Chapter 2130

The Panlong Wasteland is also a boundless plain; when Panlong City's strength was still insufficient, the Great Wind Army, Panlong Army, and the armies of Balin and Xianyou had been entangled on the wasteland for over a decade, developing all kinds of elaborate tactics.

Although some of these tactics were still beyond the Dragon God Army's execution due to lack of coordination and intensity, He Lingchuan first selected simple, quick-to-learn ones for drilling, and within two or three months they could perform them adequately.

This was the first blow the Ya Army suffered.

The second blow, needless to say, was the debut of the special weapons.

The Dragon God Army carried these killing implements into the territory; for eight days of fighting at the front they were not needed, but they were unleashed at the Battle of Baiqiuyuan precisely to achieve a stunning, one-strike victory!

This is a place Ya State cannot afford to lose and must seize; if troops are sent, they must inevitably send their elite.

To prevent the Dragon God Army from trampling the holy land, Ya State dispatched nine senior generals, leading 120,000 elite troops to intercept.

He Lingchuan carefully planned, dividing Baiqiuyuan into five battlefields, assigning his twelve senior generals to lure and divide the enemy forces sequentially, each fighting separately.

He himself also took the field in the main battlefield, and personally beheaded the Ya generals, the Ge brothers!

The Ya Army, long renowned for its tenacity, collapsed upon hearing of the death of its commander-in-chief.

The rout in the main battlefield quickly spread to the entire front.

That night the Ya Army suffered a crushing defeat, with heavy casualties, and was forced to withdraw from Baiqiuyuan.

Four Ya senior generals died on the spot, including the Ge brothers; their opponents were no longer the former rural militia, but part of the Black Armor Army, and the Dragon God Army that had participated in the Battle of Eliminating Yao and undergone rigorous training.

The grudge on the battlefield was finally repaid on the battlefield.

Another Ke Lin tribe senior general was wounded and captured.

The Dragon God Army successfully seized the Ke Lin tribe's holy land, and by the evening of the next day, the Baiqiuyuan battlefield was still not fully cleared.

After the military council, Dong Rui came to He Lingchuan to claim credit: "Your younger brother has already been settled."

He Lingchuan was reading the battle report without looking up: "Thank you."

Dong Rui also noticed the sand table simulation on the desk, and pointed casually: "Hey, why not attack this place?"

He Lingchuan glanced: "No attack."

"I thought you wanted to conquer the entire Ya State and rename it Ya Province." Such deeds, the Nine Abyssal Emperor has also done not a little.

Is he not the one who swept across the Flash Gold Plains so arrogantly?

He Lingchuan laughed: "Since even you think so, Ya State will believe it all the more."

"What then should we do next?" The Dragon God Army arrived here with mighty force, having even occupied the holy land of the people's main tribe. If Dong Rui were the Ya King, he would now be gritting his teeth.

"Wait, and meanwhile rest for a few days." The army has been campaigning hard for so long, fighting all the way. Having finally reached this fine place at Baiqiuyuan, should we not rest and replenish our vitality?

Also, to give external forces time to consider and react.

By this point, He Lingchuan shifted tone: "By the way, when we return triumphantly to Cangyan, what souvenir should we bring?"

Souvenir? Dong Rui blinked, blurted: "Ya State has nothing else, but the yellow goats are delicious, especially the goat shank; stewed with hawthorn in a red braise, that little flavor is truly tantalizing!"

He Lingchuan laughed helplessly: "Is your mind only on food? I asked because we cannot leave Baiqiuyuan empty-handed; we must take something to prove we were here!"

This time Dong Rui understood, letting out a long "Oh": "Also right, this is indeed a holy land of tourism. Hmm, let me think..."

His eyes rolled back and forth, then he suddenly snapped his fingers: "Ah, got it—the white holy stone in the lake!"

The Holy Spring Valley is the center of Baiqiuyuan, and the white lake stone in the pool is again a key landmark of the holy spring!

"Taking this white holy stone, Ya State will surely be driven mad with rage!"

He Lingchuan also clapped his hands: "Still got to be you, vicious. I asked the other generals; whatever they answered, only you and Lu Qiuwei had the idea of aiming for the lake stone."

Dong Rui rolled his eyes.

He Lingchuan spoke quite bluntly, implying a withdrawal of troops.

"Hey, if you want to withdraw troops, why not do it now? In a few days, Ya State's army will grow stronger, and if we want to return home we'll still have to carve a blood path out."

We are on their turf; Ya State's reinforcements will surely come from all directions.

"Five days." He Lingchuan held up five fingers: "If within seven days our expected news does not arrive, we will carry the holy stone back and place it in my Chixiao Golden Hall!"

"News?" Dong Rui eyed him skeptically: "What mischief are you plotting again?"

"If the news does not come, we will return home immediately without delay!" He Lingchuan smiled mysteriously, "If the news does come, we will have a chance to expand our gains!"

"Expand our gains?" Dong Rui stroked his chin, "Pushing further toward Ya State's capital would likely be very difficult, and you also have no intention of doing so, huh... could it be you're just trying to intimidate Ya State?"

Are you planning to bluff with a show of force?

He Lingchuan shrugged his shoulders.

Dong Rui naturally did not believe: "Ya State is famed for its ferocity; shouldn't they fight to the bitter end, resist to the end?"

He Lingchuan laughed and scolded: "Which side are you actually on?"

"Or maybe this is possible, right?"

He Lingchuan put down his pen: "If Ya State truly could fight to the bitter end, why did they compromise in the two previous invasions by the Mu Army? The Mu Army's two prior attacks were not even as deep as our incursion this time."

"Um..." Dong Rui thought, "Ya State could compromise with Mu State, but not necessarily bow to us."

What position does Mu State hold, that it could wrestle with Bekka as equals, not being an ordinary state?

Cangyan was recently founded; Ya State not long ago invaded the western Flash Gold region and still accumulated a psychological edge, otherwise they would not boast everywhere, claiming one Ya soldier could beat seven Dragon God soldiers.

Our side wants to subdue Ya State; that difficulty is surely great.

"Has Mu State ever killed four Ya State generals in a single battle and additionally captured another?"

"Um..." Dong Rui's knowledge of local history is not strong, but he feels, "Probably not."

"Has Mu State ever occupied Ya State's Source Holy Land?"

"Probably not either."

"Then on what basis does Ya State fear Mu State more than us?"

Dong Rui was speechless.

"During the pacification of Flash Gold, I saw so-called brave armies, so-called opponents who would resist to the end—I don't know how many there were. In the end, they lacked the tenacity they thought they had."

This sentence hides how much past blood and storm?

Only the truly resilient laugh last; only the truly resilient deserve to sit here!

"Don't worry, Prince Ya's bearing is far more flexible than you imagine."

A truly responsible king's bearing is always varied; he should not stubbornly refuse to admit defeat.

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Moudu, the palace.

Emperor Mou was holding another small meeting. The battle report from Baiqiuyuan, the holy land of Ya State, had just been circulated among the ministers, and everyone's faces were heavy and solemn.

Such a major matter would not be directly brought to the grand court assembly for all officials to comment on—that would be too slow and inefficient—so it was only entrusted to the senior ministers of the small meeting to swiftly discuss and reach a conclusion.