Commander Shao frowned, silently repeated the name Jiang Yan Hai to himself, then said, "Colonel Jiang, you said you came for the Taotie. Several generals of our Shadowless Imperial Guard are gathered here. If you have something to say, Colonel Jiang, speak plainly."
"If the historical records of our Great Qin Empire are correct, the Taotie's once-every-sixty-years attack should be coming soon, shouldn't it?" Jiang Yan Hai asked directly. Though these were all guesses, it did not matter if he guessed wrong. He had not stated an exact time, after all. Compared to sixty years, one or two years still counted as soon.
Moreover, General Chen's reaction to his earlier words had already given Jiang Yan Hai part of the answer. He simply had no need to spell everything out so clearly.
"That's right. According to the records, the Taotie's once-every-sixty-years assault will begin in another half month. They'll be here soon." Commander Shao nodded readily.
"Though the Shadowless Imperial Guard exists to protect your people, you are also protecting the many nations under heaven. It could be said that all your lives have been spent here. You are all worthy of respect, but forgive my bluntness—everyone present should never have fought the Taotie before, correct? You only know of them from written records."
Jiang Yan Hai looked at everyone as he spoke.
Even the oldest among these Imperial Guards were only forty or fifty years old. With an attack occurring once every sixty years, there were far too few people in a feudal society who could live to witness two of them.
It was not that nobody in a feudal society lived to eighty, but very few who had served in the Shadowless Imperial Guard could survive to that age.
"We may not have fought them, but we will