Zi'an Reaches the Capital, Slaying the Enemy with a Single Strategy

Zi Lan City was strewn with corpses, thick with the stench of blood, and filled with thunderous cries of slaughter.

Once a prosperous trading metropolis, it now resembled a purgatory in the Mortal Realm. Shuda's soldiers killed everyone they saw, sparing neither centenarian Old Men nor infants in swaddling clothes.

Any woman with even a little beauty was stripped naked and swarmed upon. The sight was too horrific to bear.

These Northern Frontier fiends had to be executed to quell the people's outrage.

The slaughter continued, and Shuda's soldiers' savage laughter filled every corner.

Zi Lan City was separated from the Da Ming Dynasty by only one city. In other words, once Shuda breached the next city, he could march straight into Heng He City and seize the realm of Da Ming.

Zi Lan City's defending general and officials had not defended the city at all. Upon hearing that Shuda was attacking, they had been terrified out of their wits and fled long ago.

Only some Righteous Men who still held the nation's greater good at heart remained to resist. After three days and three nights, the city finally fell, resulting in this scene.

"Hahaha! Good, very good! Next, we shall take Heng He and seize Da Ming's vast lands!"

"Shuda Supreme!"

"Shuda Supreme!"

"Shuda Supreme!"

"Heed my command! Break through Chang Jing, then take Heng He! Kill!"

At Shuda's army commander's command, a dark and overwhelming expanse of Shuda soldiers marched toward the next city, Chang Jing City.

Zi Lan City had completely become a dead city. Cawing ravens circled overhead, ready to swoop down at any moment.

At this time, Zhu Zi'an led his army on a day-and-night forced march and arrived at Chang Jing City.

Chang Jing City's defending general and civil officials had originally planned to