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Chapter 62 Driving straight in, bones littering the fields (Humble request to continue reading)
Chen Ye's heart stirred, but he showed no emotion on his face, simply accepting the order in a deep voice.

"As you command, I obey!"

He couldn't understand Bai Yuege's intentions, but one thing he was clear about was that this woman only valued one thing: worth.

Perhaps in her view, her brute strength was her greatest asset.

After the appointment was made, Bai Yuege didn't say another word. He waved for Chen Ye to leave and continued studying the sand table.

Before dawn the next day, the army set off again.

This time, the target is the capital of the Great Liang Kingdom!
With Xiang Wu killed in battle and tens of thousands of his main army wiped out, the Great Liang Kingdom is now like a tiger with its teeth pulled out, its gates wide open and no longer able to defend itself.

In the early stages of the war, things went more smoothly than expected.

Bai Yuege led his army on a long march, conquering cities and seizing territories, and was invincible.

However, Chen Ye's heart sank lower and lower each day.

Because Bai Yuege's methods were simply too cruel.

After capturing a city, if the defending troops put up even the slightest resistance, the authorities would immediately order a massacre, leaving no one alive.

Even when passing by a small sect, they slaughtered the entire sect simply because the sect did not open its doors and offer money and food immediately.

In an instant, rivers of blood flowed and fields were littered with bones.

On this day, Chen Ye stood under the tall commander's flag, looking at the city engulfed in flames in the distance, smelling the thick, pungent stench of blood in the air, and felt a chill run down his spine.

He finally understood what Wang Xing meant when he said the Bai family were all madmen.

In Bai Yuege's eyes, there is nothing but victory.

For the sake of efficiency and deterrence, she could wield the butcher's knife against any living being without hesitation.

Under Bai Yuege's bloody oppression, countless towns either chose to surrender unconditionally, or fled en masse, while the rest chose to fight to the death.

At the same time, various martial arts sects and families put aside their grudges and united against a common enemy, forming an allied force to constantly harass the army's supply lines and rear.

But Bai Yuege remained unmoved. She had only one principle: anyone who dared to block her way was an enemy.

Since they're the enemy, there's nothing more to say; just crush them.

And so the army marched westward, leaving scorched earth in its wake.

As for those martial arts heroes who tried to harass them, they were crushed before they could even make a ripple.

Even worse, some martial arts masters joined forces to try to assassinate Bai Yuege, but they were ambushed before they could even reach the edge of the commander's tent. They fell into the iron net and were riddled with arrows.

After crushing all resistance along the way, the army of Dayong besieged the capital of Daliang.

Looking at the towering, sturdy city walls and the densely packed garrison on the city walls, Chen Ye knew that the real battle was about to begin.

As expected, on the first day of the siege, the army suffered heavy losses under the dense rain of arrows and rolling logs and stones from the city walls.

The capital of Daliang was a magnificent city built with the combined strength of the entire nation over several decades. Its walls were so thick that they could not be easily breached by human power.

Furthermore, the city has stockpiled enough grain to last for several years, so attempting to break through it in a short time is nothing short of wishful thinking.

The war has reached a stalemate.

But the real trouble has only just begun.

Although the Great Liang Kingdom has lost its main force, its centuries-old foundation remains, especially within its capital, which is a place where hidden talents abound.

Almost all the elite forces of the Great Liang martial arts world gathered here, launching endless assassinations and harassment.

Initially, it was just small-scale activity; some second- or third-rate martial arts practitioners, relying on their light-footed skills, tried to infiltrate the military camp to assassinate soldiers.

The result, naturally, was that they never returned.

But soon the assassins' levels began to rise rapidly, and second-rate and even first-rate masters began to appear.

On the busiest day, Bai Yuege's command tent was attacked by three waves of assassination attempts. For a time, the entire military camp was filled with a tense atmosphere.

However, as the assassination target, Bai Yuege appeared unusually calm, even... somewhat enjoying it.

She seemed to really enjoy the feeling of walking on the edge of life and death.

Then she gave an order that sent chills down everyone's spine.

The bodies of the fallen soldiers and prisoners were all thrown into the moats surrounding Luoyang.

Luoyang was built along the water, and most of the city's residents drew their drinking water from these rivers.

Bai Yuege's move was tantamount to cutting off the fuel supply at the root of the problem.

Soon, the clear river water became murky, and rotting corpses floated on the surface, their stench carried by the wind into Luojing City.

Although the well water in the city was still drinkable, it was far from enough for a megacity that housed hundreds of thousands of people.

This move was extremely ruthless, which fueled the increasingly frenzied resistance within Luojing City, leading to a willingness to assassinate Bai Yuege at any cost.

But Bai Yuege remained firmly seated in the central command, spending her days strategizing on the sand table, as if everything outside was irrelevant to her.

As for Chen Ye, his task was similar to before: to protect the central army's banner.

The importance of the banner goes without saying. Chen Ye understood that once those people realized they couldn't assassinate Bai Yuege in a short time, they would definitely turn their attention to this banner.

After all, if the great banner could be cut off, it would also have the effect of shaking the morale of the army.

Therefore, he has been guarding the banner almost every step of the way for the past few days, just waiting for people to come.

That night, a somber atmosphere filled the military camp.

Chen Ye sat in a corner not far away, watching the surrounding movements while stuffing handfuls of beef jerky into his mouth.

Now his appetite has reached an astonishing level. Sometimes he gets hungry again right after eating, so Chen Ye keeps stuffing food into his mouth whenever he has time.

Suddenly, his ears twitched slightly.

He heard a slight disturbance.

somebody is coming.

Chen Ye stuffed the beef jerky in his hand into his mouth, then looked coldly into the darkness in the distance.

He could sense an aura approaching at an incredible speed; the other party's lightness skill was clearly extremely high, and their figure blended perfectly into the night.

If Chen Ye hadn't had extensive experience in nighttime surveillance, he might never have been discovered.

Soon, the figure arrived in front of the great banner.

The man was overjoyed, feeling that victory was within reach. He thought that as long as he could cut down the banner and with the cooperation of others, even if he couldn't defeat the Dayong army, he could at least temporarily lift the siege of Luoyang.

At that time, he would be a hero praised by all people.

Just as this person was immersed in his own fantasy, a lazy voice came from behind him.

"Friend, what are you doing here so late at night instead of sleeping?"

The man was struck dumb, but being very experienced, he did not turn around and instead charged straight ahead.

Not only that, but as he charged forward, he also threw a handful of hidden weapons backward.

Surprisingly, all of these hidden weapons missed their target.

At the same time, Chen Ye dodged the hidden weapons to the side, then took a step down, and with a loud bang, the ground shook violently. Immediately afterwards, he was launched into the air like a cannonball.

"Since you're not going to say anything, then stay here."

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(End of this chapter)