Chapter 389 Exception

When the news of Xiao Beiheng's victory followed by defeat reached King Doma, he was so frightened that he immediately broke camp and fled to Nanping with his entire army.

Mei Dai had anticipated his move and dispatched the Yongwei City garrison to intercept him. With Yongwei's Xiliang troops blocking his way and Mei Dai's pursuers chasing him from behind, King Duo Ma was left with no choice but to stop and fight.

King Thomas still had 20,000 infantrymen under his command, a formidable force. The two sides engaged in fierce fighting for two days, each side winning and losing. King Thomas, believing he had broken free from the encirclement, became complacent.

On the third day, the Tiger Crouching Cannon arrived at the front of the two armies. It fired two rounds of shells at King Thomas's camp, shattering it to smithereens. King Thomas's camp was forced to raise a white flag in surrender.

King Doma let Sumo ride on his horse, and he tied his hands and walked out, leading the horse to surrender.

Shen Yuexi saw that Su Mo's original dress was gone, and she was wearing the clothes of a Western Rong woman. She was sitting on her horse with a dazed look, looking ahead in a daze.

Thinking of everything she had faced in the past few days, Shen Yuexi's eyes suddenly turned red and she ran forward to greet him.

Qiang Lin stepped forward and kicked King Duoma to his knees, then drew his sword and pressed it against the back of his neck. Mei Dai and Chen Lan also gathered around, and together the three of them helped Su Mo off the horse.

Su Mo didn't look at them. She was still in the same state as before, as if she was in a daze.

Shen Yuexi took the cotton coat from Shen Lan's hand, covered Su Mo with it, and said softly: "Sister-in-law, it's me, I'm Shen Yuexi. I'll go back with you."

Hearing the call, Su Mo seemed to come back to her senses. She turned her head to look at Shen Yuexi and nodded silently.

Chen Yuexi helped Su Mo back to the camp, where King Duoma was begging Qiang Lin.

"King Qianglin, you and I are both Western Rong people," King Duoma said, his voice trembling, his hands holding his head. "If you can spare my life, I will willingly give up the throne."

Now he no longer had the capital to be so majestic, he only wanted to survive, and his tone became humble and courteous.

Qiang Lin remained unmoved. He coldly asked, "When you led your troops to attack my king and severely injured him, did you ever consider that he was one of your kind? Would the gods forgive your actions?"

When King Duoma heard Qiang Lin say this, he was speechless.

In order to attack the four counties of Xiliang, he went to the kings of Xirong to ask for troops and food. The king of Qianglin disagreed, so he led his troops to attack, resulting in the king of Qianglin being seriously injured and eventually killed.

Now it was only natural for Qianglin to avenge his king. It seemed there was no way out in Qianglin.

He did not give up. He looked up and saw Queen Mei Dai of Xiliang talking to military advisor Chen Lan. He immediately shouted, "Queen Xiliang, I have repeatedly violated the border before. It was extremely foolish. Now I am willing to surrender. I hope Your Majesty will spare my life."

Upon hearing this, Mei Dai turned around and shot two sharp and cold gazes through the mask.

King Duoma, lustful by nature, has always coveted Mei Dai and repeatedly attacked Xiliang in an attempt to snatch her away. Now, he finally sees Mei Dai up close, but as a prisoner.

At this moment, let alone having any improper thoughts, he was frightened even when he looked at Mei Dai.

"King Doma," Mei Dai's voice was filled with majesty. "You know that you have repeatedly invaded Xiliang, and countless people have been displaced and separated from their families because of you. Even if I wanted to spare you, the people and soldiers who have died would not agree."

Chen Lan looked at King Duoma with disgust and said, "King Qianglin, please take him to the guillotine in the main camp."

When King Doma heard the word "guillotine," he was terrified and turned to Qiang Lin, begging for mercy. Qiang Lin didn't waste any time talking to him. He simply picked him up, took him back to the camp, and tied him to the guillotine in the parade grounds.

Mei Dai and Shen Lan brought the generals to the training ground to watch.

