Loan Wusheng

Chapter 229: Li Bi Slayed in Battle, a Decisive Strike!
Murong Lang's face was pale and ashen, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

It's over,

It's all over!
Murong Lang has been in the Prince of Zhao's mansion for over fifty years. He knows Prince Zhao Li Bi's temperament all too well. Although he seems carefree and cynical, he is easily angered and irritable. After this battle, he made the worst judgment and will definitely be torn to pieces by Prince Zhao!

As a remnant of the Murong clan of the Northern Rong, he had finally climbed to his current position, and he didn't want to die!
He wants to become the Yuan Dan Martial Saint, he wants to rebuild the Murong Xianbei, he wants to restore the Murong tribe, and establish the Great Yan Kingdom!
To achieve this goal, there is only one thing he can think of right now.

Defection!

Although Zheng Jun killed two warriors from the Murong tribe who were like him in Lanzhou, hundreds of years had passed. What were those distant relatives anyway? They were dead, so what did it have to do with me?
Upon realizing this, Murong Lang immediately looked to his left and right. He saw that in the central position, two Yuan Dan auras had already erupted and clashed. Countless fleeing soldiers around them suffered collateral damage and were instantly vaporized by this vast aura.

For them, this seemed like a relief.

After all, under the influence of vaporization, their deaths were painless.

Seeing that Zhao Wang Li Bi was entangled by Zheng Jun and that his 100,000 troops were in chaos, Murong Lang took a deep breath and immediately had a new idea.

There's no need to switch sides.

All he needed to do was retreat with his army.

Perhaps I can also establish a Great Yan Kingdom in Suzhou and restore the glory of my ancestors?

Thinking of this, Murong Lang did not hesitate. He looked at the three hundred outer-strength cavalry charging into battle, snorted coldly, and began to gather his troops on the outer perimeter without any hesitation.

As for Zhao Wang Li Bi?

Murong Lang will wish him good luck.

"..."

In the center of the army, the martial saint Yuan Dan's aura was mixed, and the battle lasted until the very end.

"Zheng thief, do you really think your little tricks will work?"

A sudden gust of wind arose, and Zhao Wang Li Bi, surrounded by the illusory image of vine pythons formed from the true essence of green wood, looked at Zheng Jun with a cold smile and shouted sharply: "Although my army is in chaos, I still have generals under my command who have reached the Qi level. As long as I delay you for a while, my army will eventually regain order, and then it will be your death day!"

Zheng Jun held the Longyuan Blade in one hand, the blade pointing diagonally at the ground, crimson true essence flowing along the blade like magma.

Without answering, he suddenly took a step forward, and the pressure of Zheng Jun's Yuan Dan Martial Saint erupted. His figure streaked across the sky like a meteor, slashing towards Li Bi!

Li Bi's pupils contracted sharply, and in a haste, he clasped his hands together, forming a giant green wooden shield from hundreds of vine pythons in front of him.

"break!"

The Dragon Abyss Blade, imbued with the violent true energy of 'Radiant Sunlight,' slashed down, shattering the giant green wooden shield. Before the blade's momentum had subsided, Li Bi hastily dodged to the side, only to see Zheng Jun suddenly form a hand seal with his left hand and shout sharply, "Slay, kill, annihilate!"

The four-character mantra suddenly burst forth with golden light, pressing down from the sky like a divine decree of punishment. Li Bi's figure froze abruptly, as if he were imprisoned by invisible shackles.

Enraged, Li Bi unleashed his emerald green true essence like a raging python, forcefully breaking free of the restraints, yet he was still delayed for half a breath.

Although it only delayed him for half a breath, the Dragon Abyss Blade, like a poisonous dragon, tore through his right arm's python robe in one strike!
"puff!"

The moment blood spurted out, Li Bi roared and activated his innate divine power, the "Azure Emperor's Longevity Technique." Vines grew wildly at the wound to stop the bleeding. He was extremely angry, and his mind was filled with countless thoughts: How did Zheng Jun study such Confucian and Taoist secret techniques? Could it be that Zheng Jun in front of him is a Confucian and Taoist genius?
This thought startled Li Bi to some extent.

