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"This is a trivial matter; I, Qiao, can handle it all myself."
Qiao Feng answered frankly and without any concealment.
"hehe......"
Li Longji and Hu Hai looked at each other and smiled.
"Your Majesty, the Grand Chancellor of the Yuan Dynasty, Yelü Chucai, requests an audience."
The eunuch's high-pitched voice suddenly rang out.
"Hahaha! King Li, it's been twenty years, do you still remember me...?"
Before the announcement was even finished, Yelü Chucai had already barged in with more than ten guards.
The man stepped into the house, and after assessing the situation, he fell silent.
"Who are you?" Yelü Chucai asked sharply, noticing that Qiao Feng had taken control of the situation.
"Excellent! Since you are the Prime Minister of the Great Yuan, please order the withdrawal of the Kheshig army!" Qiao Feng laughed loudly, and in a flash, he rushed straight towards Yelü Chucai.
"Stop him!" Yelü Chucai hurriedly ordered his guards to step forward and stop him, while he himself tried to use his lightness skill to escape.
However, Qiao Feng was highly skilled in martial arts. Before Yelü Chucai could turn around, he had already knocked back the guards with one palm and lightly placed the other palm on Yelü Chucai's shoulder. "Prime Minister Yelü, please do me a favor..." With a flick of his palm, all of Yelü Chucai's acupoints were sealed.
"Impressive skills..." Li Dewang's martial arts were mediocre. He only saw a figure flash before his eyes before Yelü Chucai was subdued.
"Please wait a moment, Your Majesty. I'll be right back." Qiao Feng picked up Yelü Chucai and sped off northward.
"He really intends to fight against 100,000 Kheshig troops all by himself?" Li Longji and Huhai looked at each other in astonishment, finding it hard to believe.
The Kheshig army was a formidable force in the world; a thousand men could trap a peerless master, so how could a hundred thousand men possibly withstand them?
"Prepare the carriage immediately! I am about to personally lead the Imperial Guards to the border." Li Dewang was greatly alarmed and hurriedly ordered the elite troops from Yinchuan to accompany him.
Meanwhile, Qiao Feng, carrying Yelü Chucai, arrived at the border in a short time. Standing on the city wall, they saw 100,000 iron cavalry pressing in like dark clouds, their military might overwhelming.
Without orders, the soldiers stood silently, like clay or wooden sculptures.
Even the warhorses held their breath and remained motionless.
"They are truly a formidable force!"
Qiao Feng once served as the leader of the Beggars' Sect and clashed with the Liao and Western Xia dynasties.
He also had some knowledge of military strategy.
At first glance, the Kheshig army truly deserves its reputation as one of the three most elite forces in the world.
Its chilling aura far surpasses that of the armies of the Song, Liao, and Western Xia dynasties!
"Prime Minister Yelü, please issue an order to command the Kheshig army to retreat."
Qiao Feng pushed Yelü Chucai to the city gate, his tone leaving no room for argument.
Yelü Chucai gave a wry smile and turned his head to say:
“My lord, though I hold the position of Prime Minister, how can I possibly command the Kheshig army?”
"The commander of this army is Tolui, the fourth son of the Great Yuan Khan."
Qiao Feng pondered for a moment, and the information about the Azure Dragon Society came to mind.
"Then summon Tolui to come out and see me!"
"Take the thirty-second branch leader of the Azure Dragon Society, Qiao Feng, who is here to receive instruction on the second day of the second lunar month."
Yelü Chucai was taken aback at first, but then he saw through Qiao Feng's intention.
Even a peerless master would find it difficult to escape the clutches of 100,000 iron cavalry.
No matter how high your martial arts skills are, can you defy the heavens?
"Fourth Prince, Qiao Feng, the 32nd branch leader of the Azure Dragon Society, on the second day of the second month, wishes to meet with Your Highness."
Driven by the true energy, Yelü Chucai delivered the message aloud.
The Kheshig army remained silent as an abyss, only gradually dividing into ranks like the tide after a long while.
Then, Tolui rode out on his horse, surrounded by many experts, until he reached the front of the formation.
"Master Qiao, this prince is here."
"Speak freely, how about we release Prime Minister Yelü first?"
Although Yelü Chucai was not a master, he was a pillar of the Yuan Dynasty.
He was not only Genghis Khan's strategist, but also someone whose fate was intertwined with the rise and fall of the nation.
Qiao Feng laughed heartily and pointed behind him:
"The Western Xia have submitted to the Azure Dragon Society and become my vassals."
"The prince's 100,000 iron cavalry are pressing on the border, and the whole country is filled with fear and unease."
"If you are willing to retreat a hundred miles, Prime Minister Yelü will be safe and sound."
304 Braving a Thousand Armies Alone
"Hahaha……"
Tolui burst into laughter, tinged with sarcasm:
"Master Qiao is joking."
"Our army's mission is solely for herding horses; we have no other intentions."
Even if you single-handedly forced my Great Yuan's Kheshig army to retreat a hundred miles away.
"Although I am willing to back down, my soldiers are unwilling to agree."
The 100,000 Kheshig soldiers, inspired by their generals, shouted in unison:
"We will never retreat!"
The roar of the 100,000-strong army shook the heavens and the earth. The Western Xia garrison on the border was terrified, and no one dared to stand upright.
