Outside the imperial palace.
The old man in his brand-new military uniform had tears in his eyes.
Filled with comfort in his old age, he took out his phone.
"Old Guan, thank you. Our long-cherished wish has finally come true."
Old Sun Man held his phone and laughed heartily.
He was clearly an old man with one foot in the grave, yet with the setting sun at his back, he looked like a youth on the rise.
His youthful ambition had finally been fulfilled.
"We have no regrets left."
Old Sun smiled as he watched the flag fluttering in the wind.
"That should do it. Come back," Old Guan said in a booming voice, clearly excited as well. "I've received word that troops from all over Kou Island are heading for Capital City."
"No..."
Old Sun shook his head resolutely. "There's one last thing."
"What?"
"I'm going to crush them completely on Kou Island's own soil." Old Sun looked proudly at the Emperor. "Those Kou Island devils only learn from a beating, not kindness. We have to beat them into submission."
At that, Old Guan warned anxiously, "Don't do anything rash. The Fourth War Zone troops you brought onto the island aren't enough to take on all of Kou Island."
Only a few tens of thousands of Fourth War Zone troops had landed on the island. The main force remained at their base.
This had also been intended to lull Kou Island and the domestic opposition into complacency.
But pitting tens of thousands against the hundreds of thousands of soldiers across the island was somewhat beyond their strength.
Old Sun shook his head firmly. "My mind is made up. Don't try to persuade me. Today, I shall repay my country with my death."
"Zhou Zheng."
Snap.
Zhou Zheng stood at