Fifty Thousand Enemies Slain, The Entire Continent Stunned!

Chapter 25: Half a Million Enemies Slain, Shocking the Entire Continent!

The King of the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom had been feeling a bit troubled lately.

He had just received an order from the Heaven Dou Empire to intercept the Great Ming King, Xu Nian'an, when his own borders were surrounded the very next second.

Given the brutal nature of the Great Ming Kingdom, the King of Haagen-Dazs didn't even need to think; if he truly followed through with that order, he would end up just like the Galloping Wolf Kingdom—preparing for national extinction.

Faced with the choice between national extinction and offending the Heaven Dou Empire, the King of Haagen-Dazs did not hesitate for a moment and chose to let Xu Nian'an pass.

Haagen-Dazs knew that this was, in effect, offending the Heaven Dou Empire.

But he had no choice.

Fortunately, the situation was currently critical, and the Heaven Dou Empire seemed unable to spare the effort to hold him accountable.

Then... then he received another secret order!

At night, coordinate with the Heaven Dou army to launch a night raid on the Great Ming border, reclaim the original lost territory of the Gulei Kingdom, and restore the Gulei royal family.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The cold wind howled.

Just then, a heavy snowfall began to pour down like goose feathers.

Should he... really do this?

If he did, although Haagen-Dazs would stabilize his relationship with Heaven Dou, what if the Heaven Dou Empire failed to destroy Great Ming in the end?

Could he withstand it if Great Ming decided to let loose and launch a lightning strike against him?

He couldn't. The national strength of his Haagen-Dazs Kingdom wasn't even as great as that of the Galloping Wolf Kingdom.

The Galloping Wolf Kingdom had seventeen thousand troops, plus many tribes and nearly twenty thousand reinforcements from the Star Luo Empire, and they had still been wiped out completely.

Perhaps this was the helplessness of a small nation.

If he had the chance, if he only had the chance, he swore he would never be forced into such a miserable position again.

"Prepare the army!"

Though he felt helpless, he had no other choice.

He did not possess the power of the Great Ming Kingdom to dare stand directly against the Heaven Dou Empire.

But he had thought of a solution: he would just put on a show at the border of both sides. Surely, even if Great Ming fought back, if he returned the territory, they wouldn't make things too difficult for him, right?

When the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom arrived at the border of the Great Ming Kingdom, they were stunned.

They had advanced through the blizzard, but upon reaching the border, they saw only the Great Ming border, where an endless expanse of troops stood guard, and those magnificent Sun and Moon Flags... it was... it was Great Ming!

BOOM!

The King of Haagen-Dazs felt his head spin. How could they be stationed here? Could it be that the Great Ming King had anticipated this long ago?!

"Your... Your Majesty, Great Ming troops have appeared ahead. The estimated number of iron cavalry is... over... over two hundred thousand!"

Upon hearing the scout's report, the King of Haagen-Dazs felt his knees go weak and his face turn pale.

One had to know that the total military strength of the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom was no more than one hundred and fifty thousand, and he had only mobilized one hundred thousand this time.

"Just how much strength does the Great Ming Kingdom have that they haven't revealed yet!!!!"

And this was considering that Great Ming still had troops in the south preparing to ambush the Star Luo Empire and reclaim the territory of the Galloping Wolf Kingdom.

"Retreat!!!!"

The Haagen-Dazs Kingdom had come to take a look at the Great Ming border, but upon seeing the warhorses and Sun and Moon Flags covering the mountains and plains, they fled in a panic, terrified out of their wits.

"General, they have left. Shall we pursue?"

An observer from the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry returned on horseback.

The General did not even turn his head.

"The order we received is to cut off the Heaven Dou Empire's supply lines, surround the enemy forces that have crossed the 38th Parallel, and slowly erode them."

BANG!

On the other side, inside Gulei City, the Imperial Guard was resisting the Heaven Dou army's siege with all their might.

"Vice Commander, the city cannot be held. The enemy is too fierce, and they have artillery! It won't be long before the city gates are breached!"

Chen Liang stood in the Gulei City Lord's Mansion, his eyes fixed on the sounds of the siege and slaughter coming from outside the city.

"How much longer until the Commander and the others arrive?"

Upon hearing Chen Liang's words, the Imperial Guard immediately replied.

"The messenger just returned; it will take another hour, at least another hour before the main army arrives."

"But the number of brothers we have lost in the Imperial Guard has already far exceeded twenty thousand!"

Previously, under Xu Nian'an's orders, the one hundred thousand Imperial Guards had been split into two, with sixty thousand sent to the territory ruled by the Gulei Kingdom.

