Inner city center area.
Ying Xuan walked on the street openly with dozens of soldiers.
I tried checking several houses, but found no one at home.
One or two streets in a row are like this.
Ying Xuan frowned.
You know, Shouchun was so prosperous as the capital of the old Chu State, even though it was somewhat deserted after being captured by the Qin Dynasty.
There are nearly 100,000 people there. Minus some of them who are coerced to defend the city wall, every household shouldn't be empty!
Just when everyone was wondering what happened,
A teenage girl suddenly ran out of the courtyard not far away.
The girl panicked and kept hiding against the wall, as if someone was chasing her.
Ying Xuan led people forward to stop and ask.
Before he could reach the front, he saw two soldiers chasing out of the courtyard again.
Ying Xuan only thought that these people were taking advantage of the chaos to abuse virtuous women wantonly.
With a gentle wave of his hand, two crossbow arrows flew out from the roof not far away.
After cleaning up the two of them, the imperial guards behind them stepped forward and brought the girl to Ying Xuan.
If you look closely, you will see that this woman has a beautiful face and a supple figure. She is indeed a beauty. If she were left in Xianyang, she would be pursued by many dignitaries with huge sums of money.
It's a pity that in this war-torn Shouchun City, two ordinary soldiers could barely pick this flower.
Ying Xuan was about to ask, but when the girl saw the clothes of the Imperial Guards, she looked filled with sadness, anger and despair.
He opened his mouth and was about to commit suicide, but fortunately, a forbidden soldier next to him had quick hands and quick eyes, and stuck the hilt of the sword between his teeth with his backhand.
Ying Xuan didn't even react.
He looked at the forbidden soldier with a strange look, which made him lower his head and feel weak.
However, Ying Xuan didn't say much. In this era of war, it was almost an unspoken rule for soldiers to capture enemy cities, rape, and loot. He could not impose his own moral standards on them.
Ying Xuan looked at the woman and asked coldly.
"Let me ask you, why are there no people on several streets in Shouchun City?"
"Where have everyone gone?"
The forbidden soldier tried to slowly take off the hilt of the sword.
With a look of hatred on her face, the woman spat fiercely at Ying Xuan, but was skillfully blocked by the forbidden soldier.
Seeing that the insult failed, the woman tried to bite her tongue again, but was still blocked by the imperial guards.
Such a skillful set of movements not only stunned Ying Xuan, but also the other imperial guards looked at him a little differently.
Is this guy so skilled? How many of these things have been done?
The Imperial Guard knew that they had misunderstood and said hurriedly.
"Before I joined the Forbidden Army, I was the warden of the Heavenly Prison. I always behaved like this when interrogating female prisoners! Don't think nonsense!"
Ying Xuan's face was calm, and the rest of the Imperial Army immediately looked around.
It looked like no one was thinking wrongly.
Ying Xuan coughed lightly.
"You misunderstood! We are not rebels, but the Qin army that sneaked into the city and came to rescue you!"
The girl stared angrily, not paying attention to what Ying Xuan said. Her eyes were looking around for bricks or bulges, and she wanted to die at the first sight.
Ying Xuan frowned, just thinking about how to prove himself.
Suddenly there was a scolding sound from behind.
"You bastards! What are you doing here!"
"Hurry up and support Xicheng!"
When everyone turned around, they saw a group of dozens of soldiers.
He is escorting several carriages heading east!
Ying Xuan's eyes lit up, he left the woman behind and led everyone to greet her.
"Alas! Aren't you that so-and-so?"
The leader, the richly dressed man sitting on the carriage, frowned and looked at Ying Xuan.
He hates acquaintances the most. Acquaintances are not only difficult to manage but also always like to build relationships.
But you can't be too cold, otherwise people will tell you all kinds of rumors behind your back.
A lot of trouble arises out of thin air when you don’t know it!
He cursed secretly that he was unlucky, and was just about to say polite words to Ying Xuan.
Ying Xuan's raised right hand suddenly straightened.
With a "swish" sound, the arrow from his sleeve was inserted into his forehead.
Then dozens of arrows rained down from the roof not far away.
The Imperial Guards beside Ying Xuan moved like rabbits, and they were all eliminated within a few breaths.
This scene stunned the woman who was sitting not far away.
The eyes that were originally full of resentment gradually showed a confused look.
After a few breaths, the light suddenly appeared again.
She ran to Ying Xuan's feet as hard as she could and knelt down with a "pop".
"Are you really Qin Jun? Please! Please save my family!"
But this time Ying Xuan was not in a hurry.
He ignored the woman and picked a box on a carriage to pry open.
There was a whole box of Qin Banliang inside.
Ying Xuan sighed.
"Sure enough, war is the fastest way to make money, but it's a pity that it's not gold!"
The Imperial Guards had no reaction.
But the woman hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the corner of Ying Xuan's clothes.
But when he saw Ying Xuan frowning, he immediately let go of his hand pitifully, and only dared to hold the carriage and look at Ying Xuan.
"Gold! My family has gold! Please save them! As long as you save my family, all the gold in my family will be yours!"
Ying Xuan was slightly startled.
It seems that this woman is not an ordinary person!
He jumped out of the car and went in no hurry.
Instead, he repeated it seriously.
"Let me ask you, where have all the people in Shouchun City gone?"
Who would have thought that it would be a good thing not to mention it, but as soon as the woman was mentioned, she would tremble subconsciously.
After two pauses, she pretended to be calm and raised her head again and said pitifully.
"I don't know! But my father knows. He knows everything about Shouchun City!"
Everyone knew she had lied but no one found out.
After all, people have selfish motives, and she just wanted to save her family.
Ying Xuan looked at her sharply for two breaths, and then said coldly.
"lead the way!"
The woman was so happy that she got up and ran forward staggeringly.
Ying Xuan kept an eye on it and motioned to the roof to stay away.
If it is a trap, not everyone can be trapped.
…
South city wall.
The Huaiyang army is empty.
Even the county guard followed the soldiers and rushed to the city gate.
Since the west city gate was breached, the defensive strength of the south city wall has dropped sharply.
At this moment, the Qin army officers and soldiers were everywhere on the city wall.
The rebels are making their last stand.
Even so, the county lieutenant who climbed onto the city wall still frowned.
Because as far as you can see, most of the rebels are civilians without armor.
Only those key positions are defended by regular soldiers.
He couldn't understand why these civilians were so desperate to help the rebels.
Don't they know that they and others are here to save them?
The county lieutenant just tried to capture one person alive and told him, we are here to save you!
But the man's eyes were red and he didn't listen at all and just roared.
"You're late! You're all late!"
Then he struggled hard to push the county captain off the city wall, but was hacked to death by the soldiers on the side.
The lieutenant frowned, and he was even a little confused at the moment.
What happened to the people in these cities?
Don't they know that if they continue to resist like this, even if the Huaiyang army does not attack the city, they will sooner or later be slaughtered by reinforcements from other counties?
At this moment, a shocking shout suddenly came from the direction of the city.
"Kill!"
Immediately afterwards, the county lieutenant saw a tall and powerful guy on the street corner not far away, holding a giant ax and smashing away several people blocking him.
Behind him were three thousand Huaiyang troops, each of them rushing towards the city gate with red eyes.
