His parents, wife and concubine were all among them. When he was trying to escape from the encirclement, he did not care about the others, as he had no hope of breaking out now. When he saw his family members again, all sorts of feelings welled up in his heart.
He shouted at Tang Yin sternly, "Tang Yin, if you dare touch even a hair of theirs, I will tear you to shreds!"
"Hehe …" Haha — — "Tang Yin first laughed lightly, then laughed loudly. He walked up to an old man and asked the surrounding soldiers:" Who is he? "
"Reporting to Master, he is Geng Qiang's father!" A soldier cupped his hands and said.
"Oh!" Tang Yin nodded, he raised his gaze and looked at the old man, then turned and looked at Geng Qiang whose face was flushed red, the corners of his mouth raised, he suddenly extended his hand and grabbed onto the old man's neck, then raised him up like a little chick.
The old man was already old, and now that he had been lifted into the air by his neck, the old man had nearly fainted on the spot.
Seeing his own father desperately struggling in Tang Yin's hands, Geng Qiang's heart felt like it was being stabbed with a knife. The Generals under his command immediately pulled him back, and said: "Master, do not be rash!" Tang Yin was surrounded by the soldiers from the other families' Tianyuan Army. If Geng Qiang rushed over, he would undoubtedly be courting death.
Being forcefully pulled back by this subordinate, Geng Qiang was unable to move. He shouted as if he had gone insane, "Tang Yin, you dare —"
Before he finished speaking, Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and tilted his head as he smiled at Geng Qiang. However, he suddenly increased the strength in his hands. With a 'kacha' sound, the old man's neck was snapped under his five fingers. His head was tilted to the side, his eyes were wide open, and blood was trickling from the corner of his mouth.
Ahh!" Watching Tang Yin crush his father's neck, Geng Qiang's vision darkened. If he hadn't been able to stand properly, he would have sat on the ground and been pulled along by his subordinates. Tang Yin casually waved his hand and threw the old man's body to the side. Then, he pointed at Geng Qiang's family and ordered his men to kill them. "Leave no one alive!
Hearing his order, the left and right Tianyuan Army soldiers all pulled out their swords, and started to kill in front of Geng Qiang, carrying out a bloody massacre. Geng Qiang's family members were helpless and powerless, they were all tied up now, and could not even escape. Under the waves of cold light, the entire arena was filled with blood splashes, and miserable screams and cries of despair could be heard incessantly.
Whether the other party was a man or a woman, young or old, an adult or a three-year-old child, the soldiers were not courteous at all. In the blink of an eye, they had killed all of them. The battlefield was so cruel. There was no humanity here, only hatred.
No matter who it was, when they saw their companions dying miserably under the hands of their enemies, the fragile humanity would be overwhelmed by a strong hatred. Thus, it was easy for war to erupt but not easy for people to stop it.
Geng Qiang was dumbfounded at this moment. The generals and advisors around him were also dumbfounded. The crowd stared at the scattered corpses on the ground, dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time. Tang Yin, on the other hand, had a relaxed expression on his face. It was as if the one who died at his feet wasn't a human, but an insignificant beast. "If you continue to be stubborn like Geng Qiang, then your fate will be the same as your family's!
His casual words caused all the generals and advisers under Geng Qiang to tremble uncontrollably, as though they could no longer breathe. Everyone opened their mouths wide, breathing heavily. The viciousness of Tang Yin's methods caused them to lose the last bit of their courage to resist.
One of the advisors gulped with difficulty as he stared at Geng Qiang, but he kept on retreating. After he retreated back five or six steps, he screamed and ran towards Tang Yin while shouting, "Surrender! Master Tang, I surrender! "
His shouts brought Geng Qiang back to reality from his stupor. Looking at the useless advisor, he clenched his teeth, and threw the sword out with a shake of his hand.
Swish! "Pu!"
The sword drew a streak of silver lightning in the air and struck the advisor right in the middle of his back. The force behind the strike was so strong that the tip of the sword came out from the front of his chest. The advisor took another two steps forward. He wasn't able to stand properly, so he fell to the ground and died. After killing the advisor, Geng Qiang roared towards the sky like a madman, shaking his body, shaking off the surrounding people, then like a wild horse escaping the battlefield, he rushed towards Tang Yin.
Geng Qiang rushed until he was right in front of Tang Yin, then leaped up high, and from above, he pounced towards Tang Yin's body.
"Humph!" Tang Yin snorted, even though the opponent was in peak condition, he did not care, furthermore, his mind was in a mess, in his eyes, he could not even take a single blow from the opponent. Tang Yin moved to the side, and then kicked to the side. Geng Qiang made the first move, but Tang Yin's leg kicked into his lower abdomen.
This kick was too heavy, and Tang Yin used all his strength. With a crack, the spirit armor on Geng Qiang's abdomen shattered, and his body fell down from the air like a kite with a broken string, as he flew backwards. Plop! He was sent flying five meters back before he landed on the ground. Before he could even get up, he spewed out a mouthful of blood.
