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”The Dragon Clan’s army is approaching, right?”

Qin Tian took a deep breath and slightly closed his eyes.

Xiao Zhuang stood up and said, ”Boss, according to my scouts’ reports, the Dragon Clan’s fifty-thousand-strong army, after seizing Kushui Town a few days ago, rested for two days. They are waiting for reinforcements. Once the reinforcements arrive, I suspect they’re aiming to sweep across the entire northwest of the East State.”

”Reinforcements? How many reinforcements does the Dragon Clan have?” Qin Tian asked.

Xiao Zhuang said, ”About twenty thousand.”

”Oh, so that makes it seventy thousand. We currently have close to one hundred and ten thousand. What do you think, how confident are we in securing victory?”

Qin Tian brought the topic back to the military meeting.

One hundred and ten thousand against seventy thousand, plus being on the defense; logically, this should result in an assured victory.

However, due to facing the Dragon Clan, everyone fell silent.

Don’t speak of guaranteed victory; to them, if they follow the conventional methods of siege and defense, Qin Tian and his people might only have a forty percent chance of winning!

”Governor, using conventional methods against them might not bode well. Hua City’s defense works are not that strong,” Zuo Yuanhao looked at Qin Tian.

Qin Tian asked him, ”So do you have any solution?”

Zuo Yuanhao shook his head with a bitter smile, ”I think we should either lure this army towards East Capital City or keep engaging them while retreating, playing hide and seek. A head-on clash might result in countless casualties.”

”Hehe, those are strategies for preserving ourselves when we have no other options. We have more than ten thousand men against their seventy thousand, so how can we fear defeat before battle?”

”This general is ashamed.”

Listening to Qin Tian’s words, Zuo Yuanhao felt embarrassed.

Zhou Yang lowered his head, pondering deeply. After some thought, he looked at Qin Tian, ”Boss, isn’t this the time to unveil our secret weapon?”

Zhou Yang’s words reminded everyone, causing them all to pause.

”True Qi Cannon?” Qin Tian and several others spoke in unison.

Lin Yu said, ”We only have four True Qi Cannons; will they be effective? The more important thing is, it seems we don’t have many True Qi Bombs.”

Zhou Yang said, ”I don’t know if they’ll be effective, but didn’t the boss say earlier that we should try the True Qi Cannon at crucial times? Isn’t now the perfect time? We are defending on the city gate tower with an extensive view.”

”As for the True Qi Bombs... I have over twenty in reserve now. If we decide to use these four True Qi Cannons, we can manufacture them quickly, selecting Nascent Soul Late Stage immortality cultivators from the whole army. Two of them working together should be able to condense one bomb in a day, and those with even higher cultivation can condense approximately two bombs.”

While Zhou Yang spoke, he looked at Qin Tian, ”Boss, I made a rough estimate earlier; we have about twenty people in our army with cultivation over Nascent Soul Late Stage, including you, maybe more than twenty.”

”Sigh, I initially believed Nascent Soul Middle Stage or Early Stage would work, but after multiple attempts, bombs made by those below Nascent Soul Late Stage were too weak to significantly harm immortality cultivators, and the coverage area was too small. So, only Nascent Soul Late Stage immortality cultivators can make them.”

Qin Tian leaned his head, contemplating.

Zuo Yuanhao appeared puzzled.

He saw Xiao Zhuang and Lin Yu discussing, even more confused, ”Governor, what... what is this True Qi Cannon you all are talking about?”

He had never heard of it.

Upon hearing, Lin Yu and Xiao Zhuang burst into laughter.

Xiao Zhuang explained, ”This is our secret weapon, personally developed by this strategist Zhou Yang.”

Zuo Yuanhao, curious, wanted to see, and at this time, after some thinking, Qin Tian finally decided, ”Alright, let’s expedite bomb production. I’ll join in. I estimate we need at least a hundred bombs.”

Everyone took Zuo Yuanhao to see the True Qi Cannon.

Zuo Yuanhao and Ye Kun were both tremendously shocked; they didn’t know what use this strange contraption served.

”Is this a Magic Artifact or a Holy Artifact?” Ye Kun questioned.

”Neither,” Zhou Yang laughed, ”just an ordinary weapon.”

”Then how can it harm the immortality cultivators within Dragon Clan? Most Dragon Clan soldiers carry True Qi Shields.”

Zhou Yang replied, ”Precisely because they have True Qi Shields, we painstakingly developed the True Qi Bombs. Otherwise, ordinary gunpowder bombs would suffice.”

”Gunpowder? What is gunpowder? A Spirit Flower or Spirit Grass?”

”Um...” Zhou Yang scratched his head, ”General Ye, your question is quite profound...”

”Hahaha...”

Next to them, Xiao Zhuang and Lin Yu were already laughing heartily.

Subsequently, Zhou Yang explained the basic principles of the True Qi Cannon to Zuo Yuanhao, Ye Kun, and Zhao Lanjin in detail. Although he explained thoroughly, he observed they were somewhat confused, ”I explained everything I should; did you understand?”

Ye Kun scratched his head, ”Understood, hehe.”

”Oh? You understood these principles?”

”Not exactly... Whatever the case, I understand that this True Qi Cannon is very powerful, hehe.”

”...”

In the following time, Qin Tian gathered all the generals and commanders with Nascent Soul Late Stage and above cultivation, having Zhou Yang explain the manufacturing method of True Qi Bombs. The next day, they started making the bombs swiftly.

Xiao Zhuang, Lin Yu, and Zhou Yang’s abilities did not reach Nascent Soul Late Stage, so they found themselves idle.

Xiao Zhuang managed the intelligence network, scouting around the East State battlefield. The Dragon Clan’s reinforcements had arrived at Kushui Town.

It was at this moment that Xiao Zhuang received a letter from East Capital City, written to Qin Tian by the East Capital City Lord, Nangong Minghua.

Xiao Zhuang gave it to Qin Tian, who opened and found out that the content didn’t differ much from what Nangong Minghua wrote to Zhao Tuo.

”... Governor Qin Tian, you are a high-ranking officer emerging from East Capital City, the pride of East Han Academy. The heavy responsibility of keeping the Dragon Clan’s army outside East Capital City is handed to you! This is your chance to be remembered in history; I am eagerly waiting!”

Qin Tian read Nangong Minghua’s letter with a faint smile, ”This old fox, does he want to profit from others’ work or use others to eliminate his enemies?”

Qin Tian pursed his lips and told Xiao Zhuang:

”Third Brother, I am busy with making True Qi Bombs here, so help me reply to Nangong Minghua. Don’t engage in idle talk with him; just tell him, if he wants me to hold off the Dragon Clan outside East Capital City, it’s possible. Have him petition to the Imperial City to officially appoint me as the Governor of the City Guard Army. If he can secure this position for me, I’ll pledge in a military command: not a single Dragon Clan member will step into East Capital City after this battle!”