Chapter 1404
Enemy Army Sieges the City [5]
Chapter 1404 Enemy Army Sieges the City [5]
Nango's face grew increasingly ferocious; he did not want to be defeated and abandon the land to join the main army.
But these Eastern Desert soldiers had already pleaded with him that if he didn't retreat quickly, he would be the next to die.
At worst, after they rejoin the main army, they can say that he was killed by Liang Wei.
Anyway, all the tribes in the Eastern Desert did the same thing: kill them and frame Liang Wei.
"Get ready. The true nobles will lead you away to join the army that will destroy Wei, so you can live and enjoy the glory of destroying Wei." Nan Ge still had some sense and took the blame himself: "This defeat, the loss of the communication lines that cut off Wei, is the fault of me and Asiye, and has nothing to do with you!"
Hey, as soon as these words were spoken, all the soldiers of the Eastern Desert were overjoyed. They immediately knelt down and kowtowed, shouting, "The true nobleman of Nango is a true hero who protects the Eastern Desert!"
Stop flattering us and run! If we don't run now, the Wei army will sweep this place away.
Dongxin roared inwardly, but he was also someone who knelt down to flatter others, and the number of people from the Eastern tribe who kowtowed was twice that of other tribes.
They were made dizzy from the impact.
They became increasingly convinced that what Zhen Qianhu had told them about sharing the same ancestry was true.
In short, all the work done by the Great Wei was effective!
"Dongxin from the East, split into two groups. One group will lead the way and follow us." Nange stared at Dongxin and gave an inhuman order: "The other group of heroes from the East will stay here. After we leave, open the inner secret chamber and release the fire poison. The true nobles who demand grain from the Wei bastards will pay the price!"
This?
Dongxin and the thirty soldiers from the east were shocked, angry, and aggrieved!
They followed the tribes in the east through thick and thin, enduring all sorts of hard and arduous work that were not humanly possible.
Almost all the centaurs are dead.
Now that they're about to join the main army, are they going to kill half of their survivors?!
Dongxin was shaking all over; he was just so angry.
"Ha," Nan Ge laughed. "What, you're unwilling? Remember this, you were born sinners. You were meant to nurture the Fire Sprout Poison with your own bodies. But the Eastern Desert Emperor was merciful and allowed the mountain people to nurture half of the Fire Sprout Poison for you. Now, all you're asked to do is sacrifice a few people to spread the Fire Sprout Poison, and you're still not happy about it?"
"It seems that you in the East intend to provide more meat and grain to the people of each tribe this year."
Thump, thump, thump! Twenty Eastern soldiers instinctively knelt down, clamoring, "Noble Nango, please calm your anger! This servant is willing to stay and spread the Fire Poison!"
Ha, you lowly creature, you only learn to bow your head after being scolded.
Nango was very disdainful.
Dong Xin pleaded, "Nango is a true nobleman. We need to break through the encirclement. This servant requests that we only waste five wounded Eastern soldiers to spread the Fire Poison. What do you think?"
The fact that their forces were stretched thin struck a chord with Nan Ge, but he deliberately delayed for several seconds before saying in a condescending manner, "Well then, leave only five eastern soldiers to spread the poison of the fire, and the rest of the eastern heroes will continue to follow us to destroy Wei Daye!"
Thump, thump, thump! Dong Xin and the others kowtowed with joy, saying, "Thank you so much, Nan Ge, you're a true nobleman!"
"Nango is a true nobleman. We need to hurry up, or we'll have to break out," the central soldiers urged. They had a natural sense of superiority and looked down on the easterners.
"Dongxin, clear the way!" Nange ordered.
"Yes!" Dongxin only had time to reach out and shake Donglai's hand before he had to continue leading the Eastern soldiers as laborers to serve these true people of the Eastern Desert.
On the ground, it was already dark. Taking advantage of the darkness, Nan Ge and his men traversed the depths of the forest, avoiding the searches of several Wei army units, and headed towards the capital city.
Meanwhile, Donglai and the other five remnants of the Eastern Army were holed up in a large secret room in Tunnel No. 30 in the South, staring at the small door of the inner secret room for a long time without moving.
