Awaken Chapter 182

The rise and fall of our country! It is the responsibility of every man!

The royal family of Wei! Cowardice in the face of battle!

These sixteen words on the Great Wei’s literary newspaper were almost like pointing a finger at the noses of the va*sal kings everywhere and scolding them severely.

And the content of the article, Xu Qingnian, was also verbally abusive.

The va*sal kings, who are paid by the court and eat the people’s fat, are greedy for pleasures and have their own troops.

Now that the imperial court has asked you to fight for the country, you are finding all kinds of excuses and refusing to send troops? You would rather watch the people in danger than help them.

Xu Qingnian’s entire speech revolves around the power of these va*sal kings, how extravagant their food, accommodation and transport are, and then compares them to the empress.

The emperor had to consider whether there was money in the treasury and whether the ministers were willing to agree.

At the same time, they were angry at the va*sal kings for eating and drinking and enjoying themselves, but at this juncture, they wanted to seek personal gain.

They even sent troops to defend their country and asked the Wei court to give them silver.

Xu Qingnian’s article was written in such a way that it stirred up a thousand waves.

The entire population of Great Wei was outraged.

They took the article and denounced it loudly.

“This group of bullSh*t va*sal kings, eating and using Great Wei, and now they want them to go out and fight, all of them are greedy for life and death.”

“My son is only twenty years old and he is going to join the army. I don’t know whether he will live or die, but for the sake of Wei and the country, even if he dies in battle, I have no regrets. They are really not sons of men.”

“What a bunch of dogs! At this point in time, how dare they shy away from war? His Majesty should have ordered all these va*sal kings to be cut down.”

“Since ancient times, there are no good va*sal kings, they have their own troops and threaten the court, their only function is to guard the border. One of my nephews is a soldier under a va*sal king, I’m going to write now and tell him to get lost and come back, if he continues to help the enemy, I’ll disown this nephew.”

“Yes, gentlemen, we have very little to say, but we can mobilise our forces and get our own clansmen to quit the armies of these clan kings in the literature, I don’t believe it, without soldiers, will these clan kings still dare to be arrogant?”

The people murmured, they raged against the clan kings for their inaction, but few words were spoken until someone came up with this idea, which for a moment led to a scramble to imitate it.

After all, cursing alone didn’t relieve the hatred, it had to be done to relieve it.

The first to explode was in Great Wei’s Kyoto, followed by more and more curses as the literature from various provinces around the country went on sale, with people blaming the va*sal kings for their actions.

No one was unhappy, especially the people.

Xu Qingnian’s article could be described as murderous and heartbreaking. The world knew that these princes all held great power and naturally led extremely extravagant lives.

The people know, but they are resigned to their fate, who let them come from a good background?

The most frightening thing about Xu Qingnian’s article is that it revolves around the royal family’s mission.

They eat and drink well because they are the royal family, and the people resign themselves to their fate, but there is a price to pay for being able to act as a powerful force, to protect the family and defend the country, and this is the price of the princes.

In other words, Xu Qingnian’s article gives the common people the feeling that they are reading it.

We have worked hard all our lives, farming and doing business, and have resigned ourselves to serving you princes, because after all, all I want is for you to protect me.

But now you are all war-weary, without even the least protection? Then why should I serve you? Get lost.

This article is powerful enough for all the clan kings to suffer a great loss, and even if they promise to go to their aid, it will not help.

The people have a preconceived notion that they are extremely disgusted with these feudal lords, but in three to five years or even ten years, the stigma in their hearts will definitely not disappear.

This move.

Xu Qingnian had bitten off a piece of flesh from all the va*sal kings, and he had done so with blood on his hands.

Great Wei Kyoto.

In King Huai Ning’s residence.

When King Huai Ning read today’s Great Wei newspaper, he let out a long breath and then put the newspaper on the table.

His eyes were full of coldness.

However, this coldness was not directed at Xu Qingnian, but at this group of va*sal kings.

Yesterday, he had already explained all the pros and cons, but what he didn’t expect was that this group of va*sal kings were still bent on having their own way.

They were really a bunch of fools. For the sake of a little bit of petty profit, they ended up being explicitly set up by Xu Qingnian.

“A group of fools, if we were to be in the company of you and the others, the king’s great plan would not be completed until his death.”

Prince Huai Ning laughed coldly, he laughed at the stupidity of this group of clan kings, who did not know how to give and take, only thinking of the benefits, but never knowing how to give up.

But this was also good, at least it would benefit himself.

