C43 (1/2)

”You are a devil!” Xiu'er flipped over the table in front of him as she glared at Chen Chu.

On the tenth day after the splitting up of the troops, Xiu'er, Chen Chu, Qu Feizhi and strong man sat together once again. In a short span of ten days, they had ambushed fifteen villages and towns, and Chen Chu's battle achievements were half of them. But at the same time, there were at least four towns or villages that were massacred by Chen Chu without leaving a single person behind.

Chen Chu quietly looked at Xiu'er's pale white face, and said softly after a long while: ”Lord Xiu, you have succeeded with the strength of ten thousand bones.”

”That is a battlefield against an enemy, not a massacre of civilians!” Xiu'er roared. ”When you killed those old and weak women and children, did you not think of them as mere unarmed mothers and children?”

Chen Chu shook his head slightly, ”In this general's opinion, they are only potential enemies who harbor enmity towards us. Right now, our army is hanging in the sky alone, with less than a thousand people. Even if our army loses, it doesn't matter. But if the matter of our Phoenix City Pass being released is affected, allowing a million Black Hill Demon Soldiers to charge into the Fire Phoenix's territory, that would be a crime that will last for all eternity! ”

”You!” Xiu'er glared fiercely at Chen Chu.

Qu Feizhi came out to rescue the but he was also forced to do so by Chief Chen. The troops on my right did not kill the civilians at first, but after my riders were killed by the villagers who had ulterior motives — I also took revenge on them. ”

strong man did not speak, but looked at Xiu'er with a bitter face. Xiu'er had been in his army for the past few days, and was very clear about what had happened. In these ten days, strong man's subordinates' Wulian Border Army were being invaded by the villagers in the surrounding villages until they wished they were dead. One second, the simple village woman was holding fruit and wine to reward the ”Fire Phoenix Empire Heavenly Soldiers.” In the next, she threw the fruit basket on the soldiers' faces and stabbed her dagger into their chests. Some of the soldiers still had a silly smile on their face before they died, as they thought that the citizens of the Moqiu State had truly hoped that they could liberate them.

In ten days, the Wulian Border Army lost twelve people, and the average speed of one person being sacrificed every day had almost surpassed the speed of the battle with the Demonic Beast in the forest.

The anger of the Xiu'er, was slowly built up because she did not know how to deal with this endless string of tricks. In the end, it exploded when she found out that Chen Chu had slaughtered the entire village.

But Chen Chu seemed to have no intentions of letting this Xiu'er go, as cold and emotionless words continuously came out of his mouth, ”Lord Xiu, allow this official to report this. Our mission this time is to create a panic inside the Moqiu State and force the Moqiu State to withdraw our troops to save the Phoenix City Pass. How can I maximize panic? Forgive me for being blunt, but I will burn them all down to rob and kill them, burn them all, and only then will I be able to cause them to feel fear for my Fire Phoenix Empire! ”

Xiu'er looked at Chen Chu coldly: ”According to what Master Chen had said, then wouldn't my Fire Phoenix Empire Knights be the same as bandits and galloping horses? Should he continue to insult women? Where is the honor of an Empire's Knight? ”

Hearing this question, Chen Chu laughed instead, ”Of course, the Empire's Knights would not do such a thing. Lord Xiu, have you forgotten about the two hundred over strong men and the hundreds of handheld crossbow that I kidnapped in various towns?”

Hearing Chen Chu's words, Qu Feizhi and strong man, who had been silent for the entire time, couldn't help but raise their heads and look at him. Cold sweat almost fell from their foreheads at the same time.

Seeing that the three of them were silent, Chen Chu threw out another bomb, ”If Lord Xiu feels that this is not appropriate, I have an idea. Hand over all one hundred over Apprentice Knight s under my command to Master Qu Feizhi, and only twenty to thirty of them will be left to me. Then, all of the strong ones will be led by me. I believe that I will be able to create merits that are not weaker than Lord Qu's. ”

Xiu'er felt an unexplainable chill all over her body. She went back to her seat, raised her head and looked at Chen Chu, and asked softly, ”Master Chen, are you really giving up on the honor of being a Knight?”

Chen Chu smiled lightly, ”Honor is my life. But I am willing to give up my life for the sake of Fire Phoenix Empire and Lord Xiu. ”

Xiu'er weakly waved his hand. ”Allow me to think about it for two days, just two days.”

Chen Chu promised to give Xiu'er two days of time to think it over, but the people of Moqiu State did not give her that time. Six hours after the military meeting between the four of them, it was the early hours of the morning, the time when a person was the most tired. Four ”friendly local people” who were willing to stay in the army camp to cook and feed the ”Heavenly Soldiers of the Empire” sneakily sneaked into the warehouse where the Wulian Border Army was used to store military rations. After a few pails of kerosene s and a few torches, the military rations that strong man had painstakingly stored for seven to eight days were all burned.

Looking at the army rations that had been burnt to ashes and the Border Army Warriors whose faces were covered in dirt, Xiu'er did not stop Chen Chu from saying, ”I'll go ask for an explanation.”

After Chen Chu asked about the origins of these four people, he brought more than a hundred of his knights out to attack in the middle of the night. When the sun shined brightly, a tall black pillar of smoke appeared in the direction that Chen Chu had headed in by roughly forty five kilometers. After another two hours, Chen Chu returned with his group. The bloodied Chen Chu dismounted and bowed towards the Xiu'er, ”Reporting to Lord Xiu, this official has already avenged the two Border Army brothers. However, they don't have any extra food. We still have to think of a way to deal with it. ”

Xiu'er frowned, and after a long while she asked Chen Chu: ”Master Chen, what do you think about Moqiu State people?”