257: Chapter 257 Annihilation of the Logistics Army

It was nearly evening.

An army of over three thousand soldiers appeared outside the gates of Menghu City.

The commander of the troops was a Lieutenant from the Lingzhou Governors Office.

In the Great Yong Kingdom military, the ranks from low to high were: Squad Leader, Centurion, Chiliarch, Lieutenant, Commandant, Assistant General, General, Titular General, the Four Great Generals of the Southeast, Northwest, and finally, the Grand General!

A Lieutenant could command at most five thousand soldiers.

"What is going on? Isn't this Linjiang Prefecture? How did it become Menghu City?"

Xie Xuan halted, looking at the city ahead with a puzzled expression.

"Lieutenant, why don't I go ahead and inquire?" a Chiliarch stepped forward and said.

"Granted!" Xie Xuan nodded.

The next moment, the Chiliarch rode his horse straight toward the city gate.

Looking at the soldiers stationed at the gate, he asked loudly, "Someone come and answer me, is this Linjiang Prefecture?"

The squad of soldiers at the gate did not follow his orders at all. Instead, the soldier at the very front said, "This place has already been captured by our Fierce Tiger Army and renamed Menghu City!"

"What?"

Hearing this, the Chiliarch's expression changed drastically.

He immediately turned his horse around. Once he returned to Xie Xuan's side, he said immediately, "Lieutenant, it's bad. This Linjiang Prefecture has been captured by a rebel army called the Fierce Tiger Army!"

"Quick, turn the front formation into the rear formation and retreat fifty miles!" Xie Xuan ordered immediately.

Without understanding the strength of this rebel army, he had no intention of recklessly clashing with them.

Furthermore, the army he was leading was only a logistics army.

They had come to Linjiang Prefecture to escort military pay and rations.

Most of the soldiers were just a bit stronger than ordinary people; they were not even Martial Artists.

As for his own cultivation, it was not very high either, only at the Tendon Refining Realm.

As far as he knew, there were quite a few people at the Bone Refining Realm within a Prefecture City.

But Linjiang Prefecture had still been captured by the rebels, which meant there was at least someone at the Bone Refining Realm among the rebels.

It was even possible that there were those at the Marrow Refining Realm.

If he clashed with them, he would definitely be the one to suffer in the end.

As this logistics army retreated...

Chen Hu also received the news.

"My Lord, General Zhao Zilong requests to fight. I am willing to lead the army to annihilate this force!"

Zhao Zilong stepped out and said.

"With Deputy Commander General Zhao Zilong's strength, dealing with this army is simply using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Why not leave it to me?" Leader Gao Zhan also spoke up.

Unlike Gao Hangzhou, Deputy Gang Leader Xiao Yue, and Gang Leader Ji Feng, who had all joined the City Lord's Mansion.

He had begged Chen Hu to let him serve in the army.

Chen Hu had agreed directly and appointed him as a Lieutenant, capable of commanding up to five thousand troops.

At the same time, Chen Hu had already given him an order.

He was to reorganize the Fierce Tiger Gang into an army. However, Chen Hu stated that he would not force anyone; those willing to be soldiers could undergo training, and those who were not would remain members of the Fierce Tiger Gang!

For this, Chen Hu even allocated five thousand sets of armor and weapons to Leader Gao Zhan.

"Since Lieutenant Gao is willing to fight, I will leave it to you!" General Zhao Zilong knew that Leader Gao Zhan was eager to perform meritorious service, so he had no intention of competing with him for the credit.

Subsequently.

Chen Hu allocated three thousand Tier 4 Black Armor Cavalry to Leader Gao Zhan, letting him go and annihilate that logistics army.

Sensing the aura emitted by these three thousand Black Armor Cavalry.

Leader Gao Zhan clicked his tongue in wonder; these three thousand men were actually all experts at the Bone Refining Realm.

With such strong soldiers, let alone him, even if one were to send a pig as the commander, it could easily wipe out that logistics army.

The facts were indeed so.

Leader Gao Zhan only led the three thousand Black Armor Cavalry in a single charge, and the enemy suffered heavy losses.

The remaining three hundred or so people were so frightened that they threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender.

