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"I think that Fang Chen came from a humble background, and joined the army in his early days. With his hot-blooded body, he followed the current emperor, and he's also my best old buddy to rule over this world. After getting a son in middle age, my son Lin Tao has surpassed my expectations. Whether it's on the path of martial arts or leading an army to battle, he has surpassed me, the old man. Now that he was about to leave, he found out that his only grandson had entered the Martial Dao and had great talent. In this lifetime, I originally had no regrets. "

"It's just that I can only bury my bones in the ground and can't control my troops to kill the enemy." "Li, you must wait for Lin Tao's return. Don't let the mountains and rivers that Grandfather set down personally be destroyed. Don't let tens of thousands of people believe that Grandfather's people will continue to suffer the hardships of war."

"Yes, yes." Faced with Fang Chen's words, Fang Li could only reply with a choked heart.

After which, he felt Fang Chen's warm hands loosen up, but Fang Li did not dare to look at his grandfather. He knelt down deeply, tears flowing down his face.

Fang Chen had been brought back by the Heavy Qilin Guards. Although the Heavy Qilin Guards had slowed down their speed in order to take care of the severely injured Fang Chen, the news of Fang Chen's death was still not something an ordinary messenger bird could compare to. Until now, only a very few people knew that he had died.

Not long after, the current emperor of the Yuan Lu Country rushed over. He had received word from the city guards that Fang Chen had returned. However, when he arrived, he could only see his old friend dead. Even Emperor Wan Shan, who had experienced too many hardships in this life, could not remain calm. His vision went black and he almost fainted.

"Your majesty, please take care of the dragon's body."

"Your Majesty, the Grand Marshal has passed away. Now, I still need you to take charge of the general situation. Please grieve."

"…"

Fang Li had been quietly kneeling by his grandfather's bedside the entire time. No matter what he heard or who came, it all seemed to have nothing to do with him. He tried his best to hold back his tears, but no matter what, he couldn't hold it back. Tears flowed down his face as he slept, trying his best to control his sobs.

In the end, it was still like this. In the end, he was still unable to help. I'm such a piece of trash.

Until my grandfather died, he had never blamed this disappointing grandson of his. He even apologetically told me that he could no longer protect himself. Why doesn't he blame me?

His father had joined the army at the age of fifteen, and he was already a slightly famous general at the age of eighteen. He could help his grandfather share a lot of things, but when he was eighteen, he was nothing at all.

Fang Li, who had lived two lifetimes, hated himself so much at this moment. He hated himself for letting everything happen to him.

"Your majesty, this is the letter the marshal left for you on his way back to the city." At this moment, a high-ranking officer saluted to Wan Yi and took out a letter from his bosom, passing it to the emperor.

Wan Yi trembled as he opened the letter. He silently read the contents of the letter.

"Old fellow, I will follow you and fight for my entire life, taking down this half of the mountain. I have gone through all sorts of trials and hardships, and I had thought that the battles that I fought on the battlefield would be exchanged for half of my life's peace. But now, everything that had happened was too sudden.

This time, the Yuan Lu country was in danger. Apart from the four kingdoms, there were other powerful countries that intervened, and it was not as simple as it seemed. Now that Lin Tao has gone missing, my life will not be long and you are already old. In this battle, we can only narrow the defensive line and wait for the current situation to change.

Withdraw all of the troops outside and give up more than half of the territory of the Yuan Lu Kingdom. Let the four countries fight over it. The people of the north can continue to be governed by my Yuan Lu country as they wish. They can build temporary towns for them one by one. As for the countries of the southern Wilderness, they won't even let ordinary citizens off.

Old fellow, the structure of the 18 empires has been formed for a long time. Many countries have endured the development patiently and are no longer satisfied with the distribution of their land and resources. This war might be these countries trying to rewrite the structure of the 18 empires.

Back then when we took down half of the Yuan Lu country, we hoped that ordinary suffering citizens like us would have a good future. We also obtained their support so that we could have the current Yuan Lu country.

I have never doubted you for ruling a country. You are a kind-hearted person who has never forgotten your first intentions. Compared to the darkness when we were young, the current Yuan Lu Country can be considered a warm home.

However, time does not give us much time to relax. War has never disappeared since ancient times.

Retreat the line of defense, organize the army, let them fight for it. Lin Tao will return. When he returns, we will still have a chance to fight for him.

At the moment, he must not blindly use troops. If he continued to use troops like this, the Yuan Lu Kingdom would become history.

Old fellow, I have no way to accompany you. Even if your wish is insignificant, you must persevere. Don't let those ordinary citizens who trust you and me receive too much damage.

"Don't forget, our original aspiration was to let an ordinary person, who had been through countless hardships, as you and I, be at peace."

Wan Yi's hands trembled as he held the last letter Fang Chen had left for him. After reading the last word, tears were already streaming down his face.

The present land of the Yuan Lu Country was a war zone that was not recognized by the surrounding countries back then. The surrounding empires often sent prisoners of war to this place where no one was to control, and many ordinary citizens who could not stand the oppression of the Empire would also flee from this place. After hundreds of years, this originally barren land gradually became populous, but because of the complicated population of each country, without a unified system, it was also a battlefield for the countries to wage war. It was always barren. The people here weren't acknowledged by the surrounding empires, and could only perish here. There were bandit bandits and mounted bandits, and some powerful mounted bandits, and at the end of the year, they still plundered the surrounding villages and towns. It bothers every country.

There were a few times when the countries sent their armies to kill these arrogant mounted gangsters. However, this was already a land of war. Once one wave was wiped out, another would appear. There was no end to this.

And after a hundred years of multiplying, the size of the war zone was no less than the land occupied by the surrounding countries. It had already produced a large number of people. Unless they completely annihilated countless of these people, no empire would be willing to pay such a price.

Such a massacre would definitely cause fear in other countries. Even if they were to lay down this barren land, it would only place a burden on the Empire and would not bring sufficient benefits.

No empire would be willing to do such an arduous and unflattering thing.

When Wan Shan and Fang Chen were both just ordinary people, after seeing the people around them starve to death, or die in the war, after experiencing endless suffering, they finally founded the Yuan Lu country. When Wan Shan and Fang Chen were both just ordinary people, after seeing the people around them starve to death, or after experiencing the war, after experiencing countless suffering, they finally created the Yuan Lu country, after experiencing endless suffering countless suffering, they created the Yuan Lu country.

Most importantly, the establishment of the Yuan Lu Kingdom could not pose any threat to them. A new empire, which was not considered rich in the first place, and with several large empires surrounding it, how could it pose a threat?