Cultivation System: Stronger with Age Chapter 1452 - 636: Crushing the Opposition (Part 2)

Especially, this time the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps is going to attack Chaokou County. If Li Liyue can lead the Defense Battalion there and the reinforcements coming in from all around, and repel the attack of the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps!

Then the name of this Colonel Li will undoubtedly spread throughout the entire Great Yan Kingdom! After all, since the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps invaded the Great Yan Kingdom, they haven’t suffered a single defeat!

It’s said that the Invincible Corps has continuously invaded and occupied twenty-three cities, crushing thirty Defense Camps of the Great Yan Kingdom, and ranks among the top five powerful corps of the Ai Clan!

Moreover, it’s rumored that in this Invincible Corps, there is a mysterious expert of the Ghost Servant Sect of the Ai Clan! This mysterious expert can drive paper people and paper horses, killing invisibly. One wonders if these legends are true!

"Tsk tsk, I’ve lived for decades, and I’ve never heard of any real Immortals. Yet in these times of chaos, not only has Supreme Immortal Master He Zhenren appeared, but also a Black-robed Ghost-faced Immortal Master of unfathomable strength, and now a mysterious expert from the Ghost Servant Sect has emerged. Truly, I’ve lived to see it all!"

Lin Xuankong heard Miao Youren say this. His heart couldn’t help but be moved, and he thought to himself:

If it’s just the so-called Invincible Corps of the Ai Clan, with a fierce general like Ding Ye, and his elite troops, even with some gap in equipment compared to the Invincible Corps, I wouldn’t need to take action myself, just keep an eye on it!

But if there’s a cultivator from the Ghost Servant Sect in the Invincible Corps, it would be troubling for the defenders of Chaokou County and Ding Ye’s First Defense Battalion!

Even if the Ghost Servant Sect cultivator of the Invincible Corps is just at the Transcendence level one, and similar in strength to that Demon Dao He Wu, they can’t be underestimated. They could definitely deliver some hard-to-defend blows to the troops led by Ding Ye, possibly even crushing their morale!

Since I intend to do something for the people of the Great Yan Kingdom in this Absolute Spirit Mini World, and also need to lay some groundwork for the Path of Incense later, then I definitely cannot sit by idly!

With this in mind, Lin Xuankong already had some plans in his heart.

However, Lin Xuankong was puzzled, because normally behind nations like the Great Yan Kingdom, Ai Kingdom, and Western Rakshasa, there are cultivation sects silently controlling them! These cultivation sects hidden in Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands have their spheres of influence divided among them, and there must be some agreements!

If that’s the case, then the Ghost Servant Sect cultivator of the Ai Clan appearing so blatantly on the battlefield, disrupting the influence of Blood Cloud Sect and Ancestral Soul Sect of the Great Yan Kingdom, aren’t they afraid of provoking retaliation from these sects? Or maybe the cultivators from Blood Cloud Sect and Ancestral Soul Sect of the Great Yan Kingdom have already acted in secret?

Thinking of this, Lin Xuankong suddenly shook his head and laughed. This kind of confrontation between Transcendence sects, the last time he participated in it was in the Great Xia Dynasty of the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm... that was over ten thousand years ago!

Now, being someone who was once the First of the Immortal World in the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm, to participate again in this kind of struggle between small Transcendence sects... this feeling is rather peculiar, giving Lin Xuankong the sensation of a special forces member and Soldier King getting involved in a kindergarten’s kids’ squabbles and bullying!

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In the blink of an eye, it was already three days later.

At the first line of defense of Little Chaoshan outside Chaokou County, the foot of the mountain was filled with defensive works, trenches, and air-raid shelters. Many officers and troops from Ding Ye’s First Defense Battalion, Li Liyue’s Chaokou Garrison Camp, and reinforcements from other cities were cautiously hiding within these structures.

