The God of War Who Protects the Nation: Starting with Saving a Mother and Daughter in Distress

At this moment, Yuwen Rong was like a god of war, his gilded halberd like the scythe of death, constantly reaping the lives of Bai Ji soldiers.

Anything that gets in his way will be injured if it brushes against him, or die if it touches him.

Seeing Yuwen Rong display his prowess, Qin An didn't delay and led his troops to speed up, rushing towards the city gate tower.

"General Yuwen, we have come to your aid!"

When Yuwen Rong saw Qin An, he felt he looked somewhat familiar: "You are...?"

Clearly, even though Qin An has now become a centurion, he is still an insignificant nobody to Yuwen Rong, and he doesn't even know him.

"This humble general is Qin An!"

"Oh, you're Qin An. I think I remember you. You're quite capable!" Yuwen Rong exclaimed, then said, "You've come at the right time. I'll hold them off here. Go and open the city gate."

Without wasting words, Qin An rushed to the city gate tower and found the city gate winch.

The heavy city gate was locked by several thick iron chains, and several Baiji soldiers were holding axes, trying to cut the chains on the winch.

Clearly, Bai Ji knew he couldn't hold out any longer, but he still wanted to put up a last-ditch effort and completely lock the city gates.

"Get out of my way!" Qin An roared, swinging his iron spear and sending several Bai Ji soldiers flying.

He walked to the winch, took a deep breath, and exerted force with both arms.

"Snap! Snap!"

The chains rattled under the strain.

Qin An's face turned bright red, the veins on his arms bulged, and sweat streamed down his cheeks.

In a major city like Pingxiang, the weight of the city gates would be well over a thousand pounds.

Normally, it takes a lot of people working together to open the city gate using this winch.

At this moment, Qin An managed to turn the winch on his own, which shows how strong he is now.

But before Qin An could be happy for long, just as the city gate was about to open, the iron chains, unable to bear the weight, snapped with a crash.

Clearly, the earlier attacks by the Baiji soldiers had had some effect.

Qin An stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

But he didn't have the mind to think about that much.

Since the city gate could not be opened using a winch, the only option was to rely on manpower.

"Follow me to open the city gate!" He immediately led his men down the stairs to seize the city gate.

The journey so far has been relatively smooth.

Pingxiang City is currently short of garrison troops and has no spare manpower.

But when they reached the city gate, Qin An was a little dumbfounded.

He discovered that Bai Jiren had indeed given up on himself.

Behind the city gate, a large number of huge stones were piled up, completely blocking the gate.

"Move the stone!" Qin An had no choice but to give the order, and the huge stone was moved away little by little by manpower.

Just then, a voice rang out: "You all step back!"

With that sound, Yuwen Rong rushed over, slamming his gilded halberd against a boulder.

"Boom!"

With a flick of his arm, the boulder that would normally require several people to move was sent flying.

It crashed elsewhere, making a huge noise.

This scene left everyone speechless.

What kind of divine power is this?

It's simply not something an ordinary person could possess!

Even Qin An, whose strength had greatly increased, was astonished and felt the enormous gap in strength.

But Yuwen Rong didn't care about that. With a series of swift movements of his gilded halberd, he managed to pry open all the boulders.

He himself was neither red-faced nor out of breath.

"Open the city gates!" Yuwen Rong said simply, as if he had done something insignificant.

Several Daxing soldiers immediately rushed forward, trying to forcefully pull open the city gate.

However, the city gate was simply too heavy, and the few of them couldn't budge it.

"I'll do it!"

Qin An couldn't stand by and watch, so he immediately rushed forward.

With his full power, he managed to pry open the heavy city gate bit by bit by himself.

Others rushed forward to help.

Yuwen Rong simply watched calmly, his gaze settling on Qin An, a slight smile playing on his lips: "He's quite a promising talent. I wonder how far he can grow?"

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the heavy city gate finally opened.

The massive army from Daxing surged in like a tidal wave.

"The city has fallen!"

"Pingxiang City is ours now!"

"Hurry up, or others will snatch them all!"

"..."

The soldiers cheered and shouted as they rushed into the city like madmen, beginning a wanton burning, killing, and looting.

Qin An stood in front of the city gate, watching the army pouring into the city and the raging fire burning inside. He felt a great sense of relief.

The siege, which lasted for more than a month, was finally coming to an end.

But he didn't linger, immediately calling to his soldiers, "Quick, follow me, let's go grab some loot!"

He led his team quickly toward the wealthy district of the city.

There were countless treasures of gold and silver, and countless grains and cloths there, spoils of war that they had won with their blood and lives.

He wouldn't pretend to be aloof.

In this chaotic world, only by possessing sufficient resources can one better survive.

Along the way, scenes of burning, killing, and looting were everywhere. The soldiers of Daxing wore ferocious smiles as they stuffed the looted valuables into their arms and dragged weeping women into houses.

Anyone who resisted was subjected to merciless slaughter.

At this moment, the Baiji people in the entire city were like fish on the chopping block of the Daxing soldiers, destined to be slaughtered at will.

Qin An showed no pity whatsoever; he had only one thought in his mind: "Weakness is the original sin."

In this dog-eat-dog world, ordinary people are like fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

They had no control over their own destiny and could only drift along in the torrent of war.

Therefore, after only glancing at it, Qin An didn't pay much attention to it.

"I still need to become stronger, climb higher, and have enough power to protect my wife and daughters and prevent them from being bullied like the people of Pingxiang City."

Faced with such tyrannical chaos, Qin An did not hesitate; instead, his gaze became even more resolute.

"Chief, we..."

Seeing everyone else making a fortune, Qin An's soldiers were clearly getting restless, their eyes filled with longing.

Looking at their eyes, Qin An sighed inwardly.

If he could, he certainly wouldn't want to be the perpetrator.

But he knew in his heart that these brothers followed him not because of so-called loyalty.

If I dare to stop them from getting rich, they will dare to bring me down.

This is one of the reasons why he had no choice but to go along with the corrupt practices.

"Don't waste time on these trivial matters!" Qin An laughed and scolded, "Look further ahead, stop focusing on these pittances. How much can you squeeze out of these poor commoners? Our target is the wealthy!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers suppressed their desires and followed Qin An toward the wealthy district, their eyes filled with greed and savagery!