Zheng Jun's achievement of becoming a Yuan Dan Martial Saint after only seven or eight years of martial arts training was already astonishing, making him a figure unprecedented and unparalleled. However, if his Confucian and Taoist cultivation was also so formidable, it would be even more disheartening.

The thought flashed through his mind, but Li Bi did not hesitate and charged forward, slashing at Zheng Jun.

As the two figures crossed paths, the surrounding soldiers were all thrown over by the shockwave, and many were even killed without a complete corpse.

Li Bi took advantage of the momentum to retreat thirty feet. Although the wound on his right arm had healed, the residual true essence of the broken jade in his meridians was still rampant, causing his entire arm to spasm slightly.

"Zheng Jun, it's not too late for you to leave now! My previous promise still stands. Whatever Dharma form you want to condense, I won't interfere; in fact, I'll give it my full support. What do you say?!"

King Zhao, Li Bi, grew somewhat anxious. He used his emerald green true essence to temporarily repel Zheng Jun, who was trying to step forward, and said in a low voice, "Everything is negotiable. There's no need for you to fight me here and both of us will be injured!"

"it is good."

Upon hearing Li Bi's words, Zheng Jun agreed without hesitation.

Li Bi was taken aback upon hearing this, but then he heard Zheng Jun continue, "The Dharma form I wish to condense is named 'Lord of the World,' and I need to borrow His Highness Prince Zhao's head! Since His Highness Prince Zhao is so supportive, why not give this precious head to me?"

Having said that, Zheng Jun swung his sword, and in an instant, the heavens and earth collapsed!

"Insanity!"

Li Bi, enraged to the point of laughter, suddenly unleashed a dazzling azure light from his gilded sword. Wherever the sword's edge passed, towering ancient trees rose from the ground, obscuring the sky and the sun.

What hung among the branches and leaves were not fruits, but densely packed bronze arrows, their cold light chilling and their killing intent palpable!
This was the same killing move we used yesterday, but now it's ten times more powerful!
"go with!"

As Li Bi pointed his sword, a rain of arrows tore through the sky.

The bronze arrows were wrapped with spiraling true energy, and the sound of them cutting through the air carved out visible vacuum tracks. Even more terrifying was the eerie green poisonous light emanating from the arrowheads, which was the only poison technique in the 'Azure Emperor's Longevity Technique': Azure Python Saliva!
Seeing this, Zheng Jun showed no emotional fluctuation. His gilded dragon-patterned halberd swept across like the moon. The azure-gold halberd's light transformed into an arc-shaped curtain of light, shredding hundreds of arrows. At the same time, his right-hand Dragon Abyss Blade suddenly changed its move to 'Green Water Slaying Dragon,' the blade light like a celestial river hanging upside down!

"boom!"

The shockwave from the collision of the two streams of true energy sent all the routed soldiers within a radius of a hundred feet flying.

Amidst this impact, Li Bi seized the opportunity to bite his tongue, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the sword. Instantly, patterns appeared on the gilded sword, revealing the divine power 'True Dragon Suppressing Prison' that he had learned from the Divine Martial Emperor!
"Zheng Jun!"

Li Bi, his hair and beard bristling, declared confidently, "Today I'll show you what real..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zheng Jun's figure suddenly blurred.

Li Bi felt a blur before his eyes, and the phantom images of nine blazing suns lit up in all directions.

In each round of blazing sun, a figure in a green robe would emerge, wielding a knife, a halberd, or forming hand seals, simultaneously displaying different martial arts techniques!

"Illusion? No! It's a stealth technique, the Swift Meteor?"

Li Bi thought to himself, and his sword turned sharply, the emerald green true energy spreading out like a tide.

However, the nine Zheng Juns around him moved in perfect unison, their Dragon Abyss Blade and Gilded Halberd crossing to form a cross-shaped killing formation, their azure and gold true essence intertwining and rising, condensing in mid-air into the image of two dragons fighting!

This was exactly the method Zheng Jun used to deal with the Prince of Jin the day before.

