"If everything goes smoothly, 50,000 Xiliang troops will be enough. It's not like we're going to have a head-on battle with the Xirong army."

"Once the commander and several generals of the Western Rong die, the Western Rong army will be a disorganized mess."

"With this chaos, the Western Rong army is like a headless fly, unable to form any real fighting force."

"With 50,000 Xiliang troops, wiping out a bunch of headless flies shouldn't be a problem."

Jia Xu didn't turn his head, still staring straight in the direction of Yumen Pass, and said.

In order to annihilate these hundreds of thousands of alien tribes without suffering heavy losses on both sides, Jia Xu devised this surprise attack plan.

As long as everything goes according to his plan, there will be no problem in annihilating these hundreds of thousands of alien races.

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Zhang Liao felt a little more at ease. "Then I will now lead 50,000 Xiliang troops to attack the Xirong army directly, and take advantage of their confusion to defeat them in one fell swoop."

Jia Xu shook his head; "Wait a little longer, now is not the best time."

"The chaos in the Western Rong camp has only just begun; there's no rush to take action."

Jia Xu looked at the blazing fire at Yumen Pass and said...

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liao nodded, realizing he had been getting a little impatient.

Now is indeed not the best time to lead troops to directly attack the Western Rong camp.

This chaos has only just begun; it hasn't even reached its peak yet.

Once he reaches the peak, that will be the time for him to launch a direct attack on the Western Rong camp.

(End of this chapter)