Chapter 1203

Outside Jiaohecheng, thousands of crowded Cheshi Kingdom people were moving in groups under the escort of the Liangzhou army toward the direction of Gaochangbi.

Among the crowd, the masked Han Sui and Yan Xing walked together.

"Father, will that Yimei not betray us?"

Yan Xing, feeling somewhat worried, lowered his voice and asked Han Sui softly at his side.

Han Sui took a deep breath and shook his head.

When they were driven out of the Cheshi Kingdom, Han Sui saw Yimei, who had also been captured by the Liangzhou army.

It was just that Yimei was not sent out of the city.

Instead, she was escorted in the direction of the palace.

Clearly, as someone who traveled with Yuan Feigui, Yimei would certainly have to undergo some interrogation.

Of course, in Han Sui's view, this was not a bad thing.

Rather, it was a step in his plan.

As long as Yimei could get close to Duan Yu.

After such a long period of contact, Han Sui believed that Yimei, this clever woman, knew how to utilize her advantages.

Looking back at Jiaohecheng behind him, Han Sui turned his head and continued walking with the Cheshi Kingdom people toward Gaochangbi with his gaze lowered.

Nightfall gradually descended, but Jiaohecheng did not fall into darkness because of it.

On the contrary, the entire city was still illuminated by the raging firelight.

Standing at a high point in Jiaohecheng and looking down, one could see countless torches scattered in every corner of the city.

These torches dotted the streets and alleys, some densely and some sparsely; viewed from afar, they were like the stars in the night sky, lighting up this city that was surrounded by a sea of sand, resembling a giant ship sailing in a yellow ocean.

The residential area, the government office area, and the palace were all filled with soldiers of the Liangzhou army.

At this time, most of the Cheshi Kingdom people in the city had already been driven out of Jiaohecheng.

A small number who were hiding in the city were occasionally dug out and then sent outside the city.

Duan Yu's order was to clear out Jiaohecheng, not to slaughter the city.

The people could still take their valuables and daily necessities from their homes.

This point gave the panicked Cheshi Kingdom people a little comfort in their hearts.

Of course, the palace nobles were not so lucky.

All the nobles of the Cheshi Kingdom, rather than the officials, were detained in the palace, and all their money and grain were confiscated.

Of course, this was not the most unfortunate thing.

The most unfortunate were the monks who had been fostered in Jiaohecheng.

The words Yuan Feigui said before he died were not exaggerated at all.

When Zhao Yun led men to search the residence of the Great Buddha Temple's senior monk Chapiya, they indeed found over a dozen chests of gold, silver, and jewelry.

Besides that, they also found two female students who had been kept in captivity by Chapiya for a long time in his villa.

And one of them was actually pregnant.

Both female students were locals of the Cheshi Kingdom.

They had originally thought they were entering the Great Buddha Temple to study the Dharma, but they never expected to be reduced to Chapiya's playthings.

And there were more than just these two women who were such students.

Over these many years, there were at least dozens of Cheshi Kingdom female students who had suffered at the hands of Chapiya.

Furthermore, it was not just Chapiya, this senior monk, who did this; some of the so-called virtuous masters of the temples were all doing the same.

When Zhao Yun reported this news, Duan Yu directly ordered the Great Buddha Temple to be razed to the ground.

Not to raze the monks inside, but to completely raze the Great Buddha Temple, and to raze every building, pagoda, and Buddha statue related to Buddhist temples in the Cheshi Kingdom without leaving a trace.

And to repatriate those victimized female students to their original families.

Cheshi King Aluoye died on the spot after Duan Yu launched 【Bloody Battle in Eight Directions】.

Causing the Cheshi Kingdom to suddenly be without a king.

However, fortunately, Aluoye had several princes.

What Duan Yu wanted now was stability.

So he still needed to support a puppet, and thus he chose the youngest among Aluoye's many princes to temporarily become the King of the Cheshi Kingdom.

Of course, this was only a nominal king, and one under Duan Yu's control.

Outside the main hall of the palace, Zhao Yun escorted the Wusun mission that had traveled with Yuan Feigui into the hall.

"My lord, this is the Wusun mission found at Yuan Feigui's lodging," Zhao Yun said to Duan Yu, who was sitting on the throne, while cupping his hands.

Duan Yu put down the household register of the Cheshi Kingdom and then looked up at the Wusun mission brought by Zhao Yun.

Then he asked: "Who among you understands the Han language?"

A Wusun envoy with red hair and green eyes lowered his head and walked out from among them.

Duan Yu nodded slightly and then looked at a wooden box placed to the side: "Give this to him."

Zhao Yun stepped forward, took the square wooden box to the Wusun envoy, and then roughly shoved it into the Wusun envoy's deep hands: "Take it."

The Wusun envoy took the blood-stained wooden box with trembling hands.

"Give this thing to your Wusun Kunmo, and tell him that this lord is the Great Han's Liangzhou Governor and Marquis of Ji."

"Since he wants to fight, then this lord will accompany him to the end."

"By the way, tell him to wash his neck clean and wait for this lord."

"Zilong, send them all out of the city, and then give them food and dry rations, and let them get back to Wusun," Duan Yu waved his hand casually.

Just as Zhao Yun pressed the hilt of his sword, preparing to drive the Wusun mission out.

Suddenly, a figure in the crowd knelt on the ground.

"General..."