Chapter 1009.
“Wang Dust, meet the Great General.”
On top of the Hanhai Pass wall, Wang Dust cupped his fists and bowed to Shangguan Wuji, “I don’t know what the general has summoned me for?”
Shangguan Wuji pointed at the Great Yan army outside the pass and said in a deep voice, “Great Yan has suddenly come to attack, this seat needs to enlist all the Featherwood Guards to defend against the powerful enemy!”
Hundreds of thousands of Great Yan troops and three Sixth Order Martial Exalted gathered at the Hanhai Pass, Shangguan Wu Ji was under so much pressure that he could hardly describe it in words.
The fact that he was still able to maintain his composure right now was entirely reliant on his strong will to support him.
Shangguan Wuji knew very well that Hanhai Pass absolutely could not be lost, once Great Liang lost the protection of this heavenly moat, the Great Yan Army would drive straight in, sweeping across the Hanhai and West Sea, and then invade the hinterland of Central State without any obstacles.
Therefore he had to gather all his strength to meet the upcoming great battle.
The 3,000 elite Featherwood Guards in the peace procession would naturally not be overlooked by this great general.
Of course, Shangguan Wu Ji knew that he was not qualified to directly enlist the Feather Forest Guards, thus he invited Wang Duan, the Crown Prince, over with the intention of enlisting the three thousand Feather Forests through the latter.
“Now that the Hanhai Pass is in danger, I hope that the Crown Prince can look at the big picture and convince His Highness to send support!”
In these few words, this commander of the Hanhai Army spoke quite politely, and was considered to have shown mercy and reason.
“It can be done.”
Wang Dust agreed in a single breath.
Just as Shangguan Wu Ji revealed a hint of a smile and was about to praise Wang Dust a few times, he heard him continue, “But I have one condition.”
Shangguan Wuji froze, “What condition?”
Wang Chen smiled faintly, “It’s very simple, as long as the Great General swears allegiance to Her Highness the Princess in public, then the 3,000 Featherwood Guards will all be under the Great General’s command and at your disposal.”
What?
Shangguan Wu Ji suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, or that Wang Chen’s head was faulty.
To ask him, the Great General of Zhenxi, a first-ranked military official of Da Liang, and a sixth-ranked Martial Honored One, to be loyal to a princess that was brought in for a peace treaty?
It was simply ridiculous to the point of being laughable!
Shangguan Wuji burst into flames, “Wang Taibao, Yan’s army is near, this is not the time for jokes!”
As soon as the Martial Exalted One became furious, his powerful and intimidating aura steeply enveloped Wang Duan!
However, Wang Dust was as if he didn’t realize it and said indifferently, “If the Great General is unwilling, then forget it, farewell!”
After he finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.
“Stay for me!”
A horrifying light came out of Shangguan Wu Ji’s eyes, and he immediately probed his hand and grabbed towards Wang Chen.
Shangguan Wuji had just politely discussed with Wang Dust purely for the sake of Princess Qing Yun’s face, otherwise a mere Crown Prince Prince would not have the qualifications to be on par with him!
I didn’t expect Wang Dust to give face to face, actually said swear allegiance to Her Highness the Princess of the bastard words, completely will not put him in the eyes of the great general, really is the toast to refuse to eat a penalty wine.
How could Shangguan Wu Ji tolerate this!
However, before his outstretched hand touched Wang Chen, his movements suddenly stopped, and his entire body seemed to be petrified.
Because the Commander-in-Chief of the Hanhai Army suddenly realized that Wang Chuan in front of him had his feet three inches off the ground, noiselessly levitating in the air, as if he were a ghost.
But how could Shangguan Wu Ji, who was a sixth ranked Martial Exalt, treat Wang Chen as a ghost!
The news he had received earlier indicated that Wang Chen possessed extremely high martial arts talent, and at a young age, he was already a Fifth Order Martial Zong, which was why he had been given the title of Crown Prince Prince Guarantor to escort Princess Qing Yun to Great Yan.
However, for Shangguan Wuji, Wang Chen’s talent is even higher, a fifth-order martial arts Zong he pinch up easily, just in order to protect the face of the royal family, previously did not use forceful means.
But now Shangguan Wuji realized that his judgment of Wang Chen’s strength was wrong!
Seventh ranked Martial Saint, Wang Chen had actually reached the strongest realm of martial artists!
Shangguan Wuji was truly unwilling to believe this, or else his longstanding understanding of martial arts would be completely turned upside down.
The problem was that the facts were right in front of him, Shangguan Wuji couldn’t just blindfold himself and pretend he couldn’t see them, could he?
He also finally understood why Wang Chen was able to ignore his intimidating aura.
“Huh.”
Wang Dust turned back with a laugh and said, “Great General, I’ll give you one last chance, as long as you swear allegiance to Princess Qing Yun, I’ll help you get rid of this group of dirtbags!”
He pointed at the thousands of troops outside the pass.
Dirt chickens and dogs!
This adjective made Shangguan Wuji secretly laugh bitterly, yet the immense pressure from Wang Dust made it impossible for him to laugh at all.
At this moment, Wang Chen had already torn off all his disguises, revealing the terrifying strength of a Martial Saint.
Shangguan Wuji, who was close at hand, felt that he was facing a huge beast, and it became difficult to breathe, as if the astral energy in his body was imprisoned, and his body and spirit were all under unprecedented pressure.
This Grand Commander of the Vast Expanse Army didn’t have the slightest doubt that as long as Wang Chen was willing, he would be able to slap himself to death with a single palm.
At this moment, Shangguan Wu Ji regretted immensely that he had actually invited Wang Chen to his body.
Otherwise, relying on the 50,000 Vast Expanse Army, he would still have a chance to resist Wang Chen, a Seventh Order Martial Saint!
But even if that was true, what was the point?
Looking at the Yan army that continued to gather outside of the pass, as well as the three Martial Exalted auras that continued to erupt from the Yan army’s camp, this Great General of Zhenxi finally made a decision.
“Old minister, I am willing to swear allegiance to Your Highness.”
He disheveled and lowered his head, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
No matter what, Shangguan Wu Ji couldn’t just watch Hanhai City fall into the hands of Great Yan, and with the assistance of Wang Chen, a seventh ranked Martial Saint, the possibility of defending Hanhai Pass was at least ten times higher.
As for the allegiance to Princess Qing Yun, although it was shameful, it was nothing compared to the bigger picture.
Since Wang Chen had the ability to lift the table, he was the only one to look after the big picture!
“Very well.”
Wang Dust nodded and said to the sergeant next to him who was already confused, “Please go to Ming Yu Palace and invite Her Highness over, and say that I said so.”
The sergeant woke up with a jolt and looked at Shangguan Wu Ji in a panic.
Shangguan Wu Ji was expressionless: “What are you looking at me for? Didn’t you hear what Lord Wang said?”
The sergeant hurriedly replied, “As ordered!”
After he hurriedly left, the atmosphere on the wall of the pass became very subtle.
The surrounding personal guards and sergeants were not fools, how could they not see the embarrassing situation of their own master general, but no one dared to act rashly, lest things become unmanageable.
While the number of Yan troops converging outside Hanhai Pass was increasing, their momentum further increased, again bringing even more pressure to the soldiers guarding the pass wall.
Fine beads of sweat broke out on many people’s foreheads, and their faces turned pale.
Fortunately, it was clear that the Yan army side did not have sufficient preparations for the siege, as they set up camp and erected a military tent three miles away from the barrier wall.