Fang Dongming glanced at Jiang Qiuyang beside him and chuckled lightly, "After this battle, the landscape of the Azure Dragon Continent will be set for at least a millennium!"
Jiang Qiuyang gave a soft laugh, saying, "I think it can be set for a ten millennium! Uncle Dongming, do you plan to give Great Xia a chance to rise again?"
Fang Dongming murmured, "Before the expedition, the Emperor ordered to capture half of Great Xia's territory."
"Why not all of it?" Jiang Qiuyang's eyes squinted, a cold, war-like gleam flashing in his pupils: "After we cross Skybreaker Mountain and break through Qingzhou Mansion, we can directly face the true core of Great Xia, Yanhuang City! With our million-strong army, coupled with the powerful individuals in the military. I think, annihilating the whole of Great Xia... should not be a problem."
"They will fight back desperately," Fang Dongming chuckled lightly, "No nation can be enslaved by another for a long time..."
"Then kill them all!" Jiang Qiuyang said coldly, "Our Great Qi has a large population, continuous and unending. We can migrate some here."
Fang Dongming couldn't help but take a deep breath, looking at Jiang Qiuyang, "In that case, our casualties... will be very high!"
"In any war, aren't there casualties?" Jiang Qiuyang said, "We have the best consolation system. The families of the casualties will receive the best care. They joined the military... for this day, didn't they? As for the fact... that no nation can be enslaved for a long time, I am aware of that. Solving this problem is quite simple."
Jiang Qiuyang spoke, looking at the Skybreaker Mountain range before him: "Either assimilate or annihilate!"
"Assimilate... or annihilate..." Fang Dongming murmured, "That is not the Emperor's objective! If we truly push Great Xia to desperation, their resistance would certainly be terrifying."
"How terrifying could it be?" Jiang Qiuyang laughed coldly: "I don't believe that, under the crush of our million-strong army, they would have any chance."
Fang Dongming looked deeply at Jiang Qiuyang, holding back something unsaid. If his tribe was so easy to annihilate, then why did they fail on the Prairie? Fang Dongming was well aware that saying this would most likely cause the Third Prince to turn against him on the spot.
What had happened on the Prairie had become Jiang Qiuyang's greatest taboo. It was the greatest disgrace for this prince who had always had a pleasant journey.
This time, letting him follow this troop was purely to embellish Jiang Qiuyang's achievements, to make the Third Prince's military exploits so great that others could hardly look up to them.
The future Crown Prince of Great Qi would certainly be this Third Prince.
This was the intention of the Great Qi Emperor. As the commanding officer, Fang Dongming was well aware of this.
Therefore, Fang Dongming wouldn't argue forcibly with Jiang Qiuyang.
Even if Jiang Qiuyang intends to obliterate Great Xia in this war, he would not agree. After all, he, Fang Dongming... is the commander of this army!
This young prince would never understand how a desperate nation could erupt and fight with such horror.
They were almost at the entrance of the Tunnel. Over a hundred scouts went ahead to investigate, and after repeated inspections, they found no anomalies.
At the same time, the message transferred from the advance army indicated that everything was safe.
Fang Dongming took a deep breath, loudly saying, "Pass the order... enter the Tunnel! Maintain distance, keep a fast pace! Don't delay time!"
As the command passed down, Fang Dongming's heart also began to burn!
This is the most important Tunnel. Once they pass through safely, then... the conquest of all of Great Xia is within reach!
This kind of military achievement... is a land-expanding achievement!
After this battle, even being granted land and made a lord... wasn't impossible!
Thinking about it, Fang Dongming's heart grew even hotter. He shouted loudly, "Advance!"
The million-strong army, stepping in a unified cadence, began to enter the Tunnel's cave.
At the highest peak, Zhang Rong watched as the Great Qi Army disappeared little by little at the foot of Skybreaker Mountain. He murmured, "A general achieves glory over countless, as his bones lay bare... This million-strong army, to be buried in Skybreaker Mountain, what kind of legend will it write?"
Half an hour, an hour, two hours... until, two and a half hours have passed, all of the Great Qi Army, have entered into this tunnel in the belly of the Skybreaker Mountain Range!
At this moment, Zhang Rong took a deep breath and said to the people around him: "Begin!"
With this command, several whistling arrows shot into the sky!
The sound was piercingly sharp.
Then, just behind the million-strong Great Qi army, at the entrance of the cave they just passed, there was a series of loud bangs!
The cave, which stretches more than ten miles, collapsed violently. The entire mountain, as if it had shattered, made a loud noise after which the whole tunnel, from the entrance, extended more than ten miles out, and was instantly filled with countless huge stones and soil!
This huge commotion immediately alarmed the Great Qi soldiers who were responsible for the rear guard. But before they could react, they felt the ground shake and the whole tunnel... countless places, all began to collapse!
It's as if the entire Skybreaker Mountain Range is collapsing.
On Great Xia's side, the soldiers who were already ambushing and skilled in digging, activated the traps above the tunnel upon hearing the first eruption.
It must be said that Zhang Rong's ability in digging is truly unparalleled in the world!
It's not that the Great Qi side doesn't have talent in digging, but they have checked it countless times back and forth, yet they still couldn't detect any abnormalities!
But at the top of the tunnel they thought was completely safe, lurked an unimaginable threat!
What's terrifying is that a light kick, a single stone movement, could trigger a chain reaction!
Large amounts of huge stones and soil constantly falling in various parts of the entire tunnel...
This huge tunnel, which took tens of thousands of elite soldiers ten years to dig, was broken into hundreds of sections in an instant...
Countless Great Qi soldiers, without even time to make a sound, their brains burst and bodies were smashed directly!
Instantly crushed to death by the rock.
Some others let out shrieks and cries, their arms or legs crushed, lying on the ground unable to get up, directly buried by a large amount of soil.
There were screams and panicked shouts everywhere!
The entire army...collapsed instantly!
Fang Dongming roared, desperately controlling his horse to avoid the constantly collapsing soil and rocks. Protecting Jiang Qiuyang, the Third Prince, who was by his side, the commander of the million-strong army, looked incredibly fragile at this moment!
Because other than protecting from falling debris, he could do nothing!
The dreams of expanding the territory and getting promotion and wealth that had been swirling in his head were almost instantly...gone!
"What's going on?" Jiang Qiuyang also let out a roar of surprise and anger: "Didn't they all check... wasn't there any problem?"
"Quick, there are some side mining tunnels... you can go in and hide temporarily!" A general shouted loudly.
However, at this moment, a lot of smoke began to diffuse from those mining tunnels. Some people who had just rushed over were immediately smoked out, roared, "Ambush! It's an ambush!"
Fang Dongming's heart was filled with despair at this moment, and his whole scalp was about to explode. He said in horror, "We... We've been tricked!" (To be continued. If you work, please go to qidian.com to vote for it. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)