Chapter 66: The Heavenly Army Takes Action

  Qin Huan wrapped his arm around Cao Zhi's shoulder, and the two of them strolled along with a swaggering gait, heading towards the Guotian Military Camp. Mo Yan followed behind them, her face expressionless, but the occasional rolling of her eyes betrayed her utter disdain for the two men in front of her.

  Not yet at the entrance of the military camp, a cold shout was heard.

  "Halt! This is a military zone, trespassers will be stopped!"

  Cao Zhi was startled by the voice and his feet also paused for a moment. He turned his head to look at Qin Guang, but saw that he seemed not to have heard the shout, still smiling as he walked forward. Cao Zhi's admiration for Qin Guang grew even more in his heart.

  "Langga is indeed domineering!" Cao Zhi exclaimed in his heart.

  "Hmm!"

  The people present did not react, and the voice coldly shouted again, its tone even more severe. At this point, Cao Zhi was already somewhat hesitant to move forward, while Qin Liang still had his arm around Cao Zhi's shoulder, pushing him to walk forward.

  "Lang Ge, or else stop first and make it clear before going in?" Cao Zhi said to Qin Lang's ear.

  "Never mind him, let's go our own way." Qin Lang said with a carefree attitude.

  Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

  Three swift arrows tore through the night sky, brushing past and inserting themselves into the ground one foot in front of Qin Guang's three men. Cao Zhi's face suddenly broke out in cold sweat, his legs trembling violently, his feet rooted to the spot, refusing to take another step forward.

  "Next time, it won't be aimed at the ground." The voice coldly shouted.

  "What a nuisance!" Qin Lang muttered, releasing Cao Zhi and taking a step forward to pull out the sharp arrow from the ground, holding it in his hand.

  This is a bow and arrow of exceptionally fine craftsmanship, with hard arrowheads that glimmer with a silver light in the dark of night, and long arrow shafts connected to several delicate feathers. Just by looking at this one arrow, it's possible to discern that the Guo Tian Army's military strength is not ordinary.

  "Oh yeah? I'd like to see you try! Where are you going to aim at me?" Qin Lang shouted loudly, waving the bow and arrow in his hand.

  "Alright, stop messing around!" Mo Yan slapped Qin Guang's back of the head and said wordlessly. She then pointed at Cao Zhi and shouted towards the military camp: "This is today's Prince Wang, who holds the Qinghai Order and commands the heavenly army to follow the prince on an expedition."

  "Wait!" The man's face changed immediately upon hearing the words. With the Qinghai Order issued, there must be a battle, and he was only an ordinary heavenly soldier responsible for guarding the military camp. Whether it was true or false, this was not something he could decide on his own, and he had to report it immediately.

  A moment later, a burst of breaking wind sound came from the military camp. In the darkness of night, several figures whizzed out of the military camp.

  Whoosh!

  This time, what appeared in front of Qin Lang and the three others was no longer a bow and arrow, but three men wearing armor, with the middle one being a big bearded man, his face red, with a long knife on his back, matching his black armor, quite domineering.

  The big-bearded man looked at the three of them, finally focusing his gaze on Cao Zhi, and cupped his hands in a salute: "General Li Fei of the Imperial Heaven Army pays respects to Your Highness."

  "Ah, this... Li Fei doesn't need to be so polite." Cao Zhi was weak and timid, but with his elder brother's presence, he was able to remain calm in the face of Li Fei's overbearing attitude.

  "I don't know why Your Highness has come in the middle of the night," Li Fei said respectfully.

  "Uh, this, that..." Cao Zhi stuttered, seemingly unsure of where to start, and could only look at Qin Cai for help. Qin Cai smiled slightly, took a step forward, his face set in determination, and said...

  "The emperor passed away, and the second prince colluded with the Central Guard Army, as well as Pingke County's Countess Chupingke, Larou County's Countess Yilarou, Qingli County's Countess Caoqingli, and Qingyun County's Countess Caoqingyun, to plot a rebellion and usurp power. The eldest prince brought out the Qinghai Order, specially summoning 100,000 heavenly soldiers to quell the rebels and rectify our imperial court." Qin Cang's voice was not loud, but each word exploded like a bomb in Li Fei's mind, and no matter what, they had never expected that the long-unused Qinghai Order would be brought out today to quell the rebellion. Moreover, it turned out that the one plotting to usurp power was the second prince.

  "Please show your Qinghai order!" Li Fei cupped his hands and bowed.

  Qin Lang's expression didn't change, he reached into his bosom and pulled out the Qinghai Order, holding it in his hand and raising it in front of Li Fei.

  Li Fei and the other two raised their heads to see Qinghai Ling, immediately knelt down on one knee, and bowed before Qinghai Ling. However, they didn't show any surprise as to why Qinghai Ling was not on the prince's body, but instead came out of Qin Cang's body.

  Li Fei shouted loudly: "The 1 million heavenly soldiers of Qinghai State, listen carefully to the order."

  "Mobilize the troops, target Wang City, follow Prince Wang to annihilate the rebels." Qin Lang put away the Qinghai Order and shouted loudly.

