Chapter 40: The Storm Before the War (3)

Probably knowing that the root of the problem lies in the Song Kingdom, I immediately decided to go to the Song Kingdom to have a look, and when I was on the way, I could also go to the location of the Shangguan family and the Poison Sect, so as to get more accurate information.

Soon leaving Yudu, I headed towards the Song Kingdom, which was located in the northeast, and it didn't take much time on the way, and I arrived at the location of the Poison Sect.

From the Poison Sect's side, I learned quite important information.

There was indeed a big incident on the Song Kingdom's side, and it was all Gu Chuan who was making trouble, and his elixir refining entered the later stage, and he began to sacrifice and refine the blood of living beings.

Because of Great Qin's strong hand, more of the people of Great Qin did not know the bloody facts that happened in the Song State, and the people of the Song State were almost powerless to resist the unilateral massacre of the Guchuan Punishment.

In the first battle of Xiaoling's separation, because of the intervention of the Four Heavenly Hades in the later stage, the eldest brother did not suffer the tragic end of the total annihilation.

However, even if they escaped, there were still quite a few losses in the team.

The specific situation of that battle, the intelligence network of the Poison Sect did not have the ability to know, but in the confrontation of the Song State, there were not many friends.

The eldest brother, Cao Wuxian, Hua Wuxi, Li Yan, and the ghost doctor, these five people are the main force.

Ye Chen is gone, black and white are gone, and the people of Lian Xing and Shui Yuelou don't seem to interfere, and the rest is the power that Da Qin himself organized.

It's just that with such a comparison of strengths, how could it be the opponent of Furukawa Xing and the twenty-two people of the Heavenly Stem Branch, so their resistance was very weak.

It should be needed in the process of refining the elixir, and the Furukawa punishment is not to kill like crazy as soon as it appears, but to collect a certain amount of live blood, hide it for a period of time, and then appear to kill on a larger scale, which is already commonplace in the Song State to slaughter the city.

For this, I actually can't understand why I still besiege the people of the Song State on the territory of the Song State, knowing that the Furukawa Torture and the twenty-two people are almost too strong to fight.

I had such doubts, and the elders of the Poison Sect gave me an answer.

This is a political consideration, the problem that appeared in the Song State should be borne by the people of the Song State, if the Song people fled in large numbers, it would inevitably spread the panic atmosphere to more places in Daqin.

In other words, this was to exchange the lives of the people of the Song State for the temporary peace that Great Qin could hold on to in times of crisis.

Such a statement may not be enough to justify it, but it is quite reasonable and difficult to refute.

From the standpoint of Great Qin, this is a way to minimize the impact, and it is also a way to consider the vast majority of people at the expense of a small number of people.

I may feel unfair for the people of the Song Kingdom in my heart, but I can't deny such a decision, so all I can do is to deal with the trouble caused by the Furukawa punishment as soon as possible.

Leaving from the Poison Sect, I didn't go to Shangguan's house, but went directly to the Song Kingdom.

Regarding the information about the chaos in the Song Kingdom, I think what I have collected so far is enough, and it seems that there is no meaning and value in going to Shangguan's house again at this time.

When I arrived at the border between Song and Great Qin, I saw a blockade, a very simple blockade, consisting of some simple defenses and patrolled by cavalry.

It is such a simple blockade line, which directly cuts off all the hope of the people of the Song Kingdom to leave, if the sacrifice of the Guchuan punishment cannot be stopped, before the elixir is completed, they can only obediently stay in the Song Kingdom and wait for death!

Seeing this blockade, I sighed, I didn't have the idea of destroying it, if I really destroyed the blockade and let the people of the Song Kingdom leave, the consequences caused by it are not something I can bear.

Quietly passing through the blockade, I came to a city in the Song Kingdom, Wuqiu City.

It's a big city, but unfortunately there's no one in the city, not a single living person to be exact, only blood and corpses.

The city was slaughtered, and the people of the city died not by swordsmen, but by the formations that were placed on the periphery of the city.

This formation should be from the hand of Furukawa Punishment, from Xiaoling, only in Xiaoling will there be such a formation diagram.

A large number of corpses were outside, and the time when the large array was opened should be during the day, and the people in the city were defenseless, and then it became the blood sacrifice of Furukawa's path to immortality.

Standing on the top of the city, I stood in the sky, looking down on this dead city.

This feeling is the same as when I saw the picture of the Beidi people slaughtering the Central Plains City, and an inexplicable hatred arose spontaneously and lingered.

Speaking of which, the slaughter of the Beidi people was also related to the Furukawa punishment, and he was also committed to collecting the blood of living beings at that time, which provoked the incident and caused war.

Furukawa's punishment is really a sin, the crime deserves death, and he will definitely not be let go this time!

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Leaving Wuqiu City, I arrived at the second city, which is still a dead city, Xiang City.

The same arm, the same tragedy, the only difference is the time to start the battle.

Wuqiu City was destroyed in the daytime, in a state where everyone was almost awake, while Xiangcheng was destroyed in the night, everyone died at home, in a dream, and there were few corpses outside.

Leaving Xiangcheng, I continued to walk, and I encountered another city, which was still a dead city, but it was not the same as before.

Previously, they were all under the power of the big array, and there was no suspense about one-sided, but this time there was a very fierce battle in the city.

