Volume 1 Chapter 1: The Imperial Edict of Execution

  At this time, the soldiers were all in an uproar! Who would have thought that they would encounter their own comrades who had been killed in a pit? I raised my eyebrows coldly and said loudly, "Your Highness! Since ancient times, killing prisoners of war has been a matter of course. However, if you kill your own brothers who have gone through life and death with you, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it!"

  He sneered, "I didn't ask you to come! My next order is to bury you all here! No matter if you are the Invincible General or the Crown Prince, in order to prevent the further spread of the epidemic, there is only one way! That is, to bury everyone!" His hand slowly rose, and his eyes were about to give the final command.

  "My eyes widened and I shouted loudly, 'Who dares to make a move! Today, I will lead my troops to fight you to the end! Do you know that the future crown prince of Jiang is here? Are you trying to provoke a conflict between our two countries by killing him, Your Highness?'"

  He was taken aback and said loudly, "Who is the Crown Prince of Jiang? The Crown Prince of Jiang met with me in a border town of Jiang just a few days ago. How can there be another Crown Prince of Jiang here?"

  Long Nuyue emerged from the crowd with a calm smile and said in a loud but unhurried tone, "I am Jiang Guo Long Nuyue!"

  The king then narrowed his eyes in the firelight, sizing up Long Nuyue's black casual attire that didn't lose its noble air. He smiled slightly at the corners of his lips and bowed his head from horseback, saying "So it's General Long Nuyue who has arrived! I've long heard of your name, General. Indeed, hearing about someone is not as good as meeting them in person!"

  His tone was laced with guns and sticks, I looked at him, coldly smiled and said, "General Fury is not particular about appearance, but he is the most trusted and relied upon son of the Dragon Emperor!" The implication being that he only had a pretty face, wore beautiful clothes, but was sent by the emperor to do the most thankless tasks! It seemed that he must be an unfavored prince! Not to mention having any relation to the throne!

  His face turned iron-green, and he said loudly, "I heard that General Yu's army is in front of the enemy, can this be true? The general is originally a representative of the people and a pillar of the country. How can you do something like forcing someone into marriage? You are also a general!" After he finished speaking, he felt that he had won some verbal victory over me, and burst out laughing!

  I burst into laughter, leaning forward and backward, he was startled to hear me laugh and was stunned. He stared at me blankly! In front of the two armies, I stood up straight with my small body, "If you like something, you must seize it! If you like someone, it's the same! If the person being seized is unwilling, I won't force them! Now that we are mutually willing, what can be done about getting married on the battlefield? In the army, I am the commander-in-chief, I am the greatest! I have the final say! Even if the Emperor of Fengguo came, I would still say the same thing! Let me tell you, you count as nothing! You spend your days eating and drinking, talking about romance and poetry, thinking that you are very capable just because you were successful yesterday! On the border, there are Tang Wentian and Xuan Xuefeng staring at us with fierce eyes, while you are here plotting to kill our generals! Isn't it all just for the sake of a commander's seal? There is no need to drag so many brothers into this! If you take my commander's seal, go fight against Tang Wentian! As I am known as the undefeated commander-in-chief, even in death, I can only die on the battlefield! Being killed by you small-minded people, I will defend the last bit of dignity of the undefeated commander-in-chief with my life! Brothers! Those who are willing to die with me, raise your weapons!" I said, and then drew out the sword from my waist.

  The first speech, the originally low morale was mobilized! Everyone raised their weapons high and shouted in unison, "We are willing to die on the battlefield! We swear to follow the marshal to death!" The sound was loud and clear, shaking the sky!

  Flames of fire shook his whole body, and after a while, he took out the imperial edict from his bosom, holding it high with both hands. "The Emperor of Fengguo is above! The imperial edict is here! Who dares to rebel?!"

  Smiling calmly, he slowly walked towards him and said loudly, "If it's an imperial edict, I, Ye, will naturally accept it! The emperor's benevolence, the thousands of soldiers under me dare not disobey! If it's an edict that calls for us to die a heroic death, we must see it clearly and understand it thoroughly! Everyone says, is that right?"

  Everyone raised their hands high and shouted loudly, "General! You speak up! As long as the General speaks, we will listen to whatever the General says!"

  "Yes! We all listen to the marshal!" Everyone shouted in unison.

