Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 391: Marquis Qingyang Tuoba Tao_3

"Directly taking over Longguan Prefecture, the Wanjian Holy Sect of Xuzhou is in big trouble this time,"

"The situation changes in the blink of an eye! Originally, it was believed that the Rakshasa Holy Sect was on the verge of collapse, but it turns out they had already colluded with Great Jin. They're planning a joint attack on Xuzhou!"

Moxuzi, Zhang Yuning, and Lian Ningxue spoke one after another. Xiao Renfeng and Master Yuan Kong, on the other hand, remained silent, their expressions growing increasingly grave upon hearing the three's statements.

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Thirty li east of the Tongtian River, Longguan Prefecture

As the gateway to the Hedong Six Prefectures, Longguan Prefecture's status within Guangling Prefecture is indeed unique, and its characteristics are not only limited to serving as a gateway. Adjacent to the Tongtian River, Longguan Prefecture enjoys a great advantage gifted by nature.

After all, you rely on the mountains if you're near mountains, and you rely on the water if you're near water. Cities along the river, like Longguan Prefecture, naturally enjoy the convenience of water transport.

The Tongtian River is a southern tributary of the Yunlan Ancient River that flows through the tri-junction of Yu, Yong, and Xu states, with its source in the Nanyang Road of Yuzhou, passing through the northern wilds of Yongzhou, and then through Wanyang, Longxiang, and Longguan prefectures of Guangling Prefecture, finally flowing southward according to the terrain, all the way to Lingyuan Prefecture.

The largest lake within the territory of Lingyuan Prefecture is called Jade Mirror Lake.

And the Jade Mirror Lake is the end point of the Tongtian River.

In the world today, the states under the rule of different Holy Lands indeed do not interconnect, but rules are rigid, people are flexible. Just like Tianling County of Wanyang County and Zhaoyang County of Tongling County, belonging to the states of Yong and Xu, despite lacking Official Roads, some profit-seeking Martial Artists would still take risks.

If such is the case with land routes, it is even more common on waterways.

Longguan Prefecture, as a city inheriting the waterway artery from both upstream and downstream, has always been one of the most prosperous among the Hedong Six Prefectures, with other prefectures having at most just over two million people, while Longguan Prefecture often maintains an astonishing population of over three million.

Whether it is a county, prefecture, prefectural city, or state city, all follow the old system of Great Yu, meaning that as long as they are of the same level, the size is the same. The small Longguan Prefecture, however, crammed with more than three million people, is naturally much more lively than the other five prefectures of Hedong.

However, Longguan Prefecture, which should be bustling with voices and thriving activity, is abnormally quiet today. The streets and alleys of the entire prefecture are silent, eerily still.

From the outside, it seems like a dead city, but from the inside, the streets and alleys are filled with people, and the merchants doing business along the way are as usual.

The only difference is that these people have all fallen into silence.

The commoners in the city all look up in the direction of the west gate, fear evident on their faces to varying degrees, and even the Martial Artists are no exception.

...…

At the western gate of the prefectural city, about ten thousand soldiers riding war horses and clad in green armor are tidying up their gear.

Each of them is burly, with a defiant look on their faces and bodies full of surging vitality. If someone else saw this, they would be surprised to find that not one of these soldiers has a Cultivation below Ten Layers of Body Openings, the Gang Qi Realm; at least three to four hundred of them are in that realm.

"Heh heh, this is the Silver Armored Army of Xuzhou, no match for my Wolf Slaughter Guard!"

"Just a prefectural city, with Lord Marquis stepping in personally, isn't it a sure catch? That so-called Sword Chief, all blustery and proud, ran faster than a rabbit as soon as Lord Marquis made a move, hahaha..."

"Wanjian Holy Sect of Xuzhou, I've long heard about them, claiming to be the origin of sword cultivators in the world. In my opinion, they are nothing but a bunch of soft eggs with swords!"

"Hahahaha..."

...…

The scornful laughter of the green-armored soldiers contrasts starkly with the silver-armored corpses scattered all over the ground. To the naked eye, the number of silver-armored corpses is at least five times more than that of the green-armored soldiers, yet on the ground, the corpses of the green-armored soldiers probably total less than a hundred.

A middle-aged general in the Grandmaster Realm saw that the soldiers around him had all finished preparing and hurried to the front of the troops, bowing to a young man and asking, "Princely Heir, shall we depart now?"

The young man, riding an exceptionally majestic black horse, wearing a Crescent Crown and Flying Fish Robe, and holding a Square Sky Halberd, smiled handsomely when he saw the middle-aged general approach, shook his head after a moment's thought, and said, "Wait for Lord Marquis to return; the specific arrangements still need to be decided by him personally. Let the brothers wait in the city for now! And yes, catch all the prominent households in the city first."

"Your subordinate obeys!"

Just as the middle-aged general was about to turn and leave, the young man suddenly stopped him and asked, "Commander Wu, how many enemies were slain in this battle, and what are our casualties?"

"A total of fifty thousand enemies were killed. Sword Executor Cheng Yuntai was stubborn and refused to surrender, so I personally executed him. The City-Protecting Sword Array he activated at the end killed seventy-three of our brothers. Apart from that, none of the ten thousand brothers suffered any other casualties!"

Hearing this, a proud smile appeared on the young man's face, and he nodded, "Go ahead!"

The middle-aged military general saluted and led the army straight into the city.

The young man stood alone, lost in thought for a long while, and was just about to enter the city when suddenly a vigorous voice came from behind him.

"Huang'er, instruct Commander Wu to prepare the army for retreat!"

Upon hearing the voice, the young man initially showed great joy, but realizing it was an order to retreat, his expression immediately turned to astonishment.

"As commanded, Lord Marquis!"

Though filled with astonishment, the young man's response was without the slightest hesitation.