The Favored Little Peasant Seizes the Heroine's Script!-Chapter 519 - 466: Making a Move, Entering the Game (Part 2)
When their troops arrived at the Hanhai Desert, they left behind twelve piles of Jingguan along the way.
Such ruthless methods truly frightened the bandits and robbers roaming this trade route. They either scattered like birds and beasts or fled far away to other lands.
For thirty years thereafter, this trade route never saw bandits or robbers again, but that’s a story for another day.
Yuan Bao and Wei Wushang, following Mr. Wei’s lead, reached the Hanhai Desert, after which the old man parted ways with them.
"Grandfather, what do you plan to do?"
Upon hearing that the old man intended to part ways with them, Wei Wushang felt quite uncomfortable. He sensed that his grandfather was hiding something from him!
"It’s a secret!"
The old man chuckled as he looked at Wei Wushang, "What we’ll do next is not something you should get involved in. Just take your wife, stroll around, and enjoy the sights here. Don’t bother with anything else!"
"Grandfather, am I still the heir of the Wei Family?"
Wei Wushang was a bit irked. He was no longer a child.
In recent years, he had long been able to stand on his own.
"You are naturally the heir of the Wei Family!"
"Precisely because you are the heir of the Wei Family, these matters are not suitable for you to touch!"
Wei Huo gave Wei Wushang a meaningful look, "Grandfather won’t harm you."
"But I want to share Grandfather’s burdens!"
"Not necessary!"
Wei Huo’s expression was very serious. "This incident originally had you two enduring grievances. As the elder, I’ve already wronged you by not standing up for justice!"
Despite the Emperor Xia coming personally to plead for the Empress Dowager, Mr. Wei chose to refuse.
But this was all a show for Great Yin and Beili.
In truth, when Emperor Xia came to plead, Wei Huo chose to let it go.
Only to deceive Beili and Great Yin, they deliberately put on a show of discord.
However, neither Mr. Wei nor Emperor Xia expected the Empress Dowager would choose to die.
The Empress Dowager’s maneuver caught Emperor Xia and Mr. Wei completely off guard. In the end, the two could only follow the plan and seize the opportunity to first target the Hanhai Desert Countries.
Opening borders and expanding territory is an age-old achievement.
But in order to swiftly resolve the matter, Wei Huo’s use of force against the Hanhai Desert Countries had to be extremely ruthless.
At that time, he might even be labeled a "ruthless butcher".
Wei Huo felt that he was getting old, with not much time left. Even if burdened with a bad reputation, what could it matter?
But if Wei Wushang were also in the military, this would implicate his precious grandson, something Mr. Wei did not want to see.
"Grandfather, I don’t care about that!"
Wei Wushang was very filial.
Unfortunately, Mr. Wei did not care about this.
In the end, Wei Wushang couldn’t go against his grandfather’s decision and had to stay here.
In the following days, Wei Wushang and Yuan Bao wandered around the small countries near Daxia in the Hanhai Desert, getting to know the local customs and enjoying themselves.
However, the weather was too cold, so there wasn’t much fun to be had.
On the seventh day after Mr. Wei and his men had left, Wei Wushang and Yuan Bao received news brought by the caravan.
Daxia had mobilized troops against the Hanhai Desert Countries!
Great General Wei Huo personally led the army, capturing eighteen cities in three days, destroying twelve countries, with nearly one hundred thousand soldiers from these countries dying under the old man’s orders!
Among them, at least half of the soldiers were massacred after surrendering.
Of course, Wei Huo didn’t massacre surrendering soldiers in every battle.
In any country, any city, as long as they dared to resist, then once the city fell, it would inevitably result in a massacre.
This very strategy spread Wei Huo’s fierce reputation throughout the entire Hanhai Desert, leading many small countries to straightforwardly surrender once they realized they couldn’t win.
By surrendering directly, even former kings could get a peaceful end.
Those who dared to resist faced dire consequences.
This starkly different treatment made the remaining kings of the small countries in the Hanhai Desert quickly understand what they needed to do.
Surrender! 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
They must surrender!
Even if the kings didn’t want to surrender, their soldiers would choose surrender for them.
Within a month, all the countries in the Hanhai Desert submitted to Daxia’s military might.
Since it was winter, there were already few caravans on the road, and with Mr. Wei able to arrange for news to be blocked, the change in leadership in the Hanhai Desert Countries hadn’t been reported to Daxia, much less to Beili and Great Yin.
