Chapter 1025: Death of the Body, Destruction of the State

"Your Majesty, the armies of Nanzhang and Funanguo have surrendered!"

Just as the Piaoman army fell into chaos and began fleeing north, a Piaoman general suddenly pointed to the east.

The soldiers there were throwing down their weapons, kneeling on the ground, and raising their hands to beg for mercy.

Seeing this scene, Yongya's heart spasmed, and he nearly fainted.

Funan and Nanzhang have surrendered, the Piaoman main force is scattered; the situation is truly lost.

Turning to look south, he hesitated for a moment, but ultimately, like the Piaoman soldiers, he headed toward the Great Swamp. "If it must be so, then let it be fate. If I, Yongya, die in the Great Swamp, then the Piaoman are destined to perish. If I can survive, I will make you, Yan Wang, suffer a life worse than death."

"Rat-tat-tat..."

As the Piaoman fled in a rout toward the Great Swamp, the Vermilion Bird Army's offensive continued.

The Piaoman soldiers were running, and they were in pursuit.

The machine gunners also kept shifting their positions to eliminate as many Piaoman soldiers as possible.

Seeing that the Piaoman could finally no longer resist, generals like Guan Tong revealed smiles.

After this battle, the main force of the Piaoman Kingdom would be destroyed, and what remained would be to sweep across the entire Piaoman territory and bring it under the control of the Vermilion Bird Army.

Moreover, although it had not been finalized, Yan Wang seemed to have hinted at something.

Not just the Piaoman, but in the future, Jiaozhi, Nanzhang, Funan, and even Siam further south would all be placed under the protection of their Vermilion Bird Army, just like the current Western Regions Protectorate and Southern Protectorate.

"Strike while the iron is hot and drive them all into the swamp." Thinking of the future, Guan Tong could not help but feel excited and immediately shouted the order.

As his command went out, the Vermilion Bird Army soldiers abandoned their conservative, step-by-step offensive posture and instead charged forward, holding their Qin-style Rifles, chasing the Piaoman soldiers down.

Driven by the pursuit, the Piaoman soldiers moved continuously southward, and gradually, a swampy area filled with lush weeds and water pits appeared before them.

The swamp stretched from before them all the way to the horizon.

In the swamp, birds gathered in flocks, and frogs, spiders, and centipedes emerged from the grass from time to time.

Even more terrifying were the pythons over ten meters long swimming in the water, and crocodiles gathered in groups, seemingly waiting for prey to come to them.

Everything before their eyes left the Piaoman soldiers stunned.

Many dared not take another step forward.

In truth, they knew very well that the venomous snakes and fierce beasts were not the most terrifying thing; the most terrifying thing in the Great Swamp was the soft, wet mud beneath their feet.

No one knew if they would sink if they stepped on it.

But as more and more soldiers arrived from behind, the sound of gunfire grew closer and closer.

The Piaoman soldiers in front could no longer hold out and rushed into the swamp in a swarm.

Instantly, a horrific scene unfolded.

Some soldiers sank as soon as they passed through shallow water pits; they struggled desperately, but the more they struggled, the deeper they sank.

They cried out loudly for help, but the other soldiers were busy fleeing for their lives and treated them only as pathfinding ghosts, ignoring them entirely.

Some soldiers even stepped directly over them.

These soldiers who had fallen into the swamp soon sank into the mire and disappeared.

And in the vast swamp, this situation was occurring in many places.

Yongya had also arrived at the edge of the swamp by this time.

He looked ahead and saw soldiers constantly sinking into the swamp, disappearing one by one, and his scalp immediately went numb.

The Great Swamp was vast, and it would take days to walk out of it; fleeing into the swamp was practically the same as suicide.

Many Piaoman soldiers had the same thoughts as Yongya.

So, after seeing the miserable state of their comrades, they retreated.

Hesitating for a moment, they ran in the opposite direction.

As they ran, they held their hands high to signal that they had no weapons.

