Lord in the Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 228: Swear to Sweep Across the Sixteen Southern States

"Dan, long time no see."

Long Chen greeted Dan with a respectful fist gesture, his warm smile adding a favorable impression.

"Yeah, but these days, your name, Long Chen, has been echoing throughout Asia!"

"Alright, no need for formalities between us as fellow descendants of Huaxia. Tell me, how can I help?"

Long Chen’s straightforward words made Dan slightly embarrassed. He was introverted and disliked owing others favors, so coming here today was a last resort.

But Long Chen was genuine and wouldn’t hold such things against him.

With this in mind, Dan adjusted his snowy white robe and said with a fist salute, "Since that’s the case, I’ll be direct. I hope Brother Long can join forces with me to sweep through the numerous small countries in the south, thereby resolving our concerns in the southern part of Huaxia."

Pausing for a moment, he sighed and continued, "Originally, I intended to cooperate with [Dynasty. King Shangzhou], but he refused, so I had to come to you, Brother Long..."

Upon hearing this, Long Chen rubbed his chin, silently contemplating the feasibility of his plan. Asia had essentially determined its top three powerful countries, leaving little room for survival for smaller nations.

These small countries were weak in strength, akin to a faint moonlight compared to a blazing fire. Thus, capturing cities from these weaker nations was the easiest way for the stronger countries to score points. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Now, with numerous small countries scattered to the south of Huaxia, they presented an opportunity for Huaxia to widen the point gap between itself and the second and third places.

Thinking through this, Long Chen spoke up, "I’m willing to accompany you!"

Originally, Long Chen’s position was in the west and didn’t directly border these small countries. But now, an opportunity had arisen. If King Shangzhou didn’t want to do this, then let me, Long Chen, do it!

Dan was overjoyed at Long Chen’s agreement and quickly discussed the timing and planning for the deployment of troops.

"There are roughly sixteen small countries to the south, such as New Jia Po, Wenlai, Maldives, Lebanon, and others."

"Because these countries are weak, each only has one main city."

"But overall, there are still over a dozen cities to the south, equivalent to over a dozen points..."

Dan elaborated on the intelligence he had gathered before.

"Very good! Having this information will greatly benefit our future plans!" Long Chen nodded approvingly.

Then, he slammed the wooden table forcefully, his eyes gleaming with determination as he declared, "Tomorrow, we will march together and sweep through the sixteen countries of the southern region!"

"Good! Brother Long, with our combined efforts, we will surely achieve great things!"

Dan smiled subtly, his eyebrows slightly lowered, as he and Long Chen clasped hands in agreement.

The next day,

Nearly a hundred thousand troops poured out from Long Cheng.

Banners covered the sky, armor gleaming, and cold spears fierce!

Leading them was a man in silver armor, with lifelike kirin heads carved on his shoulders, exuding a mighty and domineering aura as if roaring to the sky.

His long hair tied up, exuding an air of heroism, was none other than Long Jue Ming, the Lord of Long Cheng.

Underneath him was a fifth-order magical beast, over ten feet long, exuding a majestic aura, its golden horn shining brightly under the sunlight. freēwebnovel.com

With icy eyes, it gazed into the distance, shaking its head and flicking its tail, full of dominance!

"My lord, let’s get going quickly! My twin blades are itching for action!" Xu Chu appeared impatient, gripping his meteorite purple-gold twin axes, their purple blades shining brightly with murderous intent.

"Yeah, yeah! I can’t wait to smash those foreigners!" Dian Wei scratched his bald head, grinning foolishly.

"You guys!" Long Chen shook his head with a sigh.

These two were real beasts in battle, charging forward without hesitation.

Behind Long Chen were generals Zhao Yun and Lu Bu, commanding the cavalry.

After a dusty journey, they finally arrived at the agreed meeting point with Dan.

Riding on the Ice Dragon King, Long Chen spotted Dan in his snow-white robe from afar.

"Brother Long, you’re finally here. My army is ready and waiting for you."

Dan looked at Long Chen gently, riding a spirited horse.

This horse was named [Traceless Snow], of extraordinary grade, entirely snowy white without a single trace of another color.

It resembled Zhao Yun’s [Night Jade Lion], but they differed in their respective attributes.

[Traceless Snow] had an ice attribute, similar to the [Ice Dragon King], though their strengths were vastly different.

After all, Long Chen’s [Ice Dragon King] was a five-star magical beast with exceptionally high magical attack attributes.

Riding atop Traceless Snow, Dan’s heroic aura was even more pronounced, his ink-black long hair cascading over his shoulders.

"Haha, there were some delays on the road."

"Now that both our armies are ready, there’s no time to waste. Let’s depart now!"

Long Chen gripped the scabbard of his green sword tightly at his waist.

Immediately,

The two armies advanced side by side, heading towards the south.

On the way, Long Chen took the opportunity to glance at the generals and strategists around Dan.

What interested him the most wasn’t the four-star strategist Jiang Wan, but Jingzhou’s top general, Xing Daorong.

Thinking of Xing Daorong from the Three Kingdoms era, Long Chen couldn’t help but chuckle.

Xing Daorong was a prominent general under the governor Liu Du of Jingzhou’s Lingling, known as one of the Five Tigers of Jingnan, wielding a pear blossom axe.

In historical records, during Liu Bei’s campaign against Liu Du, Xing Daorong challenged Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun single-handedly, but was defeated and captured.

Later, he pretended to surrender to Liu Bei in an attempt to lure him into a trap but failed and was killed by Zhao Yun in subsequent battles.

Why was Long Chen laughing?

Simply because Xing Daorong was quite boastful. During his encounter with Zhang Fei, he had bragged extensively and later, after being captured, displayed another comical demeanor.

However, Long Chen wondered about Xing Daorong’s depiction in "Great Lord" and what characteristics it entailed...

Nevertheless, if Xing Daorong wasn’t quite up to par, Dan probably wouldn’t regard him highly either, despite his status as one of the Five Tigers of Jingnan.

Though Xing Daorong’s performance in the Three Kingdoms was lackluster, as one of the Five Tigers of Jingnan, he should not be underestimated.

Seeing Long Chen’s inexplicable smile, Dan couldn’t help but ask in confusion, "I wonder why Brother Long is laughing?"

"Oh~ nothing much, just thinking about the upcoming sweep through the southern countries, so I’m in a good mood and chuckled."

Long Chen casually brushed it off with a reason and then used his system-enhanced vision to observe the attributes of the several generals beside Dan.

Identifying Xing Daorong was easy enough, given his distinctive weapon, the pear blossom axe, which stood out prominently.