Harrison Zhou’s eyes flashed with disbelief.
“Great Wei actually has such a powerful army?!”
Wasn’t Great Wei’s strongest army supposed to be guarding the Demon Suppression Pass?
“The Huns were wiped out by the Shengwu King of Great Wei and his subordinates. If they weren’t strong, the Huns’ cavalry wouldn’t have been so easily defeated,” Wen Renshu said.
The two Martial Saints, currently stationed at Huling Pass, still didn’t dare to make a move against Oliver Sheng.
Wen Renshu was at the mid-stage of Martial Saint, while Harrison Zhou was at the early stage. Even if they joined forces, they couldn’t withstand a single punch from Oliver Sheng.
They were wise enough not to provoke Oliver Sheng.
“Do you think the Shengwu King of Great Wei will attack Huling Pass?” Harrison Zhou asked worriedly.
Even with an army of 800,000, they couldn’t guarantee they could stop the advance of Great Wei’s forces.
“I don’t know!” Wen Renshu shook his head.
There were rumors that this Shengwu King of Great Wei had little regard for martial ethics, personally killing many Hun Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters.
If Oliver Sheng decided to target them and kill their Grandmaster-level experts, no one could stop him.
“What about the royal ancestor? Didn’t I hear that the royal ancestor had already left seclusion and come to the western border?” Harrison Zhou inquired.
Wen Renshu shook his head again. He didn’t know either. The royal ancestor had yet to appear in the western border.
Looking at the Great Wei barracks beyond the pass, with an aura as radiant as the sun, the two felt an immense heaviness in their hearts.
Forget making a move; just sensing Oliver Sheng’s terrifying aura from afar filled them with despair.
It was a deep sense of powerlessness, an invincible force that crushed any thought of resistance.
Outside Huling Pass, the Great Wei barracks.
Looking at the mighty pass ahead, the Great Wei army exuded an overwhelming aura.
At Oliver Sheng’s command, they would charge forward and flatten the pass.
“General, when will we launch the attack and take this pass?” Wesley Hu, Harrison Zhou, and others eagerly looked at Oliver Sheng.
Under their fierce assault, Da Li had been retreating continuously. In just half a month, they had occupied five provinces of Da Li.
With consecutive victories, Oliver Sheng’s army had developed an invincible momentum.
A single pass was nothing. They had even crushed the Huns; a mere pass couldn’t stop their iron cavalry.
“No rush. Let’s rest for a day or two and wait for the follow-up army to deliver supplies,” Oliver Sheng said with a smile.
Attacking Da Li wasn’t like attacking the Huns, where they could just seize supplies.
In the Central Plains, they shared the same roots. If they let their troops plunder the common people’s food, the resistance would be fiercer, hindering unification.
Since entering Da Li, Oliver Sheng had remained in the army, never making a move.
His subordinates led the army in battle, while he only deterred the strong in Da Li’s army.
In previous battles, things had gone too smoothly under his care. It was time for his subordinates to grow and learn to stand on their own.
Two days later, the army launched an assault!
“Charge!!”
“Take this pass, and you’ll be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and a promotion of three ranks.”
The Great Wei army launched an attack, first with a rain of arrows to suppress the Da Li troops on the pass walls.
“Counterattack, quickly counterattack.”
“Don’t let the enemy climb up.”
The attacking troops were soldiers of the General Who Guards the East’s army, and it was just a probing attack. The Da Li troops on the pass walls resisted fiercely.
Having been chased and beaten for so many days, the Da Li soldiers harbored a deep anger.
The probing attack resulted in two to three thousand casualties before they retreated.
Siege warfare was the most brutal. If not for the 800,000 Da Li troops gathered inside Huling Pass, Oliver Sheng wouldn’t have chosen to attack it.
Without his intervention, a direct assault would only waste the lives of his soldiers.
“General, why don’t you let us take this pass?” Wesley Hu, Cameron Guo, and Chi Tiansheng stood behind Oliver Sheng, puzzled.
