Chapter 434

"Let's go! We must reach the battlefield within two days, otherwise it will be too late."

Qin Mu smiled faintly.

Not far behind him.

Li Li Li Xueyan, on the phoenix carriage, could not help but pout.

"Pfft! What do you mean 'too late'? I think you're just pining for that Queen of Jingjue!"

Li Li Li Xueyan looked at Qin Mu, who was not far away, with disdain.

"Giggle!"

"Sister, you still remember that?"

Princess Princess Changle, beside her, laughed with schadenfreude.

Back then.

When the thirty-six nations of the Western Regions headed toward Great Qin, the Queen of Jingjue was naturally among them. As Great Qin was the suzerain state of the Western Regions, it was the Queen of Jingjue who first proposed the idea.

She could be considered a meritorious official of Great Qin.

And her performance had been quite outstanding.

"Hmph!"

"Sister Wu Wu Meiniang, we must be careful in the future. Our husband's romantic luck will never end."

Li Li Li Xueyan said, full of jealousy.

"Ah? Very well, Sister, this younger sister understands." Wu Wu Wu Meiniang nodded rather reluctantly.

She was different from Li Li Li Xueyan; there was not a trace of jealousy in her heart.

This did not mean that Wu Wu Wu Meiniang did not care about Qin Mu.

Quite the contrary!

It was precisely because Wu Wu Wu Meiniang regarded Qin Mu as the entirety of her life that she would not care about those romantic entanglements of his.

To her, she belonged to Qin Mu, while Qin Mu belonged to the world!

This was different from the deep husband-and-wife affection that Li Li Li Xueyan felt.

Just as the few were chatting, the great army slowly moved forward once again, heading toward the border of the Western Regions.

The Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue.

In the boundless desert, a solitary city rose from the ground.

Fierce winds swept across this land.

Amidst the hazy, sky-filling yellow sand, the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue was Wu Li Ke a lone boat floating on the sea.

On the city tower.

The bewitchingly beautiful Queen of Jingjue wore a grave expression.

Not far outside the city walls.

Large camps were stationed there.

That was the camp of the 500,000-strong Turkic army!

The day had finally arrived.

The thirty-six nations of the Western Regions had been completely wiped out, with only the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue still struggling to hold on.

The Turkic army led by Ashina He Lu possessed terrifying strength.

Wherever they went, not a blade of grass remained.

To punish the Western Regions for betraying the Turks and defecting to Great Qin, Ashina He Lu ordered his men to slaughter every city they occupied.

The level of cruelty and bloodshed was truly hair-raising.

After wave upon wave of massacres, nearly a hundred cities of the thirty-six nations of the Western Regions had almost all been reduced to scorched earth!

The bones of the local people even paved the entire Western Regions!

Such inhumane and cruel behavior could only be committed by Turkic beasts.

After large-scale sweeping operations, the Turks finally eliminated all the nations of the Western Regions.

Except for the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue!

Many of the rulers of the destroyed Western nations had fled into the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue.

None of them wanted to be captured alive by the Turks.

Unexpectedly, Ashina He Lu did not seem to intend to attack the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue, choosing instead to set up camp not far away.

He merely ordered his men to harass the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue daily.

Yet, even this level of harassment left the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue overwhelmed, nearly facing the danger of the city falling.

If Ashina He Lu were to attack with full force, the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue would likely not last even half an hour before being completely overturned by the torrent of Turkic iron hooves.

In a war with such unequal strength, all schemes were futile.

The Queen of Jingjue had exhausted all her methods and strength, yet she still could not shake the mountain that was the 500,000-strong Turkic army before her.

Despair!

It slowly spread in her heart!

The Queen of Jingjue knew better than anyone why Ashina He Lu had stopped attacking the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue.

It was because of one person!

A woman!

This woman was none other than the Queen of Jingjue herself!

Ashina He Lu had already declared that as long as the Queen of Jingjue opened the gates and surrendered, he would not only spare the lives of every citizen in the ancient city but would also make the Queen of Jingjue the ruler of the Western Regions!

This was an extremely generous condition.

Of course.

Such a generous reward came with a price!

And that price was the Queen of Jingjue herself!

Ashina He Lu coveted the beauty of the Queen of Jingjue and swore that he would spare no cost to make her his own.

As the number one beauty of the Western Regions and the Queen of the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue, her nature was naturally extremely proud, and she had rejected Ashina He Lu's demand to his face.

Not only that.

The Queen of Jingjue also told Ashina He Lu that there was only one man in her heart!

This man was none other than the Great Qin Emperor, Qin Mu!

Ashina He Lu was furious and swore that after conquering the Western Regions, he would lead his army east, destroy Great Qin, and capture Qin Mu alive!

"Your Majesty the Queen, is there any news from Great Qin?"

The ruler of the Yuezhi Kingdom stood behind the Queen of Jingjue.

Besides him.

More than a dozen rulers of the Western nations had also gathered.

"There is no news yet, but I believe it should be soon."

The Queen of Jingjue said gravely.

Hearing this, the faces of the rulers of the Western nations became somewhat complex.

A tense and fearful atmosphere lingered around them.

"Has the Emperor of Great Qin abandoned us?"

Someone spoke up, and the city tower instantly erupted in chaos.

"Indeed! We sent out distress signals a long time ago; why can't we even see a shadow of Great Qin?"

"Who's to say? Not a single person we sent out has returned; we don't even know if Great Qin received our message."

"Perhaps they received it, but the Emperor of Great Qin no longer wishes to care about us."

Sigh! In the end, human hearts are separated by skin.

There was much discussion on the city tower, and the rulers of the Western nations shook their heads and sighed one by one.

"Silence!" The Queen of Jingjue's willow-leaf brows arched coldly as she said sternly, "Whoever speaks ill of the Emperor of Great Qin again, do not blame this Queen for throwing them off the city tower directly!"

Instantly!

The city tower fell silent!

The Queen of Jingjue turned around again, gazing at the boundless desert, her eyes flickering with earnest anticipation.

He will come!

He will definitely come! **CHAPTER 436**