Flying Clouds in Another World

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

The mountains of corpses and seas of blood caused by the previous war have been basically eliminated by tens of thousands of barbarian slaves.

This time, Anping County was invaded by seventeen barbarian tribes. In addition to the nearly two thousand people who were massacred in a dozen villages because they were greedy for money and did not have time to retreat to the county town and the Earl's Mansion, more than one thousand soldiers and civilians were killed in the battle, and more than two thousand were injured.

Five thousand casualties were a heavy loss for Anping County, which had a population of only a few hundred thousand. This made the festival, which should have been full of joy, filled with too much sorrow and sadness.

However, as more and more news came from the northern border counties, many people in Anping County felt fortunate.

Because this time, the barbarians from the northern wilderness invaded and plundered on a large scale, and they did not just come to their Anping County.

At the beginning of the new year, millions of barbarians divided their troops into dozens of groups and plundered nearly a hundred counties in the border areas. These barbarians burned, killed, looted, massacred villages, destroyed villages, attacked cities and broke into cities, resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands of people. Nearly a million people were taken back to the northern wilderness as slaves, and nearly ten million people fled south and became refugees. As for food and property, the barbarians looted an unknown amount.

Among them, the population of at least a dozen border counties were killed or looted by the barbarians, and all kinds of houses and buildings were burned down, turning them into completely deserted ghost towns.

Among the nearly 100 counties, only a few repelled the barbarians and saved the people under their jurisdiction. Anping County was one of them.

Moreover, Anping County did not only repel the barbarians, but also completely destroyed the invading barbarians, leaving them no chance of return.

Afterwards, someone made a statistics and found that among the dozens of invading barbarians, the one coming to Anping County was the largest.

When they first set out from the Northern Wilderness, the 17 tribes had a total of 130,000 people. When they passed through the 100-mile Cold Wind Valley Road, more than 10,000 people from the 17 tribes froze to death or starved to death on the road, most of whom were the elderly, the weak, women and children. In the siege of Cold Wind Pass, nearly 10,000 people were killed, and this time most of them were young and strong people who could fight.

After passing Lengfengkou, after the seventeen tribes plundered the villages in the north of the county without gaining anything, they split into two groups. Eight tribes including Tulang, totaling 60,000 people, attacked the Earl's Mansion, and the other nine tribes, totaling 50,000 people, attacked Anping County.

As a result, both routes were wiped out. When the eight tribes including Bald Wolf were trapped in the granary of the Earl's Mansion, only 34,000 people were left, and Liu Feiyun slaughtered more than 10,000 people from the three tribes including Yellow Sheep. Under Anping City, more than 20,000 barbarians were captured.

For a moment, the world was shocked!

The barbarians are brutal! The border troops are incompetent! The people are suffering! The butchers are still vicious.

"That Butcher Liu! It's still the Butcher Liu from back then! It's better not to provoke this ferocious tiger!"

"There are 17 tribes in the Northern Wilderness, 130,000 people! They were wiped out in an instant! Although less than half of these 130,000 people are capable of fighting, and they are all weak troops, without horses, and there are only 3,000 armored soldiers. But Butcher Liu destroyed them all with only one county, which is not something that ordinary people can do."

Many people say so.

Of course, some people don't think so.

"What do you mean the butcher is still fierce and powerful? He was just lucky to get a warning! I heard that if it weren't for the timely warning from the Eleventh Princess and the other four fairies of Huanyue Palace, Butcher Liu would have no time to gather his troops to fight the barbarians. He would still be robbed and destroyed by the barbarians!"

"Yes, yes, yes! And more! In order to save face for his son, he shamelessly said that his son also made great contributions in this battle! His useless son! Can he be so capable! Anyway, I don't believe it!"

"Alas! How pitiful are the parents in the world!"

Of course, Liu Feiyun couldn't hear these words now. Even if he really heard them, he wouldn't care too much: he had been ridiculed as a waste for a long time, so he didn't care if he heard a few more words.

At this time, he was accompanying Gu Qingya and He Qingqing to visit the lantern festival in the county town.

Although they had just experienced a war, the county magistrate still decided to hold the Lantern Festival as usual. Perhaps, the county magistrate wanted to use the Lantern Festival to dilute the gloomy atmosphere at the beginning of the new year.

However, there were indeed many visitors at the Lantern Festival, and most of them were from other places.

Le Anbo captured tens of thousands of barbarians at once, and he would definitely sell most of them. Northern Wild Barbarian slaves! This is a rare commodity! Especially in the current situation where the barbarians have invaded and the border troops have been defeated. Whether buying for personal use or reselling, it is both face-saving and profitable! Why not do it?

After hearing the news, many wealthy people and slave traders in the empire rushed over at full speed.

The barbarian invasion destroyed many properties, whether it was the Earl's Mansion or the common people. Now they need to rebuild their homes. Isn't that a lot of business opportunities? Anping County is a rich county in the border area!

As a result, merchants of all sizes flocked to the place.

These people had no relatives or friends who died in the war, and they were all rich, so they were naturally in the mood to come to the Lantern Festival for fun.

"It's really a mixture of joy and sorrow! Some are mourning for the deceased, while others are living a life of debauchery! And the two may be separated by only a wall. Alas!" Gu Qingya said with some sadness as she looked at the tourists who were laughing and talking happily at the lantern festival.

"What's wrong, Miss...Gu, are you unhappy? My father and Mr. Gao from this county gave you another five thousand a few days ago! You should be happier!" Liu Feiyun asked with a smile.

"Another five thousand! Sigh! Actually, no matter how much you give, what use is it to me! I want these for my brother and my father! The barbarians in the Northern Wilderness have caused such a big scene this time, I'm afraid my brother will be furious again, and my father will be worried again! Especially for my father's health, I really can't let him worry about it anymore!"

"This... Alas! Miss Gu! You'd better think positively! Let's not talk about your elder brother for now, let's talk about your... He is a man of destiny, and naturally he will be able to turn bad times into good times, and everything will go as he wishes!"

"Everything is up to one's will! Oh! Everything is up to one's will! But how many times has he ever let his will do what he wants in this world? He is obviously strict with himself, lenient with others, and has the welfare of the people in mind, but... he is not old! He is not even sixty years old!"

As she was talking, Gu Qingya's eyes turned red and she shed a few tears, which made the passers-by curiously look at her a few more times. The guards around her immediately glared at her and drove the passers-by away.

"This...that...Miss Gu should be more open-minded!"

Liu Feiyun really doesn't know how to coax a girl, especially a girl who is so high up in the clouds! Besides, he doesn't have any feelings for this princess!

He could only helplessly look to He Qingqing standing beside him for help.

With He Qingqing's consolation, Gu Qingya finally felt better. Her next words made Liu Feiyun feel nervous again.

"Please excuse me, Master Liu! This is really a matter concerning my father and brother, and I am always worried. Alas! I only regret that I am a girl and cannot help them much! Master Liu! I think you are not as useless as the rumors say, but a young talent! If you achieve something in the future, are you willing to lend a helping hand to my father and brother?"