The enemy retreated quickly, and with considerable order.
The infantry withdrew first, with the cavalry covering the rear. They also abandoned most of the cumbersome supplies that were difficult to carry, such as the heavy cannons.
Though the losses from doing so were great, it ensured their swift retreat.
Thus, when Wang Chen arrived beneath Hanhai City with over a hundred Dao Palace Warriors, nothing remained here but corpses strewn across the ground and broken military equipment. There was not a single enemy in sight.
Hanhai City's gates opened, and a valiant general led a troop of light cavalry charging out.
Before he even reached Wang Chen and the others, the armored general immediately rolled off his horse, dropped to one knee, and saluted. "This subordinate is Lu Yunfei. Greetings, National Preceptor!"
Wang Chen nodded. "Rise."
Hanhai Dao Palace had never been far from Hanhai City. After several expansions, the former had grown even larger. It had long formed a mutually supporting pair with Hanhai City, each able to come to the other's aid.
The Dao Palace had not fallen beneath the siege of so many enemies. Aside from Xi Jun and the others fighting with all their strength, the support and diversion provided by Hanhai City had played an enormous role.
Otherwise, how could a single Dao Palace have withstood the siege of hundreds of thousands?
Hanhai City had likewise come under enemy attack, suffering extremely heavy casualties.
At the start of the war, spies planted by the remnants of the Yan Kingdom within the Dao Palace and Hanhai City had begun stirring up trouble. The situation in the latter had been especially severe, causing tremendous difficulties.
Fortunately, Hanhai City had thirty-seven thousand guards stationed within it, with firearms and cannons fully deployed. Guard Army Commander Lu Yunfei was