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Chapter 694 Cai Fu: A tiny country like this dares to mess with me? [4 chapters, please vote]

"I told you that you would learn 3,000 characters within six months, and I would do a spot check at the end of the year."

Cai Fu said with a smile, "It's already December."

"I'm here to test your academic abilities."

What a bolt from the blue!

The four young men were dumbfounded. They thought Cai Fu was just talking, but they didn't expect him to actually come and check!
No, aren't you busy enough with so many stepmothers?

Wen Huanzhang: (*艸｀)
What were you learning just now?

Cai Fuwen, Yang Zaixing, Yu Hualong, and Gao Chong all stared at He Yuanqing simultaneously.

As the fourth son, He Yuanqing had no choice but to submit to the tyranny of his older brothers:
"Father, we are learning the Three Character Classic!"

"it is good!"

Cai Fu was overjoyed to hear that it was his masterpiece.
"Come on, recite it for me!"

He Yuanqing: "Humans are animals by nature castrated..."

Cai Fu: (ノ义)ノ彡┻━┻

He Yuanqing: (_)
Yang Zaixing, Yu Hualong, Gao Chong: (ω)(ω)(ω)
"Humph!"

Cai Fu glared at He Yuanqing, then looked at Yang Zaixing with anticipation:
"Daxing, you carry it!"

Yang Zaixing: (_)
He Yuanqing: (ω)
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened—"

Just then, Lü Fang rushed in, accompanied by a man, in a great hurry:

"Your Majesty, something has happened in Nanning Prefecture!"

Cai Fu stared intently at the man, who was disheveled and travel-worn. It was none other than "Thunderbolt" Qin Ming!
"Your Majesty!"

Qin Ming bowed deeply to Cai Funa and briefly recounted his journey from the Jin Kingdom to Nanning Prefecture, finally kowtowing to the ground.
"Please, Your Majesty, save my brother-in-law!"

"The Kingdom of Dali?"

Cai Fu was furious: "A tiny country like this, if I don't go looking for trouble with him, how dare he provoke me?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Zaixing shouted with overjoyed delight:
"Father! Your son is willing to be the vanguard and destroy the Dali Kingdom!"

Yu Hualong, Gao Chong, and He Yuanqing shouted in unison:
"Father, your son is also willing to be a vanguard!"

"What vanguard? We're in Tanzhou now. By the time we raise an army here and reach Nanning Prefecture, it'll be too late!"
"Furthermore, the mere Dali Kingdom is easily conquered by the troops of Nanning Prefecture plus the Miao troops from Huawai!"

Cai Fu directly ordered, "The four of you come with me. I want to see just how awesome the Dali Kingdom really is!"

"Your Majesty, this humble general will go as well!"

Qin Ming volunteered, but Cai Fu stopped him:
"Xiaoming, it's already a great achievement that you've come all this way to deliver this message."

"However, you are exhausted now, so don't go to Nanning Prefecture. Just stay in Tanzhou to recuperate."

Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief, but was still worried: "My wife is still waiting for me..."

Flower Girl?
Cai Fu patted Qin Ming on the shoulder: "Tell me the address, and I'll bring you back safely!"

Qin Ming gave the address, which Cai Fu memorized. Then he summoned a group of valiant generals who rode fine steeds.
Lu Junyi, Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong, Lin Chong, Wang Yin, Yang Zhi, Bian Xiang, Sun An, Huyan Zhuo, and Lü Fang.

Cai Fu had a total of eleven generals and eleven fine horses, who went to Nanning Prefecture.

As for Tanzhou, with Lu Zhishen, Guan Sheng, Wu Song, and Du Xue in charge, Cai Fu was still at ease.

The group of eleven riders traveled day and night, crossing mountains and valleys, and encountered bandits several times along the way.

But Cai Fu brought along some ruthless people; apart from Lü Fang, they were all tiger-level generals!
There's even Lu Junyi, the supreme one!
I dare not say more, but Cai Fu and his eleven riders could not be stopped even by two or three thousand cavalry.

It's worth mentioning that Cai Fu rated Lü Fang, placing him at roughly the same level as Sun Li, making him a strong general.

