Chapter 296 Yu Ming
Yuming City, one of the several large cities on the border of the Xingluo Empire, is located in the northwest corner of the Xingluo Empire, less than 100 kilometers away from the Mingdou Mountains and less than 500 kilometers away from the border of the Tianhun Empire.

The sun and the moon represent brightness, and the word "Yu Ming" in this city means to resist the sun and the moon. Naturally, this city plays an important role in the border defense of the Xing Luo Empire.

Yuming City is not only one of the most important supply cities for the front camp, but also houses two reserve corps of the Northwest Army.

At this moment, thick smoke billowed from artillery fire in this city, which played an important role in the border defense of the Xing Luo Empire.

The city wall that had resisted countless attacks from the Sun-Moon Empire's soldiers had collapsed by more than half, and rows of soldiers wearing soul-guided armor were stationed at the collapsed site.

To prevent the residents in the city from running out through the gap, a large number of soldiers wearing soul-guided armor were walking around the streets to maintain order.

This city, which had guarded the Xingluo border for hundreds of years, was easily captured within just three hours after the Sun-Moon Empire officially went to war.

On the top of the city, Orange, wearing an orange-red soul guide armor, stood on the wall of the south city, overlooking the entire city.

Although it was very easy to capture Yuming City, there was not much joy on Orange's face, but rather a hint of disbelief.

Not only him, but also several generals standing behind her had the same expression.

Even Wang Lin was no exception. There was no way this war was too easy. Under the crushing advantage of equipment, the Sun-Moon Empire only sent out an ordinary soul guide army.

The Fire Phoenix and the Evil King's Soul Guide Corps did not even participate in the frontal battlefield.

"It's unbelievable, it's not even three hours yet!" Orange exclaimed.

"In fact, it should be. Most of the soldiers from the Xingluo Empire who participated in the war did not even awaken their martial spirits. Such a Xingluo Empire actually served as the opponent of our Sun-Moon Empire for such a long time."

Wang Yiheng's tone was somewhat sad, he felt sad for these soldiers of the Xing Luo Empire.

After hearing this, everyone fell silent. Not long after, a soldier dressed as a quartermaster ran up to the top of the city wall and reported: "Marshal, there are too many leather armors, and we don't have enough soul guides to store them!"

"Go to the city and borrow a few warehouses, send a telegram to the country, and find a few fur merchants to sell at a discount." Orange was silent for a moment, then gave the order.

She had obviously thought of a way to deal with this a long time ago. This time, in addition to capturing Yuming City, the Sun and Moon Empire also gathered a large number of Xingluo defeated soldiers.

Since we want to gather the defeated soldiers, the equipment on them must naturally be confiscated.

The most difficult thing to deal with is the leather armor worn by ordinary soldiers, which is different from the Sun-Moon Empire, which is already fully equipped with soul guide armor.

Soldiers of the Xing Luo Empire generally wear the most basic leather armor, and only soldiers above the rank of captain wear metal chain mail.

"Yes, Marshal!"

The quartermaster received the order and hurriedly retreated to deal with the problem of leather armor.

Orange looked at the quartermaster's departing back with a bit of helplessness. According to the initial preparation plan, the number of storage soul guides prepared by the army this time should be sufficient.

Because in the original plan, the estimated number of defeated soldiers was not that large. This was an extra preparation made by Orange taking into account the replacement of generals in the Star Luo Empire.

What Orange hadn't taken into account was that the new commander of the Xing Luo Empire had the audacity to command the army to attack the Sun-Moon Empire head-on when the Sun-Moon Empire's army broke through the Mingdou Mountains.

The result was that the Xing Luo army was directly defeated by the Sun and Moon army. There was no way for the soul guides to fight against the spears, so they were crushed.

Even on the front battlefield, a Star Luo soul master corps that wanted to launch a surprise attack was destroyed. After this battle, it can be said that half of the main combat power of the Star Luo Empire has been destroyed. It was this kind of free game that surprised Orange and a group of senior officers of the Sun Moon Empire.

the other side,
In the Xingluo Empire's general tent,
"Report!"

Messengers kept coming into the tent with information about the front line. Xu Jiujiu, who was sitting in the main seat, no longer had the complacent look he had before.

Her face was extremely embarrassed and pale at the moment.

The casualties of ordinary soldiers could not be counted, and even if they were counted, it would not be too important. The key point was the deaths of more than 200 Soul Saints and above on the battlefield, including more than a dozen Soul Douluos.

Until the losses on the front line were roughly counted, Xu Jiujiu took a deep breath. She considered herself a responsible person, so she stood up and faced Dai Hao.

"My Lord Duke, today's defeat was caused by my stubbornness and wrong decisions, which led to the defeat on the front battlefield. I will ask His Majesty to punish me and ask His Majesty to return your position as marshal. At the same time, from now on, I will fully cooperate with you and follow your arrangements in everything."

After these words were spoken, no one in the tent responded. Dai Hao looked at Xu Jiujiu with indifference. After a long time, he stood up, walked to Xu Jiujiu and helped him up.

"Your Highness, there is no need to do this. The loss is not just for you."

After some high-sounding nonsense, although Xu Jiujiu was still the marshal of the Northwest Legion in name, he actually turned back into Dai Hao.

Under Dai Hao's instructions, military orders were sent from the tent to the front line, and a general left the tent and went to the front line to gather the defeated soldiers.

Until the late night, the only people left in the tent were Xu Jiujiu, Dai Hao, and Huo Yuhao, whose true appearance had been revealed earlier.

Huo Yuhao stood behind Dai Hao and looked at the "Iron Blood Marshal" of the Xing Luo Empire with a complicated expression. He suddenly said, "Your Highness, Duke, there is not much use for me to stay here. I am going to investigate the situation at the front line."

“You?” Dai Hao turned around and looked at Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao nodded confidently: “Of course, I have this ability. Duke, you should know this.”

Compared to simple scouting work, Huo Yuhao actually wanted to directly participate in the battlefield, but his current identity was that of a disciple of Shrek Academy.

He is not a soldier of the Star Luo Empire, otherwise, as a trained ultimate individual soldier, Huo Yuhao would be confident that he could establish his own achievements on the battlefield and even lead an entire legion without any problem.

Huo Yuhao has this confidence.

"Sure, please do as you please." Dai Hao paused and said indifferently. Unlike the original novel, Huo Yuhao at this time was just an ordinary Soul King in Shrek Academy.

He is not the master of the Spirit Transferring Pagoda, and he has a reputation for cheating twice in the Continental High-level Soul Master Competition.

"I'll go with you." Xu Jiujiu suddenly said. Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment, looked at Dai Hao, and seeing that Dai Hao did not refuse, he nodded and agreed.

“Huo Yuhao, go out and wait for me first. I have something to say to the Duke.” After Xu Jiujiu finished speaking, Huo Yuhao immediately walked out of the tent.

"thump!"

As soon as he walked out of the tent, Huo Yuhao heard a sound of someone kneeling behind him. Inside the tent, Xu Jiujiu knelt in front of Dai Hao.

"My Lord, I was wrong."

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