This villain has become a ghost

Wuzhou.

The night's clamor faded, replaced by a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere. Moonlight shone on the bluestone pavement. The summer night was extremely hot, and the mosquitoes were annoying.

Qiu Shuangwan was holding a jar of wine, drinking with the moon outside the window in the room.

...and then fell in one gulp.

The wine in Wuzhou is very strong.

I heard that Yue Liuyun taught Pei Duo to brew it.

It doesn't taste sweet at all, but rather bitter, spicy, and has a smell of alcohol, which is very unpalatable.

The footsteps rustle.

Qiu Shuangwan looked up dizzily and saw Yue Liuyun coming in.

Yue Liuyun sighed, coughed a few times, snatched the jar of wine from his hand, and helped him lie down on the bed.

"With this level of wine, why drink it?"

“He’s really good and fun-loving.”

Qiu Shuangwan suddenly opened his dazed eyes, as if he had heard what she was saying, and said aggrievedly:

"You scold me."

Yue Liuyun said amiably:

"I'm praising you."

"You're just scolding me," Qiu Shuangwan's eyes turned red. She stood up blankly and muttered, "...I'm in a bad mood, and you're still scolding me."

Yue Liuyun: “…”

Yue Liuyun coughed a few times.

Qiu Shuangwan blinked, but her vision became increasingly blurry. She whispered:

"Yue Liuyun, when can we go home?"

"I want to go home..."

"I miss my parents..."

"This place... this place is not good at all..."

Yue Liuyun remained silent, suppressing her cough, letting him lean on her shoulder and turn his head away.

As he spoke, he began to sob, and tears fell from his eyes to his ears.

“It’s not nice here at all…”

"I... I have five good friends here," he counted on his fingers, "... you, Wanqing, Luo Tong, Ling Chaomian, and Xia Ruzhi."

"I used to think... I was lucky enough to meet good friends like you in this strange world..."

"But...but..."

"These friends... one wanted to kill me, one died in battle, one Jingtan said he committed suicide, and one... should be dead too, but you just refused to tell me..."

Yue Liuyun's eyes were burning hot, and he said softly:

“…That’s enough.”

"If you keep counting, I always feel like I'm going to die soon."

Qiu Shuangwan: “…”

Qiu Shuangwan wiped away her tears and said dazedly, "...Yue Liuyun, has anyone ever told you that you are good at chatting?"

His chattering seemed to have successfully lulled him to sleep, and after saying this, he fell motionless on the bed, his breathing even and steady.

Suddenly... in the distance, the sound of trumpets and drums seemed to come

Yue Liuyun stood up, his eyes suddenly sharp.

-

The wind at the city gate had not stopped, the flags were swaying, the war drums were beating "dong dong dong", and smoke was rising everywhere.

Pei Duo stood on the city wall with a deep look in his eyes. He raised his hand to direct the archers to draw the bowstrings, aiming at the enemy cavalry galloping outside the city:

"Fire arrows!"

The sound of cavalry hooves rang out in the dark night like muffled thunder. They were dressed in heavy armor and held long spears in hand. They rushed towards the city wall of Wuzhou like ghosts in the light of fire.

The archers quickly drew their bowstrings and unleashed a hail of arrows at the cavalry. Arrows clanged against armor, sending many cavalrymen flying and falling from their horses.

However, the enemy seemed to have anticipated this and changed their formation, letting the infantry and cavalry with shields walk in the front to resist the rain of arrows, while the troops in the rear were still pressing down heavily.

No, we can't let the other party seize the initiative.

Pei Duo ordered:

"Set off the explosives!"

With Pei Duo's order, the catapults on the city wall started up and gunpowder sprayed towards the enemy.

In an instant, flames shot up into the sky and explosions sounded. Many soldiers in the front row of the enemy were blown away, their flesh and blood were mangled, their formation was in chaos, and countless people were killed and wounded.

The night was as dark as ink, and torches flickered on the city walls.

Outside the city, the enemy army had apparently adjusted its formation again, and was rushing in like a tide, with deafening shouts and cries of killing.

Pei Duo seized the opportunity and gave the order:

"Keep setting off the explosives!"

Eliminate the enemy's military strength.

He wanted to see... how many troops the other side had for him to kill.

Nowadays, there is a lot of stock of explosives, enough to last for a long time and kill many people.

Passing through the darkness and the charging army, Pei Duo stared at the enemy general with his eagle-like sharp eyes.

It was indeed Murong Jin.

Little did he know that the other party was also looking at him.

Murong Jin rode on his horse, the bells on his ankles jingling, and asked with great interest:

"Who is this?"

The deputy general thought for a moment and replied:

"...It's the bandit from Cangshan, Quanzhou. Ever since Yue Liuyun killed the governor, this man has taken over as the new governor of Quanzhou. His name seems to be... Pei Duo."

Murong Jin said slowly, "Yue Liuyun was able to kill the governors of Quanzhou and Wuzhou, and was able to control the two states at an extremely fast speed, checking the spread of the poison... I have to say, she is an extremely powerful person."

"But her mistake was that she was too confident in herself and thought she could control me."

"She actually transferred all her troops to Xuanzhou to help me get rid of that traitor."

Murong Jin chuckled, his eyes revealing undisguised ambition: "Tonight... I want Wuzhou!"

She wanted to see how long their explosives could last.

The smell of gunpowder filled the air, explosions rang out one after another, and flying fragments splashed onto the faces of the soldiers behind. People kept dying, but people kept charging forward.

Pei Duo gritted his teeth, feeling vaguely strange.

He decided to use explosives first, indeed to eliminate the enemy's wave of troops and delay time, but another purpose was to weaken the enemy's morale.

After all, no normal person would hesitate to come up and die after seeing someone blown up like this.

But are all the Chiyu people like this?

Are you all so fearless of death?

In fact... it’s not that the Chiyu people are too brave, but because this group of people were originally found by Murong Jin from several small tribes.

Most of them are addicted to drugs.

Murong Jin lied to them and said that he would give them drugs if they won the battle.

They would naturally rush forward regardless of the consequences, and in Murong Jin's opinion, their deaths were not a pity.

Pei Duo decided to cut his losses in time.

No more explosives can be placed.

The city gate was wide open, and after countless guards came out, the heavy city gate closed again.

The infantry of both sides engaged in close combat. In the darkness, swords flashed and shadows crisscrossed, and shouts and screams came one after another.

The soldiers fought hard in the chaos, attacking the enemy based on instinct and combat experience, and blood splattered in the night.

A war was about to break out, and the entire Wuzhou city was in chaos.

Due to insufficient manpower, the guards were stationed at the city gates to prevent the gates from being breached. The people who were originally guarded by the guards ran out one by one, dragging their families with them. The crowd was getting bigger and bigger, with the shouts of men and the cries of women and children.