Well...instead of saying "Wonju Castle", it would be more appropriate to call it "Wonju Castle Site".
Since July 15th last year, when three million people in the city were killed in a sea of fire overnight, the people of Yuanzhou have been particularly afraid of this place.
I usually have to take a detour when passing by, let alone settling down and living here.
So now, nearly a year later, the place is still basically the ruins it was at that time, with only the dead trees and weeds all over the city proving the passage of time.
"well......"
Standing on a slightly higher slope among the ruins, Wei Changtian looked at the lifeless devastation and sighed softly.
This is his second time here after the "Wonju City Massacre".
Last time, he used "Heli" to cause heavy rain for three consecutive days, and he was determined to rebel and kill Ning Yongnian.
But now I am revisiting my old place again, and the latter has returned to the west.
Wei Changtian didn't know if this was considered revenge for the three million people who died that night.
But at least it should be able to comfort these people’s souls in heaven.
"Sir, let's go..."
Next to him, Yang Liushi, who saw this scene for the first time, gently pulled his sleeves, with a somewhat unbearable expression.
Although the corpses in the city had long been pulled to a mountain outside the city and buried under Ning Yongnian's order, this empty "ghost city" alone was shocking enough.
It was so shocking that Yang Liushi didn’t dare to read it anymore.
"Okay, let's go."
Nodding, Wei Changtian walked down the slope without saying anything, and walked with Yang Liushi towards the still intact city gate in the distance.
Zhang San and Wang Nianchu were following behind them, with equally complex expressions.
Fortunately for Zhang San, after all, he had seen many bloody and cruel scenes of lawless maniacs, so he felt a little sad at this time.
But Wang Nianchu had been pampered since he was a child. Although he had long known that such a big event had happened in Yuanzhou City, when he saw it with his own eyes, he still felt a surge of sadness and anger in his heart.
"Son..."
She hesitated for a moment, then quickly caught up with Wei Changtian, biting her lip and asked: "Did Ning Yongnian really do what happened in Yuanzhou City?"
"Um?"
Wei Changtian turned his head and glanced at her: "Why do you ask?"
"Because, because I feel that the people of Yuanzhou are the people of Daning no matter what, as the emperor, he should not do such a thing..."
Wang Nianchu explained, and then quickly added: "Sir, I know this matter and I shouldn't ask. If you don't want to answer, just assume that I didn't tell you anything."
"There's nothing that can't be said."
Waving his hand, Wei Changtian raised his eyes and looked around at the desolate scene: "It's actually normal for you to have such thoughts, but..."
"But don't forget, there were 500,000 elite soldiers dead in the city at that time."
After getting along with each other for the past few days, Wei Changtian discovered that Wang Nianchu was indeed not like ordinary young ladies from wealthy families. At least she could recognize her own position and always behaved herself.
Therefore, his attitude towards Wang Nianchu has improved a lot, and he is even now willing to answer the latter's questions personally.
"Ning Yongnian said that Dafeng's army massacred the city first, and then suffered divine punishment."
"Haha, let's not talk about whether there is such a thing as divine punishment."
"Even if it is true, Dafeng must have a reason to massacre the city."
"Why did they massacre the city for no reason? What good will this do to Dafeng?"
"Have you ever thought about this?"
"I......"
A simple question stopped Wang Nianchu, and it was obvious that she was more than a little bit better than Yang Liushi in terms of scheming, let alone someone of Li Zimu's level.
"So, Dafeng has no reason to massacre the city."
After looking at Wang Nianchu, Wei Changtian continued: "On the contrary, Ning Yongnian has a reason to do this."
"Exchanging two million civilians for half a million enemy elites, no matter how you look at it, this is a very good deal."
"As for how he did it...you don't need to know."
"In short, this is the truth, it's up to you to believe it or not."
"..."
After saying the last sentence, Wei Changtian stopped talking.
Judging from Wang Nianchu's expression, she was convinced, but she still couldn't accept it for the time being.
"But, after all, these are two million innocent people of Daning..."
"Why, as the emperor of a country, could he do such a thing..."
"People of Daning?"
Wei Changtian was not prepared to speak at first, but when he heard Wang Nianchu's two words to himself, he turned around and asked: "Miss Wang, if these two million people were all common people, would you still be like this?"
Compassionate and compassionate?”
"I......"
His footsteps paused, and Wang Nianchu was stunned.
And this moment of delay undoubtedly represented her answer.
"Look, if you were a common people, you wouldn't be so sad and angry."
Wei Changtian didn't accuse her of anything, he just smiled and said, "In the final analysis, the reason why you feel sad now is just because the people who died are all Daning people and people related to you."
"And what about the Dafeng people? Not only are they not compatriots with you, they may even be enemies, so they will die if they die."
"This is actually normal, most people think so."
"Then do you think in Ning Yongnian's eyes, are the people of Daning related to him or not?"
"In other words, are they considered human beings?"
"..."
After asking the last question, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi continued to walk out of the city, leaving Wang Nianchu standing there blankly.
Wei Changtian didn't say much just now, but every sentence he said greatly subverted her simple understanding of the world.
Looking blankly at the back not far away, his breathing gradually became rapid.
After a long while, Wang Nianchu quickly chased after him as if he had just woken up from a dream.
I don't know if it was the sunlight that made her face look slightly flushed.
...
...
Almost a quarter of an hour later, Wei Changtian and others who walked out of the Yuanzhou City ruins returned to the 300,000-strong army camp.
Now they have arrived in Yuanzhou, and there are only six or seven days left to travel to Xinfeng.
The situation at Fengyuan is just as Wei Changtian expected. Although it is full of dangers, it has not yet been resolved.
This has undoubtedly exceeded Chu Xianping's previous expectation that "Feng Yuan will be defeated within five days."
As for the reason...it's actually not complicated.
Because Xu Suisui finally started to use her trump cards...
Three days ago, the commander-in-chief of the Qianhui army and two deputy generals, a total of three second-grade generals, were assassinated without anyone noticing in their own camps.
Two nights ago, late at night, Fengyuan's north wall was in a critical situation. Qin Zhengqiu showed up and slashed three times with his sword, directly wiping out the hundreds of feet of enemy troops outside the north city gate. The moon was dark for three breaths.
Yesterday, all the giant elephants that were brought back to the two countries to assist in the siege suddenly "rebelled", turned around and rushed back, trampling and trampling no less than tens of thousands of soldiers to death...
One hundred thousand against one million, and they guarded for nine days.
Wei Changtian didn't know how many tricks Xu Suisui had yet to use.
In short, there has been no further news from the latter, so it must not be at the end of its rope yet.
However, Xu Suisui can keep his temper, but some people can no longer keep their anger.
"Sir, Jing Guoqing sent a letter to Zhan Shifu half an hour ago, saying that the envoys returning to the two countries will arrive at Huailing City tomorrow."
In the big tent, Zhang San placed a secret letter in front of Wei Changtian and reported in a deep voice:
"They want to discuss the new war with Young Master again."