Crossover Martial Arts: Oh my god! I'm actually a major villain!

Su Chen looked at the message in the secret letter and asked in confusion,

"Madam You, the Tang reinforcements have not yet reached Youzhou?"

Old Madam You shook her head and said,

"No, the 300,000 reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty have already reached Jizhou. The 300,000 reinforcements should be in Jizhou to stop Goguryeo's army from advancing south."

"Three hundred thousand reinforcements should be enough to deal with Goryeo's army, which only has three or four hundred thousand troops."

"Lord Wuwei, you are wrong. Although the Tang army has 300,000 troops, it lacks food and fodder, warhorses, and even some soldiers lack weapons and armor. This war will not be easy to fight."

Su Chen frowned and asked,

"How could the Tang Empire be so weak? It couldn't even gather enough food, horses, weapons, and armor for 300,000 troops?"

Su Chen thought that the Tang Dynasty's army was nearly a million strong. Could it be that a million strong army couldn't muster enough warhorses, weapons, and armor? Could it be that they couldn't even supply enough provisions for 300,000 troops?

If that's the case,

The Tang Dynasty was truly too weak.

Su Chen couldn't help but think about launching a war against the Tang Empire at this time...

Upon hearing Su Chen's words, Old Madam You sighed helplessly.

"Alas, this is all because the war with the Turks has exhausted our food supplies, warhorses, and even weapons and armor. The war has already consumed a lot of food supplies and warhorses, and many of our weapons and armor have also been damaged."

"However, after the Tang Empire paid a large amount of money and grain to the Turks, the Tang Empire is now penniless and grainless."

Dugu Feng said to Madam You from the side, "Grandma, didn't the Flying Horse Ranch provide the Tang Empire with 30,000 warhorses?"

When Madam You heard Dugu Feng's words, she shook her head and smiled.

"Hehe, Feng'er, Pegasus Ranch has provided 30,000 warhorses."

"But the Tang army simply couldn't afford to support 30,000 warhorses. The conscripted laborers had no food or money. More than 100,000 laborers couldn't even get enough to eat. How could they possibly support 30,000 warhorses?"

Su Chen hadn't expected that Pegasus Ranch would supply warhorses to the Tang Empire. He also wanted to meet Shang Xiuxun, the beautiful ranch owner who loved fine food.

but,

Since the Tang Empire could not afford to support these warhorses,

Su Chen wanted to take it over.

The Sui Empire is currently in dire need of warhorses, although Su Chen was able to obtain them from Zhao Min and Yu Jia.

But that's too unrealistic.

Su Chen's empire and territory did not border Zhao Min and Yu Jia, so even if Zhao Min and Yu Jia wanted to send him warhorses, it would be impossible.

"Madam You, where are those 30,000 warhorses? Is there any chance we can get them?"

Madam You looked at Su Chen in surprise and asked, "Marquis Wuwei, do you intend to send 30,000 warhorses to the Sui Dynasty?"

Su Chen shook his head and said,

"No, the 30,000 warhorses will remain in Luoyang. I will secretly send an additional 50,000 cavalry to Luoyang. We will gradually devour Luoyang, and even the surrounding counties."

Chapter 362 Luoyang City, the alliance between Song Que and Chu Liuxiang!

Su Chen had no intention of bringing the 30,000 warhorses back to the Sui Dynasty.

Thirty thousand warhorses is too big a target.

If the Tang Empire discovers that the warhorses have been sent to the Sui Dynasty, the Dugu family in Luoyang will be targeted by the Tang Empire, which may even suspect that the Dugu family in Luoyang has defected to them.

This is not in Su Chen's best interest.

The Dugu family controls Luoyang, which is crucial for Su Chen's future wars with the Tang Empire.

A city in Luoyang, deep within the Tang Dynasty.

If war breaks out between the Sui and Tang dynasties, Su Chen will be able to split the Tang Empire in two, leaving it unable to attend to both ends.

Madam You understood immediately upon hearing Su Chen's words.

Su Chen intends to rely on Luoyang to gradually erode the Tang Empire.

50,000 cavalry

In addition to the army in Luoyang,

This would amount to 110,000 to 120,000 troops. The area around Luoyang was originally within the Dugu family's sphere of influence, making it very easy for the Dugu family to control the counties and prefectures surrounding Luoyang.

