"When would this war ever end? Sigh, Ying Kingdom had only just been conquered, and things had barely settled down before we were dragged back into the army."
"Didn't General Bai say it? Naturally, the remaining Seven Kingdoms must be wiped out in one stroke. Great Yu will unite the realm!"
"Unite the realm? Can that really be done? Just conquering Ying and Dai Kingdoms had already cost Great Yu dearly. Take Cloudbrook Village alone—more than half of the able-bodied adults had been killed or wounded. Whose family hadn't sent everyone off to enlist? There weren't even enough hands left to work the fields."
"The government clearly promised there would be no wars for three years. Yet less than a year had passed before war broke out again. Sigh..."
"Isn't this a different time, a different matter? Great Yu destroyed two kingdoms in succession, making the remaining states wary enough to join forces. This time, Sui City on the border was occupied. If we don't take it back, wouldn't that make us look afraid? Then it won't just be a matter of one or two border cities. All of Great Yu will be in danger..."
"Hmph, it's always the same line. Whoever sits on the throne is still a king. Which country under heaven doesn't need farmers to till the land? The Sun family of mine were still people of Xiang Kingdom eight hundred years ago."
"Shh, keep your voice down. Don't let General Bai hear you..."
Listening to the guards' conversation, Li Shun gained a preliminary understanding of his current situation.
"The point in time should be after Great Qian destroyed Ying and Dai Kingdoms, but before it united the realm."
"It wiped out two kingdoms in succession. It seemed that, although this time-space had no supernatural powers,