Battle for Northern Frontier: The game begins with the grassland woman buying him.

Lin Yuer wiped away her tears, her voice choked with emotion.

"The three tribes of the grasslands have been completely wiped out. The camps of the Bloodhoof Tribe, the Black Bear Tribe, and the White Deer Tribe have all been reduced to scorched earth."

Although we won, we…

She couldn't continue, and tears welled up in her eyes again.

Su Zhan's heart sank, and the scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood before he lost consciousness reappeared in his mind.

He asked with difficulty, "How many brothers are left?"

Lin Yuer took a deep breath. "Of the 800 elite troops you took, less than 100 returned, all wounded. Nearly half of the brothers who defended the city and launched the feint attack have been lost."

Sun Ce, he…

She paused, her voice trembling, "He didn't make it to the second day; he died..."

The image of Sun Ce's valiant and skilled fighting skills flashed through Su Zhan's eyes.

His eyes dimmed slightly.

"The pheasant's neck was broken and its arm was broken; the bamboo viper suffered severe internal injuries; and the second-in-command was bedridden for a month before he could get up."

The Raptors' roster is now down to less than three-tenths.

The room fell silent, save for Lin Yuer's suppressed sobs.

Su Zhan's slow but heavy breathing rang out, "Not three out of ten will survive..."

This cold, hard number pierced Su Zhan's heart, causing him more pain than any wound on his body.

When he closed his eyes, all he could see were the faces and backs of his brothers.

The horrific sight of countless brothers falling under a hail of arrows and axes flashed wildly before his eyes.

After a long silence, Su Zhan took a deep breath and asked Lin Yuer, "Have the other forces made any moves?"

Lin Yu'er nodded. "The surrounding tribes on the grassland are all getting restless."

But this battle was too brutal, and the strength of the Fierce Dragon Gang should not be underestimated, so they have not yet made any reaction.

However, the Prince of Shunyi sent people while you were unconscious, ostensibly to mediate and comfort you, but in reality to probe our strength and see how many bones we still had to gnaw on.

The second-in-command barely managed to keep up, only saying that the losses were heavy and that he urgently needed to rest, refusing to mention anything else.

The envoy's words were also a warning, urging us to behave ourselves and not to wage war again, lest we disturb the peace of the grasslands.

Lin Yu'er held Su Zhan's hand tightly. "Husband. The Second Master said in private that the grassland people have always regarded us as worthless weeds, we..."

Su Zhan didn't listen to Lin Yuer continue. He tried to clench his fist, but his broken left and right arms only gave him a feeling of weakness.

He stared intently at the roof beam, his eyes filled with savagery.

The excruciating pain in his body was like shackles that nailed him to the bed, and everything he had experienced made him feel even more powerless.

Although they have now repelled the enemy, Stone City is in great ruins.

The pressure from the royal court could crush them at any moment.

Although they repelled the three tribes of the grasslands, they were ultimately as insignificant as ants compared to the power of the royal court.

All of this is like a knife hanging over Stone City, ready to fall at any moment.

But Su Zhan was powerless; he knew that all he could do now was recover from his injuries.

Fortunately, before he fell, he wiped out those grassland tribes, demonstrating the strength of Stone City and deterring those tribes that tried to take advantage of the chaos; otherwise, they would truly be extinct by now.

Su Zhan took a deep breath, suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and asked Lin Yu'er, "How am I feeling now?"

When Lin Yuer heard Su Zhan say this, a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes again.

She forced herself to stay awake and said to Su Zhan, "The doctor said that you need to rest and recuperate. Some of your tendons and bones are really badly injured and will leave lasting effects."

But he has already used his most effective ointment to help you; you only need to rest in bed to recover.

Hearing him say that, Su Zhan felt a little more at ease, as this was what he cared about most.

If his body were to return to its former state, he would truly be unable to avenge his brothers or realize his dreams.

And they will die a very horrible death.

He is already deeply caught in this vortex.

Having created such a large-scale operation in Stone City, he has become deeply intertwined with the Raptors, and there is absolutely no way they can separate again.

In his view, the so-called one-year period was nothing more than a beautiful fantasy at the time.

What God has ordained will never change according to human will.

At the time, he thought that as long as he worked for the Dragon Gang and protected the entire Stone City, he and Lin Yu'er would be safe.

But now it seems impossible.

Once that decision was made, there was no turning back; I could only sink deeper and deeper into it.

It wasn't just him, but also Lin Yuer and the entire Raptors gang.

Su Zhan estimated that even Bai Zhanqiu hadn't anticipated things would develop this way.

Everyone thought that the conflicts on the grasslands would not be so bloody, but after experiencing it firsthand, they realized how ruthless the grassland people were.

The only way to stop all this from happening is to be even more brutal than them.

But thinking about this, Su Zhan became confused again. How could he get out of his current predicament? Should he expand and become stronger? Or should he just leave and go far away? Expanding and becoming stronger was completely impossible in Su Zhan's view, because they were still on the grasslands, and this was the territory of the grassland people.

Although they defeated several tribes, those tribes were insignificant compared to the vastness of the grasslands.

The reason why the Prince of Shunyi did not intervene from beginning to end was probably because he thought that everything that happened in Stone City was just a minor incident and not worth his attention.

It would be extremely difficult for Stone City to grow stronger and larger. Not to mention whether the many grassland tribes around it would allow them to grow stronger, even the royal court would not allow them to become powerful.

Therefore, all of this is extremely difficult.

However, Su Zhan felt that these were not things he should be considering, but rather things Bai Zhanqiu should be considering.

Perhaps he should ask Bai Zhanqiu what exactly happened.

News of Su Zhan's awakening spread quickly within the Fierce Dragon Gang. Bai Zhanqiu arrived in the afternoon.

He was leaning on a cane, his body was covered in bandages, and only one eye was visible on his head, making him look like a mummy.

Su Zhan smiled when he saw him.

Bai Zhanqiu smiled too.

Bai Zhanqiu said to Su Zhan, "You really risked your life. You're much more seriously injured than me. You should just lie down and stop laughing."

Su Zhan asked him in a hoarse voice, "I don't even have the strength to speak right now, so I want to ask you, what are your plans now and for the future?"

Bai Zhanqiu struggled to sit down next to Su Zhan, as if this slight movement had aggravated his injuries.

He took a deep breath and said, "This is what I was just thinking of discussing with you."

My older brother and I have already discussed it, and now I want to tell you about it again.

As Bai Zhanqiu spoke, his eyes became deep and thoughtful.

He said, "This battle was extremely difficult, but we won in the end."

However, we still need time to recover, so we will not easily start a war in the short term.

Su Zhan nodded, then asked, "So what's the next step?"

Bai Zhanqiu said, "Of course it's for business. We took over Stone City to make money, didn't we? You don't expect us to take over the entire grassland, do you?"

Su Zhan was somewhat surprised to hear this; it was completely different from what he had expected.