I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 391: Killing the captives is not enough, there is also a massacre of the whole city? !

"Shh!"

The Jianzhang cavalry approached quickly, and the cold light of the ring-handled sword flashed.

“M-Mercy…”

Yellow water with a foul smell had already flowed out from under Qibuchu's buttocks. He mustered up his last bit of strength to beg for mercy, but before he could finish his words, he felt a chill in his throat, and the world began to spin in his vision. Finally, he fell heavily to the ground, and was soon covered in blood.

But before the blood completely covered his eyes, he saw the attendant a few meters away, and the headless body next to the attendant that was spurting blood like a fountain.

This body looks so familiar, like a dog...

I just don't know if this dog has ever regretted it. Since it knew that it was a small country and that it had to advocate neutrality in order to gain a foothold among the big powers, why didn't it abide by it?

"None of my business! None of my business! None of my business!"

The attendant's head and face were soaked by the warm blood spurting out of Qibuchu's body. He was so scared that he huddled against the city gate, rubbing his feet on the ground, moving away from Qibuchu's body, repeating only this sentence.

However, the Jianzhang cavalry ignored him.

It was as if he ignored the translator who had raised his hands and knelt on the ground early, as if he didn't even see them.

The Jianzhang cavalry simply turned their horses around, poked Qibuchu's head with a spear, and returned to report to Liu Ju.

They all kept in mind the "Three Articles of Law" that Liu Ju made before he went on the expedition.

Those who deserve to be killed will never be spared, and those who don’t deserve to be killed will not be touched at all.

"..."

The Loulan generals and soldiers on the city wall saw it all. Although they were in a high position and had bows and arrows in their hands, they did not dare to miss even a single arrow from beginning to end.

After seeing this scene, they were filled with awe for the Han army.

Whether an army is strong or not is not reflected in how efficiently it kills unarmed people, but in its discipline and style.

If he said to kill only Qibuchu, then he would kill only Qibuchu.

An army that is so easy to use is a truly powerful army, a truly iron-blooded army. Compared with it, the Huns' army is at best just a group of miscellaneous soldiers. How can we compete with it?

No wonder the Han Dynasty was able to drive the Huns out of the desert, forcing them to retreat to the northern desert and not dare to move rashly.

Now that the army has arrived in the Western Regions, although the area north of the Tianshan Mountains is the territory of the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu, if they stay, the situation in the Western Regions will probably really change, right?
at the same time.

They also deeply felt that the Han prince outside the city was "a man of his word", so he killed and only killed Qibuchu, and he should also keep his promise and not kill the people in the city, right?

So what will he do next, to take revenge and lead his troops away?
Or do you want us to surrender the city?
Just as I was thinking about it.

"Drive! Drive! Drive!"

Suddenly, the sound of rumbling horse hooves came from the west of the city. Another large group of black cavalrymen approached the royal city under the backdrop of night and fire. The leader was whipping the horse under him frantically, and the sound of driving sounded a little impatient.

The people who came were none other than the troops led by Zhao Po Nu and Wang Hui.

Zhao Po Nu was very anxious at this moment.

Originally, he thought that he would be unstoppable and would be able to capture the royal city in one fell swoop. The credit of this battle was already in his pocket. Afterwards, he would report the victory back to Chang'an, and perhaps he would be able to be re-ennobled with one battle.

As a result, when they were almost at the foot of the royal city, the scouts who went up to investigate suddenly discovered that the area below the royal city was already ablaze with fire.

Then Zhao Po Nu and Wang Hui heard shouts and screams at the same time, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Then he no longer cared about whether to investigate or not, whether to be steady or not, and immediately led the entire army to rush towards the royal city...

Then Zhao Po Nu and Wang Hui, who were leading the way, saw a group of Han army flags and the unique white scale camp flag of the Jianzhang cavalry outside the city gate. Liu Ju led the troops personally for the first time and actually led the Jianzhang cavalry to the royal city faster than them.

