Chapter 609: The Might of the Great Han

Upon hearing Guo Jia's arrangements, Lü Bu and the others nodded in continuous agreement.

"Military Advisor, then let us arrange for Gao Shun to lead an army of fifty thousand to support Zi Yi and Wen Ruo and the others."

"Gao Shun is currently at the second heaven of the Martial King realm; with him there, the pressure on Wen Ruo and Zi Yi will be lessened."

After Guo Jia finished speaking, Lü Bu pondered for a moment before saying this to him.

Hearing this, Guo Jia also nodded and echoed:

"That would be best."

Subsequently, Guo Jia turned his gaze toward Zhang Sanfeng and the others standing to the side, smiling as he said:

"However, to ensure absolute success, I must ask you, Palace Master Zhang, to lead the four Imperial Tributes to hold the line, preventing those from the Jianghu factions from making any secret moves."

Zhang Sanfeng, standing to the side, nodded upon hearing this and said to Guo Jia:

"Since that is the case, then this Daoist shall accompany General Gao."

Very quickly, Gao Shun mustered an army of fifty thousand and, leading Zhang Sanfeng, Hong Qi, Song Yuanqiao, Qiao Feng, and Li Mochou, headed toward Piling Commandery.

"General Lü, tell our people in the front to be sure to scout out the movements of the Sui army clearly."

Hearing this, Lü Bu nodded solemnly at Guo Jia.

"Military Advisor, rest assured. This General has already told them; every move of the Sui army is under our control."

Seeing this, Guo Jia nodded with satisfaction.

As the time for the two sides to engage drew closer, the number of unfamiliar faces arriving in the Great Han had also increased these past few days.

Facing this situation, Xun Yu, who was in charge of government affairs, immediately dispatched personnel to post the Great Han laws within the city; as long as these Jianghu people obeyed the Great Han laws, Xun Yu could not be bothered to manage them.

However, where there is Jianghu, there will be strife; there were always those few turncoats who, relying on their slight strength, wanted to do as they pleased.

Yet, this line of thinking of theirs was clearly used in the wrong place.

As long as these Jianghu people dared to violate the Great Han laws within the cities controlled by the Great Han, they were all forcefully suppressed by others.

Among them were disciples from the world-renowned Haisha Gang, Shuilong Gang, Jukun Gang, Poyang Sect, Grand General Association, Nanhai Sect, and other such gangs.

For a time, the crowd of Jianghu warriors who had arrived in the Great Han were all shocked by the Great Han's hardline methods.

One must know that these people from the Jianghu factions were all at the Innate Realm, and among them were even elders at the Martial Ancestor Realm leading the teams.

With such a lineup, they were still suppressed by the Han Kingdom; it is evident that the Han Kingdom's strength is not weak.

However, when Xun Yu sent out the soldiers of the Shenwu Army, these people from the Jianghu factions all dared not discuss it anymore.

An army composed of a full ten thousand Innate Realm warriors made them tremble with fear.

"Hiss..."

"How is this possible? They are actually all at the Innate Realm cultivation, and they are all above the third heaven of the Innate Realm!"

"I actually don't even have a higher cultivation than a soldier of the Han Kingdom!"

"This Han Kingdom has such a grand scale; it is actually an army composed of ten thousand warriors above the third heaven of the Innate Realm!"

"With this army of ten thousand, the Han Kingdom can withstand an army of one hundred thousand!"

The person next to them heard this and immediately mocked:

"Heh! You take an army of one hundred thousand ordinary soldiers and try facing an army composed of ten thousand Innate Realm warriors!"

After hearing that, the person immediately shut their mouth. Just kidding, how could one hundred thousand ordinary soldiers be the opponents of an army of ten thousand Innate warriors?

"It seems the Sui Kingdom's army of eight hundred thousand has met its match this time!"

Seeing the strength displayed by the Great Han, many people were no longer optimistic about the Sui Kingdom.

Although it is said that the Sui Kingdom's army occupied an absolute advantage in numbers, the Han Kingdom occupied an absolute advantage in quality.

Now, who wins and who loses is really hard to say!

It is just that what they did not know was that the Great Han's army of three hundred thousand was all composed of Innate Realm warriors.

If Yang Guang knew this news, he would definitely not dare to easily start a war with the Great Han.

After all, an army of three hundred thousand Innate warriors is enough to sweep across the world.

Half a month later, Lai Hu'er, Gao Jiong, Shi Wansui, and He Ruobi led an army of eight hundred thousand and arrived at Lujiang Commandery.

"Everyone, according to the latest news received, the Han army has stationed fifty thousand naval troops and fifty thousand cavalry in Piling Commandery."

"They have stationed one hundred and forty thousand cavalry in Xuancheng Commandery and fifty thousand naval troops in Jiujiang Commandery."

"The Han army's total military strength adds up to an army of three hundred thousand. Everyone, speak on how this battle should be fought."

In the temporary main camp of Lujiang Commandery, Gao Jiong looked at Lai Hu'er and the other two, smiling as he spoke.

"After this Han army received the news of our army of eight hundred thousand moving south, they could still respond so calmly; they must have some reliance."

At this time, Shi Wansui, sitting to the side, said with a solemn expression.

"This Han army is too mysterious. Up until now, we have not even scouted out their true background."

"And the news from a while ago, I assume you all know; this Han army actually has an army of ten thousand Innate Realm warriors!"

"An army of ten thousand Innate warriors—those of us who have led troops for many years clearly know how powerful this force is!"

Hearing Shi Wansui's words, He Ruobi, standing to the side, also said with a solemn expression.

Upon hearing this, the expressions on the four men's faces became much more solemn.

Since the Han army dared to use ten thousand Innate warriors to suppress those Jianghu factions, it means they still have Innate Realm warriors.

It is just that, currently, no one knows exactly how many Innate Realm warriors the Han army has.

"Even if this Han army is powerful, their Innate warriors cannot exceed twenty thousand."

"You all know that wanting to use twenty thousand Innate Realm warriors to form an army requires too vast an amount of resources; even the Three Great Sects could not do it!"

Lai Hu'er looked at the other three and said solemnly.

"That is indeed not false, and that army of ten thousand of the Han army is currently dealing with those Jianghu warriors."

"Then the Innate warriors in their frontline army cannot exceed ten thousand at most."

"If there are only ten thousand or so, the armies of the four of us can also scrape together two thousand Innate warriors."

"Plus the Martial Ancestor Realm and the four of us at the Martial King Realm, it is enough to deal with this army of ten thousand Innate warriors!"

Following Lai Hu'er's voice falling, Gao Jiong followed up and said.

"Everyone, I think you have forgotten one point; this point General Gao mentioned is under the condition that the four of us combine our forces into one."

"But we have an army of eight hundred thousand; wanting to cross the Yangtze River with these eight hundred thousand troops requires too many warships!"

"And the Han army will not let us cross the river safely; in this way, our army of eight hundred thousand crossing the river is a major difficulty."

"Therefore, this General suggests we split the army into two routes: one army route goes through Liyang Commandery, borrowing the warships of the Liyang Commandery naval troops, and they will escort our army across the river."

"The other army route heads to Jiangdu Commandery, and the naval troops under the command of General Yang Yichen, who is stationed in Jiangdu Commandery, will escort our army across the river." ===== CHAPTER 610 =====