Just like the soldiers of Nanzhang and Funanguo, they decided to surrender.

The Vermilion Bird Army soldiers ignored these surrendering soldiers and continued to hunt down those who were fleeing.

Because many Piaoman soldiers hesitated before the Great Swamp.

This made the soldiers at the edge of the swamp appear very dense.

Clearly, this was the best target for them.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Raising their rifles, the Vermilion Bird soldiers stood behind the Piaoman soldiers and fired continuously, just like an execution.

Under their offensive,

More and more Piaoman soldiers chose to surrender.

Of course, there were also soldiers who were forced to grit their teeth and rush into the swamp.

Yongya hesitated for a long time, watching the soldiers behind him die one after another; he swallowed hard and, emboldened, rode his horse into the swamp.

At this moment, he had only three generals by his side; the other generals had all scattered.

Seeing Yongya enter the swamp, two of them followed.

But one general suddenly dismounted, rushed toward the Great Song army, and chose to surrender.

As time passed, the number of soldiers at the edge of the swamp dwindled, as they were either shot or chose to surrender.

At this time, the Vermilion Bird Army soldiers arrived at the front of the swamp and looked at the Piaoman soldiers struggling within.

Because the swamp was muddy, it was extremely difficult to traverse.

The Piaoman soldiers who had entered the swamp first had not even made it past five li.

The closer Piaoman soldiers were still two or three hundred meters away.

However, the Vermilion Bird Army soldiers did not fire again, but instead passed telescopes to one another to observe them, letting them perish in the swamp one by one.

Before they were stationed in Yunzhou, many of them did not even know what the Piaoman were, nor could they speak of any hatred toward them.

But after coming into contact with the people of Yunzhou, they finally understood how detestable the Piaoman were.

In the memory of the locals, the Piaoman were just like the Northern Di to the subjects of Yan Wang; fear was carved into their very bones.

Because they might invade Yunzhou at any time to slaughter and plunder the common people.

Because of them, countless Yunzhou families were broken and destroyed, wives and children scattered, and loved ones torn apart.

Since they dared to brandish their butcher knives at the Song People, they should have expected today.

The fighting gradually ceased, and Guan Tong also arrived at the edge of the swamp.

Picking up the telescope, he scanned the area and soon discovered Yongya, who was riding a horse and struggling to move forward through the swamp.

When the Piaoman and the Vermilion Bird Army first engaged in battle, he had already taken note of Yongya.

Through the confessions of captives, he confirmed that this man was the Emperor of the Piaoman Kingdom.

Picking up the telescope to continue observing, after about a quarter of an hour, Yongya's warhorse suddenly stopped moving, its entire body struggling incessantly, as if it had fallen into the mire.

Yongya immediately jumped off the warhorse, rolling and crawling to get away.

Immediately after, he waded through the swamp with unsteady steps.

Before he had even walked a hundred meters, he also sank into the mire.

Although he struggled incessantly and called out to the surrounding soldiers for help, no one paid him any mind at all.

His body was thus gradually swallowed by the mire, until it disappeared from sight.

Observing this scene, Guan Tong let out a cold laugh.

Turning around, he ordered the generals of the Vermilion Bird Army to clear the battlefield, and at the same time sent men back to Yunzhou to report the battle situation to Yan Wang via telegraph.

The next day.

He ordered a portion of the soldiers to escort the captives back to Yunzhou for detention.

Immediately after, he led the main army to continue south.

The main force of the Piaoman had been annihilated, and what remained would only be empty cities.

He wanted to take down the Piaoman before the Westerners could react.

After all, compared to Jiaozhi, the location of the Piaoman Kingdom was even more important.

Because to the west of the Piaoman Kingdom lay Tianzhu.

The southernmost tip of the Piaoman Kingdom was like a tail, extending all the way to the northern shore of Malacca.

Therefore, as long as the Piaoman Kingdom was pacified, the decisive battle with the Western Lands Allied Forces would be on the agenda.

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