If the court really wanted to take action, they would never let a mere secular general take on the rebels. It would be a force of tremendous power.
However, Eunuch Li would not be discouraged.
...
One month later.
Eunuch Li returned to the Royal Mansion with a disheartened face, talking about the news he heard outside.
"General Yan was assassinated. There was an expert among the rebels, and General Yan and his two hundred guards couldn't stop the assassins.
Where are our Grandmasters?
Why did no one protect General Yan!"
An Innate Martial Arts Master was powerful, and if clad in heavy armor and leading an elite squad, they could kill seven in and seven out in ten thousand-strong armies.
Eunuch Li didn't know about the existence of Cultivators and thought only it was the Martial Arts Masters among the rebels who took action.
"With General Yan gone, who can stop the rebels now that our army has lost its backbone?"
Eunuch Li was very pessimistic.