After saying that, she swung her sword fiercely and cut off Nan Chengfeng's head, hanging it on the city tower.

Beneath the city walls, corpses lay strewn across the land, and blood stained the earth crimson.

Amidst the ruins, a black horse galloped madly toward the Northern Liang army camp.

On the other two inconspicuous cliff faces, two black figures were also running frantically towards the directions of the Great Wei and the Great Liang Kingdom.

Not long after, Han Tianba returned happily with Chen Yan.

Seeing the Nan family army fleeing in disarray, Han Tianba was as happy as a child.

"Damn it, Your Highness, you were right! These thieves really wanted to sneak around to the secret passage and coordinate with the Nan family army from the inside, but unfortunately they ran into me!"

"The gods' explosives are truly amazing! Our five thousand men wiped out more than ten thousand members of the Nan family!"

"We were the same. The Nan family army hadn't even left the cave before they were blown to bits. It was awesome, so awesome! Hahaha!"

"This is the most satisfying battle we've fought in a long time!"

The soldiers chatted amongst themselves about the battle, and Qin Yue Zhao listened with great interest.

But he still told them to be prepared, because the Northern Barbarian army would definitely come back again!

——

Inside the camp of the Northern Liang army.

In the brightly lit tent, Prince Hegi and Mogg sat in chairs.

"Heji, you don't really want to cooperate with the Crown Prince and help him ascend the throne, do you?"

Not long ago, Mog heard that Nan Chengfeng was relaying a message from the prince of Da Gan, wanting to exchange twelve border cities for thirty years of peace between the Northern Barbarians and Da Gan. He was unwilling to accept this, as he wanted the entire Da Gan, not just these cities.

Heggie smiled.

"There's a saying among the Han people: 'A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.' You've been bombed twice by Qin Yuezhao, why haven't you learned your lesson yet?"

"What do you mean? Are you mocking me?"

"I'm not mocking you, but reminding you that Qin Yue Zhao is no longer the same as before. I just don't want to send troops rashly."

He poured himself a glass of mare's milk wine, his dark brown eyes darkening.

"Since Nan Chengfeng wants an alliance, let him go and probe the situation. I'm like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."

The lieutenant eagerly cupped his hands in praise, exclaiming, "Your Highness is truly wise! We admire you to the core!"

Even Mog's one eye flashed with surprise.

He used to think that Heji looked like a woman and was sickly, so he was not worthy of being the king of Beiliang.

Looking back now, I really underestimated him.

Heggie didn't look at him, but held her teacup with a confident smile.

“Princess Da Gan is besieged on all sides. Even with the support of the Huo family army, she won’t last long unless she marries me. I can guarantee her a lifetime of wealth and honor.”

"When it's dawn, have the peace envoy send another letter to Qin Yue Zhao, conveying my message to her."

Upon hearing this, all the generals burst into laughter.

Just then, a series of hurried and disorderly footsteps suddenly came from outside the military tent.

"Report—"

"Prince Heji, something terrible has happened! General Nan has been killed!"

"Qin Yue Zhao got his hands on some kind of ghost lamp. Whenever it shone on a person or horse, their eyes would be unable to open, and they would be riddled with holes by Qin Yue Zhao's archers."

"And that fire dragon was even more terrifying! It could actually understand human speech. Qin Yue Zhao told the fire dragon to burn wherever it wanted, and it burned there. The soldiers screamed in agony as they were burned, and even the horses were roasted alive."

Mogg stood up from his chair.

"What about the Southern City Army? Nearly 60,000 soldiers were all killed?"