"Who the hell told him to massacre the city?!" In the temporary camp in the Kunlun Mountains, Qin Huailian cursed angrily. She suddenly stood up, kicked over the table in front of her, and gritted her teeth. "Yaze Bu! Bastard!"
Kozel stood aside with his arms folded. Leaning against the rock wall, he glanced at Qin Huailian indifferently and said in a cold tone, "Calm down, Holy Maiden."
"Humph, calm down?" Qin Huailian's veins bulged. She strode up to Kozel, looked at him with a distorted face, and said harshly, "You knew Yaze Bu would do this all along, didn't you?"
Kozel looked down at her. He didn't move, just pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Humph, as I expected..." Qin Huailian took a few steps back, covered her eyes with one hand, and laughed self - deprecatingly. "I should have known earlier that making a deal with you is like asking a tiger for its skin. You're all a bunch of shameless things!"
Kozel glanced at her and said indifferently, "You've single - handedly threatened the three forces of Dacheng, Loulan, and Xiongnu. You have to give us some leverage. Otherwise, how can we trust you?"
"Leverage?" Qin Huailian sneered. She slowly raised her head, her eyes fierce. "I know you're all waiting for me to destroy Dacheng and then divide it up. How could you be so kind as to let our family continue to be the emperors? I've seen your two - faced behavior since I was a child."
"Do you think I, Qin Huailian, can't win the hearts of the people or become the emperor just because of this stain of massacring the city? You underestimate me too much." Qin Huailian said, "Water can carry a boat and also capsize it. I have the ability to let you defeat my brother, and I also have the ability to let my brother kill you all. I advise you to be honest!"
Kozel glanced at her, noncommittal, and then looked up at the sky.
In the west, the setting sun dotted a large area of rosy clouds. For some reason, the sky tonight was extremely crimson, as if secretly mourning something.
Meanwhile, Qin Feng, who was on his way to rescue Gengnan City, finally met Wan Chengyan and Feng Zuo not far from the city.
When Wan Chengyan saw Qin Feng, he burst into tears and immediately knelt down in front of him, briefly telling him what had happened in the city.
"General Qin, it's too late. Gengnan City... I'm afraid it has already fallen..."
Wan Chengyan knelt on the ground and kowtowed. He had done his best, but Gengnan City had still been lost.
Guilt and anger made Wan Chengyan cry uncontrollably. He just knelt on the ground, wailing.
"Send two people to take them back to Yutian to recuperate!" Qin Feng's face was pale but resolute. His eyes were filled with a chilling rage. He slowly raised his long knife and roared, "The rest of you, follow me and rush to Gengnan City at full speed!"
At this moment.
Si Kongting looked at the empty room. His face was as gloomy as could be. Qin Lan knelt on one knee beside him, head down, silent.
"Did he really say that?" Si Kongting said word by word.
Everyone around was too scared to speak because of his imperial might. Only Qin Lan in her armor replied with an "um", "Young Master did say that you should wait for good news in the Protector - General's Mansion."
"Wait for good news?!" Si Kongting almost gritted out these words. Then, he waved his long sleeve and said in a deep voice, "Go to Gengnan!"
Si Kongting strode away. Qin Lan sighed and slowly stood up. She turned to look at Si Kongting's firm and determined back, and gave a bitter smile.
Young Master, what's yours is yours. You can't escape it after all.
As the sun was setting, only a tiny bit of light remained in the western sky. Qin Feng's army finally arrived at Gengnan City.
In an instant, a suffocating stench of blood filled the air. The battlefield was littered with severed limbs and corpses, either abandoned randomly or piled up after being massacred. They covered the area in front of Gengnan City. And there was also that prominent head hanging on the city wall of Gengnan City.
It was like the intersection of the human world and hell.
They fell into a city of blood in an instant, and all they could see was the blood of their fellow countrymen.
The soldiers were first too shocked to speak when they saw the bloody battlefield in front of them. Then, they all widened their eyes. A raging fire and a deep - seated hatred for the country and family swept through their minds in an instant. Red bloodshot eyes filled every soldier's eyes. The cold north wind blew. Someone suddenly let out an extremely angry growl.
Then, the growl grew louder and louder, gradually turning into the angry roar of a whole herd of wild beasts.
Tens of thousands of fellow countrymen had been brutally killed. They had the same blood as themselves, but their bellies had been stabbed open wantonly, and their blood had dyed this fertile land red.
Qin Feng looked at the crimson in the distance. His old back was as straight as a towering pine tree. He slowly raised his head and looked at the top of the Gengnan City wall.
Gengnan City had changed hands. On the city wall, Yaze Bu was sitting leisurely on the bricks. Beside him stood Kozel, who had just arrived. Behind him were the 40,000 soldiers that Kozel had just brought. Counting those from the previous battle, there were nearly 80,000 Loulan soldiers in Gengnan City now. And there were no other living people.
Yaze Bu looked at Qin Feng in the distance. He sneered, waved his hands, and the city gate of Gengnan City was suddenly opened, as if inviting them into a trap.
"General Qin, won't you come into the city and take a look?" Yaze Bu snorted, propping his head up. "It's 'brand new' inside!"
"General! Let's go and kill them!"
"The Loulan people will never come to a good end!"
"General, give the order quickly!"
"General—!"
Qin Feng tightened his face. He always sat on his horse, staring straight at Yaze Bu. This was not the first time Yaze Bu had fought against Qin Feng, but even so, he felt a chill run down his spine under Qin Feng's stare.
Humph, Qin Feng, you're not falling for the provocation?
The last ray of sunlight on the horizon was disappearing rapidly.
Qin Feng's beard twitched. He raised his hand and said in a hoarse but calm voice, "All soldiers, listen to my order: Set up camp on the spot!"
As night fell, it was really an unwise move to fight at night, especially since it was a moonless night. The whole night sky was just a vast expanse of black.
Seeing that Qin Feng had no intention of attacking, Yaze Bu knew his plan had failed. So he darkened his face, waved his hands, and the gate of Gengnan City closed again.
Qin Feng's subordinates had followed him around for many years and knew well the principle of making use of the right time, place, and people in war. After Qin Feng gave the order, they immediately started setting up camp without hesitation and didn't dare to delay for a moment.
Then they took turns on duty and cleaned up the battlefield. Everything was in good order and didn't need Qin Feng to arrange personally. The Qin family's army could do these things spontaneously, which showed how well Qin Feng had trained his army.
The soldiers buried the bodies on the battlefield with tears in their eyes. Because of the lack of conditions, they could only put a small stone on each grave.
"General Qin, are we really not going to fight?" In the tent, a junior general asked Qin Feng.
Qin Feng was trembling with anger. He had been holding back his anger since he saw the tragic battlefield. Now he finally roared, "Fight! How could we not fight! As soon as dawn breaks tomorrow, attack them to death!"