It was simply too terrifying.

A single charge had slaughtered nearly three thousand people; there was no way the remaining three hundred could continue fighting.

"Is it over already?"

Leader Gao Zhan's emotions were somewhat complex. It wasn't good for soldiers to be too strong; this battle felt devoid of any sense of accomplishment.

Soon.

Leader Gao Zhan ordered someone to send the battle report back.

Chen Hu did not feel excited, because he had already anticipated the outcome of this battle.

Three thousand Bone Refining Realm cavalry going up against an army of over three thousand that didn't even have a single person at the Bone Refining Realm—if they couldn't win, they might as well commit mass suicide.

After offering a few words of encouragement.

Chen Hu turned his attention to the System interface.

Ever since the City Lord's Mansion released the announcement, his Underling Points had been rising continuously.

Those who read the announcement and were unwilling to move away had tacitly accepted the rule of the Fierce Tiger Army.

Thus, they naturally became Chen Hu's subjects and subordinates.

Originally, Chen Hu's Underling Points were 124,882.

But now, it had become over 3.68 million.

After all, the announcement had only just been issued, and not everyone had seen it.

It would still take time for it to ferment.

Time arrived at evening.

Chen Hu returned to the Chen residence.

"Congratulations, Commander, for taking Menghu City!"

"Greetings, Commander!"

"Commander, you are so handsome!"

...

As soon as Chen Hu arrived at the backyard, he was met with good-natured teasing from the women of the household.

"You bold Ruyi, how dare you tease this Commander? You are simply defying the heavens!" Chen Hu grabbed Ruyi and gave her pert buttocks a slap.

Immediately, Ruyi's cheeks flushed red.

"Commander, you are bullying me!"

Watching Ruyi flee in shyness, Chen Hu couldn't help but burst into laughter.

In the evening, Chen Hu enjoyed a happy meal.

Then he went to the room with Liu Xiangyue.

"Husband, you are now a commander of an army. You should consider the matters of offspring and a primary wife!" Liu Xiangyue advised earnestly.

"A primary wife?"

Chen Hu fell into contemplation, simultaneously thinking to himself, who should be chosen as the primary wife?

The candidate for primary wife must at least be able to keep his backyard under control.

This required not only means but also strength.

And his concubine Liu Xiangyue was an expert at the Middle Stage of Blood Refining.

Therefore, to be able to suppress Liu Xiangyue, he would need to find someone at least at the Late Stage of Blood Refining.

But it was not easy to find someone young and highly skilled.

Collecting his thoughts, Chen Hu hooked Liu Xiangyue's chin: "We will consider the primary wife later. As for offspring, let us work hard on that now!"

Once he finished speaking, Chen Hu kissed Liu Xiangyue's soft little mouth.

Time flew by, and it was soon early morning.

Chen Hu arrived at the study.

He called up the System interface to take a look.

The number of underlings had skyrocketed to 4,233,998.

This meant that over half of the people in Menghu City now recognized him as their Commander.

Likewise, with the surge in the number of underlings.

His Underling Points had also refreshed to over 4.23 million.

"With so many Underling Points, how am I supposed to spend them all?"

Chen Hu thought to himself, feigning humility.

The next moment, he asked the System: "System, how many Underling Points are needed to raise my cultivation to the Middle Stage of Hunyuan Martial Saint?"

The System injected the answer into his mind.

"Only five hundred thousand? System, hurry up and raise my cultivation to the Middle Stage of Hunyuan Martial Saint!"

The next moment, Chen Hu felt the Holy Qi in his Dantian growing rapidly.

It quickly filled his Dantian.

Then, after they fused with each other, they became even more refined.

And his cultivation also reached the Middle Stage of Hunyuan Martial Saint.

"System, continue consuming Underling Points to raise my cultivation to the Late Stage of Hunyuan Martial Saint!"

This time, 1 million Underling Points were deducted.

In no time at all, Chen Hu's cultivation surged again, stepping into the Late Stage of Hunyuan Martial Saint in one go.

There were still over 2.73 million Underling Points remaining.

Should he use them to raise his immortal cultivation?

Or should he use them to raise his Divine Soul cultivation?

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Hu made his decision.