But Xu Qingnian’s move is no longer about forcing the clan kings to reinforce their troops, but about attacking their prestige among the people, so that if any clan king rises to serve the king, he will be blocked.

Public opinion is something that is normally invisible, but if it coalesces, then it is different. No matter how much you scheme like a demon, it is nothing under public opinion.

This is a torrent, an unstoppable torrent.

Prince Huaining knew that after today, all the va*sal kings would really see how ruthless Xu Qingnian really was.

Having fought Xu Qingnian a few times, and having been involved in matters large and small for nearly a year, Prince Huaining’s a*sessment of Xu Qingnian was simple.

Ruthless!

Ignoring the rules!

This ruthlessness was from the perspective of the Great Wei Dynasty, while the disregard for rules needed no explanation.

The reason why Xu Qingnian could be so ruthless and disregard the rules was that Xu Qingnian knew how to ‘leverage on the situation’.

Every time, Xu Qingnian was able to turn the situation around by borrowing the momentum of the officials, the empress, and the public opinion of the world.

If he wanted to deal with Xu Qingnian, he had to limit the power of Xu Qingnian’s borrowed power.

Only he could not think of how to limit it.

But Prince Huai Ning knew that there was someone who could do it.

This person was in the midst of the capital of the Great Wei.

He could vaguely guess that, whatever the final outcome of this great battle, there was a calamity waiting for Xu Qingnian.

Only he was not nosy, nor did he want to get involved, so he just waited quietly, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.

And at the same time.

As time pa*sed, the influence of the Great Wei Wen newspaper grew, and the matter gradually fermented.

Sunan County.

The King of Sunan was sitting in his palace, watching a woman dance, having a good time.

Just at that moment, a strategist came quickly with the Great Wei Wen newspaper in his hand, with an ugly look on his face, directly interrupting King Sunan’s excitement.

“All go out, go out.”

The strategist was straightforward and drove the crowd out.

“What’s wrong?”

King Sunan frowned, but he knew that this strategist of his would not be like this if there was no big deal.

“Your Majesty, take a quick look, this is today’s Great Wei Wen Wei.”

The strategist handed the newspaper to King Sunan, who took it and frowned slightly, only when he saw the content of the newspaper, he instantly revealed his anger.

After a while, King Sunan even flung the paper directly onto the ground and roared loudly.

“Ridiculous!”

“Ridiculous!”

“Ridiculous!”

With three absurd sounds, he looked incomparably angry.

This article by Xu Qingnian was simply humiliating him.

As a va*sal king, how could he not know how vicious Xu Qingnian’s article was?

Mobilising public opinion and putting pressure on himself.

“He deserves to die!”

King Sunan clenched his fists, his eyes bared.

The strategist at the side, on the other hand, could not help but sigh and say.

“Your Majesty, it’s useless to say anything now, Xu Qingnian has already mobilised public opinion, quite a few people in Sunan County already know about this, after today, the people are only afraid that they will all be in an uproar.”

“It will be detrimental to us then.”

This strategist spoke up, reminding King Sunan not to engage in a battle of wills.

But King Sunan snorted coldly and looked at the strategist, saying.

“If they make a scene, let them make a scene, this king will not even send troops today.”

King Sunan also had the backbone to say that he would not send troops.

But the strategist shook his head and said.

“Your Majesty, it is no longer a question of whether we are willing to send troops, but whether we can suppress the people’s anger after we do so.”

“I have already asked people to check the situation, we are still doing well here, where is the worst for the King of Zhenxi.”

“The King of Zhenxi has 400,000 elite troops, but these generals, too, have fathers and mothers, and when their parents learned of this, they forced them to retire with their lives.”

“Now on the side of the King of Zhenxi, it can be described as a mess, a large number of generals are crying out to be discharged, my Great Wei has been led by filial piety since ancient times, one or two generals discharged from the army, it is nothing.”

“Now under the King of Zhenxi, there are 100,000 generals wanting to retreat, the King of Zhenxi stepped in, and do you know what happened as a result?”

“The people took vegetable leaves and rotten eggs and pelted the King of Zhenxi with them, and word of this has spread, the King of Zhenxi is furious and furious, yet he does not dare to do anything to the people and has chosen to send his troops.”

“Sending out an army and still being spat upon by the people will end badly, it’s not too late for us to do so, as long as we respond now and send out an army immediately, at least we won’t have to make a retreat.”

The strategist said with a crying face.

What had happened to the King of Zhenxi had now spread, don’t look at the fact that the King of Zhenxi held great power and was a relative of the royal family, but in the face of public opinion like a torrent, one should still be afraid.

