Chapter 616: Sword Pointing to Lingnan

And at this time, the crowd of Sui Kingdom generals had also all died in battle, and even He Ruodong was beheaded by Hou Cheng.

At this time, on the entire battlefield, there was only the battle of Huang Yaoshi, Zhou Botong, Lai Hu'er, and He Ruobi.

Seeing their entire army wiped out and their subordinates all dead in battle, Lai Hu'er and He Ruobi also saw their fighting spirit drop instantly.

"Finished! All finished!"

"An army of four hundred thousand, just like that, was buried by this General; I am a sinner of the Great Sui!"

Lai Hu'er's eyes were red, and he roared angrily toward the sky.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Botong seized the opportunity, used his self-created martial technique, the Thirty-Six Empty Bright Fists, defeated Lai Hu'er, and successfully beheaded Lai Hu'er.

The Great Sui's Upper General, an expert at the third heaven of the Martial King realm, just like that, died in battle outside Xuancheng.

And Huang Yaoshi also took advantage of He Ruobi's distraction to successfully behead him.

Very quickly, this battle that took place outside Xuancheng ended with the result of the Sui army being completely wiped out.

And the people from the major factions who were watching this great battle from afar also left rapidly; they wanted to transmit this news back at the first opportunity.

The Sui Kingdom's army of four hundred thousand was completely wiped out, and the two Martial King realm experts Lai Hu'er and He Ruobi were even dead in battle.

If this news were transmitted out, it would definitely shock the world.

Since the founding of the Sui Kingdom, it had never suffered such losses!

Sensing those onlookers leaving, Lü Bu and the others did not pay attention to them.

At this time, they still had to hurry to clean up the battlefield and dispose of the Sui army captives!

Three hours later, the area outside Xuancheng had already been cleaned up; if it weren't for the thick bloody smell still lingering in the air, one could not tell at all that a great battle had just taken place here.

At night, in the City Lord's Manor of Xuancheng Commandery, the crowd of Great Han civil and military officials were all gathered together.

"Hou Cheng, tell this General and all the adults about our army's losses!"

Hearing Lü Bu's words, Hou Cheng cupped his fists and said solemnly to the crowd:

"Reporting to the General and all adults, this time our army wiped out three hundred thousand Sui troops; our army had a total of five hundred and twenty-seven people injured, and not a single person died in battle!"

"And these injured soldiers were mostly injured by the force generated by the collision of Martial Ancestor realm experts; they only need to recuperate for a while!"

Hearing this, everyone nodded; as long as no one died in battle, they could accept it.

After all, on the battlefield, no one could guarantee that there would be no casualties.

"Not bad, distribute the healing pills; you must ensure the soldiers recover as quickly as possible!" Lü Bu said solemnly.

"Please rest assured, General; this subordinate has already distributed the healing pills at the first opportunity!" Hou Cheng responded immediately upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Lü Bu also nodded with satisfaction and subsequently asked Guo Jia again:

"Military Advisor, now that we have completely started a war with the Sui Kingdom, where are we attacking next?"

Hearing this, the gazes of the others also turned toward Guo Jia.

Seeing the gazes of the crowd all looking at him, Guo Jia stood up, came to the map, pointed to a place, and said to the crowd:

"Everyone, our next target is here!"

Everyone looked at the place Guo Jia pointed to, and after seeing it clearly, they all revealed looks of surprise.

The position Guo Jia pointed to was written with the two characters "Lingnan."

One must know that Lingnan is the territory of the Song Valve, one of the four great valve families in the Sui-Tang world.

And its Valve Lord, Song Que, is even hailed as the world's number one blade, known as the Heavenly Blade, with incomparably powerful strength.

Toward the Song Valve, they were not afraid, but they did not expect that they would be attacking Lingnan so soon, which surprised them quite a bit.

"Military Advisor, wanting to take Lingnan, one must solve the Lingnan Song Family; the head of this Song Family, Song Que, is a famous expert of the current age, and his strength has long reached the Martial Emperor realm."

"And the others of the Song Family are also not weak; with our current strength, wanting to face this behemoth of the Song Family is still a bit difficult, right!"

Lü Bu said to Guo Jia with a solemn expression.

"That's right, Military Advisor! This Song Family, not to mention the Martial Emperor expert Song Que, just Song Que's younger brother Song Zhi—his strength has also reached the Martial King eighth heaven; none of us can handle him!"

Hearing Lü Bu's words, the crowd also nodded one after another, echoing.

Facing the questioning gazes of Lü Bu and the others, Guo Jia smiled confidently and explained to the crowd:

"I naturally know the situation you all mentioned, but you must not forget that we still have Lord Ao Huang!"

"And Lord Ao Huang is currently at the third heaven of the Martial Emperor realm; this strength has already reached the strongest cultivation of this world."

"Plus Lord Ao Huang's identity as a member of the Dragon Race, his combat power can even contend with experts at the sixth heaven of the Martial Emperor realm."

"And that Song Que only has the cultivation of the second heaven of the Martial Emperor realm; how could he be Lord Ao Huang's opponent!"

"And my idea is that this time attacking Lingnan, we don't need the army to go and suppress it, but rather ask Lord Ao Huang to lead Feng and the others to go."

"For a person like Song Que, as long as he can be defeated in strength, the probability of successfully subduing him is still very high!"

"And as long as Song Que submits to our Great Han, then we will have two Martial Emperor realm experts, and the progress of attacking the Sui-Tang will also be much faster!"

After Guo Jia finished speaking, everyone nodded in relief; if it were like this, it would truly be possible to subdue the Song Valve.

"And General Lü, you can just take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to Liyang Commandery."

"At this time, Liyang Commandery is only guarded by Zhao Yuankai's army of one hundred thousand; I assume he must have already known the news of the four hundred thousand Sui troops being wiped out."

"If Zhao Yuankai does not want to die, as long as our army attacks Liyang Commandery, he definitely will not resist; he will likely submit to us."

"After all, if he flees without a fight and loses Liyang Commandery, Yang Guang will not let him off easily!"

"Therefore, I guess Zhao Yuankai's will to resist will not be too strong; as long as we promise him some benefits, I am certain he will definitely submit to our Great Han!"

After finishing, Guo Jia exuded a confident aura, as if everything was under control.

At this time, after hearing Guo Jia's entire strategy, everyone looked at him with full admiration.

Worthy of being the Military Advisor of the Great Han Empire; it can be said that he truly has a plan for every contingency!

"Military Advisor has great talent; we admire you!"

Lü Bu, Feng Qingyang, and the others all said to Guo Jia with sincere admiration.

Very quickly, everyone followed Guo Jia's strategy and began to implement it.

And Ao Huang was also about to appear in the Sui-Tang world for the first time after crossing the world.

Lü Bu, at the first opportunity, led two hundred thousand Shenwu Army soldiers, crossed the Yangtze River, and headed toward Liyang Commandery. ===== CHAPTER 617 =====