Whether it was Chen Dingye or the Great Khan, they were both powerful figures with strong forces under their command. The stakes were high, and it was impossible to completely fall due to a brief encounter.

The death of a hero could not be obscure.

Eventually, around the area where the Mountain God Temple was located, a bloody slaughter involving tens of thousands took place. Corpses lay everywhere, the murderous aura soaring to the sky, and the stench of blood lingered for days, seeping into the mountain’s rocks and soil, turning the stone red never to fade.

Chen Wenmian looked at this intelligence report, his expression hard to read. After a long while, he put the dossier aside and said, "Big Brother."

"What was the outcome of the final battlefield?"

Li Guanyi gave a whistle; the Divine Eagle perched atop the Big Banner folded its wings and plummeted like an arrow, landing on Li Guanyi’s shoulder.

Li Guanyi took from a small pouch beside him strips of dried meat mixed with chili flakes and cumin seeds, adding complexity to the taste, which the auspicious Flying Eagle eagerly consumed.

It liked the taste of spice.

After consuming many strips of meat.

It lowered its head to drink deeply from the place Li Guanyi had prepared, breathing out in satisfaction after being well-fed and satisfied.

Excellent!!!

That black-and-white dumpling, and that Qilin Cat weren’t wrong.

This was what an auspicious bird should be doing!

The life lived before, what a hardship it was!

In the lone vastness of the prairie, hunting prey and eating raw meat couldn’t compare to flying a little and getting special strips of dried meat with various flavors from humans.

On the prairie, free and brave, unrestrained and unfettered, the auspicious bird gradually got used to this lifestyle.

It had an epiphany!

This was the life an auspicious bird should have!

Who wanted to keep flying in search of prey on the prairie, with its rancid taste?

Old Brother Red Dragon, you should have said so earlier!

If you had said how enjoyable life is for an auspicious bird, I would have come sooner! There’s no need for knives and guns, fighting life and death!

The Divine Eagle smacked its lips and said, "He’s not dead, that Great Khan broke through; I saw it. His martial arts are strong, although heavily bombed, he couldn’t be stopped..."

From the Divine Eagle’s depiction and the front-line intelligence description, it was possible to reconstruct the brutal battlefield of that day. Chen Dingye seemed to have attempted with formations or some other power to control the Turkic Great Khan. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

But ignoring all else, the Great Khan broke through, tearing the formation apart by force.

In the name of not disgracing the title of the Second Divine General, he successfully led a breakout.

Consequently, Chen Dingye did not die in the self-destructive explosion of the formation. However, when the Turkic Great Khan led his people in tearing away, Chen Dingye, despite being seriously injured, still chose to march out with his army.

The two hundred thousand troops of Zhenbei City, as if possessed, rushed out of the city, clinging relentlessly to the tail of the Turkic army, making it impossible for the latter to shake them off. Whenever the Turkic army attempted to disengage from this Chen Country army, they would launch an attack.

If the Turkic Great Khan ignored all, they would directly drive in and occupy the Turkic people’s settlements.

It was a strategy like a poisonous snake, cold and deadly, a maggot attached to one’s bones.

The Great Khan had no choice but to turn his forces around.

The Turkic Great Khan, known for his cavalry’s high-speed raiding tactics, was like being bitten by a poisonous snake, being dragged into the quagmire of battle by Chen Dingye and the last two hundred thousand elites of Chen Country, unable to extricate themselves.

Afterwards, Li Guanyi dispatched scouts to investigate Zhenbei City. The scouts returned with great joy, stating that the defense outside Zhenbei City was almost non-existent.

Chen Dingye had originally set layer upon layer of defensive measures against Prince Qin’s direction outside Zhenbei City. There were also elite soldiers patrolling daily, appearing as if they planned to engage in a desperate fight against Li Guanyi and the Qilin Army one last time.

But when the scouts checked now, they found that all the soldiers there had been withdrawn.

Although the rear defense was not completely absent, in the face of the Heavenly Strategy Mansion’s Qilin Army, that bit of strength was almost equivalent to none.

Li Guanyi asked sternly, "Where did Chen Dingye send the troops meant to guard against us?"

The scout was silent for a moment, then answered, "He seems to have committed all his troops to the battle against the Turks."

"Against us behind here, and in the direction of Ying Country, there is no defense at all."

"Some of our brothers bravely entered Zhenbei City, asking the locals if we had broken in, then went to look at the city walls of Zhenbei City. It seemed even the mechanical crossbows used for defense against heavy cavalry charges had been dismantled and taken away."

"Based on the tactical knowledge taught by General Fan Qing."

"Even Zhenbei City, undefended like this, is hardly an obstacle. With just a few thousand men, we can breach this top city in the world."

Li Guanyi’s expression was complicated.

All the troops were redeployed, all focused on the Turkic battlefield.

Wen He proposed a strategic move—

If Prince Qin and the Heavenly Strategy Mansion seized the opportunity, advancing their troops to take Zhenbei City’s gates from Chen Country, they could easily break through this three-century-strong first Heroic Pass, then reverse the situation and take control of Zhenbei City.

First occupy the enemy’s homeland.

By then, Chen Dingye, on one side confronting the Turkic heavy cavalry, would certainly lack the energy and strength to resist the Qin Prince’s Qilin Army approaching from another direction.

In such a cross assault situation, Chen Dingye could easily be crushed.