Li Xin's saber is naturally a sword that sharpens copper like clay, and with a wave of the blade, another good head of the King of Loulan flew up with a stunned detachment from the body, and a blood spring gushed out of the neck of the body that lost the head, and slowly fell to the ground softly, almost when the headless corpse fell to the ground with a muffled sound, the head fell from the air to the ground and rolled a few times before stopping.

The sudden scene made the people in the Western Regions in the hall seem to have not turned a corner, and when a large group of people looked at the stunned head with a stunned face, some maids took the lead in screaming, and then as long as there were people with weapons in the hall, they all pulled out their weapons with a "boom", and those who did not have weapons also picked up anything that could defend themselves next to them.

The next scene was a bit more chaotic, with the palace guards in charge of protecting the vultures roaring and rushing towards the nearest Imperial warriors, while more people made strange moves with panicked expressions on their faces.

He couldn't believe what he saw, and when he came back to his senses, he screamed "Father", but instead of rushing to Li Xin desperately, he walked over quickly and picked up the head, and asked Li Xin, "Why?" ”

Li Xin smiled at Nabedu, and easily slashed a Loulan soldier who rushed up with a "wow" scream, and nodded at an imperial warrior with a horn in his hand.

A horn sound of "Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo

Some people from the Western Regions in the hall, they glanced at each other, not knowing how to describe their faces, probably both excited and a little frightened. This group of people took out a strip of red cloth from their arms and tied it to their left arm, and then joined in the fight with the Loulan soldiers.

"No need for this, really don't need such a ......" Na Bedu looked depressed: "We will definitely surrender, as soon as your army arrives, we will surrender immediately, why do you have to do this." Why? ”

Zhiwu repeatedly hinted that the imperial army would surrender as soon as it arrived in Loulan, but it was also repeated in several exchanges with Li Xin that Loulan would serve the empire, and his attitude could not be clearer.

It is obvious that the powerful coalition army on the steppe was defeated in the hands of the empire, and after the defeat of the remnants of the Xiongnu army entered the Western Regions, they could still sweep the city-states and kingdoms in the Western Regions with absolute strength, as strong as Wusun was crumbling under the continuous invasion of the Maodun department, and it is conceivable how powerful the empire that can defeat the main force of the Huns is.

If you don't count the Maodun Xiongnu, Wusun, who was once the most powerful in the Western Regions, needs to take refuge in the empire, how can there be any hope of victory in the face of the imperial Loulan? Learned that the empire was going to send troops to retaliate. Loulan was actually frightened up and down, otherwise he would not have welcomed Li Xin and the others, who were less than thirty people, with noble courtesy.

Zhi Wu originally thought that he would treat Li Xin and the others well, humbly proposed reconciliation, and then serve the empire as the suzerain, even if the empire will not forgive, it will not be forced too much, and when the time comes, Loulan will make the necessary compensation, as long as the price is enough, the empire should be able to accept it happily?

Na Bedu stood up again, his eyes were a little dull as he looked at the fighting crowd, and one after another Loulan soldiers rushed up and fell under the imperial samurai sword. Many non-Loulan warriors were on the side of the empire and were slashing and killing the Loulan soldiers, and the ground was covered with corpses and wounded.

The sound of trumpets and gongs came into the palace from a long distance, and the shouts and sounds of killing seemed to be the only vibrations in the air.

"Stop!" Nabedu raised his hand in the air, and he roared hoarsely: "All the guards withdraw!" ”

In fact, there were not many guards in the temple. The guards in the palace were killed by Li Ren and others at the moment when they were killed, and they were killed by Li Ren and others, and then they were killed by a short handover, and a group of people from the Western Regions who were not Loulan and even Loulan joined the camp of Li Xin and others, and then killed a group of people loyal to the Loulan royal family, and the people in the palace who were loyal to the Loulan King and the other were actually squeezed into the corner. The Loulan soldiers outside were blocked by the imperial warriors and couldn't get in at all.

The Imperial warriors in heavy armor couldn't understand the Western Regions, but even if they did, they wouldn't stop killing because they didn't all shout to stop. Still in formation, they stepped on the pace and stabbed a sword step by step, the tip of the sword pierced into the flesh and brought out the blood, and soon the non-local camp that was cowering at the base of the wall was about to be killed.

He was about to get ten steps closer to Li Xin, a figure rushed over very suddenly, he only felt a sharp pain in his left ribs, turned his head to look at the murderer and thought in his mind, "I know this person, he is Wu Daqi's attendant ......", thinking of this, he felt a lot of pain on his body, it turned out that the murderer repeatedly stabbed with a dagger after a blow, and soon not only vision, but also consciousness fell into darkness.

