Transmigration begins with archery training

Chen Sanshi abandoned the city and called for reinforcements, going around in circles, but in the end, he still had to fight a head-on battle.

With an army of over 500,000, plus the presence of Emperor Longqing and Ling Kui, even with the assistance of the Cloud Palace, the chances of winning a direct confrontation are probably not very high.

Unless Genting Palace has some kind of trump card.

That's right.

Genting Palace was prepared!

This is the only explanation that the Guiyuan Sect members can come up with.

"Damn Genting Palace has been plotting this for a long time."

If that's the case, then all their preparations over the past few years have been for nothing, just a waste of time and effort for the Cloud Palace.

They might even turn against Guiyuan Sect soon!

Just as everyone was wondering, a hummingbird, a spirit beast no bigger than a finger, flew over. It was the spirit beast that had been sent out to gather information.

After it landed in Qian Qiren's palm, it spat out a slip of paper, which the latter immediately examined carefully.

"how?"

Cui Zichen asked, "What preparations has the Cloud Palace made? We should also prepare accordingly."

Amidst the anxious gazes of the crowd.

"not good!"

Qian Qiren's expression shifted between light and shadow, then he revealed the truth in a trembling voice: "There's no trump card here!"

"did you mean……"

"Is Cloud Palace simply prepared to fight to the death?"

"..."

"Do not."

Qian Qiren shook his head: "Yunding Palace didn't come at all!"

"See for yourselves!"

"It's all written clearly in this secret letter."

"Neither the Qing Kingdom nor the Cloud Palace are watching from the sidelines; they haven't sent a single soldier or cultivator over."

"Kunyang had no reinforcements at all."

"Or rather... the only reinforcement is Chen Sanshi!"

"We've been tricked!"

Hear this.

The monks were horrified.

"Disciple."

Cui Zichen quickly asked, "You are more familiar with troop deployment. Without the help of Yunding Palace, how many troops can Chen Sanshi mobilize in such a short time to fight back?"

"At most 20,000."

Without hesitation, Prince Cao Zhi of Yan gave the answer: "The only ones who can reach Bagong Mountain within half a month are the 20,000 troops who were left to guard Chibi."

Twenty thousand!

Everyone looked at each other.

Has that guy surnamed Chen gone mad?!

After going through such a long and complicated process, they only managed to bring back 20,000 people.

We're going to use these 20,000 men to fight...

one million!

What a brilliant bluff!

Even the Guiyuan Sect, which had known about the truth for a long time, only learned of it recently. The Dasheng Dynasty would find out even later, and they would undoubtedly believe that there were indeed 200,000 troops on the other side.

Can……

It's fake, it's fake!

You can fool others, but how can you fool yourself?

A mere 20,000 people, if they successfully cross the river... will be exposed!

At that point, it won't even be considered lambs to the slaughter; it will be nothing more than food delivered right to the enemy's mouth!

"crazy!"

"That guy surnamed Chen is really crazy!"

"Luckily we left early and didn't continue to hold Kunyang to the death, otherwise we would definitely have been killed by him!"

"Let's wait and see."

"If things don't go well, leave this place immediately."

"..."

If they fail in this battle, Guiyuan Sect will essentially lose the qualification to continue competing for the ancestral lineage and will have no choice but to return home with regret.

"Wow~ What a strong wind!"

Huang Laojiu, who had been sitting silently on the donkey cart, suddenly spoke. Only then did the others realize that a violent wind had suddenly swept through the previously silent night sky, followed by large raindrops pattering on them.

The world has changed!

Above the Fei River, the bright moon shines, and countless stars fill the sky, creating a dazzling Milky Way!

On a clear, sunny night, the vast night sky, which was originally a beautiful scene of "stars hanging low over the vast plains and the moon surging in the great river," was suddenly engulfed by a sinister and eerie storm.

Under the fierce winds, more and more dark clouds surged in from afar, gathering above the Fei River, obscuring the sky and earth, and churning like a tsunami.

Meteors penetrate the sparse trees, and the moon moves retrograde through the clouds.

If you look up from the ground, you can see the bright moon in the night sky constantly moving across the surface of the dark clouds through the dark branches of the trees on Bagong Mountain, until it plunges headlong into the gloomy, hellish black fog, completely enveloped and swallowed up, and no longer able to see any light.

Instead, the starlight, which had been dim compared to the bright moon, began to twinkle one after another, becoming increasingly bright.

"Click——"

As a streak of crimson lightning flashed across the night sky, a torrential downpour suddenly descended upon the star-studded night, a bizarre celestial phenomenon unseen in a century.

This scene was clearly seen not only by the cultivators in mid-air, but also by the imperial army on the ground, who couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

"Red lightning?!"

"And why are the stars so much brighter than usual? They're almost whitish!"

"..."

"Brother, I studied astronomy with my teacher when I was a child."

"Then tell me quickly what happened?"

"This is an ominous sign."

"An ominous sign?"

"That's right. The last time this happened was more than 500 years ago, when the Former Jin Dynasty fell. That night, the Milky Way turned white and blood-red lightning fell from the sky because the Jin Dynasty's tyranny had brought divine retribution!"

"what?"

"Is that so? Then who is this divine retribution for today?"

"Who knows?"

"It could be the rebels, or it could be us."

"..."

Among the million-strong army of the imperial court.

It has three camps: Xuanwu, Baihu, and Tianshi.

After the strange celestial phenomena occurred, many people in the three camps immediately emerged who claimed to understand celestial phenomena. They tirelessly told those around them about it. In addition, the white light of the stars and the purple lightning were extremely rare, and the idea of ​​divine retribution quickly spread.

A million people, that is, a million mouths, were all discussing the "divine retribution" theory, and for a moment their minds were somewhat dazed.

The fact that some of them said that this divine retribution was directed at them was especially unsettling.

"Shut up!"

"Silence!"

"It's just a rain shower, look at how pathetic you all are!"

"Just get back to what you were doing!"

"If anything goes wrong, I'll take your heads!"

"..."

The various officers and commanders moved around, keeping the soldiers quiet while relaying orders from the front, instructing the central and rear armies to retreat.

In their center.

Emperor Longqing and others naturally noticed the changes in the celestial phenomena.

"His Majesty!"

"This is an ominous sign!"

A civil official stumbled through the muddy rain and knelt down, crying out, "Your Majesty, the Milky Way is turning white, and there is a purple-red ominous thunder! This is an ominous sign, it is..."

This person is the Director of the Imperial Observatory, responsible for observing celestial phenomena and stars.

"An ominous sign?"

The Longqing Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and interrupted the other person in a drawn-out tone: "Nonsense, where did this ominous sign come from?"

"Your Majesty, it's true!"

Ignoring the objections, the supervisor solemnly declared, "I only know that the Five Emperors' Seats in the Taiwei Enclosure have been dark recently, which is unfavorable to Your Majesty. Furthermore, there are unusual celestial phenomena tonight, so it is probably not suitable for a decisive battle!"