Volume 1, Chapter 71: Killing the Surrendered Soldiers

As soon as Xiang Yun finished speaking, the arrow in his hand shot out, and the arrow hit a bandit directly in the chest.

However, the arrow was so powerful that it passed through his body and hit someone behind him.

All the bandits fell into panic. The emperor was not joking with them. He was not just talking. He really wanted to kill them!

"kill!"

At Xiang Yun's command, all the archers began to shoot and kill these bandits.

Just like cutting leeks, batches of bandits fell down. The air was filled with a strong smell of terror. It was a massacre, a naked massacre!

When Xuanyuan Dabing saw this scene, he couldn't help himself and shouted, "You beasts are not worthy of being human. Die!"

He also took a bow and arrow, and continued to shoot at the bandits.

There were constant screams. More than 90,000 people had no chance of escape as they were blocked by the imperial army. There was no way for them to escape.

Even if they wanted to rush forward and fight, it would be impossible because they had no weapons in their hands and could only use their bodies to block the arrows.

Although they had 90,000 men, the number of archers in the imperial court was no less than theirs.

Looking at this tragic scene of purgatory on earth, Xiang Yun slowly closed his eyes, did not stay any longer, and turned and left.

Not long after, Linghu Feng came to report: "Your Majesty, all the bandits have been shot dead."

Xiang Yun nodded and said, "Clear the battlefield and leave no one alive. Order people to move all the supplies out and take the food and fodder to the western border. The rest of the supplies should be distributed to nearby government offices so that they can use them for the people."

Linghu Feng took the order and withdrew. Xiang Yun then left the White Tiger Hall and came to Qingfeng Mountain.

He found an empty space and wrote on it with the Great Sun Emperor Sword: "I hereby confess my guilt. I personally led an expedition to the Western Frontier. On my way through the Dynasty territory and the border of Qingfeng Mountain, I encountered the White Tiger Hall banditry and sent troops to suppress it.

Rescued more than a thousand innocent civilians and captured 90,000 bandits;

However, these bandits have lost all conscience and humanity, and they sacrificed people alive, creating a mass rotten pit, which they hid in Qingfeng Mountain. The whole mountain was filled with resentment and the dead souls were wailing.

This matter is intolerable to Heaven, I, in the name of Heaven, will kill alive 90,000 of the culprits to comfort their souls;

However, I have thought about it again and again. This kind of tragic situation in the world is all because the emperor is ignorant and governs in a bad way, so banditry has spread all over the dynasty. This kind of tragedy is by no means the only one;

This is the Emperor's fault, my sin, so I personally issue an edict of self-blame to punish myself.

I hereby announce this to the world, and the people may spit on it and curse it. "

Shangguan Xiuzhu frowned and said, "If I remember correctly, this is the second time you have issued a confession of guilt, right?"

Xiang Yun smiled bitterly and said, "There are too many sins. What's the harm in issuing this edict a few more times?"

Shangguan Xiuzhu remained silent. This kind of thing was not something that could be issued casually. One edict of blaming oneself was enough to make people all over the world say that the emperor was incompetent and ignorant, and issuing two edicts of blaming oneself was enough to make people say that the emperor was incompetent and foolish.

Something like a confession of guilt is a huge blow to an emperor's prestige.

"Throughout history, which emperor didn't flatter himself? But you, on the other hand, keep belittling yourself and smearing yourself. It's clearly someone else's fault, but you take the blame on yourself!" Shangguan Xiuzhu said angrily.

"If the people can't live a good life, the dynasty will no longer exist. Then what's the point of smearing more gold on your face? You can't bring it with you when you are born, and you can't take it with you when you die." Xiang Yun said with a wry smile.

Shangguan Xiuzhu looked at him straight in the eyes and muttered, "You are a good emperor. I am not wrong."

"Thank you for the compliment!" Xiang Yun turned to Xiao Guazi and said, "Prepare paper and ink, copy down this imperial edict, send it to the capital, and let the three prime ministers announce it to the world on my behalf!"

"Yes!" Little Guazi Lianman agreed, and quickly fetched paper, ink, pen and inkstone. Xiang Yun took a copy alone and began to write: "Within three months, all bandits in the dynasty will be killed, and those who collude with officials and bandits will be killed without mercy!

The Qingfeng Mountain area will be exempted from taxes for three years, and areas with serious bandit problems will be exempted as appropriate."

Xiang Yun took out his own small jade seal and stamped it, then folded it and put it in an envelope, handed it to Xiao Guazi and said, "Send this letter as well!"

When everything was settled, Xiang Yun led his 700,000 troops to the western frontier.

But before leaving, Xiang Yun used a cannon to destroy the entire Qingfeng Mountain, leaving that hell on earth and the innocent souls to sleep peacefully here forever.

Before leaving, Shangguan Xiuzhu actually said goodbye to Xiang Yun.

Xiang Yun said reluctantly: "Are you really going to leave? You won't stay with me? Don't forget what you promised me. It's getting late now."

Shangguan Xiuzhu smiled and said, "I am a hero, so naturally I have to go into the martial arts world and do what a hero should do. If I always stay by your side, I will be laughed at by my peers."

"It's a pity that I have to go to the border to fight, otherwise I would definitely accompany you to wander the world, become a hero, and take a good look at the prosperity of this world." Xiang Yun said with a wry smile.

Shangguan Xiuzhu chuckled and turned to leave. Xiang Yun looked at her gradually receding figure and couldn't help asking again, "When can we meet again?"

The next moment, Shangguan Xiuzhu disappeared from the spot, leaving only this voice in the air: "We will meet if we are destined to."

