"What grudge do you hold against me?" the wicked man sneered. "I, the Grand Commandant, discovered your secret letter in the Goryeo royal palace. Your three kingdoms have joined forces, plotting to rebel against Qin! Isn't that enough?"
"Nonsense!" King Sushen glared angrily. "We are merely a self-preservation alliance! Who doesn't know that your Qin state has conquered the six states, and now you want to conquer the north? If we don't join forces, we will be wiped out like Goryeo sooner or later!"
"I see." A cold glint flashed in the wicked man's eyes. "It seems you all knew this day would come. But since you knew the outcome, why didn't you submit sooner?"
"Submit?" The Sushen king sneered. "Submitting to a demon like you is worse than death!"
"Very well!" The wicked man drew his sword. "Since you've chosen death, I, the Grand Commandant, will grant your wish! However, before you die, I want you to witness firsthand how your people are slaughtered!"
He turned to the officer: "Tie him up high so he can see clearly!"
The King of Sushen was bound to a tall pillar and forced to witness the Qin army's bloody massacre. His people were beheaded one by one before his eyes, their blood staining the earth. The screams of women and children were incessant, and the entire royal court had become a living hell.
"Bastard! You demon!" King Sushen roared, tears streaming down his face.
The wicked man looked at him coldly: "Remember this, this is the consequence of rebelling against the Qin Dynasty! You Sushen will be wiped out of this land forever!"
After saying this, he swung his sword and beheaded the Sushen king. Blood gushed out, staining the ground red.
"Give the order to the entire army!" The wicked man wiped the blood from his sword. "Continue the slaughter! Don't let a single Sushen person escape!"
For three whole days, the Qin army's massacre did not stop.
The Sushen royal court had been reduced to ruins, littered with corpses and rivers of blood. Those who tried to escape were caught and executed. Those who had hidden in the mountains were forced out by fire and none were spared.
"Grand Commandant," Zhang Erhe reported, "the western front has been cleared, with over 300,000 Sushen people killed."
"How is the Eastern Front?"
"Reporting to the Grand Commandant, General Wang Li has captured all the mountain strongholds and killed over 150,000 people. However, a portion of the Sushen people have fled into the deep mountains..."
"No need to worry," the wicked man sneered. "They may escape for a day, but they can't escape for long. Send the order to set up checkpoints at all the mountain passes. Cut off their food and water supply, and force these rats hiding in the mountains out!"
The order was swiftly relayed. The Qin army began sealing off all mountain passes, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. Simultaneously, cavalry began patrolling the foothills to prevent anyone from sneaking down the mountains.
"Grand Commandant," Meng Tian reported, "the northern front has been cleared. The Sushen people there were almost completely unprepared and were annihilated by our army. A total of over 200,000 were killed."
The wicked man nodded in satisfaction: "Excellent! This time I will wipe the Sushen people off this land forever! Order the entire army to continue the advance. Wherever the Sushen people are found, exterminate them completely!"
Ten days later, within the territory of Sushen.
The Qin army's iron hooves have trampled every corner of this land. Countless villages have been razed to the ground, and tens of thousands of Sushen people have been slaughtered. Now this place has become a dead zone, littered with corpses and the earth stained red with blood.
"Grand Commandant," Zhang Erhe reported, "the search and suppression operation in the mountains is over. The Sushen people hiding in the mountains were starving and surrendered one after another. Our army has executed them all, totaling more than 50,000."
The wicked man sneered, "Surrender? Too late! Order all tribes to count their numbers. I want to know how many Sushen people we've killed this time!"
That evening, the statistical results from various departments were successively reported.
"Grand Commandant, in this campaign against the Sushen, a total of over 700,000 people were killed. Among them, over 150,000 were soldiers, and the rest were civilians."
"Very good!" The wicked man nodded in satisfaction. "The Sushen are destroyed, now..."
His gaze shifted to Fuyu on the map: "Order the entire army to prepare for battle. In three days, I, the Grand Commandant, will personally lead the army to slaughter Fuyu!"
The order was quickly relayed throughout the army. Everyone began preparations in earnest, and morale soared.
Three days later, at the Qin army camp.
Three hundred thousand troops were fully prepared for battle. Having been tempered by the Sushen War, their killing intent was even more chilling. Everyone knew that a new round of bloody slaughter was about to begin.
"Order the entire army to march!"
The bugle calls resounded through the heavens. The Qin army, like an iron torrent, surged eastward. They trampled over the bones of the Sushen, and were about to flatten the land of Fuyu!
On the way, the wicked man kept receiving reports from various places.
"Grand Commandant, twelve mounds of Jingguan have been completed within the Sushen territory, scattered throughout various key locations."
"Grand Commandant, the last group of Sushen people who escaped the net have been executed, totaling more than three thousand."
"Grand Commandant, the territory of Sushen has been reorganized into prefectures and counties according to the Qin system, and officials have now been dispatched to take over."
Every piece of news made the wicked man nod in satisfaction. The Sushen had completely vanished from this land; what followed was the doom of Buyeo!
Ten days later, at the border of Fuyu.
As the Qin army advanced, they could see the city of Fuyu in the distance. Unlike the mountain strongholds of the Sushen, the Fuyu people had already established a relatively complete city defense system.
"Reporting to the Grand Commandant!" a scout reported. "The Buyeo people seem to have received the news and are urgently reinforcing the city's defenses."
The wicked man sneered, "Well done! Order the entire army to set up camp! We'll begin the encirclement and annihilation operation first thing tomorrow morning!"
That night, the wicked man summoned his generals in his tent and made final tactical arrangements.
"The Fuyu are different from the Sushen; they have fortified cities as their base, making a quick victory difficult. Therefore, we will adopt a siege-and-reinforcement tactic, first blocking all roads to cut off their communication. Then we will conquer them one by one, giving them no chance to breathe!"
He pointed to several key locations on the map: "Meng Tian, you will lead 100,000 main troops to attack the capital of Fuyu. Wang Li, you will lead 50,000 cavalry to cut off communication between the cities. The rest of the troops will join me to form an outer encirclement to prevent anyone from escaping!"
"Your subordinate obeys!" the generals replied in unison.
"Remember," the wicked man emphasized finally, "this time, as before, it's not conquest, it's extermination! Every Buyeo person, regardless of gender or age, will be wiped out! This Grand Commandant will ensure that this land is utterly devoid of any Buyeo people!"
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