The sudden raging fire separated the armies of the two countries!
At the same time, a deafening roar erupted from the top of the Fortress of Resilience.
It was a roar of joy.
It was a roar of farewell to their comrades.
"Brothers, do you see this? All of you did not die in vain! These hundreds of thousands of Dongxuan soldiers are all buried with you! They are all sacrifices that our brothers have sent to you! We shall not go to the underworld alone, we shall walk together with the enemy! "
Wang Dingguo howled into the sky, hot tears rolling down his cheeks.
Qiu Jianhan's lips trembled as tears streamed down his cheeks.
"Why should I hesitate to sacrifice my body to face the national crisis today? I am a man of Yutang in life and a soul of Yutang in death! If there's a next life, I shall be a brave warrior again, strengthen Yutang's heart, and be Yutang's army again! "
"Brothers, all of you are great! I, Qiu Jianhan, have no regrets in dying without regrets to be able to fight with all of you in this lifetime! To be able to die with all of you is even more honorable, an honor indeed! "
"I hope that all of you will wait for me. When this old man deals a heavy blow to Han Sanhe at the west gate, I shall reunite with all of you! "
"The road to the underworld is long, there are many enemies accompanying us. How can we lack a leader?"
"Millions of loyal souls should still be here, the army of the underworld is still in formation. Only waiting for this old man to sound the war drums and slaughter all of Dongxuan's souls!"
Qiu Jianhan hollered, "Retreat! Retreat at full speed! "
Wang Dingguo let out a long howl.
Countless Yutang soldiers retreated from the top of the fort like a receding tide.
Qiu Jianhan mounted his horse and did not look back. "Leave the fort!"
Behind him, the fire burned thousands of feet into the sky. The entire top of the Fortress of Resilience was already in shambles; the outermost part of the outer wall had already been burnt to a crisp.
The Fortress of Resilience that had been renowned throughout the world for decades, known as an impregnable fortress, could no longer live up to its name and no longer existed!
Amidst the fire, the struggles of the hundreds of thousands of Dongxuan soldiers grew weaker until only the crackling sound of burning could be heard.
A fire, a fire that had been set up for many days, had actually cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Dongxuan soldiers!
On the other side, Yutang's soldiers retreated from the top of the wall at a frightening speed, one after the other, like specters.
In an extremely short time, the Fortress of Resilience was empty; it was like an empty city.
Qiu Jianhan led the last fifty thousand men out of the city in a single file. There were so many of them, but they did not make any noise at all!
Even the fluttering flags were neat and tidy, without the slightest bit of disorder!
Many soldiers carried a military flag, their heads held high and their chests puffed out. However, there was no one else beside him!
There should have been a few hundred or even a few thousand people under the flag, but now there was only one person left. He carried the tattered flag with his head held high and chest puffed out.
It was as if his brothers had never left. They were still in the formation, accompanying him as he marched silently!
He was still here, the flag was still here, how could the brothers who stood under this flag not be here?!
This kind of military flag could be seen everywhere among the troops leaving the city.
A soldier, holding the military flag high, was clearly bleeding from his chest, and his injuries were severe. In spite of this, he continued to march forward with his head held high, his chest puffed out, as if he did not feel anything.
The brothers beside him wanted to help out of goodwill, but they were glared at by the soldier.
My brother, I am the only one who can carry our banner!
Only I can carry it, it means that there are still people in our formation!
We don't need help!
The sound of footsteps and hooves rang in the empty Fortress of Resilience, eliciting echoes.
It was as if there were millions of Yutang's loyal souls marching out of the fortress in a neat formation, waiting for the moment of a battle to the death!
…
Looking at the fire that had suddenly erupted in front of him, Han Sanhe's face flushed as a gush of blood rushed to his head, causing him to feel dizzy.
Spat!
Han Sanhe spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes glaring as he said, "Qiu Jianhan, how vicious you are …"
No one, including Han Sanhe, had expected that the thirty thousand Yutang warriors who had charged down the fort and launched a counterattack at the last moment was actually Qiu Jianhan's plan to lure the enemy, to seize the opportunity to attack!
He had used tens of thousands of Yutang's loyal souls as bait, as an opportunity to allow Dongxuan's troops to attack without worry, but in the end, he had lost a hundred and eighty thousand Dongxuan elites!