Li Bi was shocked and furious. The dragon pattern appeared, but the expected violent impact did not come. The nine figures suddenly disappeared like bubbles. It was just a feint!

The real danger comes from beneath your feet.

"Qiang!"

The Longyuan Blade swept diagonally upwards. Even before the blade arrived, the fierce aura made Li Bi's scalp tingle. He could only hastily leap into the air, but his left leg was still struck by the blade's energy, and his black python robe was immediately soaked with blood.

Blood gushed from his left leg, but it was quickly contained by the vines.

'This Zheng Jun is incredibly powerful. Just how many supernatural abilities does he possess? Why are his abilities so chaotic, yet still interconnected?'

Li Bi pondered to himself, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Normally, Yuan Dan Martial Saints try their best to learn the supernatural abilities of their own path, so that they can get closer to the Dharma form they want to condense and make things more convenient for themselves.

Occasionally, one or two supernatural abilities from other paths may appear, but they are of no great importance.

But someone like Zheng Jun, who mixes truth and falsehood and all sorts of things, really left Li Bi at a loss for words, not knowing what to say at all.

I don't understand, I really don't understand.

Li Bi had already clearly realized that he was no match for Zheng Jun.

If he didn't escape and continued to fight, he would most likely be killed by Zheng Jun here.

But escaping won't do any good.

This place is too far from Suzhou.

As long as Zheng Jun clings to him, he won't be able to escape.

After all, Zheng Ke had mastered a technique of escape and magic to a high level, while he hadn't.

However, if one were to flee directly, it wouldn't be impossible to survive.

but……

Li Bi gritted his teeth; he still didn't want to give up his quest to dominate the world.

The southward march of 100,000 troops presents an excellent opportunity.

Li Bi dared not think about how he could possibly defeat Zheng Jun if he couldn't even win under these circumstances.

We can't expect our own brothers to work together to kill that scoundrel Zheng Jun first, can we?
Not very realistic.

After all, he had a secret message that his elder brother, who had been resurrected from the dead, was the legitimate emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Yongchang, who had inexplicably come back to life. He was now leading 30,000 soldiers from the East Sea, landing in Jiaodong County, Qingzhou, and fighting against his other three brothers...

Although this news seems absurd, upon closer examination it doesn't seem to be a problem.

The soldiers from the East Sea were most likely helped by that elder brother whom they had only heard of but never met.

However, Li Bi was not without a chance to turn the tide.

On the contrary, Li Bi felt that he had a higher probability of defeating Zheng Jun than that of Zheng Jun killing him.

the reason is simple.

Although his 100,000-strong army had been routed, it was only a rout. If someone could guide him, he could still organize a second offensive!
The reason why the soldiers had previously been routed was naturally because Zheng Jun had suddenly arrived, causing the auxiliary troops to lead the elite troops, resulting in chaos on the battlefield.

Now that Zheng Jun is tied down, his generals should be able to organize an effective offensive.

At that very moment, the sound of thunderous hooves came from afar.

Li Bi caught a glimpse of Murong Lang gathering the routed troops on the right wing, which reassured him somewhat.

If we can just delay for a little longer...

As long as Murong Lang launches an attack, everything will be alright!
Thinking of this, a passionate glint flashed in Li Bi's eyes, and he slashed down with his gilded sword, unleashing an extremely fierce attack on Zheng Jun.

Li Bi's gilded sword, imbued with emerald true energy, slashed down, and wherever the sword passed, the ground cracked open with ravines dozens of feet wide. Green vines, like giant pythons, burst from the earth and coiled around Zheng Jun's feet.

Seeing this, Zheng Jun was somewhat surprised.

Previously, Li Bi had been mainly defensive, so why did he suddenly become so offensive just now?
Although somewhat doubtful, Zheng Jun did not hesitate at all. The Dragon Abyss Blade was suddenly drawn, and the azure-gold true essence spread out like ripples, turning the vines into dust before they could even get close.

It would be even better if they took the initiative to launch an attack!
Offense is the best defense, at least for the strong.

If one is not the stronger party, then taking the initiative to attack will leave one with many weaknesses.

