In his tent, Wu Meng angrily overturned the table. Agu tried to comfort him, "General, don't be angry. It must be... it must be that we just had bad timing. It rained when we were about to set out, this..."
Even Agu himself couldn't explain it.
This is so strange. It didn't rain or thunder before the troops were deployed, but it rained and thundered as soon as they were deployed.
And yet, it happened to fall on their land; he saw it for himself—not a single drop of rain fell in Wuzhou City.
"What? Explain yourself! This damn God is just messing with me! The whole country has been suffering from drought for so long, but it rains right when I'm at war!"
Wumeng flew into a rage and smashed everything in the tent to pieces. Agu didn't dare to stop him and could only cower to the side.
Expressing his resentment, Wu Meng clutched his chest, "How many people have we lost?"
"fifty thousand."
"Where is the Qin family? Haven't they come out yet?"
At this moment, a Xiongnu soldier came to report, "General, the Qin family has been detained, and they can't get out!"
"What?" Wu Meng swayed.
Without the Qin family's food supplies, his 500,000-strong army would starve to death sooner or later if they stayed here.
Those fools in the Qin family shouldn't have trusted them.
Now there's only one way. Wu Meng, suppressing the metallic taste in his throat, hoarsely said, "Attack! Attack! We must take Wuzhou City tonight."
If we wait until tonight, the soldiers will be too hungry to fight. We must take advantage of the fact that they are not hungry now and seize Wuzhou City in one fell swoop.
Wuzhou can't be without food!
...
Xu Zhenzhen arrived at the house of the Guan Qin family. They were already awake, tied to pillars, and their eyes were bloodshot.
He removed the cloth from Qin Wang's mouth, and Qin Wang immediately roared, "Xu Zhenzhen, you're too presumptuous! If you dare to lock me up, the city lord will not let you off!"
"It's true that the city lord won't let the traitor go."
Xu Zhenzhen said coldly, "Qin Wang, your Qin family received the most kindness from the people of Wuzhou back then, but now you've forgotten your kindness and are even capable of colluding with the enemy and betraying the country!"
Qin Wang visibly became guilty. "What nonsense are you spouting? I'm not a traitor, you're the traitor!"
"The Xiongnu have been spying on you, Qin Wang. Stop pretending. Aren't all those grains and arrows you brought for the Xiongnu?"
Xu Zhenzhen shook his head in disappointment, "So many people starved to death in Wuzhou, why don't you use all that grain to save people? They saved your life back then!"
"Why did you take it out?" Qin Wang's eyes were bloodshot. "What do they have to do with me? They all did it voluntarily. If I take it out, what will happen to my Qin family members? Have you even considered us?"
"Ten tons of grain, even just one ton would be enough to feed the people for a month. No matter how many people the Qin family has, can they outnumber the common people?"
"Ha, it's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering!"
Why did you become a traitor?
"I'm not a traitor, don't wrong me!" Qin Wang said with his eyes closed, giving off an attitude of "do whatever you want."
Xu Zhenzhen looked at Madam Qin and said, "Madam Qin, why did your husband become a traitor? If you confess honestly, I will spare your lives."
Madam Qin cried out in panic, "You can't kill me! You have no right to do so! Even the city lord wouldn't have the right to kill someone at will!"
"According to the laws of Qingyuan, those who collude with the enemy and betray their country shall be executed."
"I didn't! We didn't collude with the enemy! We've been wronged! We've been wronged!"
"You two are practically half-buried, but your poor son is still so young. Your eldest son passed away recently, and if this one also passes away, your Qin family will be without an heir."
These words terrified Madam Qin. "You really intend to spare our lives? You mean what you say?"
"nature."
Qin Wang glared at her excitedly, "You bitch, what do you want to do? Do you want to die?"
"I can't let you be without an heir!" Madam Qin cried. "I've already lost one son, I can't lose Yu'er too."
As she spoke, her gaze suddenly turned hateful.
"We've come to this point entirely because of you. You forced me into this situation. You drove my son to his death and then cursed him. He was cursed to death by you!"
Madam Qin gritted her teeth, "I hate you all, I wish you were all dead, that's why I contacted the Xiongnu and colluded with them, I want you all to die!"
"I remember Qin Hu was struck by lightning and died."
"Isn't that your curse?"
Madam Qin was emotional. She hadn't thought much of it before, assuming that Hu'er was just unlucky.
Later, when he inquired on the street, he learned that the people in the city had long hoped for his death, and some were even cursing him behind his back.
Poor Tiger, he was just playing around with other children, how could he have received such a vicious curse!
Their curse must have blinded God, causing Him to strike down her poor tiger cub.
After a long while, she finally calmed down, her face ashen. "I've already confessed. You promised to spare our lives. You're a man of your word."
"Um."
He agreed, but the city lord might not.
"Brother Xu, the Xiongnu are attacking again."
Xu Zhenzhen hurriedly returned to the city wall.
The Xiongnu's attack came with great force, and their massive army gathered at the north gate, seemingly determined to fight to the death.
"Send 1,000 men from each gate to the north gate. The rest of you continue to defend; do not slacken your efforts!"
Li received the order and hurriedly ran away.
"Release the arrows."
At a command, arrows and crossbow bolts rained down.
The entire Zhou family came to the North Gate to help, along with the people led by the village chief. They imitated the guards and threw the stones out one by one.
Everyone is united in their efforts to fight against the foreign enemy.
Do you think we have a good chance of winning?
He looked at Xie Yan in a low voice and asked, "If you had the chance to save Wuzhou, the price would be that you kill someone. Would you do it?"
"meeting."
If he could protect the people of Wuzhou, he would be willing to be the most heinous person. Besides, the Xiongnu had killed many people in Qingyuan, so killing them would be a way of getting revenge.
He conjured a black bow and arrow in his palm. "You can try your ability."
Xie Yan stared at the bow and arrow for a long time before taking it in his hand. He drew back the bowstring, and an arrow feather swirling with black mist automatically condensed on the string.
The arrow was aimed at the Xiongnu camp. "Is the range that far?"
"Why not give it a try?"
With a whoosh, the arrow flew towards the camp like lightning.
The arrow struck Wumeng in the shoulder.
He vomited a pool of blood and collapsed to the ground. His body seemed to be corroded by black energy, his eyes turned completely black, and black smoke kept coming out of his mouth.
Agu was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, unable to speak.
"To catch a thief, you must first catch his leader. If the leader dies, the rest will panic. However, your archery skills are too poor. Even if you hit his heart, he will die. If you encounter someone who is not human, he may have a chance to survive. Therefore, Xie Yan, you should aim for his heart."
Xie Yan raised his crossbow and aimed it at Agu's position, but this time, a layer of black mist suddenly appeared in his eyes, and his body turned uncontrollably in one direction, stiffly pulling back the string.
They were aiming for Zhou Sisi's heart.
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