My Cultivation Starting from Archery-Chapter 237 - 145: Crossing Hongze Three Times, Small Achievement in Hua Jin_6

Dong An suddenly thought of something, and his vision darkened, his whole body rigidly fell from the horse.

"Commander!"

"Commander, how are you?!"

"..."

It was unknown how much time had passed before Dong An slowly opened his eyes, this moment seemed to age him by ten years, twenty years, from the spirited vigor at the start of the battle, turning into someone resembling an old man.

"Quick..."

He seemed to have received a grievous injury, his voice extremely weak, "They must have crossed the Hongze River the third time, quickly, notify Jia Lao Si. If I remember correctly, after he pursued them to the East Bank last time, did he stay on the East Bank? Tell him he must block Chen Sansi!

"Also inform Liang Jinian from Mei Mountain, he must determine the troop deployments at Luotian Pass according to the situation, absolutely do not let them escape the Great Wilderness, otherwise, we’ll never catch up."

"Yes!"

"Help me up, help me up..."

All those present couldn’t understand how a prominent commander of the Profound Image Realm could be so utterly deflated just because the Enemy Army had fled; it wasn’t as if they had lost the battle.

With help, Dong An stood up, laughing at himself, "Three times! He tricked me three times! Every time, I was just a half step slower than him, just a half step!"

And this half-step was deadly!

If someone could look down upon Ming State as one does upon the land.

They would see that this time, Chen Sansi and his men had nearly brushed past the edge of the large army, passing by shoulder-to-shoulder! Just short of a face-to-face greeting! How could he have been played like this after a lifetime of warfare?

Was this what Fang Qingyun taught him?

No!

Even Fang Qingyun couldn’t do this!

When replaced by Fang Qingyun, at most, he might have burned the provisions and then gone on to attack other cities!

This young man, how could he utilize such tactics? Was he really born for warfare, or who did he learn from?!

He was leading tens of thousands of troops by the nose!

Three thousand men, toying with tens of thousands!

Next.

It was the last chance!

If Luotian Pass fell, it would be like releasing the tiger back into the mountain!

...

Hongze River.

Chen Sansi led everyone to cross the river once again.

Qian Xun and his subordinates found a place to hide.

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Bai Thingzhi and Xu Wencai, who were in charge of the rear, also arrived on time. This time they suffered heavy losses; they set out with nine hundred men and returned with just over six hundred.

"Sir!"

Gasping for breath, Xu Wencai said, "Yangchun Prefecture can’t hold any longer. The spies sent back news that last night Sha Wenlong and his men failed to break through and retreated back into the city, and at most, only three or four thousand people are left. A few more fierce attacks, and either the city will fall and its people perish, or they will abandon the city and flee, being pursued until death."

Upon hearing this.

Lu Shuhua, Xie Sishu, and Yan Changqing all felt a sense of dread.

It seemed Dong An really had laid down a net of heaven and earth early on, just waiting for them to fall into it, and it was fortunate they last heeded Chen Sansi’s advice to cross the Hongze River three times, which allowed them to barely snatch a sliver of survival.

At this moment, none of these three men dared to harbor the slightest arrogance.

Throughout the journey, even the most obstinate person had to admit defeat to Chen Sansi’s correct judgment time and again. Imperceptibly, he had effectively become the supreme commander.

"General Chen, we’ve crossed the river again, what now?"

"Yes, a large force will soon be pursuing us from behind."

"We will all listen to you, guaranteed no objections."

"..."

"Rest in place for three days!"

Chen Sansi said, "After three days, we’ll head south first. There might be a tough battle in between, after which we’ll make further plans."

He had a rough plan in mind.

But the war situation was changing in real-time, and it was useless to speak ahead of time.

From Yingzui Mountain to now, another twenty days had gone by.

The places on the map that didn’t seem far, when actually traversed, were incredibly stretched, and this was why the pursuers had always been far behind, unable to catch up.

They were resting in place for three days partly because everyone was nearly collapsing, and partly because he was on the verge of a breakthrough.

No matter the future direction, someone had to stand up.

Yu Song’s body had been pierced by several knives previously, stopping just short of vital areas. It would take two more months to recover to full strength, and the one to carry the flag had to be Chen Sansi himself.

"Huh!"

Chen Sansi persevered through the fatigue, consuming the last of the Spiritual Rice Medicine Ointment, then started practicing his spear technique.

Three days later.

With countless experiences of breaking through bottlenecks before, this time was exceptionally smooth.

With each move he executed, he could distinctly feel the Outer Strength starting to become more consistent. From the initial ebbing and flowing like tides, it transformed into a continuous surge like ocean waves, and finally a tsunami, covering the sky and endlessly raging.

"Buzz—"

Finally, Chen Sansi’s Five Tigers Soul-breaking Spear started emitting a continuous buzzing sound, indicating that the Power was circulating and enhancing within the profound iron, capable of unleashing immense force.

[Cultivation Technique: National Guardian Dragon Spear. Hua Jin (small achievement)]

[Progress: 0/2000]

[Utility:..., Power stored in the weapon]

Hua Jin small achievement, Jinli Holding Weapon!

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[Jinli Holding Weapon: Overpowering, with tremendous force and weight.]

Unlike the previous mere Storage, now Chen Sansi could accumulate power inside his body just by holding the weapon and then unleash a force stronger with each instance.

Similar to the Moon Splitting Saber Technique from Moon Splitting Mountain Villa, as long as his own Power didn’t exhaust, the force could continue increasing.

Of course, there was a limit; it couldn’t increase indefinitely.

After a brief experience, Chen Sansi was certain that if he encountered the likes of Xu Kai again, he could easily defeat him within five rounds without needing tactics like the Backward Charge Spear.

As for the Meridian Passage...

He wasn’t actually in true combat with Meridian Passage before, the previous two encounters were purely annihilating the opponent, so he wasn’t clear about the limits of the Meridian Passage Realm, but what was certain was, he definitely wouldn’t be unable to respond.

That was enough.

There were only a few in the Profound Image Realm.

Ming State’s Martial Saint was only Zhong Wuxin from West Qi Country.

These people were far beyond reach.

As long as he could handle Meridian Passage, no matter what situation arose, he could be much more composed.

"Let’s go!"

"Head south!"

Three thousand soldiers fully equipped, set off again.