"Shall I head to the Eastern Territory now and capture a high-grade mutated Crimson-Tailed Beast?" Chen He said.

"Let's forget it. It's too much of a waste of time to go back and forth, and it's also too dangerous," Ye Feng said, shaking his head.

Zijing then said, "How could a normal person mutate into a Crimson-Tailed Beast for no reason? I think it must be related to the Spirit of Flesh and Blood."

“I think so too, but we don’t have enough information right now, so this is just a speculation,” Ye Feng said.

Then, Ye Feng raised his right hand and placed it on the head of the mutated red-tailed beast.

As powerful true energy flowed into the head of the mutated red-tailed beast, the remaining memories in the beast's head immediately flooded into Ye Feng's mind.

Ye Feng immediately knew the identity of this Crimson-Tailed Beast!

"This person is called Li Jiahe. He is a native of the Eastern Territory and has lived in Dongming City of the Eastern Territory since childhood."

"Li Jiahe was fine until yesterday evening, but as night fell yesterday, this strange mutation suddenly occurred in his body..."

"Moreover, at that time, Li Jiahe was not far from the city lord's mansion in Dongming City..."

The words of the night wind are the best and most thorough proof.

This proves that the Eastern Rebels turning into Red-tailed Beasts is real, not a fabrication.

"So what should we do next?" Zijing asked.

Rowling said, "Ancestor, we can no longer stand idly by. We must join this war, and we must help the royal family eliminate the Eastern Border rebels. After all, the Eastern Border rebels have undergone a mass mutation and turned into Crimson-Tailed Beasts. If this continues, our Hongtian Empire will be..."

"Don't rush."

Night Wind interrupted Rowling, saying, "Joining the war is certain, but we can't act rashly. We must devise a comprehensive plan."

"Xu Ping'an and Li Xuanming, you two stay here to study this mutated red-tailed beast and see if you can get any valuable information from it."

"The rest of you, come with me. We're going to discuss the war!"

The plea for help from the capital city arrived quickly.

Ye Feng learned from this letter requesting aid that both the Northern Cold King and the Western Star King had led their armies to the Eastern Border to personally deal with the rebels there.

Even the people from the Sunrise Sect were mobilized.

The Sunrise Sect is the most powerful sect in the Hongtian Empire, and is even revered as the national sect.

Now that the Hongtian Empire is facing annihilation, the Riyao Sect will naturally not stand idly by any longer.

In his letter seeking aid, King Jiang Yuye of the Northern Cold requested Ye Feng to send troops to assist the Hongtian Empire's royal family and eliminate the rebels in the Eastern Territory.

This time, Ye Feng did not refuse and readily agreed.

After all, this war has nothing to do with the struggle for the throne; it is a battle for the life and death of the Hongtian Empire!

So, just one day later, the gates of Silla City opened, and 50,000 infantry and 20,000 artillery units set out together, with even the navy joining the attack by water!

Excluding the military strength of Silla City, the military strength concentrated in the eastern border has reached an astonishing 800,000.

This is precisely the size achieved by combining the royal army with the northern and western armies.

But even with an army of 800,000, they still couldn't stop the Red-tailed Beast's attack.

The Crimson-Tailed Beasts were like a crimson tide, and ordinary legions simply could not withstand them!

However, once the Silla army arrived, the situation changed dramatically.

The infantry legion of Silla Castle displayed combat power that completely overwhelmed the regular legion, and even the Red-tailed Beast army could not gain the upper hand!

The number of enemies killed by the 50,000-strong infantry legion far exceeded the number of enemies killed by the 800,000-strong allied army of the Hongtian Empire after many days of fighting!

The invincible infantry and artillery legions of Silla City demonstrated their formidable and astonishing combat power to the entire Hongtian Empire for the first time, leaving every soldier and general on the battlefield in awe!

The war lasted for a full half month. Most of the rebels in the eastern region were wiped out, and the mutated red-tailed beasts were no longer a threat.

But to everyone's surprise, a rebel army launched a surprise attack on the capital of the Hongtian Empire!

Because all the troops were deployed to the front lines, the capital's defenses became very weak.

The small number of soldiers defending the city are now fighting a hard battle, and the city walls are already stained red with blood. But it seems that it is only a matter of time before the city walls fall and the capital is breached.

"How much longer can we hold on?" asked the eldest prince, Zhu Yunren.

Prime Minister Li Qiuying of the Hongtian Empire immediately replied, "All the soldiers who can fight have been sent to the city walls. Conservatively speaking, we can hold out for another two days."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunren's expression turned quite ugly.

Meanwhile, the ministers in the imperial court were all thrown into a panic.

"Your Highness, let's escape!"

"Yes, Your Highness, the capital is about to fall!"

"If we stay here, we'll only die!"

These ministers, who were usually so imposing, were now like stray dogs, utterly pathetic.

Zhu Yunren said coldly, "Escape? Where can we escape to? Besides, we have already won the battle on the front lines. We just need to continue to hold our ground. Before long, the Northern Cold King, the Western Chen King, and the Southern Ling King will all lead their armies here!"

However, these ministers had already taken Zhu Yunren's words as a means of appeasing people and did not believe what he said at all.

Even with the help of Prime Minister Li Qiuying, the situation in the court could not be stabilized.

Zhu Yunren then suddenly stood up, drew his long sword from his waist, and thrust it forward, killing the court official who was closest to him and advocated abandoning the city and fleeing!

Seeing that Zhu Yunren had killed a court official without saying a word, the other officials were all terrified and fell silent, not daring to move.

"From now on, everyone stay here. Anyone who dares to open a gate without permission will be killed on sight!" Zhu Yunren said sternly.

Zhu Yunren then said to Chancellor Li Qiuying, "Order men to prepare armor; I want to personally go to the city wall to supervise the battle!"

"Your Highness, you mustn't! You are of inestimable worth..."

Before Li Qiuying could finish speaking, Zhu Yunren coldly interrupted him: "What do you mean by 'a person of immense value'! We've reached a critical moment of national crisis and family ruin, so stop spouting such nonsense!"

Li Qiuying had no choice but to nod.

Frontline camp.

At this moment, King Jiang Yuye of the Northern Cold and King Ouyang Ming of the Western Star stood respectfully in front of Ye Feng.

In terms of position, Ye Feng was equal to the two of them; they were both vassal kings of the Hongtian Empire.

In terms of military strength, the armies of King Jiang Yuye of the Northern Cold and King Ouyang Ming of the Western Star far surpass those of Night Wind.

Despite the many days of fighting, the Northern Cold King's army still has more than 200,000 men, while the Western Star King's army is slightly weaker, but still has around 200,000 men.

And what about the night breeze?

The infantry corps of Silla Castle numbered only 50,000, the artillery corps only 20,000, and the navy only 10,000.