"Our Great Xia—ten thousand miles of Brocade, a thousand-year glorious chapter! With Mountains and Rivers as our paper and the army as our brush, this proclamation of counterattack that we write is only the opening passage. But comrades, whenever there is a splendid composition, its opening must move like a dragon! Whether this piece shall have its name passed down through the ages, our opening is of crucial importance! Defeating Bao Bozhao, son of the Earl of Shuofang of Qi State, slaughtering twenty thousand Qi soldiers—these are merely the first strokes of the brush. What follows, success or failure, will determine the mark we leave in Great Xia's historical records!"
Gu Yong and Xu Can had both arrived.
Chu Min, Wei Guangyao, and Yi Shengfeng were all present.
Tai Yin was delivering the final mobilization in the parade ground.
Densely packed Xia soldiers gathered into a sea of people. Their bloodshot faces brimmed with the courage to keep this nation alive.
"The two people we are dealing with now—one is named Jiang Wang. Jing State did not hesitate to invoke the Demon-Slaying Covenant to erase him. Qi State did not hesitate to go to war with Jing State to protect him! Killing him will be like snapping the Jingwei Banner! The other is named Chongxuan Sheng, the blood nephew of Chongxuan Chuliang. Chongxuan Chuliang has neither wife nor child, and regards him as a son! Kill him, and we shall wash away Snow Kingdom's humiliation and repay old hatred alike. Let that Slaughterer know the pain of us Xia people as well!"
"Throughout all Huiming Prefecture, even across the entire eastern front, killing these two is among the highest priorities!"
"Everyone!"
Tai Yin bowed deeply. "Please, give it your all!"
The soldiers present did not loudly shout any slogans. They