"You cannot kill me," King Thomas shouted at the crowd at the top of his lungs. "I am the king of the Western Rong. According to the laws of Dayan, a king cannot be beheaded. Sentence me to exile, anywhere."

As he was shouting, another woman walked into the training ground and came in front of him.

King Doma turned his head and saw that it was Shen Yuexi. Thinking of the strange phenomenon that had happened to her before, he trembled all over.

Shen Yuexi was also the woman he had always wanted. Back then, he led his army to surround Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi on a mountain beside the Benniu River, asking Xiao Zhuo to hand over Shen Yuexi, but Xiao Zhuo sternly refused.

He ordered his army to attack, but found that all the swords and guns had disappeared inexplicably. Finally, a ship came from nowhere and took away Shen Yuexi and Xiao Zhuo.

He had a feeling that perhaps the gods were possessing Shen Yuexi. As long as Shen Yuexi didn't let him die, he wouldn't die. Because Shen Yuexi represented the will of the gods.

Considering that he couldn't yell at God, he immediately adopted the most humble and respectful tone, and even forced a smile.

"Princess An, you are the kindest person in the entire Great Yan Dynasty." To save his life, he used the most exaggerated tone. "I heard from my subordinates that you once fell out with your husband in order to save 5,000 Western Rong people. I know that you treat the people of Great Yan and Western Rong equally."

Shen Yuexi didn't say anything, just stared at him.

If it were any other time, being stared at by such a beautiful woman, King Doma would have long since lost himself to the beauty and his soul would have flown away. But seeing the coldness in Shen Yuexi's eyes, he felt his whole body tremble violently and quickly continued:

"Princess An, you have always refrained from killing surrendered soldiers, and I greatly admire you. Now I am also a surrendered soldier. As long as I can survive, I would rather be a commoner and spend my remaining years there. I will never cause trouble again."

Hearing King Doma say this, Mei Dai, Chen Lan, Qiang Lin and others, even the surrounding generals all looked at Shen Yuexi.

Chen Yuexi was notoriously stubborn when it came to surrendering soldiers. Whether it was when he went to the border to borrow food for the five thousand Western Rong prisoners at Langya Pass, or when he later argued with Mei Pu to protect General Jia's men, or when he spared the lives of the surrendered soldiers during the Battle of Leshan.

Everyone knew Shen Yuexi's temper. As long as the captive surrendered voluntarily, she would never make things difficult for him and would definitely give him a chance to live.

Now that King Doma has indeed taken the initiative to surrender, I wonder how Shen Yuexi will treat him.

King Duoma begged for mercy while observing the gazes of those around him, and suddenly he understood. Among so many people, whether it was the Queen of Xiliang, the military advisor Chen Lan, the King of Qianglin, or the many generals, they all followed Chen Yuexi's lead.

He really couldn't understand how a weak woman could have such a high prestige.

In his mind, women were clearly subordinate to men, good for nothing but their looks and figures. Whether on the battlefield or in the court, women had no place. But now he realized he was wrong. It was these three women who had defeated him.

He begged for a long time, but seeing that Shen Yuexi still didn't express her attitude, he thought he was still not humble enough, so he simply kowtowed. He thought that women are soft-hearted, and as long as he begged in the right way, it would definitely work.

"Princess An, if you let me live, I will swear before the gods that I will never set foot in Dayan again."

He hit his forehead against the ground with a miserable thud.

Chen Yuexi said, "You are right. I do not kill surrendered soldiers. Whether they are from Dayan or Xirong, as long as they lay down their weapons, they are no longer enemies."

King Doma was overjoyed when he heard this and raised his head and said, "Princess An..."

"However," Shen Yuexi turned around, "you are an exception."

The words were not spoken loudly, but to King Doma they sounded like thunder. These were the verdicts spoken by the gods on behalf of Shen Yuexi; his sins were unforgivable.

Shen Yuexi stopped looking at the collapsed King Dorma and walked through the crowd towards Su Mo's tent, muttering to herself as she walked. These words were for the child in her belly.

"Baby, don't blame mom. Mom doesn't like killing people."

But some evil people cannot stay in this world, they do not deserve forgiveness.