Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1014: Chapter 708: Victory Brings Dominion Over the World, Defeat Means Burial in the Green Hills

The soldiers of Chongshan Town, Beiyuan Town, and Longbei Town will migrate northward to establish new border towns.

At the same time, Liaodong and Liaoxi will move their populations to Beijiang Province and Mongqing Province.

Of course, these are matters for the future.

Just after the Wuliang Royal Court was overthrown, Da Yue Dynasty to the west retreated their forces and even dispatched envoys to submit to the Da’an New Dynasty.

Meanwhile, the decisive battle between the Da’an New Dynasty and Chen Hengchang has sounded its horn.

Yang Chengye leads a personal expedition, personally commanding sixty thousand Emperor’s personal army and fifty thousand new troops southward through the official road residing in Cui Xia Valley, reaching the southern foot of Wanshan Ridge.

Chen Hengchang stands unbowed, leading two hundred thousand troops with the intention of stopping Yang Chengye from entering Jiangnan.

Both sides confront each other at the southern foot of Wanshan Ridge; the great battle is on the verge of erupting.

At the foot of the mountain, Yang Chengye, donned in gold armor, gazes solemnly at Chen Hengchang’s army on the opposite side.

Chen Hengchang’s strength cannot be underestimated; his two hundred thousand troops are far more difficult to deal with than Da Liang’s original three hundred thousand troops.

Chen Hengchang has the support of Divine Sun Sect. Although Divine Sun Sect used to be a group of rats in the gutter, they now have the power of over a hundred thousand martial artist followers.

Lately, Divine Sun Sect has been plaguing the three provinces of Jiangnan, Fuhai, and Yun Gui incessantly.

Within these three provinces, except for a few martial arts forces, almost all have been ravaged by them. Now, these three provinces are about to become a vacuum area for martial artists.

Besides Divine Sun Sect, no other martial arts force can be found.

Of course, there are a few forces that Divine Sun Sect is unwilling to provoke, such as Wuzhen Taoist Palace, West Building Sword Sect, and other worldly powers possessing Innate founders.

Divine Sun Sect has created over a hundred thousand martial artist followers from those martial arts forces.

The Yang family find it hard to muster a martial artist army of such scale.

However, Divine Sun Sect’s army has a fatal flaw, which is their cruelty and frenzy.

Yang Chengye, from afar, can already feel a surge of bloodthirsty and frenzied aura rushing towards him from Divine Sun Sect’s army.

Currently, he has only eleven thousand soldiers at his command, while the enemy forces are twice his own; the most troublesome part is the over a hundred thousand cruel Divine Sun sect members.

The enemies are numerous, and they have the brutal Divine Sun members. This battle is bound to be an extremely bloody fight.

Yang Chengye’s eyes are resolute as he reaches for a long spear, his voice booming like a bell, shouting with anger: "Charge forward relentlessly, fight until the last breath!"

"Kill!"

He charges forward with the long spear, with thousands of heavily armored cavalry ahead and thousands more well-equipped horsemen behind him.

This battle has no clever strategy available, only a desperate fight to the death.

In a deadly encounter, the brave prevail!

In an instant, the shouts of battle resound incessantly.

Chen Hengchang stands on horseback amid the army, holding a long sword, gazing at the aggressive advancing Da’an army, his face full of excitement.

No matter the outcome, today he will finally take this step.

Victory means domination of the world; defeat, lying buried amidst the green hills.

After experiencing so much, enduring for so long, he finally can stand righteously before the world, ready to embrace it.

Chen Hengchang is a complex person; he has great ambitions, heroic emotions, and human nature of his own, yet he must tread a rugged road.

From escaping in his youth, enduring in his youth, to humiliation in middle age, now being over fifty, he still harbors great expectations for the future.

Despite his disdain for Divine Sun Sect, he has to cooperate with them, even enduring humiliating manipulation by them.

He knows some things are wrong, yet he must do them nonetheless.

He bears his helplessness along with expectations; numerous things happen under coercive circumstances.

For instance, after entering Jiangnan, he didn’t think of reshaping a pure world a few times, but after numerous efforts, he found out the ideal pure world cannot be realized.

