The Chen Kingdom Palace.
The silence was terrifying.
One could have heard a pin drop.
From the sovereign above to the officials below, everyone was stunned, everyone struck speechless.
They knew Xu Qingxiao was arrogant beyond measure.
But they had never imagined that Xu Qingxiao would actually dare to massacre a city.
If killing surrendered soldiers brought ill fortune upon a nation...
Then massacring a city was a hundred times worse. After all, the common people were innocent. War was cruel, but that did not mean people could be killed indiscriminately.
Especially when Great Wei was a sacred land for scholars, and the Great Wei Literary Palace still towered within the Capital.
In other words, anyone else could massacre a city, but Great Wei could not.
Yet Xu Qingxiao had ignored that rule and made a decision no one had foreseen.
But on closer reflection, which of Xu Qingxiao's deeds had not caught everyone by surprise?
At that moment, the officials of Chen Kingdom suddenly realized something.
They had underestimated Xu Qingxiao. They always thought he amounted to little, little indeed, yet every time, that underestimation had gravely affected the course of the war.
Xu Qingxiao's massacre would not merely affect the morale of Chen Kingdom's army. More terrifying still, after this war, Chen Kingdom might lose both its people and its nation.
That was the most frightening thing of all.
Even if they truly dragged Great Wei down, what would it matter? Chen Kingdom would have perished too.
No sovereign wished to witness such a scene.
Now, the sovereign of Chen Kingdom felt a measure of regret. He regretted provoking Xu Qingxiao. If only they had responded straightforwardly, rather than acting so overbearing and arrogant.
Then Xu Qingxiao would never have dared to massacre a city. He dared to