Moreover, the Dugu family has already pledged allegiance to Su Chen, and Dugu Feng of the Dugu family will even become an imperial concubine of the Sui Dynasty. Old Madam You will grant Su Chen's every request, since they will be family in the future.

Madam You nodded to Su Chen and said,

"Lord Wuwei, I will personally go to Bingzhou to deal with the warhorses. As long as we can offer enough money, I believe we can get our hands on 30,000 warhorses."

Su Chen thanked Old Madam You upon hearing her words.

"Then I'll trouble you, Madam. I'll have someone prepare 300,000 taels of silver. You can offer whatever price you want for the warhorses."

Madam You waved her hand and said,

"The Dugu family has money, and our Dugu family has been a prominent family for hundreds of years. We can still contribute some money."

Dugu Feng, holding Su Chen's arm, said with a smile, "Su Chen, don't worry, our Dugu family is rich, and we also received a lot of money from Jingnian Temple last time."

Su Chen nodded when he heard what Old Madam You and Dugu Feng said. He didn't stand on ceremony with the Dugu family. With Dugu Feng's connection, the Dugu family already belonged to him.

now,

In Luoyang City,

In a restaurant,

A member of the Song family from Lingnan, a young man, and a beautiful woman sat together and talked.

The other members of the Song clan sat to one side, watching the young man and the beautiful woman beside them.

They also learned who this young man was: the infamous thief Chu Liuxiang, no, the infamous eunuch Chu Liuxiang.

The story of Chu Liuxiang being castrated by the Great Demon King is widely known in the martial arts world.

The Song family members all looked at Chu Liuxiang with strange expressions.

Kou Zhong looked at Chu Liuxiang with a mocking expression.

He felt that the Great Demon King had been very kind in beating him up, and Kou Zhong didn't want to be crippled and turned into a eunuch by Su Chen as well.

but,

That beautiful woman made the Song family members dare not underestimate her.

This is a powerful Celestial Realm expert.

Even Song Que, the Heavenly Blade of the Song Family, dared not disrespect this beautiful woman; this is the martial arts world where strength reigns supreme.

Chu Liuxiang also saw the expressions on the faces of the Song family members.

He doesn't care about that expression anymore.

The news of his being castrated by the Great Demon King had spread throughout the martial arts world, and Chu Liuxiang had seen far too many mocking expressions.

After hearing Song Que's account of what happened at Jingnian Temple, Chu Liuxiang...

He asked Song Que in surprise,

"Clan Leader Song, are you saying that a powerful Celestial Realm cultivator crushed the Celestial Monk Jing Nian Chan? That can't be true, can it? The Celestial Monk was a Celestial Realm cultivator, how could one Celestial Realm cultivator be crushed by another Celestial Realm cultivator?"

Song Que squinted at Chu Liuxiang and said, "Chu Liuxiang, what I said is true. I saw it with my own eyes."

Song Que was very surprised by Chu Liuxiang's arrival in Luoyang.

He had met Chu Liuxiang in the martial arts world before, and they even had a very pleasant conversation.

But after Chu Liuxiang was crippled by the Great Demon King.

Chu Liuxiang disappeared for a period of time, and there has been no news of him for almost a year.

Song Que couldn't understand why Chu Liuxiang and his master's wife would appear in Luoyang City, especially after encountering Chu Liuxiang and this powerful and beautiful woman.

beside,

The beautiful woman took a sip of tea and then spoke.

"Liu Xiang, what Song Que said is true. There are different levels of the Celestial Realm. A peak Celestial Realm expert can easily kill an early or mid-stage Celestial Realm expert, and even a late-stage Celestial Realm expert will be killed within ten moves."

Chu Liuxiang was shocked to hear about the beautiful woman and asked in astonishment,

"Master's wife, is my master also capable of crushing early and mid-stage Celestial Realm cultivators?"

"can!"

Chu Liuxiang and Song Que were both very surprised to hear the beautiful woman's words.

Chu Liuxiang and Song Que had not expected that the peak Celestial Realm would be so powerful.

Why is there such a huge difference in strength between the two terrestrial immortals who are both at the Celestial Realm? This is something they can't understand.

After a moment of silence,

Chu Liuxiang asked Song Que, "Clan Leader Song, do you know anything about the Great Demon King Su Chen?"