Even Han Sanhe could not have expected such a move. Like Zhan Ge, Han Sanhe had also considered that Qiu Jianhan might have hidden a certain amount of kerosene in case of an emergency, but he had never expected that Qiu Jianhan, who was known to love his soldiers like his own children, would actually go to such extremes and break convention!
Zhan Ge, who was watching from the side, felt a chill run down his spine as he watched the tragic scene.
If he were in Qiu Jianhan's shoes, he would never have used such a desperate tactic!
Tens of thousands of his men were still fighting with their lives on the line, while the rear was pouring kerosene endlessly!
With a big fire, the enemy and his comrades were all turned into ashes!
The plan was ruthless and merciless. Just like what Han Sanhe had said, it was truly vicious!
"This is the most resolute Qiu Jianhan has ever been since he became a marshal!" Han Sanhe spat out a mouthful of blood, his face pale and defeated, but his agitated emotions had already calmed down.
He said softly as he wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth with his sleeve.
Right now, there was only solemn respect in his eyes; there was no resentment at all.
"I've always thought that Qiu Jianhan is inferior to me when it comes to military strategy. The reason is because he's less ruthless than I am! Less ruthless and merciless! "
"I never thought that it would be Qiu Jianhan who taught me a lesson at the last moment! This old man is ashamed! "
Han Sanhe closed his eyes softly. "It's not that Qiu Jianhan isn't ruthless, it's not that he can't be hateful. It's just that no one has ever been able to force him to this extent …"
"Call a truce for now, retreat!"
Han Sanhe ordered, "When the fire dies down, the Fortress of Resilience will be ours. Since Qiu Jianhan has made such an arrangement, it means that he no longer cares about the Fortress of Resilience! We, on the other hand, have to prepare for Qiu Jianhan's duel of life and death the moment we exit the Fortress of Resilience! "
…
Yun Yang was burning with anxiety.
He was less than three hundred miles away from the Fortress of Resilience now.
It was difficult for him to advance any further.
The current time limit was already a few days past the time he had agreed on with the village youths.
In fact, he had been trapped here for a few days already.
In front of the mountain.
There were thousands of corpses strewn all over the place.
There were more than a hundred superb cultivators lying in ambush on the mountain, each of them an expert among experts!
Anyone who passed by would be intercepted and killed.
Whether they were martial artists who had rushed to the frontline, civilians who had joined the army, or passersby, they were not spared!
It was better to kill a thousand innocents than to let a single person off!
Yun Yang had tried to take a detour from another direction several times, but he was intercepted without exception. His injuries had healed now; other than feeling slightly weak, he was fine.
However, even with his heaven realm cultivation base, he could not make it through. He had even been injured a few times and was almost killed in the forest.
Whether it was a detour or a head-on charge, none of them worked.
The enemies lying in ambush were like a nail wedged here.
Yun Yang had long recognized who the enemies in front of him were.
They were led by the Four Seasons Tower's four Venerable Lords!
Other than the four Venerable Lords, there were other experts as well, all of them top-notch experts of the Four Seasons Tower! They seemed to have sensed something and had set up a death trap in the midst of the mountains.
They could not be sure which one was Supreme Cloud, so what they had done was to prevent anyone from passing through! Even a bird would not be able to fly over!
It was these people who had intercepted Yun Yang here!
He knew that time was running out and that the Fortress of Resilience could not hold out much longer, but he had been stopped right here. Yun Yang was almost on fire.
If he were to turn around and advance from another path, he would have to go around dozens of mountains and take a detour to the north, then charge through from the north …
However, if he did so, he would need at least half a month's time, even if he had the fastest horse in the world!
If he were to drag this on for another half a month, everything would be over by then!
Yun Yang had been disguising himself in an attempt to break through, but he could not do so no matter what.
It was as if the target of the interception was not a specific target, but … as long as you passed through here, you would not be able to pass!
A radius of hundreds of miles was shrouded in deific consciousness. In the truest sense, the living were not allowed to enter; those who trespassed would die!
Who knew how many experts the Four Seasons Tower had sent out this time to create such a crazy effect!
What surprised Yun Yang the most was that there were a few spiritual restraining formations set up in the surrounding mountains.
The targets were clearly set up to deal with the Nine Supremes!
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