Qiguan Sui said, "This man was the first to come over to you. If you kill him, how will anyone else dare come?"
"Prince of Yan, you must put the greater good first!"
Wang Chong drew a deep breath, and his expression calmed. Just as Qiguan Sui thought he would act rationally, Wang Chong said, "I am the greater good!"
He spurred his horse and raised his lance, shouting, "Kill them all. Leave not one alive."
When the leader of the Heaven-Sweeping Army saw Wang Chong give the order and the Wind-Treading Cavalry charge in from every direction, he could not help cursing, "Wen Zhengchun, you shameless bastard! You tricked us into coming, only to kill us! I curse your whole family to die out, never to be reborn for ten thousand lifetimes!"
Wang Chong shouted coldly, "Every life among the people under my rule belongs to me. You dared slaughter two villages-that was no different from plunging a knife into my heart twice. If I let you leave Leizhou alive, how could I answer to the common people across ten provinces who trust and esteem me?"
"You had best pray you never fall into my hands alive, or I will teach you what it means to be unable to live or die!"
The leader of the Heaven-Sweeping Army flew into a rage and cried, "A few hundred mere ants-what does it matter if they die? You're just using this as an excuse to wipe out those who won't bow to you. Why gild your own face?"
Wang Chong said no more. In a single charge, he captured the man alive and hurled him to the ground. Others duly bound him to await Wang Chong's judgment afterward.
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