Chapter 1924: Chapter 20: Pride
Emperor Qin personally beheaded Jiang Su.
This represented the death of the strongest force and highest commander of Ying Country.
Even though a considerable portion of Ying Country’s army still remained here, without a top-ranking general, the remnants of Ying Country’s army were unable to resist Emperor Qin.
Li Guanyi exhaled, and in the instant his spirit relaxed, a huge wave of fatigue surged forth. He looked down at his armor, where many cuts and gashes marred the top-grade Treasure Armor.
The death of Grandmaster Jiang Su on the battlefield dealt a huge blow to the morale of the entire Ying Country army. Gao Xiang, facing the encirclement of Emperor Qin, Yue Pengwu, and Whale Hunter, ultimately fell in defeat.
It might be said that although Gao Xiang stepped onto the battlefield, he didn’t possess the determination to fight and die for Ying Country.
After the main battle started to come to a close, Li Guanyi gathered with Breaking Army, Yuan Zhi, and others. Donned in armor and battle robe, exuding a chilling killing aura, he entered the Central Army encampment and met Breaking Army and Yuan Zhi.
Currently, however, these two top strategists looked somewhat pale.
They were in a state of having exhausted a huge amount of mental energy.
The twenty-plus days of confrontation and warfare could be called an eruption of over twenty days, but in reality, the true victory or defeat had been paved over the previous four years, and even over ten years.
Like a great tree taking root, sprouting, flowering, and bearing fruit.
One cannot see only the fruit without witnessing the prior growth.
Li Guanyi rarely saw an exhausted expression on Breaking Army’s face, but although exhausted, it could not hide the pride of this eight-hundred-year world, and the concluding battle of the three-hundred-year chaotic era.
It seemed that this top strategist was indeed extremely proud and arrogant.
The Red Emperor defeated Breaking Army’s Overlord and established an eight-hundred-year reign.
Now, Breaking Army assisted Prince Qin in breaking the four corners to end the chaotic times.
Now, the curtain falls and the pieces are set, making it a complete cycle.
Breaking Army slightly cupped his hands and said: "My Lord, now that Jiang Su has been defeated, the great momentum of Ying Country has dissipated. However, a centipede dies but never falls, and within the remnants of Ying Country’s army, there must still be those with ambition."
"History through the ages is filled with lessons and teachings."
"It’s easier to defeat the enemy’s leader, but after defeating the main general, those remnants and defeated armies become the biggest hidden danger. Most of them will be led by powerful figures and renowned generals, roaming across regions, with troops and armor, turning into bandits. Commoners cannot resist them, and it’s difficult for us to easily eliminate them."
"Once these people gain momentum, dealing with them becomes extremely difficult. It could take a few years at the least, or even over ten or twenty years to eradicate them completely. My Lord, please give the order to change the military formation and capture these bandits and rebels entirely!"
"Alright."
Li Guanyi nodded, but after giving the order, he found that while the troops had surrounded the enemy, Li Zhaowen and General Xue from the east had not arrived. They were commanded to lead the Mo Family Mechanism formation to intercept Yuwen Lie and the generals of the Yuwen Family, but had not returned.
Li Guanyi’s expression slightly changed, "Mr. Po Jun, Mr. Yuan Zhi, please lead our forces to suppress all defeated armies!"
"I will go find them!"
Li Guanyi mounted his Divine Steed, wielding his Divine Weapon, and urgently rushed to that battlefield.
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A few days ago.
On a local battlefield about a hundred li from the core of the great battle, the killing aura permeated, and all around lay the corpses of those who had died in battle. General Xue, with Mechanical Man and Yuwen Lie, confronted each other.
Fan Qing gasped heavily, his right hand propped on his weapon, his left arm blood-soaked and pierced by an arrow. Seeing his arm was useless now, and several familiar war generals lay dead on the ground with no signs of life.
Old Master Gongsun Huaizhi lay by the Mo Family mechanism, life or death unknown.
Qibi Li had a gunshot wound in his abdomen, and his golden scimitar cavalry were almost wiped out. If not for being fed a life-preserving elixir and Hou Zhongyu’s relentless application of Hemostatic Powder, this brave general would have also perished.
Even so, with the life force of a grandmaster, he was barely clinging to life.
Li Zhaowen’s armor was full of cracks, her helmet had fallen to the side, and she still had strength to fight, but these were the worst injuries she had received on the battlefield to date. On the battlefield were many cracks, and the roaring of two White Tigers shook all directions, so much so that Fan Qing’s ears buzzed for many days.
But by this moment, the sounds had ceased.
General Xue, Yuwen Lie.
Their eyes were solely on each other.
Like hunting beasts wary of each other, they paced slowly. Even though they didn’t immediately engage in combat, this sudden silence created an even greater sense of oppression and repression than before.
As if submerged underwater, like all things had fallen into an amber mire, leaving one breathless, accompanied only by the sound of a violently beating heart, the sound of breathing, and the iron tang of blood emphasizing the killing aura.
Yuwen Lie looked at the World’s Number One Divine General from five hundred years ago before him.
General Xue did the same.
This once top Divine General no longer bore a trace of laughter.
Breaking Army’s stratagems, Yuan Zhi’s Great Formation, among all the corps, only this place, whether it was Ying Country or Qin Country, had not achieved its set strategic goal. Only Yuwen Lie steadfastly held back the Qin Army’s assault.
More than twenty days of confrontation, constant warfare, neither side took a step back.
Because of this, this became the most brutal and vicious battlefield in the world.
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