Lu Yun reacted and realized that the woman in front of him should be one of the Shadow Guards. If he guessed correctly, she was the Shadow Guard master he sent to Zhou Zhengtian!
"What happened? Why did such a big fire happen?"
The woman quickly replied, "Eunuch Lu, it was Xu Shanbao who did it."
"Because of what happened today, he was still holding a grudge and had been playing dumb during the day, as if he knew nothing.
As a result, at night, they took advantage of everyone's sleep and killed many soldiers in the camp. Zhou Zhengtian was also killed."
"Xu Shanbao knew he couldn't defeat the imperial army, so he took his men and defected to Marquis Wenxin. He also set fire to Liyue City!"
Hearing this, Lu Yun shuddered. This was simply a devil. You can fight among yourselves, but why do you have to kill all these people?
Why burn the entire city?
The sky was slightly brighter at this moment, not because of the flames, but because the sunrise was about to come.
I don’t know when this fire will stop.
Even though Lu Yun was standing at such a distance, he could still see the flames rising so high.
The entire city seemed to have become a city of fire, with innocent corpses and debris everywhere.
Thinking of this scene, Lu Yun felt terrified.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a little regretful. Why did he come up with such a trick? It would have been better to kill Xu Shanbao directly.
The tactic of defeating the enemy without fighting was indeed very effective, and they successfully captured Liyue City without wasting any manpower, but at what cost.
The price is that this demon took up the butcher knife against ordinary people.
What did they do wrong?
"Damn Xu Shanbao, just wait for me, I will tear you into pieces!"
"This is something we didn't anticipate. I can guess that they might be fighting among themselves! They might be fighting among themselves, and they might try every possible way to kill each other.
But I really didn’t expect there would be such a cruel scene.”
"Xu Shanbao, aren't you afraid of being despised by the world?"
On the side, Shangguan Yan said somewhat sadly, "Eunuch Lu, a desperado like him cares least about his reputation."
"He killed so many people, he couldn't care less. But people like him will get their comeuppance."
"But, Eunuch Lu, the flames are so big, I'm afraid there aren't many people left in the city. Besides, we can't get in at all. The fire is burning on the city walls."
"The smoke has drifted towards us."
"what to do?"
Lu Yun was stunned, because he knew that such a heavy flame would be of no use at all.
All we can do is wait for the flames to burn all these things in the city, or...
There was a heavy rain.
"We can only pray now that heavy rain will fall."
In this way, many soldiers were awakened by the thick smoke and the loud noise outside.
So Lu Yun ordered them to rest immediately and go outside the city to take a look.
In this way, Lu Yun set out first and headed to the vicinity of Liyue City with many generals.
As soon as they approached the distance of about a hundred meters from Yuecheng, they could feel a strong heat wave blowing on their cheeks.
Even standing far away, Lu Yun could feel the sweat pouring down his back.
Only at this moment did he realize how fierce the fire was!
The entire Liyue City is so big. If it were burning everywhere, it would be a sea of fire and purgatory.
After thinking about it, Lu Yun asked someone to open the city gate and walked in.
In an instant, they saw the situation in the city clearly. It was just as they expected, a sea of fire like hell.
The entire street was reduced to ashes on both sides, and fires were still burning in some places.
This is not the fire brought by war, but the deliberate ignition, killing and arson.
Lu Yun was silent at this moment. He didn't know what to say. He only knew that he had to kill Xu Shanbao.
I clearly have the ability to kill the other party, but I just wanted to watch the show for a while longer, and that's how it turned out.
"Send someone to the city to look for them and see what's going on. Don't let anyone get hurt. After all, the fire is still burning and raging."
"Yes, Eunuch Lu."
…
In this way, after two hours, the fire was still burning. The whole city was on fire and it was impossible to put out the fire.
They didn't know how long the fire would burn.
However, at this moment, the sky was covered with dark clouds and lightning.
Seeing this scene, they finally saw a glimmer of hope: it was going to rain, and when it rained, the fire would stop.
The city is so big, there will always be survivors.
This heavy rain was like tears from heaven, it came quickly. Soon, there were lightning and thunder nearby, and heavy rain poured down.
The heavy rain lasted for several hours, and the flames had long been extinguished, but... there was a burnt smell in the air.
Even with the rain washing away the smell, the burnt smell still existed, making people feel very uncomfortable. In addition, various burnt corpses appeared in the city.
Of course, there were survivors... many of them were children.
"Alas, what a sin!"
Lu Yun sighed, feeling helpless.
"Write a letter to the imperial court, asking the treasury to allocate funds to rebuild our homes as soon as possible."
"Tell the ministers of the court what happened in Liyue City as soon as possible, and make it known to the world. We must let everyone know what kind of evil villain Xu Shanbao is."
"yes."
Soon, in the palace.
Liang Jing and other ministers all learned the news and were very happy.
You know, the rebellious four southeastern provinces were resolved in this way, and now only one Wenxinhou is left.
Moreover, the imperial court did not suffer any major losses. It was thought that a lot of troops would be lost when fighting with Zhou Zhengtian.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yun used his wisdom to cause the other side to fight among themselves and doubt each other, and thus successfully captured the city.
But... the last scene also made them feel guilty.
"Your Majesty, the people and property of Liyue City have suffered a lot of losses."
"Especially, nearly 60% of the people died in this fire, all set by that fellow Xu Shanbao!"
"Your Majesty, this thief is truly despicable!"
"Eunuch Lu said that he would attack Marquis Wenxin as soon as possible, but he also hoped that we could allocate funds as soon as possible to help the people in the city."
"Such a good city was destroyed."
Liang Jing was shaking with anger. She was sitting on the dragon bed, very angry, with anger in her eyes, and shouted loudly.
"I will issue a proclamation to attack Marquis Wenxin and Xu Shanbao!"
"I have been the emperor for so long, and I have never heard of anyone wanting to capture all the people, let alone using such cruel methods. This is something that heaven and earth cannot tolerate."
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