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Huh—
As if a star streaked by, a brilliant silver light shot across the sky, slamming directly into the sturdy city gate.
The collision emitted a thunderous boom.
And then, the already battered and swaying city tower could no longer withstand the strain and finally collapsed with a roar.
Amidst the rising dust and debris, cheers erupted within the city of Xichang.
"The city has fallen!"
Seeing this, the nurous Chu State soldiers gathered at the city gate burst into excited shouts.
As the original silver light dissipated, it revealed a Silver Armored God General. He brandished the treasured sword in his hand and, looking at the soldiers swarming behind him, he shouted loudly, "Follow this general into the city, and eliminate every last Xu Rebel!"
"Eliminate every last Xu Rebel!"
"At your command!"
"Kill them!"
The multitude of soldiers responded thunderously, surrounding the Silver Armored General as they filed into the city.
So Xu Army soldiers, drawn by the commotion, barely had ti to react before they saw the Chu Army charging towards them ominously, led by the Silver Armored God General who swung his sword.
Several flashes of silver.
The Xu Army soldiers blocking the way were severed into segnts, their blood and flesh scattered across the ground.
Seeing this, the nearby Xu Army, deterred by the falling tower and the intimidating presence of the opponent’s Innate General, lost their last vestige of spirit.
"Run away!"
"I surrender, don’t kill !"
The Xu Army soldiers who had no courage left to resist either raised their hands high, kneeled to surrender, or discarded their helts and armor to flee for their lives.
So who still wished to fight on were swept away by the tide, sighing as they too ran for their lives.
With no one left to obstruct them, the Chu Army soldiers faced no more barriers.
Outside the city, rows upon rows of soldiers and armored n ford ranks, surging through the breach and into the city.
For a mont, the Chu soldiers clad in golden armor spread from the breach like drops of ink in water, gradually dispersing.
It was the ti when every corner of the city was covered in golden armor, and I ca after the blooming of my flowers to slay all.
The mont had co.
"Your Majesty, Xichang has fallen!"
On the high platform outside the city, where Chu State’s high-level officials kept constant watch over the battlefield, soone imdiately noticed the commotion and joyfully congratulated the news.
"After a month of relentless assault, this city was bound to fall."
Lu Yuan was also pleased in his heart but remained calm on the surface as he nodded, then said, "Now that we have achieved results, let us finish thoroughly, not letting a single Xu Army soldier escape from the city.
Send the order.
All Innates in the camp, regardless of whether they are resting or not, must imdiately lead their troops out of the camp and seal all the vital paths inside and outside of Xichang.
I want none of the six remaining Inborn Grandmasters in the city to escape; they must all stay here."
After besieging Xichang for a month, not only was the city on the brink of collapse, but its defenders also suffered heavy casualties. Even two Inborn Grandmasters died in the fray.
There are still six Inborn individuals from Xu State left in the city, who are the backbone of Xu State, each as valuable as a million-strong army.
Lu Yuan had no intention of allowing them to escape back to their country to continue resisting and being enemies of Chu State.
Now that the city walls had been breached and surrounded by his own forces, he would naturally strive for complete victory, obliterating all Xu People within the city.
"Yes, your servant will go at once to relay the command!"
An official imdiately accepted the order and left.
Lu Yuan nodded and then stretched his body with a smile, saying, "Since this is the final battle, I shall also flex my muscles a bit. There are still six Inborn left; let’s see how many can flee from my hands."
With those words,
an overwhelming True pneuma burst forth from his body, a searing red fla rising like the sun.
Then ca a series of explosive sounds as the scorching sun moved across the Void, leaping towards the city center.
All along the way, Chu Army soldiers who noticed this scene and recognized whose phenonon it was erupted into cheers.
"Long live the Emperor!"
"Victory is ours!"
At that mont, the proud King, with his mighty army, took possession of this formidable city of Dongping.
In the forty-third year of Shenwu, early June, after a month of besiegent by the Chu Army, Xichang fell. The city’s half a million defenders and ten Inborns of Xu State either surrendered or were annihilated; not a single one escaped.
That sa month, Emperor Chu Luyuan left a part of his forces to garrison Xichang, and afterward, his main army swept past Shouzhang to the south, directly targeting Wuyan City at the border of Dongping and Le’an Prefectures.
With Wuyan under siege, Chu State’s military forces reached the western borders of Le’an Prefecture, once again posing a threat to the west of Le Ling City, the Imperial Capital of Xu State.
In an instant, the news travelled back, shaking Le Ling from top to bottom.
Outside the city, the newly gathered forces from within the prefecture, originally mobilized to head to the southern front line to resist the Chu State’s Le’an Camp, were suddenly halted and remained stationed in Le Ling for defense.
But even so, with only three hundred thousand troops within the city, Xu State’s monarch and officials still could not feel secure.
The fall of Xichang, the siege of Wuyan, and the arrival of Chu Army deep into Le’an Prefecture.
Such a cascade of bad news had already made Xu State paranoid like a bird startled by the re twang of a bow.
The officials of Xu State within Le Ling City could not even be certain at this ti whether Shouzhang City to the south of Dongping Prefecture had already fallen.
Because for these past few months, the Chu Army did not only besiege Xichang but also, with the advantage of higher numbers and more generals, dispatched a vast number of troops.
They continually swept through Dongping Prefecture, taking control of all prefectures and counties outside of Xichang, Shouzhang, and Wuyan.
As these prefectures and counties fell one after another, Chu State’s blockade of Dongping Prefecture beca tighter and tighter.
For Xu State’s spies to penetrate these blockades and maintain contact with the three cities inside Dongping Prefecture beca increasingly difficult.
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