Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1205

Capítulo 1205: Chapter 1199: Deserving of Death

Some Xiliang people weren’t willing to accept their fate, not wanting to stay in the city and wait to die with the Zhou army, so they stood hopefully on the right side.

After all, Jiangzi City was surrounded on all sides, and the food inside was limited. Now, the Zhou army was still willing to give the civilians food, but who knew if they were just raising them as future food?”

They hadn’t encountered such situations on their journey of fleeing…

To survive, they had killed those who were close to death, distributed the meat for everyone to eat, and among those who wanted to leave the city… some had eaten human flesh.

Although each midnight in their dreams they would dream of being eaten or see those whom they ate demanding their lives, upon awakening to find themselves still alive, they considered themselves lucky.

Now, the four gates of the city were blocked, and to avoid becoming food for the Zhou army, they had to leave the city no matter what.

Some citizens, upon hearing Liu Pinggao instruct the soldiers to take them to the city wall to see what was happening, ended up believing Liu Pinggao’s words and wanted to follow Wang Jin up to the city wall to take a look…

There was also a small portion of civilians who, after arguing with their wives, left their wives and children in the city, claiming, “I’ll go try getting out first, if I really can, then it won’t be too late for you to come out later.”

Soon, the city gate opened. Huddled together, those civilians slowly walked toward the Xiliang army, shouting in the local Xiliang dialect: “We are civilians of Xiliang, we’ve come out of the city just to seek survival, please, General, let us leave!”

On the city wall, the recently converted Zhou citizens felt extremely nervous as they watched the civilians who had left the city walking further and further away. In their hearts, they silently prayed for their safe passage, so they too could leave the city. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Unexpectedly, before they could get close, the Xiliang cavalry galloped out, brandishing bows and forcing them to return…

The civilians knelt before the Xiliang soldiers, tearfully pleading, “We don’t want to die with Zhou in the city! We were originally Xiliang citizens, it was just for a bite of food, just to stay alive that we entered the city and became Zhou people, but we are native Xiliang people!”

“Yes, if it weren’t for survival, who would want to be a Zhou person! Please, General, give us a way out and let us go!”

The Xiliang General on horseback knew he absolutely couldn’t let these civilians leave. Otherwise, if there truly were Zhou soldiers disguised among them, it would spoil Xiliang’s major plans!

He drew his bow fully, “I’ll say it one more time, get back, or I’ll kill without mercy!”

“General! General, please have mercy on us, since we are all Xiliang people, let us leave…”

The civilian pleading with the Xiliang General had barely stepped forward on his knees when an arrow pierced his heart, causing him to collapse into a pool of blood.

The civilians immediately became panic-stricken and huddled together.

The Xiliang General’s hand trembled slightly as he tightly gripped the reins and shouted, “Dare to move forward and you’ll end up like him!”

Though knowing that most of these people were Xiliang citizens, he truly couldn’t let them leave, and even more couldn’t allow the Emperor of Zhou to know they cared about these people, or else… the Emperor of Zhou would surely use these citizens to threaten the Xiliang army!

The Xiliang General believed that Bai Qingyan letting these civilians out was a test for Xiliang, and he couldn’t show weakness.

Only by showing Xiliang’s indifference to these civilians and letting these civilians remain in the city to consume Zhou’s food could the Zhou army be exhausted.

The civilians saw the situation and hastily turned to run back toward the Jiangzi City wall.

“Archers ready!” Liu Pinggao shouted loudly.

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