My Cultivation Starting from Archery

"By invoking the name of 'King of Beiliang' to move south, we only need to win one or two key battles to make all places in the world submit without a trace of resistance,"

"As for the defect, nominally, my lord is still a 'Sheng Chen,' only now he has become part of King Jin's faction and no longer flies the banner of the Capital City, but rather that of 'King Jin.'

"Overall,

"I would suggest to the Commander that he could accept the title and reward."

Chen Sansi nodded slightly.

The old scholar was right.

His original intention was to fight quickly and make haste towards the Capital Chang'an, while the court's vitality still lingered, anticipating much resistance. If time permitted, he could gradually erode it.

But what Chen Sansi lacked most was time!

Either way, he would reach the Capital first and then decide.

Thinking this, he put down his teacup, "Let King Jin's envoy come."

Shortly afterward,

a Python Robe eunuch came into the tent, bowed with fists closed, then took out an orange-yellow scroll, and did not hurry to read, seeming to wait for something.

However...

The one in the White Robe remained seated in his commander's chair, showing no intention of rising to pay respects.

According to the norms of the Great Sheng Dynasty, it wasn't necessary to perform the full kowtow for a Regent Crown Prince's edict, but one still had to kneel on one knee as a mark of respect.

"Eunuch Zhao,"

Xu Wencai spoke up, "My Commander is busy with military affairs, please do not delay."

"Oh, haha."

Eunuch Zhao laughed awkwardly, not daring to hold his posture any longer, and boisterously read aloud:

"Today, treacherous courtiers rule, causing chaos and violence, making the world in turmoil, with people unable to sustain their lives. King Jin Cao Huan is thus commanded in a crisis to endow six divisions, rallying with righteousness and timeliness, to pacify the Society. Special hereby, Chen Sansi in the White Robe of Liangzhou is appointed as King of Liang, commanding the troops of the Northern Territory, moving south to suppress the rebels and stabilize the world."

King of Beiliang!

Aliased King!

In the Great Sheng Dynasty, not only afterward, but even from the founding, no matter how great the achievements, there had never been an Aliased King!

In just a few years, the one in the White Robe had come from a minor military officer to King of Beiliang, a truly astonishing rise.

"I accept the decree, please thank His Highness King Jin for me,"

Chen Sansi said with courtesy before issuing his dismissal, "I have military affairs to address, so I shall not keep Eunuch Zhao any longer."

"Then we hope that the Lord will soon dispatch troops south to enter the pass, and His Highness will support from the South, striving to stabilize the world quickly."

After Eunuch Zhao spoke, he departed under the escort of a cultivator soaring through the sky.

Longqing seventy-sixth year, twelfth month, twelfth day.

King Jin Cao Huan officially appointed the White Robe of Liangzhou as King of Beiliang, controlling the forces of the Northern Territory, proclaiming to all under heaven. From then on, officially standing in opposition to the court, referring to each other as rebels.

Another year's cold December in the Northern Territory sees its usual vast snowfall.

The Beiliang Iron Cavalry was also on the eve of its expedition.

In the Martial Arts Arena,

stirring military music was played.

Just like initially in Qing Country, when the "Qing Song" had moved the soldiers, naturally, Beiliang also had its own song. Music performances were not merely for entertainment in pleasure houses; if used properly, they could not only enhance the solidarity and comfort of the troops but also boost morale and inspire fighting spirit, which is the essence of military music.

Before this,

Beiliang had its tunes, but not a fixed military music.

The current military music was proposed by Chen Sansi, but as he was not versed in music, the specific content was tinkered by Fang Qingyun and Xu Wencai. Since the uprising two years ago, Xu Wencai personally established it as the Beiliang Military Music to increase cohesion, called — "Beiliang Breaking Formation Music."

This tune,

was played by thousands of soldiers interested in musical instruments, including the erhu, pipa, bamboo flute, shakuhachi, suona, battle drums, etc., creating a majestic, uplifting, and grand symphony.

Chen Sansi proposed building military music not just for its superficial impact but as practice for the formations from the Miracle Soldiers Heavenly Book; among them, a formation called "Resplendent Spirit Suppressive Soul Formation" required Great Music. However, since the specific scores and instruments needed were not recorded, they had to experiment.

He ascended the high platform, watching soldiers arranged according to different directions, sensing the response from the Xuanzhu in his storage ring, discovering it indeed could be used, but the quantity of Mystical Energy in the Xuanzhu was still insufficient.

The Heavenly Book stated,

the Soul Suppressing Song could directly destroy Divine Souls in a super formation, naturally consuming vast amounts of Mystical Energy. Currently, even if he could set it up, there wouldn't be enough Mystical Energy.

The formations in the Heavenly Book relied either on nature's spiritual energy or required Mystical Energy to perform, with more energy yielding greater power.

Since Chen Sansi had effectively controlled the Northern Three States, Mystical Energy had accumulated faster. Continuing at this pace, he would eventually be able to unleash more powerful formations, such as the "Eighteen Ming Thunder Rolling Formation" at Silver Pine Cliff of Hu Lao, which initially could summon only a few Divine Thunders, but with sufficient Mystical Energy, could continuously strike.

Or those enigmatic formations that could truly cause anomalies in heaven and earth, drawing stars to the strike the land.

In that sense,

this uprising was indeed timely.

With the expansion of controlled territories, the military formations Chen Sansi could utilize would grow stronger.

After the grand and moving "Beiliang Breaking Formation Music" finished,

the grand plan to march south officially began.

The Beiliang Army now possessed the Vermilion Bird Camp, Azure Dragon Camp, Sky Wolf Camp, Zhenbiao Camp, North Prefecture Camp, Heavenly Strategy Camp, Great Halberd Camp, Anshan Camp, and Hongze Camp, nine major camps, in addition to local garrison troops from You State and Yan State that had surrendered, totaling up to one hundred and eighty thousand troops.