"They... they retreated?"
"Won, we won?"
Li Yinghao and the others could hardly believe that they had actually won under such circumstances.
Not only had they defended Xiangcheng, but they had also decisively defeated the Han army.
Even though Li Yinghao, Wang Wu, and others had personally experienced it, they still found it incredibly unbelievable.
However, they didn't have the time to assess the situation on the battlefield. They all, despite their injuries, came before Lin Tian.
They were more concerned about Lin Tian's condition.
"Brother Tian, are you alright?"
"Commander, how are you?"
"Doctor Lin, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine! Don't worry, I'm just exhausted!"
"How was the sword dance I performed?"
"Good! Good! Good! It was the most beautiful and fiercest sword dance we've ever seen!!"
After speaking, they once again inquired about Lin Tian's physical condition.
At this moment, Lin Tian was completely covered in blood, making it difficult to discern his condition.
Yet, Lin Tian was indeed fine, with very few actual wounds.
However, he was indeed exhausted from killing.
He hadn't counted how many people he had killed, but he had a feeling it was well over four thousand.
With such a terrifying kill count, if his sword had been an ordinary one, it would have been worn out long ago.
Only a treasure sword like the Tai'a could withstand Lin Tian's ferocious combat.
However, no one paid attention to this matter, nor did Lin Tian.
Looking at Wang Wu and the other hundred-odd men, he showed no joy, but rather a hint of sadness.
"Although we have won this battle, I, Lin Tian, can no longer return to Guanzhong with honor!"
The one thousand disciples from Guanzhong who had followed Lin Tian out were all people Lin Tian was familiar with.
Many of them were even neighbors, people he saw every day.
Now, only a little over a hundred remained.
Thinking of these people's parents and families, Lin Tian felt ashamed to face them.
When Wang Wu and the others heard this, they instinctively wanted to comfort Lin Tian.
However, seeing the corpses scattered everywhere, they were left speechless.
Only when one truly went onto the battlefield could one understand its cruelty.
Half a day later, the Qin reinforcements arrived.
A total of ten thousand reinforcements.
However, when they arrived, they found that the war seemed to have already ended.
"Where are the enemy? Where is the Han army?"
"Right! Weren't there nearly ten thousand Han troops at Xiangcheng? What is this now...?"
Although the reinforcements arrived late, they had rushed here without delay.
They were extremely worried about the situation at Xiangcheng.
But to their surprise, upon arriving at Xiangcheng, they saw no enemies.
"The war is over, and the Han army has been repelled by us!"
"Repelled? Weren't they ten thousand strong? How could you have repelled them?"
"Did you falsify the war reports?"
At the mention of falsifying war reports, the faces of the supporting generals became noticeably grim.
The front lines were currently under severe strain, and every military deployment was incredibly important.
Falsifying war reports at such a time could affect the entire battlefield's layout.
Once the enemy seized this opening, they could suffer a devastating defeat.
No one could bear the consequences of such an outcome.
Therefore, if Li Yinghao and the others had falsified the war reports, the consequences would have been dire.
Seeing the grim expressions of the supporting generals, Li Yinghao quickly explained:
"No, we did not falsify the war reports! The Han army indeed had seven to eight thousand men, but approximately half of them were killed by our Qin doctor, Lin Tian!"
"And their commanding general's head was also severed by Doctor Lin Tian!"
"That is why they routed and fled!"
Hmm?
As soon as Li Yinghao said this, many people had question marks in their minds.
What he said was too unbelievable.
One person had killed nearly four thousand enemies?
Was this something a human could do?
Even the world's number one swordsman, facing such a large number of enemies, could not have killed four thousand of them in return, could he?
Not to mention beheading the enemy commander.
The first reaction of the Qin soldiers who had come to reinforce was disbelief.
Li Yinghao saw their reactions and understood their thoughts, instantly becoming anxious.
"What I'm saying is true! If you don't believe me, we can show you the enemy's heads. We've only gathered their corpses, we haven't had time to burn or bury them yet!"
Since Li Yinghao had said this, others naturally had to see.
Therefore, they all followed Li Yinghao to the place where the bodies of the Han soldiers were piled up for processing.
The dense corpses were piled as high as the city walls.
Although the armor and weapons had been removed from these corpses, their attire still indicated that they were Han soldiers.
They didn't know the exact number, but it definitely reached the four thousand Li Yinghao had mentioned.
More importantly, Li Yinghao then produced a head.
"This is the head of the Han army's commander!"
"Hmm? This is... Zuo Yi?"
"It is indeed one of the Han generals, Zuo Yi, who was known for his decisive actions!"
"To think that he died here. It seems Commander Li's words are true!"
"Quick, tell us in detail about the battle at Xiangcheng!"
In front of everyone, Li Yinghao recounted the events at Xiangcheng in meticulous detail.
This included Lin Tian leading troops to rescue them, the Guanzhong disciples being almost entirely wiped out, and Lin Tian's choice to attempt the most difficult feat of taking the enemy commander's head from the midst of the army, even though he could have broken through the encirclement.
At the same time, it also included the poem Lin Tian had chanted.
Li Yinghao couldn't remember all of it, but he remembered two lines:
"To kill one is a crime, to slaughter ten thousand is a hero."
"To slaughter ninety million makes one the hero among heroes."
As these two lines were spoken, everyone felt a shock in their hearts, deeply moved.
From these two lines alone, they could feel the immense heroism in Lin Tian's heart, that he was a true hero.
Not to mention Lin Tian's feat of killing nearly four thousand enemies single-handedly and beheading the enemy commander amidst tens of thousands of troops.
Such immense strength and spirit earned everyone's admiration.
"Sword God, Lin Tian is the Sword God of our Great Qin!!"
"With a peerless general like Lin Tian, who values loyalty and righteousness, our Great Qin will surely be invincible and victorious!"
"Report his merits! Report to General Teng and request rewards for Commander Lin, and spread his fame!!"
Those who said they would spread Lin Tian's fame truly did so.
They not only brought Lin Tian to see General Teng but also spread the story of Lin Tian's deeds everywhere they went.
They had already understood Lin Tian's situation.
He was not only a great hero who had saved the people of Guanzhong but also a peerless general on the battlefield.
Such a person was worthy of fame and deserved to be a role model in the hearts of Qin soldiers.
Therefore, the news that Lin Tian was the Sword God of Great Qin quickly spread throughout the entire Qin army.
Even in the Han and Zhao armies, legends of Lin Tian began to circulate.
Many of them accepted the notion that Qin had a Sword God.
Lin Tian's achievements were worthy of the title Sword God.
Even when meeting General Teng, the general addressed Lin Tian as such.
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