"Six cities have fallen, yet not a single person was killed?"
"That isn't entirely true. Some who dared to resist were killed, but as for the common people in the cities, they truly did not slaughter them indiscriminately."
"Heh, Zuo Jun would never make such a choice. That must have been the Jing An, Marquis's idea."
Qilian Guanshi sat high upon the divine throne in the great hall and sneered.
"Your Excellency, then what should we—"
The Temple Shaman who had come to report looked at Daman on the divine throne, waiting for his next instruction.
"Have the people in those six cities all stayed?"
"Almost none of them have left."
"Has the Great Blue Dynasty made any other moves?"
"Not for now."
"Just send people to watch what happens in those six cities."
"Yes."
After the Temple Shaman left, Qilian Guanshi gazed into the distance with deep, inscrutable eyes.
In his original plan, he had already prepared to abandon the six great cities and have the White Flame Army slaughter all their inhabitants!
First, it was completely unrealistic to try to relocate or disperse every inhabitant of six great cities within a short time.
Second, Qilian Guanshi was certain that the vast majority of the inhabitants would not leave. Given Zuo Jun's temperament and style of leading troops, he would most likely choose to massacre all six cities!
That way, his power of faith would indeed suffer some impact, but he could also shift all the blame and hatred onto the White Flame Army and the Great Blue Dynasty.
The fastest and most effective way to conceal a major incident was to immediately create an even greater one, thereby drawing the people's attention elsewhere.
The guilt of abandoning six cities was nowhere near as shocking as the massacre of