#770 - Part 1

The next day, March 27th.

For Wei Changtian, yesterday was a relatively peaceful day.

His injuries weren't serious, but his internal energy was somewhat depleted.

Wei Changtian certainly couldn't bear to spend another 300 points to exchange for a Tianyuan Pill, so he could only rely on breathing exercises to slowly replenish it.

However, only then did he realize that the internal energy "storage" of the Second Rank was indeed an astronomical figure. After meditating for an hour, he only recovered about one percent of his internal energy.

So, at dusk, he went out of the city again and ran to last night's battlefield to absorb a wave of remnant souls, which barely restored him to thirty or forty percent.

In addition to this, he also took the time to chat with Shen Ran and learned from him that Chu Xianping had indeed not given him a puppet pill.

This undoubtedly showed that the puppet pill must have been eaten by Chu Xianping himself.

After confirming this, Wei Changtian couldn't help but feel a little emotional, wondering if this could be considered "lifting a stone to drop it on one's own foot".

After all, if he hadn't given the puppet pill to Chu Xianping in the first place, the latter might not have betrayed him.

Even if he had this idea, it wouldn't have been so easy at least.

Hmm... Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem like a bad thing.

After all, if Chu Xianping was determined to rebel, it was indeed better to rebel sooner than later.

Cutting losses in time?

To this day, Wei Changtian could only comfort himself in this way.

However, no matter what he thought, the worries in his heart still lingered.

Undoubtedly, Chu Xianping was now colluding with Lü Hongji, and he didn't know if he would interfere in the Xin Feng battle.

If Chu Xianping got involved again...

Wei Changtian didn't know what Chu Xianping would do, but for him, all he could do now was to continue pushing forward with the established plan.

Midnight.

Xin Feng, Tianshui County.

The vast wilderness was shrouded in the night, with strong winds, low clouds, and sparse stars in the moonlit sky.

In the vast and boundless wilderness, between the withered grass and yellow sand, an army with a fierce aura was marching rapidly westward.

Beast feet trampled over rocks, and wings swept across the dark clouds. The sky and the ground were a dark mass, like a black tide, oppressive and powerful.

That's right, it was the now "famous" Tiangou Army.

From Si Shi to Zi Shi, only eight hours, sixteen hours, had passed since receiving Wei Changtian's order, and the entire army had marched a thousand miles, leaving the Shu and Ning armies far behind.

This undoubtedly confirmed that the Tiangou Army had mobility far exceeding that of ordinary armies.

At the same time, this also meant that they were only one day away from Fengyuan City.

If there were no accidents, they would be able to reach the current garrison of the Qian Hui army at Zi Shi tomorrow, and they would be able to launch the first wave of surprise attacks with the help of black gunpowder immediately.

Wei Changtian didn't expect a mere 30,000 people to defeat an 800,000-strong army, but such an army was enough to make the enemy frightened.

With 30,000 demon beasts, the deterrent was enormous.

Coming and going without a trace, suitable for blitzkrieg.

Extremely powerful in combat and equipped with powerful black gunpowder, capable of causing a large number of casualties to the local area in a short period of time.

Combining the above three points, the Tiangou Army was undoubtedly the best choice for "harassment warfare".

And by constantly harassing the enemy, keeping the enemy's morale at a very low level, this was the task of the Tiangou Army in this battle.

"Everyone, we will reach Fengyuan in one day..."

Half an hour later, at the foot of a low mountain.

After marching for eight consecutive hours, the Tiangou Army would take a short rest here, while Du Chang and several deputy generals were discussing matters in an abandoned farmhouse.

As Wei Changtian's "direct line" troops and the most powerful army, the Tiangou Army's conditions in all aspects were undoubtedly far superior to those of the Shu or Ning armies.

For example, the configuration of generals.

Although Du Chang, as the main general, was only at the Fourth Rank, the three deputy generals were all at the Third Rank.

Three Third Rank deputy generals.

Don't think that Wei Changtian killed fifteen Upper Third Rank generals alone last night, but this does not mean that Upper Third Rank generals are cabbages.

On the contrary, if it was a normal configuration, an army of about 30,000 people would usually only have one Third Rank general, and some might not even have one.

Don't even think about the Second Rank. Usually, only the main general of a battle would be at the Second Rank.

Therefore, the fact that there were three Third Rank generals in the Tiangou Army already greatly exceeded the average level.

As for where these three generals came from...

In fact, Du Chang himself "recruited" them from various Jianghu forces.

With names, surnames, verifiable identities, and reliable motives.

However, Wei Changtian still gave all three of them puppet pills.

It was precisely because of this that Wei Changtian had always been relatively at ease with the Tiangou Army, and rarely asked about military affairs.

And Du Chang did not disappoint his trust. After Yang Liushi left, he still managed the Tiangou Army in an orderly manner, and the overall strength steadily increased. The Shu and Liang states even completed their tasks outstandingly in several major battles.

As a character who did not appear in "Martial Arts Great Pinnacle", Wei Changtian was actually very satisfied with Du Chang's performance.

Therefore, he probably never imagined this scene...

"Everyone, Wei Changtian's sudden breakthrough to the Second Rank has disrupted the helmsman's plan to some extent."

"But it's not impossible to remedy it."

"Now the helmsman has ordered several brothers to rush from Da Hui to Xin Feng, which will take about four or five days."

"What we have to do is to ensure that the army's morale does not collapse during this period."

"What the army needs most now is a victory, and the Tiangou Army is the best target."

"This place is called Falling Star Valley, and it's on the only way from Tianshui County to Fengyuan..."

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Du Chang's voice echoed unreservedly in the farmhouse, and every sentence conveyed extremely shocking information.

Listening to his meaning, it seemed that he was taking orders from a certain "helmsman" and intended to boost the morale of the Qian Hui army by sacrificing the Tiangou Army.

And combining these two points of analysis, it was clear who he was working for.

But this raised a question.

It should be known that Du Chang had taken the puppet pill, and unlike Chu Xianping, Wei Changtian had not given him a new puppet pill.

So how did he解开the puppet pill poison?

Including the three generals who were obviously already rebelling and listening to him now, how did they解开the pill poison?

This question is still unknown at this time.

But Du Chang's betrayal was a foregone conclusion.

What's even more frightening is that Wei Changtian is still unaware of this...

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"Okay, you guys go back first."

A quarter of an hour later, the farmhouse, lit by a few oil lamps, was a little dim, and the four had finished discussing matters.

Du Chang waved his hand, and the three deputy generals turned around and prepared to leave.

The sound of footsteps extended from the room to the door, and then stopped abruptly after a "creak".

"Hmm?"

Noticing the abnormality, Du Chang raised his head and frowned as he looked towards the door.

Then, in the next moment, his eyes widened instantly in the flickering firelight.

As if he had seen some kind of demon, Du Chang's gaze passed over the shoulders of the three deputy generals who were already frozen in place, and he stared intently at the woman standing outside the door, suppressing the fear in his heart.

And the latter was also looking at him at this time.

The moonlight shone on the woman's face, setting off that smile as particularly cold.

"General Du, I really didn't expect this..."