Chapter 2216 - 2219: Repelling the Dragon Clan, Trapping Them Like Turtles in a Jar

"Then break through! Charge forward and break Qin Tian's blockade!"

Lou Tianshuang finally made up his mind.

He also understood the current situation. Clenching his teeth, he said, "As far as I know, Qin Tian's troops aren't many, and they've been traveling from East Capital City. If we want to break through, we must act swiftly and catch him off guard!"

"Pass on the order, everyone, accelerate and head straight for Lin City. No matter the sacrifice, we must capture Lin City!"

The Dragon Clan's army of over 200,000 quickened their pace drastically.

The soldiers of the Dragon Clan were indeed strong in all aspects. Advancing for three days, they were now over fifty kilometers from Lin City.

"Looks like the Dragon Clan is going all in."

In Lin City, Qin Tian received the movements of the Dragon Clan.

"This is the unavoidable choice for them. Since that's the case, I'll grant their wish."

Qin Tian took a deep breath, ready to face the battle.

Of course, his idea of engaging wasn't about confronting the Dragon Clan head-on with his tens of thousands of troops.

Qin Tian wouldn't take a victory based on sheer numbers.

On one front, he had soldiers ambush outside the city, planning to launch a pincer attack from inside and outside the city on the Dragon Clan soldiers.

On another front, Qin Tian also led two hundred Qin Family soldiers to make the first move out of the city.

When the Dragon Clan attacked Lin City, he would take these two hundred men straight to the Dragon Clan's central camp.

Nothing would demoralize the Dragon Clan more than assassinating their highest-ranking leader.

Sure enough, everything went as Qin Tian predicted.

With nowhere else to go, the Dragon Clan's soldiers could only attack Lin City.

Moreover, knowing they had to capture Lin City, they hardly did any reconnaissance. As their troops neared Lin City, Lou Tianshuang directly ordered the crushing, intending to use numerical superiority to overwhelm Lin City.

"Take action!"

When the Dragon Clan's troops began attacking Lin City, Qin Tian and the soldiers ambushed outside mobilized together.

Those soldiers surrounded and attacked the Dragon Clan's troops besieging the city.

Meanwhile, Qin Tian led the Qin Family soldiers straight to the Dragon Clan's central camp, dozens of kilometers away.

Seeing the Dragon Clan's central camp, he wasted no time in launching his assault.

The two hundred plus Qin Family soldiers served as cover.

Qin Tian disguised himself amongst the Qin Family soldiers, ensuring neither Lou Tianshuang noticed the danger nor had a chance to flee in advance.

With this, he was absolutely confident he could fatally strike Lou Tianshuang.

Indeed, when Qin Tian, with the Qin Family soldiers, charged into the Dragon Clan's troops from the side,

the Dragon Clan army saw only a few hundred people and paid no heed, immediately dispatching a few thousand troops for the encirclement.

Qin Tian held his breath, gradually approaching the central camp.

As expected, the appearance of Qin Tian and others alarmed those in the central camp only a few miles from there.

Curious about what was happening, Lou Tianshuang stepped out to investigate, when Qin Tian suddenly released his power and launched a fierce assault!

"Power of Nine Dragons! Release!"

Suddenly, six True Qi Giant Dragons roared out from the sky!

The fierce and unmatched True Qi prevented any low-cultivation soldiers from getting near.

Leaping high, Qin Tian sprang forward with his Red Sword!

The roars of the nine True Qi Giant Dragons, combined with Qin Tian's fierce Sword Qi, threw the surrounding area of the Dragon Clan's central camp into chaos.

A downpour of arrows then began enveloping Qin Tian and the nine True Qi Giant Dragons.

Only now did they realize the danger.

But, it was too late.

Qin Tian had locked onto Lou Tianshuang, who had no way to escape!

"This is... Dragon Power, I recognize it! Power of Nine Dragons... The one wielding this cultivation technique must be Qin Tian! It must be!"

Lou Tianshuang originally received word that Qin Tian was supervising the battle at Lin City.

Seeing Qin Tian strike, he panicked.

"You, stop him! Kill him, and you'll earn the title of Marquis! He is Qin Tian!"

Previously, they planned contingencies to encircle and trap Qin Tian with layers upon layers.

But Lou Tianshuang never expected Qin Tian would suddenly appear, leading a surprise attack in person!

It was unreasonable!

Such unpredictability wasn't according to any usual playbook!

Leading two hundred men to risk a sneak attack—this was not something a ruler would usually do!

Lou Tianshuang knew Qin Tian was cunning and often acted outside the norm.

Before, leading tens of thousands to ambush East Capital was one thing.

Now, leading two hundred to directly raid the central camp?

Truly fearless!?

Boom!

Boom boom!

The True Qi Giant Dragons completely overturned the central camp!

The True Qi Arrow Rain was ineffective against the True Qi Giant Dragons.

The ten-thousand-soldier unit set to counter Qin Tian now found itself blocked by the nine True Qi Giant Dragons, suffering countless casualties!

Qin Tian, ghost-like, spotted Lou Tianshuang from afar trying to flee under the guard of a large soldier squad. Suddenly accelerating with a shockwave, he appeared right in front of Lou Tianshuang!

"Ah!"

The over one hundred soldiers guarding Lou Tianshuang were swept away with a wave of Qin Tian's hand!

Had Lou Tianshuang not used True Qi to hold out, he too would have been severely injured, vomiting blood on the spot with his soldiers!

Thud!

As Qin Tian landed before Lou Tianshuang, the latter couldn't withstand the pressure released from Qin Tian, collapsing directly to his knees!

"Qin Tian... your reputation is well-deserved, you... are truly formidable!"

"Our Dragon Clan, facing an opponent like you... Hmph, the Empress should be worried..."

"Pft!"

Before Qin Tian could strike, knowing he was no match, Lou Tianshuang, to avoid capture, took his own life first!

A high-ranking general opting for suicide, leaving no escape, died a fitting death.

The Dragon Clan boasting such loyalists drew a bit of envy from Qin Tian.

However, he couldn't dwell on it; on the battlefield, life and death weren't his to decide.

"Block the Dragon Clan troops; no need to pursue them. Just force them back."

Qin Tian instructed his soldiers.

After all, the Dragon Clan had over 200,000 soldiers, forming a lengthy formation over ten kilometers. Truly pursuing or waging a large-scale battle, even if victorious under his command, would likely cost them at least twenty to thirty thousand lives, if not more.

Now, with Lou Tianshuang dead, the situation was settled. There was no need for more deaths.

Pushing the remaining 200,000 Dragon Clan soldiers back, Qin Yan's troops would encircle them, like a turtle in a jar.

He believed it wouldn't be long before the Dragon Clan troops, feeling unable to break through, would surrender.

Winning without fighting was what Qin Tian aimed for.