Chu Li said, "I've been wondering if I should ask about something."
Sun Mingyue gave him a sidelong glance without saying a word.
Chu Li smiled. "I'll ask then."
"Forget it." Sun Mingyue scoffed. "What good can you say!"
Chu Li said, "Logically speaking, Senior Song shouldn't be the only one worrying about this. What about the Li Dynasty's emperor? If he and Senior Song worked together, Senior Song wouldn't have been injured so badly! "
Sun Mingyue shook her head.
Chu Li continued, "Moreover, at this point, the emperor should be more anxious than Senior Song. Why do I feel that you and Senior Song are more anxious than the Li Dynasty's emperor? It's strange!"
Sun Mingyue scoffed. "How do you know that he didn't attack!"
Chu Li raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Did you fight Chen Zhenji?"
"Of course." Sun Mingyue said, "He injured Chen Zhenji, but it was useless. The Qiu Dynasty was determined to fight, and the Li Dynasty could only fight. No matter how strong an Enlightened Master is, he can't fight someone who isn't an Enlightened Master. He can't fight on the battlefield."
Chu Li said, "But I've never seen the Li Dynasty's emperor's martial arts."
"He's usually in isolated cultivation," Sun Mingyue said, "Let's not talk about him, and don't go to the Reincarnation Temple. Monk Lun Ming is too cunning."
Chu Li pondered and said, "What if I have a way to help the Li Dynasty's army win the war?"
"How are you going to do that?" Sun Mingyue asked.
Chu Li said, "You must've gathered information about the Qiu Dynasty's generals, right?"
"Of course," Sun Mingyue said, "Do you want to see?"
She immediately understood Chu Li's plan. He wanted to use his power of deduction to predict the Qiu Dynasty's army's movements.
If he could do that and know their military strategy in advance, victory would be within reach. Knowing oneself and one's enemy was the key to victory. If the Li Dynasty's army still could not win the war after knowing the enemy's movements, they might as well surrender!
Without waiting for Chu Li to speak, she turned around and went to the northwest corner of the Divine Light Basilica. There was a bookshelf that reached the ceiling there, and it was filled with densely packed dossiers.
She floated into the air and took out a few dossiers. Then, she appeared in front of Chu Li and handed him the dossiers.
Chu Li reached out to take it and smiled. "Let me divine their plans."
Sun Mingyue pointed at the two scrolls and said, "These two are the Marshal and Deputy Marshal of the Northern Expedition. The rest are the various commanders, two battalions of cavalry, six battalions of infantry, and one battalion of scouts."
Chu Li studied the dossiers and nodded. "Looks like they've sent a hundred thousand soldiers."
Sun Mingyue nodded. "100,000 soldiers."
Chu Li opened one of the scrolls. Marshal Zhong Wancheng of the Northern Expedition, sixty-six years old. He was born into a poor family and came from the lowest class of cavalrymen. He was promoted step by step and made great contributions. He rose from the rank of Sergeant, Sergeant, Commander of Hundred Cavalry, Commander of Thousand Cavalry, Commander of Ten Thousand Cavalry, and finally Deputy Marshal and Marshal. He took each step one step at a time and each step was extremely solid. There was only one characteristic of using troops — stability.
There was no opportunity to take advantage of. It was as stable as a boulder that was hard to move.
Logically speaking, it was difficult to make great contributions in such a way of using troops and would not be able to rise to such a high position. However, he was extremely good at training troops on the basis of stability. The Qiu Dynasty's cavalry was famous because of him alone.
Apart from the Fu Dynasty's heavy cavalry, the Qiu Dynasty's cavalry was the second most powerful military force in the world. The Li Dynasty's cavalry was slightly inferior. Even if the Li Dynasty had military geniuses, they would not be able to catch up with the Qiu Dynasty's cavalry.
"Actually, we don't have to do too much. As long as we can divine his whereabouts and assassinate him, the Qiu Dynasty will lose half of its war." Sun Mingyue said slowly, "His prestige is too high. Because of this, once he dies or is severely injured, the soldiers will be scattered and collapse without a fight."
