No Retreat South: Defiance of an Empire
Chapter 388

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"General, we surrender!"

The generals in the city knelt before Hu Zun, with the heads of Sun Yu and many of the officials around him laid out before them.

Clad in armor, Hu Zun stared coldly at the heads on the ground and quickly picked out Sun Yu's.

Had so many people not been watching, he would have dearly loved to go up and give it a kick.

You had the nerve to write and ask Your Lordship to join you?

Even if I really did rebel, you would have to come and join Your Lordship!

Who do you think you are? Even your father wasn't fit to be mentioned in the same breath as me, let alone a mere Inspector like you.

But the man was dead, after all. Kicking his head around like a football might look a little bad.

Hu Zun decided to let him off. Turning to the generals kneeling before him, he strode forward and kicked one of them. The general fell to the ground, then hurriedly scrambled back up.

"You dog bastard, Zhao San! Your eldest brother and Second Brother both rose through Your Lordship's patronage, and you still dared to follow others into rebellion?!"

The general hastily said, "General, the Inspector gave the order! I didn't know it was rebellion!"

"Bullshit! Drag this wretch away and give him eighty heavy strokes!"

Several armored guards rushed forward and dragged the man away.

Yet the general neither protested his innocence nor complained. Instead, he loudly thanked Hu Zun.

Hu Zun turned to the other generals. Their eyes were full of terror. Before him, they merely hung their heads, practically shrinking them into their shoulders.

Spotting a few more familiar faces, Hu Zun immediately went over and began punching and kicking them.

Hu Wei, the Inspector

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