Just as Zheng Jun had pulverized the vines around him, he seized the opportunity presented by Li Bi's supernatural power and transformed the Dragon Abyss Blade in his hand into a hundred-foot-long azure dragon, swooping down from the clouds!

Slay the dragon in the green water!

A hundred-foot-long azure dragon slashed down fiercely from the Dragon Abyss Blade, heading straight for Li Bi.

Li Bi's pupils suddenly contracted, and his emerald green true essence surged like a raging python, hastily condensing into layers of vine armor barriers in an attempt to resist. However, the cyan-gold blade light fell down with overwhelming force, carrying the momentum of splitting mountains and shattering peaks, tearing apart the protective true essence layer by layer, leaving Li Bi powerless to resist!

"boom--!!!"

With a loud bang, Li Bi was cleaved into the ground by a single blow, creating a huge crater in the area within a hundred feet.

Before the dust had settled, a streak of emerald light suddenly shot out, shattering Li Bi's python robe. A hideous wound on his chest was so deep that bone was visible. Emerald true essence was frantically repairing the wound, but the speed had clearly slowed down.

"Wow!"

While suspended in mid-air, Li Bi spat out blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. He could only activate the "Azure Emperor Longevity Technique to repair" but found that the true essence of broken jade was constantly swirling around the wound, and his life force was being continuously devoured.

Seeing himself beaten to this state, Zheng Jun shook his head and said, "Li Bi is nothing special, far inferior to Li Shen."

"Hahaha."

Li Bi grinned maliciously, his face contorted with rage despite being covered in blood: "Zheng Jun, your death is imminent!"

He looked at the edge of the area and saw that Murong Lang had already gathered about 10,000 people, most of whom were elites. One of his own Qi Refining warriors seemed to have a dispute with Murong Lang, and then Murong Lang made a fierce move and killed the Qi Refining warrior directly.

"Murong Lang, come to the rescue at once!"

Li Bi didn't take the scene that had just appeared seriously. Instead, he let out a long roar that shook the surrounding area: "Whoever kills Zheng Jun, I will guarantee that he will reach the Yuan Dan realm and be granted the title of a One-Word King! Come quickly, come quickly, come quickly!"

Li Bi had no recollection of the man Murong Lang had killed; he had previously been Wu Liyang's subordinate before joining him.

This argument with Murong Lang must be because he disagrees with Murong Lang coming to rescue me!
Murong Lang, well done!
As long as Murong Lang leads the team to launch an attack, everything will be alright!
Upon realizing this, Li Bi immediately grinned maliciously. Wherever his sword pointed, the grass and trees within a ten-mile radius grew wildly, transforming into thousands of giant thorn spears that pierced towards Zheng Jun. Each one was comparable to a full-force strike from a peak Qi Refining stage cultivator!
Li Bi was in high spirits and roared, "Zheng Jun, my army is assembled, let's see how you can be my match!"

Facing the sky full of giant spears and thorns, Zheng Jun snorted coldly and casually slashed horizontally with his Dragon Abyss Blade.

Where the blade passed, the azure-gold true essence swept across like a crescent moon, and the thousands of giant spears shattered inch by inch before they even got close, with fragments pouring down like a torrential rain.

"Humph!"

Li Bi snorted coldly, cursing inwardly for Murong Lang's delay. He looked up and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Instead of charging, the 10,000-strong army under Murong Lang's command rapidly changed formation, with the rear guard becoming the front guard and retreating northwards!

The fluttering banner bearing the character "Zhao" was violently torn down, replaced by a banner bearing the character "Murong." Upon seeing this, Li Bi was suddenly stunned.

This is……

After a brief moment of mental blankness, Li Bi's face contorted in pain, and his gilded sword trembled violently: "Murong Lang! You Xianbei dog! Without me, how could you be where you are today! You, you, you!!!"

"It seems your ability to judge people isn't very good either."

Zheng Jun spoke casually: "Your elder brother, Li Shen, had loyal soldiers under his command, yet he abandoned them and fled alone; you, on the other hand, held on and refused to retreat, while your men left without hesitation... You two kings of Jin and Zhao are quite interesting indeed."

