Volume 1: First Arrival at Longevity Chapter 148: The Majestic Lion's Territorial Pressure

  "Xiaoyong Lady? The First Female Zhuge of the Blue Rain Clan?"

  This title is not simple, a wise man who can be called the first among tens of millions of people, and it's terrifying to think about what kind of wisdom that brave woman had.

  "No wonder, if the brave lady was still here, even the wolf cavalry regiment would not be able to withstand the brave army." Ye Chen said calmly.

  Hou Yu nodded, "The heroic lady's wisdom and strategy are unmatched, her deployment of troops is also unbeatable. She once used 10,000 light infantry to set up the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, defeating an enemy force of 100,000 with almost no casualties. Unfortunately, those formations were too mysterious and complex, and after she passed away, no one inherited her legacy, what a pity."

  "What a remarkable woman of her generation!" Ye Chen exclaimed, then asked: "How far is the Hacha tribe from here in terms of marching distance?"

  "If it's quick, it should be no more than ten days." Hou Yu said after some thought.

  "Ten days?" Ye Chen's mouth curled up with a hint of a smile. In ten days, he could make a lot of explosives. Although the extraction of sulfur and saltpeter in that mountain range was not as rapid as before, it would still be possible to produce several tons of explosives within those ten days.

  "After the rain, you arrange for the engineering camp to use good materials according to the drawings and make more composite bows within these ten days. Also, make spiral arrowheads with arrow shafts. Within the ten-day period, at least 500,000 shafts must be made, and let the engineering camp produce them at the fastest pace."

  "Alright, I'll go now." Hou Yu said in response, and then quickly walked away.

  Ye Chen himself quickly rushed to the back mountain, where a thousand soldiers of the Engineering Corps were working hard to excavate and mix explosives.

  "Soldiers, you have worked hard! The explosives you set up on the battlefield blew up the Ha army in one fell swoop. This is your glory!" Ye Chen said loudly.

  "General, is that true? Can these explosives really blast the Harchi army to pieces?" The soldiers of each engineering battalion were extremely excited.

  "Of course." Ye Chen nodded very affirmatively and said: "Last time you produced gunpowder, which killed or injured more than 200,000 of the Khara Khan's army. So you should speed up production. Perhaps in ten days, the Khara Khan's army will attack again, and your explosives can play a decisive role at critical moments."

  "General, rest assured, we will produce more explosives even if it costs us our lives." The soldiers shouted in unison.

  "But you must be extra careful during the production process, don't trigger an explosion." Yechen reminded.

  Time passed day by day, and the equipment manufacturing project on the other side of the camp had already produced tens of thousands of composite bows and over a million spiral arrowheads within a few days. Ye Chen was very satisfied, and the explosives produced by the engineering camp in the back mountain also exceeded one ton.

  Under Ye Chen's orders, the soldiers of the Engineering Battalion made explosives into explosive cylinders, each cylinder weighing about two kilograms.

  On the ninth day, scouts reported that Hachi's army of over 500,000 people was approaching Blue Rain City, less than 800 miles away. By nightfall, they would reach a place 300 miles outside Blue Rain City.

  Among the 500,000 troops, half of them were wolf cavalry, and the rest were all light infantry and archers. It seems that Khachar Khan has mobilized almost all of the Khachar tribe's forces this time.

  The last scout reported that the Kharchu army was stationed three hundred miles outside Lanyu City, and King Kharchu led the army in person, with Tanmu as his deputy.

  The blue rain city was filled with a tense atmosphere, the generals on the city wall were all solemn and waiting, their upper layers were full of stones, and the archers' feet had large piles of arrows, already prepared, just waiting for the Ha Chi army to come and attack the city.

  Ye Chen and General Xiao Yong stood on the high city wall, gazing out at the distance. The night wind was gentle, and the stars filled the sky, but Ye Chen had already caught a whiff of blood. Tomorrow would be a day of rivers of blood and drifting corpses. War was cruel, and compared to his previous battles in Lin City against the Chu royal family, this one was on a completely different scale, with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of casualties.

  Neither of them spoke, General Xiong's expression was distant and filled with thought, wondering what he was thinking about, perhaps it was the sound of Mrs. Xiong. Ye Chen looked quietly at the distant sky.

  "What are you thinking?" A soft and beautiful voice gently entered his ears, Ye Chen did not turn his head, but in his mind, he had already conjured up that extremely beautiful and otherworldly face, as well as those blue eyes with a hint of melancholy.

  "I was thinking about the cruelty of war." Ye Chen replied truthfully.

  "I didn't expect you'd be sentimental too. I thought your heart was harder than steel." Hou Yu looked slightly surprised.

  Ye Chen shook his head and said, "That's for enemies, but in war, many are innocent people."

  Hearing the conversation between the two, General Xiu Yu suddenly came back to his senses and hastily gave Hou Yu a salute.

  "General Xiaoyong, no need for excessive courtesy." Hou Yu smiled and said.

  "In that case, I won't disturb the princess and General Ye anymore." The brave general retreated with great tact.

  "After the rain." Ye Chen called out softly.

  "Uh-huh."

  Ye Chen gazed at the distant starry sky and said softly, "Before I leave, I will resolve all the crises for the Blue Rain Clan. In the future, you can live a good life in Blue Rain City, be happy and carefree, just like when we first met, not like now with your eyebrows furrowed in worry and always having a hint of sorrow."

  "All these years, you are the first person to unknowingly walk into my heart, like a mark that is deeply engraved in my soul. You tell me how I can forget." Hou Yu said, with a pained expression.

  "You don't need to forget." Ye Chen shook his head and sighed, "The memories that exist within us cannot be forgotten, but they can be faded. Perhaps one day my shadow in your heart will become vague and unclear."

