Chapter 524: Thunder and Fire
In Wuzhou City, the Ma family was completely surrounded.
Regardless of gender, age or status, all were tied up on the Wuzhou altar.
"Ma Nantian, where is your daughter-in-law?!" The Tartar officer whipped him hard.
Ma Nantian was hanging in the air, his body covered in shreds.
The altar was surrounded by large Han families who were driven here by the Tartars to watch.
They closed their eyes, unable to bear to watch any longer.
Ma Nantian’s little grandson, Ma Danggui, was also tied up.
The Tartar rode on his horse, grabbed Ma Danggui by the collar, and said viciously: "Where is your mother? Who took her away, and who told you the news?"
Ma Danggui's tears were popping up, but she still bit her lips tightly and didn't say a word.
My grandfather said, I can’t say a word!
He is the man of the Ma family, and is Angelica who has been blessed by the general!
The Tartar officer threatened: "Do you know how to play polo? If you don't tell us, we will kick you like a ball! You will turn into a pool of meat paste under the horses' hooves!"
Ma Danggui turned his face away, expressing that he was mighty and unyielding.
The Tartar officer was furious. He lifted Ma Danggui high up and was about to throw him to the ground.
"Sir, please listen to me!" Sang Dadang stopped the Tartar officer.
The head of the Sang family said softly, "Gu Nanxi is watching covetously outside the city. If we force these Han people into a desperate situation, they will do nothing but collude with Gu Nanxi... Sir, think twice!"
"Humph, then kill all these Han people!"
Mr. Sang smiled bitterly.
The Tartar officer also knew that what he had just said was just an angry remark.
There are so many Han people in Wuzhou City that it would take three days to catch all the pigs, let alone kill them all.
These Han people are also very strange. Some are as soft as mud, while others are harder than stone!
If I really cause the Han people to riot at this critical moment, I will not end up well!
The Tartar officer slightly retracted his force, returned the horse to the altar, and warned the Han people around him.
"Don't think you can rest easy while Gu Nanxi is out there! She is just dreaming about taking down Wuzhou! Who can break through this solid city? Once Gu Nanxi runs out of food and grass, they will have no choice but to return empty-handed!"
"Don't hold on to unrealistic fantasies! Think about your parents and relatives! The fate of collaborating with the enemy will be just like the Ma family!"
The Tartar officer waved his hand, and all the tied members of the Ma family were hung in the air!
This is one of the Tartars' punishments. The Ma family will be cut off from food and water, and will die of thirst, starvation, or being burned to death by the sun in public!
After the Tartar officer left, Sang Dadang and Ma Danggui looked at each other and left in a hurry.
The sun is moving slightly westward.
Ma Nantian's hands had lost feeling. He looked at Ma Danggui on his left and said, "Danggui, you performed very well."
Ma Danggui was dazed by the heavy blow he had just received. He vaguely heard his grandfather's praise and managed a smile with great effort.
Seeing the miserable state of his only grandson, Ma Nantian couldn't help but shed tears.
He turned to the ancestor on his right. The old ancestor was old and could not withstand such punishment. At this time, his breathing was extremely weak.
"Ancestor! Hold on, Ancestor! We'll be able to go home soon!"
The Ma family members were hung up like pieces of meat.
Feelings of pain and fear spread among the tribesmen, and cries could be heard all around.
But no one spoke up and asked Ma Nantian to surrender.
They are scared, but they are not cowards!
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As soon as Mr. Sang entered the bedroom, his wife scratched his face.
"You bastard, do you want to take our whole family with you to die?! Didn't you see what happened to the Ma family?! Huh?! Didn't you see it?!"
"Don't think I don't know what you did! What did Ma Nantian give you?! I don't care, go tell the city lord and make amends for your crime!"
Sang Da Dang grabbed his daughter-in-law's wrist and warned her in a low voice: "Speak louder! If you shout, the whole family and the whole Wuzhou will know it!"
"I'm not afraid to tell you that what Ma Nantian gave me was a secret passage out of the city! I've already sent someone to tell Gu Nanxi!"
Madam Sang cried in a low voice: "What do you want? What do you want? We have a deep hatred with the Ma family, why are you helping him? Do you think that Gu Nanxi can attack Wuzhou City with just this small secret passage? At night, the streets are full of patrolling Tartars! If the Yunzhou soldiers show up, they will be caught!"
"I have no control over those war matters. I only do what I can do."
"What you can do is drag our entire Sang family to death! The eldest grandson is only two years old, the youngest daughter is just pregnant! The fourth son just got married! Are you worthy of being their father, worthy of being their grandfather?"
Sang Dada let go of his wife's hand, lay down on the bed, covered himself with the quilt, and said: "Then go and report me."
Madam Sang threw herself on the bed and beat and hit Mr. Sang. Finally, she was still not satisfied and bit his neck hard: "Asshole! Asshole!"
Mrs. Sang didn't let go until she bit him until he bled.
The two hugged each other, tears streaming down their faces.
The head of the Sang family kissed his wife's forehead and choked up, "I have no face to face my ancestors because I work for the Tartars. But at this critical moment, I can't let the entire Sang family lose their backbone! The people of the grassland are working hard for the general!"
"I was unlucky for eighteen lifetimes to marry into your Sang family! If it really comes true... you can kill me with a knife. Don't let me suffer that. I'm afraid of the pain."
"good."
As the night deepened, the entire Wuzhou City fell silent.
Except for the patrolling Tartars, every household kept their doors closed, and even dogs did not dare to bark loudly.
The Tatars on the city wall kept yawning. Even with the candlelight, people still couldn't see clearly in the distance, because in that era, most people suffered from night blindness.
"When will it be our turn to go off duty?"
"I don't know. I need to go have a drink after my shift. They won't attack the city this late!"
"The city walls built by the Han people are still the best!"
"That's not right. If they hadn't ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to us, we wouldn't have been able to conquer them."
"I heard that Khan ran away?"
"They ran away a long time ago! They left 30,000 soldiers for the city lord and ran away. The left and right wise kings all hid in the city, intending to exhaust the Jade-faced King of Hell to death."
“I don’t know how long I’ll have to guard it.”
"They should leave before the autumn harvest. After all, the Jade-faced King of Hell is most concerned about farming."
Everyone, the Tatars, all the Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and even the people from top to bottom in the Great Zhou, believed that it would take at least a month for Gu Nanxi to capture the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.
"Report to the general, all the explosives have been buried!"
"Report to the General! Explosives have been placed in the secret passage!"
In the darkness, the Yunzhou army all wore armor, like wild beasts hunting at night, waiting for the moment to launch the charge!
Gu Nanxi looked at the towering city wall in the distance, took a deep breath, and swung his right hand down with force!
"Detonate!"
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