He struggled to get up from the ground and continued to fight with Tang Yin, when all the Tianyuan Army soldiers swarmed forward and stabbed at Geng Qiang's entire body. In an instant, all of the spirit armor on Geng Qiang's body was shattered, and a soldier moved swiftly, aiming at Geng Qiang's neck with a heavy blade.
Ka-cha! *
The blade directly hacked Geng Qiang's head off, the soldier hastily picked it up and jumped high, excited as though he was offering a treasure, he quickly left the crowd and rushed to Tang Yin's side and handed his head over, gasping for breath: "Master, Geng Qiang's head is here!"
"Yes!" Tang Yin only replied softly. Without even looking at it, he waved his hand and said: "Hanging on top of the city walls, let the citizens of the city clearly see, this is the result of being willing to be a traitor!"
"Yes!" "My Lord!"
Tang Yin looked at the other generals and strategists, then sneered: "If everyone is still unwilling to surrender, then are you prepared to follow in Geng Qiang's footsteps?"
This sentence caused everyone's body to tremble. They looked at each other, then slowly put down the weapons in their hands and threw them on the ground. After that, they knelt down on the ground, bowed their heads and said weakly, "We … Surrender …
"Ha ha!" Tang Yin laughed loudly. He was courteous to the people who were forced to submit in the end. He did not make things difficult for them, he only ordered the soldiers to feed the Spirit-dispersed Pill and temporarily take them in.
Geng Qiang and the Generals s under his command were all annihilated by the Tianyuan Army in the County Magistrate Palace. The Peng Army s that were scattered all over the city had lost the confidence and will to fight, and they all surrendered.
From the time the Tianyuan Army had invaded the city to the time when the Xibai City was completely controlled, only four hours had passed. The battle had begun since morning and ended at noon.
The main streets within the Xibai City were filled with Tianyuan Army soldiers. People were quickly and orderly cleaning the battlefield, cleaning the Peng Army corpses on the streets, and using dirt to cover up the bloodstains.
As there were too many Peng Army destroyed here, the piles of corpses could be placed together into dozens of small hills. With so many corpses, the only thing they could do was to pull them out of the city and start burning them.
Right now, Tianyuan Army had a lot of battle experience, and the work that ended after taking over the city progressed quickly and in an orderly manner, not showing any signs of panic at all.
The people inside the County Head Palace had long since been cleaned up and replaced with Tang Yin's Personal Guard. The main hall where Geng Qiang and his subordinates discussed the important matters of the military and political world was also occupied by Tang Yin, his Tianyuan Army strategists and Generals s.
Qiu Zhen took out the city's Silver Bank and the accounts of the grain depot, and reported them to Tang Yin one by one. Geng Qiang's family was extremely well-off, because if they wanted to organize a large army at Xibai City to defend against it, Zhong Tian would have to give him a large amount of money, resources, and food. Now that Geng Qiang was dead, and his Xibai City was taken away by the Tianyuan Army, all of this wealth, materials, and rations were naturally in Tang Yin's hands.
In the city's Silver Bank, the amount of silver seized exceeded two million silver, and the amount of grain stored in the grain depot was over a million tons, which was enough for Tianyuan Army to eat for two months. As for the supplies in the military depot, there were even less, and other than large siege equipment, there were also quite a few armours and weapons.
Such a large amount of food and materials would greatly relieve the pressure on the three counties, namely Tianyuan, Southern Mountain Pass, and Golden Light, and would also be able to lay the material foundation for Tianyuan Army to continue its journey south.
After Qiu Zhen finished reporting the accounts, Tang Yin could not help but laugh out loud, and spoke to the people around him: "Looks like Geng Qiang has decided to stay in the Xibai City to confront our army for a long time, it's just that he did not expect, our army only used a few days to occupy the Xibai City, and exterminate the eighty thousand rebel soldiers under him!"
"The reason why our army was able to win against the enemy was thanks to our lord's martial prowess. He sneaked into the city unbeknownst to anyone, and created an opportunity for our army to break into the city!" Xiao Muqing cupped his hands towards Tang Yin, and sighed. After he left the battlefield, he acted like a different person, returning to his small face that was adept at flattery.
"Haha — —" Tang Yin laughed out loud. He accepted Xiao Muqing's boasting with ease. On the battlefield, Xiao Muqing was a good general leading a troop and listening to him speak in private, who would not like such a person?
Seeing Tang Yin laughing happily under Xiao Muqing's praise, the other generals became smarter, and shouted out together: "Master is wise, Master is mighty!"
Tang Yin laughed: "All the generals have contributed greatly!"
With one victory, Tang Yin laughed so hard that his mouth couldn't close, the surrounding Generals were too excited too. Qiu Zhen frowned by the side, and said quietly: "A mere Xibai City is nothing, it's not worth mentioning at all, just attacking this small Provincial Capital, and we can't do anything about it. If not for Master taking a risk to enter the city and luckily obtaining a fighter jet, we would still be blocked outside of the city.
Qiu Zhen's words were like a bucket of cold water that splashed on everyone's heads, causing most of the enthusiasm in their hearts to die down.
The smiles on the faces of the generals froze. They looked at each other and lowered their heads.
If it was anyone else, they would have already turned hostile.