Feng Run City, in the City Governor's Mansion!
According to Liu Jizhi's memories, Yu Haoran quietly killed the five experts who were qualified to contact the Great Han Empire's imperial family and the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion's upper echelons. However, they were not among his suspected targets. After that, Yu Haoran returned to the rockery in the underground stone chamber.
He gently leaped onto the rockery and looked at Feng Run City that was still covered in darkness. He ordered Thaling and his second avatar in his sea of consciousness.
"Thaling, Brother Ran, I'll have to trouble you!"
"Yu Haoran, if my second avatar and I work together to set up the formation, we'll only need five hours at most," Thaling reminded Yu Haoran before he left with his second avatar.
"I understand!"
Yu Haoran nodded as he understood what Thaling meant. He immediately mobilized Emperor Wu's Divine Sense, which was at the peak of Fifth Stage Divine Sense, to inform Lan Rong and Han Guangbei, who were hiding in a dense forest thousands of miles away. He ordered them to immediately lead the army to attack Feng Run City.
After that, he stood quietly on top of the rockery, waiting for the 100,000 elite soldiers of the left army to attack Feng Run City.
With the help of the flesh and blood essence of the Venerable Realm Blue Bellied Whale, almost 90% of the elite soldiers achieved a breakthrough in their cultivation and realm. This also allowed the weakest among the 100,000 elite soldiers to reach the peak of Ninth Stage Martial Grandmaster.
With the help of elixirs and Spiritual Stones, the peak of Ninth Stage Martial Grandmaster cultivation could maintain a high-speed flight distance of more than 10,000 miles.
Therefore, the left army that used the flying method to rush to Feng Run City only took less than half an hour to reach a position less than 100 miles away from Feng Run City.
At this moment, the terrifying aura of 100,000 elite soldiers gathered together had already alerted countless experts of Martial Grandmaster Realm and above in the city, as well as the City Guards on the southern city wall.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"The army is coming! Run for your lives!"
Feng Run City's geographical location was remote, and behind it was the Qing Hu Mountain Range as a natural barrier. Therefore, the City Guards never thought that they would be attacked by the army one day.
Therefore, when they saw the 100,000 elite soldiers charging at them from outside the city, the thousands of city guards on the city wall either screamed in panic, froze on the spot and didn't know what to do, or flew into the air to meet the enemy head-on.
Looking at the reaction of the City Guards, Yu Haoran shook his head in disappointment. However, he could not help but admire Emperor Qin.
In order to ensure the combat strength of the City Guard Army in each city, as well as to strengthen the absolute control of the Imperial Family, he would transfer 50% to 60% of the City Guard Army from different cities every year to join the border guards for a period of three to five years.
During the rotation period, the most dangerous and difficult missions were the City Guards. This way, not only could it increase the City Guards' combat strength, but it could also weaken the strength of the various cities.
"Yu Shixiong, what's going on?"
Because the passage to the underground stone room was always open, it lost the effect of blocking sound. The battle between the 100,000 soldiers and the City Guards immediately alerted Xiao Jie and the others in the seventh stone room.
After leaving the seventh stone room hand in hand and passing through the underground passage to the outside of the fake mountain, Xiao Jie, who had an extraordinary background, couldn't help but change her expression when she heard the deafening sounds of fighting coming from the southern city gate. She quickly raised her head and asked Yu Haoran who was on the fake mountain.
"Junior Sister Xiao, as a direct descendant of the Xiao Clan, one of the Four Great Clans of the Imperial Capital, can't you guess?" Yu Haoran asked with a light smile as he lowered his head to look at Xiao Jie, whose eyes were filled with doubt.
Yu Haoran's question made Xiao Jie's delicate body tremble. The doubt in her eyes was immediately replaced by shock.
"Yu Shixiong, whether it is the number of top experts or the overall strength of the Empire, our Great Han Empire far surpasses your Great Emperor Qin Empire. Could it be that your Emperor Qin has gone mad and actually dared to take the initiative to attack our Great Han Empire?"
"Junior Sister Xiao, the plan to conquer your Great Han Empire is my, Yu Haoran's, own decision. The main general of the expedition is also me."
Yu Haoran replied with a smile as he gestured for Xiao Jie to come to the artificial mountain.
"Junior Sister Xiao, based on your experience, is the idea of conquering the Great Han Empire too risky? Will the final plan succeed? "
"Yu Shixiong, don't you think your question is very funny?!"
After rolling her eyes at Yu Haoran, Xiao Jie pointed at the location of the Great Han Empire's capital city and said with an arrogant expression.
"Although our Great Han Empire's territory is inferior to your Emperor Qin Empire's, the Eastern Region's spiritual energy and cultivation resources are far superior to the Southern Region's. The complete inheritance of sects and family forces makes our overall strength at least ten times stronger than yours, not to mention the number of top experts."
At this point, the corner of Xiao Jie's mouth curled up slightly as she mocked with a disdainful expression.
"Using the Great Han Empire as the target of the expedition is undoubtedly like a dragonfly trying to shake a stone pillar. You're overestimating yourself."
"Junior Sister Xiao, why do I feel that the final result of the expedition is that our Emperor Qin Empire will be able to completely replace the Great Han Empire?!" Yu Haoran didn't get angry because of Xiao Jie's mockery. He still had a faint smile on his face as he replied.
Yu Haoran's reply was as gentle as a breeze, but Xiao Jie's expression couldn't help but change.
This was because she suddenly thought of Fengrun City's City Lord, Liu Zhiji. She thought of those nobles who had their own armies and the rotten royal family. The arrogance on her body suddenly disappeared without a trace.
However, she had been taught to be loyal and patriotic since she was young. This made her instinctively want to tell the higher-ups of her family in detail about what was happening before her eyes.
This would allow her family and the royal family to take precautions in advance and defeat the Emperor Qin Empire's ambition of conquering the Eastern Region. She could also use this opportunity to sound the alarm for the royal family.
However, just as she started to mobilize her origin energy and soul power and was about to use a special secret technique, Yu Haoran's indifferent warning sounded in her ears.
"Junior Sister Xiao, if you still want to smoothly leave Fengrun City and safely return to the Xiao Clan in the imperial capital, it's best that you immediately put away those unrealistic thoughts. Otherwise, I don't mind letting you return to the iron cage in the stone room."
Yu Haoran's warning and threat made Xiao Jie feel a trace of fear. She obediently stopped using the secret technique, but she didn't blame Yu Haoran for his threat at all.
This was because she knew that as the prince consort of the Emperor Qin Empire, he would definitely prioritize the interests of the empire when facing the issue of leading an army into battle.
Seeing that Xiao Jie didn't have the slightest bit of resentment and gave up on using the secret technique to contact the higher-ups of her family, Yu Haoran nodded with deep gratification. He then spoke to Qing Si and the other thirteen people under the fake mountain.
"In order to ensure that the army can smoothly occupy Fengrun City and take proper defensive measures, I hope that you can quietly stay in this courtyard for five hours."
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