Having said that, Zheng Jun had already drawn his sword.

This seemingly casual strike actually cleaved the hastily erected emerald barrier in the air, creating cracks. The shattered jade essence eroded wildly along the cracks, causing the wound on Li Bi's chest to reopen, and the emerald essence could no longer repair it!
"It seems your head is destined to be chopped off by me today."

Zheng Jun suddenly changed his move, and the Dragon Abyss Blade transformed into a streak of light, aiming straight for his throat!

Upon seeing this, Li Bi's spirits were greatly dampened, and he could only roll and dodge in a disheveled state. His hair ornament was swept off by the sword energy, and his long hair was scattered like a madman.

Li Bi's hair was disheveled, his eyes were bloodshot, and a mixture of emerald green true essence and blood seeped from the wound on his chest. He stared intently at Zheng Jun, then suddenly let out a shrill laugh: "Zheng Jun! You think this is the end?!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Bi suddenly plunged the gilded sword into his own chest!
In an instant, the sword was dyed an eerie turquoise red, and an extremely violent energy surge erupted from his body.
"Azure Emperor's Blood Burning Technique!"

Li Bi roared and howled, his pores spewing forth emerald green true essence, his whole body resembling a burning jade: "Even if I perish in body and soul today, I will drag you down with me!"

Although Zheng Jun didn't know what the 'Azure Emperor Blood Burning Technique' was, he could tell that Li Bi wanted to use his own essence blood as a catalyst to detonate his Yuan Dan.

Once detonated, no life will survive within a radius of dozens of miles.

The impact will extend for hundreds of miles.

only……

"The detonation is too slow, Lee Pil."

Zheng Jun sneered, and the Dragon Abyss Blade suddenly flew out of his hand, drawing a blazing sun trajectory in the air. Wherever the blade passed, the nine illusory suns suddenly collapsed into a black dot, and space itself was distorted.

The blade was extremely fast, and the black dot pierced through Li Bi's dantian in an instant. Before the violent energy in his body could fully erupt, it was suppressed by the extremely compressed Blazing Sun True Essence!
"Impossible! I am a descendant of the Divine Martial Emperor, how... how could I die at the hands of a lowly official like you..."

Li Bi's pupils contracted sharply as he looked down in disbelief at his dantian, where a fist-sized black hole had been torn open. The emerald green true essence accumulated within his body was gushing out of this fatal wound like a flood bursting its banks.

And this Yuan Dan was now in grave danger.

Zheng Jun flashed and appeared in front of Li Bi, his left hand wielding a gilded dragon halberd, aiming directly at Li Bi: "Your life is mine!"

"boom!"

With a soft thud, Li Bi was sent flying by the gilded dragon halberd. Before he could react, Zheng Jun had already lunged forward, reaching out to grab his throat!
"Crack!"

With a crisp cracking sound, Li Bi's head was forcibly twisted off by Zheng Jun!
Li Bi's wide eyes were still frozen in disbelief.

Even though Li Bi's head had been twisted off by Zheng Jun, his headless corpse was still emitting a powerful aura. Upon seeing this, Zheng Jun immediately swung his sword and left!

"Pfft!"

The instant the Dragon Abyss Blade pierced Li Bi's chest, a beam of emerald light suddenly shot into the sky from Li Bi's body!

The beam of light pierced the sky, turning the clouds within a hundred miles into a jade color.

Suddenly, all the vegetation on the battlefield grew wildly. The wild grass that had been trampled flat by the iron hooves sprouted new buds at a speed visible to the naked eye, and strange flowers the size of bowls bloomed on the broken wood and branches.

"This is……"

Zheng Jun drew his sword and retreated, only to see that Li Bi's corpse did not fall down, but was instead lifted into the air by the emerald green true essence.

What gushed from the wounds was not blood, but a solidified blue spiritual liquid that dripped onto the scorched earth and immediately gave rise to a large number of spiritual herbs.