One or two people are like ants in the eyes of the King.

But for ten or twenty thousand people, or even the whole city, what is the King of Zhenxi? Would he dare to act recklessly? The imperial court is now looking at this group of va*sal kings.

If you really dare to act recklessly and anger public opinion, I am afraid that the clan kings from all over the world will come over to cut you down in order to protect their own interests.

Hearing these words, King Sunan’s face changed a little.

He really did not know that the situation had reached this level.

After thinking about it, King Sunan clenched his teeth and looked incomparably stifled as he said.

“Send out the troops! Send out the troops! Send out the troops!”

King Sunan took a deep breath, what else was there to say? He could only send out the troops honestly.

Would he be like the King of Zhenxi and be scorned by the people? Even if he sent an army in the future, he would still be mocked and ridiculed by the people.

So it was better to just send an army instead.

But it was still very stifling.

“Your Majesty, in fact, there is no need to be so angry, my subordinate has already instructed General Chen that when we get to the battlefield, unless Xu Qingnian gives the order for our troops to charge, otherwise, our troops will never lead the charge and will not even participate in this battle.”

“Preserve your strength, and if you do win, you can still reap a lot of benefits, and the king will not lose much.”

King Sunan’s strategist spoke up and voiced his thoughts.

“But …… with Xu Qingnian being so ruthless, how could he not let our army lead the charge?”

King Sunan was not stupid, Xu Qingnian had asked the clan kings to send out troops, didn’t he want to deplete the clan kings’ base strength?

How could he not allow it?

“Your Majesty, if this is really the case, then we can take the opportunity to attack and trigger a mutiny, after all, our generals are not stupid.”

The strategist continued, causing a light to flicker in King Sunan’s eyes, and after a moment, King Sunan nodded and said.

“In that case, then we will do as you wish.”

“But this Xu Qingnian …… Heh, trying to suppress us clan kings through this move? He is still too young.”

“On the surface, I, King of Sunan, only have 250,000 troops and horses, but behind the scenes, does he, Xu Qingnian, know about them? Half of the troops, even if they are all destroyed, what can they do?”

King Sunan said confidently in his words.

By the way, he agreed with the words of the strategist.

“Your Majesty is wise.”

The latter nodded and then proceeded to make arrangements for this matter.

And so it was.

The various va*sal kings, one after another, began to send out their troops.

The King of Zhenxi ended up the most miserable, and was scolded for sending troops. The other va*sal kings were the first to send troops, and although they were unconvinced and stifled in their hearts, they succumbed in the face of the flood of public opinion.

And inside the Great Wei Wenhua Hall.

A voice rang out.

“Report, the King of Sunan has sent 100,000 troops to reinforce the three armies!”

“Report, the King of Huaixi has sent 150,000 troops to reinforce the three armies!”

“Report, the King of Yundong has sent 70,000 troops to reinforce the three armies!”

At this moment, the usefulness of the Great Wei’s Wen Wei newspaper was completely revealed, regulating the public opinion of the people of Great Wei.

This was the sword of public opinion.

“Report! Lord Xu, this time the va*sal kings have a*sembled a total of three million soldiers to lead the army of Chen.”

As the voice rang out.

Xu Qingnian also took his eyes back from the sandbox.

Three million generals.

It sounded like a lot, but compared to the population of the Great Wei Dynasty, it was not worth mentioning.

As for the sixty-three va*sal kings, Xu Qingnian had more or less studied them, and only about thirty of them really had their own troops, while the remaining thirty or so had some generals, but not many, at least about fifty thousand.

To a*semble three million generals is already a lot.

Adding the 2.7 million generals of the Great Wei, the total would be 5.7 million.

With such a huge number, it was no longer as simple as pushing Chen across the country.

Xu Qingnian wanted to strike at the Yellow Dragon and put this war to rest once and for all.

As for sending the va*sal kings to lead the troops this time, Xu Qingnian really did not want to weaken them.

If it was simply to deplete the clan king’s strength, there would be no need to do so.

The va*sal king’s soldiers are also the people of Great Wei, so to send the people of Great Wei to their deaths, isn’t that wrong in the head?

There are so many ways to deal with va*sal kings, and now that he has control of public opinion, he can just test the waters and make the va*sal kings cry out in pain.

When Wei is really strong, the scourge of the va*sal kings will be easily solved.

There is no need to send them to their deaths.

Xu Qingnian had a*sembled such a large army with one purpose in mind, to kill through the Chen Kingdom and sweep away the foreigners’ rebellion in one fell swoop.

