Chapter 560

"Hmph!"

"Are you the notorious Four Great Evils?"

Dian Wei did not respond to the four, but instead asked them in return.

However, the four did not respond to Dian Wei's words, but only looked at each other.

They instantly understood the meaning in each other's eyes, and then, the four fled rapidly in four different directions.

They had clearly sensed the killing intent in Dian Wei's eyes.

The other party was clearly not here with good intentions; if they hesitated any longer, none of them would be able to escape.

"Hmph, wanting to escape now? Too late!"

Seeing the four flee, Dian Wei snorted coldly, looking at them with disdain.

Subsequently, his figure was the first to chase after Duan Laoda, who had the highest cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived behind Duan Laoda.

Sensing the aura behind him, Duan Laoda was scared out of his wits and unleashed his strongest attack against Dian Wei.

"One Yang Finger."

"Ding!"

Facing Duan Laoda's strongest attack, Dian Wei simply raised the dual halberds in his hands and blocked it easily.

"Flying Halberd Technique."

Immediately following, Dian Wei drew a small halberd from his waist and attacked Duan Laoda, who was fleeing rapidly.

"Puchi!"

The small halberd turned into a streak of light and instantly pierced through Duan Laoda's body.

While in the air, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and his lifeless body crashed to the ground.

Seeing that Duan Laoda was dead, Dian Wei turned and chased after the other three.

A quarter of an hour later, Dian Wei arrived before Liu Bian, full of joy.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this general has not failed your mission and has successfully executed the Four Great Evils."

At this time, Dian Wei was speaking to Liu Bian with a look of pride.

"Tch!"

"Killing four Postnatal Realm warriors, what's there to be so proud of!"

Seeing Dian Wei's smug face, Xu Chu, who was to the side, couldn't help but curl his lip, secretly complaining in his heart.

Dian Wei's smug appearance—not to mention Xu Chu, even Li Liangcheng, who was following Liu Bian, couldn't help but curl his lip.

"Just a few Postnatal Realm minions, let's continue moving forward."

To this, Liu Bian just said it lightly and continued on his way.

During this time, the Jianghu of the Great Song also received news of the Dali Kingdom's destruction.

Along with it came the news that the Great Han was about to attack the Song Kingdom.

In an instant, the entire Jianghu of the Song Kingdom became lively.

Many Jianghu forces were clamoring to defend the Song Kingdom and resist the Han Kingdom together.

Among them, the calls from Qiao Feng, the leader of the Beggar Sect, Master Xuanci, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, and Murong Fu of the Gusu Murong family were the loudest.

However, Qiao Feng of the Beggar Sect held a wait-and-see attitude; most of these calls were just the Jianghu people's misplaced admiration for him.

As for Abbot Xuanci of Shaolin Temple and Murong Fu of Gusu, they were somewhat eager to try.

Especially Murong Fu; the Murong family was originally a member of the Xianbei royal family.

After the Great Yan Kingdom established by the Xianbei was destroyed, the surviving members of the former Yan royal family, the Murong clan, had been secretly looking for opportunities in the Jianghu all these years.

They attempted to incite civil strife in the Song Kingdom by provoking conflicts between major Jianghu forces, hoping to restore the Yan Kingdom.

However, restoring a country could never be achieved by Jianghu people alone.

Without a regular army, talent to govern the country, and the recognition of the common people, it was impossible to succeed.

And these Murong family members clearly did not understand the key to this.

Even if they really incited civil strife in the Song Kingdom's Jianghu, without the conditions mentioned above, they would only be making wedding clothes for others.

At this time, the current head of the Murong family was Murong Fu.

Outside Gusu City, on a wide official road, six fine horses were galloping.

These six people, three men and three women, included a handsome man in his twenties who was none other than Murong Fu of Gusu.

The two middle-aged men behind him were the Murong family's retainers, Bao Butong and Feng Bo'e.

As for the three women, they were only eighteen or nineteen years old and were extremely beautiful.

These three were Murong Fu's cousin, Wang Yuyan, and Murong Fu's maids, Azhu and Abi.

"Cousin, where are we going this time?"

At this time, Wang Yuyan asked Murong Fu with some difficulty.

Having no martial arts skills, this kind of travel was more than she could handle.

"This time, with the suddenly emerged Han Kingdom attacking the Song Kingdom, many forces in the Jianghu are now heading toward Xiangyang City to discuss a plan to resist the enemy together."

"With such a heaven-sent opportunity, how could our Murong clan miss it?"

"This time, we will naturally participate in it; who knows, the opportunity to restore Great Yan might be this one."

Murong Fu said loudly to Wang Yuyan without looking back. After speaking, he whipped his horse even more forcefully.

"Giddyup..."

Behind him, Wang Yuyan couldn't help but purse her lips after hearing Murong Fu's answer.

Her heart was entirely set on Murong Fu.

However, looking at Murong Fu like this, it was clear that in his heart, restoring Great Yan was more important than anything else.

"As long as I can help Cousin restore Great Yan, he will definitely accept me."

Wang Yuyan looked at Murong Fu in front and secretly encouraged herself in her heart.

Just like that, under the attention of various forces, five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Over these five days, Lü Bu and the others took advantage of the Song Kingdom's lack of response to capture more than ten cities of the Song Kingdom in succession.

Now, Lü Bu, Ma Chao, Gan Ning, and Taishi Ci had already led fifty thousand troops to conquer the Chengdu Prefecture Circuit and the Zizhou Prefecture Circuit.

Further to the northeast were the Song Kingdom's Xingyuan Prefecture and Jingzhao Prefecture.

This already posed a serious threat to the Song Kingdom's capital, Tokyo Kaifeng Prefecture.

After hearing the battle report, Emperor Zhezong of Song, Zhao Xu, was once again furious and ordered Zhong Shidao to immediately lead the army south to resist the Han army.

This time, Zhao Xu treated the Han Kingdom with extreme gravity, and basically more than half of the important generals in the imperial court were dispatched.

Such as Yao Xiong, Zhe Keshi, Zhang Jie, Lü Dafang, Zhe Kexing, and others—these people were all top-tier generals of the Northern Song period.

From this, it was not hard to see the importance Zhao Xu placed on this invasion by the Han Kingdom.

However, what they did not know was what kind of powerful existence their opponent was.

These Song Kingdom armies were all just armies composed of ordinary people.

And the generals had never practiced martial arts.

How could such an army be a match for the Great Han army!

This was a war with a predetermined outcome.

Currently, the Great Han army was a dimension-reduction strike existence against these armies composed of ordinary people.

The two sides were simply not on the same level.

Even the Jianghu forces of the Song Kingdom would not be a match for Lü Bu and the others.

In this Shen Diao world, the only one who could pose a threat to Lü Bu and the others was the Sweeping Monk in the Scripture Library of Shaolin Temple.

Even the three elders of the Xiaoyao Sect were not a match for Lü Bu and the others.