There was a strong smell of blood wafting in the hall, and the shouts of killing outside the hall were even more undulating until no Loulan soldiers tried to pour into the hall, and the killing stopped when there were either imperial warriors or people with red cloth strips in their left arms.

"Uncle!" Li Ren's whole body was covered in blood, but it was all the blood of the enemy, he was not only wearing heavy armor, but also wearing a layer of chain mail inside, and after approaching Li Xin, he said: "There are no Loulan soldiers coming over again." ”

"Hmm." Li Xin didn't succeed in killing the Loulan King Zhiwu on his face, he glanced at the messy hall, looked at the people from the Western Regions who were helping the red cloth strip on his left arm, and said, "Our casualties? ”

"Six people were wounded, all of them were minor limb injuries, and they were not killed." Li Ren grinned and said, "The bronze weapons of the Loulan people can't break through the armor of the empire at all, and killing them is like playing." ”

The imperial armor is repeatedly improved, from the inlay armor to the armor, and from the armor to the bright light armor, and then according to the continuous actual combat experiments and added the necessary ring parts, to be honest, as long as the heavy armor defense is extremely amazing, not to mention the bronze weapon, in fact, the iron weapon is also difficult to destroy, but the heavy blunt weapon is likely not to destroy the armor when hurting people.

"There weren't many crossbow arrows, and there were at least three boxes per person." Li Ren is talking about a small repeating crossbow, which can be loaded with twelve crossbow arrows and fired continuously, but the killing distance is a bit short. He asked with some excitement, "Shall we stay in the temple or kill it?" ”

Li Xin saw the corpse of Nabedu lying on the ground, it was a corpse that was about to be stabbed in the chest like a broken sack, and blood and water diffused from the corpse, staining a large piece of the surrounding floor red.

"I just heard him say that we don't have to do this." Li Xin pointed to Nabedu's corpse, unable to hear the mood swings: "Actually, how can you not know?" Let's get in touch a little. The city-states and kingdoms that were contacted agreed to cooperate almost immediately with ecstasy, which is enough to prove that as soon as the imperial army arrives, those city-states or kingdoms can only surrender in Kaesong, and the slightest resistance will be crushed by the imperial army. But...... We still need to do that. ”

Li Ren didn't understand so much why his uncle was saying that now, he said, "Uncle, please make a decision." ”

"Your Majesty likes the martial arts of the countrymen, although I didn't say anything, but when I met with Your Majesty, I slightly mentioned that I wanted to think of the Western Regions, and Your Majesty immediately showed a very interested expression." Li Xin grabbed a piece of cloth on the ground. Wiping the blood-dripping iron sword, he continued while wiping it: "I can feel that Your Majesty knows what we will do when we come to the Western Regions, and I can even feel that Your Majesty is a little eager for the civilians of the empire to enter the palace of the alien race and kill the king of the enemy country, so as to show the hegemony of the empire and show the blood and courage of everyone in the empire." ”

"Didn't Your Majesty tell your uncle, 'Those who offend the empire will be punished even if they are far away'?" Li Ren muttered a little strangely.

"Well, yes. That was what His Majesty said before I parted ways with His Majesty. Li Xin had a smile on his face, and he did not hide his admiration: "Your Majesty is eager to have more enemies, and then send a large army to sweep away all the enemies." Whoever kills his king, destroys his country, takes his land, and enslaves his people. ”

Li Ren was also full of admiration: "Your Majesty's greatness. When the term 'living space' was first mentioned, it has been said more than once that when the present generation is still capable, it should lay more territory for future generations. Let me wait for the hot yellow blood to fill all parts of the world. If we are loyal to Your Majesty, we can make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and we can lay a great territory for future generations, so that we can be glorious and rich in life, and we can enjoy all the glory in death. What an honor! ”

"It's not just me and other warriors." Li Xin stepped forward, and he almost shouted: "The people of the empire, who is not honored to be born in this era, so if you don't fight, how can you be worthy of this husband's body!" ”

After a slaughter, the imperial warriors raised their weapons and shouted: "Meritorious sword take, wife and shadow son should be in this dynasty!" ”

The people from the Western Regions who couldn't understand what those imperial warriors were shouting, they followed behind with different expressions, and a few people were asking their companions who knew the imperial dialect, and Mai Maiya, who had recovered from his fear, naturally translated diligently.

