Chapter 159 Kill Zhao Nanshan and Subdue the Surrendered Soldiers!
The soldiers under Zhao Nanshan's command began to hesitate.
Shen Lanxi continued to escalate the situation, raising her voice: "We are a righteous army, walking the straight path of humanity, upholding justice, and thus blessed by Heaven. If you surrender to me, I guarantee I will treat you like my own soldiers, and in the future, you will be promoted and ennobled, and your descendants and relatives will all enjoy wealth and glory with you!"
Zhao Nanshan became anxious: "Don't listen to his nonsense. He only has a few men under his command. How dare he talk about a righteous army? All of his men combined are not even enough to form a single banner commander's army."
Shen Lanxi looked at her coldly: "So, you're determined to fight to the bitter end, regardless of the lives of your family?"
Zhao Nanshan stiffened his neck and spat forcefully.
"I sent people to protect my family a long time ago, you can't scare me!"
Shen Lanxi turned her head and glanced into the darkness: "Do you think your mere two hundred soldiers can do anything to me?"
Why do you think I have so few people around me?
"Zhao Nanshan, you didn't even confirm before you rushed to deny it. Aren't you afraid of angering me and having your family members lose their heads?"
Zhao Nanshan didn't even flinch, stubbornly saying, "You can't scare me!"
"Kill them all! I have connections to help you achieve great things and rise to prominence!"
Several torches suddenly lit up in the darkness.
Wei Dongzhu led a few people forward.
After Zhao Nanshan saw those people clearly, everything went black!
"Look carefully, who are they?" Shen Lanxi coldly rebuked.
A struggle flashed in Zhao Nanshan's eyes, but his gaze quickly hardened, and he gritted his teeth, saying coldly, "You think you can force me to submit by bringing a woman and a few children? Don't even think about it!"
Suddenly, a soldier shouted, "They are Centurion Zhao's wife and child!"
The soldiers under Zhao Nanshan all looked at him in disbelief. There really are people in the world who would turn their backs on their own families to achieve great things!
Wei Dongzhu: "See? This is your husband's true face!"
Mrs. Zhao Nanshan stared blankly at Zhao Nanshan. They had been held captive and hidden in the shadows the whole time. She had heard everything Zhao Nanshan said.
She looked at the man who used to treat them so well in disbelief, who was now so cold and heartless.
She had previously tried to defend Zhao Nanshan in her mind, thinking that he hadn't seen them and that these people were lying to him, which was why he refused.
Now that we've seen her with the children, why is he still so heartless?
At that moment, her heart died.
Just like these people say, Zhao Nanshan didn't care about her and the children's lives or deaths in order to make a name for himself!
"Zhao Nanshan, you're a beast! I truly regret ever being so blind to choose you as my husband. You're nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing! What have my children and I ever done to wrong you that you would disown us..." Zhao Nanshan's wife sobbed uncontrollably, relentlessly accusing Zhao Nanshan!
Shen Lanxi raised her voice: "Today, to avoid being controlled, he can disown his wife and children. To avoid being controlled in the future, he will abandon you as well. Now that things have come to this, do you still want to risk your lives for such a traitor?"
With a clang, a soldier threw his weapon to the ground.
"I surrender!"
"I surrender too!"
Zhao Nanshan panicked, drew his sword, and slashed at the defecting soldiers.
"Whoever dares to surrender, I will kill!"
Shen Lanxi raised her hand and threw the long stick in her hand. Zhao Nanshan swung his hand to chop it down, but he misjudged the speed at which the stick flew and missed.
With a loud bang, Zhao Nanshan was pinned to the ground by a long stick!
After a deathly silence, a burst of enthusiastic cheers followed.
"Victory is certain! Victory is certain! Victory is certain!"
"Lord Lan is mighty..."
The remaining soldiers who were still hesitating were so frightened by this that they quickly threw down their weapons and shouted that they were surrendering!
Wei Dongzhu: "We lost six men and were wounded twenty. We had 358 surrendered soldiers and captured 730 weapons of various kinds, 30 warhorses, three large chests of gold and silver jewelry, and grain..."
After listening, Shen Lanxi walked up to Zhao Nanshan's wife.
"I killed your husband, do you want revenge?"
Mrs. Zhao sat on the ground, her heart filled with despair. She shook her head and said, "The moment he disregarded my life and the life of our child, he was no longer my husband!"
Shen Lanxi: "What I admire most is a courageous woman like you. I'll let you go back."
"After you go back, tell your father and brothers to bring the officials from Shilipo to the Baihe County government office to pay their respects to me."
Mrs. Zhao Nanshan was shocked, only then realizing that Zhao Nanshan must have implicated her family. She would rather die herself than see her family suffer because of her.
"Are the adults really willing to let me and the child go back?"
Shen Lanxi glanced at her: "No need to test them. Take the child and leave. Tell your father and brothers that I'm only giving them three days!"
Mrs. Zhao Nanshan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly grabbed her two children and ran away without looking back.
Shen Lanxi: "Take Zhao Nanshan's body and go to the Baihe County government office!"
"yes!"
On the way back, she sent people to Caotuo Ridge again. It was time for the people hiding there to come down the mountain!
Wang Songbai, the magistrate of Baihe County, just returned from the Suiyuan Prefecture government office today. With the rise of the Eastern Liao King's army, the various prefectures in Dongchuan are now practically defunct. All affairs, big and small, have been taken over by the soldiers. Yesterday, when he went to see his sister and brother-in-law, he couldn't even enter the prefecture government office. He was interrogated by the guards all night before being released.
After he was released, he dared not stay in Suiyuan Prefecture any longer and rode back to Baihe County at full speed.
Baihe County is a small place, and the officials and soldiers above it don't take this small county seriously at all, nor do they send troops to garrison it. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
While he was half asleep, he was suddenly dizzy and fell to the ground.
"How did I end up on the floor? I was still half asleep~"
Just as Wang Songbai was about to crawl back to sleep, he felt a weight and a chill on his neck, followed by a piercing pain.
He was instantly startled awake.
"My lord, I pledge my allegiance, I truly pledge my allegiance!" Wang Songbai had no integrity whatsoever, and knelt on the ground to kowtow.
Liu Yan asked with amusement, "Do you even know who we are? And you're already calling for our allegiance?"
Wang Songbai thought to himself, "Isn't he the King of Dongliao?"
Can we say that outright? Of course not!
"No matter who you are, I will wholeheartedly submit to you. I beg you to spare my life. I have an eighty-year-old mother to support and a baby who is still breastfeeding..."
I thought it would take a lot of effort, but I didn't expect them to surrender so easily!
Liu Yan replied: "From this day forward, your county government office has been requisitioned by our righteous army!"
Wang Songbai immediately fawned, "Please use it, please use it as you please. There's still plenty of charcoal in the storeroom. I'll have someone light it right away so everyone can warm up!"
Liu Yan replied: "You damn sycophant! I've never seen anyone as sycophantic as you. You're quite the character!"
Wang Songbai quickly put on a fawning smile and bowed, saying, "Thank you for the compliment, sir!"
Shen Lanxi told Liu Yan to get rid of this sycophant immediately, as it was an eyesore to look at!
"Didn't you say there was charcoal at the county government office? Take me to see it!" Liu Yan grabbed Wang Songbai and left.
Shen Lanxi immediately summoned people to discuss matters.
"We have too few soldiers at our disposal right now. I want to climb to the position of commander of the four counties before spring!"
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