We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real?-Chapter 374: Second Prince Qin Jingyuan Rebels!

Inside the city lord’s residence of Gourd City in Nanshan State, after Xiahou Nan and Bai Qi left, Xiao Mo led his troops and captured Gourd City of Nanshan State.

At this moment, Xiao Mo was sitting in the city lord’s residence, looking over the casualties after the siege and the roster of those who surrendered.

After the city was broken, Longyuan fought to the death and died on the battlefield.

Xiao Mo also felt quite regretful.

After all, this was a time when talent was needed, and leaving other things aside, Longyuan was at least rich in battlefield experience as an old general.

But Xiao Mo respected him as well. After collecting his body, he sent the escort agents of Gourd City ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) to deliver it back to Chu.

And after taking Gourd City, Xiao Mo did not immediately press forward to attack the next city.

The main reason was that the situation on Xiahou Nan’s side and Bai Qi’s side was unclear.

If anything happened to Xiahou Nan or Bai Qi, he could also go to support them in time.

“Your Highness, reports from Xia City and Tiansi City have arrived at the same time.”

Zhao Wei hurried into the city lord’s residence with the letters in hand.

Following Zhao Wei in were Xu Yongsheng, Black Ox, and Xiao Yang and Xiao Gui as well.

“Let me see.”

Xiao Mo stood up, took the envelopes, and opened them.

Zhao Wei and the others also watched Xiao Mo nervously, and they were eager to know exactly how the battles on both sides had gone.

“Very good.”

Xiao Mo handed the letters to Xiao Yang and the others, and the stone weighing on his heart finally fell.

“On Xiahou Nan’s side, he crushed Zhaoyang. Lian Li led the Snow-Treading Dragon Cavalry to break the formation and cut straight through Zhaoyang’s grand formation. Now Zhaoyang has retreated back to Naihe City in Nanshan State.

“Bai Qi’s side also did not disappoint me.

“Bai Qi faced Wu Qi head-on and smashed Chu’s great army.

“Wu Qi retreated into Nanshan State. Bai Qi writes that he wishes to strike straight into Nanshan State.”

After Xiao Yang, Zhao Wei, and Black Ox finished reading the letters, all of them were overjoyed.

“With this, our three fronts advance together—we will surely wipe out that Nanshan State!” Xu Yongsheng said.

“That’s right, but three fronts only wiping out one Nanshan State won’t fill our bellies.”

Xiao Mo shook his head. After thinking for a moment, he spoke slowly.

“Pass the order to General Xiahou. Have him lead the army through Nanshan State and plunge straight into Chu, watching over my army from the other side as we attack into Chu together.”

“Your Highness, then what about Nanshan State?” Xiao Gui asked.

Xiao Mo looked at the sand table, the corner of his mouth lifting. “I want to see—this brat Bai Qi is so confident. Can he really swallow it down?”

Very soon.

Xiao Mo’s orders were sent to the camps of the two armies by flying-sword dispatch.

The next day, Xiahou Nan and Bai Qi broke camp and advanced at the same time.

Chu’s retreat shocked the Nanshan State Ruler.

The Nanshan State Ruler originally thought that with Yanhuo and Chu marching on Qin, they would definitely catch Qin off guard.

But who would have thought that although Yanhuo’s army held the advantage, it was also pinned down by Qin’s Western Suppression King.

Chu’s army suffered a crushing defeat even more.

Now, forget about splitting off a share of Qin’s spoils—his Nanshan State was even about to be gone.

Nanshan State wanted to write to the Frost King to sue for peace.

However, Chu promptly sent an envoy to Nanshan State, and then Nanshan State gave up on surrender.

Qin’s scouts learned of this and reported it to Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo felt there was something suspicious about this.

Even though Xiao Mo would certainly not accept the Nanshan State Ruler’s surrender—this time, he had come for the extermination of the state.

But Xiao Mo understood even more clearly that the Nanshan State Ruler was timid by nature. Now that the survival of Nanshan State was at stake, the Nanshan State Ruler definitely would not be persuaded so easily.

Since he gave up on surrender, that meant one thing—Chu and Yanhuo most likely still had a hidden move, and that hidden move persuaded the Nanshan State Ruler.

