119: force?

"Tell your people to stop!"

Lin Qingmei held a dagger to Li Guowei's neck, a hint of coldness on her face.

Li Guowei watched as all his direct descendants were controlled, an unwilling expression clearly visible on his face.

Just a little more!

Just a little more, and he could have kept everyone from Forbidden City here.

Just now, dozens of other families from the military had reached an agreement to jointly oppose Forbidden City.

However, at this critical juncture, he never expected Forbidden City to send assassins for a decapitation strike.

[Stop! Form ranks!]

With the command, the Li Family Army on the entire battlefield retreated like a tide to the vicinity of the command center, completely surrounding it.

Seeing that the army had completely surrounded Lin Qingmei and the others, Li Guowei said fiercely, "Today, our Li family has taken a loss!"

"Release us, and I'll let you go!"

Lin Qingmei did not reply, only turning her gaze to Xie Chunyan and the others, waiting for the next instruction.

Seeing Lin Qingmei ignore him, Li Guowei snorted coldly.

Since you don't know what's good for you, I'll let you witness the true strength of the Official Faction later.

Xie Chunyan and the others also quickly came to the Forbidden City Legion after the ceasefire.

Clearly, Forbidden City had lost one or two tenths of its people compared to when they arrived.

Tie Shengnan looked at Lan Ling and said,

"Lan Ling, tally the battle losses."

Upon hearing this, Lan Ling quickly ordered the captains to count the numbers of each team. A moment later, she looked at Tie Shengnan and said with a pained heart, "Reporting, Commander, this time... 1,824 people... died in battle!"

"1,824 people!"

A trace of regret flashed across Tie Shengnan's face.

A casualty rate of about 20%.

Although compared to the enemy's casualties, these 1,824 people were not worth mentioning at all.

However, if she had taken over command from the beginning, these losses could have been largely avoided.

She was the commander personally appointed by Huang Chen, and at such a crucial moment, she had been soft-hearted for the sake of the "enemy."

She looked at Xie Chunyan guiltily and said, "President, after this, I am willing to accept punishment!"

Now that Li Guowei and the others were controlled by Lin Qingmei, the negotiation was up to Xie Chunyan.

Xie Chunyan nodded, not speaking.

She was a bit conflicted at the moment.

If she ordered the killing of Li Guowei and the others, the people she brought would inevitably have to fight to the death with the Li Family Army.

At that time, the casualties would further expand.

But if they negotiated peace, Forbidden City's attack this time would become a joke.

Previously, Huang Chen had always led the team, and no matter who or what they faced, it was basically a crushing victory.

She really hadn't expected Forbidden City to suffer such heavy losses in this battle.

Just as she was hesitating, she received a message from Tie Weiguo.

[Tie Weiguo: The various factions of the Official Faction have decided to unite against Forbidden City. They bypassed me, and I just received the news. Now, hundreds of thousands of their troops are surrounding you from all directions.]

Xie Chunyan's expression changed dramatically upon receiving the message.

She immediately shared the message on All the women's group chat panel.

Tie Shengnan exclaimed, "What? The various factions of the Official Faction have united?"

The internal forces of the Official Faction were intricate and complex; even her grandfather had tried for a long time but failed to achieve meaningful integration.

And this time, they actually united because of Forbidden City?

Just now, the Forbidden City Legion had barely managed a draw fighting three opponents.

If she were in command, with the help of two Holy Artifacts, they could at most fight five opponents without losing.

After all, the number of Water Element users was limited, and when the damage was high enough, the Water Element users' healing would definitely not be enough.

But now the enemy had tens of times their own troops.

If they were determined to encircle and annihilate them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

She and Xie Chunyan exchanged glances, both seeing a grave expression in the other's eyes.

Just as the two of them were hesitating whether to break out in a certain direction.

From all directions, the surging sounds of battle could already be faintly heard.

Tie Shengnan looked up and around, seeing large armies approaching from almost every direction.

She sighed and said, "There's no escape!"

The remaining 9,000-plus members of the Forbidden City Legion looked around in panic.

Despair... slowly crept onto everyone's faces, and a noisy clamor rose from within the ranks.

"It's over! It's all over now!"

"I just joined Forbidden City, am I going to die here already?"

"What's there to be afraid of? With the President's Halo, even if I die, I'll drag a few down with me!"

"President, quickly think of a way! We're finished if we're surrounded!"

...[Huang Chen: All core personnel immediately gather at teleportation altar 886.]

Just as the Forbidden City Legion on the battlefield was in despair, Huang Chen suddenly pinned this command in the guild chat.

Huang Chen had just finished clearing the City Lord's Mansion and also received news from Tie Weiguo.

Upon receiving the message, Huang Chen was instantly furious.

If any of his darlings lost even half a hair this time, he would make the entire Official Faction army pay with their lives.

"It's the President! The President is here!!!"

"President, quickly come and save us!"

"It's useless even if the President comes, the other side has hundreds of thousands of troops."

"President, don't come! The Official Faction has hundreds of thousands of troops. Coming now is just suicide. After we die, you must avenge us!"

..."My husband is here!"

Xie Chunyan and the others had expressions of pleasant surprise in their eyes upon seeing the message.

How could they not know Huang Chen's power when ordinary Forbidden City members didn't?

As long as Huang Chen came, with the various Halos, they might not be without a fighting chance.

Could these level 30-something people be stronger than Zuma Temple?

Soon, hundreds of thousands of Official Faction troops divided into more than twenty camps, encircling the nine thousand-plus Forbidden City members in the middle.

"President Xie!"

An elder at the front of a relatively larger camp stepped forward and shouted to Xie Chunyan, "When doing things, leave a way out for future encounters."

"Your Forbidden City and our Official Faction have always kept to ourselves; why make things so tense?"

Xie Chunyan snorted coldly and said, "'Kept to ourselves,' you say? Your people were about to kill our President's wife, and you're still here spouting nonsense?"

The elder heard this and said lightly, "Killing the Lin family was because the Lin family attacked the Li family first."

"Today, if you release Elder Li and the others, and leave the Lin family members behind, this matter can be considered settled, how about it?"

The elder's name was Li Qing, and he was the commander of the Northern War Zone before the Star Abyss descended.

He deeply knew Huang Chen's power; if they really killed Xie Chunyan and the others, Huang Chen's retaliation in the future would be something they couldn't bear.

However, precisely because Huang Chen was too powerful, he directly suppressed the Official Faction, causing them to lose significant prestige.

If this continued, all Huaxia Clan members would only know Forbidden City; who would remember an Official Faction that had always served the people?

Today, he united all the Official Faction forces to pressure Forbidden City.

Firstly, it was to gather strength to oppose Forbidden City and re-establish the Official Faction's prestige.

Secondly, if Huang Chen really dared to appear here, then with their hundreds of thousands of troops, they might be able to directly eliminate this hidden danger.

"Hehe!"

Xie Chunyan laughed upon hearing this and said disdainfully, "Leave the Lin family?"

"I'm just afraid you won't be able to withstand my husband's wrath!"

"It seems President Xie is determined to go her own way?"

Li Qing raised his hand and roared, "Release them!"

"Release them!"

"Release them!"

"Release them!"

Hundreds of thousands of people shouted simultaneously, creating an incredibly powerful momentum.

And at this moment, a flash of white light appeared in front of the Forbidden City Legion.

More than 2,000 women wearing dark gold armor suddenly appeared before everyone.

Huang Chen looked at the elder in front of the formation, smiled contemptuously, and said, "The last person who dared to threaten me, the grass on their grave is already as tall as you!"