“Pa*s the order for the three armies to rest and recuperate, and wait for reinforcements from the clan king; during this time, defend everything, and do not make any rash moves.”

Xu Qingnian spoke up and gave the military order.

“Yes!”

The latter spoke and left immediately afterwards.

Xu Qingnian’s gaze, on the other hand, fell on the land of the seventy-two provinces of the Chen Kingdom.

“Shouren, I’m afraid this battle will be a tough one.”

On the side, An Guo opened his mouth, he looked at these seventy-two cities, and did not know what to say.

The previous tombs, Tang, Amuta, and Tuliang, Xu Qingnian could be taken by stratagem.

But this Chen country, the seventy-two provinces, is formed horizontally and vertically, itself is used to defend against the enemy, plus the enemy army is prepared, this battle, only afraid very hard, using a scheme is useless.

“En.”

“It’s a hard battle.”

Xu Qingnian nodded, he had his own idea for the battle of Chen.

A big idea in the sky.

If he did it himself, he was only afraid that the whole world would be in an uproar.

But if one didn’t do it, it would be detrimental to the overall battle.

So be it.

It had come to this point, no matter what, there must be no regrets left.

Xu Qingnian did not speak.

The Duke of An Guo at the side merely glanced at him, his expression looking somewhat silent.

Thus, time pa*sed little by little.

The news of the war came one after another, basically it was all about the arrival of reinforcements from a certain va*sal king, some of whom were closer to Chen and could arrive in a day or two’s time.

It was until the third day.

A bad war report came in.

“Report!”

“Our army has suffered a surprise attack, with 30,000 dead and wounded.”

Just then, as this battle report rang out, everyone in the entire Great Hall all changed colour.

“How is this possible? There are 2.7 million soldiers in the three army camps, if they were to encounter a surprise attack, the other side would undoubtedly die, how could they be killed or injured by tens of thousands?”

Zhou Yan spoke up, his first reaction was disbelief.

Two million seven hundred thousand troops gathered together, what kind of picture was this? If Chen had sent a surprise attack, it could be said that from either angle, it would be Chen’s generals who would die.

“In reply to Lord Shang Shu, it was thousands of people from the State of Chen who pretended to flee the battle to gain the trust of our army, and our army wanted to probe for information about the interior of the State of Chen, but they did not expect these people, who had the Heavenly Lightning Talisman attached to their bodies, to trigger the Heavenly Lightning, killing and injuring over ten thousand.”

“At this point, the whole country of Chen rejoiced, the morale of our army had dropped, and the Marquis of Sheyang requested orders to advance the attack on the city.”

The latter replied, giving the details of the battle report.

As soon as this was said, the faces of the crowd became incomparably ugly.

“D*mn it!”

“The Heavenly Thunder Talisman? This is something from the Sudden Evil Dynasty.”

“This kind of thing is worth a lot of money, this is really spare enough, thousands of Heavenly Thunder Talismans, plus thousands of human lives, and the people of the Chen Kingdom are just indifferent?”

The crowd spoke up, feeling angry.

“Back to you all, my lords, I don’t know how happy the people of Chen were, they were even standing on the city tower, laughing loudly and extremely hateful towards our army.”

The other side replied.

“Alright.”

“There is no need to say any more.”

“Tell the Marquis of Sheyang that it is not to be fought.”

“Shang Shu Zhou, draw up another holy decree, at this time the day after tomorrow, I want all the reinforcements from the va*sal kings everywhere to arrive at the battlefield.”

“If you are one hour late, behead the chief.”

“Three hours late, the general will be beheaded.”

“If they are six hours late, they will all be beheaded.”

Xu Qingnian spoke in a cold voice, he knew that Chen hated Great Wei, but what he didn’t expect was that Chen would play this trick, exchanging the lives of the people for the lives of the soldiers of Great Wei.

This was a really vicious move.

But there is no such thing as malevolence on the battlefield, as long as one can win, it doesn’t matter even if it is sinister, as if one ordered the poisoning.

I can only say that they underestimated Chen’s humanity.

But this was also quite good, one’s plan, too, could be thoroughly implemented.

“My subordinate will listen to the order.”

The latter replied, conveying the message once more.

And with that, the great hall fell into silence.

And at the same time.

The territory of the Kingdom of Chen.

At the entrance to the first city, four or five thousand people, standing above the entrance, banged gongs and drums, cheered and pleased that the Great Wei had lost 30,000 dead and wounded before the battle, whereas for the Kingdom of Chen it was only a thousand sacrifices.

The morale was greatly boosted.

On top of the city walls, the people of Chen shouted and insulted the Great Wei generals.

