In another part of the city, the fad general of Liang, Yan Yunqing, was being beaten up by several avatars of Lu Yuan and his n.
"You Chu thieves, I will fight you to the end!"
Before the main thoroughfare of the imperial palace, Yan Yunqing led the last hundred or so remaining soldiers, looking at the imposing advancing Chu army, with a hint of relief and desolation flashing in his eyes.
Then, with a leap, he raised his sword and charged into battle.
Inside the imperial palace.
"Father Emperor, no!"
Along with the terrified scream of a five-year-old child, Liang Mingyu stumbled in his steps, looking back at the over a dozen corpses that lay behind him, his eyes filled with despair.
The fall of Xian’an City, in order not to let his wives, children, and family suffer the humiliation of a nation’s downfall.
He could only take the lead, sending his family on their way first.
But accompanying them on this journey, in addition to his family, was also the dynastic reign of Liang that had lasted a thousand years.
"Great Liang! Great Liang!"
Chanting these two words, Liang Mingyu then drew off the crown from his hand, disheveled his hair, and burst into a big laugh: "Father Emperor, back then you had us brothers compete for that seat beneath you as if rearing venomous insects.
Last year, I committed fratricide to ascend the throne in Xian’an.
I thought I could turn the tide, and even if I couldn’t, I thought I could at least help Liang hold out for a few more years, to not be destroyed so quickly.
But who would have thought, my ascension actually hastened the demise of Liang.
It’s only been nine months, and Xian’an City has fallen, Great Liang has perished by my hand.
Ha ha ha!
Indeed, indeed, you were right not to regard so highly back then!
It’s better this way, better that Liang should perish. Let the nation end in the hands of this incompetent king!
Under the Nine Springs, let the ancestors judge , this sinner of Liang!"
Liang Mingyu cried out in anguish, then lifted his Long Sword and forcefully slashed at his throat.
As blood sprayed out, he staggered and fell heavily to the ground.
On that day.
The last emperor of Liang, Liang Mingyu, amidst the fall of Xian’an City, slaughtered his wife and children, and then took his own life.
The reign of Liang ca to an end, lasting one thousand one hundred and seven years.
This hegemon of Qingzhou had finally t its end.
A new chapter would be written by Chu, which rose from the old king’s bones.
...
"So Liang has perished too..."
When Lu Yuan received the ssage from his avatar Huang Xuan through ntal transmission, he was attending to his official duties.
Upon hearing this piece of news, he couldn’t help but pause his writing.
Although he had expected the fate of Liang, to be the one to end it himself still stirred so poignant reflections.
He could still rember when he started his own path; back then Liang, as a mighty nation of the North, was so prestigious and imposing.
The demise of Yue Country, besides the internal rebellions that sprung up ti and again, was also significantly contributed to by Liang, the foreign enemy, accounting for at least twenty percent of the credit.
Had Liang not launched the Southern Expedition and seized the majority of Yue’s military forces, Yue could have quickly quelled the internal rebellion and restored peace.
"If that had been the case, perhaps I would not have followed the path I’m on now. I might have been living a carefree life in Changning county town with Brother Sun.
Or perhaps, I would have engaged in hidden cultivation in the deep mountains, waiting for the day when my Great Achievent in martial arts was reached, to erge and vie for supremacy in the martial arts world?"
Lu Yuan couldn’t help but think.
It’s ironic that today’s enemy that destroyed Liang, has co this far, in part due to the help of Liang and its people.
Whether it was Liang’s Southern Expedition leading to the disintegration of Yue,
Or the Dan Ding Path’s descent to the south, which lured Lu Yuan with the Taiping Dao Book toward the path of Qi Luck Cultivation.
Both these factors were catalysts in his becoming the Chu Emperor of today.
"Now, the Dan Ding Path was destroyed last year, and this year Liang has followed in destruction. The two forces that led on this path have both ended by my hand in this process.
Ti and fate!
Could it be that there truly is so sort of destiny at play in the workings of the universe?"
As a cultivator, Lu Yuan, while not fully believing in destiny or divine will, nevertheless maintained a sense of reverence.
For in this world, if you, as a cultivator, swore an oath to the heavens and dared to break it, there truly would be retribution.
This fact alone demanded attention to the role of the heavens.
"Forget it, the will of heaven is unfathomable, and not sothing that I, who haven’t even achieved Immortality, can deduce."
After a brief contemplation, Lu Yuan thought the matter too profound and decided not to dwell on it any longer.
Instead, he began to address the aftermath of Liang’s collapse.
"The Southern Route Army will leave a portion of troops to oversee Liang’s territory and guard the captured Liang soldiers from this battle, reorganize them, and keep them for later use.
The main forces of the Army, along with so of the reorganized Liang forces, will imdiately move North to Le’an Prefecture to reinforce the battlefields in the south and southeast parts of Le’an.
They will assist the Le’an Camp in defeating the opposing Xu Army as quickly as possible and converge at the gates of Le Ling City."
Lu Yuan promptly made arrangents for the aftermath of the Southern Route Army.
Currently, on the battlefield in Le’an Prefecture, the Chu and Xu forces were engaged in a fierce struggle.
At Wuyan City, the armies of Chu and Xu, each numbering one million, were locked in a standoff around this important western fortress of Le’an.
With Lu Yuan personally overseeing the battle, it was the most critical frontline.
In the southwest, near Sheqiu City, the Chu army’s reinforcents had swelled their numbers to over a million.
But shortly after, as a ssenger from Sheqiu City arrived at Le Ling, Xu State also imdiately responded.
The remaining 300,000 troops from the Imperial Capital swiftly marched toward Sheqiu City to assist this key southwestern stronghold.
Yet within these 300,000 n, not a single Inborn Grandmaster was present.
Moreover, even if they reached Sheqiu City, combined with the defenders there, the Xu forces would only amount to just over 400,000 troops, with only two Inborn individuals within the city.
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