“You!”
“Are you skilled in siege warfare?” Oliver Sheng asked without turning around.
The group fell silent. They were used to charging on horseback, not sieging.
“General, why don’t you make a move and break this pass?” Xiao Chuyi asked, confused.
Recently, Oliver Sheng hadn’t made a move. In the past, he wouldn’t waste time and would directly kill the strong in Da Li’s army to break the pass.
“I’m waiting for someone!” Oliver Sheng replied calmly.
“Waiting for someone?”
“Who?”
His subordinates were puzzled.
“I’m waiting for Da Li’s royal ancestor,” Oliver Sheng said bluntly.
He had wiped out the Huns and killed their strongest. This news must have spread far and wide.
Now, leading his army into Da Li, only a mid-stage and an early-stage Martial Saint had shown up.
The absence of Da Li’s royal ancestor was unusual.
So many days had passed, yet the royal ancestor hadn’t appeared. This made Oliver Sheng suspicious.
“Da Li’s royal ancestor!!”
His subordinates exchanged glances.
So the general hadn’t made a move because he was waiting for Da Li’s ancestor!!
Da Li’s royal ancestor was also a Martial Saint at the Great Perfection stage.
Oliver Sheng wouldn’t forget that the Kunlun Daoist Sect was also in Da Li.
He had a life-and-death feud with the Kunlun Daoist Sect. Now that he was in Da Li, the sect wouldn’t miss this opportunity.
The Kunlun Daoist Sect’s silence was unusual, and the absence of Da Li’s royal ancestor made Oliver Sheng believe they were plotting against him.
So, Oliver Sheng waited for his enemies to reveal themselves.
Now, Oliver Sheng could confidently say he could suppress all enemies with one hand.
He didn’t care about any schemes.
The next day, the Wei army launched another symbolic attack on Huling Pass.
Watching the retreating Wei army, Harrison Zhou and Wen Renshu frowned.
“What is the Wei army up to? Today’s attack was even weaker than yesterday’s,” Harrison Zhou couldn’t help but say.
“Indeed, it’s strange!” Wen Renshu couldn’t figure out what was going on.
“Could Great Wei be planning to flank and surround Huling Pass?” a Great Grandmaster suggested.
“Send out scouts to monitor the Wei army’s movements at all times,” Wen Renshu ordered.
“Yes, Your Highness!”
In the evening, outside Huling Pass, the 300,000-strong Wei army lit bonfires.
The Da Li troops stood on the pass walls, watching the Wei army outside.
Many soldiers didn’t understand why they had to fear the Wei army and defend the pass when they had 800,000 troops against 300,000.
As night fell, two figures descended inside Huling Pass.
Seeing the newcomers, the tension in Wen Renshu and Harrison Zhou’s minds instantly disappeared.
“Greetings, Ancestor Zhao!”
“Greetings, Ancestor Jiang!”
The newcomers were Zhao Tingsheng and Jiang Han.
After so many days, Da Li’s royal ancestor had finally appeared.
Moreover, there was also an ancestor from Da Chu.
Had Ancestor Zhao been inviting Ancestor Jiang all this time?
“If the Wei army attacks tomorrow, lead the troops to retreat towards Gongyang Mountain,” Zhao Tingsheng ordered without any extra words.
Wen Renshu and Harrison Zhou were puzzled.
Not resist and retreat to Gongyang Mountain?!
With 800,000 troops and Ancestor Jiang, they had four Martial Saints. Shouldn’t they resist?
“Yes, Ancestor!”
Though they didn’t understand the reasoning, Wen Renshu and Harrison Zhou obeyed.
In the Wei army camp, Oliver Sheng suddenly opened his eyes, looking towards Huling Pass.
Two Great Perfection Martial Saint auras had appeared; how could they escape his senses?
One of them must be Da Li’s Great Perfection Martial Saint ancestor.
“So, they’ve finally shown themselves!” Oliver Sheng smiled.
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