The hatred between the two kingdoms was even more terrible than the people had imagined.

And all this was because of a taunt from the Great Ancestor back then, which the Chen Kingdom had remembered for seven hundred years.

Now in their eyes, this was revenge and revenge.

The Three Armies’ camp.

As the order from Heaven came through, the twelve Liege Marquises’ faces did not look too good.

They could not disobey Xu Qingnian’s orders, but they were not convinced by such a big loss today.

“D*mn it, these reinforcements aren’t due yet, if they delay the hour, I’ll cut them all down.”

Marquis Guangyang couldn’t help but open his mouth to curse.

And the other Marquises all looked silent.

They had no right to go to war, they could only wait for the va*sal king’s reinforcements to arrive.

The camp’s anger was depressing.

But the atmosphere in the three armies was even more depressing.

However, the crowd had no choice but to wait in silence, while strengthening their protection.

Little by little, time pa*sed.

In the blink of an eye, it was the following day.

Of the sixty-three Clan Kings, more than forty had arrived, with the last twenty or so still to go.

When the reinforcements arrived, they were controlled by the Marquis of Sheyang and the others.

As lords, they could not suppress the va*sal kings, but they could still suppress the va*sal kings’ men.

One by one, soldiers and horses continued to appear.

The va*sal kings from all over the world were gradually arriving with their troops.

And so it went.

Another day pa*sed.

After Xu Qingnian’s new orders, the reinforcements did not dare to delay, for they knew how fierce Xu Qingnian was.

Five million seven hundred thousand troops appeared outside of the Chen Kingdom, such a large population that occupied several mountain ranges, and at a glance, densely packed, with large camps everywhere.

And as the generals arrived.

The Marquis of Sheyang could not wait to convey information to Xu Qingnian.

The Great Wei Palace.

Hall of Wenhua.

When the information from the Marquis of Sheyang appeared.

Xu Qingnian also wrote back quickly.

“The entire army is fully loaded and ready to attack the city at a quarter past dawn tomorrow!”

“The Great Desolate Army will be the vanguard!”

“Clan King reinforcements, the Qilin Army, and the Heavenly Son Army, in that order.”

“Those who are cowardly in battle! Kill!”

“Those who will flee, kill!”

“Those who retreat from the front line, kill!”

“This battle! With a single blow, we will sweep away the Kingdom of Chen.”

“Five million seven hundred thousand troops, only one left, also fight.”

This was Xu Qingnian’s order.

In the eyes of many people, he appeared to be gathering a large army, to fight a protracted war, to fight hard against the Chen Kingdom.

But in reality, Xu Qingnian had no intention of fighting a protracted war at all. With an army of five million seven hundred thousand, he would pile it up with his life, and even if there was only one man left, he would still sweep away the Chen Kingdom.

Because this battle was crucial.

At the same time, Xu Qingnian personally wrote a letter for the Marquis of Sheyang to read out before he attacked the city.

After all this was done.

All that was left was to wait for the news.

Tomorrow’s battle!

Xu Qingnian told the Marquis of Sheyang to contact him at all times with a heavenly decree.

Do not delay the military opportunity.

Soon.

A hundred miles away from Chen.

Inside the Three Armies’ camp.

When the Marquis of Sheyang received Xu Qingnian’s military order from Heaven.

He couldn’t help but let out a cold breath.

Not only him, but the hundred generals in the camp also drew a cold breath.

No one would have expected that Xu Qingnian would give such an order.

A deadly battle.

A single breath, pushing across the Chen Kingdom?

This ……. A bit ruthless.

“Marquis Sheyang, this …….”

Someone opened his mouth, and his speech looked a little unsteady.

“This what this?”

“Lord Xu’s order, we’ll just do as we’re told.”

“Gentlemen, this battle is about the national prestige of Great Wei, about the life and death of Great Wei, this marquis is not afraid of anyone, what he is afraid of is that group of guys.”

“This marquis knows that you have good relations with the generals of the va*sal kings everywhere, go and persuade them today, no matter what their mindset is.”

“This battle is a matter of life and death for everyone, and also a matter of life and death for the Great Wei, no matter how much we fight, no matter how much we fight, if we implode, the Great Wei kingdom will not be saved, and you and I will become sinners of the Great Wei.”

“In the history books, a single word of incompetence will be a laughing stock for us for ages.”

The Marquis of Sheyang spoke from the bottom of his heart, he knew what kind of mentality the va*sal generals had in mind.

Therefore, he deliberately mentioned this to dispel any unrealistic thoughts in his mind.

