Xia Kingdom was indeed difficult to conquer.
Although Cao Jie had led an army of a million eastward, fighting all the way from Sword Peak Mountain to Tongyang City, truly sweeping everything before him—
That only proved the strength of the Qi Army and Cao Jie's military talent. It absolutely did not mean Xia Kingdom was an easy bone to chew.
Whether it was Hua Hongzhao, Marquis of Jing'an of Great Xia, who had gone to his death atop Sword Peak Mountain, or the Nation-Guarding Army that had charged headlong against a hundred thousand Wind Chaser cavalrymen on the Jiangyin Plain, both were enough to demonstrate the tenacity of Xia Kingdom's people.
And after the Nation-Protecting Array was activated, when Cao Jie chose to spread the flames of war across every inch of Xia Kingdom's soil... the Qi Army finally felt this nation's resolute resistance.
The two great armies in Youping Prefecture and Linwu Prefecture were both advancing steadfastly, but every inch of ground they broke through had indeed cost them dearly.
It was not quite a case of every inch of earth soaked in every inch of blood, but situations like the many cities of Fengjie Prefecture surrendering at the mere sight of the enemy had nearly ceased to appear.
But at Sword Peak Mountain, Chongxuan Sheng had not said Xia Kingdom was difficult to conquer.
When the cavalry clashed outside Tongyang City, Chongxuan Sheng had not said Xia Kingdom was difficult to conquer.
Even as they had threaded their way through Linwu Prefecture, witnessing the determined resistance of Linwu's cities, Chongxuan Sheng had not said Xia Kingdom was difficult to conquer.
Yet Liu Family Village, which they had just passed through and which did not even possess a single extraordinary combatant, had drawn a sigh from him.
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