Xin'an City, Ancestral Hall.
Dong Ah's death was a sacrifice for the country.
He died in battle as the deputy prime minister and rightly deserved his honors.
Therefore, his casket now lay in the Ancestral Hall.
After the dust of the battle had settled, Zhuang Gaoxian and Du Ruhui hurried back to Xin'an City immediately, not even waiting to properly settle the army, leaving only the gravely injured Huangfu Duanming to handle things on his own.
Duan Li could die, He Badao could die, as long as their deaths had value.
But the death of Dong Ah was a matter that shook the nation.
It's easy to find a general, but difficult to find a great statesman.
In retrospect, the death of Dong Ah directly shook the entire battlefield, forcing Zhuang Gaoxian to advance the final battle prematurely.
Afterward, Dong Ah's death created a vacancy that Du Ruhui could not fill, preventing him from concentrating on his cultivation and his pursuit of the Dongzhen stage.
