Chapter 1495: War Trauma【2】

The sky was slightly bright; the fire of the night did not stop, and even after the sky brightened, thick black smoke was still rolling over the city.

When Jia Xu and Li Ru, who had been running wildly for dozens of miles overnight, led tens of thousands of Liangzhou troops to arrive outside Mayi and saw that the fire in the city had not yet been extinguished, they finally let go of their hanging hearts.

Perhaps thinking this way was a bit heartless, because there were still Han people in the city.

But in order to completely annihilate the one hundred thousand Xiongnu and Xianbei soldiers, all this sacrifice was worth it.

Even if the sacrifice was a little more, it was not unacceptable.

For hundreds of years, the Xiongnu and Xianbei had been looting and slaughtering wantonly on the borders of the Great Han.

The harm caused to the Han people was too painful.

Because of the Xiongnu and Xianbei, too many people had lost their lives.

Innocent people, soldiers fighting in the north of the desert, the number was as high as hundreds of thousands.

If the lives of the people of this city could be exchanged for hundreds of years of peace.

This account seemed to be cost-effective no matter how it was calculated.

But although that was the case, not everyone could understand.

Nor would everyone agree; the reason was simple: if the positions were swapped, anyone would feel unfair because of this.

But reality was like this; there was nothing absolutely fair.

However, just as Jia Xu and Li Ru were about to order the army to disperse and guard the four gates.

Ma Chao, who was riding a warhorse and had arrived at Mayi a step ahead of Jia Xu and Li Ru, came to them.

"Two military advisors, His Highness the King of Liang invites the two advisors over." Ma Chao, riding on his horse, said to Jia Xu and Li Ru.

Ah?

His Highness the King of Liang?

Jia Xu and Li Ru were both obviously stunned for a moment.

"Mengqi, you said... His Highness the King of Liang?" Li Ru's eyes widened.

Ma Chao nodded and said: "Yes, His Highness the King of Liang... His Highness the King of Liang arrived at Mayi last night, and now he is in the north of the city. The two advisors can see for themselves when they go over."

The news that Duan Yu had arrived at Mayi a step ahead of time still surprised Jia Xu and Li Ru extremely.

Subsequently, after calming down, Jia Xu and Li Ru followed Ma Chao toward the north of Mayi.

When the two arrived at the north of Mayi and saw the rows of military tents set up unexpectedly by the moat north of the city, as well as the people who could be seen everywhere, they were both dumbfounded.

The two looked at each other, and both clearly saw confusion in each other's eyes.

These people in rags, who clearly looked like they had suffered a great disaster, must be the people of Mayi.

But...

But shouldn't the people of this city have passed away last night with this great fire?

What exactly did His Highness the King of Liang do after arriving at Mayi last night?

Why did the people in Mayi look safe and sound?

Was the fire extinguished?

That's not right.

If the fire was extinguished, then what about the Xiongnu and Xianbei cavalry?

"Mengqi, what exactly happened after His Highness the King of Liang came last night?" Li Ru looked at Ma Chao and asked.

Ma Chao, who was walking in front, shook his head and said: "I don't know exactly what happened, but I learned from some of the people."

"They said that yesterday evening, the Xiongnu and Xianbei armies breached the city and then began to slaughter wantonly."

"Later, I don't know how it happened, but a fire started in the city. The fire was very big, almost burning the whole city."

"Later, those people said that His Highness the King of Liang rode a black tiger and killed his way in from outside the city, then brought the people in the city out. His Highness the King of Liang killed many, many Xiongnu and Xianbei, and then locked the Xiongnu and Xianbei in the city and set the fire again."

Hiss!

After hearing Ma Chao's explanation, Jia Xu and Li Ru were both shocked and widened their eyes.

Although there were only a few simple sentences.

But obviously, everything that happened last night was far from that simple.

It had been several days since they had planned this Mayi Plot in advance.

If Duan Yu had known from the beginning, he would definitely have come to find them.

But obviously, now Duan Yu was the last one to know.

Rushing from Chang'an, even faster than their speed.

And then killing into the city to bring out the surviving people in the city.

You must know that there were still one hundred thousand Xiongnu and Xianbei soldiers in the city.

How could it be so easy to bring out the surviving people in the city?

Although they had seen it with their own eyes, the two still felt it was a bit incredible.

"Let's go, we will know when we see His Highness the King of Liang." ===== CHAPTER 1497 =====