Starting as a cowherd, he sought a way to cultivate immortality.

Late at night, Chen Chi, carrying a bow and arrows and concealing his aura, slipped out of Yang Jin's military camp, avoiding the patrolling soldiers.

Upon arriving at Luoyun Pass, Chen Chi aimed at the firelight on the city wall, drew his longbow to its full extent, and shot an arrow.

Noticing the slight flicker of the firelight, Chen Chi breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to Yang Jin's camp.

A short while later, in the Marshal's Mansion at Luoyun Pass, the arrow shot by Chen Chi was placed on Marshal Di Chengwu's desk.

"To be able to accurately shoot arrows near torches, this man's archery skills are among the best in the Yan Kingdom," Di Chengwu, dressed in armor, said in a deep voice to his strategist Guo Chun beside him.

Guo Chun pointed to the letter on the arrow: "Why don't you open it and take a look, Marshal?"

Di Chengwu reached out and removed the letter from the arrow.

After glancing at it briefly, he handed the letter to Guo Chun.

"A clown trying to trade Yang Jin's head for a chance to cultivate immortality."

Guo Chun took the letter, read it carefully twice, and frowned.

"Who is Chen Chi? He doesn't seem to be a rebel general?"

Di Chengwu's face showed a nonchalant expression: "Perhaps he is a martial artist skilled in archery who had no way out with Yang Jin, so he came up with this trick."

"He still wants to cultivate immortality? I think he's lost his mind!"

Guo Chun did not agree with Di Chengwu; instead, he held the letter and fell into deep thought.

After a long silence, Guo Chuncai finally spoke, saying, "Marshal, why don't you do as the letter says and raise nine banners on the city wall tomorrow?"

Di Chengwu looked at Guo Chun with considerable surprise.

"Guo Chun, don't joke about something like this with me."

I, Di Chengwu, a dignified Marshal of the Army, would never listen to the words of some nobody in the rebel camp!

Guo Chun smiled gently and patiently advised:

"Marshal, it's just raising the banner. Even if we're being tricked, it's not a big deal."

But if Chen Chi can truly deliver Yang Jin's head to Luoyun Pass, the rebel army outside the pass will scatter like birds and beasts. At that time, the marshal will have rendered a great service in suppressing the rebellion, and the emperor will surely reward him handsomely.

"What you say makes some sense." Di Chengwu snatched the letter from Guo Chun's hand. "But if we quell the rebellion like this, I, the marshal, will only be ridiculed by those bookworms in the court!"

"I will defeat Yang Jin's rebel army in a fair and square manner, leaving no room for criticism from the people of the world."

"marshal……"

"There's no need to discuss this further." Di Chengwu waved his hand, stopping Guo Chun from trying to persuade him again.

"As long as I hold Luoyun Pass, I can lead my troops out of the pass and capture Yang Jin once Yang Jin runs out of supplies."

Guo Chun shook his head, bowed, and withdrew.

"He's just a scholar after all, he doesn't understand the importance of military merits," Di Chengwu thought to himself as he watched Guo Chun's retreating figure.

Day two.

Di Chengwu, who was basking in the feeling that everything was under control, learned from An Bangguo, who had just arrived at Luoyun Pass, that Emperor Jinglong had ordered An Bangguo to lead 100,000 elite troops from Guanzhong out of the city to quell Yang Jin's rebellion.

After hearing the imperial edict, Di Chengwu felt dizzy and almost collapsed to the ground.

"An Bangguo is well-versed in military strategy, yet he has never actually commanded a large army in battle. How could His Majesty issue such an edict?" Di Chengwu shouted, causing the composed An Bangguo to change his expression.

"I will definitely hang Yang Jin's head on Luoyun Pass so that Marshal Di can have a good look at it!" An Bangguo said proudly.

Under the imperial edict, Di Chengwu could only watch helplessly as Anbang State took away 100,000 soldiers from his hands.

He immediately submitted a memorial to Emperor Jinglong, stating that Yang Jin's rebel army was in high spirits and should not be confronted.

However, Emperor Jinglong wrote in his memorial: "The troops of Yang Jin's rebellion are not legitimate and their words are not proper. How can you say that their morale is high?"

