Everyone frowned slightly, shocked by their emperor's ambition.
The Emperor has actually set his sights on the entire Western Empire. If he were to achieve this goal, he would undoubtedly surpass the founding emperor of the Great West Empire and become a legend.
But at that moment, hurried footsteps sounded outside, followed by a message from a guard.
"Report!"
"News has arrived from the front: the Battle of Flying Hero Pass between Great Liang and Zhennan has ended."
" Great Liang captured Flying Hero Pass with almost zero casualties, but annihilated Zhennan's million-strong army, including their king, who was captured. Great Liang is currently launching its final offensive!"
To ensure close monitoring of Great Liang, Great West had spies keeping an eye on the area, and now the news had finally come back.
"Zero damage?"
The news brought an eerie silence to the hall; it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Everyone was stunned.
Zero damage!
This means that the million-strong army of Great Liang has not suffered much loss, which means that the million- Great Liang has mobilized for Zhennan is ready to enter the western battlefield at any time.
Abaddon opened his mouth slightly, but was momentarily speechless.
He couldn't even imagine how they achieved zero casualties. After all, the Great Liang had annihilated a million-strong army of Zhennan. Surely, there should have been casualties in that collision.
Prime Minister Adolf also frowned, then looked at the newcomer and said in a deep voice, "Is the news true? How exactly was this battle fought?"
He's seen it all, a veteran of countless battles, but to fight over a million people and still suffer zero casualties is a bit much.
The people of Great Liang are just ordinary people, not gods, so how could they not die?
" Li Ru, the military strategist of the Great Liang, cut off the Dalang Valley, and flooded Flying Hero Pass..." The guard dared not conceal the truth and told him what he had heard.
"Hiss hiss hiss, this..."
"What a ruthless strategist, Li Ru! This guy really dares to take action. Flying Hero Pass had more than a million men, and he actually wiped them all out!"
"We must be careful of this man in the future. He treats everyone else like dirt for the sake of victory, which shows that he is even more dangerous than those military generals."
Everyone gasped, a hint of fear creeping into their eyes. This Li Ru was simply too outrageous!
As Zhennan, Flying Hero Pass, along with the decisive battle that Nan Ke was to wage there, increased the army and laborers of Great Liang, bringing the total number of people to at least two or three million.
Li Ru's move was truly ruthless.
One minister, somewhat incredulous, couldn't help but retort, "How is that possible? Aren't the scholars of Great Liang supposed to be gentle, refined, and peace-loving, even afraid to kill a chicken?"
This isn't just killing chickens, it's practically killing the entire nation.
"Hmm, who told you that scholars wouldn't dare kill a chicken? Do you have some misunderstanding about scholars?" Morandi said irritably upon hearing this.
He dared not speak for other scholars, but this time in Great Liang he had his eyes opened and saw what a scholar truly was.
There were indeed some who actually studied there, but those few scholars in the Great Liang court were all terrifying.
It is said that Zhang Juzheng killed nearly 100,000 people without batting an eye in order to implement his land system.
Jia Xu was ruthless and cruel, having tricked himself many times. And Guo Jia was as cunning as a fox, constantly scheming against him.
These people are all educated, but none of them can be called kind.
Upon hearing this, Abaddon immediately thought of Lin Yi, the emperor of the Great Liang Dynasty, a fellow who was even younger than himself.
This guy always talks about peace and benevolence, but when it comes to killing, he shows no mercy and is ruthless in his actions.
Clearly, the scholars of Great Liang were different!
After a long silence, Prime Minister Adolf spoke up, saying in a deep voice, "What matters is not how Li Ru, this scholar, is. What matters is that this reveals the attitude of the Great Liang, which is extremely unfriendly to foreign powers!"
In the eyes of the Great Liang, people from other countries are probably not human; that's the most terrifying thing!
These words caused an uproar.
This statement may sound absurd, but upon closer examination, it actually makes some sense.
If it weren't for the attitude of the Emperor of Great Liang, Li Ru wouldn't have dared to act so recklessly, even if he Baozi. To put it bluntly, the root of the problem still lies with Lin Yi.
This guy probably had his eye on their territory from the very beginning.
"In that case, once Zhennan falls, there will be no more obstacles on the westward advance of Great Liang, and they will probably come after us very soon," a minister in the crowd said with a solemn expression.
Zhennan, a formidable force in the southwest, is now on the verge of being wiped out by Great Liang. The strength of Great Liang is simply astonishing.
In less than a month, Zhennan, a country no weaker than the Great West Empire, couldn't hold out. Such strength is simply outrageous.
If Zhennan is destroyed, the next targets will be the Frostwest Empire and the Great West Empire, which is not good news.
" Great Liang!"
The crowd's expressions turned grim, and they couldn't help but feel worried.
The military dominance displayed by the Great Liang was simply terrifying; it swept across the entire East, leaving no rivals whatsoever.
If such a ruthless character were to come to the West, the heavens would surely be stained with blood.
Although there is the Frostwest Empire next door, this Frostwest Empire is not very reliable either. The Great West Empire may soon face the Great Liang.
Adding the Land of the Far West, the Great West is truly caught between a rock and a hard place.
"No matter what, we absolutely cannot let this happen!"
Abaddon also felt immense pressure. If Great Liang were to deploy all its forces to the west, the west would truly become a hell on earth.
He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, " Alusi, go and inform those small countries that have contacted us that the Grand Western Alliance is inevitable."
If we let Lin Yi run rampant any longer, we'll become the next Zhennan!
If necessary, we can make some promises to them to get them to join our alliance quickly.
With strength in numbers, the West must act in unison to avoid being defeated one by one, given the threats from Great Liang and the Land of the Far West.
If they concentrate their efforts, even the mighty Great Liang cannot defy fate.
"Your Majesty is wise. Even we are feeling the pressure right now, and those small countries are like ants on a hot plate. If we give them a little benefit, they will dare not disobey."
Morandi's eyes lit up; now was the time to truly put the league on the table.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, even if those smaller countries were somewhat dissatisfied, they would choose to submit in the face of the crisis of annihilation.
After all, under the dual oppression of the Land of the Far West and the Great Liang, their survival was harder than climbing to heaven.
Great West gave them a chance, and they dared not refuse.
Abaddon nodded slightly but did not speak, his gaze fixed on the Land of the Far West.