In Xiao Mo's camp, Crown Prince Qin Jingsu, Xiao Yang, and the others felt deeply conflicted after learning what had happened in Zhao Kingdom.
Bai Qi's death was an enormous loss for Qin Kingdom.
Even if Bai Qi had atoned for his crimes through meritorious service, that would have been better than throwing his life away through Liberation by Violence.
But Bai Qi had been too sharp-edged, too young, and too proud.
They could understand what he had been thinking.
Like Frost King, Bai Qi had never lost a battle in all his years of campaigning.
This defeat had dealt him a terrible blow.
Most of all, Bai Qi was stubborn by nature, even a little obsessive, and he was just as strict in his command of the army.
Bai Qi enforced military law without leniency, regardless of whether someone was close to him or not.
So when he had sworn an oath to the army, he believed that now that the city had fallen, military law required him to atone with his life.
Perhaps Bai Qi had even thought he could "appease Heaven with his death."
He might have believed that his failed schemes had provoked Heaven's retribution.
Bai Qi had hoped that his own bloodshed would not bring disaster upon the army.
Whether it was coincidence or Heaven had truly spared the Qin Kingdom Army because Bai Qi had died through Liberation by Violence, Qin's forces faced no further punishment.
After Bai Qi died, the Ghost Separation Fire that had raged for miles really did come to a halt.
Hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers were spared.
However.
The fall of Shuihuo City had left behind a grave problem.
When Xiao Shi learned that Shuihuo City had fallen, he knew his supply lines had been cut and that