Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1210 - 1207_1

General Liang took out an arrow from his quiver, aimed it at Xiao’er, and shot it out.

As the arrow flew, it stirred up a heat wave that scorched the air.

Shangguan Xuanyi had been keeping a close eye on General Liang’s actions all along. Catching the movement from the corner of his eye, he pushed Xiao’er’s foot upward, sending her flying even higher into the sky.

At the same time, the arrow arrived, but with its target out of reach, it sailed past the top of Shangguan Xuanyi’s head and embedded in the city wall not far away.

Half of the arrow was lodged in the solid city wall - a testament to its incredible force!

Knowing that Shangguan Xuanyi would surely retaliate, General Liang immediately leapt onto the battlefield to join the melee after releasing his arrow.

The battle raged from dawn to dusk!

Despite the numerous attempts by General Liang and several deputy generals from Nangong Country to change the tide, the situation remained dire.

At this point, further engagement would only result in more casualties. The Nangong soldiers - half of whom had already been killed - were in no shape for a prolonged fight. While fending off enemies, General Liang made his way to the perimeter, mounted his horse, and gave the order: "Retreat!"

Hearing this, the Nangong soldiers quickly turned and began withdrawing.

Without missing a beat, Di Shaowei, Shangguan Xuanjun, and Zhao Yong all swiftly utilized their Qinggong techniques to intercept the retreating forces.

They cut off their escape route.

But where had Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi disappeared to? When Shangguan Xuanyi flung Xiao’er into the air, Bai Tian reminded her that the children were hungry, prompting her to consider the children first. After using darts to kill a few archers, she spoke to Shangguan Xuanyi.

Shangguan Xuanyi then led her away, and the two of them found a deserted spot to enter a different space.

At this point, though the war was only halfway over, the overall outcome was apparent. The soldiers of Nangong Country were unable to turn the tide and both of them confidently left the battlefield.

"General Liang, now that you are here, don’t think of escaping!" Di Shaowei sneered at him.

General Liang knew that his martial arts skills were on par with Di Shaowei. He could barely handle Di Shaowei alone, but with Shangguan Xuanjun, it was an entirely different story. General Liang hurriedly turned his horse and led his soldiers towards the grassland of death to escape.

Di Shaowei led his men in pursuit, but they stopped at the entrance of a valley.

The grassland of death had already been set up with formations by Shangguan Xuanyi. Entering there would be highly dangerous. It was even more perilous now!

The soldiers from Nangong Country escaping there were more likely to court disaster!

....

In just a few days, the combined forces of Minze Country managed to take over the city of Jiangdong County!

It was the quickest city they had captured among the many cities!

When tallying the casualties, Shangguan Xuanjun and Di Shaowei were very pleased with the result.

Thus, they celebrated the victory lavishly with the entire army.

Except for the injured soldiers who couldn’t participate in the victory feast, the soldiers of Minze Country sang and celebrated all night long!

With such a brilliant victory attained so easily, the soldiers’ morale had significantly boosted.

Some even suggested immediately attacking the next city!

...

The army of Minze Country was satisfied!

However, in the Imperial Palace of Nangong Country, Gong Qinghua could hardly believe his ears when he heard the news of the fall of Jiangdong County!

"What did you say? Repeat that again?"

"Your Majesty, Jiangdong County... has fallen! General Liang and his soldiers have disappeared in the grassland of death." The guard, trembling with fear, knelt on the floor of the throne room, not daring to raise his head.

The emperor must be looking terrified now. He’s afraid that if he sees Gong Qinghua’s face, he’ll lose his nerve.

"You’re joking, right?" Gong Qinghua couldn’t help but ask, a hint of disbelief lingering in his voice. This was beyond illogical!

How had just a few days passed? How could they have taken Jiangdong County so quickly?

The walls of his city weren’t made of mud. They were like an impenetrable fortress!

Even if General Liang was defeated, the city wouldn’t have fallen into enemy hands so quickly!

Could the soldiers of Minze Country possibly fly?

With fifty thousand guardsmen, plus the local population, the city was defended by nearly a hundred thousand people!

A city defended by a hundred thousand people shattered just like that. This had to be a joke!

"Your Majesty, I dare not joke!"

"Is this true? Jiangdong County was taken over by the soldiers of Minze Country? Not Jiangyang County?"

"Your Majesty, Jiangyang County was captured by Minze Country long ago, and now Jiangdong County has also fallen!" The soldier kept repeating the same answer. The emperor couldn’t believe it. He was on the verge of tears!

This was reality! Now, they had to figure out how to protect the next city from falling into enemy hands!

Why wouldn’t the emperor accept reality?

The messenger evidently didn’t understand how unbelievable this was for an emperor who was plotting to unify the world, only to find his kingdom being seized before he could achieve his goal.

He had been secretly preparing! He had just been a bit off in his preparations!

These past two years, Nangong Country had been hit by one natural disaster after another, which slowed his pace of unifying the world. Otherwise, it would have been his soldiers taking the initiative to attack by now!

"How did the soldiers in Jiangdong County guard the city? Did they open the gates to welcome the soldiers from Minze Country? How else could they break through ten-foot-high city walls and heavy gates in such a short period of time?" Gong Qinghua angrily demanded.

"We have not yet received detailed information on the war situation, Your Majesty. We only received the news that Jiangdong County was lost."

Gong Qinghua was furious at these words: "Get out!"

The soldier hurriedly scrambled away.

Gong Qinghua still could not believe that Jiangdong County had fallen. He thought the news might be wrong, so he sent people to find out more.

After dispatching people to gather information, Gong Qinghua called several ministers to discuss what to do next.

The initial plan was to defend Jiangzhong County, then they had to retake Jiangdong County, that was for certain!

As Gong Qinghua and the others were discussing in the study how to defend themselves against foreign enemies, news about the situation at Jiangdong County came in.

"You’re saying a general from Minze Country flew over the city wall with two lieutenants?" Gong Qinghua questioned his own hearing again.

Who could fly up a ten-foot-high city wall with two people in tow?

"Your Majesty, they indeed flew up. These three are highly skilled warriors. They fought one against ten on the city wall and soon cleared a section of the wall, allowing the enemy soldiers to break the city gate and climb up the wall..." frёewebηovel.cѳm

The man reported the situation at the time.

Gong Qinghua was shocked: when did Shangguan Xuanyi become so skilled in martial arts that he could fly up a ten-foot-high city wall, and with two people no less!

So his entire army of hundreds of thousands was wiped out in the battle of Jiangdong County?

It was entirely possible! General Liang could certainly bring tens of thousands of soldiers back from the grassland of death!

Although the soldiers were useless and kept losing battles!

But being useless was still better than not having any soldiers to fight the war!