January 6th, Dao Calendar 3921.
When Jiang Wang and Chongxuan Sheng diverted through Mulberry Prefecture and chose to rescue Chongxuan Zun, the Jing-Mu war had also reached its end.
Southern Heaven Master Ying Jianghong led his army to recover all of Sheng Kingdom's territory and pursued the defeated forces to the slaughter. Mu Kingdom's warriors left corpses stretching without end; Mu Kingdom's warhorses were all branded with the mark of Jing. They drove three hundred li deep into the grasslands, erecting a stele to commemorate their merit!
When news of Beigong Nantu's death had previously shocked the world, Yan Ping, in estimating the progress of the Jing-Mu war, had said that it would end in as little as two or three days, or at most five to seven.
Yet Jing Kingdom truly completed the closing stages of this grand war in just two days. It was still enough to strike terror into people's hearts!
Beigong Nantu's death became the turning point of the war. This Divine Crown High Priest who spread the faith held a status in the hearts of many Mu Kingdom people that was almost divine. With his fall, the deadlocked battlefield instantly lost its balance. The Mu army's morale plunged to rock bottom, and they were routed for a thousand li.
From the full-scale outbreak of war between Jing and Mu on October 19th, Dao Calendar 3920, to Ying Jianghong erecting a stele upon the grasslands on January 6th, Dao Calendar 3921—
In a total of two months and seventeen days, this earthshaking war between hegemonic states drew to a close.
Of course, the year-long rotating battles between Mu and Sheng before this should not be entirely overlooked. Li Yuanshe, who was grievously wounded in this Jing-Mu war, perhaps ought to be remembered as well.
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