Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 198 192. Death
The soldiers looked in the direction of the sound and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it was the county magistrate and several soldiers climbing up the city wall, and not Han Teng who had caught them in the act as they had imagined.

"Sir, when the Han army came over just now, the brothers thought they were going to take the opportunity to attack the city, but they just shot a few waves of arrows, but these letters were tied to the arrows..."

A soldier told the county magistrate the whole story. The county magistrate frowned, took a letter of surrender shot by the Han army and read it carefully, but his brow did not improve, but instead furrowed.

To be fair, the county magistrate completely agreed with what was said in the letter. Yesterday's water attack, which did not distinguish between friend and foe, left a serious psychological trauma on the county magistrate. Even last night, the county magistrate dreamed of those vivid faces wailing in the flood.

But the county magistrate could not force himself to make up his mind and cross that hurdle. He was just an unknown official before, and it was Han Teng who promoted him to his current position. Therefore, it was natural for the county magistrate to be loyal to the man who paid him. Even if Han Teng did this, how could he be a traitor?

"For the time being, just focus on defending the city. I will go and explain the pros and cons to Lord Han Teng. Don't make mistakes and bring trouble to your family."

The county magistrate's few words, both offensive and defensive, made the soldiers give up some of their inappropriate thoughts and let the county magistrate go and talk to Han Teng clearly.

Of course, the county magistrate also understood that these letters were definitely not the only ones shot into the city. Some of them had probably been picked up by the common people or even the wealthy families, so he had to immediately control the unrest in the city's hearts.

The county magistrate knew Han Teng's character too well. Normally, everyone tolerated his brutality, but now you want to drag everyone to hell together, there will definitely be people who refuse to do it.

"Alas... I hope Lord Han can change his mind and save the people of Changsha from the suffering of war..."

The county magistrate sighed, hoping that he could persuade Han Teng to change his mind and not go against the Han army.

"I've met my lord."

The county magistrate hurried to Han Teng's house. In this critical moment, Han Teng did not stay in bed, but got up early in case the situation changed.

"What happened on the city wall just now? Did the Han army come to attack early?"

Han Teng was not deaf. If the county magistrate could hear it, he could also hear the warning sound on the city wall. When he saw the county magistrate coming, he knew that he had something important to report, so he simply asked.

"Just now on the city wall was..."

The county magistrate hurriedly reported to Han Teng exactly what had happened on the city wall.

"...Oh? How many people know about this now?"

Han Teng's expression did not fluctuate at all, but there was a gleam in his eyes, indicating that he must have some thoughts, but he did not show them.

"I'm afraid... a lot. Some of the Han army's arrows landed on the city walls, and the rest all fell inside the city. I'm afraid they have been picked up by the people."

The county magistrate could not make an optimistic prediction about this. After all, the Han army could not tell him how many arrows they had shot and let him collect them slowly.

"Well, I know about this. You can go down first and do your job well."

Han Teng still had that indifferent look on his face. He waved his hand and asked the county magistrate to go down first.

"Sir, I have something to say..."

However, the county magistrate naturally did not want to leave so obediently. He clasped his hands, bent his body at 90 degrees, and looked very polite. It was obvious that he wanted to say something important.

"Just tell me."

The county magistrate lowered his head and could not see Han Teng's expression, but he still gritted his teeth and spoke out what was in his mind like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.

"Sir, the fact that the Marquis of Wu was defeated is now known to the world, and half of our four counties in southern Jing have been recaptured by the Han army, leaving only Changsha and Guiyang.

However, the combined forces of our two counties are no more than 10,000 people. How can we be a match for the Jingzhou army, which has tens of thousands of troops and defeated the entire Eastern Wu army?
Now that we have won a small victory, we have already proved our strength. Why not discuss with the Han army earlier? You can still be the governor of Changsha to avoid the suffering of the people. It is also a pity for the 3,000 people who died in vain yesterday. "The county magistrate said this with courage, and was prepared to be dismissed or even killed by Han Teng. However, Han Teng was silent for a long time, and this ignited some hope for the county magistrate. He raised his head slightly and looked at Han Teng. Han Teng really looked like he was in deep thought.

Han Teng was silent for a long time, but finally waved his hand.

"You go down first. I will let this governor think about this matter for a while."

"As ordered."

When the county magistrate saw that Han Teng was actually considering this matter seriously, he couldn't help but look a little happier. Without thinking much about it, he just thought that Han Teng listened to his advice, so he left Han Teng's residence and went to deal with today's affairs.

However, after the county magistrate left, Han Teng's previous pensive look disappeared, his eyes became extremely gloomy, and he looked at the county magistrate's departing back with murderous intent.

"Han Da."

Han Teng called his butler, who was also the commander of his private soldiers.

"master."

A tall and mighty middle-aged man walked in, his face solemn and murderous.

"You go and do this and that... Do you understand?"

Han Teng gave instructions to Han Da, who nodded and left without saying a word.

An hour later, after the county magistrate had dealt with the clerical affairs, he decided to go up to the city wall for another inspection to encourage the soldiers and prevent them from becoming restless.

The county magistrate left the prefect's mansion with three or five attendants and walked onto the street. Because it was wartime, the street was extremely deserted, and today it was even more frighteningly empty, with no one at all.

"What a quiet street..."

The county magistrate frowned. Although he felt something was wrong, he thought he was inside the city and would not be in danger, so he continued to walk towards the city wall with his attendants.

"crash"

They had not taken two steps when the doors of the houses on both sides suddenly opened, and more than a dozen figures wearing cloth but with black faces suddenly jumped out, holding sharp weapons and rushing towards them.

"Who are you? Do you know who I am?"

This sudden assassination left the county magistrate at a loss. His brain was working rapidly, trying to analyze who was doing this at this time.

"We are waiting to kill you, the traitor who sells out his master for fame and fortune!"

The leader shouted loudly and rushed towards the county magistrate without slowing down.

The county magistrate was only slightly proficient in swordsmanship, so he could not defeat these people in a head-on confrontation. Now he was attacked by surprise, how could he react? Before he could even put up a resistance, he was killed on the spot by these dozen well-trained men in black, and blood flowed all over the ground.

"We are ordinary villagers! This traitor colluded with the Shu army outside the city to do something illegal. We discovered it and killed him right here! Don't make the same mistake again and do something disloyal!"

After killing people, this group of people arrogantly lifted up the bodies of the county magistrate and his entourage with wooden poles and placed them on the street. They also hung a wooden sign that read: "Rebels who colluded with the Shu army."

(End of this chapter)