As soon as the city gate opened, Song Ning led his men out, and the pungent smell of burning and mud hit them.
Some people were close to the explosives and were blown to pieces, while others had their internal organs spill out.
Song Ning felt nauseous, but with so many people, he couldn't just ignore them. He frowned and called everyone down from the city wall.
As I tidied up, all I could hear was the sound of gagging.
This scene is comparable to seeing people cooking in a pot in Taojia Village.
They carried the bodies to one side and piled them up in heaps, creating dozens of piles of corpses. As for those who weren't dead, Song Ning had them carried back as well.
Keep these people around in case they come in handy later.
Even in this situation, Song Ning had no regrets. If these people had actually broken in, they would have been the ones to die.
The law of the jungle prevails; the weak perish.
Although the scene before them was horrific, it was all for self-preservation.
It's because they don't stay in their own country and instead love to invade other countries.
Serves them right.
The peaceful days they finally achieved are now ruined by this, meaning they'll have to work for nothing for several years.
Fortunately, no one in Tianxiang County was affected.
The explosives were so powerful that the entire Tianxiang County heard them.
The people on the mountain had captured quite a few people and were about to go down the mountain when they heard a loud noise from the east gate. They didn't care about anything else and ran over here.
Led by Song Dahai and Zhou Cheng, the people on the mountain smelled an unusual odor before they even reached the East Gate. Upon arrival, they saw people moving corpses.
The sight before one's eyes would astound anyone.
Song Dahai rushed over to check on Song Ning: "Er Ya, are you alright?"
Song Ning shook her head: "I'm fine. How's it up the mountain?"
"Don't worry, we've caught them all, alive."
After saying that, he pointed to the pile of corpses and the large pit in the distance: "What happened? These people...are all dead?"
Song Ning didn't know how to explain, so he could only make up a story: "I don't know either, maybe... it was a bodhisattva's intervention, who couldn't bear to see these people causing harm to the world, so he sent down a bolt of lightning and killed them directly."
......
The crowd looked at each other, unsure how to react to Song Ning's blatant nonsense.
"Oh, none of that matters. Let's hurry up and clean this place up."
After sending Song Dahai away, Li Xingwang quietly approached and asked, "Was it really a manifestation of the Bodhisattva? Hey, did you see what the Bodhisattva looked like?"
Song Ning: ......
"Bodhisattvas are there to save all sentient beings. We mortals can't see them, but who knows, they might be standing right next to you right now."
Li Xingwang immediately looked around and shivered.
With so many dead bodies around, let it go.
They were busy until the afternoon, and didn't even have time to eat lunch, before finally piling the bodies up by the roadside.
"Er Ya, what should we do with these?"
Looking at the piles of corpses before him, Song Ning sighed, "Light a torch and burn them."
There was nowhere in Tianxiang County to bury them. They were a group of invaders. It was already a favor that they weren't desecrated and their bodies were left to rot in the wilderness.
Flames shot into the sky. Song Ning himself hadn't expected that all the preparations he had made would be resolved with just one explosive.
Tianxiang County has temporarily been out of crisis, but how will she explain this next?
She was holding that thing in her hand, and so many people saw it today. How can she explain it in a way that makes so many people believe her?
Baldness.
The people at the East Gate of Tianxiang County were busy until midnight, and only when they couldn't stay up any longer did they slowly disperse.
But we still can't let our guard down. These people are gone, but there's no guarantee they won't come back.
So the patrol team still has to keep working.
Song Ning dragged his tired body home. Liu Yuelan, the old lady Liu, and Yunniang were waiting at home. When Song Ning and Song Dahai returned, they were able to have a hot meal even though it was late at night.
The family wanted to ask how things were outside, but seeing that the two looked unwell, they didn't dare to ask anything.
The next day, Song Ning slept until noon, when she heard rustling voices outside.
After Song Ning got up, he saw County Magistrate Wei talking to his father in the outer room.
Seeing her come out, he quickly stood up: "Er Ya, there's news outside."
"how?"
"News has come from Qingyang: the prefect of Qingyang has been captured alive. The situation in Yuanzhou City is also not good. Lord Zheng has secretly infiltrated Qingyang City, but the grain and fodder cannot be transported in."
Song Ning frowned: "Is there no news from the capital?"
"The capital has already sent more troops, but the roads were buried by snow a few days ago, which has slowed things down considerably. If we wait for the capital to send more troops, it will probably be a month later."
After a month, the daylilies were all too cold.
"What's the situation in Yuanzhou City and the other counties?"
"They have no other choice now, but they can't just sit and wait to die, so... they want to keep sending people in. They have to get the supplies in, otherwise... there are rumors that General Xie has already..."
Song Ning's heart sank, and she suddenly remembered how Xie Linzhou had confessed his feelings to her.
Xiao Taozi had previously told her that she dreamt of Xie Linzhou crying out in pain and hunger at the same time.
At that time, she found it funny. Pain aside, that might have some basis, but hunger was a joke, wasn't it?
The atmosphere inside was heavy. Most of the people here knew Xie Linzhou, especially Song Dahai and Liu Yuelan, who genuinely liked him.
She was very approachable, calling them "auntie" and "uncle" all the time, and even helping them with chores.
Liu Yuelan whispered to Song Dahai, "Sigh, General Xie was such a good boy. I feel so sad when I think about how he died. Is there really no other way?"
We definitely want to save them, but how?
Given the current situation, who would dare to risk going out?
Even Yuanzhou City is not safe now, let alone going deep into Qingyang, where there are enemy troops all around.
There's a very high probability that it's a one-way trip, so who would be willing to take that risk for something with no chance of winning?
The group remained silent for a moment. Just then, Gao Tiedan suddenly ran in from outside: "Er Ya, people have arrived from outside the city. They say... they say it's the carriage from the Rongguo Duke's mansion."
What?
The Rongguo Duke's carriage left the capital when they learned of Xie Linzhou's accident.
We encountered snow on the way, which delayed us for a while, and we finally arrived in Tianxiang County today.
Who is coming?
"I don't know, they only said it was General Xie's family who wanted to see you."
Song Ning hurried toward the city gate, and on the way he encountered the carriage of the Duke of Rongguo's mansion.
Princess Jianing jumped off the carriage the moment she saw Song Ning, and her eyes welled up with tears as she took Song Ning's hand.
"Er Ya, I've finally seen you!"
"Madam Jiang? What brings you here?"
"Er Ya, Lin Zhou's life hangs in the balance. Do you have any way to save him?"
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