If I send you to join the army and marry a woman, will you conquer the Empress?

Qin Feng's voice was cold, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

But to others, these words were like a bolt from the blue.

The entire venue fell into a deathly silence.

Even the surrendered Northern Barbarian soldiers, who had been wailing just moments before, were so frightened that they shut their mouths and stared blankly at Qin Feng.

A massacre?

Tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers who had already laid down their weapons were all killed?

The smiles on the faces of the officials of the Great Xia Dynasty all froze.

The old tutor stood with his mouth agape, unable to catch his breath for a long time.

Lu Jiaojiao's hand gripping the reins tightened suddenly, and her brows furrowed.

Although she was a female general and had killed people, she wouldn't even dare to imagine massacring tens of thousands of prisoners. That would bring her eternal infamy!

Jiang Ruoshui sat atop the war elephant, her eyes gleaming.

Although Nanzhao was remote, they knew the inauspiciousness of killing surrendered soldiers. Qin Feng's actions were too extreme.

Sakurai Yuki didn't react much. In her heart, Qin Feng was the god. She would kill whoever Qin Feng told her to kill. Not to mention tens of thousands of people, even hundreds of thousands, she would kill them without hesitation.

But the soldiers of the Southeast Army hesitated.

They were border troops of the Great Xia Dynasty, and their usual education emphasized treating prisoners of war well. Now, they were being asked to slaughter unarmed people who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and many of them couldn't bring themselves to do it.

The square was eerily quiet.

No one moved.

The surrendered northern barbarian soldiers realized what was happening and were so frightened that they kowtowed frantically.

"General, spare our lives! We have already surrendered!"

"According to the rules, you can't kill prisoners!"

Qin Feng raised an eyebrow as he looked at the hesitant 300,000-strong army.

He pointed his spear at the northern barbarians kneeling on the ground and shouted again.

"What? My orders aren't working anymore?"

"I'll say it again, all troops, listen up! Slaughter them on the spot! Anyone who disobeys will be court-martialed!"

Qin Feng's attitude was extremely firm, leaving no room for negotiation.

At this point, the officials of the Great Xia Dynasty could no longer hold back.

They usually read the classics of sages and their minds are full of benevolence, righteousness, and morality.

In their eyes, Qin Feng's behavior was simply devilish.

"General Qin, you mustn't!"

The old tutor knelt down with a thud and began to wail and cry out.

As soon as he knelt down, a large group of senior officials followed suit and knelt down as well.

The old Grand Tutor pounded the ground with his hands, weeping and pleading, "General Qin! Since ancient times, killing surrendered soldiers has been an ominous sign! This involves tens of thousands of lives; it violates the principles of Heaven and will incur divine retribution!"

A nearby official also shouted, "Yes, General Qin! Our Great Xia is a land of propriety and courtesy. How could we do such a beastly thing? If this gets out, what will the world think of our Great Xia? Please, General, think it over!"

"General, please reconsider!"

A group of veteran officials echoed his sentiments.

They thought that Qin Feng must have been blinded by the blood of war and lost his mind.

Crown Prince Xia Yuanhao, who was being trampled under Yue Shan's feet, suddenly brightened up when he saw this scene.

He felt that his opportunity had arrived.

If he can incite discontent among the courtiers towards Qin Feng, he might be able to save his life.

Ignoring the pain of his broken leg, Xia Yuanhao screamed wildly, "Qin Feng! You're insane! You're going to plunge the Great Xia Dynasty into utter ruin!"

"You are a bloodthirsty tyrant! You are unworthy to be a subject of Great Xia! Father, esteemed officials, see his true colors! He wants to kill those who surrender, he wants to ruin the reputation of our Great Xia!"

Xia Yuanhao bit indiscriminately like a mad dog.

Empress Lü, her face covered in blood, quickly echoed, "Yes! Qin Feng is a madman! Don't listen to him! Arrest him immediately!"

Enraged, Yue Shan raised his big foot and kicked Xia Yuanhao in the face.

"Shut your filthy mouth! How dare you, a traitor, interfere in the General's actions?"

Xia Yuanhao was kicked so hard his mouth was full of blood, but he still stared intently at Qin Feng, his eyes filled with malice.

……

Despite the excruciating pain in his back, Ying Wuji shouted a sarcastic remark.

"Qin Feng, oh Qin Feng, I really overestimated you. I thought you were a smart man, but it turns out you're just a brainless brute!"

Ying Wuji coughed up blood while sneering.

"You really dare to slaughter these 50,000 people? Do you know that there are still hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers on the Northern Barbarian grasslands? If you kill them all today, the Northern Barbarians will surely mobilize the entire nation to fight your Great Xia to the death!"

"When the Great Xia border is engulfed in war and people suffer, it will all be caused by you, Qin Feng, alone!"

Ying Wuji became more and more excited as he spoke, believing that Qin Feng was courting death.

"The world will see you as a murderous monster! Your name, Qin Feng, will be written into history books, forever infamous! Can you bear this eternal infamy?!"

Ying Wuji's words were like knives, stabbing into the hearts of those veteran officials.

Upon hearing this, the old tutor wept even more bitterly.

"General Qin, listen to this! Even the Crown Prince of Qin understands this principle! You can't act impulsively! Releasing them will demonstrate the magnanimity of our Great Xia, and the Northern Barbarians will surely be grateful and never dare to invade again!"

A group of old ministers knelt down below, kowtowing repeatedly, leaving bloody marks on the bluestone slabs.

They felt that they were now loyal ministers speaking out for the people, and that they were dying for the sake of the Great Xia dynasty for generations to come.

Qin Feng stood on high ground, looking at the old ministers kneeling on the ground and wailing, watching Xia Yuanhao jumping up and down, and listening to Ying Wuji's taunts.

His anger surged up.

Magnanimity?

Grateful?

Are these old geezers who only know books filled with shit?

If the northern barbarians knew gratitude, they wouldn't have raided the south every year, and they wouldn't have stormed into the capital last night to burn, kill, and loot!

Qin Feng gripped the spear tightly, his knuckles turning white.

He did not back down an inch. Instead of responding to the doubts and dissuasion of the crowd, he raised his head and burst into wild laughter.

"Hahahahaha!"

Qin Feng's laughter echoed across the square, but there was no joy in it, only sorrow and arrogance.

The laughter was so loud it hurt everyone's eardrums and shook them to their core.

The old tutor felt uneasy at the laughter, stopped crying, and stared blankly at Qin Feng.

Ying Wuji also shut his mouth, feeling that Qin Feng's laughter carried a frightening murderous aura.

Qin Feng abruptly stopped laughing.

He strode to the edge of the platform and pointed his blood-dripping spear at the ruins outside the imperial city that were still emitting black smoke.

"You're talking to me about divine retribution?"

Qin Feng retorted sharply, his tone as hard as iron.

He pointed outside the palace gates, his eyes wide: "Open your dog eyes and look outside! Look at those burned-down houses!"

"Look at those old people whose heads were chopped off by the northern barbarians! Look at those women who were stripped naked and raped to death! Look at those children who were impaled in mid-air with spears!"