“…… They're just some of them, I've been to the Empire, and people there are like that. I watched an Emperor's call-up, and at one point, he ordered tall, heavily armed warriors to gather from everywhere to form an army, and then shouted battle horns and marched to battle. In an exaggerated voice, Mai Mai said, "You know what? Standing on the heights, you can see the samurai stretching from this end of the world to the end of the world, with fanatical expressions, shouting to fight to the death for the Emperor! There are nearly 10 million samurai ready to die for the emperor at any time and at any time! ”

This is nonsense, but no one is going to correct Mai Maiya, they are already determined to join the empire anyway, and the stronger the empire, the better.

Outside the hall, several waves of people and horses were killed, standing on a high place and looking at the city, many places in the city were in flames, and the whole city was full of shouts and murders, and the wails were continuous.

The people of the Western Regions who were fighting, they saw Li Xin walking away with his head in his hand, those who stood on the side of the empire let out a warm shout, and those loyal to the king of Loulan wailed.

"King Loulan is dead!" Li Xin raised the head in his hand high: "The head is here!" ”

Along with Li Xin's hoarse translation, he also added: "The imperial army has come to the mud city, and those who are loyal to the vultures can lay down their arms and live, and if they resist to the end, they will not only be killed, but also their wives, children, and relatives will be implicated!" ”

I don't know if it was the death of the Loulan King Zhiwu that played a deterrent role, or the warning that the imperial army would liquidate and continue to resist those people after it came, the first person loyal to the Zhiwu dropped the weapon in his hand, followed by the sound of weapons thrown to the ground, and then knelt on the ground and begged for surrender.

At this time, Wei Duli appeared running from the steps below, he walked up to Li Xin with a happy face, bowed and said, "Honorable general, I have taken control of the north gate, and the troops of the four countries can enter the city at will. ”

Weixu, Shanguo, Yuli, and Yanqi gathered a total of more than 7,000 horses, but even if they were fast, they could not reach Huni City so quickly, but the 5,000 men and horses gathered by Wu Daqi were relatively close to Huni City.

"That ......" Wei Duli looked at Li Xin with a look of longing, and asked, "Do we trick Wu Daqi into coming in and kill him first, or do we ambush at the city gate?" ”

Li Ren agreed to let Yu Duli be the king of Loulan, according to Wei Duli's thoughts, he first asked Li Xin to announce the new candidate for the king of Loulan, and then let Li Xin order the killing of Wu Daqi.

"How many men did you bring?" Li Xin didn't look at Wei Duli at all, his eyes were scanning the group of people who were kneeling and asking to surrender.

Wei Duli replied cautiously: "The villain has brought eight hundred people. ”

Li Ren said with a smile: "Did you see the people kneeling down and asking to surrender?" If you can subdue it, the team will grow to at least 2,000 people. If you can get the city guards to side with you, you'll have six thousand troops. ”

Yu Duli's eyes rolled, and he said with a full mouth: "Understood, villain understood." He thanked him again and again, turned around and walked down the steps.

"How they like to fight, that's their own business." Li Xin handed the head of Zhiwu to a person holding the box next to him, and instructed: "Make good arrangements, don't destroy it, and use this head to report to the general's mansion when you return to the empire." ”

Only now did the people from the Western Regions who had participated in the defeat of the other vultures come in, and they asked what they should do next under Mai Maiya's translation.

"How the people of Loulan decide the new king, you don't want to participate." Li Xin did not respect this group of people from the Western Regions because they chose to side with the empire, and even a little arrogant, and said: "Gather and mobilize people and horses to come to the palace, control your people, and don't participate in the subsequent chaos in the city." ”

This group of people from the Western Regions seemed to have taken Li Xin's commanding attitude, and respectfully agreed.

"The palace has killed a lot of merchants in Mud City, and their property ......?" A man from the Western Regions asked in a very awkward imperial dialect.

Li Xin looked at the person who spoke, as if thinking for a moment, and said, "You can gather their property, but remember one thing, you can't swallow it privately. ”

Hearing what Li Xin said, the faces of the people in the Western Regions stiffened, and they didn't know what they thought in their hearts, but their faces quickly returned to flattering.

"The empire has a law, and if you capture it on the battlefield, forty percent will go to you and sixty percent will be paid." How could Li Xin not know what these people from the Western Regions were thinking, and said with a smile: "Do you want to be recognized by the empire and legally hold the share you deserve, or do you ......?"

One by one, they were full of "legal, of course legal!" Who dares to have any opinion? (To be continued.) )