Thus, Fire Shadow led the two adjutants sent by the Dou Ling Emperor and commanded the Dou Ling Empire's army as they marched spiritedly toward the border between the two great empires.
The Heaven Dou Empire had never expected the Dou Ling Empire to stab them in the back while they were resisting the Sun Moon Empire's invasion.
The troops stationed in their rear for defense were therefore exceedingly weak. Fire Shadow's army swept through every obstacle and defeated every enemy in its path, never encountering a single hard-fought siege battle as they advanced relentlessly toward the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial capital, Heaven Dou City.
Unlike the Dou Ling Emperor, who was overjoyed to learn that the Dou Ling army was advancing on Heaven Dou City like an unstoppable force, the Heaven Dou Emperor, currently within Heaven Dou City, was furious.
Nor was the Heaven Dou Emperor the only one enraged. The entire imperial court, civil and military alike, was furious as well. Aside from a few generals leading troops outside against the Sun Moon Empire, every one of them was present.
None of them had expected the Dou Ling Empire to launch an attack on the Heaven Dou Empire while they were resisting the Sun Moon Empire's assault.
They had never imagined that the Dou Ling Empire would so utterly fail to understand the principle that when the lips are gone, the teeth grow cold, and would instead madly attack the Heaven Dou Empire.
On the surface, the Heaven Dou Empire now had two choices before it, but in truth, there was only one.
First of all, the Heaven Dou Empire could not possibly bow its head to the Dou Ling Empire and sue for peace. For historical reasons, these two great empires would never bow to one another.