Chapter 151

He had to develop low-key and solidify his foundation;

Build high walls, store plenty of grain, and be slow to claim the title of king.

Strive to manage his own base well and first narrow the gap between himself and top noble clans like the Yuan family.

"Eh?"

Zhang Ning was slightly stunned upon hearing this and was very confused, but she didn't ask more.

Since Su Xuan chose to make such arrangements, he must have his plans and reasons, right?

Otherwise, how could this person be the one her father favored, the one who could create a Great Unity world in the future?

"I understand! I will do as you say!"

Zhang Ning nodded in agreement.

Afterward, they didn't say much more and soon left separately.

That night,

"Lord! There is unusual movement from the Huang Jin army in the north of the city. Zhang Yan has led 100,000 Huang Jin elites to withdraw northward!"

Jia San came to report the situation.

"Oh?"

Su Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this: "As expected of Zhang Jiao! Even at a time like this, he still has multiple arrangements!"

"Forget it! No need to worry about that Zhang Yan. Our primary task right now is to break through this Guang Sect, take Zhang Jiao, and nothing else is important."

Combined with the contents of Zhang Jiao's letter, Su Xuan roughly understood Zhang Jiao's intentions in doing this.

But he tacitly approved.

Simply suppressing the rebellion had never been his goal.

Using the opportunity to strengthen himself was what he needed.

"Understood!"

Jia San was slightly stunned upon hearing this, but didn't ask why.

Early the next morning,

Su Xuan rarely assembled all his troops to launch the most violent attack on Guang Sect City.

With this attack, Dian Wei and the others discovered that the Huang Jin army's resistance today was even weaker.

"Haha! The merit of being the first to ascend belongs to me and the Xuanwu Battalion!"

Dian Wei took the lead in commanding the troops to charge onto the city wall, and by constantly expanding and consolidating his advantage, he soon occupied a large section of the city wall and charged toward the Nancheng Tower.

Feeling incredibly refreshed, Dian Wei couldn't help but roar out loud.

Immediately afterward, Zhang He, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and others also successively took advantage of the conditions created by Dian Wei to charge onto the city wall.

"Boom!!!"

In less than ten minutes, the entire Nancheng Tower, along with the city gate, had been taken by Su Xuan's army.

The city gate was thrown wide open, and the drawbridge was lowered.

"Kill!!"

Su Xuan and Huang Zhong did not hesitate to lead three thousand Black Armored Army soldiers to form a military formation and charge into the city.

They rampaged without restraint, and anyone or anything that attempted to block the Black Armor Army was crushed.

On the way, Dian Wei also temporarily left the Xuanwu Battalion, handed the defense of the Xuanwu Battalion and the Nancheng Gate to Zhang He, and joined Su Xuan's military formation.

Seeing this, Liu, Guan, and Zhang also wanted to follow.

But without the acceptance and blessing of the military formation, they were ultimately a step too slow and could only follow closely behind in pursuit.

In hopes of snatching the merit of killing Zhang Jiao.

Soon, Su Xuan and his men killed their way to the Great Virtuous Teacher.

At this time, Zhang Jiao was already standing alone in front of the mansion waiting.

Seeing Su Xuan heroically and valiantly leading his army to kill, from afar, their gazes collided.

Although neither spoke, both rarely understood the other's intentions.

Zhang Jiao: "Let me use this remnant body to help you one last time! I hope you can complete the cause and ideals I have not finished."

Su Xuan: "Ah! Leave it to me! I will do better than you!"

The next moment, Zhang Jiao exuded a terrifying aura and pointed his finger at the sky.

Thunderclouds in the sky actually began to gather rapidly.

Zhang Jiao himself floated directly into the air.

Wisps of electric light even appeared around his body.

At the same time, Zhang Jiao's already gray hair and beard rapidly turned deathly white, and his whole person began to become withered and pale.

"Take my final strike, Daoist Art: Heavenly Thunder Summoning!!"

"Not good!"

Su Xuan felt a sense of fatal danger.

He immediately and unhesitatingly mobilized the military formation's life force to its fullest to transform into a towering life-force military soul several dozen meters high.

He gathered ninety percent of the military formation's power into the life-force halberd in the military soul's hand.

"Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens!!"

The next moment, the military soul fiercely slashed a halberd strike at the sky.

"Boom!!!"

An incredibly terrifying blood-colored slash shot up into the sky, colliding fiercely with a blue thunderbolt as thick as a thigh.

It emitted a blinding light and a deafening roar, causing everyone present to be unable to help but close their eyes.

Great music is soundless.

After a few breaths,

The sound and light subsided,

Everyone opened their eyes and found that the thunderclouds in the sky had dissipated, leaving only pure dark clouds, sprinkling down a light, drizzling rain.

"Thud!"

At this time, Zhang Jiao in mid-air had completely lost his breath, and his whole body fell from mid-air like withered wood.

The drizzle hit his corpse, and for some reason, an inexplicable sense of sadness emanated from it.

"Go in peace! Great Virtuous Teacher!"

Su Xuan had already come to his senses, glanced at Zhang Jiao's corpse, and recited silently in his heart.

Then, he instructed Huang Zhong: "Hansheng! You lead 2,000 troops to the Dongcheng, take the Dongcheng as soon as possible;"

"I will send more reinforcements later;"

"Understood!"

Huang Zhong immediately accepted the order and led 2,000 Black Armor Army soldiers to ride eastward.

Su Xuan then looked at Dian Wei and ordered: "Dian Wei, you quickly mobilize 3,000 Xuanwu Battalion soldiers to help me take this Commandery Governor's Mansion and wipe out the Huang Jin army coming to support nearby."

"Understood!"

Dian Wei also immediately accepted the order and left.

Finally, Su Xuan looked at the trio of Liu, Guan, and Zhang, who were looking at him expectantly, and said with a smile: "Xuande! I will have to trouble you to lead your 2,000 troops to head to the Xicheng Gate and take the Xicheng as much as possible;"

"I will also send reinforcements to assist you later!"

"How much merit you can win depends on yourselves!"

The merit of breaking the city and the merit of wiping out Zhang Jiao had already been pocketed by him; Su Xuan didn't mind giving Liu Bei a few scraps to settle his heart.

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"Understood!"

Upon hearing this, the three of them were overjoyed, immediately accepted the order, and led their army to kill toward the Xicheng.

On the way,

"Eldest Brother! That Zhang Jiao was truly terrifying! To be able to summon wind and rain and call down heavenly thunder to attack;"

"You don't know, but just now it gave me a huge fright!"

"Of course, General Su is also very powerful! Facing such terrifying heavenly thunder, I feel that if I had faced it directly, I would have been left without a burial place;"

"But General Su actually fought to a draw. Even with the help of the military formation's power, it is quite remarkable!"

Zhang Fei chattered with emotion.

Clearly, the scene just now had given him a great shock.