  The flames engulfed the loud laughter! The laughter echoed in the empty wilderness, and both armies remained silent, listening to him finish his laughter. He stopped laughing and said loudly, "General! Do you know how many soldiers I brought? And how many do you have here? I have 30,000 troops! You came out with 5,000 soldiers, but now it seems there are only about 2,000 people left! What can you use to fight me? You said fight to the last moment, I think you're wasting your energy! Adding unnecessary casualties! The Emperor's intention is to leave a whole body for you, but you don't know how to be grateful and instead raise your sword to the sky! You must make both armies suffer heavy losses and die without leaving a complete corpse before you are satisfied! General Ye! You are a general, but you can't be so reckless!"

  Sneer, smile! Laugh loudly! "What can my 2,000 weak and disabled soldiers do among your 30,000 strong troops? All we have is a mouthful of clear and distinct resentment that wants to die! The imperial edict was given to us! Whoever receives the edict will die! So, Prince, are you prepared to follow the imperial edict and die with our 2,000 soldiers?"

  Behind him, two thousand people heard this and loudly cried out, "Is that right? Do you want to die with us too?"

  Long Nu's voice rose, "It's fine if the Flame Emperor wants to execute his soldiers, but as for whether it's true that he killed the fourth prince of Jiang Country, we can't just take their word for it! We need to see it with our own eyes before we can rest in peace! Brothers, don't be afraid! They're here to eradicate the source of the Heavenly Flower Syndrome! And we are already carriers of this disease, what do we have to fear? It's they who should be afraid! As soon as the battle begins, the epidemic will naturally spread to the 30,000 troops! Including you, Flame Emperor! Whether or not you'll slaughter your own 30,000 soldiers is still an unknown number! Flame Emperor, since you know I'm the fourth prince of Jiang Country and yet insist on taking action, when my scouts report back to my father, the emperor, our two countries will be at war!" His voice was cold and persuasive. The soldiers from both sides, including the invincible Flame Emperor, were stunned into silence.

  Close contact with boxing, how can the virus not be transmitted!

  As soon as he said this, the other side's men and horses began to waver. They also started to realize the enormity of this task!

  "As long as we are human, who is not afraid of death! Since we are soldiers on the battlefield, everyone has made preparations to sacrifice our lives for the country! But what did the country give us? Massacre! Everyone, smallpox is not a terminal illness, there is medicine that can cure it! It's not until we're desperate, it's not until we die in battle, our iron-blooded men, fighting against the enemy, encountering difficulties and dangers, are still not afraid, let alone this minor illness! We are full of vigor, even the ten judges of the underworld wouldn't dare to approach us, let alone a small disease demon! Brothers! Do you have the confidence to conquer the disease?" I shouted loudly.

  They responded in unison, shouting in one voice, "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

  Two thousand people, one heart. Although the situation is extremely unfavorable for us, we have shown them our determination!

  "Bring out the imperial edict! Bring out the imperial edict!" I shouted loudly, raising my right fist.

  "Oppose the pit killing! Produce the imperial edict!" Long Nu Ya responded loudly. The two of us shouted, and the others also followed suit, shouting in unison, "Oppose the pit killing, produce the imperial edict!"

  For a moment, the scene was almost out of control!

  "Very well! You want an imperial edict, I shall give you one! Once you've received the edict, let's see what else you have to say! General Ye, accept the edict!"

  I took the sword and stepped forward a few steps, lifted up the clothes in front of me, knelt down on both knees, raised my hands above my head, and said loudly, "Your humble servant receives your order!"

  He handed the imperial edict in his hand to the soldier beside him with both hands, and that soldier took a few steps forward and handed the imperial edict into my hands with both hands!

  As soon as I received the imperial edict, I bowed my head and said loudly, "Thank you for your great kindness!" After that, I stood up.

  Yu snatched the torch from the opponent's soldier. Laughing, he watched as the flames engulfed the imperial edict! Throughout history, there had never been a case where someone, in front of an envoy, dared to burn an imperial edict! For a moment, all 32,000 soldiers on both sides stood frozen in shock!

  "Imperial edict?" I laughed and threw the ashes and torch in my hand to the ground, clapping my hands, "Where is it? Have any of you brothers seen it?" I shouted.

  The two thousand soldiers all shouted loudly, "No imperial edict! Your Highness! Please hand over the imperial edict!"

  His face turned pale with rage, and after a long while, he shouted loudly, "Fine! Since that's the case! Come on! Get me my bow and arrow! We can't engage in close combat, so we'll turn you two thousand people into a beehive with arrows! Then we'll bury you all right here!"