Chapter 57

This caused the Meng Hu King, who originally had the assistance of the Three Monsters of Shituo Ridge, to not even be happy for a few days,

He then had to personally go into battle again, miserably facing off against Tang Zhong on the opposite side.

He returned again to the original starting point.

When the Three Monsters of Shituo Ridge didn't come, I had to act as both father and mother while fighting Tang Zhong.

Now that the Three Monsters of Shituo Ridge have come, I still have to act as both father and mother while fighting Tang Zhong.

At this moment, the Meng Hu King's mind was in utter chaos.

Even the Wuzhou battlefield, which had the support of the Three Monsters of Shituo Ridge, ended up like this, let alone the other two battlefields.

Although the front-line Luzhou battlefield had the top-tier divine general Qinglong Meng Zhang with a base martial value of 109, Meng Zhang had no interest in being like the Meng Hu King.

Having to act as both father and mother.

Since he joined the Yellow Turbans, he has only ever shown his talent as a commander, revealing nothing in terms of martial ability.

In the impressions of everyone, including Zhang Jue and Zhu Yuanzhang, on the front-line Luzhou battlefield, Meng Zhang was always a scholar-official who commanded troops.

No one thought of his martial ability.

That is, when Zhu Yuanzhang was implanted, he brought along Chang Shiwan and the father-son pair Yingxiong Eye Chang Mao, plus Meng Zhang's subordinate Qiao Shefei and Zhang Jue's subordinate Anmixiu.

Furthermore, with Meng Zhang's Commander-in-Chief ability, even though the War Gods on the Yellow Turban side of Luzhou were far inferior to those of the Great Qian.

However, these several peak divine generals with a base martial value of 105, under Meng Zhang's Commander-in-Chief deployment, combined with the multitude of Liang Shan and the large army of the Yellow Turbans.

Thus they could barely hold back those few War Gods of the Great Qian during battle.

Meanwhile, Huang Chao, who was on the Ruizhou battlefield, suffered terrible misfortune, being pressed to the ground and given a fierce beating by the Great Qian's Imperial Army War God Tan Mengjun, accompanied by all the War Gods of Great Qian.

Although Huang Chao's side also had Shan Shituo, a strong warrior who had just entered the War God rank.

But two fists can't fight four hands.

Shan Shituo is merely an entry-level War God, yet he is made to face several War Gods each time that are his equal or even stronger.

Not being slain on the spot is already a testament to Shan Shituo's tough fate.

Originally, if the Five Tiger Generals that Huang Chao brought out could activate their combined technique, they might still be able to barely withstand a War God for a while.

However, the Five Tiger Generals that Huang Chao originally intended to bring out were intercepted by Su Ye, who took one of them, the Southern Blade King Meng Juehai.

This caused the already mediocre Five Tiger Generals to become even weaker.

In fact, one of them was even slain on the battlefield by a War God of the Great Qian.

Originally, Huang Chao could still barely resist Tan Mengjun, but after the Great Qian's reinforcements arrived continuously,

He was then defeated in successive retreats by Tan Mengjun, abandoning armor and helmets along the way.

He ended up giving up almost all the cities and territories that the Yellow Turbans had seized in one go when they first rose up.

"Sir, the Taiping Sect Yellow Turbans have already begun to show signs of decline under the Great Qian's reinforcements."

Seeing that the Yellow Turbans, despite gaining so many balanced allies, were still being crushed so badly by the Great Qian, Su Ye rubbed his eyes, feeling a headache, and asked Yao Guangxiao.

"Your Highness, do not worry; although the Yellow Turbans now have some decline, they are merely temporarily at a disadvantage and have not yet reached the point of large-scale collapse."

Upon hearing Su Ye's query, Yao Guangxiao hastily set aside his documents, without changing expression pushed the paperwork on his desk into the pile belonging to Li Shanchang, earning a white-eye from Li Shanchang, and then, fingering his Buddhist beads, said.

"Your Highness now easily takes Cangzhou, also captures Dongning, forming a matching situation with the Yunzhou Yun King, and also holds the two passes of Dongning and Dongling."