This battle, if it is lost.

No one would have a good end, and even if they survived, Great Wei would still be dead.

Hearing these words, the generals nodded in unison.

“Go on, pa*s on the orders.”

“Tomorrow, meet the Great War.”

The Marquis of Sheyang didn’t say any more as he waved his hand and sent the generals down to pa*s on the word.

Inside the camp, he was then the only one left.

And at that moment, the Marquis of Shuyang took out a heavenly decree, wrote something on it and put it on a candlestick to burn.

Xu Qingnian deliberately left a message for him to write back when he was alone.

About a quarter of an hour later.

A new heavenly decree appeared.

And on it, there were only two sentences.

“The city gates call for surrender! If you do not surrender!”

“Slaughter the city!”

When Xu Qingnian’s military order surfaced, the entire Marquis of Sheyang froze in place completely and utterly.

Slaughter the city.

This ……. In the seven hundred years of the Great Wei, with endless conquests and northern expeditions, there had never been a city ma*sacre.

 

The Marquis of Sheyang froze in place.

But after thinking for a long time.

The Marquis of Sheyang gritted his teeth and he did not reply.

Military orders were like mountains.

Just do as you are told.

So.

Time pa*sed little by little.

When the hour of darkness arrived.

The voice of the Marquis of Sheyang spread over a hundred miles.

“All troops march out!”

A loud voice rang out.

In the next moment, five million seven hundred thousand troops set off towards the State of Chen.

The terrifying numbers, stretching for a hundred miles, were so dense that they made people tremble.

A powerful and terrifying aura shot up to the clouds.

The steps of the five million strong army trembled the earth, each step was like a heavenly thunderclap, a terrifying boom.

And at this moment.

At this time, the entire country of Chen had also prepared for battle.

5.7 million troops were a*sembled, were they afraid?

Of course they were!

But they had seventy-two capital cities to a*sist each other.

And this is a defensive city, not an engagement. Since they are defending the city, what is there to fear?

Ugly hour!

The army was pressing down on the city, and the whole country of Chen was not afraid, yet the 50,000 archers at the city gates were trembling with fear as they looked at the Great Wei army.

The dense Wei army was intimidating.

Seeing it with their own eyes, they were naturally afraid.

“Pa*s on the king’s orders.”

“The whole army is on guard!”

“This battle! Our army will win!”

At this moment, a voice rang out from the middle of the Chen Kingdom, inspiring the army.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The drums of war thundered for a hundred miles.

And at the same time.

At the same time, the drums of the Great Wei army sounded even more stirringly.

A hundred generals led the way.

The Marquis of Sheyang was even single-handed, riding his warhorse to the city gate.

In his hand he held a decree from heaven, and his voice was like thunder.

“By His Majesty’s holy decree, the State of Chen is a branch of the Great Wei, and in consideration of the innocence of the people, if the ruler of the State of Chen, the royal lineage, kills himself at the mouth of the city, this battle will be forgiven for the crime of mutiny in the State of Chen, otherwise, there will be no perfect egg under the iron hors*men.”

The voice of the Marquis of Sheyang reached all over the state of Chen.

This holy decree carried with it humiliation and also the confidence of Great Wei.

For a moment, the entire state of Chen was outraged.

About a quarter of an hour later.

The response from the State of Chen rang out.

“The Great Wei dynasty is inundated with traitors, the youngest child, Shouren, has disrupted the supreme order, the Empress of Great Wei is unworthy of her virtue, and today’s battle is a battle to break away from the State of Chen.”

“This battle! A battle to the death! All of us in the Kingdom of Chen will make common cause, raise our might and slay the Wei traitors.”

This was the response of the State of Chen, domineering and arrogant.

Upon hearing these words again.

The Marquis of Sheyang’s eyes were filled with contempt.

Sweeping a glance at the sky, it was almost dawn.

“All troops stand by.”

“Great Desolate Army out in line!”

The Marquis of Shuyang shouted, and at this moment, the 900,000 Great Desolate Army marched out in unison, located ten miles away from the city.

And in the midst of the gates of the State of Chen, they were also ready.

Bowmen, stone throwers, fire oil, and other weapons were all ready to defend the city.

Finally.

When the hour of dawn came, the Marquis of Sheyang waved his spear.

The Marquis of Shuyang waved his spear in his hand and pointed it at the Chen State Gate, his voice incomparably cold and full of killing intent.

“All troops, listen to the order!”

“This battle is a battle for the prestige of my country, Great Wei.”

“His Majesty has decreed that this battle, cannot be retreated.”

