He heard that Nangong Hao was at the Icy Monkey Settlement. It should be quite close to the Thunderous Lion Settlement. Should he directly...
****！
That was what Fang Zhengzhi thought. Hence, he naturally prepared to do so.
In the next few days, Fang Zhengzhi split his army into two groups and "cleaned up" the surroundings of the Thunderous Lion Settlement. Each group had close to ten thousand soldiers.
This caused the examinees who had escaped to feel extremely frustrated.
Ten thousand against two thousand?
Was there really any meaning to it?
Indignation, humiliation, but, ultimately, there was nothing they could do.
There was no way they could defend against five times the number of soldiers. The only thing they could do was to surrender and hand over their military power.
As Fang Zhengzhi's clean-up began, the Southern Mountain Range, which was originally in a state of turmoil, finally experienced a violent storm.
Letters and letters of military intelligence were sent to Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's tent. Crown Prince Lin Tianrong didn't have a good time these past few days.
"Fang Zhengzhi eliminated Lu Qing, his military power increased to thirty-four thousand."
"Fang Zhengzhi eliminated Chen Dongping, his military power increased to thirty-six thousand..."
"..."
Lin Tianrong's face darkened as he read through the military reports. He was no longer in the mood to enjoy the flowers like he used to.
Time passed very quickly.
Five days later, Fang Zhengzhi's military power had reached a terrifying forty-one thousand. It could be said that he occupied close to seventy percent of the military power in the combat examination.
Fang Zhengzhi finally began to enjoy the treatment of a commander.
In the huge stone house, the military leaders stood quietly on both sides. Beside the military leaders, there were scholars with bitter expressions on their faces.
They were all examinees who had been eliminated by Fang Zhengzhi.
Hence, they naturally could only follow Fang Zhengzhi. Regardless of whether they were willing or not, they had to follow him before the combat examination ended.
At this moment, Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu also stood in the stone house.
Over the past few days, Chen Feiyu's heart had been tormented by Wu Feng. However, if they wanted to ensure that they could successfully pass the combat examination, the only way was to help Fang Zhengzhi.
Because, they were eliminated by Fang Zhengzhi.
The rules of the combat examination was to advance round by round. For example, if examinee A was eliminated by examinee B, then, examinee A would be one round before examinee B.
If examinee B was eliminated by someone else. Then, Examinee A would advance another round.
In other words …
Wu Feng eliminated a group of examinees. As long as Wu Feng was ranked first in the combat examination, these examinees would be ranked according to the order in which they were eliminated.
However, Wu Feng had been eliminated by Fang Zhengzhi.
This way, the examinees that Wu Feng had eliminated previously had entered Fang Zhengzhi's circle. If Fang Zhengzhi was eliminated by the other examinees in another two rounds, they would probably have no hope of participating in the combat examination.
Therefore …
The correct thing to do was. If Fang Zhengzhi won first place, their ranking would be higher.
Of course, the most dejected person was Wu Feng. His original plan was to take down Chen Feiyu in one fell swoop. However, he never expected to be eliminated by Fang Zhengzhi.
It had to be said that this was a great tragedy.
"Pass down my order. Get all the troops stationed at the Yan Ya Settlement and Shi Zun Settlement to gather at the Thunderous Lion Settlement!" Fang Zhengzhi glanced at the rows of armoured commanders below and directly ordered.
"Gather at the Thunderous Lion Settlement?!"
When the bunch of scholars heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, their expressions turned sour. Now, they were all hoping that Fang Zhengzhi would obtain a good ranking.
However, Fang Zhengzhi had ordered them to gather?
What did he mean!
"General, if we gather all the troops at the Thunderous Lion Settlement, wouldn't that be equivalent to giving up control over Yan Ya and Shi Zun?" When General Wang heard Fang Zhengzhi's words. Instantly, he was shocked.
He had once fought alongside Wu Feng, hence he naturally knew how important and difficult it was to attack the Yan Ya and Shi Zun settlements. Now, they were already under his control.
Giving them up just like that …
Wouldn't that be a little silly?
"Yes, I know. Then just give it up." Fang Zhengzhi said nonchalantly.
"Fang Zhengzhi, what are you trying to do? If you don't want to do well in the examination. Can you please not eliminate me? Now, as long as you defend the three main settlements, you will at least be able to obtain second place! "Wu Feng finally couldn't hold it in any longer.
The territory that he had painstakingly fought for was given to Fang Zhengzhi with both hands.
Yet, Fang Zhengzhi threw it away as if it was rubbish?