Lin Chong, who earned the reputation of "famous general and butcher" in the northern frontier, has been upgraded to a formidable tiger, on par with Guan Sheng and Bian Xiang.

Then there's Yang Zhi, who has incorporated Yang Zaixing's ancestral spear technique and has also advanced to the Middle Tiger level, placing him on par with Qin Ming, Dong Ping, and Huyan Zhuo. Which powerful figure dares to challenge him?
……

Nanning Prefecture.

"Charge! Charge!"

The Prime Minister of Dali, Gao Taiming, has gone mad. Ever since his son died, he has been frantically attacking the city every day.

He also sent his younger brother Gao Taiyun with an army of 50,000 from the Dali Kingdom, determined to capture Nanning Prefecture.

An army of 100,000—this was practically the entire army of the Dali Kingdom, considering that the total population of the Dali Kingdom was only a little over three million.

The main reason was that Gao Taiming couldn't bear the pain of losing his son, Gao Mingqing, who was his most beloved youngest son.

He even entrusted his ancestral home, Shanshan Prefecture, to Gao Mingqing, which shows how important Gao Mingqing was to him...

Furthermore, he has already lost more than 20,000 troops in Nanning Prefecture, and the sunk costs are too high.

If we can capture it, everything will be fine.

Even if he held absolute power in the Dali Kingdom, he wouldn't be able to explain himself to the imperial court if he couldn't conquer it...

Under Gao Taiming's mad command, countless Dali soldiers roared and charged towards the city walls of Nanning Prefecture.

Holding a gleaming silver spear, Hua Rong stood firm on the front line, leading the charge to repel yet another attack by the Dali troops.

However, even though Hua Rong also possessed Tiger-level strength, charging ahead resulted in him sustaining two additional injuries.

Zou Run, nicknamed "Unicorn Dragon," fared even worse. This guy fought too hard in battle and was shot in the stomach, forcing him to retire due to his injuries.

Because the Dali soldiers took turns attacking the city without stopping, Hua Rong, Zou Yuan, and Wei He were exhausted.

Originally there were only a little over 10,000 defenders, but now more than 3,000 have been killed or wounded, making the situation even worse...

The main problem was that they had no reinforcements, while the Dali army did, and in large numbers, which made them feel utterly hopeless.

"General Hua, they're charging again!"

Wei He, who had just fought a bloody battle, hadn't even had a chance to catch his breath before he hurriedly got up and called Hua Rong to fight.

His broadsword was already chipped; if Wei He hadn't been strong enough, he would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.

Just like the two deputy generals, Zhang Yi and Zhang Shou, they were so exhausted that they collapsed on the ground, having no strength left.

Hua Rong jumped directly onto the top of the battlements. Seeing the Dali soldiers rushing up, Hua Rong stabbed them one by one with his spear!

But this time Gao Taiming's attitude was very firm; he wanted to take Nanning Prefecture in one fell swoop, regardless of the sacrifices.

"Are they crazy?!"

"Emerging Dragon" Zou Yuan complained as he fought:
"For so many days in a row, it's been like this every single day!"

"They weren't this crazy on the first day..."

So what exactly happened on the second day?
This wasn't the first time the thought had crossed Hua Rong's mind, but he had no time to be distracted; he was still fighting.

Just then, war drums suddenly sounded from behind the Dali soldiers, their thunderous roar echoing across the sky:

"Dong dong dong..."

Huh?
Hua Rong glanced at it briefly, both surprised and delighted:
Countless Miao soldiers, dressed in flamboyant attire and resembling shamans, charged toward the rear of the Dali army!

In front of these countless Miao soldiers, there were a dozen or so cavalrymen, like a sharp knife piercing towards the Dali soldiers!

Because it was too far away to see clearly, Hua Rong could only see the leading general, who, along with his horse, looked like a ball of flame!
Behind him, on the left and right, were two white dots—the man was white, the horse was white, like two snowflakes…

Ah this...

Hua Rong could hardly believe his eyes:

Could it be that my master has come to rescue me?
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