At the rear, in the command post at the mountainside,

Ding Ye and several officers stood at the concealed window of the command post, looking out, one of the officers said, "Deputy Commander Ding, according to the message from the scouts ahead, the second vanguard of the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps, over two thousand strong, is approaching under the lead of more than twenty tanks and armored vehicles, heading towards our first defense line, and it’s estimated that within no more than two hours, battle will commence!"

As a well-known fierce general among the defense camps of dozens of counties nearby, Ding Ye was treated with importance this time, receiving a deputy commander position from Jee Province, able to command nearly twenty thousand defenders.

Upon hearing the officer’s report, Ding Ye nodded solemnly, looking at the many officers, he spoke in a steady voice:

"This time, the strategy is somewhat rushed, but the defense has been set up for three days, and both defensive works and air-raid shelters are ready!

Though the vanguard of the Invincible Corps has some advantage in equipment, along with the support and bombing of the Ai Clan’s air squad, Chaokou Pass is the gateway to over twenty cities including Qingyuan City and the Qing River Plain. If lost, the consequences would be unthinkable!

The number of defending troops now exceeds that of the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps. With such a comparison of forces, if we let the Invincible Corps seize Chaokou County, the entrance to the Qing River Plain, then neither I nor any of you would have any reason to return to your respective posts!

Of course, if this time we manage to block the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps for ten days as planned,

then the Chaokou defenders on our side would be the only ones on this front in Jee Province to have thwarted the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps! Your achievements will energize countless military and civilian morale in Jee Province, and this would truly be an outstanding accomplishment!"

The many officers under Ding Ye, hearing this, stood at attention, shouting in unison: "We swear to defend the Chaokou defense line to the death!" "We will not let the Ai Clan scum advance one step further!"

The officers under Ding Ye can indeed be called elite, as among the dozens of them, not one showed a trace of fear, all bearing faces filled with the intent to fight!

Officers from the armies of other cities, infected by the determination of Ding Ye’s officers, also became excited, the warmth spreading in their hearts.

At this point,

the wooden door of the command post opened, several figures entered.

Among them, at the forefront, was none other than Li Liyue, the Regular Training Officer of Chaokou County’s Defense Battalion, whom Lin Xuankong had previously met in Qingyuan City.

Seeing Li Liyue and the others enter, Ding Ye and the many army corps stood at attention, saying in unison: "Commander Li!"

This Li Liyue, though a woman, was quite renowned among the Regular Training Officers of the defense battalions, and she evidently had a significant background! This time, the defense line at the entrance to the Qing River Plain, affecting dozens of cities, was given to her to command, showing that the upper military echelons in Jee Province held her in high regard and had great confidence in her. After all, if they won this battle, it would have a very positive effect on the morale of the troops on many fronts in the Great Yan Kingdom!

With a resolute expression, Li Liyue looked at the many officers and said loudly:

"Colleagues, this battle at Chaokou Pass is crucial for the Qing River Plain!

This battle is not only highly regarded by Director Ma of Jee Province but also by Kyoto, who has issued strict orders to hold this Chaokou Pass for at least thirty days so that the major forces being mobilized in Jee Province can come to our aid!

If we can hold off the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps, which has invaded dozens of cities of our Great Yan Kingdom, delaying the Invincible Corps and the subsequent several corps, we will not only greatly dampen the prestige of the many corps of the Ai Clan but also protect the safety of millions of people in the dozens of cities to the north of Chaokou Pass, and further ensure that all of you participating in this battle will have your names firmly etched in the meritorious deed records of the national defense war of the Great Yan Kingdom!

Nonetheless, speaking of which, the Invincible Corps of the Ai Clan is indeed a hundred-battle-hardened force, its equipment far superior to even the most elite units of our Great Yan Kingdom. To hold the pass for twelve days in this defensive battle is definitely not an easy task, requiring all colleagues to work together in unity, to inspire every warrior’s morale and courage, that it might be achieved!"