Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Seventh Loses Face

  Fourth update! Still very strong! The first volume of Shu Tong is about to be completed, everyone is looking forward to Yun Qi's explosion, the war in Shang Bang will end in this chapter. Hope you give old Mo devastating support, hehe.

  On the third day after the Chu army raided the camp, the Shu army's grain and fodder as well as siege engines arrived on schedule.

  On the fourth day after the Chu army's surprise attack, the Shu army launched a large-scale assault on the city with 370,000 troops divided into three fronts. The main attack was focused on the northwest gates, while a feint was made at the east gate. The battle raged until sunset, when the Shu army sounded the retreat. The Shu army attacked the city four times that day, suffering over 30,000 casualties. The Chu army defending the city lost 15,000 men and an unknown number of wounded, with multiple breaches in the western section of the city wall, which were repaired overnight.

  On the fifth day after the Chu army's surprise attack, the Shu army launched a total of five offensives from dawn to dusk, leaving behind more than 42,000 corpses. The Chu army suffered 30,000 casualties, and Ximen was in urgent need of reinforcements, having once mobilized 30,000 troops from the east gate to fill the gap. In addition, the Shu army lost its famous general: Dongfang Jie.

  On the sixth day after the Chu army's surprise attack, both armies rested and remained calm. On this day, Li Shangde personally held a funeral for Mu Zhongliang and the generals who had died in battle.

  On the seventh day after the Chu army's surprise attack, the Shu army changed its usual tactics and launched a fierce assault on the east gate with a large number of troops. The Chu army suffered heavy casualties but ultimately managed to hold onto the city gate.

  On the eighth day after the Chu army raided the camp, a relief force of 200,000 troops from Shu arrived, and the army rested.

  ……

  On the eleventh day after the Chu army's surprise attack, the west gate of Shu was breached, and the Shu army briefly occupied the city gate tower. Mu Gui then arrived to relieve the crisis, and both sides were temporarily stalemated.

  On the thirteenth day after the Chu army's surprise attack on the camp, the north gate of Shangbang was breached, and the Chu army retreated to outside the imperial palace. Mu Kui died in battle.

  On the fifteenth day after the Chu army's surprise attack, the Shu army captured the imperial palace at the cost of 50,000 soldiers. Li Shangde was captured, along with a group of ministers including Fang Jian and some of the emperor's consorts.

  A once powerful empire has now disappeared from the stage of history, all territories of Chu State have been taken over by Shu State, which has become the master of the continent of Qiankun, occupying almost the entire continent. Now that the heart disease of Shu State has been eliminated, it is beginning to turn its attention to some vassal states that originally belonged to the country, including Nanguo.

  ……

  Nanguo Si Nanyang Fu...

  "Cloud Seven! Cloud Seven! Something's wrong, something's wrong!" Yang Wenguan rushed all the way, not even wiping away his sweat, and directly broke into Cloud Seven's house, pulling him awake from his afternoon nap.

  "What's wrong with you? Don't you know that disturbing others during their lunch break is extremely immoral?"

  Yun Qi woke up with a start, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and let out a loud yawn. There was still saliva at the corner of his mouth as he grumbled discontentedly. After finishing, he looked at Yang Wenguan who was in a state of panic and asked: "Is your dad dead?"

  "Damn it! Your father just died!" Yang Wenguan picked up the shoes on the ground and threw them at Yun Qi, but was easily caught by Yun Qi, who put them on his feet.

  "What's with the anxious and flustered look on your face, like you've lost your old man."

  He put on his shoes, stretched his waist, tidied up his clothes, and came to the courtyard. Yang Wenguan followed closely behind him. He wiped off the dust from the stone bench with his hand, sat down with a plop, lit a cigarette, narrowed his eyes and asked: "What's going on?"

  "Wait... just a minute... let me calm down!"

  Yang Wenguan took a deep breath, grasped Yun Qi's arms and said solemnly: "The State of Chu... has been destroyed!"

  Yun Qi was taken aback for a moment, rolled her eyes and casually replied: "Pfft, what does the extinction of Chu State have to do with me? Are you the one who destroyed it?... Wait a minute... What did you just say? The Chu State has been destroyed?"

  "Ah!"

  Yun Qi's eyes widened in shock, his mouth agape, and the cigarette that was originally held in his mouth fell to the ground. The two of them stared at each other, their eyes locked, for a long time before Yun Qi finally spoke up: "When did this happen?"

  "It should be two days ago, just now someone from the palace came to our house and invited our old master to go to the palace, I happened to hear them discussing something."