“Anyone who retreats from the army will be killed without pardon!”

“The might of Great Wei!”

“Kill!”

It was close to this point that the Marquis of Sheyang uttered the imperial order, and he did not give any of the generals any mental preparation.

And with this sound of his violent shout.

Without any thought, the 900,000 Great Desolate Army, without any thought, went forward and killed towards the gates of the State of Chen.

At this moment, the sound of war drums, shouts and hisses were instantly intertwined.

The great battle finally broke out at this moment.

Boom, boom, boom!

A boulder fell from the sky, smashing many generals to death.

The fire oil had long since blackened the walls, and the devouring flames were daunting, but they did not frighten the Great Desolate Army.

The soldiers fought in blood.

They forgot everything in this moment.

They only knew that they were Great Wei generals and that this battle was a matter of Great Wei’s national fortune.

If this battle was lost.

If this battle was lost, Great Wei would be dead.

Behind them were the people of Great Wei.

At this moment, the drums of war roused the hearts of the people.

The 900,000 strong army, in a desperate effort, rushed under the gates of the state of Chen.

A ladder appeared, a huge siege weapon, carried to the city gates by the Great Desolate Army at the cost of no lives.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The city gates shook, the aura of the Great Desolate Army was too terrifying.

This was something that no one in the Chen Kingdom had expected.

What they had expected was just a tentative battle, but what they did not expect was that the Great Wei wanted to fight to the death.

Every word from the Marquis of Sheyang reached the ears of the generals, inspiring their fighting spirit and creating fearlessness in them.

Coupled with what had happened the day before, the three great armies had long harboured hatred.

Today, on the battlefield, they are both defending their families and taking a breath of vengeance.

In the face of the Great Desolate Army’s frenzied battle.

The generals at the gates of the Chen Kingdom were a little weak, but war is not something that can be turned around with a pa*sionate heart.

The Chen gates were indeed solid as gold, and after a brief moment of disorientation, the archers fired ten thousand arrows the next moment.

There is no telling how many of the Great Desolate Army died.

Stone throwers shot out a boulder, smashing to death.

Fire oil burned and thousands of generals were killed by the flames.

But the will of the Great Desolate Army was unparalleled in its terror.

A quarter of an hour.

Two quarters.

Three quarters of an hour.

For three quarters of an hour, the Great Desolate Army was killed and wounded, but they still failed to open the gates.

“Clan King reinforcements, head for the gates of the remaining three cities, kill!”

The voice of the Marquis of Shuyang rang out again.

The main forces of all sides had already gathered at the eastern city gate, and the time was now ripe for additional troops to attack the other city gates.

Stomp, stomp, stomp!

As they looked at the misery of the Great Desolate Army, even if the reinforcements of the clan kings from all over the world had any more thoughts in their hearts, they were all gone.

They were all generals, all subjects of the Great Wei.

To die for their country was the highest honour for the generals.

The will of the Great Wilderness Army infected them, and at this moment, the generals of the clan kings everywhere put aside all their barriers and thoughts.

Not only were they infected, but what the Marquis of Sheyang said just now made them realise that it was useless to contribute to this battle even if they wanted to.

Because it was a deadly battle.

If they fled, the Qilin Army and the Heavenly Son Army behind them would definitely not spare them.

This was Xu Qingnian’s Yang scheme.

There was no fear of them not putting in their efforts, unless they would rather die than conquer the battle.

But this situation was clearly impossible.

They were not fools.

“Brothers, don’t think too much, we have to fight this battle even if we don’t, and we have to fight with our lives, if we win, we won’t lose, if we lose, it’s our lives that are lost.”

“Kill!”

Among the clan reinforcements, someone roared loudly, warning the crowd and making clear the significance of this battle.

It was good that Xu Qingnian was yang scheming, but one thing to say was that although they were clan generals, the struggle at the top had nothing to do with them.

It was their duty to protect their country and no matter whose forces they belonged to, there was one thing that could not be erased.

That is, they are the people of Great Wei, the generals of Great Wei!

Kill!

At this moment, the three million va*sal generals divided their soldiers into three directions, heading towards the three gates of the north, south and west cities to kill.

And as the va*sal generals joined the battlefield.

The situation was instantly turned around.

The Great Desolate Army was under the greatest pressure, attracting the main forces of the four gates, and now with the reduced strength of the three north, south and west gates, although they were still able to inflict some casualties on the Clan King’s army.

But the problem was that it could not withstand such a terrifying numerical crush.

In a moment, the gates of the Chen Kingdom were in chaos.

