"They were guarding outside our military camp... At the beginning... the soldiers and civilians who left the camp alone would be robbed... In the end, those who left the camp alone never came back..."

Yang Wenguang closed his eyes in pain and whispered.

When Kou Ji heard this, he was shocked. Just by looking at the eyes of the Shazhou people who were killed just now at the city gate, he could understand what happened to those soldiers and civilians who fell into the hands of the Shazhou people.

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Kou Ji clenched his fists in anger and said in a deep voice, "You didn't do anything?"

Yang Wenguang gritted his teeth and said: "I took people out to kill a group of people... which caused a riot among the people of Shazhou. Cao Xianshun even sent someone to tell us that if we continue to kill the people of Shazhou without any reason, we will be expelled from the city."

"The Jiedu Envoy of the Guiyi Army is so majestic!"

Kou Ji said angrily.

Yang Wenguang let out a long sigh.

Kou Ji asked: "Where is Zhu Neng?"

Yang Wenguang said with a bitter face: "General Zhu had a quarrel with Duke Xue in order to protect me. Duke Xue took away the military power and is now imprisoned in the camp."

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows but said nothing.

After pondering for a long time, when he was approaching the gate of the main camp in the city, Kou Ji spoke again, "How many of our people are left?"

When Yang Wenguang heard this, he said painfully: "There are still 60,000 soldiers left...the civilians...half of the civilians are gone..."

When Kou Ji heard this, his face turned pale, his whole body was trembling, and he almost fell off his horse.

Kou Ji stared at the camp gate with only two weak lights, and said with a trembling voice: "This camp gate... I dare not enter..."

There was silence at the gate of the camp, as dark as a ghost.

Yang Wenguang said solemnly: "The deaths of soldiers and civilians have nothing to do with each other..."

Kou Ji took a deep breath and said to Yang Wenguang: "You don't have to say anything... Tonight, I won't go in the camp gate. After the food is delivered, he will quickly have people bury the pots and make rice for the soldiers and civilians to eat."

Hot.

Remember not to let them eat too much.

The fact that they did not starve to death means that their lives should not be cut off.

We must not let them die because of our negligence.

Tomorrow morning, you take everyone to gather at the South City Gate, I have something to say."

Yang Wenguang nodded heavily.

Koji rode a horse and escaped from the camp under the escort of his guards.

He really didn't dare to enter the camp surrounded by dead souls.

Kou Ji rode his horse all the way to the south city gate and saw the old servant of Xue Mansion, supporting the lost Xue Tian and walking back.

Kou Ji jumped off the horse and stumbled to the ground.

Amidst the exclamations of the guards, he got up and ran to Xue Tian staggeringly. He kicked away the old servant of Xue Mansion who was about to stop him, reached out and grabbed Xue Tian's collar, and arbitrarily pulled him away.

Xue Tian was dragged in front of him, staring with scarlet eyes, crying and roaring.

"Xue Tian, ​​more than 60,000 civilians and more than 10,000 soldiers are gone!"

"Xue Tian, ​​the reputation you want and the national prestige you want cost us 70,000 to 80,000 people."

"They are dead, how come you are still alive?"

"How do you still have the nerve to live?"

"When I dream back at midnight, can't you hear their wailing?"

"Can't you hear the wails of their parents, wives and children at home?"

"Seven to eighty thousand people, how dare you, how could you?"

"..."

Kou Ji grabbed Xue Tian and roared hysterically.

Xue Tian's face was pale, his whole body was trembling, and he looked at Kou Ji blankly.

The onlookers around watched this scene silently with tears in their eyes.

Seventy or eighty thousand people were lost for the so-called national prestige and the so-called reputation.

Anyone can feel sad.

The soldiers who had just come down from the top of the city burst into tears, squatting on the ground and wailing loudly.

Their robes are gone.

Their brother is gone.

Didn't die on the battlefield.

Instead, he starved to death in Shazhou City.

The people of Shazhou who came to rescue them regarded them as enemies.

Cao Xianshun, the governor of the Guiyi Army who came to help them, hid in the inner city drinking and eating meat, completely ignoring them starving to death outside the city.

They feel wronged in their hearts.

But there was nowhere to say it.

There is anger in their hearts.

No one was there to comfort him.

If not to wait for reinforcements, if not to complete the military mission.

Why are they like this?

Are you really unable to get out?

Outside the city there are only three thousand iron kites and tens of thousands of servants.

If they abandoned Shazhou City and left it alone, they could rush out of the city and fight their way back to the Song Dynasty.

No matter how bad things are, you can still have a mouthful of food as a prisoner.

But they didn't do that.

They still stick to Shazhou City.

"Xue Tian, ​​even if you die, it won't be enough. How can you repay those 70,000 to 80,000 lives? What can you use to repay them?"

"puff……"

Xue Tian's eyes widened under Kou Ji's questioning and he spit out a mouthful of blood.

Kou Ji had no intention of letting him go.

I wish I could strangle him to death on the spot.

The soldiers who came down from the city pulled Kou Ji away in tears.

They felt that high-ranking officials like Kou Ji who cared about them should not get into trouble for their humble lives.

Even though Xue Tian made huge mistakes, he was still one of the three chief ministers in the imperial court.

Kou Jiruo strangled Xue Tian to death in a rage.

Kou Ji's official career was over.

Kou Ji was pulled away by the soldiers who came down from the city. Xue Tian was left in despair, letting the blood in his mouth flow down his chest, and stumbled away to his residence.

The servants of Xue Mansion cried and trotted to catch up with Xue Tian.

Kou Ji broke free from the control of the soldiers and lay on the ground crying.

Seventy or eighty thousand people are dead.

It was like cutting 70,000 to 80,000 pieces of flesh from Kou Ji's body.

Kou Ji felt heartbroken and couldn't control himself.

The soldiers at the South City Gate were infected and all shed tears.

The soldiers who were walking down the city wall lay on the wall and howled loudly.

The remaining soldiers in the camp were crying while grabbing uncooked rice and stuffing it into their mouths.

The screams spread throughout Shazhou City and beyond.

On the inner city wall.

When the Shazhou Uighur soldiers heard the cries, they were trembling with panic.

The Shazhou Uighur nobles in the inner city heard the cries and became uneasy.

Only Cao Xianshun, the governor of the Guiyi Army who was located in the luxurious palace, shed tears and enjoyed himself after hearing the cry.

Outside Shazhou City.
To be continued...