Chapter 858 - 111: Dragon Roar Across the Land, Heroes Arise
On this day, Yuwen Lie led his army through the mountain cliffs, under the cover of night. Eight thousand Tiger Barbarian Cavalry swiftly moved, capturing three Chen Country cities, slaying eleven generals and thirty-seven officers above the rank of colonel, breaching their defenses as they pointed straight towards Chen Country.
Divine Might General Yuwen Lie, his name resounded throughout the world.
Immediately, with the support of the Heroic Mo of Ying Country, he quickly established a defensive line within the occupied territories, building mechanism cities to sustain war with war. Those wishing to flee from Chen Country were all executed.
Outside the city, Yuwen Lie built three corpse piles using the heads of defeated Chen soldiers and fleeing civilians. Each head was stacked with hollow, fearful eyes staring at the grim sky, while dark crows circled above, eager to descend and feast on the flesh.
Armored soldiers patrolled the battlefield in groups of three, thrusting their long spears into every corpse, whether armored or clothed in thin fabric. The spearheads pierced the flesh and withdrawn.
The long-buried corpses burst into a mass of flesh and blood.
Some groaned, got up, and ran, only to be shot into porcupines by arrows.
The stench was unbearable.
A stench overwhelmed senses, almost dizzying people into fainting.
Large swarms of flies and mosquitoes perched on the flesh, and beneath the combat boots, the squelching rotten flesh made footing unstable, causing nausea and a chaotic shout.
Upon closer listening, it seemed that a soldier saw the giant pile of corpses and realized a comrade with whom he boasted a few days ago, now bloated and turned blue-purple, the skin inflating, a poke bursting it open with a pop.
"Ugh..."