"Hahaha, a bunch of fools from Kang!"
As the commotion on the river gradually died down, someone on the allied side burst into hearty laughter, and the tense atmosphere eased. The southwestern countries had never fought a large-scale war directly against Kang. What they knew of Kang's military came from its previous campaigns abroad and the spies they had planted within its borders. Spy after spy had been sent, yet they had managed to get only a few reports of the intelligence they most wanted.
No country had felt confident enough to rashly pull everyone together for a group battle.
Once the two sides actually clashed, they realized they'd been fooled—Kang's strength was nowhere near as great as they'd imagined. It was even less troublesome than Geng Country had been under Zheng Qiao's command! Zheng Qiao had used schemes to sow discord, plunging the various countries into internal strife and leaving them no time to look elsewhere. Perhaps his actual military strength had only been a showy exterior, empty within?
The thought made them regret it bitterly.
They should have tightened their belts back then and sent troops to sneak in and seize the Northwest Continent, no matter how hard or exhausting it was. If they'd annexed the Northwest Continent then, where would Shen Youli have had the chance to run wild? Fortunately, it wasn't too late to fight them now. Kang's troops were utterly useless in battle. The southwestern allied forces would surely sweep them aside and capture them!
"Take no prisoners!"
"Execute all captives on the spot!"
"Hack up every corpse and feed it to the fish!"
As the orders passed down the ranks, the soldiers entering the water grew excited.
They were excellent swimmers and weren't the least bit afraid of the thick fog over the river.