C25 (1/2)

The 3000 broken tribes were mercilessly slaughtered by the Divine Edge. War had no justice, only victory. When facing enemies, one could only kill them.

”Young master, it's bad, the Ling Yun Army is coming back.” Gu Wu rushed in with the latest report.

Now that all the troops had entered the jade door, Qiao Nan sat inside the general's manor.

”What's going on? Isn't Ling Yun's army trapped in the Howling Tiger Canyon? ”

Qiao Nan held the war report in his hand, and could not believe his eyes.

Could it be that Dugu Heng's army of a few hundred thousand soldiers were all pigs? They did not surround Lingyun's army.

”Reporting to General Zuo.” A few soldiers were carrying a stretcher, and on it laid a person. It was Zuo Qianjun.

He was covered in blood, and there were a few short arrows on his chest. One of his eyes had been pierced by the arrows; it was a shocking sight to behold.

”Young master, your subordinate is incompetent.” The moment Zuo Qianjun opened his mouth, a large amount of blood spewed out from his mouth. Qiao Nan indicated for him to not speak and let him rest well, then immediately sent for the soldiers that came with Zuo Qianjun to question him.

”Speak, what happened? How did Lingyun Army manage to break through the Howling Tiger Canyon? ”

Qiao Nan asked himself, even if Ling Yun's army could break through the Tiger Roar Sky Extremely, it wouldn't be this fast.

According to Qiao Nan's predictions, with Zuo Qianjun and Dugu Heng attacking from the front and back, Ling Yun's army should have been defeated.

Zuo Qianjun felt that it was unbelievable that out of the five thousand soldiers under his command, only thirteen of them had returned.

”Reporting to Young Lord, we are guarding the Howling Tiger Canyon, Lingyun army can't get here, we have tried multiple times, but none of them succeeded, so we could only retreat. When the imperial army arrived, they said that they wanted to reinforce us, but they ended up killing us. The men and soldiers were crying like children.

They had never expected that the people waiting for them would be reinforcements from the imperial government. They had never imagined that it would be a massacre from their own people.

”What?” Are you sure it's the army of the Chu Kingdom? ”

Lin Hai couldn't believe his ears. Zuo Qianjun and the rest were actually wiped out by the Chu Kingdom's army.

Could it be that the enemy was still playing tricks on him?

”There is no doubt about it, Chu Kingdom's army. This subordinate will never forget the word 'Dugu' on the banner.”

One of them gnashed his teeth so hard that blood was about to come out from his mouth.

They had long known that the person leading the army sent by the imperial government was the Divine Might General Dugu Heng. Zuo Qianjun had personally paid respects to him and confirmed that it was indeed the Chu army.

”Do you really want to put me to death like this!?” Qiao Nan's face was pale white. He had never thought that the Chu Kingdom would actually do such a despicable thing.

Looks like the condition for letting Lingyun Army leave is my Qiao family.

Qiao Nan felt a chill in his heart, was this the country his father was risking his life to protect?

”Pass down the order, everyone leave the Jade Gate. Quickly.” ”Immediately!”

Lingyun's army had passed through the Howling Tiger Canyon, and they were not far from the Jade Gate Pass.

”Young master, General Zuo, he …”

”What happened to General Zuo?” Qiao Nan roared.

”General Zuo, he … he's gone!” The soldier couldn't help but cry out loud.

Zuo Qianjun was severely injured, but he was still unable to endure it.

Qiao Nan's eyes became slightly red, and tears faintly flickered in his eyes.

”Young master.” Uncle Zhang lightly patted his shoulder to cheer him up, this was not the time for him to cry.

The soldiers and soldiers were all looking at him. He could not fall down. He could be strong, not only for himself, but for his subordinates as well.

Qiao Nan nodded, forcing down her tears.

He personally placed Zuo Qianjun's body on his horse and started to walk out of the jade door.

At this moment, the three hundred thousand strong Lingyun army was in a defensive formation, blocking the jade door so that not even a drop of water could leak out.

”Young Master, the Ling Yun Army has already formed a encirclement, breaking through the encirclement would not be easy.”

Breaking through the three hundred thousand strong army with less than thirty thousand soldiers was simply a joke.

”You two stay behind, I will personally go see the Ling Yun Marshal. General Zuo, if I return, I will personally dress you in mourning. ”

Qiao Nan put down Zuo Qianjun's body, and bowed deeply.

He originally thought that Ling Yun's army wouldn't arrive so quickly, but he never expected that their speed would far exceed his imagination.

”Young Lord, we are willing to die with you!”

All the soldiers kneeled on the ground. Tens of thousands of soldiers were cowardly.

”Qiao Nan is useless, and has let the soldiers down.”

He brought everyone out, but unfortunately, he didn't have the chance to bring them back.

”We will follow the Young Lord without any regrets. We will not rest until we die!” The three armies roared in unison.

”I, Qiao Nan, give my last order, in my capacity as marshal, you all are to leave this jade gate safe and sound, regardless of whether I return or not. You all are not to return to Tianwu City.”

”Young Lord!”

Qiao Nan laughed miserably, but only Lin Hai could feel that within that smile, there was helplessness, and that he was more than unwilling to part with her.