Chapter 112: Burning, killing, looting

No words all night.

Before dawn the next day, a team of fully armed guards drove their horses outside the gate of the Governor's Office. The officer led the army turned over and dismounted and shouted to the guards guarding outside the gate: "According to the order of the King of Yan, we will come and escort General Meng Hu into the capital."

The captain of the guards glanced at the guard officer coldly and replied: "Wait here, don't break in!"

After saying that, the captain of the guard turned around and entered the gate. The guard officer's face changed slightly, but he did not dare to attack. After all, this place was the Governor's Office, and it was not something that he, a small guard squadron leader, could afford.

Less than a cup of tea was left in the Governor's courtyard, the sound of horses neighing and people were boiling.

A grown-up man from the western world led two fat and strong war horses out of the gate first. When he saw the two large iron halberds on the man's back, the guard officer couldn't help but change his face. These two iron halberds must weigh at least a hundred pounds. This guy's halberds are so powerful that they can drive such heavy weapons?

The man met the shocked look of the guard officer. The inexplicable cold flame flashed in his wide-open eyes, and then groaned from his nostrils, ignoring the guard soldiers who were waiting for him outside the gate.

When the guard officer saw one of the war horses held by the man, his pupils couldn't help but shrink rapidly.

He had only seen this war horse on the banks of his daughter's river, but the impression left on him was too deep. At that time, Meng Hu rode this horse to fight in front of the two armies. No one dared to respond to the battle with the army of more than 100,000 Mingyue. His posture and majesty were so impressive that he thought about it!

In a short while, Meng Hu walked out of the door accompanied by Zhao Qinghan and Qi Diaozi. Qi Diaozi knew that Zhao Qinghan and Meng Hu had something to say, so she deliberately grabbed the two of them. Zhao Qinghan had a dismal appearance, her beautiful eyes were swollen, and she had obviously just cried, and her fair face was full of reluctance, making her feel like she was separated from her life and death.

Taking advantage of Meng Hu and Zhao Qinghanyiyi's farewell, Qi Diaozi came to the guards officer and smiled and said, "What do you call general?"

"Great, the great master is so serious, he is humble and brave."

The officer of the Guards immediately turned red and thought to himself that a small squadron leader would not dare to be the title of general. So what if he was an officer of the Guards? He was a guest of honor for General Meng Hu, and General Meng Hu would be the commander of the Western Legion in the future, so he would not be stunned in front of others.

"It turns out they are brothers of yellow gayness." Qi Diaozi smiled, "I travel thousands of miles to Luojing. My general has to ask my brothers to take care of him along the way."

"What are the words of adults?"

Huang Dan looked slightly excited and said loudly, "General Meng Hu is the pride of our empire. It is an honor for being able to escort the general to Beijing along the way and all the soldiers of the Fourth Squadron!"

Qi Diaozi smiled and said, "Hehe, please, anyway."

At this moment, Zhao Qinghan finally finished speaking. Meng Hu held the horse reins from Zhang Xingba's hand, jumped gently and flipped onto the horse's back, then gently pulled the horse reins away without looking back. Zhang Xingba then turned over the horse, held the horse's belly hard, and shouted and chased Meng Hu.

Huang Dan and the guards behind him also rode their horses and galloped away.

With the sound of hooves, more than 200 people quickly disappeared into the empty street. Zhao Qinghanfang felt lost in her heart, and crystal tears surging in her beautiful eyes. Lian'er, who was on the side, quickly stepped forward to support her and advised with kind words: "Miss, don't be sad, son-in-law will definitely come back intact."

"Um."

Zhao Qinghan let out a light nasal sound, and the tears gushed out of her eyes became more and more, just like pearls with broken lines, falling down. Seeing that Lian'er couldn't help but sighed and burst into tears silently.

It was almost noon, Sanjiang City.

The once prosperous and lively Sanjiang City has now completely become a sea of ​​burning fire. Teams of black-robed and black-armored Mingyue Empire soldiers are running around in the streets and alleys. When they see any valuable things or any food and livestock, they will rob them. If the robber resists, they will immediately cause a murder.

There are also many soldiers who are sexually impotent and take the opportunity to cause trouble, kill or rape women at will.

Situ Rui stood solemnly at the head of Sanjiang City with his hands behind his back. All he heard were the wailings of men before his death, the terrifying cry of women for help, the sad and helpless cry of the elderly and children, and the whistling north wind blew by, the wind helped the fire, and the burning fire came with horrifying crackling sounds.

Situ Rui looked tragic. If he had not been at the end of his life, he would never be willing to attack the unarmed civilians. Situ Rui always believed that the duty of a soldier was to protect the people, rather than to ride on the people as a mighty person. Even the people of the enemy country could not burn, kill, and plunder at will.

But now, Situ Rui had no choice at all. He could only carry out the most brutal burning, killing, abducting, and plundering of the civilians of the enemy country. The shame is really a shame for soldiers! At this moment, Situ Rui's heart was filled with sadness. Today, the tragedy that happened in Sanjiang, Hedong and Henan Province was destined to be a tragedy that he could not wash away in his life.

Behind Situ Rui, Geng Zhong also looked bleak. As an upright aide, he also felt that it was really inappropriate to raise a butcher's knife to the civilians of the enemy, but the reality is cruel. If the Mingyue soldiers do not raise a butcher's knife to the civilians of the enemy, they can only raise a butcher's knife to their compatriots. In contrast, they can only sacrifice the people of the enemy.

