Overnight, the Western Zhou Dynasty lost another city. When the king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, who was far away in the capital, heard the news, he almost suffered a myocardial infarction and died.
Beichen was practically celebrating with firecrackers. Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan's victory quickly spread through Shaping City to the border, and then from there to Shizhou. Within three days, the news that Prince An had captured Daxing City had spread to every corner of the border.
The legend that Prince An was a god of war sent from heaven spread among the people again. This time, the legend that Yun Wanwan was a fairy who came down from heaven to help the god of war was also spread.
Even the 200,000 troops on the border had to admire the bravery of Prince Rong Chengxuan. Ever since the former deputy general of the border army was gone and brainwashed, they had some idea of who was truly powerful and who was pretending to be powerful.
You know, it is not so easy to capture the Western Zhou city. When they fought in the past, the hot climate restricted the advance of the Beichen Army. Not to mention fighting, it was a problem whether they could safely reach Shaping City.
When following General Yun, General Yun had tried before, but when the soldiers walked to the outside of Shaping City in the scorching heat, some of them had already fainted from heatstroke, and the rest were on the verge of fainting all the time. It was difficult for them to even stand, let alone fight.
General Yun had considered using the night to fight before, but once they engaged the Western Zhou army, who could possibly capture a city in a single night like Prince An? If they couldn't take it, what would they do the next day? As soon as the sun rose the next day, Beichen's army would undoubtedly be annihilated by the Western Zhou army. There was no doubt about that.
After all, the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty were born and raised in the desert for generations, so they were naturally no match for the Beichen army from the capital. Even if they were Beichen people who grew up in the frontier, they might suffer from heatstroke when they entered the desert, because the desert was really too hot, and few Beichen people could adapt to the hot climate of the desert.
This battle further enhanced Rong Chengxuan's military prestige. Not only did Rong Chengxuan's prestige within the army increase, but his reputation among the common people also improved significantly. However, those common people didn't know that although Rong Chengxuan had taken Daxing City, they still faced numerous challenges.
These problems first appeared to the people of Daxing City. The people of Daxing City did not accept the rule of Beichen as smoothly as the people of Shaping City. Because Shaping City was close to Beichen, they came into contact with many people from Beichen on a daily basis, and they knew how convenient Beichen was.
So when they heard that they could enter and leave freely without any paperwork after Beichen took charge, they were naturally filled with joy.
Unlike Shaping City, Daxing City is already in the central part of the Western Zhou Dynasty. It has few opportunities to contact Beichen on weekdays, and is unaware of the suffering of the people in Shaping City. Naturally, it has some resentment towards Beichen’s army for capturing Daxing City.
Not only were the people resistant, but even the prefect of Daxing was a hot-tempered man. Jiang Younan's army fled, and Daxing City fell. He felt guilty towards the king of Western Zhou. As the prefect of Daxing City, he was unable to protect Daxing City. On the morning of the day when Rong Chengxuan's army dealt with the battlefield outside the city and entered Daxing City, he and his family attempted suicide in front of the prefectural government office.
This suicide was just a way to scare people, just like when those Beichen ministers threatened Rong Chengxuan by banging their heads against the pillars. But the prefect of Daxing was serious, he was really going to die with his entire family!
Some were stabbed in the stomach with knives, some were hit against the wall, some had their aortas cut with knives, and some even hanged themselves by tying ropes to the beams at the entrance of the yamen. In short, there were all kinds of ways to die.
Moreover, their deaths were extremely cruel. With one cut of the sword, even if Hua Tuo were alive, he would not have been able to save them. This shows how determined they were to die. Even two babies were thrown to death by the adults before they died.
Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan led part of the army into the city first. When they arrived at the gate of the yamen, they saw dozens of corpses lying there in a mess. Yun Wanwan was shocked when she saw those corpses.
They hadn't expected the Western Zhou Dynasty to have such a loyal and courageous minister. Compared to Jiang Younan, who had abandoned the city and fled, the Daxing prefect was clearly more worthy of Yun Wanwan and Rong Chengxuan's admiration. For a moment, Yun Wanwan and Rong Chengxuan sighed deeply.
I just feel that although this prefect of Daxing is a civil official, he is much more worthy of admiration than those cowardly military generals. He also made history remember him in his own way.
No matter how much Yun Wanwan and Rong Chengxuan regretted that such a loyal and brave minister had to end up like this, the tragedy had already happened and could not be remedied. Rong Chengxuan ordered the magistrate's family to be buried and put in a coffin, and then found someone to find a better burial place for them.
He also sent people to look for other relatives of the Daxing prefect, so that those who were still alive could send this loyal and brave minister off.
Yun Wanwan stared at the direction where the soldiers were carrying away the bodies of the Daxing prefect and his entire residence, unable to recover for a long time. Rong Chengxuan took Yun Wanwan's hand and looked in that direction with her. "Wanwan, what are you thinking about?"
Yun Wanwan didn't know what she was thinking, she just felt very sad suddenly. She just pursed her lips and stared at the yellow earth on the ground without saying a word.
But Rong Chengxuan had no intention of letting Yun Wanwan go. This time, he forced Yun Wanwan to look up at him and asked again, "Wanwan, what are you thinking about?"
Yun Wanwan spoke frankly, "Rong Chengxuan, I don't know what I was thinking. I just looked at them and thought of you, and suddenly I felt sad. I was afraid..."
Yun Wanwan couldn't bring herself to say the second half of her words. She was afraid, but she couldn't articulate what exactly she was afraid of...
Rong Chengxuan walked up behind Yun Wanwan. He knew what she was thinking, but he didn't offer any words of comfort. Instead, he placed his hand on the back of her neck and remained silent for a long time before speaking. "Don't be afraid, Wanwan. I'm different from the prefect of Daxing. He's a loyal minister, and I'm a treacherous one. Isn't it said that good people don't live long, but evil lasts for thousands of years? His fate will never be the same as mine."
Rong Chengxuan spoke with conviction, and Yun Wanwan believed him firmly. Her heart, numb from the cold since the moment she saw the Daxing prefect's corpse, suddenly leaped for air as Rong Chengxuan looked at her. Rong Chengxuan didn't say anything else, and Yun Wanwan simply felt at ease and comforted by his soft embrace.
However, the death of the prefect's family has caused riots among the people of Daxing City.
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