"We pay our respects to the General!"
Over eight thousand soldiers of the Great Desert Army knelt in reverence, visibly moved. Their General had returned!
A closer look revealed a shimmer of tears in their eyes.
"Is this all that's left of you?"
Huo Qubing lowered his head, looking at the scant number of soldiers remaining. His sturdy body quivered as a mournful, pained aura emanated from him. He had expected the Great Desert Army to suffer heavy casualties after he fell unconscious, but he had not imagined that fewer than ten thousand of them would survive.
Nearly three million of his brothers were gone forever!
The soldiers of the Great Desert Army remained silent, each clenching their fists. They were comrades in arms, brothers in life and death.
Before setting off for war, they had pledged at the mobilization feast that they would return alive and get thoroughly drunk together at a famous tavern in the Imperial Capital.
With each battle, familiar faces grew fewer.
