On the seventh day of the seventh month, the Northern Zhou army set out for Xuanzhou, conquering one city a day and twelve in a row, occupying half of Xuanzhou and pointing its front at Shuzhou and Jizhou.
Fifteen days later, on the 22nd of July, the whole of Xuanzhou had been captured by the Northern Zhou, and nearly 100,000 prisoners had been taken at the same time.
“With so many captives, it is a problem how to look after them, we must think of a solution as soon as possible.”
In the former capital of Hou Qian, now the main altar of the Desire Realm, a group of powerful men who were leading the army forward were discussing the issue of the captives.
After the Desire Realm had invaded the Central Plains, the PeaC*ck remnants who had originally lived in the West in misery had swarmed in, numbering hundreds of thousands at least.
The number of PeaC*ck relics captured in Xuanzhou was still small, and many more had fled to Shuzhou before the arrival of the army.
“If we kill these PeaC*ck relics, we will certainly provoke the PeaC*ck relics in Shu and the Western Region to fight to the death, and then we will have to slaughter all the PeaC*ck relics, which will total at least a million.
If we kill them, even we at the God Realm may not be able to resist the demons, let alone the ordinary soldiers.
After the killings, at least half of them will lose their minds.
Not to mention the fact that there are many Chinese people among the believers in the Lust Realm.” Yun Wuyue said with some distress.
The young patriarch could not just look beautiful as she did in the past, and she had gradually taken over all the affairs.
Accordingly, she is also talking more.
At this moment, she is faced with a problem that makes her pretty face behind the veil look bitter.
The killing of people was not a big deal to Yun Wuyue and the others, but to order the killing of 100,000 people and then to slaughter nearly a million PeaC*ck legacies, as long as one was not truly cold-hearted or in a superb state of mind, one could have a demon.
Yun Wuyue and the others were not so bad, they were after all at the Tong Shen realm and not so fragile.
But the group of generals and soldiers underneath them were not in such a strong state of mind. If they were really involved in this ma*sacre, they would probably end up in one of two ways: either they would be overwhelmed by the powerful guilt brought on by the killing, or they would become obsessed with killing intent and become murderous demons.
You can’t expect those soldiers to be like Qing Yu, who can destroy millions of lives without changing his face.
Neither of these is a good thing. The former would cause the soldiers to break down completely, and the latter would be a breeding ground for a considerable hidden problem. After all, one never knows when these murderous demons will strike at one of their own.
“Can’t it be like straight brainwashing? I remember that the Green Dragon Society is good at this, right, Young Patriarch Yun?” Mo Luminous said helplessly.
It was no secret that Yun Wuyue had been involved in the Green Dragon Society, and even under her hand she was now in command of the organization, which was considered a major hub of friendship between Qing Yu and the Demon Sect.
This is why Mo Qunming is asking this question.
“Demon Buddha’s brainwashing is so thorough that even the Soul Ease Method and the Demon Royalty Pill left behind by Daoist Monarch Qing Yu cannot guarantee to completely wash away Demon Buddha’s influence, do you want your men to mutiny at some point?” Yun Wuyue asked rhetorically.
Traitors were more threatening than enemies, rather than leaving behind men with hidden dangers, Yun Wuyue actually preferred to slaughter them completely, and even worse, training them into water corpses was better than burying hidden dangers like this.
“What should we do then?” Mo Qunming scanned the others, intent on seeking a bit of advice.
In response, the Seven Absolute Elders, a man with a heart of stone, said only one word: “Kill”, which was no different from saying nothing.
Ye Lingshan could not give any good advice either. She actually hoped to train these captives to become killers, but the hidden danger of killers made this proposal completely unfeasible.
In the end, it was Lan Cang, who was a bit out of step with the crowd, who gave a good proposal.
“Mister Lan thinks that these captives can be driven into the territory of Great Qian. If Great Qian kills, we will be considered to have saved our efforts, and if Great Qian receives these captives —— hehehehe!” Lan Cang laughed sorrowfully a few times.
If Great Qian receives these captives, it will not be able to truly incorporate them into the fighting force, after all, these are believers of the Lust Realm who have been completely brainwashed by the Demon Buddha, a hidden problem that even the Green Dragon Society’s Soul Ease Method and the Royal Ghost Pill can’t solve.
If Daqian really took the prisoners, then the Northern Zhou side would definitely be making a renewed effort to send warmth to the enemy and send all the Lust Realm followers captured in the future to Daqian.
No, I should say that no matter what Great Qian does, the Northern Zhou side will send the Lust Realm captives to the Great Qian side, so that Great Qian can take over the burden.
“Although there are people from the Central Plains among these Lust Realm believers, in reality those people are already no different from the foreigners who invaded the Central Plains. Even if Great Qian only receives some of them, it is leading the wolf into the house, and in the future it will surely swallow the bitter fruit it has brewed.
If we kill all the captives, we will be able to solve our troubles. Daoist Master Lan Cang, you are really wise in your plans.” Ye Lingshan covered her face with her folding fan and giggled.
As expected of a Daoist, he was sinister.
The crowd thought of another Daoist who was also good at plotting, the one who could be said to have taken the image of a Daoist in a certain extremely bizarre direction.
“If the Great Qian takes these prisoners, that would be best, but if they are slaughtered, then they will receive the bitter fruits. By the way, it will also give Great Qian a name for killing prisoners.”
“As Great Qian is not as powerful as it used to be, we can also bribe one or two Great Qian courtiers with heavy promises to guarantee their future glory and prosperity, so that they can lobby others to receive the captives from the Lust Realm.” Lan Cang smiled grimly again as he came up with a plan.
“Then hand it over to my concubine,” Ye Lingshan opened her folding fan and smiled, “The Yin Demon Clan has the handle of Yang Yong, the Minister of the Official Ministry of Great Qian, in its hands, and now it is time to let this Lord Yang play some role.”
“Well, kill this person after using him, our clan should not be as notorious as it was in the past now, the reputation that should be operated still has to be operated.” Yun Wuyue nodded and said.
On this, the crowd settled on a good plan.
The following day, a large number of followers of the Lust Realm were put into the territory of Central China. These fanatics, who were full of the Lust Realm beliefs advocated by the Demons and Buddhas, made quite a commotion as soon as they entered Zhongzhou, causing the Divine Martial Army, which was set up on the front line, to delay the completion of the fortifications.
In the end, the Commander of the Divine Martial Army, Luo Feng, issued a decree to kill all the 100,000 believers, and only then was the trouble solved.
Luo Feng was so decisive that he even left Lord Yang, the dark son, completely useless.
However, Luo Feng’s action still solved the problem of the Northern Zhou army. Afterwards, the Northern Zhou army sent all the believers they captured to the Great Qian, so that they created a lot of problems for the Great Qian while taking Shuzhou.
On the 14th of August, the Northern Zhou took Shu and Xuan Provinces and built fortifications in the west to defend them from the PeaC*ck remnants in the West. A large army rose from the south and began the final journey south.
What followed was a war between the two dynasties, the Great Qian and the Northern Zhou, whose karma was entangled.