Looking at the destruction of many buildings in the city, I can imagine the fierceness of the battle to a certain extent.

It may be that after the massacre of the city in the Song Kingdom, the eldest brother and others rushed over when they heard the news and fought with the people under the Furukawa torturers who continued to collect the blood of living beings, leaving such a battle scene.

However, the legacy of such a battle does not explain anything, but only tells me that the Song State still has resistance, but the fact that a city is completely destroyed expresses the powerlessness of this resistance.

Leaving here, continuing to walk, I came across another city, still a dead city, there were no living people in the city, the method was the same as before, and it was cleaner.

I had just arrived in the Song Kingdom, and I was just running around, and as a result, I encountered four dead cities, and thinking about it this way, I could already foresee the tragic situation faced by the Song Kingdom.

Continuing deeper into the Song Kingdom, I finally found a city with living people, Yinxi City.

This city has not yet become the target of Furukawa's punishment, but everyone in the city has been mentally prepared, and they all stay in the city honestly, waiting for the destruction from Furukawa's punishment.

I am very surprised by this situation.

Under such a world, the people of the Song State definitely knew about the slaughter of the city for a long time, and at the same time, they also knew about the blockade adopted by Great Qin against the Song State.

Even if you can't leave the Song Kingdom, staying in the city is a more fatal thing, isn't it, at least run somewhere outside the city, and it's more likely to survive!

I felt very bad about this confusion, so I went into the city of Otoshi to find out what was going on.

It's like a dead city, there is no one outside, and they all hide at home and dare not go out, but hiding in front of the big array like this is a joke.

It may be that there is a situation that I don't know yet, but there is no fluctuation of internal interest in this city, which means that there are really only ordinary people in this city.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of thing is not possible, because there are more or less fluctuations in the internal interest rate in a normal city.

Those people are nothing more than some juniors in the rivers and lakes, as well as the predecessors in the rivers and lakes who are hidden in the city.

With my current strength, it is impossible for these people to escape my perception, and I don't perceive it at all, so there are no people here who have practiced inner breath at all.

Looking at the empty street, I was walking here alone, and it felt very strange that my lonely figure fell to the ground.

It's like going to a place of fireworks, only to find that there are only men and no women.

This strong sense of disobedience makes people very uncomfortable!

After walking for a while, I realized that it was impossible to find people just by doing this, so I set my sights on the castle guards.

As a city management level, they should have more accurate information in their hands, and from their mouths, I can know more detailed information.

Stepping up, I didn't even need a guide to find the most conspicuous city lord's mansion in the city, and looking at the closed gate, I climbed into it without saying a word.

Because of the special situation, there were not many people in the City Lord's Mansion who were moving outside, and the quiet atmosphere made the City Lord's Mansion look very weird.

After a few more moments, I went to the place where the city lord most likely lived.

I couldn't see anyone, but my ears helped me catch the sound of people moving, so I found someone who looked like a castle guard.

When he saw me coming in through the window, the man was terrified, and a tattered sword was drawn from his waist and pointed at me, but the two hands holding the sword were shaking, and he couldn't even be frightened.

"Who are you and why did you break into here!"

I was actually quite speechless when he drank a word, I didn't have time to waste here with him, so I could only ignore his problems.

"You're a castle guard?"

Seeing that I didn't answer his question, he still looked a little angry, gritted his teeth and stabbed the sword in his hand at me.

When he struck, he didn't have any accuracy in both hands, and the stab was crooked, and I didn't even need to dodge.

When he got closer, I kicked him away and slammed it into the wall.

According to me, this kind of person is non-violent, uncooperative, and typical of under-beating, and they will only be honest if I clean them up and let them know that they know that they are powerful.

My kick wasn't very heavy, but this guy had a painful look like he was going to be kicked to death, and his body was curled up on the ground, shivering.

Standing still, I asked him, "Are you a castle guard?"

At this moment, he began to look for death again, and he actually lay on the ground without speaking.

Seeing him like this, I didn't continue to beat him, but simply said: "I'll ask you again, if you don't open your mouth, you can die!"

"You ......"

Frightened by my words, this guy panicked all of a sudden, and said angrily: "I am the city guard of the Song Kingdom, you dare to kill me!"

Seeing that he was questioning my methods here, I just smiled slightly, and the Falling Sword in the box was pulled out by me, and the bell was inserted in front of him.

"If you don't believe me, try it!"

"You ......"

Under such threats, this guy finally gave in, and he really didn't dare to test my resolve with his own life.

"What do you want to know?"

When he asked me, I asked him to myself, "Are you a castle warden?"

He was stunned for a moment, and then shouted angrily: "Aren't you talking nonsense, I have already said it just now, I am the city guard!"

Although I guessed that it would be such an answer, when I really heard such an answer, I couldn't help but sneer, it seemed that he really didn't cry when he saw the coffin.

"You can think about it, tell the truth, or die under my sword!

I reiterated it, he was stunned, he should have understood.

I knew that this man could never be a city guard, that he was an impostor.

If nothing else, just look at the way he stabbed me with his sword just now, a real city guard, even if he was afraid in his heart, the sword in his hand could not be so unleveled.

He would be like this, it could only be because he had never touched the sword before, and was just a stand-in used by the castle guards to shed the golden cicada's shell.

From his mouth, I can't get information, so I need a real castle guard!

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To be continued......