This was a strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth after Yuan Dan's fall. What Zheng Jun did not expect was that the strange phenomenon after the fall of Zhao Wang Li Bi, who seemed so crazy, was so full of vitality.

This surprised Zheng Jun somewhat.

Without much speculation, Zheng Jun, holding Li Bi's head, stood with his feet firmly planted in mid-air, his voice echoing across the land: "The King of Zhao is dead! Those who surrender will not be killed!"

This sound was like a thunderclap, and the already scattered Zhao army completely collapsed.

Countless soldiers had lost all will to run around and immediately dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. Murong Lang's rebel army fled north without looking back.

As for the soldiers who surrendered on the spot, they suddenly found that their wounds were itchy.

Some people were trembling, and they could see that tender buds of flesh were growing and intertwining at the broken bone.

One of the outer-gang cavalrymen who followed Zheng Jun into battle had his arm severed. Suddenly, emerald green vines sprouted from the severed limb, which instantly solidified into a wooden prosthetic limb and returned to its flesh color in a flash.

A vibrant green essence permeated the space between heaven and earth.

Just then, a rumbling sound like thunder suddenly came from the sky. Zheng Jun looked up and saw that a phantom of a giant tree reaching the sky had appeared at the top of the emerald green pillar of light.

"This Dharma image... seems to be recorded in the Great Zhou royal family. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the 'Azure Emperor Image' prepared by the Divine Martial Emperor for the Prince of Zhao."

Zheng Jun thought to himself, "It seems that Emperor Shenwu also dotes on this son to an extreme. The 'Azure Emperor's Appearance' and the 'Lord of the World' are partially interconnected. Prince Zhao is actually qualified to compete for the 'Lord of the World'. If he fails, he can go back to continue cultivating the 'Azure Emperor's Appearance'."

It's just a pity...

All gone.

King Zhao is dead. No matter how great his ambitions were, they all turned to dust with this one stroke of the sword.

Zheng Jun shook his head, and the phantom of the giant tree on the horizon suddenly disintegrated into thousands of points of light.

These points of light fell on the battlefield like spring rain, causing moss to grow on armor and swords to blossom wherever they touched.

Even more miraculously, the soil stained with blood transformed into a spiritual field in an instant, and several ginseng plants sprouted from the soil and quickly grew into precious medicinal herbs with a hundred-year lifespan.

That's all.

However, he could ponder the 'Azure Emperor's Appearance' himself, but unfortunately, the manuscript of the Divine Martial Emperor did not record the condensation form of the 'Azure Emperor's Appearance' in detail, which was quite regrettable.

The Divine Martial Emperor was only recorded as two names: 'Painted Skin Venerable' and 'Lord of the World'.

The former is still a semi-finished product. It was a method deduced by the Divine Emperor based on the appearance of a high-ranking person in a chaotic era tens of thousands of years ago. It is not guaranteed to be authentic and is just an experiment.

A few gilded characters flashed past Zheng Jun's eyes.

[Slaying a Yuan Dan with a blade, his might shakes the world. 'All Dharmas Without Form' repayment progress +30000.]

A dense list of progress updates on supernatural abilities appeared behind him, but Zheng Jun casually tossed it aside without paying much attention.

Even if it doesn't overflow now, it will eventually overflow in the future.

Since he would need to accumulate twenty different supernatural powers to push 'All Phenomena Without Form' to perfection after it was full, he decided not to look at those extra data.

Zheng Jun looked around and waved his hand. The gilded sword that Zhao Wang Li Bi had been wielding landed easily in Zheng Jun's palm.

This is also a magic weapon.

It seems to have originated from the same source as the gilded dragon halberd of the King of Qin.

This seems to be a set of magical weapons, including a sword, a halberd, and several other items.

Perhaps, it lies with the other kings.

The Prince of Jin probably doesn't have one. If he did, it would have been shown during the previous battle, instead of him using only a top-tier magic weapon to fight against him.

To be honest, Prince Li Shen of Jin was quite capable.

However, various things were holding things back, which was probably due to the Emperor Shenwu's wrath.

Although he didn't kill Li Shen, he was far inferior to his brothers in other aspects.