  "Perhaps." Two blue teardrops gathered in her eyes, then rolled down her smooth face. Yu Nian smiled sorrowfully and said, "Your departure is already destined, there's no use saying anything. I can't keep you here, nor do I have any reason to force you to stay."

  "Sorry, my path is not suitable for you." Ye Chen said with a guilty tone, turning around to gently wrap his arms around Hou Yu's shoulders, holding her lightly, perhaps this was the only comfort Ye Chen could offer.

  On the second day at dawn, the sun rose in the east, and a ray of sunlight illuminated the dawn. From afar, the city guards of Blue Rain City saw a dense crowd of people appearing on the horizon, followed by a rumbling sound, like the roar of ten thousand beasts rushing forward, with an overwhelming momentum.

  "They're coming, the Haxi army is attacking!" A soldier on the city wall shouted loudly, and instantly everyone's spirits were lifted, their eyes fixed tightly on the Haxi army appearing in the distance.

  "Rumble!"

  The vanguard of the Ha Chee army was the Wolf Cavalry Regiment, countless tall and majestic wolves trampling the ground, causing the earth to tremble.

  Finally, the Hacha army stopped three thousand meters away from Blue Rain City.

  More than 500,000 troops stood in unison and suddenly stopped there. The cavalry in front parted to make way for a fiery chariot pulled by two large wolves. The curtain of the chariot opened to reveal a coarse and savage face.

  "This man is Ha Che Wang. He shouted loudly at Blue Rain City: 'Ha Che Wang is here, Blue Rain King come out to answer!'"

  Ye Chen stood on the city wall, sneered and said: "Ha Chi Wang, can Lan Yu Wang be seen just because you say so? You lead a large army to besiege the city and ask Lan Yu Wang to come out and talk to you. What does this mean? If you want to negotiate, then retreat your troops and enter the city alone. Does Ha Chi Wang have such courage?"

  "Hmph!" Khara Khan snorted in anger, saying: "Who are you to have the qualifications to converse with me? I'll give the Blue Rain Tribe one last chance. Marry Princess Houyu off to my son, Hamontor, and I'll immediately withdraw my troops. From now on, I won't encroach on the Blue Rain Tribe by even a hair!"

  "Hahaha!" Ye Chen burst out laughing and said, "Ha Chi Wang, don't use your ignorant words to insult our intelligence. You've been eyeing the Blue Rain Tribe for a long time, and forcing the princess to marry is just an excuse for you to start a war. Do you really think everyone is as stupid as you are?"

  "How dare you!"

  An old man beside Ha Che Wang shouted angrily, and a rolling sound wave came instantly, making the eardrums of the soldiers on the city wall ache, like a thunderclap on a sunny day.

  Ye Chen gazed intently, his consciousness extending outwards, and a faint shock appeared in his heart. He coldly laughed: "Even the four Springs of Life from the Secret Realm of the Sea of Fate have been brought here, it seems that Ha Chi Wang is determined to take Blue Rain City."

  The old man was startled by the words, his divine consciousness retreated and left, seeing that Ye Chen was just a cultivator who had only entered the second life spring of the Naihai Secret Realm, he put down his mind, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes. "Lan Yu City is already ours, Haixi tribe has taken it. Since our Haixi tribe's elders have all arrived, you Lan Yu tribe's elders should also show up."

  "Chi Yan elder, it's been a hundred years since we last met. I hope you're doing well. Are you going to go back on your promise from back then?" Suddenly, four old men flew over, and the first one, an old man in green clothes, spoke up.

  "Qingfeng, back then you were one move ahead of me, but now our strengths are evenly matched. Among the Blue Rain tribe's elders, you're the strongest, but in my Scarlet Flame tribe, there's still someone stronger than me. Strength decides everything. Back then, we weren't strong enough and were forced to accept the agreement, but now you're no longer in our sights. The so-called agreement is naturally nullified. Today, we're going to take down your Blue Rain City." Red Flame elder said with unparalleled arrogance and dominance.

  "You, you Ha Chi tribe elder privately broke the agreement, it's what a petty person would do, simply going against the strong in the Secret Realm of the Vast Ocean." Qing Feng angrily said.

  "Haha!!" Chi Yan burst out laughing and said: "Weakling? In this world, the strong prey on the weak, the victor becomes king and the defeated become bandits. As long as your Blue Rain Clan is destroyed, we will naturally be the kings, while you will be the bandits. This is the most basic principle, don't you understand, Qing Feng?"

  "Red Flame, you should know what the existence of my Blue Rain tribe represents. Are you really daring to destroy my Blue Rain tribe? If you provoke the punishment of the Great Dao, can your Red Flame tribe afford it?"

  "Green Wind, at this point you still think you can threaten us? No matter what significance the Blue Rain Clan's existence has, those legends are from endless years ago. Nowadays, the strongest of your Blue Rain Clan is just you, an old fellow. What else can threaten us? I heard that in your forbidden land there is a scripture called 'Unparalleled Scripture', unfortunately, people like you with dull talent cannot study it, truly wasting heaven's gifts. Today, no matter what we say, we must take down the Blue Rain City and obtain the Unparalleled Scripture!" As soon as he mentioned the Unparalleled Scripture, Chi Yan's eyes shone with an extremely eager light.

  I caught a cold, had an IV drip yesterday, my throat doesn't hurt anymore but now I have a headache. Sitting in front of the computer, the more I type the dizzier I get. Maple leaves can only put the trash can under my feet, vomiting while typing, what kind of torture is this? However, I promised to update three times a day, as long as I haven't collapsed yet, I definitely won't break my promise.