Chapter 997: Return home in glory! (Part 3)

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The Palace was located in the center of Gongzhou City.

The war left this great city with countless desolation and despondency.

Originally, the most central area should have been the most prosperous, yet as everyone's footsteps drew nearer, all they saw were vast tracts of scorched earth, with the shocking ruins of broken walls and columns. And the "Palace" at the very heart of this wasteland bore no sign of human life.

"Initially, as I was leading the army to the city's gates, Zhao Dun stubbornly resisted. When he saw it was a lost cause, he set fire to the Palace and led his men through secret tunnels in an attempt to escape. The Marquis Yongwu's forces stayed behind to fight the fire, while I led my soldiers in hot pursuit to overtake them."

Di Yelei's voice was especially heavy as his footsteps slowed down, as if he were counting the green stone slabs around him.