287: Chapter 287 Yang Xian'er Arrives

With a thought, 200 Tier 5 Black Armor Cavalry appeared before General Chen.

"Go and bring all those fleeing officials back to me!"

The 200 Black Armor Cavalry immediately accepted the order and left.

In less than an hour, the 200 Black Armor Cavalry had captured all the fleeing officials and recovered over 50 million taels of illicit money.

Following that, General Chen decided to take the other two Prefecture Cities as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, if he went over slowly, he reckoned the officials of those two Prefecture Cities would have already fled with all their wealth.

Thus, he purchased another 100 Puppet officials to handle matters in Tianhua Prefecture.

He then took a single step and appeared directly outside the third Prefecture City under the jurisdiction of Yulong Prefecture—Changping Prefecture.

With a wave of his hand, two thousand Black Armor Cavalry appeared behind him. These two thousand Black Armor Cavalry were all Tier 5 soldiers.

Although it seemed a bit flashy, General Chen had no other choice. Ever since he got the good luck card, what he drew was either Tier 5 soldiers or Tier 6 soldiers. As for Tier 4 soldiers, sorry, he only had ten thousand. It was the same as in Tianhua Prefecture.

To prevent an attack by the Fierce Tiger Army, Changping Prefecture had already closed its city gates. Furthermore, defensive preparations had already been made on the city walls.

"Go, two hundred men!"

General Chen still only dispatched two hundred men. The two hundred Black Armor Cavalry rode out from the ranks and galloped forward.

After reaching the bottom of the city wall, they actually soared into the air along with their horses and landed on the city wall.

After a bout of fighting, they eliminated all the soldiers on the city wall. Afterward, they opened the city gates and welcomed General Chen and the remaining Black Armor Cavalry inside.

Because General Chen had arrived too suddenly, the officials of Changping Prefecture, although they wanted to run, hadn't had the time to do so and were all still packing up their family assets. Therefore, General Chen caught them red-handed.

Worried that the last prefecture, Tai'an Prefecture, would get the news, General Chen purchased another 100 Puppet officials and had them follow the established procedures. He then used Near and Far to arrive outside Tai'an Prefecture.

This Tai'an Prefecture had not closed its city gates, presumably because they felt that Yulong Prefecture was the furthest away from them. Even if the Fierce Tiger Army wanted to attack, it would take a few days.

Therefore, when the two thousand Black Armor Cavalry appeared, the city gate descended into chaos. Before the officials could even mount the city wall, two hundred Black Armor Cavalry, along with their horses, leaped onto the wall.

There weren't many soldiers on the wall to begin with, so they were quickly eliminated. General Chen led his Black Armor Soldiers into the city and completely conquered Tai'an Prefecture.

With this, the entire territory of Yulong Prefecture, except for those county towns, had fallen under the control of the Fierce Tiger Army.

As for those county towns, General Chen did not intend to conquer them personally. Since the System could sell Puppet civil officials, it could naturally also sell military generals. However, military generals were more expensive.

A Tier 1 military general cost 3,000 underling points and possessed Skin Refining Realm strength. A Tier 2 military general cost 8,000 underling points. A Tier 3 military general cost 10,000 underling points.

After thinking about it, General Chen directly purchased 5 Tier 3 military generals. Using Tier 3 military generals to lead troops to attack the county towns was more than enough.

General Chen assigned 300 Tier 5 soldiers to each Tier 3 military general and had them lead the troops to the five county towns under Tai'an Prefecture. At the same time, he also equipped each military general with 20 Puppet civil officials.

Afterward, General Chen hurried to the other three Prefecture Cities as quickly as possible, purchasing Tier 3 military generals according to the number of county towns, and then had them lead troops to conquer the county towns.

Evening arrived. The first military general sent back news that he had successfully conquered a county town. Following that, reports of victory arrived one after another.

