Chen Ping's Sword

Chen Ping personally led ten thousand elite cavalry this time.

The soldiers under his command were the first batch of veterans who initially followed him, who were the pioneers in cultivating the Primordial Golden Body Technique.

It even included more than two thousand disciples from the Changkong Martial Arts Hall, Shifang Martial Arts Hall, and Wind and Thunder Martial Arts Hall.

At first, these people might have had various thoughts.

However, in the past six months, witnessing Chen Ping growing stronger, conquering far and wide, repeatedly defeating powerful enemies, rising from a commoner to being lauded by the Jiangnan populace into King Ping.

Gradually, their hearts followed him.

Especially when King Ping’s army, with might against might, slaughtered a hundred thousand Beizhou Rushing Wolf Cavalry, saving a million civilians in Jiangnan, Chen Ping’s reputation soared to the zenith.

It’s imaginable how much reverence those early followers from the martial halls and soldiers from Xingqing Prefecture had for this King Ping, who built a legacy from scratch.

Initially, the talents of this group varied, and their strength was uneven.

However, with Chen Ping’s generous expenditure on supplies and food, some eventually stood out.

Just like now, when Chen Ping ordered the cavalry to assemble, he saw over a thousand elite soldiers shining with silver light, and more than eight thousand covered in black flames and tattooed patterns.

When these ten thousand cavalry formed the Seven Stars Dipper Array, with Chen Ping as the spearhead, charging the enemy lines, the coalition army’s formation instantly broke like an eggshell.

There was no courage to resist.

A person’s reputation is like the shadow of a tree.

Morale lost, the army collapses like a landslide.

Chen Ping broke this army apart, leading his forces upstream along the Wenjiang River.

At the same time, he ordered the infantry to pursue and accept the surrender of these thirty thousand coalition soldiers, ignoring the trivial matters behind him.

Thirty or so miles ahead lay Xiaoling Ferry, where the terrain was perilous and the fortifications dense.

When Chen Ping led his ten thousand cavalry there, the ships were still entangled in battles in the river’s heart, with not a soldier having crossed the arrow blockade.

He saw the commander wearing silver armor and capes in the formation.

Chen Ping lightly waved his long halberd, taking the lead, tearing through the northern defenses. Amidst swirling black light, in just a dozen breaths, he reached the main army’s flag and swung his halberd down.

The silver-armored commander, still shocked, with the echoes of his order for the soldiers to form a blockade lingering, had his head soar into the sky.

Chen Ping casually waved his halberd, cutting the command flag, turned his horse, and charged along the riverbank, leaving no match ahead.

This time, the coalition, numbering over thirty thousand, collapsed even faster than at Shuanglin Ferry.

Due to the terrain, several thousand jumped into the river to flee, most drowning.

The rest, seeing no escape, immediately knelt and surrendered.

This time, Chen Ping waited for a while.

As the ships in the river’s heart docked, Zhang Gu, the head disciple of the Primordial Martial Arts Hall, with a face steadfast like a rock, led ten thousand riders into the Seven Stars Dipper Array, leaving infantry to tidy up the aftermath; Chen Ping led twenty thousand cavalry straight for Guangyun Crossing.

The brilliance of the "Seven Armies Crossing the River" strategy lies in turning the passive into the active...

After roles reversed, Yan Beifei’s coalition found it extremely hard to resist.

After all, their strength lay in the forty thousand Imperial Forest Brave Cavalry.

This cavalry emerged from the strongest royal Profound Armor Elite Cavalry, with royal selection of the most brave and battle-hardened soldiers from the border annually joining the Imperial Army in the capital city.

Their privileges were envied by any army in the Great Li Dynasty.

Among them, ordinary cavalry at least reached second-rate Jianghu cultivation levels.

Of course, it’s not so calculated in the military.

They have their own method.

Every Profound Armor Elite Cavalry, today’s Imperial Forest Brave Cavalry, had the strength of a border centurion.

Their elite ferocity was unimaginable.

The entire Yujing had only a hundred thousand of the Imperial Army...

This time, in the Jiangnan rebellion, Emperor Yuanzhen dispatched Yan Beifei south not just to suppress the rebellion but with other ideas as well.

Attacking East Celestial King was merely a decision by Yan Beifei based on assessing local situations temporarily.

In fact, his decision was not wrong.

If Chen Ping mobilized slightly later, Jiangdong and Jiangxi would have been fortified into impregnable zones by him.

He would unite the noble families in conflict with King Ping’s Army across the Qingjiang River.

By then, Yan Beifei, supported by hundreds of towns with immense war potential.

Capturing this army would be incredibly hard.

Losing strategic depth, Chen Ping would face pincer attacks from the east and west, and even fend off the northern Hu Cavalry.

Under these circumstances, pacifying the Southern Region would seem unreachable, with variables appearing in the process.

By now he had crossed the river, gathered his elite cavalry, taken three river crossings in succession.

Set up grand formations, reversing all disadvantages.

At this time, Chen Ping wanted to test how fearsome the famed Imperial Forest Brave Cavalry still was.

...

"I can’t hold on."

The Black Tortoise General exchanged only a few blows with Yan Beifei, ended up covered in frost, his organs shaking, spitting blood, and fled desperately.

The East Wood Remnant Army suffered heavy casualties behind him.

Kept shouting his miscalculations.

"Fairy Fang, will King Ping really show up? If we keep fighting, our entire army might be wiped out..."

The Black Tortoise General Gui Yun, known for defense, got battered so, fleeing while being pursued by the Imperial Forest Iron Cavalry like a duck, gradually losing strength to retaliate.

The Cyan Dragon, Cold Water, and Sharp Gold Generals, were in a worse state.

Sharp Gold General Jin Changlin’s golden spear broke in two, seriously wounded, barely saved by his subordinate Tooth General with his forces greatly reduced.

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