Several thousand light cavalrymen clad in brightly colored uniforms advanced toward the realm of Qingming in a brisk trot. At the edge of the border, they were intercepted by a twenty-man patrol squad.

The patrol captain stepped forward to meet the cavalry and barked, “Halt! This is the territory of the Military Commissioner of Western Pacification. Who are you, and why have you come here?”

The leader of the cavalry replied calmly, “Are your eyes so blind that you don’t even recognize the banner of the Xu Clan? No one has ever dared to block the Xu Clan’s troops in the western regions, so you must be blind, and your eyes are useless! Gouge them out!”

Two sharp arrows suddenly flew through the air, piercing the patrol captain’s eyes and burrowing straight into his brain!

The captain fell backward, face up and dead. The patrolmen behind him, both shocked and enraged, immediately sent several men to flee and report the incident, while the rest braced themselves for battle while gradually retreating.

The cavalry leader twisted the corners of his mouth into a savage grin. “This lot has a backbone, it seems. Well, kill them all.”

Moments later, the cavalry continued on their way, leaving twenty spears standing upright by the roadside, each impaled with a corpse.

After penetrating more than 10 li into the realm of Qingming, the cavalry force was finally intercepted by a military unit.

Although the unit before them numbered only 2,000 men, their clothes looked neat and uniform, their armor were expensive cuirasses, and they were wielding oddly-shaped...