How could he accept this!
"What are you trying to do? You have already been eliminated. You want to rebel? Pass down the order, immediately gather the fat cities. "Fang Zhengzhi glanced at Wu Feng with a look of disdain, and directly ignored Wu Feng's suggestion.
"No!"
"Fang Zhengzhi, think about it again!"
"We are all willing to help you."
When the scholars heard this, they were truly anxious. If Fang Zhengzhi lost his territory and someone else took advantage of it, they would really be in trouble.
All of the candidates could not understand. All of the commanders looked at each other, unable to guess what Fang Zhengzhi was thinking.
Just like General Wang, they all felt that Fang Zhengzhi's order was slightly silly.
However …
Was Fang Zhengzhi silly?
This was an extremely serious question.
If Fang Zhengzhi was silly, then, how could he take down Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng in a day? And if all of them were taken in by Fang Zhengzhi, wouldn't that make them even more silly?
However, if Fang Zhengzhi wasn't silly, this order was simply equivalent to giving up the combat examination ranking that was already in his hands.
No matter how they thought about it, they couldn't understand.
All of the commanders shook their heads. They simply couldn't understand.
Fang Zhengzhi naturally knew what the scholars and commanders were thinking. However, he indeed didn't need to explain to them. Because, if they knew the current situation of the Southern Mountain Range, they would probably make the same decision.
Every citizen was a soldier.
This meant that every major settlement had soldiers from the Southern Mountain Range.
Fang Zhengzhi indeed had over forty thousand soldiers in his hands. Speaking of which, he occupied almost seventy percent of the military strength in the combat examination. However, compared to the Southern Mountain Range's soldiers, it was practically the difference between an ant and an elephant.
Fight for territory?
Controlling the three major settlements indeed seemed to be an extremely glorious thing. However, once the military strength was dispersed, when the Southern Mountain Range's plan was implemented... These forty thousand soldiers wouldn't even be able to defend themselves!
Fang Zhengzhi's current thinking was very simple.
You want every citizen to be a soldier.
Then, I will gather all the soldiers in one place. As for the matter of fighting for territory, what is there to be afraid of with the soldiers? The combat examination hasn't even ended yet!
General Wang actually wanted to persuade him a little more.
However. Fang Zhengzhi was the examinee of this combat examination. He didn't have any actual power to interfere. Hence, he could only carry out Fang Zhengzhi's orders.
Wu Feng also wanted to say something, but he had already been eliminated.
Then. What else could he say?
…
News of Fang Zhengzhi's order to withdraw all the troops stationed in the Yan Ya and Shi Zun settlements quickly reached Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's ears.
This caused the Crown Prince to be at a loss for words.
"What is Fang Zhengzhi trying to do?" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong had a faint feeling that if he allowed Fang Zhengzhi to continue messing around, the Southern Mountain Range's plan would definitely undergo a huge change.
However, Fang Zhengzhi was an examinee of the combat examination.
As the chief examiner, it wasn't right for the Crown Prince to interfere with the actions of an examinee.
Hence, the only thing he could do was to wait.
Wait!
…
A few days later.
The military strength of the Yan Ya and Shi Zun settlements finally gathered at the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement.
Taking advantage of these few days, Fang Zhengzhi eliminated another examinee. His total military strength had already reached a terrifying forty-three thousand people.
Fang Zhengzhi calculated.
The total military strength for the combat examination was fifty-eight thousand people. After subtracting the two thousand in Nangong Hao's hands, there were fifty-six thousand people left. Now, he had forty-three thousand people.
There were only thirteen thousand people left outside.
Then …
It was about time to start!
"Order the entire army to head to the Icy Monkey Settlement!"
"General Fang, do we need to leave people to guard the Thunderous Lion Settlement?" When General Wang heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, cold sweat formed on his back as he reminded softly.
Even he knew how terrifying Nangong Hao was.
In this battle!
Whether he could win or not was really a question mark. Then. Leaving some military forces to guard the Thunderous Lion Settlement and leaving a path of retreat for himself was undoubtedly the best choice.
"No, don't leave a single soldier." Fang Zhengzhi replied without hesitation.
…
The army marched towards the Icy Monkey Settlement in a grandiose manner.
Following Fang Zhengzhi's order. Crown Prince Lin Tianrong finally fell from his chair onto the ground. He had really expected Fang Zhengzhi to compete with Nangong Hao.
However, he did not expect Fang Zhengzhi to run over so quickly.
