The great army advanced forward with great strength and vigor.
The road from the capital to the southern border was long. Many territories, cities, mountain passes, and dangerous areas would be passed.
The Second Crossing was one of those mountain passes.
Tall and rugged mountains bordered both sides of this mountain pass. The pass was built according to the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The Second Crossing was located in the land of the Duke of Yanmen, Yan Jiuzhuang’s territory.
The general in charge of this pass was Yan Jiuzhuang’s beloved confidante. Except, the head of this beloved confidante had long since been separated from its body.
Last night, when it was dark and the winds strong.
Countless numbers of fierce fowl flew in from an unknown origin under the cover of night, assailing the mountain pass.
In almost less than fifteen minutes, the mountain pass had fallen to the endless numbers of violent fowl. All of the defending soldiers had been turned into food for these wild birds.
“Chen’er, is Eastern Lu truly dead?”
Above the mountain pass, Jiang Feng, having broken through to eleven meridians true qi, still found it hard to accept this reality.
“He’s dead and has reaped what he sowed. No one can be blamed for his downfall.” Jiang Chen didn’t have much sympathy for Eastern Lu.
It wasn’t that Jiang Feng felt sorrowful, it was just that the Eastern Kingdom had been under the rule of the Eastern clan for far too long. Eastern Lu’s sudden death, the collapse of the Eastern clan, power transferred to someone else — this caused Jiang Feng to have some problems adjusting.
“Long Zhaofeng is committing many sins.” Jiang Feng had also seen much these days. The turmoil in the capital and endless slaughter had truly created rivers of blood in the capital in just a few days.
“He won’t prance around for much longer.” Jiang Chen’s tone was remote. “According to the calculations, the great army that he’s personally leading should be arriving soon?”
Jiang Chen hadn’t chosen the Second Crossing without reason.
This place was easy to defend and hard to attack. The terrain was advantageous in concealing his great Swordbird army. He would ambush Long Zhaofeng’s great army here and thus chose this place to be Long Zhaofeng’s resting ground.
Jiang Chen knew clearly that the first thing Long Zhaofeng would do after taking his throne would be to conquer the Jiang Han territory, fight against the Jiang clan, and exterminate the Jiang clan.
Jiang Chen’s aim was equally clear, and that was to kill Long Zhaofeng, kill Long Juxue, and exterminate the Long family.
This wasn’t a personal grudge, but a battle in which both families wouldn’t rest until one side was dead.
This battle must end in the complete annihilation of one side. Otherwise, if one side didn’t fall, the other would never have peace.
“Jiang Chen, are you truly certain that our small amount of people will be enough to fight in this pass against Long Zhaofeng’s great army that has turned out in full force?” Princess Gouyu was thoroughly weary after the past couple of days, but she cared even more about the situation at hand.
“Gouyu, when have you ever thought that I, Jiang Chen, have done something without assurance of success?” Jiang Chen smiled faintly and asked in response.
“But, Long Zhaofeng pulled off a successful coup and the various dukes have acceded to his rule. If he’s gathered together the various armies of the dukes, he will have roughly one million troops. Although this pass is easy to defend and hard to attack, if everyone in the million strong army charges forward, it will more than enough to overwhelm this pass ten times.”
Princess Gouyu wasn’t a brainless person, she still had some knowledge of the matters of war.
“Charge?” Jiang Chen smiled leisurely. “They won’t have the chance to charge. They’ll only have one choice. If they can escape, that will be their fate. If they can’t, they’ll die.”
Jiang Chen’s tone suddenly descended as killing intent exploded in his eyes.
Soldier and small pawns can run away.
None of the Long family would be allowed to go.
He wouldn’t forget the scene of the Duke of Soaring Dragon sending people to assassinate his father Jiang Feng. He wouldn’t forget the scene of his father’s face black with poison. Likewise, he also wouldn’t forget the scene in which Long San tried to kill him when he was executing a mission. It was even more so impossible for him to forget the scene of Long Yinye and Long Juxue partnering with four great killers in the Boundless Catacombs, forcing himself into desperate circumstances.