"Release the arrows!"
A dense rain of arrows fell, and hundreds of thousands of refugees died in the desert before they could even cry out!
One month later.
The wicked man stood on the high platform, listening to the battle reports from the various generals.
Zhang Erhe stepped forward first: "Reporting to the Grand Commandant, the Wusun grasslands have been pacified. Not only have more than 300,000 herders been annihilated, but hundreds of thousands of warhorses have also been captured."
Now, not a single living person can be seen on that land.
Meng Tian continued, "Both the states of Cheshi and the surrounding areas have been razed to the ground. Due to the strategy of cutting off the water supply, almost all of the more than 100,000 people in the city starved to death without a single soldier being fired. The rest were also all killed during the siege. Furthermore..."
He opened the map: "The oases and water sources along the way have all been controlled. Any alien race attempting to cross this area will perish from thirst."
"Very good." The wicked husband nodded. "Where is Wang Li?"
"Reporting to the Grand Commandant," Wang Li stepped forward and said, "This battle resulted in the deaths of over two hundred thousand refugees. They were driven to the edge of the desert by our army, with nowhere left to escape. That expanse of yellow sand will be their final resting place!"
The wicked man walked up to the sand table and traced his finger across this once prosperous land.
"Let's summarize."
"Reporting to the Grand Commandant, this battle resulted in the slaughter of over 1.3 million soldiers and civilians from the Western Regions. All cities and tribes have been completely razed to the ground. No foreign tribes remain alive on this land!"
The wicked husband nodded in satisfaction.
He took a torch and lit the map that marked the kingdoms of the Western Regions.
In the firelight, the names of those city-states gradually turned to ashes.
Like the foreign tribes on this land, they will forever disappear into the long river of history!
"Pass down the order." He glanced back towards Chang'an. "From this day forward, this land belongs to the Great Qin. Any foreign tribes who set foot here will be killed without mercy!"
The setting sun cast his long shadow, like a sharp sword, forever nailed to this land.
This is the ironclad rule of the empire, leaving no room for compromise!
At sunset, the wicked man summoned his generals for a meeting.
"Next, we must completely transform this land," he said, pointing to the map. "We will station troops and build city-states at the various oases and water sources. Any foreign tribes that approach will be killed without exception!"
"Furthermore..." he continued, "transport the captured warhorses back to Guanzhong in batches. Now that we have occupied this grassland, we must make good use of it. From now on, this will be the horse ranch of our Great Qin!"
"Your subordinate obeys!" the generals roared in response.
This battle not only completely annihilated the kingdoms of the Western Regions, but also opened up new territories for the Qin Dynasty.
From this day forward, this land will forever belong to the Qin dynasty!
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