Furthermore …
Most importantly, Fang Zhengzhi had even given up his control over the Thunderous Lion Settlement. The entire army charged towards the Icy Monkey Settlement. This was not a combat examination.
It was simply a fight to the death.
"Stop him, we must stop him. Hasn't Xing Qingsui reached the Thunderous Lion Settlement yet? Pass down my order, send a letter to strip Fang Zhengzhi of his right to participate in the combat examination! "
"Your highness, Fang Zhengzhi's right to participate in the combat examination was personally approved by the Emperor. Isn't this …" A general sitting in the tent was shocked when he heard Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's words.
"Compared to the Southern Mountain Range's plan, what does a mere Fang Zhengzhi's right to participate in the combat examination matter? I will send a letter to my father to explain this matter. Pass down the order immediately! "
"Roger!"
…
Inside Princess Shan Yu's tent.
Following the delivery of a message, Princess Shan Yu's jet-black eyes glimmered with a dazzling light. Cloud patterns began to appear on her wheat-coloured skin.
"Attacking the Icy Monkey Settlement? Are you sure? "
"Yes, very sure!" The soldier who sent the message replied confidently.
"Good, has Third Brother received this news?" After Princess Shan Yu received the soldier's confirmation, she stood up from her chair and asked again.
"Princess, when I received this news, I had already sent a letter to Crown Prince. Crown Prince should have received it by now and will probably pass down the military order immediately." The soldier instantly replied.
"Ha ha ha … not bad, after waiting for so long, it's time for me to exercise!" When Princess Shan Yu heard the soldier's words, she finally smiled. Her smile was extremely radiant, just like a beautiful black rose.
…
As the large settlement closest to the Sagely Mountain City in the Southern Mountain Range, the Icy Monkey Settlement could be said to be the most heavily guarded out of all the large settlements.
If the Thunderous Lion Settlement was a gigantic fortress.
Then, the Icy Monkey Settlement was one of the fangs of the Sagely Mountain City.
It didn't occupy a very large area, but, it was domineeringly sprawled on a vast piece of empty land. There were no trees or tall mountains in all directions.
But, it was indeed one of the fangs of the Southern Mountain Range.
Because, right in front of the Icy Monkey Settlement, there was a wind valley. A wind valley that was naturally formed.
Separated by a valley, it was like two different worlds. Within the wind valley, it was desolate. Behind the wind valley, was the flourishing Icy Monkey Settlement.
Within the Icy Monkey Settlement, in a gigantic stone house built from solid rock, Nangong Hao, who was dressed in white scholarly attire, sat quietly in front of the window. In his hands, he held a book filled with ancient texts.
The ancient texts in the book seemed to be slightly different from the texts used in the Great Xia Dynasty. It looked somewhat strange, but, Nangong Hao read it extremely seriously.
"Young master." An armoured commander lightly knocked on the door of the stone house. Then, he carefully walked into the stone house.
"Yes, where is Fang Zheng now?" Nangong Hao didn't raise his head. Instead, he continued to read the ancient book in his hands, reciting softly from his lips.
"I estimate that he will reach the wind valley in another two days." The commander replied.
"Alright."
"Do we need to prepare?"
"There's no need, just do your own things."
"Understood."
The commander nodded, then respectfully retreated. When he walked out of the door of the stone house, the expression on his face became determined. That was a type of arrogance.
It was a completely different type of arrogance from his previous respectful expression.
…
In the night, a black figure sprinted quickly. After a few leaps, the black figure stopped on a protruding mountain rock.
The black figure standing on the mountain rock stopped.
He reached into his robes and fished out a map drawn on yellow paper.
After taking a look, he stuffed the map back into his robes. Then, his body completely crouched on the ground, his ear close to the ground, and he quietly listened for a while.
His figure turned, the tip of his feet shifted an inch to the right, and he leapt off the mountain rock.
He continued to sprint.
…
Fang Zhengzhi had never truly commanded an army before, nor did he have the experience of leading over 40,000 troops. However, the commanders did.
Even though they weren't too familiar with the geography of the Southern Mountain Range, it didn't matter too much.
Because, Fang Zhengzhi had Teng Shisheng as his guide.
Furthermore, he already had the ability to determine the location of beasts by listening. Furthermore, he had the powerful sweeping ability of 40,000 troops. Small beasts were simply nothing to be afraid of.
As such, he didn't encounter many obstructions along the way.
Two days later, more than 40,000 soldiers arrived at the natural defense of the Icy Monkey Settlement …
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