Chapter 1607: Public Execution! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
But Li Junxian believed that everything was not over yet. Hulugan and Ashide were not dead yet and the capital was only so big. With his strength, he could get to the execution ground in time, and they could still be saved.
”Wang Chong!”
Li Junxian's eyes seethed with fire and worry. Time was short, so Li Junxian opened his mouth and whistled.
The Confucian Sect's supreme sacred sword erupted with boundless energy, causing Li Junxian to streak into the distance like a comet.
He was getting closer and closer!
……
On the stage, Cheng Sanyuan looked down on the furious crowd. ”Everyone! I presume that everyone knows of the border incident. We have now captured the two ringleaders!”
”Kill them! Kill these brutes!”
The crowd became even more furious.
Many people rushed toward the stage, and if not for the surrounding guards, they would have gotten onto it.
Cheng Sanyuan made a gesture calling for the crowd to quiet down.
”…Half a month ago, these two beasts massacred an entire village in the north of four-hundred-some people for the sake of a little food, not even letting the elders and children go. Such conduct truly chills one's blood. They believed that if they hid in their camp, protected by thousands of soldiers, they would be able to rest easy, but this time, let us tell all the people in the world that no matter who you are, where you are, or how many soldiers you have behind you, this is what will happen to you if you dare to lay a hand on the common folk of the Great Tang! Because this place is the Great Tang!” Cheng Sanyuan declared to the people down below, his words ringing with force and resolve.
Bang!
The crowd exploded with cheers that reached to the heavens.
”Great Tang!”
”Great Tang!”
”Great Tang!”
The cheers came again and again like massive waves.
As Cheng Sanyuan looked down from the stage, he also felt rather excited. To capture these two Hu, almost eighty percent of Wang Chong's forces had been mobilized, either directly or indirectly.
Some of these men had even sacrificed their lives for this operation, but it had all been worth it.
All of them had planned night and day and stressed over every detail for the sake of one goal: to have all the countries of the world know that the Great Tang could not be lightly humiliated.
When needed, soldiers would serve as the firmest shield for the people.
No one could massacre the people and not pay the price. More importantly, before taking action, the other countries would have to carefully weigh the pros and cons of enraging the Great Tang.
Four hundred had defeated twelve thousand and extracted the two ringleaders from countless soldiers, meaning that the Great Tang had the ability to defeat even more of such armies.
To have one's enemies endure greater pain and pay a greater price…
This was the duty and pride of a soldier!
This was why he and countless others were willing to follow the King of Foreign Lands and give their lives for him. Only this man could unite the empire and give it the form it was meant to have!
”Have them kneel!”
With a gesture from Cheng Sanyuan, Hulugan and Ashide were forced to their knees, yet Ashide tried to keep his back straight in resistance.
But the guard kicked the back of his knee and swiftly brought him down.
”Release me! I said before, you have no right to capture me! I'm a vanguard general of the Western Turks! The Great Tang has no authority to judge me!” Ashide harshly said.
Unlike the fearful and shrinking Hulugan, Ashide had maintained the fierce pride of a soldier, but Cheng Sanyuan paid no attention to him this time.
”Bring out Miss Duan!”
A few moments later, a woman wearing white mourning robes was escorted onto the stage. Upon seeing this woman, the raucous crowd instantly fell quiet.
It's her!
All of them recognized this sorrowful woman.
In this period of time, almost everyone in the capital had come to know this woman. Anyone who heard with their own ears her tragic plight would feel sympathy for her and anger toward the foreigners.
At the same time, they also felt deep admiration for her firm and unbending resolve to avenge her village.
The woman's eyes were streaked with blood. It appeared like it had been many days since she had last closed them.
The moment the woman appeared, she spotted the kneeling Hulugan and Ashide, and her eyes exploded with hatred.
”You beast!”
That widowed Miss Duan, a bitter and forlorn look on her face, struck out with her palm and slapped Hulugan's face.
This slap had been done with all her strength, even leaving a bruise on Hulugan's face. Miss Duan's palm was also shaking from the strength of the blow, and it became swollen as blood surged into it.
”For the sake of a little food, you actually killed all the four-hundred-some people in our village! Give me back my father-in-law! Give me back all the people of my village!”
As the woman spoke, she lunged over and began to beat and gnaw at the two men.