"The caravan has just passed through the most dangerous terrain. Their guard will inevitably be lowered at this point. This is the perfect time to catch them off guard and completely annihilate them!"

"Send the order down, everyone must be patient, we cannot ruin my grand plan!"

Hearing this, the staff officer nodded.

A look of admiration on his face.

"Lord City Defender is truly skilled in both literature and military strategy, far more thoughtful than me!"

"Hehe!"

The lord of Tianmen City smiled slightly.

To be honest, the people under his command were not very capable.

The only thing they excelled at was flattering, which was quite comforting.

At this moment, a scout who was monitoring the front ran over.

"Lord City Master, the Xiao family’s caravan has already passed through Tianmen Gorge and is heading in our direction! They will arrive here in no more than the time it takes to burn three incense sticks!"

The lord of Tianmen City’s expression immediately turned serious.

"Everyone, be alert!"

Instantly.

The soldiers, who were a bit restless, quieted down.

Only the chirping of birds and insects in the jungle could be heard!

But they didn’t know.

At this moment, two armies were swiftly moving through the jungle, approaching from two different directions...

"Damn it! It’s an ambush!"

"Don’t panic, let’s fight them!"

"We’re surrounded, there’s no breaking through!"

After a chaotic scene in the jungle with cries and shouts, it quietened down.

Blood flowed everywhere.

Bodies were decapitated!

The air was filled with the smell of blood!

The lord of Tianmen City and his over two thousand soldiers were surrounded and overwhelmed by the strong warriors and Iron Wolf Guards who suddenly appeared.

They stood no chance against the large swords and long spears, completely crushed!

After the battle ended.

Chen Qi coldly said, "The fight isn’t over yet!"

"The lord of Tianmen City is dead, and Tianmen City is like a dragon without a head!"

"Plus, with the city’s military forces depleted, this is the perfect opportunity to take it over!"

"All soldiers, follow me to Tianmen City, we will conquer Tianmen City!"

...

Half an hour later.

Five hundred iron cavalry, like a black torrent, rushed towards Tianmen City.

Behind the black torrent, dust filled the air, obscuring the sky and sun!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground itself was trembling.

...

"What’s going on? Is it the city lord returning?"

"What’s happening?"

"They’re not the city lord, who are these people?"

"If they’re not the city lord, then who are they? There’s only our city in this vicinity, they couldn’t possibly be an army from somewhere else!"

At the gates of Tianmen City, people were coming and going, a constant stream.

At this moment, countless people turned in surprise, watching as a torrent-like army thundered towards them.

In the face of such overwhelming force and aura of war, everyone’s face was filled with fear, hesitation, and admiration.

Even the guards at the city gate were stunned with surprise and confusion.

For a moment, they didn’t react and just stood there!

"Not good, it’s not the city lord! Quickly, close the city gates, don’t let the enemy in!"

Some soldiers shouted in panic.

...

An hour later.

Five hundred soldiers from Dawn City conquered Tianmen City.

The city’s officials were either killed or had fled!

The original city guards were also disbanded!

In their place were the soldiers from Dawn City.

"General Chen Qi is truly unparalleled in bravery! Leading five hundred soldiers into battle, the mere soldiers of the Ye family could only flee in disarray!"

In less than half a day since splitting up, Chen Qi had not only annihilated the lord of Tianmen City and his two thousand soldiers outside the city but had also directly occupied the city.

Xiao, the manager, was inwardly amazed.

Chen Qi smiled slightly, a hint of disdain on his face.

"Just one city! From now on, my lord will surely conquer more cities like a sweeping force, occupying more territories! The Ye family is nothing to fear!"

...

"What? Chen Qi has taken Tianmen City?"

"Good! Dawn City is ultimately just one city. I inevitably need to expand outwards to compete in the world and cannot be confined to this small place!"

"This Tianmen City can serve as a bridgehead for Dawn City’s expansion!"

In Dawn City.

Upon receiving the good news, Waldo was very pleased. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

[Congratulations to the trial participant Waldo for conquering Tianmen City, becoming the first trial participant to capture a city!]

[System reward triggered, receive 500 strong warriors!]

[Trigger a tenfold reward, receive 5,000 strong warriors!]

[Note, you can choose the birthplace of the strong warriors, Tianmen City or Dawn City!]

[To enhance the spirit of struggle and boost the confidence of trial participants, the system will subsequently make an announcement to all channels. Please be prepared!]

"5,000 strong warriors?!"

"Wow, doesn’t that almost double the number of soldiers under my command?!"

Waldo was momentarily stunned.

Then a look of surprise appeared on his face!

He burst into hearty laughter.

He then chose 2,000 strong warriors to be born in Tianmen City, directly replacing Chen Qi to guard Tianmen City, allowing Chen Qi to escort the caravan to leave quickly!

As for the remaining 3,000 strong warriors, naturally, he chose for them to be born in Dawn City.

He still didn’t know when the Ye family’s punitive forces would return.

He needed to be fully prepared.

"Another 5,000 troops! Ye family, what will you use to fight against me now!"

Waldo said coldly.

With the increase in his forces, he no longer felt so powerless against the Ye family.

...

Meanwhile.

With the announcement from the system.

A huge wave of shock erupted in the chat channel.

"Holy smokes, someone actually captured a native city! Is this real? I’ve been in this world for so long, summoned a total of 1,000 elite soldiers, felt pretty strong, and yet, it’s only been a short while since this started, and someone’s already captured a city?"

"Yeah, it’s really outrageous. I only have a little over 2,000 men under me, all ordinary soldiers, not much different from the ordinary armies of this world. A fifty-fifty chance against them, I was proud, but my army definitely couldn’t capture a city."

"Siege? The difficulty is too high." "That’s right, under normal circumstances, only with several times the number of troops than the opponent, it is possible to breach a city! But even if the city is breached, it would require a tremendous cost!"

At the time of seeing the system’s announcement, the trialists were all extremely shocked. So soon? Even after another month, they might not be able to breach a city. The risk is too great. Not only does it consume a lot, but it also requires a large number of troops.

The biggest trouble is that it would provoke the original masters of this world. After all, the cake has already been divided by the major forces, and they can only snatch food from the tiger’s mouth! Too dangerous. The native forces exhale, and they can crush them.

"Is this person... Waldo?"

"Damn! The fierce one from the chessboard world?!"

"Awesome, Waldo look at me, where are you, I want to join you!"

"Look, the city Waldo has captured is Tianmen City! And Tianmen City is near the Devil’s Forest!

That Tianmen City belongs to the Ye family of Tianzhou!"

"The Ye family, that’s one of the five big overlords of Tianzhou!"

"Right, wouldn’t it be easy for the Ye family to kill him?"