Chapter 1055: Cannot Do Human

Seeing that the morale of the Ji Army was about to collapse, Xiao Jingyuan finally stopped worrying and ordered the troops to withdraw.

At this moment, the group of Ji State generals finally showed their talent, fighting as they retreated, covering each other, and slowly withdrawing, actually leading the main force out of the fortified zone.

Although there were still losses during the retreat, with the generals suppressing morale, there was no rout, and Cangwu was also suppressing the Qingming artillery with all his might, so the losses of the Ji State army during the retreat were not too heavy.

When the army had retreated seven or eight-tenths, all the gray-clad Dao soldiers turned into blue smoke, flew into the sky, and returned to Cangwu's hands. Looking at the few remaining soldier beans, Cangwu's lips were almost devoid of blood.

During the retreat, the casualties of the ordinary Ji Army warriors were okay, but the casualties of the Dharma Form and Dao Foundation captains were somewhat heavy. Little Wei Yuan did not kill any more Dharma Forms, and those listed as Immortal Phases in the Tai Chu Palace did not deliberately kill either, just doing so incidentally, resulting in the killing of five or six Dharma Forms who resisted stubbornly.

The cultivators had stayed in Qingming for a long time, and they were not short of all kinds of resources, so the demand for Heavenly Merit was not so urgent. Moreover, now nearly half of the exchange materials in the Merit Hall came from Qingming, and the cultivators could take them in Qingming, so they didn't need Heavenly Merit at all.

At the final stage of the battle, Little Wei Yuan and Xiao Jingyuan fought fiercely with shouting for another half an hour, with neither side gaining the upper hand, evenly matched.

With this, the first great battle ended.

After the ceasefire, the Myriad Realms Prosperity summarized the data from all places within a few minutes, obtained the results, formed a report, and handed it to Little Wei Yuan.

In this battle, Qingming suffered fifty thousand casualties, most of whom were new warriors who had been in the army for less than half a year. The casualties of the hundred-battle veterans and template Dao Foundations transferred from Qingming were very limited.

The Ji Army suffered one hundred and fifty thousand casualties, with more deaths than injuries. Excluding those burned by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, the Dao soldiers lost nearly two hundred thousand in total. The Ji Army's casualties were actually less than the Dao soldiers', mainly because the battle was fought oily enough, the advance was slow enough, and the transfer was fast enough.

Of the fifty thousand Qingming casualties, only three thousand were injured at the hands of the Ji Army, and the rest were injured at the hands of the gray-clad Dao soldiers. Although Qingming had many new recruits at this time, they had transferred a large number of hundred-battle veterans as the backbone, as well as numerous template Dao Foundations as captains. Template Dao Foundations were also Dao Foundations, and they were the main force killing the Dao soldiers.

After the great battle, the Ji Army camp was also conducting a post-battle inventory. It was just that after the whole night, all units were still counting in a mess, and the numbers had not even been reported to the captain level.

Although there were no precise casualty figures, the generals were very experienced. After a moment of palpitation, they took another look at the soldiers in the camp and found that many more had returned than expected, and they were overjoyed one by one, as if they had won a great victory.

The surviving Dharma Form generals gathered together and exchanged ideas, and then they all discovered something wrong. This time, the casualties of the troops were generally smaller than expected, and several Dharma Forms also noticed that the cultivators of the Tai Chu Palace had shown mercy and did not use killing moves, so they were able to escape back.

After the exchange, all the Dharma Form generals had strange expressions, and then several high-ranking ones, or those close to Xiao Jingyuan, went to the central army to report together.

But the central army was empty, and all the Master Yu Jing experts were nowhere to be found.

At this moment, in the sky outside the heavens, five Master Yu Jing experts, including Xiao Jingyuan, stood in a row, not daring to breathe.

Cangwu stood above the crowd, his face livid, looking down at them, and said coldly: "The ordinary soldiers only suffered one hundred and fifty thousand casualties, but my Dao soldiers lost two hundred thousand? One of my Dao soldiers is more than enough to resist a hundred of your ordinary soldiers! What kind of rotten battle is this? Everyone is cherishing their feathers, wanting to rely on my Dao soldiers to wipe your asses? A million-strong army was dispatched, did you kill ten thousand people on the opposite side?"

Cangwu's voice was like thunder, shaking several Master Yu Jing experts until they saw stars and their consciousness seas were unstable. Everyone didn't even dare to speak much, even the usually arrogant Embroidered Uniform Guard Superintendent was submissive.

Cangwu became more and more angry as he spoke, waved his big hand, and said: "If tomorrow's battle is still fought this way, then there is no need to fight again! Don't you all want to protect yourselves? Very good, I will strip you of your titles, official positions, and private property of fields and houses. As long as I am alive, none of your relatives and bloodlines will ever think of passing the Dharma Form!"

Several Master Yu Jing experts didn't dare to speak even more. They could be considered to have dominated for half a lifetime, but they didn't expect to be taught a lesson like training grandsons today. But everyone's face was painful and convinced, and no resentment could be seen.

Cangwu's voice turned cold and gloomy, his eyes slanted, and he said: "You all think about it carefully, is your own and your descendants' Dao path important, or are the lives of these ordinary soldiers important! As long as you think clearly and make a choice, I will definitely support you. Get out!!"

With the word "get out," all the cultivators instantly flew back a thousand zhang and returned to the barracks.

Xiao Jingyuan had the elegance of being able to spit on his own face. After standing still, he walked straight to the central army tent.

A figure flashed beside him, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard Superintendent appeared, saying with a fake smile: "General Xiao, your precious sword is not old. You were actually able to fight Little Wei Yuan for half an hour without falling behind. I couldn't even last a stick of incense under Little Wei Yuan's hands. Old General Xiao is such a hero, I must report to the King and reward you heavily!"

Xiao Jingyuan sighed and said: "Superintendent, you are joking. What kind of strength I have, can you not know? Little Wei Yuan just simply wanted to drag me to fight. Don't say half an hour, even if he wanted to fight for a whole day, do I have any room to say no? It's just a cat playing with a mouse. Whether I live or die, and how long it takes, all depends on his mood."

The Superintendent didn't expect Xiao Jingyuan to be so straightforward, so it was not good to mock him anymore, and could only say blandly: "Old General Xiao, I'm afraid you have to explain to Duke Cao why you didn't take action at the beginning. Otherwise, Duke Cao will likely conclude that you refused to save him."

"How is Duke Cao's injury? I will go visit him now."

"Go take a look. Duke Cao lost a small half of his buttocks. I'm afraid he can't be counted on for the great battle in the future."

Guantun New City, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and there were traces of war everywhere on the street. Several blocks had turned into ruins, but several buildings in the center were exceptionally sturdy and well-preserved.

Little Wei Yuan stood in the combat hall on the top floor, with a list in front of him. At the head was the Embroidered Uniform Guard Superintendent, followed by Mo Fentian, third was Xiao Jingyuan, fourth was Duke Wu, fifth was Duke Cao, and there were dozens more behind, all of whom were Master Yu Jing experts of the Ji State.

This list was all the known Master Yu Jing experts of the Ji State, but many were either not under the jurisdiction of the Ji King or were old and frail, long since failing to return to their former strength. ===== CHAPTER 1056 =====