Chapter 87

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

Build high walls, store plenty of grain, and delay claiming the title of king.

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

"Eh?"

Zhang Ning was slightly startled and very confused, but she didn't ask more.

Since Su Xuan chose to arrange it this way, he must have his plan and reasons, right?

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

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

Zhang Ning nodded and agreed.

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

That night,

"Lord! There is unusual movement from the Yellow Turban Army in the north of the city. Zhang Yan has led 100,000 elite Yellow Turbans to withdraw to the north!"

Jia San came to report the situation.

"Oh?"

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

"Forget it! No need to worry about Zhang Yan. Our current priority is to break through 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 plan for doing this.

But he tacitly allowed it.

Simply pacifying the rebellion was never his goal.

Taking the opportunity to strengthen himself was what he needed.

"Understood!"

Jia San was slightly startled but didn't ask why.

The next morning,

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

With this attack, Old Dian Wei and the others discovered that the resistance of the Yellow Turban Army today was even weaker.

"Haha! The credit for the first to scale the wall belongs to me and the Xuanwu Battalion!"

Old Dian Wei took the lead in charging onto the city wall, and by constantly expanding and consolidating his advantage, he soon occupied a large section of the wall and charged toward the South City Tower.

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

Immediately after, Zhang He, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and others also successively followed the conditions created by Old Dian Wei and charged onto the city wall.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

In just over ten minutes, the entire South City Tower and the city gate were taken by Su Xuan’s army.

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

"Kill!!"

Su Xuan and Huang Zhong did not hesitate to lead 3,000 Black Armor soldiers to form a military formation and charge into the city.

They were unbridled along the way, and any person or object attempting to block the Black Armor soldiers was crushed.

On the way, Old Dian Wei also temporarily left the Xuanwu Battalion, handed over the defense of the Xuanwu Battalion and the South City 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 to pursue.

In order to snatch the credit for killing Zhang Jiao.

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

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

Seeing Su Xuan leading his army with heroic bravery, their gazes collided from afar.

Although neither spoke, both understood the other’s intentions.

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

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

The next moment, Zhang Jiao’s whole body radiated a terrifying aura, and he pointed to the sky.

Thunderclouds actually began to gather rapidly in the sky.

Zhang Jiao himself floated up directly.

Wisps of electric light appeared all over his body.

At the same time, Zhang Jiao’s already gray hair and beard turned a miserable white rapidly, and his whole body began to become withered and pale.

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

"Not good!"

Su Xuan felt a sense of fatal danger.

He did not hesitate to fully mobilize the military formation’s blood energy to transform into a towering blood-energy military soul dozens of meters high.

He gathered 90% of the military formation’s power into the blood-energy halberd in the military soul’s hand.

"Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens!!"

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

"Boom!!"

A terrifying blood-colored slash shot into the sky, colliding head-on with a blue thunderbolt as thick as a thigh.

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

Great sound is silent.

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 a drizzling rain.

"Thud!"

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

The drizzle hit his corpse, and for some reason, a sense of inexplicable sadness spread.

"Go in peace! Great Virtuous Teacher!"

Su Xuan had already come to his senses, glanced at Zhang Jiao’s corpse, and muttered in his heart.

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

"I will send more reinforcements later;"

"Understood!"

Huang Zhong accepted the order and led 2,000 Black Armor soldiers to ride toward the east.

Su Xuan then looked at Old Dian Wei and ordered: "Old Dian Wei, you quickly mobilize 3,000 Xuanwu Battalion soldiers to help me take this Prefecture Governor’s mansion and wipe out the Yellow Turban Army supporting nearby."

"Understood!"

Old Dian Wei also 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: "Liu Xuande! I will have to trouble you to lead your 2,000 troops to the West City Gate to take the West City as much as possible;"

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

"How much credit you can take depends on yourselves!"

The primary credit for breaking the city and the credit for wiping out Zhang Jiao had already been pocketed by him; Su Xuan didn't mind giving Liu Bei some leftovers to put his mind at ease.

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"Understood!"

Liu Bei and his two brothers were overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately led their troops to kill toward the West City.

On the way,

"Eldest Brother! That Zhang Jiao was truly terrifying! He could actually summon wind and rain and call down heavenly thunder to attack;"

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

"Of course, General Su is also very powerful! Facing such terrifying heavenly thunder, I feel that if I were in his place, 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, it is quite remarkable!"

Zhang Fei chattered with emotion.

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