"Whoo~"

Zheng Jun exhaled and looked at the soldiers.

However, apart from the soldiers who were taken away by Murong Lang, most of the remaining Zhao army were surrendering. At a glance, there were no fewer than 50,000 surrenderers.

"Murong Lang..."

Zheng Jun silently murmured the name, feeling that it held some meaning.

But now is not the time to pursue him. Instead, he looked around and said, "The surrendered soldiers rise and form ranks, return to the Golden Lock Pass!"

Zheng Jun didn't care much about the 50,000 surrendered soldiers.

As long as I am among these 50,000 surrendered soldiers, even if they wanted to cause trouble, they would have no ability to do so!
Including the two Tongqiao who surrendered together!

"Prime Minister."

Yu Shen arrived panting, his armor severely damaged, and a healed wound visible on his chest. This wound was caused by the emerald green true essence after the death of King Zhao, Li Bi. In a way, the death of King Zhao had saved Yu Shen's life.

When Zheng Jun saw Yu Shen arrive, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What about the casualties?"

"General, our army has suffered heavy casualties."

Yu Shen solemnly said, "Of the 3,500 garrison troops at Jin Suo Pass, less than 700 remained after the war ended. Of our 300 cavalrymen, more than 80 died in battle, leaving only 214."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jun couldn't help but sigh.

More than eighty people, all of whom were officers at the Outer Gang Realm.

If these eighty men were the core, they would have been able to organize a well-organized elite force of 50,000, but unfortunately, they were all wiped out in this battle.

This was even with Murong Lang's defection and Prince Zhao, Li Bi, unable to attend to matters at once.

Zheng Jun dared not even imagine that if Murong Lang had remained loyal, his three hundred cavalrymen would probably only have eighty men left.

"These eighty-five people who died in the battle, after counting their names and hometowns, I have said that they are all heroes of this battle and should be granted titles and land!"

Zheng Jun took a deep breath and continued, "As for the soldiers who died defending Jin Suo Guan, their families will all be moved into Shenjing City, and they will be rewarded with mansions, gold and silver. Their children and descendants can enter the 'Martial Arts Hall' to study."

Those who survive this battle will also be rewarded according to their merits.

Zheng Jun opened his mouth and said.

After killing the King of Zhao, the King of Jin was like a turtle in a jar.

Guanzhong is now entirely under our control.

As for Suzhou, this is also an excellent time to advance.

According to his pre-war plan, it was time for him to depose the emperor, initiate the abdication process, and ascend the throne as emperor.

After becoming emperor, he rewarded his meritorious officials.

This battle marked the beginning of the first batch of meritorious officials to be rewarded.

Eighty-five men died in the battle, and all of them were granted the title of Earl, with the title reduced to hereditary.

Those who made outstanding contributions in this battle were granted the title of Marquis of the Township; those who made meritorious contributions were granted the title of Earl; and all those who participated in the battle were rewarded with the titles of Viscount or Baron.

As for Yu Shen, who faced the most perilous battle and barely escaped with his life...

He should be the first Duke of the new dynasty.

Although the title doesn't seem high, it's worlds apart from the princes that Zheng Jun casually bestowed upon them before.

However, the two cannot be compared.

Those who are granted titles under his command are true nobles.

The titles of kings bestowed upon the various local lords were only temporary.

Just like the feudal lords enfeoffed by Liu Bang, these feudal lords were all strategic partners, similar to shareholders.

Those who are truly on our side are all Che Hou.

Those shareholders who don't obey will naturally be eliminated.

Those who are obedient can be retained, but their royal titles will be changed, and they will be sent to places like Qizhou or even the Northern Rong and Western Di to govern a region.

Zheng Jun had already made up his mind about everything that would follow.

Yu Shen was unaware of Zheng Jun's inner thoughts; he only knew one thing.

He's going to be remembered in history.

He will become the first high-ranking official of the new dynasty among the Xianbei people!
Thinking of this, Yu Shen immediately bowed and accepted the order.

"Yes, sir! I'll take care of it right away!"

(End of this chapter)