My Cultivation Starting from Archery-Chapter 727 - 227: Divine Weapon Descends

The original 130,000 troops gathered outside, poised to enter Qilin Mountain and attack the Spring and Autumn Mansion, suddenly changed direction, aiming their military might directly at Yunzhou!

The Vanguard Army outside Qilin Mountain, meanwhile, laid down a formation of deception.

What is known as a formation of deception.

Involved a few thousand people pushing carts back and forth along the mountain paths amidst the heavy snow, creating the illusion of an increasing number of people entering the valley, but in reality, it was just the same people moving back and forth.

As for Chen Sansi himself, he selected 7,000 soldiers from the Hongze Camp, and quietly left Qilin Mountain amidst the wind and snow, turning instead towards the foot of Yinping Mountain.

Since ancient times, military expeditions always relied on "transportation."

It wasn’t just about where people could walk to; armies could mobilize to those places.

Supplies, war horses, weapons, armor, and so on...

Unless it was an elite rapid march, otherwise, even weapons and armor would only be donned upon reaching the battlefield or after passing through dangerous territories. This is also why surprise troops often have miraculous effects.

The enemy might still be wearing plain clothes, traveling unarmed, when suddenly a fully armed cavalry charges out from behind; it would be surprising if they weren’t overrun. freeweɓnøvel.com

Even the Forbidden Army inside the Imperial Palace held little weaponry on a daily basis; historical palace coups all required plans to seize the arsenal first before formally starting the uprising.

For this reason, military campaigns required the mobilization of numerous civilians as a logistics force, needing countless carts and pushcarts. These things had to travel on major roads.

But at this very moment.

Under Chen Sansi’s orders, all of this was abandoned.

"Everyone, discard the long weapons!"

"Remove your armor and wear only plain clothes!"

"Don’t ride the war horses, proceed on foot up the mountain!"

"Move out—"

"..."

Seven thousand soldiers from the Hongze Camp shed their armor, each carrying a long sword strapped to their backs, their waists packed with rations and water bags, gathering at the mountain’s base. In front of them lay a desolate mountain stretching nearly a thousand miles, with treacherous paths ensnared by miasma, devoid of any food except for poisonous insects and snakes.

Not to mention military campaigns, even ordinary people who entered by mistake might never come out again.

Yet on this day, a team with resolute expressions ventured in, consumed shortly by the eerie green poison miasma.

...

Yulu State, Youlan Prefecture.

With the help of the Seeking Immortal Tower and Immortal Realm sects, King Jin and King Yan rebelled half a year ago, quickly occupying three states, and this place became one of them, essentially their "Capital City."

Initially, due to a poor geographical location, the three states quickly reduced to two states.

However, because the Emperor didn’t make an appearance.

King Jin, holding a fake Imperial Jade Seal and abdication decree, combined with the various crimes of the Yan Party spreading across the land, soon gained massive support in the Eastern Central Plains and southern regions.

Furthermore, not long ago, King Jin proclaimed to the realm that with Beiliang King Chen Sansi in a white robe leading 150,000 iron cavalry in response to the uprising, attracting considerable investment from many people.

Because the White Robe had never been defeated!

From the initial Po Yang with over two thousand defeated soldiers, to the survival battle of Guan Du, not once had he been defeated.

The aristocratic families and local sects were investing in King Jin, but also in the White Robe.

Therefore, once the Beiliang King emerged.

King Jin’s territory quickly expanded from two states to four, with recent stalemates only waiting for the Beiliang Army to successfully enter the pass to make further advances.

Both sides, using each other.

King Jin utilized the reputation of the White Robe, while the White Robe utilized their "just cause."

Prince Mansion.

Resounding flute music echoed continuously within the vast estate.

It was the Green Robed Scholar Fang Qingyun, sitting in a wheelchair under the pavilion in the snow, playing a tune of "Beiliang Breaking Formation Music." Once finished, cultivators applauded in praise.

"Fang Daoist is versed in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and plays the tune exquisitely."

A Guiyuan Sect cultivator jested: "But your flute is quite similar to a fellow sect member of mine."

The Green Robed Scholar faced away from the cultivator.

Thus, the cultivator couldn’t see the scholar’s expression, only noticing a slight stiffness in the arm holding the Jade Flute, then asked: "Daoist Qian, did you bring the items?"

"Yes, yes, I did."

Qian Qiren said, handing over several talismans: "These talismans can be activated using cultivators’ essence blood."

The Green Robed Scholar was originally a Qi Refining cultivator, but later had his abilities crippled and could no longer gather mana.

"Actually, you really don’t need to be this cautious; even if the Shengyun Sect people do come, we’ll hold the front lines."

Qian Qiren said: "Alright, let’s go. They’re looking for you to discuss military strategies."

The hall in the Prince Mansion had long been converted into a Central Army Tent, complete with sand tables, maps, and everything needed.

King Jin Cao Huan, King Yan Cao Zhi, former Minister of War Ming Qingfeng, former Deputy Commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhangsun Xusheng, and other court officials belonging to King Jin’s faction were all gathered here.

"Beiliang has dispatched troops."

Zhangsun Xusheng entered the hall in haste with intelligence in hand: "A month ago, Chen Sansi led an army of 150,000 to station at Qilin Mountain and began attacking the Spring and Autumn Mansion as the vanguard!"

"Good, they’ve finally deployed."

Minister of War Ming Qingfeng spoke halfway, suddenly realizing something: "An army of 150,000, all attacking Spring and Autumn Mansion?"

More reasonable tactics.

Should have left 30,000 to 40,000 troops to block outside the Qilin Mountain path, then dispatched forces to attack Yunzhou. After driving out the forces within Yunzhou, they would head south to encircle the east side of Spring and Autumn Mansion, taking it slowly.

Such tactics would be steady and solid, wouldn’t produce miraculous effects, but would be much faster than attacking Spring and Autumn Mansion head-on.