Chapter 19: The Overlord's Technique - Overlord Spear

  Sun Ce analyzed Han Dang: "Han Shu, Zu Lang is said to have three to five thousand men, but Bo Fu calculated that he has at most around two thousand men. Moreover, excluding the old and weak, there won't be more than a thousand soldiers who can fight."

  "Last time we were attacked, he must have brought all his elite troops. After all, we are a military camp and he didn't know our equipment situation. He only knew our approximate number of people, so he must have been determined to go all out. However, just looking at him daring to attack the military camp, it's also considered a brave move."

  "So even if he had arranged for some strong men to stay behind and guard the stronghold, there wouldn't be many. We wiped them out completely, and he didn't get off easy either - at least three hundred of his men were killed by us."

  "Even if Bo Yu has 800 men, can his troops compare to our elite soldiers who have been through a hundred battles? Impossible. Can their morale be higher than ours? No."

  Moreover, our soldiers will be fully equipped with armor, while they are just a group of rioting mountain people, who cannot even equip themselves with iron weapons, let alone defensive gear. What if our elite vanguard warriors launch a surprise attack under the cover of night?

  "How strong will their resistance be? Last time he ambushed me with two against one. This time I'll use the same trick, and give him a taste of his own medicine, also with two against one. Let's just consider it as a practice for our soldiers."

  Han nodded: "The eldest son said it makes sense, the logic is clear, and after you analyzed the situation between the enemy and us, it immediately became crystal clear. Now I can rest assured. However, we still need to be careful in our actions. We must beware of Zulang and those few wandering knights who are eager to take risks."

  Sun Ce nodded, "Uncle Han, rest assured, I have other plans to deal with them. Please arrange for scouts to determine the enemy's numbers, location, weapons, defensive strength, facilities and other detailed information as much as possible. The more news we can gather, the better. After all, my previous analysis was just an estimate. We must know ourselves and our enemies."

  Han nodded in approval and promised to send out the best scouts to complete this task.

  Sun Ce turned to Lü Meng and said, "Zi Ming, you and Song Qian go take care of some things. First, have your brother-in-law select some soldiers with good martial skills and quick minds from the camp. Have them practice climbing techniques in their spare time, as they may be needed."

  Also, go to the horse farm and recruit several skilled grooms, I want them to follow the army on expedition and take care of the horses at the same time. Also find a few fishermen to prepare several sturdy large fishing nets."

  Lü Meng responded with a "yes" and said: "Alright, I'll go take care of it now." He went off in high spirits.

  Sun Ce smiled secretly, this is the advantage of crossing over. Isn't there a famous saying in modern times that goes like this: "No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you still fear a kitchen knife." But I don't want to kill people, they're all elite talents that need to be utilized!

  "We've already said that waste utilization is a great achievement! So, the kitchen knife can't be used. The fishing net is available, and the lasso can also be used. There are many ways to do it, nothing is impossible, only if you think of it."

  Everything has been arranged, and Sun Ce's remaining task is to rest. They are all elite soldiers who have come out of the battlefield, and they will naturally arrange what needs to be done and automatically enter their roles.

  Besides, the whole army still had almost a month's time for marching, preparation and targeted training.

  After the training is completed, Jiang Dongjun will slowly approach his prey, then look for an opportunity to suddenly attack and finish him off. Sun Ce wants to capture Zu Lang. Of course, if he doesn't surrender, there's only one way out for him.

  How could Sun Ce tolerate a potential enemy? If he didn't surrender, he would be destroyed. This is the inevitable law of history.

  "The future Jiangdong is my territory, let them wreak havoc for one less day and I'll have one less loss."

  With Yuan Shu's order, everything was prepared quite smoothly. The logistics officer originally wanted to make things difficult for the Jiangdong army. When his personal soldier told him that Sun Ce had once rushed into the commander's tent and killed Li Dagu.

  But afterwards, General Ji Ling did not make a sound. Yuan Shu didn't even ask any questions and knew it was best to let it go. Sun Ce was not someone to be trifled with, otherwise he would have died in vain. Adding to that, the governor Chen Yu's instructions, he had no choice but to hand over the military supplies that Sun Ce and his men demanded.

  The Jiangdong army, fully equipped, set off at dawn on the second day, with a loud rumbling of hooves, accompanied by fishermen and stable hands.

  Apart from Jia Hua, the squad leader who led a team of ten people to stay in the small military camp, no one else knew the general direction their troops were heading.

  No one knows where Jiang Dongjun, who woke up again, went. What is his goal?

  In the mountains, the morning air is exceptionally fresh. Sun Ce woke up early and first practiced a round of Tai Chi to run his inner strength, then used Wuqin Xi to open up his bones, muscles and meridians, just as the sky was completely brightening up.

  Only a short distance away, the lush branches were covered with sparkling dew, reflecting the newly risen sunlight. A gentle breeze blew, and it was as if countless diamonds were suspended among the green leaves and grasses. It seemed that all one had to do was reach out a hand to pluck them, the scenery was so beautiful, it was intoxicating.

  After a brief pause, my grandson Sun Ce came down to practice the unrivaled and mighty Overlord Spear Technique. With a fierce inner energy complementing it, his muscles, nourished by both the Five Animals Play and Taiji Inner Strength, no longer felt even a hint of discomfort.

  I feel that the flow of energy inside me is getting stronger and stronger, like a great river rushing forward without any obstacles. This feeling of practicing martial arts is truly exhilarating. Unlike in the past when I was using my gun technique, where at the turning points I needed to exert force and felt a slight stinging pain inside my body. At those critical moments, I couldn't fully utilize my strength.

  Sun Ce felt that with the smooth operation of his inner power, his current Overlord Spear Technique was truly a spear technique that could look down on the world.

  Just give him a little more time. Sun Ce thought: "I must be able to conquer all the enemies. Even now, I think I can defeat most of the enemies."

  As the spear technique came down, Sun Ce's internal energy had also surged up. The man and the gun were completely integrated as one, with the man following the gun, and a burst of unstoppable momentum was released along with the final move of the spear technique.

  Only a silver spear, like a dragon emerging from the water, drew out a silver afterimage, like a flash of lightning, breaking through the obstruction of space, and in an instant pierced a tree trunk that was about to be hugged by one person. Suddenly, a loud explosion sounded, and the thick tree trunk was immediately penetrated by the spear, creating a hole as big as a bowl.

  Pierced through! Sun Ce stared blankly at the tree hole, knowing he had never been in such a great state. Just like the sixty-catty steel spear in his hand now, Old Sun Ce used to think it was not very handy before crossing over.

  Now that Sun Ce has it in his hands, he feels a bit lighter. It seems that after going through a life-and-death struggle, the progress is quite large!

  The Overlord's technique should have broken through the fifth level and entered the sixth level. As for Sun Ce, before he came, Old Sun Ce's internal strength had reached the fifth level for almost two years, but in these two years, there was no sign of progress in his internal strength.

  Since Sun Ce was fourteen years old that year, he went to Wujiang Pavilion by the side of Wujiang River to mourn for Overlord, and unexpectedly obtained Overlord's Kung Fu and Overlord Spear.

  From now on, starting from the fifth level of cultivation, each subsequent level will take twice as much time.

  From the first month of foundation building to the second level in the third month, the third level in the seventh month, and entering the fourth level in the fifteenth month, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th, and 16th months.

  The time spent breaking through a level each time increases in length by exactly twice the training time of the previous level.

  Sun Ce thought: "If I practice like this, when will I have a good head?"