The Peerless Emperor-Chapter 398 - 399: The Military Arrives at the City Gates
Chapter 398 -399: The Military Arrives at the City Gates
All these messages had come over half a year after the Huaxia Empire had launched its attack on the Qin Dynasty.
And a full year after the commencement of war, the Huaxia Empire’s formidable military power had completely shocked the entire Southern Domain.
Wei Guo and Qiu Country had been utterly annihilated, and the forces of the Huaxia Empire had already begun to simultaneously attack the eight states to the east, and two of them had fallen entirely.
The six states of the West Eight States had been conquered, and of the five warships that had been rampaging there, two had been dispatched to the hitherto peaceful Northern Eight States, toppling two of them.
As for the Southern Eight States, they had been entirely taken, closing in on the Imperial City of the Qin Dynasty!
Such terrifying speed of the offensive had utterly terrified everyone.
However, the various powerholders of the Southern Domain, receiving the messages sent back by their own observers, could only heave a sigh and concede that it was only natural for the Huaxia Empire to have advanced so quickly.
The entirely unforeseen warships and Soul Power cannons elicited admiration, seeming tailor-made for warfare. In the past, Artifact Refiners had focused all their energies on the Soul Martial Artists, almost exclusively centering their thoughts around them.
Indeed, Lin Qian had also noticed this point — the Primordial Weapons and Soul Devices development of the Human Clan’s Soul Martial Artists were indeed decent, but beyond that it was a complete mess.
The strange conditions of the fortresses within the Qin Dynasty’s territories made the Array defenses completely ineffective in front of the Huaxia Empire, rendering the Qin Dynasty’s defenses nonexistent against the Huaxia Empire.
This had sent a chill down the spine of the other forces; they were utterly baffled by the situation, discussing at length without coming to any understanding of how the Huaxia Empire had achieved this.
Unlike the initial three border cities, the cities that were later taken didn’t have scholars dispatched to regulate and rectify, as had been done with the first three cities.
Now, Lin Qian did not have that much time and was leading the Imperial Army in an all-out assault against the Qin Dynasty, not planning to give the enemy any chance to breathe.
The scouts and whirlwinds deployed throughout the Qin Dynasty had given Lin Qian complete control over the situation in the Dynasty.
Any movement of Qin Dynasty forces would be known by Lin Qian at the time of their departure, and he would secretly dispatch the Imperial Army and the War Beast Army to ambush them en route, cutting them off.
To avoid suspicion, the appearance of the Imperial Army and the War Beast Army had been falsified by Lin Qian as ambushes hidden within forests and rivers, only emerging when the situation of the war demanded.
The might of the terrifying Imperial Army astonished people, while the War Beast Army caused sheer terror.
Soul Beasts capable of human speech and wielding Soul Devices were something they had truly never seen before, especially when the Imperial Army and the War Beast Army worked together, their combat power was nothing short of defying the heavens. The Central Qin Regular Army and the regular forces from all sides were like lambs to the slaughter before them.
Moreover, the numbers of the Imperial Army and the War Beast Army continued to grow. As the Huaxia Empire pressed deeper into the Qin Dynasty’s territory, more forces of the Imperial Army and the War Beast Army would surge out of the forests and burst forth from the tumultuous rivers.
The elders of the three parties also experienced an unprecedented exhilaration. Just like when the Double Pole Palace, Carefree Sect, and Blood Spirit Valley rose to power, they had clashed with their former masters.
The great battles among Soul Martial Artists they had witnessed in the past now seemed nothing more than a bunch of kids brawling in comparison.
As long as they could tie down the Awakening Realm experts of the Qin Dynasty, they didn’t need to worry about the skirmishes between the army following behind them and the Qin Dynasty’s forces.
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Even after they had dealt with the opposing Awakening Realm powerhouses, they found themselves forgetting to lend a hand as they looked down at the two armies clashing below.
The perfect coordination among twelve different types of troops made these elders feel as if watching the Huaxia Empire’s Imperial Army crush its enemies was a form of enjoyment.
The Fierce Shield, Roaming Spear, and Mighty Halberd were responsible for slicing through the battlefield, the Blood Warriors and Fury Warriors led the charge in killing, while the Gentle Sword and Quaking Sword controlled the overall situation, immediately assisting wherever the fight seemed to be at a stalemate.
Protected by the Rock Shield, Qingyu’s arrows, with their astonishing speed, completely restricted the enemy’s movements, allowing the Emperor Qin’s forces to move within the spaces they desired, with Qiang Yu acting as the reaper.
The Whirlwinds below were in charge of sweeping the battlefield and burning the corpses, while the Ghostly Shadows took care of finishing off any of Emperor Qin’s soldiers still drawing breath.
As for the Silvermoon Giant Wolves clad in armor, they roamed around the outskirts of the battlefield, ready to catch any fish that slipped through the net.
Nearly every engagement with the Huaxia Empire’s Imperial Army and the War Beast Army proceeded in this way, a pattern that never varied, yet the forces of Emperor Qin had no way to cope.
The coordination on the Huaxia side was too perfect, verging on the art of war. The city’s arrays could not defend against the presence of the Huaxia Empire, and Emperor Qin’s side had no choice but to face them head-on.
Moreover, as time passed, the elders of the three factions gradually realized something that made their hearts tremble with unrest.
It seemed as if the Huaxia Empire’s Imperial Army and War Beast Army did not know what fatigue was, for, in the half-year they had been fighting, they had not shown signs of exhaustion; after all, Awakening Realm powerhouses weren’t common like cabbages in Emperor Qin’s domain, and not every city had such powerhouses to defend it.
Therefore, their engagement in battle was intermittent, showing little sign of fatigue, but for the Huaxia Empire’s Imperial Army and War Beast Army, they had been in constant battle for half a year without ever taking a break.
Usually, right after conquering a city, they would immediately head to the next one, never resting, their spirits shockingly resilient.
What they did not know was that neither the Imperial Army nor the War Beast Army could be considered true living beings, hence they did not experience weariness or fatigue.
These elders from the three factions had once been concerned that the Imperial Army and War Beast Army would become overly tired after overcoming the forces of Emperor Qin’s Awakening Realm and had offered to help.
However, Lin Qian had sent word for them to only deal with the Awakening Realm powerhouses and not to interfere with the Imperial Army and War Beast Army’s battles.
This left them confused, not understanding why Lin Qian would do such a thing; wouldn’t their participation help resolve the battles more quickly?
Moreover, a month ago, Emperor Qin, Qin Lingtian, had already dispatched the most elite troops of Emperor Qin, the Emperor Qin Imperial Guards, a force so sharp and formidable that it had deterred many other powers.
Observers from other factions within the Southern Domain, upon seeing Emperor Qin mobilize the Emperor Qin Imperial Guards, thought they might be able to compete with the Huaxia Empire.
But on Lin Qian’s side, he similarly only allowed the Imperial Army and War Beast Army to engage, with the elders only needing to hold off the opposing Awakening Realm powerhouses; the Emperor Qin Imperial Guards were left for the Imperial Army and War Beast Army to handle.
However, after the Emperor Qin Imperial Guards clashed with the War Beast Army, it shocked everyone to the core.
The Emperor Qin Imperial Guards, whose might had echoed throughout the entire Southern Domain, were utterly dominated by the Huaxia Empire’s Imperial Army and War Beast Army, without the slightest ability to fight back.
How the Imperial Army and War Beast Army slaughtered the Central Qin Regular Army and the armies from the Eight States was now the very way they massacred the Emperor Qin Imperial Guards, leaving everyone baffled as to why.
