Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Hou Yucheng was looking at the map above when he heard Hou Yuling's words and couldn't help but speak out, "My goodness, the Wuwei King has taken one path and still isn't satisfied, he wants to continue taking over Jiangdong Path. If he really takes it, then Hou Jing will have control over two paths, and his territory would be enough to rival the Wanjian Holy Sect. We in Hexi have only two prefectures now..."

"The Wuwei King can muster seven hundred thousand elite soldiers of the Tianwei Army and a million from the Xingyuan Army. The key is, we don't know if he still has other old subordinates in Great Jin. Right now, we control the territories of Hexi and Xingnan, but how many troops can we deploy?"

Hou Yucheng hadn't been back to Hexi for over a year. Suddenly being called back by Hou Yuxiao, he actually had an idea of his elder brother's intention to understand the situation of the Hou Clan's army. Originally full of pride, his mood retracted quite a bit after learning about the strength of the Wuwei King in the east. Nevertheless, he straightened his expression and began to reply to Hou Yuxiao:

"As of now, the Hou Clan's army totals one million and three hundred thousand, among which the most elite, the Red Flame Army, counts three hundred thousand, the Zhaoyang Army four hundred thousand, and the Hexi Army six hundred thousand."

Supported by the Martial Registry, we know the situation of the warriors of the two prefectures like the back of our hand. These four years, the family has indeed spared no effort in expanding the army, but it must be said, the effect has been very limited."

After hearing this, Hou Yuxiao sighed in his heart:

The effect is indeed very limited!

Four years ago, the Hou Clan's army totaled one million, among which the Red Flame Army was two hundred thousand, the Zhaoyang Army three hundred thousand, and the Hexi Army five hundred thousand. The army has grown by three hundred thousand, which sounds considerable, but compared to the previous rate of growth, it's much less.

The Hou Clan formally established its army after taking over Tongling, which was nine years ago.

From the earliest less than ten thousand, growing to fifty thousand, Hou Clan took less than a year, and then another year to break one hundred thousand, to secretly controlling the Shen Clan and Xiong Yun Gang, and defeating Leiyin Temple at Longxiang Ferry, Hou Clan had an army of one hundred and eighty thousand. Now looking back, seven years have already passed.

Six years ago, the Hexi Alliance was established, the Hou Clan swiftly absorbed the Shen Clan and Xiong Yun Gang. In the following year, it gradually annexed the Pingtian Gate, and suddenly had an army of seven hundred thousand. In less than two years, this army grew from seven hundred thousand to one million.

From less than ten thousand to one million, the Hou Clan took only five years.

But in the past four years, the Hou Clan's army has grown by only three hundred thousand, compared to before, it's no wonder Hou Yucheng said the effect was very limited.

"There's no way around it, the population of Hexi and Xingnan prefectures has reached saturation. Big brother, we need to find a way to expand the territory. You called me back this time, is it because..."

Hou Yucheng is now also a commander of a million-strong army. Although some of his rough habits are hard to change, his perspective has far surpassed before. He was very clear about the reason for the slow development of Hexi's army these four years, even guessing why Hou Yuxiao had called him back this time, so he asked eagerly at this moment.

Upon hearing Hou Yucheng's words, Hou Yuxiao slightly nodded, turned around to face the map behind him, and pointed with his hand towards the southern part of Hexi, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"Old Fifth has sent a message back. Rakshasa Holy Church has sent people to Nanjiang. The Holy Church's army is currently attacking Yang Mei Road. It should be a critical time in their battle for Bingzhou, yet they sent people to Nanjiang, and they sent Duanmu Hong, I'm not sure if they're worried about the families in Xiayuan Path creating trouble behind them while they are fighting for Bingzhou, or if they are planning ahead for their next steps after conquering Bingzhou."

"Nanjiang has a Sub-saint of Martial Path stationed there. Old Fifth alone is not enough. I need to go to Nanjiang to understand Rakshasa Holy Church's intentions. You can start preparing here; we're about to make our move on Nanjiang."

"Yes, big brother!"

The voice with which Hou Yucheng responded was incredibly exhilarated.

He had been waiting too long for this!

Meanwhile, Hou Yuling, who was standing by, asked curiously, "Over in Nanjiang, for the past four years, it has been Cheng Yunye, the Head of Yinhu Stall, in charge. Last month, he seemed to have received some important news from Nanjiang and even sent a message asking Old Fifth to go there. It was about Rakshasa Holy Church sending people, right?"

Hou Yuxiao nodded, thinking of something and let out a slight chuckle, "Rakshasa Holy Church has sent the new Saint Heir Zhantai Wuyuan over there, accompanied by Duanmu Hong. According to Old Fifth, although Zhantai Wuyuan is only six years old, he is quite lethal and extremely crafty. I'll go to Nanjiang to find out exactly what Rakshasa Holy Church is up to, and also take the opportunity to see just how crafty this six-year-old little demon can be!"