The north wind yelled, and the fire was surging.

Situ Rui, Geng Zhong and the other two behind them all lowered their heads, crossed their hands and stroked them in front of their chests, and began to pray with a solemn expression, begging the goddess of light to forgive the crimes they committed today...

On the same day, the same scenes were also staged in Hedong, Henan Prefecture City, and in hundreds of towns and villages. After Situ Rui issued a looting order, more than 100,000 Mingyue Empire troops were in full swing. Sanjiang, Hedong, and Henan Province, south of the western province, immediately became hell on earth. Except for the villages deep in the mountains, almost no village in the entire Sanjiang Plain could survive!

The catastrophe, the three southern prefectures in the western province suffered an unprecedented catastrophe in decades.

Xiling, Governor's Office.

Meng Yan walked out of the Governor's Mansion with a gloomy face. Taking advantage of Meng Hu's absence, Meng Yan originally wanted to discuss with Zhao Qinghan about the unified command of the Guards and the Western Legion. Of course, negotiations were just an excuse. The key was to create an opportunity for himself to have a secret meeting with Zhao Qinghan.

But unfortunately, when Meng Yan rushed to the Governor's Office in the morning, Zhao Qinghan went to the east military camp.

When Meng Yan chased him to the east of the city, Zhao Qinghan returned to the Governor's Mansion. When Meng Yan refused to chase him again, Zhao Qinghan went to the north of the city again. At this point, Meng Yan understood what Zhao Qinghan meant. She was just hiding, and she didn't want to meet him at all.

Meng Yan couldn't help but feel disappointed. When he was about to return to the headquarters, the chaotic sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded on the long street ahead. Meng Yan looked back casually, but saw Zhao Qinghan surrounded by War Eagle, He Qing, Zhou Jin, Bai Xi and others and others and rushed towards the Governor's Office.

Although Meng Yan was secretly happy, he showed no expression on his face.

Zhao Qinghan saw Meng Yan from afar, turned over and immediately stepped forward to greet him and said, "Qinghan meets Your Highness."

Zhan Ying and others behind Zhao Qinghan also turned over and saw Meng Yan.

Meng Yan nodded one by one as a reward, then looked at Zhao Qinghan and said with a smile: "Qinghan, you are very busy now. I have been looking for you for a long time but couldn't find you."

"Your Highness, Qinghan is also looking for you everywhere."

Zhao Qinghan is telling the truth, but she looked for Meng Yan for the sake of the common people of Sanjiang, Hedong and Henan. If it weren't for this, she wouldn't want to see Meng Yan, so as not to misunderstand her lover.

"Oh?" Meng Yan was slightly surprised and asked with a smile, "I wonder what Qing Han was looking for me for?"

Zhao Qinghan sighed and said in a faint voice: "Your Highness, there have been barbarians and fast horses just now. Situ Rui's Mingyue army is burning, killing and looting in the three prefectures of Sanjiang, Hedong, and Henan. Millions of imperial people are enduring the ravages of Mingyue bandits. The western legion has just been rebuilt. Although there is more than one guarding the city, it is not enough to attack. I hope your highness will pity the people of the three prefectures and lead the guards to rescue him. Qinghan is very grateful."

Meng Yan changed his expression slightly and said sternly: "Qinghan What are you talking about? Are the people of Sanjiang, Hedong, and Henan Province not the people of the empire? Fighting foreign aggression and defending the western provinces is not only the responsibility of the Western Legion, but also the sacred mission of the Guards Legion. Now that I know this, I will never sit idly by."

After saying that, without waiting for Zhao Qinghan to say thank you, Meng Yan turned around and ordered the accompanying guard captain, saying, "You will return to the camp outside the city now, and order the five generals Han Feng, Lin Tu, Yu Longyun, Teng Qingyun, and Lu Chengwu to assemble the army immediately and prepare to go on the expedition! Then send a message to the Northwest Governor Zheng, and ask him to mobilize the Northwest Legion to cooperate in combat."

"yes!"

The captain of the Imperial Guard responded to the promise and took the order and left.

Meng Yan then breathed a sigh of relief, looked back at Zhao Qinghan and said, "Qinghan, the more than 3,000 barbarian cavalry that made great achievements last time on the banks of the Daughter River, I hope to temporarily relocate from the Western Legion. Last time in the Battle of Daughter River, Situ Rui's Scythe Knights were defeated, but the losses were not great. If this attack was met by the Scythe Knights again, this barbarian cavalry would still be needed to suppress it."

"this……"

Zhao Qinghan felt a little embarrassed when she heard this. It was not that she couldn't bear to let go of more than three thousand barbarian cavalry, but that she could not mobilize this barbarian cavalry at all.

Looking at the entire empire, except Meng Hu, there may be only Qi Diaozi who can barely mobilize this barbarian cavalry. Zhao Qinghan couldn't help but look back at Qi Diaozi, but unexpectedly found Qi Diaozi's expression was a bit strange. He was lowering his head and his body was trembling slightly, as if he was trying his best to suppress a certain emotion.

Seeing Zhao Qinghan in a dilemma, Meng Yan was right in his mind and said, "If Qinghan is worried, he can personally lead this barbarian cavalry to go to war with my guard army. I will never intervene much in this barbarian cavalry. However, when Situ Rui's Scythe Knights appear, Qinghan's barbarian cavalry needs to come out to deal with it."
Chapter completed!