Whoosh, boom!
"Uncle Lai, the Wei army has found the tunnel. We need to open the inner chamber quickly and release the poison from the flames," urged Dong Fengyang, the youngest soldier from the east.
Upon hearing this, Donglai was overcome with grief and looked at Dong Fengyang, not knowing what to say.
"Do you believe in divine retribution? Or do you think there is such a thing as divine punishment?" Donglai asked them. "We believe! We are the protectors of the Eastern Desert. If we dare not be loyal, the gods will punish us. This is divine punishment!"
"Hahaha," Donglai laughed loudly, "So, we must follow the principles of Heaven and not do anything that goes against Heaven and reason."
"Do you even know what constitutes something that is morally reprehensible?"
"To deceive, kidnap, and buy grain from the Wei people to make and eat meat grain, and to spread plague—these are the most heinous and immoral things!"
“But Nango and his people want us to do this kind of thing generation after generation, and then they accuse us of doing too many evil things, which displeases God, so our descendants are born sinful.”
"Do you think this is reasonable?!"
Donglai asked them.
These four people were stumped by the question.
Dong Fengyang angrily said, "Uncle Lai, how could you think like that? You are questioning God and the true nobility. You will be punished by Heaven!"
Hahaha, Donglai laughed so hard he couldn't stop, and then he started crying again.
"Uncle Lai, what's wrong?" Dong Fengyang asked, then comforted him, "Uncle Lai, I know you're strong-willed and can't accept defeat, but we were loyal to Dongmo. In the next life, we can be reborn as true citizens. It's worth it. Don't be sad."
Donglai: "..."
Before long, Donglai returned to normal, looked at the other three Eastern soldiers, and finally pointed to another young man: "Cao La'er, here, this glorious task of opening the inner secret room and setting off the fire and poison is entrusted to you and Dong Fengyang."
"Thank you, Uncle Lai!" Cao La'er was very happy and hurriedly took the bunch of keys to open the inner secret room, shaking them at Dong Fengyang: "The greatest credit belongs to us. We will definitely be reborn as true nobles in the central region in our next life!"
No, young man, don't you ever dream of anything big?
Can you reincarnate as the Emperor of the Eastern Desert in your next life?!
"Haha, let's go, brothers, let's open the inner secret room door together, achieve the same great merit, and be true noble brothers in the next life!" Dong Fengyang and Cao La'er split the keys, one for each of them.
Just as the two were happily preparing to perform meritorious service for the Eastern Desert, Donglai walked up behind them and raised his knife...
The other two Eastern soldiers, seeing this, were neither surprised nor did they stop them; in fact, they even helped.
Puff puff puff puff!
Dong Fengyang and Cao La'er only felt a sharp pain in their necks. When they came to their senses, they realized that Dong Lai and another old man had stabbed them in the neck several times.
With a thud, the two fell to the ground, blood gushing out like water.
Dong Fengyang stared wide-eyed at Dong Lai: "For...for...a traitor!"
Donglai smiled, squatted down beside him, looked at him, and said, "I did not betray Dongmo, because I was not helping Liangwei. I just wanted to be a normal person before I died."
"For generations, the East has been making mistakes and believing in the wrong things, doing evil as good. As a result, we in the East suffer retribution every year, watching our people being bullied, sacrificed, and used as food..."
Enough with the nonsense. Dong Fengyang and Cao La'er lost too much blood and died before Dong could finish speaking.
"Laizi, what should we do about the poisonous flames?" the two true companions asked.
Donglai said, "Open the door, light the fire, and we'll die with those filthy things."
This?
A companion asked, "You believed Liang Wei's words? That's why you're helping Liang Wei?"
Donglai laughed: "Heh, with so many poisonous flames, extinguishing only this one won't help Liang Wei..."
Donglai was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "I'm helping our eastern region... Can the plague really be contained within Wei? Once it spreads, our eastern region will be the first to suffer."
He then asked, "If a plague breaks out in the east, how do you think the other tribes will treat us?"