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The Sacred Ding

Chapter 159

Author: geng su
updatedAt: 2025-07-07

Since Mr. Wen came in person, Chen Hai knew that he wanted to really accept the restraint of rear army general fan Chun this time, but he didn''t want to follow orders and didn''t have any initiative at all.

    Since Mr. Wen asked him about his views on the follow-up war, Chen Hai said impolitely:

    "The safest way is to sit still at Qin Tongguan and wait for the guard to lead the Department to suffer a great setback. We accept disabled soldiers here..."

    "Listen to your tone, this plan seems the most secure, but it''s not the best policy in your heart?" Mr. Wen smiled.

    "If the seventh army didn''t do anything in this war, why didn''t they hand over the disabled soldiers after the war? If the Xiyuan army did nothing and suffered great setbacks, how could your highness persuade the central minister and crown prince to continue to strengthen the Xiyuan army instead of directly dismissing the Xiyuan army?" Chen Hai asked with bright eyes.

    "Do you mean to lead the troops across the qintongguan pass to the west?" fan Chun asked with a slight frown.

    His initial plan was that the rear army would stay near Qin Tongguan to accept the remnant army who fled in rout. This is indeed the most secure plan. However, according to Chen Hai, the rear army can accept the rout army if it really wants to stand still, but it will fall into passivity later on in the court.

    Fan Chun did not expect that Chen Hai could not only train the new army, but also take into account the general trend of the court.

    "It''s too dangerous for your 10000 troops to cross Qintong pass and enter the West -- Moreover, how can you be sure that Miao he won''t compete to enter the West in front of your department?" Mr. Wen asked.

    "All battles are dangerous. It''s worth fighting if Mr. Wen tells me that he can have a chance of life. Even if it''s dangerous, I don''t think your highness will lay this chess piece in fujiaoling. If your highness doesn''t dare to take some risks with one of the chess pieces, it will be difficult to achieve great things," Chen Hai said, "As for Miao he, I don''t think he is willing to eat this hard and useless thing. If he wants to strive to advance westward, please ask fan chun to control me and the two films to advance westward together."

    "The exile rebels are indeed a mob. It''s difficult to make great achievements if they are formed in a hurry. Wei Yuqi is also a veteran of the army, and naturally won''t look away," said Mr. Wen with a slight sigh. "But according to reliable news, Gong Liang, the evil teacher of Chimei cult, led nearly a thousand elite followers to sneak into Qintong mountain six months ago..."

    "Heavenly Master Gong Liang!"

    Tu Ziji was shocked to hear Mr. Wen confide a name that sounded familiar to him. He asked, "I heard the Lord of the valve say that the first emperor sent troops to wipe out the Taoist temple 80 years ago, and the heavenly masters Gong Qing, Gong Bao, Gong Liang and other bandit capitals have been killed. Even the Lord of the valve was also severely damaged in the battle of the Taoist temple and has not fully recovered so far. How can he join the red eyebrow sect to make waves?"

    "The Taoist temple was exterminated because it practiced the death and life cult, but also because the death and life cult in the Taoist temple is too mysterious. Not only Gong Liang is alive, but also the great heavenly masters Gong Qing and Gong Bao are not dead. It is very likely that the three of them dyed their eyebrows with red stones and established the Taiping Taoist sect in the wilderness of southern regions," Mr. Wen said, "There are many members of the red eyebrow sect in the chaos of Yunmeng County. At that time, the red eyebrow sect had already become a force. Your highness didn''t notice it at first. He led the third division Huben to invade the chaos of Yunmeng County in the South and suffered a great loss. Your highness didn''t report it, but the crown prince mistakenly thought that your highness intended to consume the old followers loyal to the emperor and had more trust in your highness..."

    The original 72 divisions of Huben had been killed by tigers and wolves. Three of them suffered great setbacks. For more than ten years, they were suppressed by Prince Yingdan. Finally, less than 20000 disabled soldiers were scattered and incorporated into the new army of Xiyuan.

    Referring to the classics stored in the school palace, Chen Hai also saw records about the evil sect of the Taoist temple. Due to the cultivation of evil laws, the Taoist temple became a public enemy of the xuanxiu sect in Yanzhou, and was finally destroyed by the royal family Ying family.

    Chen Hai thought that the Taoist temple had long been extinguished. Unexpectedly, the residual evils of the Taoist temple were revived by the red eyebrow cult, and even secretly cultivated such a huge strength. What they had seen in the past was just the tip of the iceberg.

    The Heavenly Master Gong Liang was a figure in the Taoist Dan realm in the earth list 80 years ago. Even if his cultivation has not recovered after 80 years, he is also a top strong man that Chen Hai and they can''t match.

    In addition, the scale of the secret development of the Chimei cult over the past few decades is amazing. More than a thousand elite believers often sneak into qintongshan with the Heavenly Master Gong Liang. No wonder Wang Ying mentioned that Mr. Wen, Chen XuanZhen and fan Chun had long determined that Wei Yu was bound to lose this war.

    Although the exile rebels are a mob, and Wei Yuqi also has the cultivation of daodan territory, they despise the enemy''s trade and advance. They don''t know that nearly a thousand elite followers of Chimei sect sneaked into qintongshan without defense. How can they not be greatly frustrated?

    "Chen Duwei, after you know the details, do you still decide to lead the troops to cross the Qintong pass and enter the west?" Mr. Wen asked with watery eyes staring at Chen Hai.

