Dark clouds cover the moon, under the city of Guangping.
In the darkness, shouts and killing sounds soared into the sky. Zhang Xuan personally experienced the battle. The white blades killed each other, and the sounds of killing could be heard endlessly.
Yue Fei personally led 200 strong men to attack the south gate, west gate, east gate, and north gate, each with 70 to 80 strong men to feint and pin down the defenders on the city wall.
A martial arts expert at the peak of the Inborn Realm could easily attack the small Guangping City. Yue Pengju took the lead and his blood boiled, condensing into the true form of a golden-winged roc. The arrows shot from the city instantly turned into powder when they came into contact with the true energy of the golden-winged roc.
On the northern city wall, the hidden scholar looked at the Taiping Army below the city and said to another scholar beside him,"The rebel army came with five hundred men, but divided two hundred to attack the south gate. It seems that our plan has been seen through.”
The other scholar was about thirty years old and was wearing the official uniform of a county magistrate. The straps around his ears moved even though there was no wind."Zhang Jiao of the Path of Peace has been preaching for more than ten years, and his followers are all over the Great Han Dynasty. How can he not have capable people under him? I am Xiao Lian and have received the emperor's kindness. What I did today was only to do my part as a minister. It's just that Brother Ju was burdened by me. Sigh..."
The scholar surnamed Ju was expressionless. He stroked the bamboo slip in his hand and said,"The rebel soldiers will definitely burn, kill, plunder, and destroy our homes. I'm helping Brother Li defend Guangping today to protect our hometown.”
After a pause, he continued," It's a pity that my elder brother is traveling outside and only has this scroll. With our cultivation base and the help of this scroll, we can only set up the Anti-Three Elements Formation. If my elder brother was at home and set up the Four Symbols Formation, even five thousand bandits would not be able to take it down, let alone five hundred!”
When Magistrate Guangping heard the name, his eyes suddenly lit up, but then they dimmed. He sighed and said,"Ju Shou is unparalleled in strategy and is a genius. He naturally won't stay in Guangping. Traveling with ghosts, immortals, and Yang gods is what a person like him should do.”
On the other side, Yue Fei had already attacked the top of the city wall and opened up a safe area. The Yellow-scarved Strongmen below the city wall were climbing up the city wall along the siege ladder.
It was indeed a waste of talent for a Connate Martial Artist to attack such a small city, but this was the only way to start a business.
Zhang Xuan looked at the battle on the city wall and said thoughtfully,""Bowen, if this small city of Guangping is already so difficult to conquer, then wouldn't the county city and state city be even more difficult?”
Zhang Xuan nodded his head. This was indeed the system of selecting officials in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Cao Cao was first elected as filial and honest, and later became a lieutenant in the northern part of Luoyang. Yuan Shao became the county magistrate of Puyang at the age of 20, and then he mourned for his parents for six years. He was famous all over the world and was praised by the world. Later, he became a general of the Tiger Troop. After establishing the West Garden Army, he took the position of a lieutenant in the central army. All of them were paid 2,000 stones.
"The aristocratic families of this dynasty are powerful. If they are allowed to develop, in the future, the world will definitely be a situation where there will be no poor scholars in the upper class, no aristocratic families in the lower class, generations of high-ranking families, and generations of low-ranking families.”As Zhang Xuan spoke, he could not help but think of the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties. After the Cao Wei Emperor accepted Chen Qun's Nine Grades Official Law, there was a way to evaluate the ranks of the families in the world. In the beginning, the court could still grasp the scale and determine the ranks of people based on family background and morality.
However, since the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, it had gradually become a ranking system that only depended on one's family background. Only those from noble families could become high-ranking officials, while those from poor families basically had no chance of becoming officials.
By the time of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Sima family had retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, but the central government was still fighting for power. The officials of the court did not want to invade the Central Plains, but the Eastern Jin Dynasty still firmly held on to the nine-grade system.
At this moment, Yue Fei had already firmly occupied the south gate. He led his men to expel the soldiers on the south gate. All of them were martial artists of the Muscles and Bones realm. Once they attacked the city wall, they suppressed the soldiers on the city wall. Although there were martial artists among the soldiers, they were only a minority. How could they fight against this group of martial artists?
"Puff!"
Just as Yue Fei Jun had completely occupied the south gate, the sky above Guangping City suddenly shook, and a loud sound was heard. During this period, the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi suddenly became chaotic.
"My lord, the Anti-Three Elemental Formation has been broken. We can break through the north gate. Give me twenty armored soldiers and I will personally capture the people in the north gate!”Seeing that the array had been broken, Liu Bowen thought for a moment and came up with a plan.
Zhang Xuan knew that Liu Bowen was reliable, so he immediately agreed with Liu Bowen's words and said,""Since the formation has been broken, why don't I take these fifty strong men and break the north gate with you, Bowen?”
It was good that this was Zhang Xuan. He wanted to know what a battle between cultivators with extraordinary divine souls was like. Liu Bowen, with his cultivation as a Ghost Immortal, could completely protect Zhang Xuan from being harmed by divine soul spells. He immediately took Zhang Xuan to the north gate.
" The person on the city wall, listen up. I'm Zhang Xuan, the commander of the Road of Peace. Now that your formation has been broken, you will all be killed by my army. However, on account of the kindness of the heavens, if you give up resisting, I can let you off lightly.”
Punishing without teaching was called abuse. After Zhang Xuan arrived at the city wall, he shouted at the top of the city wall under the protection of the strong men. Although he knew that it would be as he said, he had to say what he had to say.
Guangping County Magistrate Li Fu sneered when he heard this. He did not respond to Zhang Xuan's persuasion and only smiled disdainfully."A mere bandit group dares to call themselves commander. Ridiculous.”
Zhang Xuan did not get angry. He waved his hand and ordered the siege.
In an instant, fifty Yellow Scarf Warriors charged towards the north gate. The ring-head blades in their hands were polished to a shiny color, and golden light seeped out in the pitch-black night.
Seeing that the formation had been broken, the two people on the city wall no longer had any need to hide. Their bodies immediately swayed, and two people seemed to have drilled out of the void and stood on the city wall.
One of them was Guangping Order Li Fu, and the other was Ju Shou's clan brother Ju Feng.
The two of them were at the peak of Night Wandering. Seeing the Yellow-scarved Strongman attacking the city, Ju Feng sneered and circulated the power of his soul to gently wave the bamboo slip in his hand.
With a whoosh, the city wall seemed to be covered with something.
The Yellow-scarved Strongman, who was about to reach the top of the city wall, seemed to be suppressed by an invisible force. He tried his best to climb up, but he could not climb up. Then, he fell down violently.
County Magistrate Li Fu also moved at this moment. He took out a seal from his bosom. It was the seal of Guangping County. He gently threw it into the air, and rays of red light appeared. They turned into small swords and stabbed at the Yellow-scarved Warrior.
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