By a little past nine in the evening, all the county towns in the entire Yulong Prefecture had been taken by General Chen. In reality, these county towns could not stop his military might at all; they were shattered at a single touch. The time was mostly spent on traveling and transmitting messages.

With a thought, General Chen pulled up the System panel to take a look. He discovered that the number of underlings had increased to 28.45 million. As his territory grew, the rate of increase in the number of underlings would also get faster and faster.

Next, General Chen did not plan to attack any other Prefecture Cities, because tomorrow he was going to marry Luo Ningshuang.

Thus, that same evening, General Chen used Near and Far to take Luo Ningshuang, Nangong Hongyan, and two newly acquired personal maids back to Zhenlong City.

General Chen had long prepared a residence for Luo Ningshuang in Zhenlong City. Therefore, upon returning to Zhenlong City, Luo Ningshuang returned to her own residence to wait for the wedding tomorrow.

Time flew by, and the next morning arrived. The previously somewhat quiet Zhenlong City suddenly became lively.

Having taken concubines twice in a row, marrying a bride was a familiar process for General Chen.

After successfully welcoming the bride, Luo Ningshuang, back to the City Lord's Mansion and completing the wedding ceremony, General Chen sent the bride back to the bridal chamber and began to greet the guests.

There were many guests today. Not only were there guests from Menghu City, but even Yulong City had sent many people to congratulate General Chen on his marriage.

At the same time, two groups of special guests arrived. One group was from the Yellow Heaven Sect, still led by General Yan Ming. The other group was from the remnants of the previous dynasty, led by Princess Yang Xianer, who was disguised as a man.

The noon banquet ended. Princess Yang Xianer took the initiative to bring her people to request an audience. General Chen did not refuse and had them arranged in the side hall.

"Princess Yang Xianer, we meet again?" General Chen said to Princess Yang Xianer with a smile after stepping into the side hall.

"General Chen, have we met before?" Princess Yang Xianer said, feigning confusion.

"Princess Yang Xianer, why must you play dumb when you know the truth? Your men have all been incorporated by me, do you still intend to pretend you don't know?" General Chen sat down, picked up some tea to take a sip, and said with a sarcastic tone.

Princess Yang Xianer had long suspected that the person who killed Uncle Fu back then was General Chen. She had also almost died at his hands. It wasn't until she saw her former subordinates, Tan Yue and Li Qian, in the City Lord's Mansion today that she was completely certain that the mysterious person at the pier that night was General Chen.

Although she was very angry inside, she knew the purpose of her visit today, so she suppressed her inner rage and said: "It is said that one can make friends through fighting, General Chen, don't you agree?"

"That makes sense!" General Chen nodded. "Then let's get straight to the point, Princess Yang Xianer, tell me your purpose!"

"I want to represent my older brother and form an alliance with General Chen!" Princess Yang Xianer said.

General Chen said: "I have already allied with the Yellow Heaven Sect. Lingzhou is only so big; it is already very difficult for two families to eat, if we add you, wouldn't it mean three families sharing Lingzhou!"

Princess Yang Xianer said: "General Chen, although the Great Yong Kingdom is about to perish, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. As long as the three of us form an alliance, we can jointly resist the Great Yong Kingdom. Only in this way can we all survive!"

"That may be so, but I have confidence in myself!" General Chen shook his head.

Princess Yang Xianer became a bit annoyed: "General Chen, although you have the support of a Gang-Refining Expert behind you, the Great Yong Kingdom also has quite a few people in the Liangang Realm. Moreover, Director General Zhuge Rongrong of the Zhenwu Division has already set her sights on you. Once Zhuge Rongrong decides to assassinate you, even if you have a group of Gang-Refining Experts behind you, you won't be able to stop her!"

"Don't tell me that after forming an alliance with you, you can provide Gang-Refining Experts?" General Chen mocked.

"That's right!" Princess Yang Xianer nodded. "As long as we form an alliance, we can send Gang-Refining Experts to ambush Zhuge Rongrong together!"