Bang! Pop!
A burst of incomparably brilliant fireworks exploded in the sky, instantly illuminating the pitch-black night.
Streams of fiery light then shot straight toward the Sky Dome, drawing back the curtain on a grand fireworks display.
Beneath the fireworks that filled the heavens lay Hanhai City, adorned with lanterns and colorful decorations!
Two days earlier, the Xiliang Army that had marched west against Great Yan returned in triumph. Queen Wu Zhao personally went ten li beyond the city to welcome them, and on the spot declared three days of celebration throughout Hanhai and West Sea Prefectures, with rewards for every soldier and civilian under her rule.
The two prefectures held several million people. Even rewarding each person with one tael of silver amounted to a staggering sum of several million taels.
Yet to the triumphant Xiliang Army, it was nothing at all. This invincible legion had not only annihilated several hundred thousand Yan Army soldiers, but had also captured seven cities of Great Yan.
The spoils were beyond counting!
In truth, if not for the limitations of manpower and supplies, the Xiliang Army would have had no problem advancing all the way to the Yan Capital.
Moreover, the foundations of the two prefectures were still weak. Even if they occupied all of Great Yan, they would be unable to govern it. Thus, Wang Chen stopped while he was ahead after breaching one of Great Yan's major prefectural cities.
Naturally, he had no intention of being polite to his enemies. He left behind not a scrap of supplies that could be carried away.
After this battle, Great Yan had suffered grievous harm to its vitality. Its eastern border prefectures in particular had sustained catastrophic losses, leaving them no longer capable of invading Hanhai Pass.
The outcome of this battle would