Forty thousand remained in the Great Ming Kingdom to guard the empire.

It was unthinkable that the Imperial Guard had already suffered twenty thousand casualties in such a short time since the Heaven Dou Empire began their siege.

One had to realize that these were the main forces of the Great Ming Kingdom; when had the Great Ming Kingdom ever lost so many frontline soldiers before?

"Do you think you can stop guarding just because you're dead?"

"Behind us is the Great Ming, our families, our wives, and our children are all there!"

"For this next hour, even if we fight to the very last man, this city must be held!"

Within the Heaven Dou army.

A middle-aged man wore an expression of fury.

"A city guarded by fewer than a hundred thousand, and it's taken this long?"

"Deploy the Imperial Royal Artillery Regiment. Let them see the might of the Heaven Dou Empire!"

Clatter, clatter~

Suddenly, rows of magnificent cannons were wheeled out.

Boom~!! Boom~!!

With a volley of artillery fire, the city walls and the bodies of the Great Ming Imperial Guards defending them were instantly torn asunder.

"Report, Vice Commander, the city gate has been breached!"

Chen Liang's eyes turned bloodshot.

"Bastards, fight them to the death! Brothers, fix bayonets!"

An hour and a half passed, nearing two hours.

The Sun and Moon Flag hanging at the highest point of Gulei City was slashed down, and the Heaven Dou banner slowly rose in its place.

The sixty thousand Imperial Guards stationed in Gulei City were completely wiped out; not a single soldier surrendered, fighting until the very last man.

Fortunately, the civilians had been evacuated to other areas when the siege first began.

Hardly three seconds after the Heaven Dou Empire's flag was raised, a beam of black light flashed in the blink of an eye.

Boom~!

The next second, the Heaven Dou Empire's national flag exploded instantly.

In the next instant, a figure appeared with nine soul rings floating around them—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—holding a massive cannon.

Boom~!

Gulei City was instantly blasted open.

Thud, thud, thud~!!

The next moment, the sound of rhythmic hoofbeats echoed, and a sea of gold slowly emerged from the vast, snow-white landscape.

It was the long-awaited Dragon Guard.

The great battle was once again on the verge of breaking out!

"Bastards, my Imperial Guard!"

Xu Yi was furious.

"Kill!!!"

The main force of the Dragon Guard was essentially fighting multiple opponents at once, and with the assistance of the Holy Spirit Sect, the remaining forty thousand Imperial Guards and one hundred thousand militiamen joined the fray.

Gulei City, which had taken the Heaven Dou army several hours to capture, was retaken by the Dragon Guard in just half an hour.

Within the Heaven Dou army.

"It's no use, Commander, it's no use! The enemy is too fierce, and our brothers were already exhausted from the siege... we can't hold on!"

After fighting for several hours, the Heaven Dou Marshal realized something was wrong. The casualty ratio was far too high; it took the deaths of over twenty of his own men to potentially take down a single soldier clad in golden dragon armor.

The opposing army's coordination was incredibly refined.

As soon as one was injured, they were dragged to the rear, leaving no opportunity for the Heaven Dou soldiers to deliver a finishing blow.

In just two hours, they had lost over one hundred thousand men; it was nothing short of a meat grinder.

"Retreat!!! Retreat!!!"

Finally, the Heaven Dou Empire chose to withdraw.

They fled north.

In the vast, snowy expanse that served as the only path for the Heaven Dou army to return home, rows of warhorses suddenly raised their heads.

"Brothers, pay attention! Do not let a single one escape!"

"Kill, kill, kill!!!"

Deafening roars of battle resounded through the air.

With the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry in front and the Dragon Guard behind, the Heaven Dou Empire's army of over three hundred thousand was completely surrounded!

One day later.

At the same time, battle reports were sent in succession from both the Heaven Dou Empire and the Great Ming Empire.

Heaven Dou Empire: (The main army has lost contact within Great Ming territory!)

Great Ming Empire: (In the battle against Gu Lei, casualties exceeded one hundred thousand. Thirty-five thousand Heaven Dou troops are currently besieged in Mingdou Canyon. We await Your Majesty's decision!!!)

One hundred thousand—casualties exceeding one hundred thousand. Fortunately, most of them were Imperial Guards and militia.

If those had been the Dragon Guard or the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, there would be no need to continue fighting; Xu Nian'an might as well surrender.

But these one hundred thousand were still the fine sons of the Great Ming Empire.

At this thought, a fierce glint flashed in Xu Nian'an's eyes.

"Exterminate them all!!!"

Brothers, the trial didn't pass, and I'm being urged to launch...