"The day after tomorrow, May 16, the protector and his officers will head to the army on the border. They will arrive there evening of May 17. After a day of organization, the protector and most of the army will first march northeast to our border city of Uska, then northwest to the Stan city of Kolkarak, arriving there to surprise the defenders at May 23."

"Meanwhile, we will be accompanying the 20,000 of the soldiers and 80,000 militia. Our goal will be Rabatash fortress, arriving there at May 18 after a night and a day's march. We shall be the cloak, holding down the army of Rabatash and reinforcements from nearby cities, and our dagger shall be the protector and his host as they will take the frontier city of Kolkarak and the key city of Kibalhi, thereby cutting off the city of Rynar and the fortress of Rabatash from being supplied by the Zigrik state capital of Kekbich."

"This maneuver will force the Stans trapped here to garrison the two places, weakening themselves by spreading apart, but we will gather our entire strength, and assault the less fortified and more accessible city of Rynar. Taking Rynar will greatly increase our initiative in this war, for their reinforcements from southern Zigrik, Eastern Kebzu state, Northern Kijat state, and Southern Zakaz state will have no choice but to concede to us the central position in the Rynar plains, which by the way, is the only place that can accommodate all the armies for a decisive battle."

"Even if the Stans can gather an army of 300,000 soldiers and a million strong milita, protector can still rely on our own reinforcements of 2,000,000 militia to bolster our ranks."

Tang Feng spoke of the plan he heard yesterday as Lin Feng listened seriously.

"Now, since you've made an uproar yesterday, I think we will have to go two days ahead of everybody else, just so you all don't get discovered by your enemies."

"If you say so, godfather!"

"Which reminds me child, did you really do that just for some measly martial arts scripture?"

"Not just any martial scripture. It is the world famous 9 Yin true scripture, enough to make a martial artist the peerless of his generation. In fact, godfather, I have a vision of what my path should be in the future."

"Good! Then we shall leave now, so we can arrive in the military camp by tommorrow. I don't think we can enter the camp once we get there, but we should be able to camp in a nearby spot until the protector arrives. Pack the camp!"

"Noo! General!"

The team left the vicinity of Garkash and they travelled eastward until arriving in the military camp by May 15. They saw a multitude of tents spread along the basin next to a huge river. The group told the guards there about their arrival but they were told to await the protector's arrival for the army can only recognize the seal, not the person. So, the Tang retainer team just settled in a nearby spot while waiting for the protector. Lin Feng used this time to cultivate his core sea and fully step into the Qi condensation stage. Lucky for him, he was able to reach 18 levels in one go, gaining another 13 perks for himself, in addition to the aforementioned 5 that was released many chapters ago, these 5 being Riding, medicine, trade, steward and roguery.

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The 13 other perks he gained was;

Onehanded 25- basher, turn defense into offense, defensive bashes now deal 100% more damage and stuns enemies two times longer.

Twohanded 25- show of strength, Two handed weapon attacks that deal damage over 25% of your opponent's defenses or hit points will knock them down.

Polearm 25- sure footed, Increases your defence against charge damage by 60%.

Bow 25- archer master, You can now use all bows on anywhere without any penalty. Means you will be in a condition to shoot a bow everytime, except when exhausted of course.

Crossbow 25- marksman, you can determine acupoints 50% faster.

Throwing 25- long reach, You can pick up spears or other weapons at maximum armspan effortlessly. Also includes those weapons that are thrown or shot from range.

Athletics 25- braced, Decreases your charge damage taken by 60%.

Smithing 25- curious smith, Increase the rate of inventing new part designs when smelting by 200%.

Scouting 25- beast whisperer, When moving through steppes or plains you have a 5% chance of finding pureblood mounts daily.

Tactics 25- swift regroup, Decreases the duration of the disorganized state after breaking sieges and raids by 50%.

Charm 25- virile and in bloom, Increase any relationship gain with opposite gender by 20%, and you are 30% more likely to have children.

Leadership 25- make a difference, Your actions have 100% higher effect on friendly troops' battle morale.

Engineering 25- scaffolds, Increase defense and equipped shield hitpoints by 30%.

Notable synergies:

Onehanded 25 and two handed 25 gives Lin Feng an ability to break through tight enemy formations.

Two handed 25 and crossbow 25, hitting acupoints would deal bonus percent health damage and it would go well with a perk whose effects are locked behind losing a percentage of health from an action.

Polearm 25 and athletics 25 will make Lin Feng immune from being damaged or knocked down from tackles or charges ever again, and even using the kinetic energy produced from the impact to heal Lin Feng instead.

Smithing 25 and Engineering 25 will allow Lin Feng to customize a set of equipment used to increase his survivability. A wearable shield on back and a set of defensive armor for deflecting blows.

Bow 25 and Throwing 25 will make Lin Feng able to use any bow at any weather, at any place, whether moving or not, day or night, and is almost always at peak performance condition, yet he will get tired at the same rate as his standard most efficient shooting posture. Not only that, he will also be able to get any arrows around him effortlessly, thus he can bring more arrows on himself, even storing it on some harder-to-reach spots other archers wont dare imagine. Not to mention, he can catch projectiles midflight, meaning that if he wants to, he can even resupply his ammunition by using the enemies' arrows, while also making him somewhat immune to flying projectiles.

Leadership 25 and tactics 25 will further improve Lin Feng's ability to escape from crisis should the battle situation spiral out of control. Bonus points for scouting 25, that with the ability to tame horses on places where they graze on will give the tiger Lin Feng wings, since he can luckily find horses for himself and those who accompany him, giving them some safety net should this expedition to Zigrik turn into a disaster.