Peace Order

Chapter 1627 - 37: Returning Heart, Attack Chen!

The silver and gold transfers approved by Emperor Chen have left the Right Minister’s Mansion.

Only one million taels were left.

Layer by layer, it circulated, and by the time it reached Nan Hanwen in Jiangnan, only thirteen taels of silver remained.

The ultimate mark of chaotic times has arrived.

Nan Hanwen held these thirteen taels of silver, feeling bewildered for a long time, and then informed Mr. Yan Daiqing of everything. Mr. Yan Daiqing stared at these thirteen taels for a long time, simply saying that he understood.

He immediately informed Wen Qingyu, Xiao Zhi, of these matters.

Everyone in the Heavenly Strategy Mansion knew about this.

Meanwhile, Ying Country learned of the changes in the Divine General List, the reappearance of Sword Madman in the world, and later deduced the affiliation of Xiyi City, causing Jiang Wanxiang to remain silent for a long time. This was both a sigh of age for heroes and a feeling of helplessness.

Knowing that abruptly engaging in battle with Xiyi City without proper preparations would easily drag the entire Ying Country back into the vortex of war, he wrote a letter which was sent to Xiyi City.

He congratulated Li Zhaowen on becoming the lord of Xiyi City, stepping into the world.

He continued to be called Duke.

He Ruoqinhu deployed troops to sever the connections between Xiyi City and all of Central Plains. Meanwhile, the Great Khan led his army straight to the steppes and territory of the Seventh Prince Ashina, intending to discuss with his son.

Ashina’s military strategies became agile and sharp, knowing he could not match his father, especially given the Great Khan’s extreme rage at this moment. The Seventh Prince abandoned part of the territory, leading his troops and people southward, approaching the lands of Xiyi City and Prince Qin.

They camped on the steppes in that area.

The Great Khan’s Iron Futu broke through the original settlement of the Seventh Prince Ashina, finding the tents empty with no one left, only old cattle and sheep, which had already been slaughtered.

Everything that could be taken was already taken, and what remained was unusable.

Numerous Khans under the Great Khan were furious, citing many crimes of the Seventh Prince, demanding the Great Khan to judge this traitor with the earliest laws of the steppes. The Great Khan closed his eyes, leading his troops to follow the tracks of the Seventh Prince Ashina.

From a distance, they saw Ashina’s banner alongside a large black flag, which seemed to roll down from the sky, with scarlet qilin cloud patterns. Above the qilin cloud patterns was a large character—

[Qin]!

The Great Khan gripped the reins, watching the distant banner pointed to the sky like a sharp spear, still stained with blood, the character Qin written in flamboyant strokes. In his heart, a surge of anger rose up.

But he quickly suppressed his anger.

Population and cattle were taken away, while the vast steppe could be abandoned.

Observing the rise of Prince Qin over the years, it was indeed the strategic move by Prince Qin. The Great Khan did not follow his anger to fight Prince Qin to the death, saying: "After this, there will be war between great nations."

"With hundreds of thousands, even tens of thousands more troops battling in the realms of the world, Prince Qin, our enmity will eventually find resolution."

He deeply observed Prince Qin’s camp, seeing a torrent of Sword Qi rushing toward the sky, tearing through the clouds. The Great Khan chose to turn away, allowing the Seventh Prince’s troops to survive.

In the tent, Li Guanyi wore a black robe, looking at the various Generals before him, Mr. Po Jun personally introducing: "Lord, this friend is likely not unfamiliar to you, five or six years ago, you met in Chen Country’s Xue Family."

He brought the Seventh Prince Ashina inside.

Ashina wore the ornate attire of a Khan, raising his head to see the spirited Prince Qin. From his brows, he could connect to the encounters with Chen Country’s Imperial Guard over five years ago, although back then, he was an exotic ruler invited by Emperor Chen, Chen Dingye.

Li Guanyi was merely an Imperial Guard in the Chen royal palace.

Now, he had become a traitor who betrayed the common leader of Turkic, the Great Khan.

Before his eyes stood a newly found ally, a protector of his tribe and warriors, a king. The rapid changes of the world’s situation were truly mind-boggling, as Mr. Po Jun pointed out the introduction to the Seventh Prince.

The Seventh Prince stepped forward to greet, bowing down, half-kneeling on the ground, lowering his head.

"Thank you to the lord of the Central Plains for protecting my tribe."

"I, Ashina of the steppe, Ashina S’er, have met the Lord."

"I have met Your Majesty."

He intended to perform the most grand ritual of the steppe, bowing down with hands on the ground to connect his forehead with the vast earth, yet was lifted by Prince Qin. Prince Qin laughed heartily, saying: "General Ashina, please rise."

"If not for General Ashina’s assistance, I might have already been surrounded by the Great Khan on the steppe, please rise quickly."

Prince Qin helped Ashina rise, Ashina sighed, feeling the youthful strength in the arm supporting him. He looked up at the now second-ranked Divine General of the world, feeling a sense of disorientation.

The grand tide of the world surged, and people walked amidst it.

Regular folks seemed like ephemeral mayflies in the tide, born and dying with uncertainty, not knowing why they lived or died, able to comprehend and sense the undercurrents of chaos, already making one outstanding.

Yet, even heroic figures cannot always grasp their own destiny.

All they can do is watch themselves step into this vortex with open eyes.