The last two territories of the Long family were very close to the battle site. They had already seen the enemy in the distance, and there was even a Flying Dragon Legion. Although not many, they were enough to shock them.
"Who exactly are our enemies..."
Their main army had been dispatched, and the strong individuals of the territory were all absent. Otherwise, they would not have been defeated so quickly.
While their army was pursuing the enemy outside, their homeland was directly destroyed.
All eleven lords of the Long family had grim expressions.
They were very unwilling to accept their defeat, but this was war, and this was the reality.
When they descended here, they were so full of pride, thinking that 2.4 million troops against the enemy's hundreds of thousands would be easy, and even if the enemy had reinforcements, they would definitely not be their match.
But!
They never expected that the enemy would not provide support, but instead directly attack their territory with all their might.
This move of taking advantage of the void was a direct strike to their hearts, making them not only uncomfortable but also helpless.
There was only one territory left. Because it was the closest, the lord of this territory had already led his soldiers back to the territory, and those from the Long family who had lost their territories also entered.
Now, outside were all the soldiers who had lost their territories. They surrendered one after another and were all accepted.
Although Bai Qi looked down on these soldiers, Zhang Liang did not think so. The territory was developing more and more, and it needed more manpower.
Especially the sub-professional talents within these twelve territories could save the lord a large sum of soul coins.
With Zhang Liang around, these people could be considered to have escaped from death. Otherwise, Bai Qi would have indeed waved his hand and annihilated them all.
All the prisoners outside were incorporated, and the army began to attack the last territory of the Long family. They could not resist for long and were soon broken through.
The remaining lords of the Long family were also teleported back to the Long family on Canglan Continent by Long Er, not waiting to die there.
Thus, all twelve territories of the Long family were annihilated.
The Long family, which had set out with great momentum, returned in complete defeat, immediately causing shock and speechlessness throughout the entire Long family.
Twelve territories, with a total army of nearly four million!
Such an army was defeated, and not only was it completely annihilated, but even the territories were destroyed. This was simply unbelievable, even feeling like a joke.
The higher-ups of the Long family convened an emergency meeting. Each of the higher-ups was summoned from their comfortable lives and then proceeded to the Long family's council hall.
Long Wenrui, the patriarch of the Long family, looked at more than a hundred members of the Long family and recounted the great defeat of the Long family. Kneeling below were the twelve individuals from the Long family who had been dispatched.
After listening to the Long family patriarch's words, everyone was incredulous.
"No way, four million troops are all gone, and the territories are destroyed. What were you doing!"
"The enemy is not simple. Their planning and strategies are amazing. They are indeed very capable."
"Long Ying, are you still a member of the Long family? You are actually speaking for the enemy when our Long family has suffered a defeat!"
"Hmph! Defeated is defeated. If you don't dare to admit it and don't understand why we lost, you will never grow."
Long Ying, noble and dignified, also exuded an arrogant demeanor of a superior, coldly scanning the elder who had spoken earlier.
"This time, it is mainly to see everyone's opinions. This great defeat was indeed beyond our expectations, but we can afford this much casualty."
Long Wenrui, the patriarch of the Long family, quieted everyone down and began to ask for their opinions.
The Long family was vast and wealthy. A dozen territories had no significant impact on them.
Everyone expressed their views. On one hand, they proposed sending people again to teach the enemy a lesson. On the other hand, they suggested that it was unnecessary to fight to the death with the enemy, as it was not worth it.
The main reason was that there were no conflicts of interest or resource competition between them, so why would they still send people to fight the enemy.
The war faction was naturally led by Long Fang's father. His son was killed by Zhou Yan, so he naturally wanted revenge and wanted the Long family to support him.
However, the Long family had more than one ancestor. There was another ancestor who did not want the Long family to make a big fuss over the death of a single Long Fang; it was not worth it.
Both sides expressed their opinions, but no good decision was reached, and they fell into a long deliberation.
...
After Bai Qi annihilated all twelve territories, he began to organize people to take away all the spoils of war. The harvest this time was too great. The various buildings in the twelve territories combined represented a huge fortune.
Mainly, these twelve territories were not small in themselves, and there were many buildings.
In addition to buildings and resources, they also gained a large population, with talents in all aspects. A preliminary estimate showed that a total of nearly 600,000 sub-professional talents were acquired from the twelve territories.
Although it seemed like a lot, on average, each territory only had over 50,000 sub-professional talents, which was not too many, nor too few.
As for the army, there were also many, and about 700,000 prisoners were captured, which was even more than their original number of soldiers.
They began to escort these prisoners back to their territories. On the other hand, they sent people to clear out the spoils of war from the twelve territories. This was not something that could be completed in a short time and would require considerable time.
When Bai Qi was attacking the enemy army, he had already notified Sun Wu. Hearing that Bai Qi had begun to act, Sun Wu was also very surprised. He did not expect Bai Qi to act so quickly, which made all the traps he had set up useless.
But Sun Wu knew very well that once Bai Qi attacked, the enemy would completely lose their morale and even disintegrate.
Although the enemy had lost over a million, there were still many of them left. Sun Wu immediately gave the order to assemble the army and actively attack the enemy.
"Since Bai Qi has made his move, I believe the enemy will definitely have no will to fight again. There will not be too many soldiers who are loyal to the Long family."
Guo Jia made his prediction before the entire army set off.
"No matter the outcome, we have already achieved victory in advance. We just have to wait for the enemy's territories to be destroyed, and it will be our victory," Sun Wu smiled.
"Then contact Wei Qing and have him intercept the enemy from behind, so that all of them can be incorporated."
"As for those who are loyal to the Long family, there is no need to keep them. Kill them directly, otherwise, keeping them would be a hidden danger."
After discussing, they began to prepare to set off.