But what Xiao Mo could do right now was only to act according to the original plan.

Half a year later, Xiao Mo and Xiahou Nan each led their armies, cutting through pass after pass and slaying along the way, like long blades that pierced through Nanshan State and stabbed into Chu.

At the same time, Bai Qi’s offensive against Nanshan State grew even fiercer.

Nanshan State had no way to deal with Xiao Mo’s and Xiahou Nan’s armies passing through its bellyland.

Just coping with Bai Qi alone was already incomparably difficult for it.

At this time, the army Bai Qi led had already swallowed more than half of Nanshan State’s territory.

Moreover, Nanshan State’s morale grew lower and lower, near collapse. No one knew how many deserters had gone over to Bai Qi’s army.

Now the Nanshan State Ruler could only place his hopes on the army led by Wu Qi.

If not for Wu Qi’s army, the Nanshan State Ruler’s head would have long since been presented by Bai Qi to Xiao Mo.

But in a great battle a month later, Wu Qi clashed head-on with Bai Qi. He personally led the army charging and fighting, and as a result he was gravely wounded.

Wu Qi was already an old general, with no shortage of hidden injuries, and his realm was not high either.

This grave wound and crushing defeat completely became the last straw that crushed this old general.

After the old general fell ill and died in the command tent, the deputy general Kong Quan took over the army.

But Wu Qi against Bai Qi had already been a case of losing far more than winning—how could Kong Quan be Bai Qi’s match?

Because of a major decision’s failure, Kong Quan was lured by Bai Qi into an enormous mountain valley.

The allied forces of Nanshan State and Chu surrendered.

But Bai Qi, using “Chu and Nanshan State are fickle; if we do not kill them all, I fear they will become chaos” as his reason, buried alive all surrendered soldiers of the allied forces of Chu and Nanshan State—about four hundred thousand in total—except for 240 very young ones, leaving not a single survivor.

When news that four hundred thousand troops had been buried alive reached the ears of the Nanshan State Ruler, he fell directly from the dragon throne.

The Nanshan State Ruler knew he had to surrender.

But Bai Qi still refused surrender.

A month later, Bai Qi broke Nanshan State’s capital. Apart from the iron rule Xiao Mo had previously set—no oppressing ordinary commoners—

the Nanshan State Ruler, the concubines, and the entire court of civil and military officials were still left with none. Within three degrees of kinship, the whole clan was exterminated.

When Xiao Mo learned this, he was silent for a long time in the command tent.

But according to Qin’s laws, what Bai Qi did could not be harshly condemned at all.

It was even not rare on the battlefield; it was only that Xiao Mo managed his own army more strictly, and with more benevolence.

“According to Qin law, what you have done leaves this king with nothing to say, but Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life. If you do not restrain your murderous qi, you will surely harm yourself in days to come. I hope you understand.”

Xiao Mo wrote Bai Qi a letter, and then submitted a memorial to Qin Shengtian, clearly stating the matter.

Xiao Mo also could not further blame Bai Qi for anything.

After this battle, Bai Qi made a name for himself. He would be valued by Qin Shengtian, and then command an army of his own.

His own road, he could only walk it himself.

Three days later, Qin Shengtian issued an edict summoning Bai Qi back to the capital, with Zhao Guang and Li Jing garrisoning Nanshan State.

After Bai Qi returned to the capital, he was enfeoffed as the Lord of Martial Peace, and Qin Shengtian ordered Bai Qi to go assist the Western Suppression King in resisting Yanhuo.

“Your Highness, I will prove to you that Qi is right!”

Outside the city gates, Bai Qi bowed deeply in Xiao Mo’s direction. Then he swung up onto his horse and went to the borderlands.

At the same time, Xiao Mo and Xiahou Nan were pushing deeper into Chu, attacking and killing.

Because Chu suffered defeat after defeat, and the enemy was the Frost King Xiao Mo—whose name shook the world—together with Xiahou Nan, the famed general of Wei Kingdom, many cities did not even have the heart to resist, and surrendered directly.

And just as Xiao Mo’s army was advancing smoothly,

an urgent letter reached Xiao Mo’s hands—

“Second Prince Qin Jingyuan rebels!”