  "Are you sure you didn't hear it wrong?"

  "No, I'm certain I heard the eunuch say: Chu State has been destroyed!"

  Yun Qi's face contorted in agony, he clutched his chest and stamped his feet, wailing inwardly: "Heavens! I really want to curse the heavens. Just as I arrived in this world, before I could even invent anything, you've already made me a vagabond. I want to be rich, I want many, many wives. This is just too tragic!"

  Seeing Yun Qi's expression, Yang Wenguang's face also didn't look good. The two sat opposite each other, their minds a jumbled mess, unsure of what to do next.

  After half a cigarette, Yun Qi was suddenly awakened by the burning cigarette butt in his hand. He looked at Yang Wenguang, who still had a dull gaze, and suddenly made up his mind: he couldn't just sit there waiting to die. As an elite special forces soldier of the Dragon Kingdom, even if he couldn't defeat the enemy, he should be able to protect himself and those around him. Thinking this, Han Xueyan's face suddenly appeared in his mind - right, did she know about this?

  At this thought, Yun Qi immediately stood up and walked towards the gate of the courtyard. This suddenly brought Yang Wenguan back to his senses, and he hastily asked: "Where are you going?"

  "I'm going to find Xueyan!"

  He dropped the sentence, and the person disappeared outside the yard. Yang Wenguan stared blankly at the empty yard, feeling bored and listless. He walked to the wooden stake and punched it heavily, once, twice, with increasing speed, but without any technique, just venting his emotions wildly. He needed to vent, he wanted to release all the suppressed feelings in his heart, or else he would become depressed and unhappy, as Yun Qi had told him. Despite their age difference of only a few years, Yang Wenguan still trusted this master.

  Yun Qi rushed over, arriving at the entrance of Yang Wenjin's courtyard in just a few steps. Without regard for the rules that male servants were not allowed to enter the women's quarters without permission, he burst in and happened to see Yang Wenjin and Han Xueyan chatting outside the courtyard. Seeing that it was Yun Qi, Yang Wenjin furrowed her brow, thinking that this Yun Qi was becoming more and more lawless. He had actually dared to barge into her private courtyard uninvited! She opened her mouth and said: "Yun Qi! Who let you in? Don't you know the rules of the manor that male servants are not allowed to enter the women's quarters without permission?"

  Yun Qi listened and replied somewhat exasperatedly: "Rules, rules, what a load of crap! The country is almost gone, and you're still talking about rules!"

  "You!" Yang Wenjin had never been spoken to like that since she was a child, and if it were any other servant who dared to speak to her in such a manner, they would have been kicked out long ago. But for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to think of doing the same to Yun Qi. Instead, she let out a humph and turned her body away, refusing to look at him.

  "Did Yun Gongzi also hear the news of Chu's demise?" At this time, Han Xueyan felt a bit awkward and stood up to ask, trying to change the subject.

  "What? You all know?" Yun Qi was taken aback for a moment. How did they find out? Did they also go to eavesdrop?

  "Hmph, we knew before you did. Look at you, a big man like this, while us girls are actually quite calm." Yang Wenjin crossed her arms and gazed up at the sky with a teasing tone.

  "Uh." Yun Qi's old face turned red, thinking to himself that the two girls hadn't shown any reaction, but he was the one who was startled and flustered. Feeling a bit embarrassed, Yun Qi awkwardly smiled and said: "Uh...Miss is right, Miss is teaching us, I just heard this news for the first time and was surprised, afraid you didn't know, so I..." His voice grew softer and softer towards the end, wishing he could find a hole in the ground to hide in. Meanwhile, Han Xueyan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh at the sight of him.

  Exiting Yang Wenjin's courtyard, standing outside the yard, Yun Qi slapped himself hard on the mouth, and whispered to himself: "Yun Qi, you're too impulsive, now look what happened, being ridiculed by Xue Shan, other girls' families are even calmer than you, this old master."

  "Yun Gongzi, Xue Yan didn't mock you."

  Yun Qi didn't expect that Han Xueyan would follow him out of the house. He turned around and saw her stunning beauty, thinking that she must have heard everything he said earlier. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a block of tofu to knock himself dead. Yun Qi shouted loudly: "Ah, mom... I'm going to die!" Then he quickly ran away.

  "Ah... Yun Gongzi... Yun..."

  "Stop yelling, he's always like that, crazy all day and doesn't have a decent shape." Yang Wenqin also followed out.

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