On the other side of Gengnan City.
Wan Chengyan carried the unconscious Feng Zuo on his back and struggled to get into a carriage.
"Do as he says. Hold on to me!" Some time ago, Wan Chengyan stood on the city wall with everyone else, looking at Yazebu, who was eyeing them menacingly, and calmly uttered these words.
Qian Shuyu was taken aback and slowly raised his head.
"Play along with their plan and kill them!" Wan Chengyan's eyes were bloodshot. Although he was looking ahead, Qian Shuyu knew that he was speaking to him.
They both knew that with the current strength of Gengnan City's troops, they definitely couldn't defeat the Loulan army. And this was the only way Wan Chengyan could think of to kill as many enemies as possible.
Of course, it could only be the way to kill the most enemies...
Qin Huailian could predict Qian Shuyu's cowardice and incompetence, and that Gengnan City would fall.
But she didn't seem to understand why such a cowardly soldier like Qian Shuyu refused to yield. So she predicted that at the critical moment of life and death, Qian Shuyu would surely agree to Yazebu's request to save his life. She didn't understand that some people had something called a bottom - line in their hearts, which was conscience and the foundation of a person. She would never understand.
So in the medical clinic, Qian Shuyu gritted his teeth, raised his long knife, chopped off the head of a long - dead soldier, and said loudly, "Someone! Put it in a box!"
Outside the medical clinic, he firmly squeezed Wan Chengyan's shoulder. His eyes were flickering, but he still forced himself to hold back his fear and said to Wan Chengyan, "You take General Feng away first. Go find General Qin. Hurry!"
Yes, Qian Shuyu was afraid of death. That's why he chose to be the city magistrate of this border town. After all, there were almost no battles in Gengnan City, and he was happy to live a carefree life. But when real disaster struck, as a man of Dacheng, he still raised his long spear with a trembling hand out of fear and roared at the soldiers behind him to fight!
From the moment Yazebu opened the box.
He looked at the strange head in the box, and his heart sank suddenly.
The war was on the verge of breaking out. Soldiers from both sides roared and charged at each other. The passion for sacrifice was ignited by the blood, and the self - forgetful fighting stirred up their full - bodied blood. The soldiers fought with red eyes. For a moment, blood was shed on the battlefield. In front of Gengnan City, an unprecedented bloody battle broke out.
As twilight gradually fell, Qin Feng galloped on his horse. Behind him were 50,000 troops he had urgently transferred from Yutian City, rushing towards Gengnan at full speed.
At the same time, Qin Huaiqiu was also galloping on his horse. He was going to lead his troops to march day and night so that they could reach Gengnan by the next afternoon. For a moment, in the entire jurisdiction of the Protector - General's Office, except for Qiuci City, which was fighting against Huyelü, most of the Protector - General's troops were rushing towards the small Gengnan City.
As Qin Huailian had predicted, the Loulan army took the initiative in this war, but their goal was not limited to this. After that, they wanted to open up a road from Gengnan to Sichuan to directly invade the hinterland of Dacheng. And before that—
"What did you say?" In a cave in the Kunlun Mountains, Yazebu was stunned for a moment after listening to Qin Huailian and said, "You want to capture your father?"
Qin Huailian glared at him and said coldly, "I want you to bring him to see me! If my father gets even a little bit hurt, you'll be in big trouble."
"With your father's temper, will he be willing to be captured alive?" Yazebu raised his eyebrows.
Qin Huailian's eyes dimmed for a moment and said, "Just tell him that I'm here. He'll come."
Yazebu was stunned. He turned to look at Qin Huailian and stared at her for a long time.
"Report—!" A little soldier ran over, bowed to Yazebu and said, "Report to the Warrior - Chief. The Gengnan army has been completely wiped out. There are still a few hundred captives. Warrior - Chief, how should we deal with them?"
Yazebu was sitting on his horse, looking at the corpses all over the battlefield, and said coldly, "Among those few hundred people, are there any who want to surrender?"
"No."
"Then kill them all." Yazebu's tone was light, without even a trace of hesitation.
As soon as Yazebu finished speaking, there came the sounds of countless bodies being pierced by hard cold weapons from behind.
The smell of blood at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains came in waves. This small town, which had been free from war for years, had now turned into a sea of blood.
"Have you found Qian Shuyu's body?" Yazebu asked.
"Report to the Warrior - Chief. We've found it." The little soldier added, "What are your orders, Warrior - Chief?"
"Bring it here for me to see."
Qian Shuyu's body was dragged over. His lifeless body was still warm, and his blood hadn't coagulated yet. A long, glaring bloodstain was left behind as he was dragged.
Yazebu looked at Qian Shuyu lying on the ground.
This city magistrate who was afraid of death, in the just - ended battle, was so scared that he could hardly hold the gun handle, but still comforted himself with roars and forced himself to fight with him.
It was all in vain. Yazebu recalled the moment when he stabbed his knife into Qian Shuyu's heart. The man's eyes widened. He seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then his body fell heavily backward.
He died so quickly that Yazebu only caught a trace of relief in his eyes before the man's body was submerged in the chaotic battlefield.
What a fool. He clearly knew that no matter how hard they struggled, it was useless. Why did he have to come and die?
Yazebu looked indifferently at Qian Shuyu's corpse and said coldly, "Chop off his head and hang it on the city wall so that they can all see the end of those who oppose Loulan!"
Most of the civilians in the city had fled. Qian Shuyu was afraid of death. Although there had been no battles in Gengnan City for a long time, the evacuation routes had always been unblocked. He had also organized the civilians to evacuate at the first time. Unfortunately, there were always some civilians in the city who refused to leave. They stood in front of their own houses, calmly watching Yazebu lead the Loulan soldiers striding into Gengnan City.
All the soldiers in Gengnan City were dead.
They had lost their only combat force. Inside the city, there were only some old, weak, sick, and disabled people and women who were unwilling to leave. In the eyes of the Loulan people, these civilians were just playthings for them.
Yazebu sneered. He didn't care about these at all. He just ordered the army to gather at the large camp after sunset in the evening, and then rode his horse to the camp.
Yazebu's acquiescence made the Loulan soldiers go crazy for a moment. They smashed, looted, burned, and killed. The once - prosperous Gengnan City was instantly looted.
What Yazebu said about "massacring the city" before was not just empty talk. The Loulan people had a precedent of massacring cities. In their culture, massacring a Han - populated city was not a sinful thing. Instead, massacring the Han people who had always been on top of them would make them feel a kind of fanatical arrogance. They ransacked houses, killing all the old and the young. As for the women, they naturally became tools for the Loulan soldiers to vent their lust.
Crying, rape, and abuse... This once - peaceful and prosperous town instantly turned into a hell. The flowers of evil bloomed wantonly, exposing the ugliness and baseness of human nature.
And Yazebu knew all this. He was sitting in the big tent, drinking tea, with a smile on his lips, enjoying the pleasure brought by victory alone.