Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2332 Jiang Qian's Fiery Retribution Burns Yue Fei, Two Sons Lost in a Single Day's Rain
Under Jiang Chaoyu's command, the most valiant and skilled warrior was Zhang Xuanliang, the new True God General and God of Fire, who succeeded Lei Zhaohai.

Back then, Zhang Xuanliang, who was besieged by the Four Fierce Warriors and the Eight Great Hammers, seized the initiative in that life-or-death battle.

However, he had already been injured in the siege before this, and even though he had obtained the position of a true god, which allowed him to escape a fatal blow.

However, he still couldn't escape that battle. Jiang Xiaohei struck his horse on the head with a hammer, and after falling off his horse, he was eventually captured alive by the combined efforts of the Four Fierce Warriors and the Eight Great Hammers.

As far as Zhang Xuanliang is concerned, he was originally a general of the Great Qian Dynasty. Whether it was Jiang Mo in the past or Jiang Chaoyu now, he was a prince of the Great Qian Dynasty.

In particular, given that Jiang Chaoyu promised to spare the lives of Jiang Mo's entire lineage, he naturally wouldn't mind sending another member of the royal family to fight for him.

In any case, with the central court leaderless and without a suitable monarch to inherit the throne, wouldn't every prince of the imperial family serve the Great Qian Dynasty?
On the battlefield, even when Huang Pao and Yang Zaixing, two mid-level divine generals, attacked together, they were no match for Zhang Xuanliang.

Even though Yang Zaixing's injuries had not fully healed, Zhang Xuanliang's bravery was still evident.

It wasn't until Ma Sui, another mid-level divine general, joined the fight that the three of them finally managed to stop Zhang Xuanliang.

However, Yang Zaixing, whose previous injuries had not fully recovered, was once again injured by Zhang Xuanliang due to his injuries, which made his condition worse.

However, although Zhang Xuanliang was brave, he also had two great masters, Bai Jiwu and Jiang Xiaohei, to help him.

However, in military confrontations of this scale, individual bravery is insufficient to directly impact the overall situation.

Despite Yue Fei's overwhelming numerical superiority in advancing step by step, Jiang Chaoyu continued to fight and retreat.

Now, Jiang Chaoyu, of all the counties in Yangdong Road, only has the last four counties left.

He didn't even defend Zhennan City, the most central city in Yangdong Road, but instead burned the city before leading his troops away.

As the most central city in Yangdong Road, Jiang Chaoyu didn't lack the will to defend it, but rather the ability to do so; they simply lacked the foundation for defense.

The fierce battle decades ago, plus the one not long ago, combined with these two consecutive battles, resulted in countless deaths and injuries in Zhennan City, from the lowest-ranking commoners to the upper-class nobles.

It can be said that the hatred between the two is something that cannot be washed away.

If Jiang Chaoyu can establish effective rule here for a long time, he can gradually relocate the people here to different places to weaken this hatred.

However, the problem is that he simply doesn't have that time right now.

If he were to defend this city, the entire population would become a source of instability.

Therefore, when Yue Fei's battle lines advanced, Jiang Chaoyu, on the advice of his strategist Bao Shuya, directly abandoned this core city and then used fire attack to make the most of the city's last remaining value.

However, Yue Fei saw through the plan in time, and only a few thousand soldiers were lost.

When the news of the plan to attack Zhennan City with fire spread, the whole world was shocked.

Zhennan City is not a small city, but a large city with hundreds of thousands of people.

Although Jiang Chaoyu had forcibly driven most of the city's residents out under various pretexts before launching this plan.

However, in such a short time, there was simply no way to drive all the people away completely.

Even as the crisis reached its peak, there were still hundreds of thousands of people in the city.

Although Yue Fei saw through the fire attack plan in time and the main force withdrew in time with minimal casualties, he could not possibly save the people in the city at the same time. Throughout history, such a tactic of burning a city is not uncommon, but it is certainly not rare either.

However, even if people resort to such tactics, they are mostly in small county towns with a population of tens of thousands. Who would resort to such a suicidal tactic in a megacity with a population of hundreds of thousands?

The plan to burn a city is not uncommon, but to use such a method in a megacity like this is extremely rare throughout history.

However, Jiang Chaoyu's fire once again burned down half of the foundation of the Ma family in Zhennan.

However, although Jiang Chaoyu's fire ultimately failed, it did not cause significant losses to Yue Fei's troops.

However, they also achieved their goal.

Of the hundreds of thousands of people in Zhennan City, all but those who were burned to death were forcibly driven out.

Now, these hundreds of thousands of people are homeless refugees, and the resettlement of these hundreds of thousands of people alone is enough to give Yue Fei a headache.

Therefore, Jiang Chaoyu also used this method to slow down Yue Fei's advance to some extent, giving himself a chance to catch his breath.

In fact, Jiang Chaoyu was not unaware of the impact of using such methods on him personally, but it was all just a choice made after weighing the pros and cons.

The speed and combat power displayed by the Han Dynasty on the battlefields of attacking Yan and Song exceeded Jiang Chaoyu's expectations.

He could disregard the fact that Yue Fei eventually recaptured Yangdong Road, but he worried that if he couldn't hold onto Yangdong Road, Yue Fei would take the opportunity to invade the interior of Daqian.

Given their internal situation at this time, the Great Qian Dynasty was not suited to go to war with the Great Han Dynasty.

Moreover, his two brothers' progress in China was at a critical juncture at this time, so from any perspective, he had to prevent such a possibility from occurring.

After this incident, it became clear that throughout history, there has never been a shortage of people with an overflowing sense of justice and a passionate, impulsive nature.

Jiang Chaoyu's act of burning down the city has already severely damaged his reputation, especially among the locals of Yangdong, who, as the direct victims, are outraged.

In just one month, there were a total of 73 assassination attempts targeting Jiang Chaoyu or his civil and military officials.

A group of system figures, including Liu Fenyu, Wang Xiaoshi, Yan Nantian, Yan Shisan, Afei, Zhongyuan Yidianhong, and Yi Tianxing, as well as some local experts, including many grandmasters, all participated in this incident.

After all, the vast majority of these people belong to the original Da Cang people.

Especially Yi Tianxing, whose entire Mingjian Manor was involved in the battle of Zhennan City, resulting in the deaths of his father and nephew. Driven by national and personal vendettas, he was naturally willing to do anything to seek revenge.

There's no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days in this world.

Therefore, the lower-ranking civil and military officials under Jiang Chaoyu suffered heavy losses.

In particular, during this incident, even a celestial being intervened to carry out an assassination. Although he did not find an opportunity to assassinate Jiang Chaoyu, he directly killed Jiang Chaoyu's two sons, Jiang Jiu and Jiang Zhu'er, with a single blow.

With a single successful strike, he spread far and wide, giving the Qian army no chance to surround him.

Although it is an unspoken rule that celestial beings are forbidden from assassinating, especially after the recent Second Weishui Alliance, in which representatives of various forces and schools of thought once again jointly signed an agreement.

However, as long as their identities are not exposed, what impact will this have on the Celestial Being who made the move this time?
Since no one knows his identity and no one has seen his true face, even if others wanted to interfere, they couldn't!
Furthermore, if pushed too far, they can simply flee to the Northern Di or the Western Rong.