Chapter 101: The World is Shaken

Su Fan did not stay in the Yuwen Mansion for many days before leaving. The reason he left was entirely because of Yuwen Chengdu; this guy was completely eager to see a hunt, knowing that Su Fan also cultivated battlefield skills.

He wanted to spar with him.

Because Su Fan had previously beheaded Fa Nan, everyone knew that Su Fan's strength was not weak, so everyone was also very curious about Su Fan's strength.

So Su Fan had no choice but to agree. In fact, he also wanted to see the strength of the person known as the second-best expert of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Once they sparred, Su Fan understood completely. Yuwen Chengdu was indeed gifted, possessed divine strength, and after cultivating the body-tempering method Su Fan had sent over, his physical body had advanced a step further.

His strength was actually only a little bit inferior to Su Fan's. One must know that there was a level difference between their martial arts realms.

Su Fan did not use Gang Qi to bully him.

Just based on physical strength and martial arts techniques—don't look at the True Qi martial arts Su Fan cultivated before, but he was not weak in battlefield tactics either.

The two of them sparring in the Yuwen Mansion caused quite a stir, almost tearing the Yuwen Mansion apart.

By the end of the fight, every move and every style carried terrifying gusts of wind.

It also left the members of the Yuwen Clan full of horror; they had a new understanding of how powerful a fierce battlefield general was.

In the battle between the two, except for Yuwen Shang who might have had the strength to intervene, the others, even Yuwen Huaji, did not have this strength.

The sparring battle lasted for a good half a day. In the end, it was Yuwen Chengdu who exhausted his strength. In their battle, he went from restraining his strength at the beginning to letting go of his power in an unbridled manner at the end. Otherwise, with his physical fitness, even if he fought for a day, he would absolutely have been able to persist.

The strength Su Fan displayed left Yuwen Shang and the others shocked. Yuwen Shang even felt that Su Fan had not used his full strength; otherwise, Yuwen Chengdu would have ended the battle with a pale face, appearing to have used too much force.

While Su Fan only had a little bit of sweat on his forehead.

From then on, Yuwen Chengdu looked for Su Fan to spar every day. He felt that after sparring with Su Fan, his martial arts had improved.

But Su Fan was unwilling. Sparring with Yuwen Chengdu, he had no improvement at all and instead wasted his energy because he had to restrain his strength; otherwise, if something went wrong, he would give Yuwen Chengdu a serious injury.

So in the end, Su Fan left Jiangdu.

He headed toward the Feima Ranch.

And just as he was on his way to the Feima Ranch.

The world was shaken because Yang Guang issued an edict to abdicate and enfeoffed the Prince of Dai, Yang You, as Emperor.

Once this edict came out, the world was shocked. From high-ranking officials and nobles down to the common people, everyone was stunned. Various major forces all sent people to Jiangdu one after another.

They wanted to figure out what was going on with Yang Guang.

Although many people disdained Yang Guang, this ambitious but talentless waste, he was still an Emperor after all. How could he give up the throne for no reason?

The Li Clan of Taiyuan.

"Father! Why do you think Yang Guang would suddenly issue an edict? Even if he were afraid, he wouldn't take this path. Wouldn't that be dying faster?"

Li Jiancheng asked in confusion. Previously, when Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen, it was their Li Clan that had united with some military clans of Longyou to do it.

Otherwise, how could the Shibi Khan of the grasslands have besieged Yang Guang?

"Hmm! It's not necessarily that he was willing. You forget that Jiangdu is the territory of the Yuwen Clan."

Li Yuan was an old fox and quickly thought of the target.

"The Yuwen Clan, Yuwen Huaji." Mentioning the Yuwen Clan, the members of the Li Clan quickly calmed down.

Their Li Clan had ambition, and the Yuwen Clan had even more ambition. Among the four great clans, perhaps only the Dugu Clan had no achievements because the next generation was not promising and still had to rely on Yu Chuhong to hold it up.

"However, Yuwen Huaji didn't kill Yang Guang. Could it be that this old fox Yuwen Shang planned it behind the scenes?"

Li Yuan was a bit suspicious. Based on his understanding of Yuwen Huaji, if Yang Guang's abdication was done by Yuwen Huaji, then he should have killed Yang Guang and then slowly usurped the throne.

That was what that reckless waste Yuwen Huaji would do, not like this.

Li Yuan was also very familiar with that old fox Yuwen Shang. Don't look at how he stepped down very early; anyone who dared to ignore him would absolutely suffer.

"Father, Yang Guang abdicated and let Yang You ascend the throne. Yang You is in Luoyang, and Luoyang is Wang Shichong's territory."

"Wang Shichong is ambitious. With his methods, Yang You is absolutely no match. But it depends on what the Yang clan actually does."

Li Yuan knew clearly that although Yang Guang had ruined the Great Sui, the power of the Yang clan was still there.

After all, the Yang clan itself was the same as them.

"Then Father, what should we do in the future?"

Li Jiancheng asked.

"Ignore the others, manage Taiyuan first." Li Yuan shook his head. The outside world had nothing to do with him for the time being; take the north first.

The world was already in chaos, with uprisings everywhere. Even if the power in the hands of the Yang clan was still very strong, it could not suppress the world.

Especially with Yang Guang abdicating like this, it made the world see the weakness of the Yang clan even more. It could be said that Yang Guang had once again pitted the old Yang family.

Li Yuan was naturally happy. Of course, if Yuwen Huaji had taken action directly to kill Yang Guang, he would have been even happier. In that case, the Yuwen Clan would no longer be their opponent.

Because of their reputation, they could occupy the moral high ground.

It was a pity that this time Yuwen Huaji had become "smart."

Not only the Li Clan, but many other forces also began to stir. Dou Jiande of Hebei and Wagang of Dongjun were all frantically expanding their troops.

The world suddenly entered a new chapter.

And in the south, Lin Shihong was also frantically expanding. The original land of Jingxiang had already been occupied by him for the most part.

There were not many forces in the south to begin with. Coupled with the fact that behind Lin Shihong, there was the support of the Iron Cavalry Society, the Yinkui Sect, and even the Song Clan.

So he also developed rapidly. In the few months after Yang Guang abdicated, he expanded to an army of more than two hundred thousand.

As for the original Jianghuai Army, it was a bit different. The Jianghuai Army had encountered trouble.

Of course, all of this had little to do with Su Fan.

He did not know much about these things. After leaving Jiangdu, Su Fan quickly galloped toward the Feima Ranch.

Riding the White Jade Lion, it only took him a few days to arrive outside the gate of the outer fortress of the Feima Ranch.

The Feima Ranch was located in the southern region of Jianghuai. Su Fan had always been unable to understand how there could be a horse ranch here.

Beneath the towering mountains and ridges, a horse ranch emerged, and it was a horse ranch that possessed tens of thousands of warhorses.

Of course, more importantly, such a horse ranch was ignored by all parties.

One must know that this Feima Ranch had existed since the era of Yang Jian. How could Yang Jian allow it to exist?

Warhorses, in the era of cold weapons in ancient times, were the greatest sharp weapon.

Even before the end of the Ming or Qing Dynasties, cavalry was still the greatest killing weapon on the battlefield.

Even in this world of *Twin Dragons of the Great Tang* where personal martial strength was extraordinary, it was still the same. Even a Grandmaster would not dare to easily try to charge into an array of ten thousand cavalry.

The reason why the south had always been unable to threaten the north was actually also because of this, because the north had horses and cavalry, which the south could hardly compare to.

As a result, the Feima Ranch appeared increasingly important. ===== CHAPTER 102 =====