Chapter 656: Rest assured, he cannot come over! (Please subscribe, please vote)

While Li Chen was busy discussing the bloodline origins of wizards and the ancient secrets of the Northern Elves with this group of beautiful women, the war situation between the Da Luo Dynasty and the Tian Ce Dynasty at the distant southern border was quietly undergoing a massive change.

Xie Ergai faithfully executed Li Chen's instructions and, in the capacity of "Acting Viceroy of Andrei Dagong Andrei's Territory," officially implemented a supply cutoff to the hundreds of thousands of Southern Army troops commanded by Tuoba Zhen.

Not only did he stop all transport of grain and military equipment, but he even ordered the troops belonging to Andrei Dagong Andrei's territory that were originally assisting in defending the border line to retreat a hundred miles, giving up the key logistics channel.

This move was like pulling the firewood from under the cauldron, instantly plunging the previously successful Tuoba Zhen's forces into a predicament.

Although the current grain reserves could still support them for a while, the depletion of weapons and the replenishment of arrows were already critical. Even more fatal was the wavering morale; the soldiers were discussing among themselves, filled with doubts about the future.

Inside the commander's tent, Tuoba Zhen's face was livid. He slammed a fist onto the heavy oak table, making the markings on the map rattle.

"Xie Ergai! This damn power-grabbing dog! Coward!" he growled, killing intent bared in his eyes. "He actually dares to cut off my army's grain route! Does he think that by relying on that so-called 'Master Wu Erge,' he can sit back and relax?"

A staff officer carefully advised from the side: "Commander, Xie Ergai is using the banner of 'loving peace,' publicly accusing you of raising troops without authorization and causing chaos in the dynasty. If we use force against him now, we fear losing moral high ground and giving others a handle against us."

Tuoba Zhen was originally 'parasitic' in the Da Luo Dynasty; these soldiers listened to him only because the Emperor had given him a certain official position.

To put it bluntly, if Tuoba Zhen wanted to turn his guns around to kill Xie Ergai now, he could probably only count on the tens of thousands of old troops from the Snow Eagle Royal Court he led to obey.

How could these Da Luo Dynasty soldiers do such a thing while the two countries were at war?

The reason the Da Luo Dynasty soldiers were fighting Tian Ce was actually due to conflicts that had occurred at the border, accumulated over years, which led to the outbreak of war.

The border army had no conflict with Andrei Dagong Andrei, and they took orders from the Imperial Court.

He secretly pondered that he would soon send a team of powerful death-sworn warriors to assassinate Xie Ergai, and then support Xie Ergai's younger brother to return and inherit his position. This way, he could control Andrei Dagong Andrei's forces—truly killing two birds with one stone.

Moreover, Tuoba Zhen did not believe that this so-called Master Wu Erge could compare to him.

Isn't he just in the Sage Realm? Who isn't?

Tuoba Zhen was even considering whether he should go himself.

At the same time, he sent additional messengers with 800-mile urgent dispatches to the Imperial Capital to seek reinforcements, stating the predicament at the front line and requesting Emperor Ivan to quickly dispatch grain and supplies, and to severely punish Xie Ergai.

When Xie Ergai made the decision to cut off supplies, his heart had also been filled with anxiety.

He remembered expressing his worries to Li Chen: "Master, Tuoba Zhen has a violent personality. If he is driven to desperation and counterattacks regardless of the cost, how should we respond?"

At the time, Li Chen just smiled easily, his tone certain: "Rest assured, he cannot come over."

Xie Ergai was half-believing, but now it seemed his Master had foreseen this long ago.

Although Tuoba Zhen was furious, he indeed did not immediately lead his troops north, which made him even more in awe of Li Chen's planning.

However, Tuoba Zhen did not wait for reinforcements from the Imperial Capital, but instead waited for the overwhelming offensive from the Tian Ce Dynasty.

Just as the Da Luo Southern Army's morale was low due to the cutoff of logistics, at the border of the Tian Ce Dynasty, the sound of war drums shook the heavens and the earth.

The Tian Ce army, which had been brewing for a long time, finally bared its ferocious fangs. ===== CHAPTER 657 =====