    The strength of the followers of the red eyebrow sect sneaking into the Qintong mountains is much higher than expected. They lead more than 10000 fierce soldiers to cross the Qintong pass and enter the West. They will eventually be eaten without bones. Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong feel that Chen Hai is bold again. At this time, they will never want to lead their troops into the Qintong mountains alone.

    "It may not be a war!" Chen Hai said calmly.

    "Oh," said Mr. Wen, who thought he was going to enter the Qintong mountains. Chen Hai should have been timid, but he didn''t think that what Chen Hai saw in his eyes were perseverance and firmness that could not be destroyed by the sky fire. He asked in surprise, "why do you insist on sending troops?"

    "Everything is what I just said. If the Xiyuan army does nothing, your Highness''s grand plan will be difficult to achieve," Chen Hai turned to Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong and asked, "ziji and Zhao Duwei, do you dare to cross the qintongguan pass and enter the West with me?"

    "..." Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong didn''t know what to say.

    From Mr. Wen''s point of view, he expected them to lead the troops to cross the qintongguan pass. The reason is just as Chen Hai said. If the Xiyuan army did nothing, it would be greatly defeated. This is enough to prove that the Xiyuan army''s compilation and training in the past year was a failure. It is likely that it will be directly dismissed by Prince Yingdan afterwards. His highness is not able to exclude public discussion and strengthen the Xiyuan army while retaining the Xiyuan army, But if they really want to lead their troops into the Qintong mountains, they may not have a 10% chance of winning.

    Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong didn''t want to go west, but they couldn''t say "no" at this time.

    Chen Hai has just explained the truth. Your Highness has not only laid chess pieces at Jiaoling in order to make a big plan. In order to succeed, they are destined to take a chess piece out and take risks. As chess pieces, they have no possibility to shrink back.

    "We naturally want to advance and retreat with Chen Duwei," said Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong.

    "OK!" Mr. Wen clapped his thigh and shouted, "Although Gong Liang was once a figure in the earth list, he came back from death and suffered heavy injuries in the wars of Yunmeng. His injuries are not so easy to recover, and he may not dare to take risks with his own body. It''s those big wine offerings under his hands. You should be more careful. The magic weapons of earth level spirit swords are things with names and surnames, and your highness can''t give them to you, but there are more than ten earth level Xuanfu, which may help you."

    Mr. Wen took out three brocade bags from his robe sleeves and handed them to Chen Hai, Zhao Rong and Tu Ziji respectively.

    Even if there is a magic weapon of prefecture level spirit sword, Chen Hai''s cultivation at this time can''t be sacrificed; relatively speaking, each person can have three or five prefecture level Xuanfu in his hand, which is definitely more effective than the magic weapon of prefecture level spirit sword at the critical moment.

    Fan Chun still wants to stay in qintongguan, but he will hand over the 500 person Huwei camp under the command of his eldest son Fan Cheng to Chen Hai for control, so as to strengthen the combat effectiveness of Chen Hai''s headquarters as much as possible under the existing conditions.

    Although Fan Cheng only achieved the peak cultivation in the spirit realm, not stronger than Chen Hai, there are 500 Hu Weiying and up to 40 Wu cultivation in the spirit realm. It is fan Chunwei who has trained the elite of his lineage over the years. His soldiers, armor, bow and weapons are much better than ordinary generals.

    Even if Chen Hai trains the elite of his lineage at this speed, it may be ten years later that the elite of his hubing can compete with the elite around fan Chun.

    Fan Chun gave Chen Hai the elite of his lineage to control, and also handed over all the chips in his hand, which is much more powerful than fan Chun''s personal battle.

    As Chen Hai expected, Miao he was not interested in crossing the remnant ruins of Qin Tongguan to the West.

    In Miao he''s opinion, Wei Yuqi''s department will be able to cut melons and vegetables to kill the exile rebels in front. They cross the remnant ruins of Qin Tongguan and go west behind the hall. They can''t get much credit and will be extremely hard. Why bother him.

    Miao he didn''t want to lead his troops to the West. It naturally fell on the head of the seventh capital of the Xiyuan army led by Chen hai to advance into the Qintong mountains and serve as the main guard behind the main hall led by Qi Suo.

    Fan Chun sent a message to Wei Yuqi, who also hoped that Chen Hai could lead his troops into the Qintong mountains as soon as possible.

    Wei Yuqi didn''t expect Chen Hai''s department to play a big role, but Wei Yuqi led his department to pursue the rogue bandits. The remnant army has gone deep into the Qintong mountains for more than 2000 miles. All the county villages along the way have been severely destroyed by the rebels. There are many forks in the depths of the Qintong mountains. He needs a reserve army to ensure that the supply channel is not disturbed by small groups of rogues.

    There are 300-400-meter-high ruins of Qin Tongguan. Although well-trained generals and soldiers can barely climb over with their bare hands, the ruins are littered with broken bricks and stones, which is difficult for ordinary mules and horses to cross.

    Chen Hai and his men could only leave most of their chariots and horses to the east of qintongguan. Only four or five hundred green cunning horses and more than 80 light battle formations with defensive array were forcibly carried over the ruins of three or four hundred meters high and into the gorge road to the west of qintongguan.

    Of course, Chen Hai led his troops westward, and fan Chun stayed in the town of qintongguan. In addition to cleaning up the ruins, he did nothing else.

    Fan Chun was authorized by Taiwei''s house to enlist 50000 people on the spot to supplement the shortage of manpower for cleaning up the ruins.

    Chen Hai asked fan chun to recruit 20000 strong refugees from the 80000 refugees settled in the river beach in the north of Taohuawu, and to arrange the 20000 people to cross the Qintong pass and join them as soon as possible

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