There was nothing fancy about this battle, just the crushing of numbers.

There were four gates, each with close to a million troops, how could you fight?

Even if you kill more, how long do you have to kill a million? Three days and three nights would not be enough to kill them all.

Finally.

Two quarters of an hour later.

The main city gates could no longer hold.

With a booming sound, the gates collapsed with a loud bang, smacking many of Chen’s soldiers to death.

The wolf-like Great Desolate Army poured into the city.

With the city gates broken down.

The Chen generals were no longer fearful and directly confronted the Great Desolate Army head-on.

Unfortunately, the strength of the Great Desolate Army far exceeded that of the generals of the State of Chen.

In addition, the Great Desolate Army had gone completely mad, and their morale crushed the Chen generals.

Together, the battle was almost lopsided.

And the capital of the State of Chen.

Such a situation was naturally the first to reach the palace.

Inside the great hall.

There was dead silence.

No one would have expected that Great Wei would be so fierce as to break through the city and kill the enemy at all costs.

“Pa*s down the order to abandon the city at the gates of the state.”

The ruler of the State of Chen gave a direct order, he was prepared for this, he just didn’t expect Great Wei to break the city so quickly.

But so what? It was only a matter of sacrificing generals.

It would not hurt the foundations of the state of Chen.

But at that very moment, the voice of the Marquis of Sheyang reached all over the capital of the State of Chen.

“An order from the court!”

“Not a single city of the State of Chen will be surrendered.”

“Slaughter one city’s people!”

“Ten cities will not defect.”

“Slaughter the people of ten cities.”

“All of Chen will not defect.”

“Slaughter the nation and destroy the seeds.”

As the voice rang out.

The hall fell into complete and utter silence.

Even the ruler of the State of Chen was completely frozen in place after hearing these words again.

The seventy-two provinces of the State of Chen.

If they a*sisted each other and lost one province, they would not have to worry at all, and for the next seventy-one provinces, his Wei army would have to have so many lives even if they had to fill them with their lives.

If they really wanted to play with their lives, the reinforcements from all countries plus the generals of Chen, in a defensive posture, would not fear anything at all.

As long as the people do not die, then the foundation of the state of Chen cannot be harmed.

Moreover, the more arrogant the Great Wei was, the more the people would make common cause.

But what was unexpected was this.

Not only did the Great Wei open with a deadly battle.

And also to slaughter the country?

This …… This ……. was something they hadn’t thought of at all.

“B*****ds!”

The king of the state of Chen let out a roar.

Since the time when Great Wei’s Great Ancestor had done the slaughter of the city, no other slaughter had been heard of for seven hundred years, except for the barbarians in the north who would be so ruthless.

No nation would have done such a thing to share the wrath of the gods.

This was especially true of Great Wei, which was above the upper kingdom.

If a city is slaughtered and the country is slaughtered.

This is not a glorious thing for Great Wei either.

Even the order of the court was not the order of Xu Qingnian.

Was he Xu Qingnian crazy?

“If you dare to slaughter my people in the State of Chen, I, for one, will destroy their seed.”

The ruler of the state of Chen let out a roar, this was not just a strange shame, this was a battle to destroy his country.

He had not expected that things would be so serious.

But within the First City of the State of Chen.

As the Marquis of Sheyang’s military order was given.

At this moment, the Great Wei army completely let go of their grip.

Originally, they were worried about accidentally injuring the people.

But now, they had no fear of anything.

Especially the Great Desolate Army, as long as they thought of the day before, the people of Chen had caused them 30,000 casualties by committing suicide.

Their anger surged straight to their heads.

The real killing.

It had begun.

The people of Chen were also dumbfounded, they had relied on the fact that they were the people, on the fact that Great Wei was above the upper kingdom, and that even if they broke the city, they would be treated well.

It was just a matter of being controlled by Great Wei.

But what they didn’t expect was that Wei would be so ruthless.

To slaughter a city? Slaughter the country?

But they were not given the chance to react.

Each and every one of Chen’s people who had ill intentions were directly slaughtered by the Great Desolate Army.

Even after the ma*sacre, the Great Desolate Army even found the Heavenly Lightning Talisman on them, and if they were not killed in time, Fang would have died by at least hundreds.

Seeing this scene, the swords in the hands of the Great Desolate Army became even more ruthless.

Inside the King Chen’s palace.

When the ruler of the Kingdom of Chen saw his people being slaughtered.

He was completely dumbfounded.

Because he did not expect that Great Wei would really dare to …… to slaughter the people.

Xu Qingnian was ……. don’t want to die?