When Fortune Fades, Even "Heroes" Lose Their Freedom (Part One) [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

The warhorses bathing in the river faded away, and the entire surface of the Miao River froze over.

Both banks of the Miao River fell silent. The only sound in their ears was the wind and rain entwining together. Those who witnessed the scene before them were so shocked that they remained speechless for a long time.

Most of the soldiers in both armies were ordinary commoners. Natural and man-made disasters had punctuated their not particularly long lives, and of these, natural disasters were the most terrifying. They had never imagined that a river that flooded every so often could actually be frozen over through the combined efforts of people.

"Under Heaven's protection, Heaven's Mandate belongs to us!"

At that moment, a soldier under Wu Xian threw up his arm and roared. Those eight short words seemed to vent all the pent-up gloom in his chest. The soldiers around him snapped out of their daze. At first, only a few scattered voices joined in, but the chant soon spread through the entire army like an epidemic.

"Under Heaven's protection, Heaven's Mandate belongs to us!"

"Under Heaven's protection, Heaven's Mandate belongs to us!"

"Under Heaven's protection, Heaven's Mandate belongs to us!"

The slogan surged toward the opposite bank like a roar of mountains and a tide of seas. Their soaring morale gathered overhead like clouds, its imposing force pressing down on the enemy.

It carried the faint suggestion of swallowing ten thousand miles in a single breath.

The soldiers on the opposite bank had already been shaken by this feat. Now, they were even more terrified. Yet before panic could truly spread, a vast, towering aura descended, forcibly sweeping away the gloom in their hearts. Once the soldiers regained their composure, they looked at the frozen river beneath the rain and