Chu Li shook his head. "It's also possible that the soldiers who mourn will win."
"The generals of the Qiu Dynasty were suppressed by him and didn't have enough prestige." Sun Mingyue scoffed. "Although he's a genius in using troops, he's even more proficient in the Path of Whole Body. That's why the Qiu Dynasty Emperor can't keep his bow after all his birds have been killed. Therefore, if anything happens to him, the entire Qiu Dynasty's army will collapse."
Chu Li nodded in realization. "This is also his Path of Whole Body. If the Qiu Dynasty Emperor wants to touch him, the army will be finished."
"Yes," Sun Mingyue said. "Therefore, assassinating him is the easiest way."
"Do you mean that the two of us will assassinate him?" Chu Li asked with a smile.
Sun Mingyue said, "Enlightened Masters can't make a move. It's just the two of us."
"… Alright." Chu Li looked at her helplessly. He knew that this was her condition. "After we kill him, we'll go to the Reincarnation Temple!"
"No problem!" Sun Mingyue nodded lightly with a smile in her bright eyes.
Chu Li shook his head. "I'm afraid that I'll be punished when I return to the mountain this time. As a disciple of Goddess Attraction Mountain, I can't meddle in these matters."
If he could comprehend the mystery of the Reincarnation Pagoda because of this, it would be worth it even if he was punished to go into isolated cultivation. Moreover, he needed to go into isolated cultivation for a while to avoid Tang Xu's focused cultivation. Tang Xu would not be able to come to the isolated cultivation place. If Tang Xu were to use any tricks, Master Zhou Dunli would definitely show up.
Chu Li carefully looked at Zhong Wancheng's information. There was even a detailed portrait of Zhong Wancheng. He closed his eyes and tried to deduce it in his mind, but he was at a loss. There was no image on the big round mirror.
He opened his eyes and shook his head. "No, I have to meet Zhong Wancheng in person."
Sun Mingyue said impatiently, "How can you meet Zhong Wancheng!"
Chu Li thought for a while. "Is there anyone in the Li Dynasty who has seen Zhong Wancheng? The more you see him, the better. The more time you spend with him, the better."
Sun Mingyue thought for a while and said, "There is."
"Then let's go meet him," Chu Li said.
Sun Mingyue said, "Come with me."
She reached out her left hand, which was as white as jade. Chu Li shook her hand and the scene before him suddenly became distorted.
After a short moment, the scene before their eyes suddenly lit up. They were standing in front of a magnificent and majestic mansion. Two enormous limestone lions were entrenched, and as if they had come to life, they looked down at the two of them, and a baleful aura assaulted their faces.
Chu Li looked at the two lions in surprise and exclaimed, "What a master."
He raised his eyes to take a look, and he could tell that there was a faint baleful aura in this mansion, and most of it was gathered on these two stone lions. This was actually a formation that drew the baleful aura over. Firstly, it would not harm the lives of the people in the mansion, and secondly, it had the ability to suppress evil. If someone with evil intentions approached the mansion gate, they would be affected by these two stone lions, and an illusion would appear. It was truly amazing.
Sun Mingyue said, "This is Hou Zhengming, a Prince of the Li Dynasty with a different surname. Lord Hou is the founder of the Li Dynasty's iron cavalry. He was originally a spy who sneaked into the Qiu Dynasty. He started as a cavalryman and followed Zhong Wancheng."
Chu Li smiled. "This is a rare opportunity."
"Yes." Sun Mingyue said slowly, "The Li Dynasty was weaker than the Ji Dynasty back then. The Li Dynasty's current status is all thanks to Lord Hou's establishment of the Li Dynasty's iron cavalry."
Chu Li said, "I'd like to meet such a person."
Sun Mingyue looked at the mansion. "But Lord Hou has retired and no longer cares about the affairs of the court. He usually lives in seclusion and doesn't meet outsiders. We can only barge in."
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