  "Yes, sir!" Li Fei shouted loudly and immediately rose into the air, punching a fist far away towards the military camp. With this punch, layers of fist waves were formed in the darkness, and the final fist wave fell somewhere unknown. However, from within the military camp came out bursts of ear-splitting, urgent drumbeats.

  Knock knock knock knock knock!

  With the beat of drums, the military camp suddenly came to life. Countless figures rushed out from their tents, seemingly in disarray yet without any signs of chaos. The countless footsteps shook the earth, but not a single voice was heard. Countless figures quickly gathered and within less than a minute they were standing in formation in the military camp.

  Qin Huan's eyes were almost bulging out, he had thought that what he saw and heard in the Tianjun of Gouyun County before was already shocking enough, but today, compared to this national Tianjun, he realized that it was not even a military force of the same level. Looking at Mo Yan beside him again, he found that Mo Yan was also standing still on the spot, perhaps only she could feel the gap between them.

  "All troops listen to orders!" Li Fei's feet trod on empty air as he gazed down at the heavenly army.

  One hundred thousand heavenly soldiers stood at attention, looking up at Li Fei with their heads raised, without making a single sound.

  "The Qinghai order is issued, and the 100,000-strong army strictly follows the command of the Grand Prince's Mansion. Follow the Grand Prince's Mansion to march into the Imperial City and annihilate the rebel army." Li Fei's voice was like a loud bell, ringing in everyone's ears.

  The heavenly army on the ground was shocked, the Qinghai order came out, it must have been a huge event, but no one asked any questions. As the heavenly army, the greatest duty is to obey.

  "Cheers!" The million-strong Tianjun army let out a uniform roar, this roar shook the sky, as if it wanted to pierce through layers of darkness and reach the clouds. This roar caused the entire Qinghai City to tremble three times, while the second prince in the imperial city, who was discussing with others when to start the ascension ceremony, suddenly changed his expression upon hearing this sound.

  "Who can tell me what this sound is?" Cao Pi's face changed drastically, and he suddenly gripped his hand tightly, crushing the wine cup in his hand into pieces.

  "Your Highness, this sound seems to be coming from the south of the city." Cao Qingyun's expression also changed, and she spoke cautiously.

  "Chengnan? Isn't that where the Guotian Army is stationed? What's going on at this late hour to make such a noise?" Cao Pi's face was clouded with uncertainty, and he had a faint sense of foreboding. His plot to usurp power had only one major obstacle - the 100,000-strong Guotian Army, an overwhelmingly powerful force that made any conspiracy or scheme useless in its presence. The only ones who could control this force were the ruler of the country and the holder of the Qinghai Command. When the old ruler was still alive, Cao Pi had sent people to secretly search for the Qinghai Command multiple times, but they never found it. This time, he had even turned the entire palace upside down, almost exposing the living quarters of the old ruler and Cao Zhi, yet still, there was no sign of the Qinghai Command.

  So he was eager to ascend the throne and become the lord of the state, and once he became the lord of the state, that power would be in his own hands, and he would have no more worries. However, this is a process that needs to take place, after all, Cao Zhi is the designated heir, even if Cao Zhi dies, he cannot ascend the throne immediately.

  But at this moment, that force has moved slightly, what is the reason for this?

  "Your Highness, could it be that someone has mobilized the heavenly army?" Cao Qingyun's face was already covered in beads of sweat, and his voice was trembling slightly.

  "Mo Gu Yun, are you certain you have killed Cao Zhi?" Cao Pi asked coldly.

  "Your Highness, Cao Zhi has indeed been killed. There are hundreds of Imperial Guards who can testify to this." Mo Gu Yun replied calmly, his expression unchanged.

  "But what I saw was a corpse that was completely unrecognizable." Cao Pi lost his usual calmness, and shouted loudly like a madman.

  "Your Highness, this is indeed my mistake. At that time, Xu Changgeng and Cao Zhi resisted with all their might, so I..." Mo Gu Yun said with a hint of shame on his face.

  "How detestable!" Cao Pi cursed and paced back and forth in the palace, clearly extremely anxious.

  "The palace doesn't have to be too anxious, Cao Zhi's death and the disappearance of Qinghai are all without a trace. It is impossible for anyone to mobilize the heavenly army. I and several county masters have experience in leading troops, it is possible that this is just the heavenly army conducting training."

  As long as that worst possibility does not occur and they get through tonight smoothly, all their plans will succeed, and by then, what awaits them will be absolute power.

  However, the development of things is often beyond everyone's expectation. Just as people in the palace were secretly praying in their hearts, a figure rushed into the palace from outside in a fluster, without even greeting anyone, and directly broke in, not paying attention to anything, and accidentally tripped on the threshold, thudding onto the ground, and then rolled forward several times.

  Cao Pi was furious, and at this moment his heart was anxious. You suddenly rushed in and almost scared him to death. He was about to kick the man forward.

  That man didn't care about the bruises all over his body, nor did he bother to tidy up his disheveled hair. He simply opened his mouth and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, something's wrong! The Imperial Sky Army has been deployed and is heading straight for the Royal City!"

  Upon hearing this, everyone's face turned liver-colored.