From the moment Cang Wu Kingdom's army formally launched its assault beneath Zhengyang City's walls until Gu Mu Kingdom's forces thoroughly drove them out of Zhengyang City's territory, roughly twenty days had passed.
In this war to defend the capital, Gu Mu Kingdom had committed more than two hundred thousand troops, while Cang Wu Kingdom had committed around one hundred and fifty thousand.
After the war ended, Gu Mu Kingdom had suffered around eighty thousand casualties, while Cang Wu Kingdom had suffered more than seventy thousand.
Although at first glance Gu Mu Kingdom's death toll appeared higher than Cang Wu Kingdom's, Gu Mu Kingdom had won a complete victory in this battle.
Because Cang Wu Kingdom's objective had been to breach Zhengyang City, and they had failed.
Gu Mu Kingdom's objective had been to hold Zhengyang City, and they had succeeded. Moreover, they had driven Cang Wu Kingdom's army back more than a hundred li.
Though a common Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator could fly a hundred li in just a few hours, amid the savage battle where both sides formed military arrays and fought over every inch of ground, a hundred li was already an immensely vast distance.
The significance of this battle had also been tremendous. Cang Wu Kingdom, which had won victory after victory and swept forward like bamboo splitting, had finally suffered a head-on blow, its offensive halted.
Gu Mu Kingdom, meanwhile, had ushered in its first victory—and even a complete victory.
Ever since the war had shifted from Zhengyang City's defense to the pursuit in the wilderness, Zhengyang City had been almost constantly immersed in a sea of celebration.
When news of Gu Mu Kingdom's resounding victory finally reached Zhengyang City after the battle was completely over, that celebration reached its peak.
At the same time,