From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 266 Dark Clouds Press Down on the City, Threatening to Destroy It; Armor Shines in the Sun, Golden Scales Spread Like Phoenixes. Brother, you are no longer the protagonist.
The protagonist is a very troublesome creature.

They always manage to turn misfortune into good fortune and danger into safety.

No matter what dire situation they encounter, they always manage to turn danger into safety in an unbelievable way.

Xu Fengnian is the protagonist of this world. He is not only a reincarnation of an immortal from heaven, but also the reincarnation of the King of Qin. What will happen to such a person who is cursed by the Heavenly Dao?

The answer is that his protagonist aura will erupt wildly, carving out a path to survival for him in this seemingly hopeless situation.

When the 300,000 iron cavalry of Beiliang rolled south, Zhao Xun had just returned to Qingzhou, at which time the entire Qingzhou was already in a state of war preparedness.

The Northern Liang's southward advance was very sudden, catching everyone off guard. Before this, although the atmosphere was tense and the proclamation had been spread throughout the land, everyone was watching and waiting. No one was a fool, and no one wanted to be the first to stick their neck out, including the Northern Liang.

But now, Beiliang suddenly launched an attack, sweeping along the Yanzi River and arriving at the shores of Chunshen Lake without lifting a finger, threatening Qingzhou, all in just five days.

The only person who wasn't surprised was Zhao Xun, whose eyes lit up when he saw Xu Fengnian again.

You're no longer the main character!
Previously, in Zhao Xun's eyes, the dazzling protagonist's halo had disappeared, replaced by a raging, yet cold, flame and a chaotic aura.

The stars are about to shine; we must be fully prepared!
This is a message transmitted by the Sword Immortal through her true form.

The goal is not to destroy Buddhism and Taoism, but to find a testing ground to verify the effectiveness of various countermeasures.

It's just one of countless testing grounds in the snowy world.

He used his authority in the underworld to make a pact with the Heavenly Dao of this world, while bringing the pollution of the underworld to this world. Xu Fengnian, who possessed the protagonist's halo, was unexpectedly drawn into the curse. In the face of despair, the protagonist's halo unleashed its strongest power, attracting a portion of the pollution and pulling him out of the predicament. The price was the complete annihilation of the protagonist's halo, as well as his own distortion.

Xiangfan City Wall
Zhao Xun saw Xu Fengnian walking alone onto the city wall.

On Spring God Lake, the pleasure boats have long since disappeared, replaced by a dense array of warships facing each other.

Outside the moat, the Northern Liang army's camps were densely packed, completely surrounding Xiangfan City, and they could order an attack at any moment.

Xu Xiao stood outside the tent, gazing at the city wall that had been demolished, his eyes filled with a hint of reminiscence.

At this moment, just like at that time, in that year, he was blocked under the walls of Xiangfan for ten years, and fought the most tragic battle of his life.

What about now?
Now, will this battle be as brutal as it was back then?
Suddenly, he lost confidence.

Back then, there was only one Wang Yangming in the city, but now there is a new Confucian sage and his disciples. Although the most important barrier of Xiangfan City, the city wall, was inexplicably demolished by that new Confucian sage, 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers have gathered in that huge square. Under the command of Zhao Xun's disciple, the military Confucian scholar Wei Zhongkui, they have formed a huge battle formation. It is this battle formation that makes this veteran general, who has fought a hundred battles, tremble with fear.

That soaring momentum almost stirred the heavens, firmly pinning down the eight thousand elite cavalry under Chu Lushan's command, who were acting as the vanguard, outside the city, preventing them from making any rash moves.

We must not start a war lightly! He sighed inwardly. Not to mention whether we could win this battle, even if we did, it would certainly be a Pyrrhic victory.

This is no longer the time to conquer the world. Back then, the unification of the Li Yang Dynasty was almost complete, and the whole world was on his side, so he had no worries. But now, with the Li Yang Dynasty in front and the Northern Barbarians eyeing him from behind, his 300,000 iron cavalry is his last trump card. If he were to use them up here, not only would he not be able to avenge himself, but the entire Northern Liang would probably be devoured by various forces and destroyed. Therefore, he couldn't understand why Xu Fengnian would send troops south at such an inopportune time.

"Do you know why I'm tearing down this dilapidated city wall?"

On the city wall, Zhao Xun and Xu Fengnian sat facing each other, and Zhao Xun asked with a smile.

"You don't want Xiangfan to repeat the mistakes of the past," Xu Fengnian said. "Xiangfan is the most strategically important place in the world. When there is no war, it is a prosperous city. Once a war breaks out, it will be the biggest thorn in the side of the Central Plains. This location is too important. Even if it cannot stop the army from moving south or north, as long as it is here, both the north and the south will have reservations and dare not go all out. Therefore, if you want to unify the world, you must take Xiangfan to feel at ease and have no worries about the rear."

Do you want to unify the world?

"No." Xu Fengnian poured himself a glass of wine and drank it down in one gulp. "I just want revenge, the kind of revenge you told me about on the island!"

"A good idea, and the execution was excellent. This shows that our Emperor was truly farsighted back then, placing my old man in Qingzhou. Don't you think so?"

"That's why I'm here. Do you think Qingzhou and Xiangfan, in their current state, can withstand 300,000 iron cavalry?"

Zhao Xun peeked out of the city and looked around, then laughed again, "Thirty iron cavalry, a very powerful force. In this world, due to the limitations of the Heavenly Dao, even a terrestrial immortal can be surrounded and killed by a few first-rank immortals, and it would be difficult for them to withstand tens of thousands of iron cavalry. But, times have changed!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and recited with a smile, "Thunder suddenly shakes the mountains, its unrestrained spirit covers the nine regions!"

boom! ! !
As his voice fell, a deafening thunderclap suddenly resounded in the previously clear sky.

The thunderous roar caused Xu Fengnian's face to turn pale. Looking down at the city, both the heavily fortified Qingzhou army and the iron-walled Beiliang army were in turmoil after the explosion. Some even swayed and almost fell off their horses.

A thunderclap rang out, and the weather changed drastically. The clear blue sky darkened in an instant, and endless dark clouds surged in from all directions. A violent wind rose up, howling and whistling. The military tents of the Northern Liang camp, which had already been set up, were blown away by the fierce wind. Exclamations of alarm rang out from the ranks of the troops, but they were quickly swept away by the gale.

Within the dark clouds, streaks of lightning surged and churned, like giant serpents writhing and tearing the heavens and earth apart.

Some low-lying dark clouds were only a few meters above the Northern Liang army's formation, and flashes of lightning exploded above their heads, causing gasps of alarm.

The once disciplined Northern Liang army began to fall into chaos.

What was most alarming was that the large swaths of dark clouds only remained above the Northern Liang army; under the city of Xiangfan, the 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers under Wei Zhongkui still had a clear blue sky above them.

Upon witnessing this extraordinary scene, the 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers cheered in unison, their fighting spirit soaring to its peak.

"Look, Brother Fengnian, how many bolts of lightning can your 300,000 iron cavalry withstand?" Zhao Xun looked up and asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)