Chapter 365: Passing on Skills to Li Xing and the Others

Zhang Liao addressed Li Xing and the group with authority.

Hearing this, Li Xing and the others fought to suppress the excitement in their hearts and bowed gratefully to Zhang Liao:

"We are deeply grateful to the General for the grace of the Power Transfer. We will go through fire and water for the General without hesitation!"

"Remember, the one you should thank is His Majesty. Without His Majesty's Imperial Edict, I would not have let you know of the existence of the Martial Dao."

"Remember this well: the target of your loyalty is one and only one — His Majesty!"

Zhang Liao was furious upon hearing Li Xing and the others' words, and immediately rebuked them.

They still did not know who had imparted the cultivation method to them — how could that be acceptable?

Therefore, Zhang Liao felt it necessary to knock some sense into them and make them remember.

Seeing Zhang Liao's anger, Li Xing and the others instantly panicked.

They hurriedly said to Zhang Liao in terror:

"We know our wrongs! Please, General, spare our lives!"

"Hmph!"

Zhang Liao gave a cold snort, rapidly circulating his Houtian Second Layer strength.

A terrifying aura swept over and bore down fiercely on Li Xing and the others.

"Bang!"

Facing Zhang Liao's pressure, Li Xing and the others, who only had Third-rate General strength, were instantly frightened to their knees.

That powerful aura left them without the slightest will to resist.

The several men clenched their jaws tight, sweat pouring from their foreheads like rain, and pleaded to Zhang Liao:

"Please, General, forgive our sins! We know our wrongs!"

"I will let it go this time. If I hear such words again, there will be no need for you to exist!"

He stared coldly at the group for a while, just as everyone thought they could no longer hold on.

Zhang Liao withdrew his aura and commanded them in a cold voice.

The few who had narrowly escaped death collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, not caring about their image in the slightest.

Their eyes, looking at Zhang Liao, were filled with fear.

Just now, they thought they were about to die — this was the closest they had ever felt to death.

"All of you, leave!"

Looking at Li Xing and the others, Zhang Liao waved his hand dismissively.

"Many thanks, General! We take our leave!"

After respectfully bowing to Zhang Liao, Li Xing and the others quickly left the Main Hall.

After this incident, they had all become somewhat afraid of this Main Hall.

Watching Li Xing and the others leave, Zhang Liao looked at Xi Zhicai beside him and asked softly:

"Military Advisor, what do you think?"

"Unfit for great responsibility!"

After hearing Zhang Liao's words, Xi Zhicai shook his head and softly spat out these four words.

"Indeed! The Military Advisor hits the mark."

After hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Zhang Liao also let out a light sigh.

To be honest, he was quite disappointed in Li Xing and the others.

People like them were destined not to achieve much in the future.

"Fortunately, I decided to leave a few people behind in Shanwu City. With someone like Li Xing, if a strong enemy came to attack, relying on them would be worse than handing over the City with both hands!"

Zhang Liao was quite dissatisfied with Li Xing and the others' performance.

First of all, they had not the slightest reverence for Liu Bian — people like this, even after having a Cultivation Method imparted to them, still did not know gratitude.

They would probably not succeed in their Cultivation either. Such people were typical fence-sitters.

Seeing Zhang Liao still angry about this matter, Xi Zhicai smiled and consoled him:

"General, you need not be discouraged. As long as they wish to cultivate the Martial Dao, they must be loyal to His Majesty."

"As long as he is loyal to His Majesty, then whether he wants to betray later is not for him to decide."

After hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Zhang Liao was also relieved, and said to Xi Zhicai with a smile:

"The Military Advisor is right as always. Back then, when His Majesty decided to impart the cultivation method to the entire Army, he had already told us about this."

"At that time, the fate of those with disloyal intentions was truly miserable!"

Thinking back to when Liu Bian first imparted the cultivation method to the entire Army, the fate of those people.

Back then, quite a few ended up with all their meridians severed, while the more severe cases died on the spot.

Therefore, toward Liu Bian's methods, those who had witnessed this scene were quite reverent.

"You, then, properly arrange the Army and prepare for the future decisive battle with the Xiongnu!"

"I need to hurry and handle affairs in the City. This Shanwu City surely has many matters waiting to be dealt with!"

"Moreover, because our Army moved rather quickly, His Majesty has now issued an Imperial Decree — the newly captured Cities must also distribute land to the common people!"

"I simply cannot handle all these matters alone. I can only tackle the most urgent ones first and leave the rest for the people staying behind to handle!"

Xi Zhicai did not continue speaking with Zhang Liao, but instead vented his grievances to him, then left to get busy.

Watching Xi Zhicai leave, Zhang Liao broke into a happy smile.

He was very glad to have Xi Zhicai's help; otherwise, these headache-inducing political affairs alone would have driven him to despair.

It was precisely with Xi Zhicai's help that he had been able to seize the lands of the Six Commanderies of Bing Province in such a short time.

Moreover, regarding Liu Bian distributing the lands of the Soldiers and great clans to the common people, Zhang Liao, upon first receiving the Imperial Decree, thought he had read it wrong.

After repeatedly confirming it, he finally believed it, and was immediately deeply moved by Liu Bian's resolve.

You see, earlier, he had even discussed this matter with Xi Zhicai, thinking that no matter what, it would have to wait until Tian Xia was unified.

He never expected Liu Bian to have such boldness and to start wielding the blade so early.

You see, once that blade falls, all the Great Clans of Tian Xia would stand in opposition.

So this was also the reason why Zhang Liao and Xi Zhicai couldn't believe it when they first received the news.

Afterwards, Zhang Liao also hurried to the Military Camp to handle military affairs. Now that Shanwu City had just been recovered, there were still many matters to deal with!

Soon, two days passed like this. Early on the third day, Zhang Liao led an Army of Thirty Thousand toward Tongguo City.

Before leaving, Liu Bian assigned Li Xing one Soldier with the strength of a First-rate Martial General, four Soldiers with the strength of Second-rate Generals, and also arranged ten with the strength of Third-rate Generals.

From then on, these fifteen men would serve as the key generals of Shanwu City's garrison. As for Li Xing, he was to be the nominal commander.

Only when he succeeded in his Cultivation would he be given real authority. After all, Zhang Liao still intended to take back these Soldiers of the Bing Province Army!

Before leaving, Zhang Liao and Xi Zhicai both gave Li Xing another round of admonishments and gave their instructions to the remaining Soldiers, only then did they lead the Army and set off for Tongguo City.

By this time, Tongguo City had already been taken by the men Zhang Liao had sent out. Now, all five Cities of Dingxiang Commandery were in Zhang Liao's hands.

The people who had been arranged had long since sealed off the news, just waiting for Zhang Liao's Army to do battle with the Xiongnu!

And while Zhang Liao and the others were hurrying to Tongguo City, Yufuluo was also leading fifty thousand Xiongnu troops. In three more days, they would be able to reach Tongguo City in Dingxiang Commandery.