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Chapter 111 - ill Your Contributions Will Surely Go Down in History_i
Chapter 111 - ill Your Contributions Will Surely Go Down in History_i
Chapter 111: Chapter ill Your Contributions Will Surely Go Down in History_i
Translator: 549690339
Lu Chen realized that in the end, he had still underestimated the brutality of war.
Ever since Mu Changtian had led the troops out of the city, he had been waiting on the city tower for Mu Changtian’s return.
But as two hours passed after another, Lu Chen could only hear the sounds of slaughter coming from Wanning Valley, but he did not see Mu Changtian and his men returning.
To be honest, at this point, Lu Chen couldn’t help but start to worry.
Although the Barbarian Army of three hundred thousand had been scattered and seemed to no longer have the capacity to fight, the Barbarians were still Barbarians after all.
Caught in the pincer movement before and after Wanning Valley, it was very likely that the Barbarian Army would desperately fight back.
He was not worried about the Black Cavalry; what concerned him were the tens of thousands of soldiers led by Mu Changtian, most of whom were infantry with relatively few cavalry.
Hopefully, his tens of thousands of soldiers hadn’t all been lost in combat.
With concern, Lu Chen stood silently on the city tower, gazing in the direction of Wanning Valley.
After an indeterminable amount of time, the sky gradually brightened, and before he knew it, an entire night had passed.
At this time, a soldier covered in blood returned to the city wall on horseback. Despite his exhaustion, he excitedly exclaimed, “Prince! We have won!”
“We have slain two hundred thousand Barbarians and captured a hundred thousand!”
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen immediately shouted to the soldiers inside the city, “Open the city gates!”
Following that, the soldier entered the city and came before Lu Chen, saying, “Prince, the battle has ended. General Mo invites you to inspect the aftermath!”
Lu Chen said, “You’ve worked hard; go rest now.”
“For the Prince, for North City, it isn’t hard work!”
It was evident that the soldier was still in a very excited state.
This was the most beautifully fought battle in the history of the Great Xia Dynasty, and as participants in this war, how could they not be excited.
At this time, Lu Chen came down from the city tower and rode directly towards Wanning Valley.
All along the way, Lu Chen saw countless bodies of Barbarian soldiers, and among them occasionally lay some from the North City forces.
Seeing the ground littered with bodies, even Lu Chen, who had killed before, felt quite uncomfortable.
The blood on the ground had even dyed the soil red, the air was filled with a thick scent of blood, and the sky was crowded with flocks of crows circling overhead.
Lu Chen’s expression became very solemn.
Is this war?
Lu Chen continued to advance toward the front of Wanning Valley.
After a while, he noticed the bodies of North City soldiers on the ground were becoming more and more frequent.
As he expected, after Mu Changtian had led the troops out of the city last night, the Barbarian soldiers had retaliated against Mu Changtian’s forces, which was why there were so many bodies of North City soldiers.
With a heavy heart, Lu Chen quickly arrived at where Mu Changtian and his men were located.
The army led by Mu Changtian had already regrouped with the Black Cavalry. The Black Cavalry had surrounded the hundred thousand Barbarian soldiers, who were trembling and squatting on the ground, not daring to move.
Almost all the Barbarian leaders had been killed, and among these hundred thousand Barbarian soldiers, not one was above the sixth rank in the Master Realm.
Lu Chen glanced again at the North City soldiers behind Mu Changtian; there were now less than ten thousand North City soldiers remaining.
Seeing this scene, Lu Chen frowned deeply.
He had still underestimated this war.
He had thought that with the grenade cannons, North City would not suffer heavy casualties, but even with grenade cannons, about twenty thousand North City soldiers had still fallen in battle.
Lu Chen suddenly had a thought, if he had not allowed Mu Changtian to pursue those Barbarian Tribe soldiers outside North City, would those over twenty thousand North City soldiers still be alive?
If he had not ordered the Black Cavalry to cut off the Barbarian Army’s escape route, the Barbarian Army would have surely fled Wanning Valley, and thus they could have defended North City without losing a single soldier.
It was precisely because he wanted to annihilate all thirty thousand soldiers of the Barbarian Army that the North City soldiers suffered casualties.
Lu Chen also realized that by capturing these thirty thousand soldiers, he had laid a solid foundation for the future stable development of North City, ensuring that the Barbarians would not dare to invade the south for a long time to come.
Whether the sacrifice of the North City soldiers was worth it would depend on how North City developed in the future.
At that moment, Lu Chen looked at Xuanyuan Chen and his Black Cavalry again.
Fortunately, the Black Cavalry seemed not to have lost many men. If the cavalry had been wiped out in this war, Lu Chen felt he would probably be filled with regret.
At this time, Mu Changtian, Wenren Lie, and Xuanyuan Chen saw Lu Chen coming and immediately rode over on their horses, then dismounted to pay their respects, saying, “Greetings, Prince.”
Lu Chen nodded, “Rise.”
Then, Mu Changtian excitedly said, “Prince, this is the greatest victory the Great Xia Dynasty has ever had over the Barbarian Tribe in history. Your achievements will surely go down in history!”
Hearing Mu Changtian’s words, Lu Chen did not feel much stirred inside and did not show any sign of happiness.
Mu Changtian was a General; he had led troops to fight the Barbarian Army in the north several times before and was accustomed to the cruelty of war.
Hence, the dead soldiers of North City were merely numbers in his eyes. What he saw was the victory of this war, and so he was very excited.
The North City soldiers who had survived felt the same way. What they saw was the victory of this war and their roles as witnesses to the most fruitful battle in the history of the Great Xia Dynasty’s foreign wars.
Therefore, they were all very excited; their faces showed no sorrow, as if those who died never existed.
Seeing the soldiers so thrilled, Lu Chen did not want to dampen their spirits with his own emotions, and so he said, “This victory is not my victory alone; it belongs to all the generals and soldiers of North City. You shall enter the annals of history with me! Immortalized forever!”
Upon hearing these words, the morale of the soldiers surged even higher, and the voices of the soldiers rang out through Wanning Valley.
“Prince is mighty!!!”
“The Prince will unify the world and command respect from all corners!”
Hearing the soldiers’ cheers, Lu Chen felt a headache coming.
He didn’t know when it started, but in North City, both commanders and ordinary soldiers believed that his ambition was to unify the world.
When had he ever said that he wanted to unify the world?
Announcing the unification of the world at such a time was just asking for trouble. After all, his own father, the Emperor, was still alive; even his father had not claimed he wanted to unify the world, yet a mere Prince was declaring such ambition.
Wasn’t that openly inviting rebellion?
However, Lu Chen did not correct their words, as he did not wish to crush the soldiers’ morale at this time.
Then, Wenren Lie said to Lu Chen, “Prince, we have captured a Barbarian Tribe general.”
Upon saying that, Wenren Lie commanded the soldiers behind him, “Bring him forth.”
The next moment, a soldier led a horse up to Lu Chen. A disheveled, shirtless strong man was sprawled over the horse’s back, looking as if he might already be dead.
Lu Chen immediately used the system to identify him.
[Name: Xiao Pengthian]
[Identity: Grand General of the Sky Wolf King’s Barbarian Tribe, uncle to the Barbarian Princess Xiao Wenyao, captive of the North Prince.]
[Strength: Master Realm (near death)]
[Loyalty: o]