"What's going on?" Zhao Po Nu couldn't believe his eyes.

According to Wang Hui, although the west side of the city they attacked was a little far from the royal city, it was the main stopover area for caravans from various countries, so there were relatively few local people in Loulan State, and therefore the defense was relatively weak, and they would encounter less resistance during the attack. On the contrary, the east side of the city attacked by Liu Ju and the Jianzhang cavalry was relatively difficult to attack.

Therefore, before the war, they discussed with Liu Ju and asked him to play supporting role in the east of the city to tie down the enemy.

They led their larger cavalry to launch a fierce attack from the west of the city where the defense was relatively weak, making it impossible for the front and rear to take care of each other, and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.

As a result, Liu Ju and the Jianzhang cavalry actually killed the enemy earlier than them and besieged the royal city?

Could it be that Wang Hui’s intelligence was wrong, and the east of the city was the direction where Loulan’s defense was weak?
But at this moment.

Zhao Po Nu had no time to question Wang Hui. He had to first confirm Liu Ju's safety. Otherwise, no matter how great his contribution was, it might turn into a capital crime.

Continuing to ride their horses at high speed, Zhao Po Nu and Wang Hui passed the Jianzhang cavalry who had voluntarily given way to them, and soon saw Liu Ju, who seemed to be safe and sound.

Before they could even greet each other, their attention was attracted by something in front of Liu Ju.

At that time there was a spear standing upright on the ground.

There was a messy ball of hair stuck on the tip of the spear, and on the ground below the ball of hair, there was a pool of red liquid dripping.

"Your Highness, what is this?"

Smelling the blood in the air, Zhao Po Nu immediately realized what this thing was.

"King Qibuchu of Loulan came out to surrender the city. I am not qualified to forgive him on behalf of the Han envoys who were robbed and killed by his troops. I can only send him to meet those Han envoys."

Liu Ju looked back at Zhao Po Nu and Wang Hui and said in a flat tone.

"Kill the surrendered?"

Zhao Po Nu and Wang Hui's faces changed when they heard this.

This incident has a very bad impact. If it gets out, it may affect the "great unification" strategy of the emperor that Liu Ju visited before, making it more difficult to conquer the rest of the Western Regions...

Let’s not even talk about “great unification” or “great unification”, let’s just take the present as an example.

The King of Loulan came out to surrender the city, and Liu Ju beheaded him directly.

Everyone in the royal city saw it all. How could they surrender? How dare they surrender? They would have to fight to the death.
I really don't know what Liu Ju was thinking. Didn't he say nice things before he went to the expedition, like "we are all brothers" and "three rules of conduct". How come he seemed to have lost his brain once he got on the battlefield and started acting so recklessly without considering the consequences?

This is great. This battle will cost a lot of effort and cause a lot of casualties...

Just as I was thinking about it.

Guo Zhen received Liu Ju's instruction and shouted to the city:
"Listen everyone in the city. The Han emperor is ready to accept your surrender. Do you want to surrender or not?"

Are you still expecting them to surrender?
Do you mean to surrender and then line up to be beheaded?
Zhao Po Nu and Wang Hui smiled bitterly in their hearts, they really didn't know what Liu Ju was thinking.

"Descend! Descend! We descend!"

Immediately, a man on the city gate raised his hands and shouted,

"Your Highness, the Respected Prince of the Han Dynasty, I am Ursa, the Prime Minister of Loulan. Beside me are two princes of Loulan. We are willing to open the city gates and surrender to the Han army!"

"Your Highness, we just followed your orders and closed the city gates. We didn't let Qibuchu in. You also kept your promise and didn't hurt anyone. So we can trust that you and your army won't massacre the city after you enter, right?"

"???"

Zhao Po Nu and Wang Hui's hearts trembled again. Not only killing the surrendered soldiers, but also massacring the whole city? !

(End of this chapter)