"If you are unwilling to defeat him for me, someone else will take Yang Jin's head."

After reading the memorial returned by the eunuch, Di Chengwu collapsed to the ground, muttering to himself, "The Emperor is so incompetent! Our Great Yan is doomed!"

After shooting the arrow into Luoyun Pass, Chen Chi would come to Luoyun Pass every day to observe whether a commander's flag had been raised on the city wall.

Without seeing a single banner, an army of 100,000 men charged out of Luoyun Pass, frightening Chen Chi so much that he immediately ran back to Yang Jin's camp.

"Haha, the Yan army is finally going to leave the city to fight to the death! The strategist is indeed a genius!" Yang Jin laughed heartily.

Shangguan Ce smiled slightly and said to the generals in the tent:

"Now, it's up to you generals to do the job."

Generals Mengchang and others clasped their hands in agreement.

"We will follow the strategist's plan!"

……

An Bangguo originally thought that leading troops into battle would be much more troublesome than described in the books, but after he won a series of victories in a single day, his contempt for the rebels had seeped into his bones.

Anbangguo ordered his soldiers to pursue their victory, but they were ambushed by Mengchang's elite troops in a narrow mountain pass.

Someone shouted, "The Yan army has been defeated!" and immediately An Bangguo's 100,000 soldiers were thrown into chaos, scrambling to flee to the rear.

"No one is allowed to run! Anyone who disobeys will be executed!" An Bangguo roared, his sword casually stabbing a fleeing soldier to death in an attempt to intimidate others.

Unexpectedly, this move instilled fear in even more soldiers, and in an instant, the Yan army was routed.

Upon seeing this, Mengchang ordered his entire army to pursue and kill the enemy commander.

After this battle, the Yan army's 100,000 elite troops were completely wiped out, and the people of Luoyun Pass were filled with panic.

"Meng Chang defeated 100,000 Yan troops?" Yang Jin was stunned when he heard the news, and then immediately sent people out to find out the situation.

After confirming the Yan army's crushing defeat, Yang Jin did not hesitate for a moment and immediately ordered his army to storm Luoyun Pass, preventing the Yan army guarding the pass from escaping.

In Luoyun Pass, Chen Chi, with a grim expression, shook off Pang Wen, Zhao Tianlin, and other martial artists, and used his divine sense to search for Di Chengwu's figure within the pass.

"Could he have already run away?" Chen Chi thought anxiously.

Di Chengwu also had a letter of his own, which he absolutely must not let anyone else see.

Carrying a portrait of Di Chengwu, Chen Chi finally found the disheveled Di Chengwu behind a pile of firewood in a farmer's house inside the pass.

"Where is that letter?" Chen Chi asked in a low voice.

Di Chengwu looked up and glanced at Chen Chi.

"You're Chen Chi? You don't look like a martial arts expert..."

Chen Chi picked up Di Chengwu, who immediately became much more docile.

"I left that letter on the desk in the Marshal's study, but I can't remember the exact location," Di Chengwu said.

"Does anyone else know about this letter?"

"It's just me."

After killing Di Chengwu, Chen Chi rushed to the study in the Marshal's mansion.

Seeing the study door wide open, Chen Chi had a bad feeling and stepped inside.

Zhao Tianlin, who once ranked second in the prefectural examination and broke through to the Qi Sensing Realm, was standing in front of the desk holding Chen Chi's letter.

Zhao Tianlin looked at Chen Chi, raised the letter in his hand, and said calmly:

"Brother Chen, I will give this letter of yours to Steward Yang."

"Are you coming with me to confess to Steward Yang, or are you going to let Zhou Meiniang hunt you down?"

Chen Chi glanced at the chaotic Marshal's Mansion outside and slowly closed the study door.

"Brother Chen, we are both at the Qi Sensing Realm. Do you really intend to kill me to silence me?" Zhao Tianlin's eyes grew cold.

Chen Chi grinned:

"Brother Zhao, you are indeed at the Qi Sensing Realm, but I am not."

The next instant, the aura of the Innate Realm erupted from Chen Chi without reservation.

"you……"

Zhao Tianlin was deeply shaken. The last thing he saw before he died was Chen Chi's figure attacking him.