Too many people around him, ahead of him, impede him.

Thus, he raised the butcher’s knife, showcasing his most insane side, compromising with Divine Sun Sect again.

But this time, it shall be the final time.

"Indeed, this is the final time!"

Chen Hengchang’s eyes are cold; he hates Jiangnan’s elite families, equally loath Divine Sun Sect as well as Lin Fuan.

Perhaps Lin Fuan wholeheartedly aids him, but undeniably Lin Fuan leads him astray.

No matter how strong Divine Sun Sect is, they aren’t righteous.

From the day he cooperated with Divine Sun Sect, he knew his odds of success were slim.

Because Divine Sun Sect is hard to win hearts.

Yet, no matter what, he arrives at this point, encountering the most crucial moment of his life.

"Kill!"

Chen Hengchang also lets out a roar, filled with madness and longing hope.

Accompanying his roar is the sound of beast-like howls.

Tens of thousands of Divine Sun Sect members, eyes blood-red, charge at Da’an army like mad demons.

No strategy, no orders, none of these matters now; they only rush forward, only know killing.

Soon, the two armies clash together.

Blood sprays, and in the blink of an eye, it seems to dye the earth red.

Yang Chengye spares no thought for his life, personally leads heavily armored cavalry charging into the fray, killing while roaring, his golden armor nearly as red as blood armor.

Around him, tens of thousands of Da’an soldiers appear inspired, each charging fearlessly into battle.

"Charge forward relentlessly, fight until the last breath!"

Wrathful shouts arise one after another, the conviction to fight to the death turning fiery and wild.

If Divine Sun Sect’s madness comes from twisted humanity, then Da’an soldiers’ madness stems from belief.

This slogan isn’t empty talk, but a creed embedded into every Chongshan Town soldier’s bones.

The military soul Yang Zhenshan left them!

In Chongshan Town, Yang Zhenshan is a legend; in countless Chongshan Town soldiers’ hearts, Yang Zhenshan is a deified existence.

Invincible in attack, unbeatable in battle!

This represents Yang Zhenshan’s symbolism.

Many among them grew up hearing Yang Zhenshan’s achievements; they once fantasized about becoming Yang Zhenshan, or following him into battle.

Today, Yang Zhenshan isn’t here, but Yang Chengye is.

As the eldest grandson of the Yang family, as the Emperor of Da’an New Dynasty, if even Yang Chengye is fearless, what is there for them to fear?

The daring Da’an soldiers erupt in formidable warlike spirit; even as they face beast-like enemies, they remain undaunted, unrelenting in pursuit.

Soon, the two armies interweave, colliding like streams, merging, entangling.

A region of over ten miles turns into a hellish battleground.

The ground piles up with bones, the river of blood, thick stench driving further madness.

While soldiers fight, Innate Martial Artists aren’t idle.

Ji Feiyu and Yan Huichun guard Chen Hengchang, while Lin Fuan leads Divine Sun Sect Innate Martial Artists into battle.

Divine Sun Sect also reveals their bloodiest fangs.

Around Lin Fuan gather over ten Innate Martial Artists.

Aside from Divine Sun Sect’s four guardian kings of the past, there are ten unknown Innate Martial Artists.

Evidently, these ten Innate Martial Artists were catalyzed by Spirit Continuation Blood Refining Skill.

Though they can’t compare with Innate Martial Artists who cultivate step by step to Innate Realm, they are genuinely Innate Martial Artists.

Once the ten unknown Innate Martial Artists appear, they exude terrifying and savage aura.

Possibly due to urgently cultivating Spirit Continuation Blood Refining Skill, their eyes are red, their faces unusually fierce.

On the other side, there are An Yuxing, Zhou Tianci, Liang Shengze, Lv Hua, Yu Tonghai and other Innate Martial Artists, of course including Ding Qiu’s escort group.

In terms of the number of Innate Martial Artists, Da’an far outstrips Divine Sun Sect; even if Divine Sun Sect finds a shortcut, it cannot compare with Yang Zhenshan’s Spiritual Spring Space.