One month later, Northern Xinjiang

At this time, Mocheng had built a brand new city wall, which was stronger and taller than the previous ones.

The entire city wall is made of huge stones and is ten meters thick. There are three gates, the front, middle and back gates, and each of them is one meter thick.

With this city wall, even if a wasteland elephant attacks in the future, there is no need to worry about being destroyed by one blow.

At dusk that day, a large number of troops and horses from outside the Great Wall came rushing back. When the soldiers stationed on the city wall saw them, they shouted, "General Jiang is back! Open the city gates quickly!"

Jiang Yue had a gloomy face and rushed into Mo City at high speed with a dozen of his men.

This was the seventeenth time that he led his troops deep into the territory of the Mobei Sand Barbarians since his recovery, in order to find the whereabouts of his brother Jiang Fei, but there was still no result this time.

As soon as Jiang Yue returned to the barracks, before he had time to drink a sip of hot water, a subordinate came to report: "General, the marshal wants you to come over."

Jiang Yue nodded and immediately walked towards the marshal's tent.

Qin Su looked at Jiang Yue expressionlessly, handed him a document, and said in a deep voice, "Take a look."

Jiang Yue took it and looked at it in a hurry. He was shocked and said in a stern voice: "How is it possible? His Majesty has issued another edict of guilt! These damn bandits..."

"The imperial court has sent a transfer order. Since the war in the northern border has ended, you will be transferred back to the capital to be the commander-in-chief of this campaign to eliminate the banditry across the country!"

Qin Su handed over the transfer order with the seals of the three prime ministers in the capital and said, "You should know that the emperor's biggest worry now is these bandits. If you do a good job in this matter, it will be enough to make up for the failure before this war, and you may even get military merit!"

Jiang Yue hesitated after hearing this, then slowly bowed and said, "I obey your orders!"

Qin Su nodded and said, "Back off."

The emperor personally led the army to fight the powerful Mahayana Kingdom. This was a battle with a huge disparity in strength, and the Da Ri Dynasty had no chance of winning at all.

Qin Su was extremely worried. She didn't want to influence the emperor's decision. She just wanted to fly to Xiang Yun and join the army to fight for him.

This is also the only thing I can do for Xiang Yun now that I have lost my beauty.

However, without the emperor's order, the generals on the frontier were not allowed to return to the capital, and Qin Su was helpless.

After Jiang Yue returned to his military tent, he felt even more depressed.

He will return to the capital tomorrow, but there is still no news about his brother, and his life or death is uncertain. How can he go back to the capital to see his parents? How should he explain?

Jiang Yue in the military tent looked up at the desert sky outside the tent. Dust was rolling, crows were flying, and the atmosphere was solemn and murderous.

The next moment, Jiang Yue, wearing armor, holding a silver spear, riding on his warhorse, quickly left Mo City and headed towards the territory of the Sand Barbarians in the north, raising dust all the way. With the setting sun, his back looked extremely lonely.

Jiang Yue galloped all the way, not knowing how long it had passed. The sky was already filled with a silver moon and dotted with stars. Tonight in Mobei was much colder than usual. The hot air exhaled by the war horses could be seen in the air, symbolizing the arrival of the cold winter.

But such coldness did not make Jiang Yue feel any discomfort. He just kept riding his horse towards the north.

Suddenly, some fire appeared in front, and it was obvious that some people were gathering there to rest.

Three Sand Barbarian warriors and their desert wolves were warming themselves around a campfire, with a large piece of barbarian beef roasting on the rack.

They were the scout troops of the Sand Barbarians, specializing in ambushing the scattered troops and civilians of the Great Sun Dynasty in the vicinity.

Just then, they heard the sound of hurried horse hooves, which seemed to be rushing towards them.

The three desert wolves immediately raised their heads and looked in the direction of Jiang Yue, opened their bloody mouths and bared their teeth at him.

"Who is it?" The three Sand Barbarian warriors immediately stood up, picked up their axes and prepared for battle.

Jiang Yue saw them and suddenly shouted, "Kill!"

Jiang Yue rode his warhorse very fast. The three Sand Barbarian warriors did not dare to be careless. They also rode on their desert wolves, cursed loudly, and rushed towards Jiang Yue: "You bold dwarf monkey, you dare to sneak attack, you are really looking for death!"

Jiang Yue said nothing, just looked at them coldly. The spear in his hand was cold and sharp. He stabbed out with the spear, and a Sand Barbarian warrior was pierced through the throat.

Then Jiang Yue put away his gun and smashed it again. The desert wolf under the soldier whimpered and blood oozed from its forehead.

The other two Sand Barbarian warriors also rushed over at this time. Jiang Yue immediately jumped high from his horse to avoid the attack of the giant axe, then supported the ground with his spear and kicked the Sand Barbarian warrior on the right away.

Then he landed on the ground and stabbed the Sand Barbarian warrior on the left in the chest.

All of this was done smoothly. In less than a minute, two of the three Sand Barbarian warriors were killed.

The blood stained Jiang Yue's face, making his expression even colder and more terrifying.

After the remaining man got up, he saw Jiang Yue's eerie and terrifying expression, just like a devil from hell. He was so scared that he quickly rode his desert wolf and fled north in panic.

He was so frightened that he no longer had the courage to face Jiang Yue!

Jiang Yue was not willing to let him go, and immediately mounted his warhorse to chase after him. However, the warhorse's speed was no match for the desert wolf, and Jiang Yue was soon left behind for a distance, making it impossible for him to catch up.

After he understood clearly, Jiang Yue raised the blood-stained spear high in his hand and shouted loudly towards the Sand Barbarian warriors going far away in the north.

"Give me back my brother! Give me back my brother!"