The hero is killed and awakened at the beginning. He is fierce and clingy.

Having said that, the female general behind Honglian has already fallen down. The unbearable memories tortured her every day, and she felt worse than death.

Honglian supported the female general and continued, "The night attack on the enemy camp failed, and the general was captured by the enemy. The enemy generals were very good at torturing their war servants, and the general died in their hands."

"Keep fighting!"

The whip hit Nie Qinglan again and again, and now there was no intact place on her body.

"General, she has fainted."

The enemy leader smiled, revealing half of his handsome face in the darkness, but even then he gave the order to kill.

"Splash her with salt water to wake her up."

"Yes!"

Nie Qinglan was already seriously injured, and the salt water poured on the wound made it seem to crackle, causing him to be speechless due to the pain.

The salt water was really effective after being poured on.

Nie Qinglan opened his eyes hazily, his face was pale, and the blood at the corner of his mouth was so bloody that it was hard to tell whether it was fresh or scabby.

"General Nie is so courageous. He has already been tortured so much, why is he still refusing to surrender?"

Nie Qinglan forced a smile and said, "You are wishful thinking and want me to submit to you, the villains!"

As soon as she finished writing the words, the branding iron had already hit her chest.

"what!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to surrender. Anyway, your country has already surrendered."

Nie Qinglan couldn't believe it. "What did you say?"

The enemy leader feigned surprise and exclaimed, "Why, you don't know?"

"The emperor you are loyal to is a complete coward and a pervert. Our envoy only proposed a few conditions, but he couldn't wait to agree. Otherwise, why do you think we know every step of your plan?"

"He originally had illusions about you, saying that he wanted to destroy your martial arts skills and make you his own. But when he thought that you still had a lot of military talent that might backfire on him, he immediately agreed to let us kill you."

Nie Qinglan closed her eyes. If possible, she even wanted to plug her ears.

She had always known that the king was incompetent and wicked, but she had never imagined that he would even betray his own country.

Nie Qinglan did not even suspect that the enemy leader's words were meant to sow discord, because she had already guessed this, but she was still deceiving herself into thinking that the monarch she was loyal to could still be saved.

"Do you know what conditions finally made your king give in?"

The enemy leader emerged from the darkness, holding a red-hot iron in his hand.

"We sent the Princess Royal to marry her, and he agreed without hesitation."

"It is said that there is a noble concubine in his harem who has always been in great demand, but her beauty eventually faded. How could an old emperor not like the young and beautiful princess?"

"General Nie probably didn't expect that either, right?"

Nie Qinglan didn't speak, not only because she didn't want to speak, but also because she didn't have the energy to speak anymore.

The enemy leader clicked his tongue, raised an eyebrow, and pressed the hot iron again.

Nie Qinglan snorted softly and clenched his teeth.

"In fact, I admire you very much. As a woman, you have become the head coach of a country at such a young age. What's more, you have so many undefeated records. Not only me, but also the generals of other countries admire you very much."

"It's a pity that you followed the wrong master and were too loyal. Otherwise, if you came to our country, you would have a good position as a female general."

But Nie Qinglan is obviously not that kind of person.

Since such outstanding talents cannot be persuaded to surrender, they can only die.

Only by dying can they no longer pose a threat to them.

"Keep hitting! This general wants to watch her die in agony."

"Yes!"

There were no more screams in the cold cell, only the sound of whips being swung and the whip hitting flesh.

Every time Nie Qinglan fainted, the prisoners would pour salt water on him.

This cycle repeated itself over and over again, and Nie Qinglan actually managed to hold on for a long time without losing his temper.

"This woman is too patient. She has been beaten for so many days, but she didn't say a word and she is not dead yet."

"Maybe it's because I have an obsession."

The guards in the prison felt a little bit sorry for it.

After all, she is a girl, and men can't stand such severe punishment...

"Why don't you continue fighting?"

The leader came again.

The guards had no idea what their leader was thinking. Their superiors had clearly told them to quickly end the battle and kill Nie Qinglan, but the leader refused to do so, as if he wanted to spare her life.

Could this be the legendary mutual respect between people with special abilities?

"Of course, keep fighting."

The guards didn't dare to slack off anymore and whipped them again and again.

"Report!"

The leader took a letter, and no one knew what was written on it. He actually looked at Nie Qinglan with some pity on his face.

Everyone says that there must be something hateful about a pitiful person.

But how can one hate someone as pitiful as Nie Qinglan?

"Nie Qinglan, you still refuse to surrender?"

Nie Qinglan slowly opened his eyes, and the blood on his forehead dripped over his eyelashes.

"I would rather die."

The leader said "good" three times in a row, and then directly told Nie Qinglan the bad news.

"I just got the news that your king is really cruel. Not only did he order your house to be raided, he also killed everyone in your family."

"It is said that the deaths were all very miserable."

"The oldest was probably in his seventies or eighties, and the youngest was still a baby. There were 134 people in total, all of them were executed by slow slicing."

The leader "kindly" began to explain to Nie Qinglan, the kind-hearted female general, what the four words "lingchi execution" meant.

"Lingchi is a death sentence. Use a knife to scrape off the flesh of a living person piece by piece, and listen to their screams until every piece of flesh is scraped off their body neatly."

"enough!"

Nie Qinglan's voice was almost broken, his eyes were red, and he stared at the leader hatefully: "Stop talking!"

The chief refused to listen and insisted on speaking.

"The people we sent over recorded this brutal massacre. The youngest one was stabbed more than a thousand times."

"I told you to stop talking!"

Nie Qinglan screamed at the top of his lungs and struggled with his hands, trying to strangle the leader to death.

"Are you angry now?"

The leader thought it was really boring. "But what's the point of being angry? Because of your blind loyalty, they all died, and everyone died with regrets."

"Nie Qinglan! This general will give you one last chance. Are you willing to surrender?"

Nie Qinglan's proud character was shattered.

Her father told her since she was a child that a person should be loyal to only one country and one king throughout his life, and no matter what happens, he should not easily abandon his country and beliefs.

But her faith has now trampled upon her dignity and her family.

"I will never surrender!"

She, Nie Qinglan, would rather die standing than live on her knees!