Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 584
"Report to Commander Zhao that the enemy troops fled in panic from the north gate and broke out of the encirclement. Our army failed to stop them."

Yu Chenggong looked a little guilty. Zhao Kang had made arrangements before to prevent the enemy troops from escaping, so he asked Yu Chenggong to lead his men to block the entrances of several other city gates.

"It doesn't matter, no one expected these guys to slip away so fast." Zhao Kang was speechless.

According to his prediction, after blasting a gap in the front entrance, Wu Xiong and others' military morale must have been weakened.

At this time, Zhou Long, Hua Fengyuan and others will lead the army to rush over, and they will definitely be able to defeat the enemy with one blow.

But no one expected that after just two shots, Wu Xiong led his men to run away, abandoning Huajing City, which had been captured with great difficulty.

This was something Zhao Kang didn't expect.

It was precisely because Wu Xiong ran so fast and gathered a large number of troops to attack from the north gate that he was able to break out of the encirclement of Chenggong's army.

If he really had a fight with Zhao Kang, he might not be able to escape when he was defeated.

However, although Wu Xiong rushed out with his men, the tragic thing was that only about 5 people followed them out of the encirclement.

The rest were stopped by Zhao Kang's army, most of which were Qi soldiers.

There was nothing they could do, the coach had them all killed with one shot, they were immediately leaderless, and ran away as soon as Wu Xiong said to retreat.

But without a leader, even escaping would be difficult. There is no order at all, but Zhao Kang's people can't stop them.

They didn't even think about fighting to the death. Some Qi soldiers simply threw away their weapons and squatted down with their heads in their hands while saying surrender.

The battle ended just as it began, with 7 to [-] prisoners captured in one fell swoop!

Hua Fengyuan, Gao Yuan and other Jingguo generals were all furious. Looking at the surrendered enemy troops, their eyes were red and they wanted revenge, but Zhao Kang, the coach, did not give the order.

They didn't dare to kill anyone.

After retaking Huajing City, Zhao Kang walked into the city, and the devastation he saw along the way was simply too horrible to look at.

Everywhere on the roadside, you can see women from Jingguo who died after being defiled by the Qi army. They couldn't bear the humiliation and ran into the wall.

There are also the corpses of Jingguo men who fought back and were killed by the Qi army.

Hua Fengyuan didn't know what he saw and shed tears. He rushed to the body of a woman and hugged her tightly into his arms.

Zhao Kang turned his head, and a Shenwu Army soldier was filled with grief and anger: "It's the general's wife!"

Many Jingguo soldiers thought of something for a while, and anger burned in their hearts.

Some people looked at the corpses on the street with prayerful hearts, praying that they would not have family members of their own.

A group of common people suddenly rushed out from the front. After seeing the soldiers wearing Jingguo armor, they ran over excitedly.

"They are our soldiers from Jingguo!"

"They're back!"

The man running at the front looked at Zhao Kang and others, as if he couldn't believe it, his tone was sad and his lips were trembling: "Is... is it Jing Jun?"

Zhao Kang felt his nose was a little sore for a moment and had mixed feelings. He didn't expect that the enemy army would be so violent after breaking the city and commit such a heinous crime!
After exhaling a breath, Zhao Kang gathered his mood and turned around, nodding towards the man: "Yes, Jingguo is not destroyed. We fought back and we won!"

"Win... win..."

The common people kept repeating what Zhao Kang said, and then they all burst into tears.

"Zhou Long!"

"Commander!" Zhou Long stepped forward.

Zhao Kang said coldly: "Take our people to appease the people and guard those damn bastards!" Zhou Long nodded and led the Qianguo army to collect the prisoners.

Although they have won now, Hua Fengyuan and Jing Jun under Gao Yuan are both in grief and anger.

The soldier walked dazedly down the street, desperate to know if his family was safe.

Some saw the corpses of their relatives and cried loudly in the street.

Zhao Kang was also eager to know the whereabouts of Ye Hongxue, but he couldn't because he had to take charge of the overall situation.

Until dusk, when the sun set over the western mountains and the sun shone like blood, we could see the wreckage all over the ground.

Sun Fang reported to Zhao Kang with a heavy heart.

"After the city was broken, Jingguo's civil and military officials were killed in battle because Long Han, the commander of Qi State, ordered plunder."

"After the Qi army broke through the city, they began to burn, kill and plunder, raped and humiliated women, and killed anyone who resisted. Eighty-nine out of ten people in the city who had no time to escape were harmed, and the casualties are difficult to count."

"Especially those women from official families and merchant clans, these guys are simply inhuman!"

Sun Fang cursed as he spoke. He had fought side by side with Jing Jun for a long time. Sun Fang and many other generals of the Qian Kingdom had deep feelings for Jing Guo Paoze.

Seeing such a tragedy makes me feel a little bit sympathetic.

Brother Diao came over and called "Master". Zhao Kang looked over and said, "What's wrong?"

"The families of General Gao and General Hua were poisoned, and Jing Guo's brothers feel like they have lost their souls. What should we do now?"

Zhao Kang sighed and patted Brother Diao on the shoulder: "Give them more time and notify the brothers to strengthen their vigilance."

After saying that, he mounted his horse and came to the Ye Mansion. The door was open, and it was obvious that it had been robbed.

When the man guarding the door saw Zhao Kang, he ran over excitedly: "Prince Zhao!"

"Steward Liu!"

Zhao Kang recognized the other party as Ye Hongxue's housekeeper. He quickly dismounted and asked anxiously: "Steward Liu, do you know the whereabouts of Hongxue?"

Manager Liu excitedly took Zhao Kang's hand: "Prince Zhao, I heard that Master Ye and his friends evacuated before the city was broken. You finally led the troops to fight back! Our life these days is worse than death!" "

Hearing that Ye Hongxue was suspected of evacuating, Zhao Kang felt relieved and comforted Manager Liu: "It's okay, we have defeated all the enemies."

"That's good, that's good." Manager Liu nodded excitedly.

Then Zhao Kang went to the palace again.

There are still surviving maids and eunuchs in the palace. The gold, silver and jewelry looted by the Qi army these days are placed at the city gate, ready to be taken away in the future.

An eunuch recognized Zhao Kang and ran over: "Is this you, Prince Zhao?"

"It's me." Zhao Kang nodded.

The eunuch quickly called for heaven's blessing, and Zhao Kang asked: "How many people are there in the palace now?"

The eunuch said sadly: "After those beasts broke into the city, they rushed into the palace and killed many people. The young people were forced to obey their orders. In addition to those they killed, there were also many maids in the palace. The eunuch is here.”

Zhao Kang suppressed the anger in his heart: "Go and ask them all to gather here. I will wait for them here."

"Okay! Go right here, little one! Go right here, little one!" The eunuch happily ran to inform people.

When the sky darkened completely, everyone arrived.

(End of this chapter)