"State Preceptor, we are now besieged on all sides, what should we do?" Huangfu Yan asked from the side.
He is the commander of the Southern Heavenly Kingdom's army, responsible for assisting Chen Guan to command the troops.
His question was also what those scions of noble families wanted to ask. Now they were trapped among the enemies, and the Purple Sun Corps led by Zi Donglai had cut their retreat. This ti, it seed that the outco would be quite unfavorable.
No one expected the Celestial Court Army to manage to bring over Zi Donglai and the Purple Sun Corps, who were supposed to be unrelated.
"What of Zi Donglai? What of the Purple Sun Corps? Just kill them outright." Duan Shulin tried to boost morale.
"Zi Donglai... I will kill him..." Jiang Qiemo directly drew his sword and prepared to soar into the sky.
Chen Guan promptly restrained him and said to everyone, "What are you guys talking about? City Lord Zi and the Purple Sun Corps are my reinforcents. Why are you fighting them? Do you intend for family to fight family?"
Chen Guan's words stunned the crowd.
They looked at Chen Guan incredulously and then at the Purple Sun Corps and Zi Donglai behind them, feeling sowhat confused.
"What the hell? Our own people?" Jiang Qiemo and Duan Shulin also looked at Chen Guan in amazent.
They had just heard Bo Yu Gu say that Zi Donglai and the Purple Sun Corps were invited by him, so how did they beco Chen Guan's reinforcents now?
"But earlier, Bo Yu Gu seed to say that Zi Donglai was invited to deal with us, right?" Duan Shulin said with a strange expression.
Chen Guan calmly said, "You should know that when people are in extre despair, they have delusions—turning enemies into friends, imagining those who bully them as protectors, picturing their father's murderers as their fathers."
"So you're saying Bo Tian Gu was severely shocked, so he imagined Zi Donglai and the Purple Sun Corps were his reinforcents?" Duan Shulin refused to believe it, staring wide-eyed.
"Precisely." Chen Guan seriously nodded.
"Is that so?" Duan Shulin still couldn't believe it.
Not only he, but none of those noble family scions believed it.
Bo Yu Gu, after all, is a notable figure; how could he do such crazy things?
"Chen Guan, surrender now and ask for the Chief Judge's rcy. There's still one path to life; otherwise, today will be your death day, and the day of Southern Heavenly Kingdom's destruction." Bo Yu Gu loudly advised, hoping to achieve victory without fighting.
"How do you intend to kill ?" Chen Guan asked directly.
"With City Lord Zi here, it wouldn't be difficult to kill you, right?" Bo Yu Gu said.
"Indeed, it wouldn't be difficult, but unfortunately, City Lord Zi is my reinforcent. Why would he kill ? If anyone should be killed, it should be you." Chen Guan said calmly.
"Chen Guan, are you crazy? City Lord Zi was invited by , what does he have to do with you?" Bo Tian Gu frowned.
"You invited him, but if you call him, will he respond?" Chen Guan laughed.
"Not only will he respond, but he can kill you." Seeing Chen Guan's deanor, Bo Yu Gu felt a vague unease, but things had co to a head. If anything went wrong, the Celestial Court Army would disintegrate, and the spirit would be irreparable. He could only raise his voice: "City Lord Zi... Please assist
in executing the traitor..."
The entire battlefield was exceptionally quiet, even eerily silent. Everyone awaited the result of Bo Yu Gu's call.
Seconds ticked by, but Zi Donglai's voice was never heard, nor was there any movent from the Purple Sun Corps.
Zi Donglai and the soldiers of the Purple Sun Corps stood motionlessly on their mounts, their formation as orderly as a chessboard.
"City Lord Zi... Please assist
in executing the traitor..." Bo Yu Gu called again, his voice already trembling.
He had realized sothing was amiss, but there was no way back, still holding onto a slim hope.
Yet his hope was not to beco reality, as the Purple Sun Corps remained motionless.
Dead silence—nothing but dead silence on the battlefield.
Among the Southern Heavenly Kingdom's troops there was a stark transformation in expressions.
From the previous fright and panic to now wild joy and reassurance.
Those scions of noble families, who earlier wore grave and anxious expressions, now relaxed, their mouths involuntarily curling into smiles.
On the other side, the Celestial Court's twenty-four battalions stared in disbelief, looking like they had swallowed flies.
"Damn… Are the Celestial Court soldiers all idiots? Can't even tell who's a teammate…" Duan Shulin's voice broke the quiet battlefield.
Of course, he wouldn't naively believe that Bo Yu Gu truly had delusions; it was rely to demoralize the Celestial Court Army.
"It seems City Lord Zi isn't your reinforcent. But there's a truth you said correctly: 'Those with virtue are supported, those without are few.'" Chen Guan coldly looked at Bo Yu Gu, not turning his head as he casually said, "City Lord Zi, please deploy forces to assist
in crushing the Celestial Court rebels."
All eyes turned to Zi Donglai in front of the Purple Sun Corps, who slowly raised his right arm, then dominantly pointed towards the Celestial Court army.
"Kill!" The Purple Sun Corps erupted with a thunderous shout of "kill."
The next mont, the Purple Sun Corps charged towards the Celestial Court Army like a storm.
"All units... attack..." Chen Guan also issued an order for the allied forces to charge against the Celestial Court Army.
Carnage was beyond description for the Celestial Court Army—it was like a dam burst, flowing downstream uncontrollably.
When Chen Guan shouted the slogan of surrender without being killed, the war effectively ended ahead of schedule.
Where the allied forces passed, the Celestial Court Army quickly disard and surrendered, lacking even the will to fight.
Over a million Celestial Court soldiers, apart from a few who escaped, were mostly captured.
This battle was one of the largest prisoner-taking events in human history—thirty thousand troops captured nearly 1.4 million surrendering soldiers.
Chen Guan, riding atop a little white dragon, led the charge, catching up with the fleeing Bo Yu Gu and Yu Anzhi, delivering a sword aura to send them both off together.
Almost without hesitation, Chen Guan first seized their Arbitrary Gates and Keys; these indeed were the true Divine Artifacts.
The news of Zi Donglai and Chen Guan's joint rout of the Celestial Court Army spread across the Divine Land overnight.
General Rong Sandao, overseeing the Celestial Court Army, nearly fainted upon hearing the news.
"It's over... Everything's over... The largest resource cache of the Celestial Court Army is finished..." Rong Sandao no longer knew how to explain it to the Chief Judge.
Without the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven, it was as if half of the Celestial Court Army's backbone had been severed.
In the great hall of the Ancestral Court, an elderly man squeezed his teacup into powder, his eyes flashing darkly.
"You cut the Celestial Court Army's spine, then I'll sever your lifeblood. Weren't you seeking justice for Ji Nanhong? Let that justice die then."
Hundreds of years of planning and efforts were shattered almost overnight, this hatred was stronger than losing a child or humiliation to a wife.
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