The Savage Lady Wants to Kill Me! Reborn on the Path of Cultivation

The middle-aged man's eyes were bloodshot and wide open with anger. He roared, "Traitors! I will fight you!"

After saying that, he swung his fists wildly, hitting Duan Tianyang like raindrops.

The middle-aged man's fist hit Duan Tianyang's tough armor with a dull "bang bang" sound. Not only did he fail to hurt the opponent at all, but his fist was left bloody and torn.

Duan Tianyang pushed the middle-aged man coldly, and he staggered back and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

He took a deep breath, squatted down, and approached the middle-aged man's face with a sharp gaze. He spoke word by word: "Your wife has died because of you. If you don't say it, more people will die!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly punched the ground, and the marble tiles shattered, shocking everyone.

War has always been so cruel. It does not distinguish between the old, the weak, women or children. If someone is not our own, then he is our enemy.

Although Duan Tianyang felt reluctant, being kind to the enemy would be cruel to himself.

The middle-aged man looked at him and shouted in despair: "Kill me! I won't say anything!"

At this time, Lu Jingyuan walked forward slowly, with a hint of tentativeness in his voice: "Brother Tian..."

Duan Tianyang lowered his eyes slightly and remained silent.

This silent response was tantamount to tacit approval of what was about to happen...

Lu Jingyuan then signaled to the members of the Hidden Martial Hall behind him. In an instant, blood splattered in the hall, and screams rang out one after another, like hell on earth...

The middle-aged man's entire family, more than ten lives, disappeared one by one under the knives of the Yinwutang members.

The middle-aged man sat on the ground, his face no longer showing any pain, but only endless dullness and numbness...

Duan Tianyang bit his lower lip tightly, straightened his body resolutely, stared at the middle-aged man with deep eyes, then slowly turned his face to the side and said in a deep voice: "Pass on my order, burn! Turn Jinling Town into ashes!"

This was a helpless move, as the middle-aged man kept the secret, and they were pressed for time and could not conduct an in-depth investigation. The only option was to burn down the city and destroy all the food and fodder.

As for the hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the town, they can only pray for God's protection.

Duan Tianyang was panting, furious, and suddenly grabbed the middle-aged man's hair, asking harshly: "Fuck you, you have killed your entire family, and now even the people of the city will be buried with you. You really deserve the word "loyal minister"!"

The middle-aged man seemed to be struck in the soul by this sudden questioning, and his body trembled involuntarily. Until Duan Tianyang turned around and wanted to leave, he suddenly hugged Duan Tianyang's legs and cried hoarsely: "Stop! You can't do this!"

Duan Tianyang lowered his head and roared back at the same volume: "Then tell me, where is the food hidden?"

A trace of despair flashed across the middle-aged man's eyes, and then he collapsed to the ground like a deflated sail, muttering to himself in a weak and feeble voice.

Duan Tianyang squatted down, with his ear close to the middle-aged man's lips. After a moment, he stood up suddenly and ordered Lu Jingyuan and others: "Go to the Jinling Town dungeon and search!"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt relieved, agreed in unison, and left quickly.

Duan Tianyang walked out of the hall and came to the door. He bent down and picked up a lost steel knife. Without looking back, he just swung it lightly. The steel knife drew a cold arc in the air and finally fell beside the middle-aged man with a "clang".

Without any hesitation, he left the City Lord's Mansion in big strides.

The middle-aged man picked up the steel knife with trembling hands, his eyes fell on the bodies of his family members scattered on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

Then, he placed the steel knife across his neck and shouted to the sky: "Wang Guoying is unworthy of the emperor's grace, and even more unworthy of the ancestors of the Wang family!" He shouted at the top of his lungs, and the steel knife in his hand fell suddenly, cutting through the air and ending his own life.

Wang Guoying's spirit had collapsed, and suicide became his inevitable fate. All of this was within Duan Tianyang's expectations.

For him, death at this moment was undoubtedly a relief, a relief from endless pain.

In the deep dungeon of Jinling Town, the Hongxing Army discovered mountains of food and fodder, the quantity of which was conservatively estimated to be no less than one million stones.

Under Duan Tianyang's deployment, they quickly collected a large amount of kerosene and poured it on the food and grass. Then everyone evacuated in an orderly manner, leaving only a bunch of burning torches that were resolutely thrown into the depths of the dungeon.

In an instant, flames rose into the sky, engulfing the entire dungeon in a sea of ​​fire.

It would take several days to completely burn these one million shi of grain.

The high temperature when the flames first started not only devoured the visible food, but also roasted all the food that had not yet been burned.

These cooked grains can only remain edible for a short period of one or two days, after which they will quickly deteriorate and mold, becoming inedible.

As the Jinling Town dungeon turned into a sea of ​​fire, Duan Tianyang and his team's mission seemed to have been successfully accomplished.

Just as he was about to order a retreat, Zheng Guang stepped forward, his tone was deep and resolute: "Sir, since we have come to this point, why don't we do things more thoroughly?"

"General Zheng wants to..." Duan Tianyang frowned slightly, as if he realized something.

"Destroy the city!" Zheng Guang uttered the two words in a decisive tone.

Duan Tianyang frowned even more tightly when he heard this.

Zheng Guang continued to explain: "Jinling Town is a strategically important place for the Jin Kingdom. If the sneak attack is successful this time, the Jin people will definitely strengthen their vigilance and will have no chance to take advantage of us again. The defense of this city is strong and easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we take this opportunity to burn it down, we can not only avenge our fallen soldiers, but also greatly boost our army's morale and deal a heavy blow to the Jin people at the same time. It is really a strategy that kills two birds with one stone!"

Upon hearing this, Duan Tianyang lowered his head in thought with a complicated expression.

After a moment, he spoke slowly, his voice filled with helplessness and depth: "There are many people in Jinling Town, including both pure Jin people and foreigners. If we burn them all indiscriminately, this may cause all ethnic groups in the Jin Kingdom to unite and fight against us Han people. By then, the destruction of a city will bring unity to a country. Isn't it a loss?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Guang looked at Duan Tianyang with complicated eyes, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

In the end, he could only sigh and swallow all the words in his heart. His silence revealed his respect and helplessness for Duan Tianyang's decision.

Duan Tianyang was puzzled when he saw this, and couldn't help but blurt out: "General Zheng, do you think I am being too soft-hearted?"

Zheng Guang shook his head slightly, a bitter smile on his face, and said slowly: "This matter is not about right or wrong, but about different standpoints. Your Excellency is strategizing and focusing on the overall political situation; while I, as a soldier, am concerned about the battlefield and only want to defeat the enemy. For me, military victory is my duty, and the rest is not my focus."

He is a pure soldier who will do anything to benefit the war and gain victory.

On the other hand, Duan Tianyang's perspective goes beyond the military scope. He foresees that the Jin Kingdom may be integrated into the territory of the Divine Realm in the future. The act of burning the city will only intensify the hatred between Jin and Han, which is unwise in the long run.