Zhao Feng immediately smiled and said, "Please convey to the Great King through Commander Ren that Zhao Feng will not let him down. Within two months, the Wu'an Military Camp will arrive at the Wei capital."

"I will faithfully relay the words of the Senior General." Ren Xiao bowed immediately.

"Much obliged." Zhao Feng nodded.

"The royal edict has been delivered, so I shall take my leave and return to Xianyang to report."

"Senior General, farewell." Ren Xiao said as he turned to leave and mounted his horse.

Watching Ren Xiao's departing figure, Zhao Feng looked at the royal edict in his hand, a smile appearing on his face.

"Congratulations, Senior General."

The surrounding generals and trusted aides all bowed to Zhao Feng, their expressions excited.

"The Wei has not yet been vanquished; all generals must strive harder."

"Transmit my orders: the Senior General's camp shall continue forward."

"Within two months, we must reach the Great Wei Capital Daliang." Zhao Feng ordered with a commanding voice.

"We are at your command."

All the generals answered in unison.

At this moment,

Zhao Feng unhurriedly opened the royal edict. What came into view was the rewards for this time's accomplishment. However, Zhao Feng cared little for the rewards of gold and silver; what he valued most was the noble rank imbued with the nation's Qi Fortune, the promotion in official rank, and the treasure box reward.

Zhao Feng was full of anticipation.

Back when he was promoted to the main general, the treasure box was already of the second tier, and now that his noble rank has reached the fifteenth level, it is naturally a second-tier treasure box.

"Claim the promotion reward." Zhao Feng communicated with the panel.

"Congratulations to the host for being promoted to [Shao Shangzao], reward: one second-tier treasure box." The panel displayed the notification.

Looking at the second-tier treasure box he received, Zhao Feng had an expectant look on his face: "I hope something good will come out."

"Open it."

He immediately gave the order.

"Open the second-tier treasure box."

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Heaven Rank high-grade Qi Fortune martial arts skill [Martial Emperor Dragon Canon]." The panel displayed the notification.

"Martial arts skill? And with a Qi Fortune prefix?"

"That's quite strange." Zhao Feng said with some puzzlement.

It was not surprising for the treasure box to yield a martial arts skill, nor would it be surprising if it turned out to be a cultivation technique.

But this Qi Fortune skill was indeed strange to Zhao Feng; it was the first time he had encountered it.

Without much hesitation,

Zhao Feng directly extracted this skill.

In an instant,

An incomparably intricate heart technique surged into Zhao Feng's Sea of Consciousness.

It was countless times more intricate than the Mysterious Tier skill Dragon Elephant Scripture he obtained before, revealing an enigmatic cultivation profundity within.

As time passed,

Zhao Feng became completely immersed in it.

Seated on a chariot, with trusted aides guarding him.

Seeing Zhao Feng with eyes closed in meditation, no one dared to disturb him, and the chariot continued deeper into Wei territory.

...

Wei Capital Daliang!

"Report."

"Urgent report from Liyang City."

"The Qin Army's cavalry has cut off all our grain routes leading north, and now our provisions cannot be transported to the northern cities at all."

"Moreover, many of our provisions have been intercepted by the Qin Army, and the soldiers transporting the provisions have suffered heavy casualties."

"Report."

"Our cavalry's attempt to attack the Qin Army's grain routes was unsuccessful; the Qin Army's grain routes are guarded by cavalry and heavily fortified, and the routes change, making them impossible to grasp."

"Over twenty northern cities have already been conquered by the Qin Army, and our army cannot withstand the Qin Army's attack..."

In the court,

One bad news after another resounded in the Wei court.

King of Wei's face had turned deathly pale, and the faces of the ministers below were equally grim.

"The northern defense line has completely collapsed."

"What are we to do now?"

"With the Qin Army's cavalry, supplemented by their infantry, it may not even take a few months for them to reach our capital's gates."

"Alas."

"Our Great Wei truly cannot withstand the Qin."

...

A chorus of lamentation arose in the court.

"Enough."

Wei Wuji's aging voice rang out in the hall.

He stood wearily on the steps, his face incredibly pale, clearly having not rested for many days in the face of the Qin's onslaught.

Upon hearing his voice,

All eyes in the Wei court turned to Wei Wuji.

"What is the Chu State's movement?" Wei Wuji slowly inquired.

"Your Majesty,"

"After the envoy returned to Chu, it was clarified that Lord Chunshen intends to move against the Qin, and moreover, the Chu envoy had already angered the King of Qin in their court."

"Chu State will certainly take military action against the Qin." The minister who had been sent to the Great Qin immediately stepped out.

"Chu State is the only variable that could allow our Great Wei to survive."

"As long as Chu State takes action, Yan State might not send troops due to its unrecovered national power, but Qi State might."

"Only in this way can our Great Wei survive." Wei Wuji asserted with certainty.

This statement allowed the ministers in the court to relax slightly.

"Uncle,"

"Now that the northern defense line has broken and the Qin Army's Wu'an Military Camp is indefensible, how are we to respond?" King of Wei asked Wei Wuji.

"The loss of fifteen thousand troops to the north is my failing; the strategy of burning Yanggao City failed, and it is no longer feasible to employ this tactic against the Qin's Hangu Pass Camp. All we can do is delay the Qin Army's advance as much as possible, and wait for aid from other states for our Great Wei."

"Please do not worry, Great King."

"I have already deployed an army of three hundred thousand to garrison Daliang, in addition to ten thousand private soldiers of the ministers and nobles who care about the survival of Great Wei."

"Even if the Qin Army does reach Daliang City, they should not think of breaching it in a short time."

"Our Great Wei Capital is a strategically crucial place, more stable than Handan of Zhao. I have already issued orders to seal the city gates with stones so that they cannot be opened by human force, to repair the city's defenses, and there are enough provisions within the city for a year's use for both the army and civilians."

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