Qiao Feng remained calm:
"Since the Fourth Prince insists, I have no choice but to offend him."
Before he finished speaking, he had already leaped down with Yelü Chucai in his arms, heading straight for Tolui.
"Arrogant! Form ranks and capture the enemy!"
Tolui was furious. How could the mighty Kheshig army be looked down upon by a mere leader of the Azure Dragon Society? If he were to succeed, what face would he have left?
At a command, the guards swarmed forward, and the generals at all levels quickly directed the army to deploy.
Qiao Feng moved with lightning speed, instantly engaging the guards in combat. These guards were all top-tier experts, including two mid-stage Celestial Realm powerhouses. Qiao Feng, on the other hand, was only at the early stage of the Celestial Realm!
However, he was unstoppable, carrying Yelü Chucai in one hand while unleashing basic Taizu Long Fist and Sweeping Leg techniques. Ordinary martial arts became exponentially more powerful in his hands, each move defeating his enemy.
The two experts at the Celestial Realm were secretly horrified and could only keep their distance and maneuver with hidden weapons. Qiao Feng chuckled at this and suddenly used his Dragon-Capturing Skill to pull one of them into the air.
"Dragon-Capturing Skill?!" The other person was dumbfounded. This legendary martial art was actually being recreated before their eyes.
However, this martial art can only be considered to be at the highest level.
Although its power is considerable, once one enters the Celestial Realm, it becomes difficult to suppress an opponent across realms.
But Qiao Feng defied this common sense!
Chapter 161 Dragon-Capturing Skill
With his early-stage Celestial Realm strength, he used the Dragon-Capturing Technique to forcefully pull over the mid-stage Celestial Realm expert.
What's even more shocking is that the other party was completely powerless to resist.
"Just who is this monster...?"
Seeing his companion easily sucked away and knocked down with a single palm strike, completely losing his fighting ability, the remaining mid-stage Celestial Realm expert was terrified and dared not linger. He turned around and fled towards the army formation.
"Having a high level of cultivation but lacking the will of a strong person is futile, no matter how high one's cultivation level is."
Qiao Feng sneered, his figure blurred, and he moved behind the man as if shrinking the earth to an inch, striking him in the back with a palm, directly crippling his cultivation.
There are at least thirty experts in Tolui's guard!
However, when everyone rushed forward, not one of them could withstand a single move from Qiao Feng.
In just ten breaths, everyone was dealt with swiftly and decisively.
At this time, the Kheshig army's formation was not yet fully formed.
"How can this be?!"
As Tolui fled, he looked back repeatedly, utterly shocked.
He's clearly only at the early stage of the Celestial Realm, but he seems like a powerful expert at the Supreme Mythical Realm.
"Don't even think about escaping!"
Qiao Feng dashed forward, chasing after Tuolei.
Seeing that Tolui was about to be caught up, a nearby Kheshig army of a thousand men sensed something was wrong and immediately broke away from the main formation under the command of the commander. They quickly formed a battle formation, and the thousand men all drew their bows.
With the help of the formation, thousands of arrows were unleashed simultaneously, pouring down like a torrential rain.
If it were an ordinary army, Qiao Feng might not have bothered with it.
But these are the Kheshig troops!
Each soldier possessed at least second-rate strength; with over a thousand men working together, their arrows rained down like locusts, covering the sky and the earth.
"pity……"
Qiao Feng sighed inwardly. If it were any other army, he would have succeeded by now.
Immediately, he slightly bent his left leg, bent his right arm inward, drew a circle with his right palm, and suddenly thrust out a palm strike—
With a deafening dragon roar, Qiao Feng unleashed "The Dragon Regrets," channeling his true essence into the air currents, conjuring a giant dragon phantom that shattered most of the arrows.
Seeing that the first volley of arrows was ineffective, the commander did not hesitate to give the order again.
The bowstring was taut, and another ten thousand arrows whistled through the air!
Yelü Chucai was casually tossed aside by Qiao Feng, his face deathly pale.
He silently prayed, "Chief Qiao, you must hold on!"
Qiao Feng did not disappoint, and once again used the move "Dragon Appears in the Field".
The dragon's roar shook the heavens, its true essence stirring the power of heaven and earth, colliding fiercely with the rain of arrows.
Countless arrows broke again!
However, the third volley of arrows had already arrived.
Due to the delays of the first two waves, the Kheshig army's formation was finally completed.
This rain of arrows came from a volley of ten thousand shots.
In an instant, 100,000 sharp arrows blotted out the sky!
The Kheshig army's formation linked the breaths of all its soldiers, causing the power of their arrows to increase more than tenfold.
The combined power of the two waves made this volley of arrows more than a hundred times stronger than the second wave.
"Well done!"
Qiao Feng, full of heroic spirit and without fear, clasped his hands together in front of his chest.
"Riding the six dragons!"
His true energy surged, and he unleashed six consecutive palm strikes.
Each palm strike evoked a dragon's roar, gathering the power of heaven and earth to transform into six giant dragon phantoms.
Six dragons soar into the sky, ready to meet ten thousand arrows!
However, the Kheshig army was ultimately an elite force, and they were further aided by the massive arrows and the formation.
Despite their strength, the six dragons were still defeated by the rain of arrows.
Qiao Feng knew something was wrong, and as soon as the six dragons flew out, he picked up Yelü Chucai and continued to charge forward.