"There is no longer any need to worry about threats from the Five Provinces of the central region of Great Qian."

"However, the Cangzhou Army and the Nine Heavens Army must under no circumstances lightly intervene in the war between the Taiping Sect Yellow Turbans and Great Qian."

"Otherwise, it would not only bring no benefit, but would drag Cangzhou and Yunzhou into the mire of war, needlessly bearing the burden for the Yellow Turbans and gratuitously doing others' work."

Yao Guangxiao, clad in a black monk's robe, fingered his Buddhist beads, pondered for a moment, and then slowly analyzed the current situation for Su Ye.

"Moreover, the Yellow Turbans, thanks to Commander-in-Chief Mister Meng Zhang's leadership and their numerical superiority, are actually far from reaching the point of collapse."

"However, Great Qian now keeps producing War God–level experts in succession, and even divine-general–level commanders keep arriving in endless support."

"This results in the Yellow Turbans having a huge army in numbers but lacking the corresponding commanders to lead them."

Ignoring the resentful glance from Li Shanchang buried in the document pile, Yao Guangxiao's expression remained unchanged as he continued speaking.

"Therefore, if Your Highness truly wishes to do something, during this period our Cangzhou has had several extraordinarily powerful War Gods."

"They are currently unknown; Your Highness can select a few of them, secretly pass through Dongning, and go to assist the Taiping Sect."

Having said this, Yao Guangxiao raised his head and gave Su Ye a look full of deep meaning.

"Hmm, Wukong and the others are extraordinarily powerful, yet they have never taken action."

"If they were to secretly make a move and set an ambush, they would surely be able to slay a top-tier War God of Great Qian."

Thinking of this, Su Ye's expression shifted, and he felt there was promise.

"Impossible!"

Unexpectedly, Yao Guangxiao, who originally supported Su Ye's aid to the Yellow Turbans, now decisively shook his head.

"Your Highness's support for the Yellow Turbans is fundamentally not intended to aid them; that does not serve our interests."

"Rather, it is to make the struggle between the Taiping Sect Yellow Turbans and Great Qian more intense, so it suffices to let both sides maintain a balance of power."

"Only in this way can we greatly weaken both sides' strength and foundation."

Facing Su Ye's puzzled gaze, Yao Guangxiao spoke with deep significance.

"Not only Great Qian, but the Yellow Turbans are also within our scope of weakening!"

"Furthermore, with Your Highness's Mister Meng Zhang planted within the Taiping Sect, we can ensure that the Taiping Sect does not escape our control!"

Looking at Yao Guangxiao's plain gaze, Su Ye felt somewhat enlightened, still thinking that the Dao Yan monk is dirty.

Even the top ally on our side, the big thigh ally, is within his calculations.

He hasn't even succeeded in defeating Great Qian yet, and he's already secretly plotting how to backstab the Taiping Sect in the future.

"Then, sir, what do you think the Cangzhou Army should do to assist the Taiping Sect Yellow Turbans now?"

Upon hearing Yao Guangxiao's words, Su Ye raised his eyebrows and asked the Dao Yan monk.

「This depends on the Prince's own will; currently, on the Wu Province battlefield, the Great Qian and the Yellow Turbans are evenly matched。」

「However, on the frontline battlefield of Lu Province and the other side battlefield of Rui Province's Yellow Turbans, in terms of War God-level generals, they are at a disadvantage。」

「Especially the frontline battlefield of Lu Province, it entirely relies on Mr. Mengzhang's Commander-in-Chief ability; each time facing the Great Qian's War God-level generals, they rely on piling up human lives。」

Yao Guangxiao slowly poured himself a cup of tea, then glanced at Su Ye.

Although Yao Guangxiao couldn't guess the system's problem, he didn't know why so many rare War God-level experts kept coming one after another to join.

But the only thing Yao Guangxiao can be certain of is that Su Ye is definitely secretly putting in a lot of effort.

Rather than the so-called attraction of the Mandate of Heaven Imperial Star's aura.

For people like Yao Guangxiao, they believe in fate, but they also don't believe in fate!

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