"Weren't you dead?... How could you... still be alive?" Sherwood's eyes were filled with disbelief, as if he were looking at the dead.
"Of course you wanted everyone who witnessed your despicable acts to die, even resorting to the treacherous scheme of using Lyon to kill us. But alas, what a pity! By the grace of the God of War, and the will of the gods above, the sins of you heartless bastards were not to be concealed. So a few of us were spared. Today, the Imperial Martial Saint upholds justice, and we will seek justice for our brothers who were framed by you!"
Among the group of burly men, a giant over two meters tall spoke with a furious glint in his eyes.
A gruesome, newly healed scar nearly split his face in two. An even more deadly scar appeared next to his Adam's apple; a mere fraction higher would have severed his throat and taken his life. Beside him, his companions were all covered in wounds, not yet fully healed. One man had even lost a leg and half an arm and was standing with the aid of crutches.
These men, dressed in the uniforms of imperial soldiers, looked as if they had just fought their way out of a pile of corpses, exuding a murderous aura.
They were low-ranking officers from the original Azure Wind Province garrison, stationed in Azure Wind City. As eyewitnesses, they witnessed how Azure Wind Province and Azure Wind City fell in less than an hour, how the nobles were cowardly and delayed the battle, abandoned civilians, and lost tens of thousands of troops. In order to escape, they even forced soldiers to turn their swords against their own compatriots. They saw Sherwood and others' stupidity, viciousness, and selfishness, causing their comrades to fall one by one under the swords of the Lyon people, and witnessed the ugly behavior of these despicable people.
These few were among the few surviving officers out of the tens of thousands of troops stationed there. They were discovered by the [ Letters and Visits Office ] and taken to the Byzantium capital for treatment, thus being pulled back from the brink of death.
Today, Sun Fei had made preparations in advance. He invited these people here to expose the evil faces of Sherwood and his gang.
This was also to give the innocent civilians and soldiers of Azure Wind City who died an opportunity to settle their blood debts and avenge their deaths.
Guided by Torres, several low-ranking officers, filled with hatred, came to the reviewing stand, revealed their identities, and then denounced the nobles for their incompetence and malice in this war.
When they spoke of the nobles' cowardice and abandonment of Resist, allowing tens of thousands of troops to forsake the city's inhabitants and protect only a few of them in their escape, these iron-willed men, who had shed blood and sweat on the battlefield without shedding a tear, and who had lost limbs but never bowed their heads, finally couldn't hold back their tears. They cried uncontrollably, looking like heartbroken children. No one is more heartbroken than watching their comrades die in vain, and nothing is more remorseful than the helplessness of abandoning their loved ones and placing them under the invaders' swords!
The tearful accusations of the junior officers, amplified by the magical sound array on the command platform, were clearly transmitted to every corner of the drill ground and to the ears of everyone, attacking and questioning the conscience and bottom line of each person!
All the evil was committed by these parasitic nobles, dressed in fine clothes and enjoying delicious food, who were supported by the empire's thousands of subjects.
In the end, the entire training ground was like a powder keg about to explode. The people's gazes toward Sherwood and the others were like flames and sharp knives, wishing they could burn these inhuman, shameless, and Glory degenerate nobles to ashes, cut them into pieces, and tear them to shreds!
"Kill them! Hang them!"
"I will bite these beasts to death, traitors to the empire! By the God of War, do they have even a shred of conscience left?"
"My God, how can there be such shameless and vicious people in the world?"
"Kill them! Kill them!"
When the officers finished speaking, the square erupted in roars of fury. Angry civilians and soldiers of the Byzantium New Army surged forward, wanting to tear Sherwood and his men to pieces. For the first time, these nobles, who had never given civilians a second glance, discovered that the lowly people they had treated like pigs and slaves could unleash such terrifying and powerful strength!
Those who had previously cheered for Sherwood and his ilk now felt the despair of impending doom. Some slunk away into the shadows, others joined the ranks of those angrily condemning them, and still others, pale-faced, tried to slip away in the chaos...
Unfortunately, no one was able to escape.
Anyone who had just stirred up trouble, created chaos, and deliberately attacked Constantine and Kingdom of Byzantium was dragged out of the crowd one by one by the well-prepared Chambord City. In the end, the Urban Management didn't even need to intervene; the angry people spontaneously found the spies who had been cheering for the shameless nobles and pulled them out of the crowd one by one!
"Kill!" Sun Fei ordered without hesitation.
None of the spies who were exposed were spared. Byzantium warriors wielded their swords with swift, cold blades flashing, blood spurting, and all the spies and those with ulterior motives were beheaded on the spot, their heads rolling off the ground.
It's not that Sun Fei is cold-hearted.
However, the current situation of the empire is extremely dangerous. As the only Resist force in the Southern Frontier, the new army of Kingdom of Byzantium has just been formed, and a large number of refugees and defeated soldiers have poured into the country. There may also be all sorts of opportunists with different purposes among them. If they are not deterred and warned once and for all, Kingdom of Byzantium may fall into internal strife and infighting again after I leave.
Today, Sun Fei had already made up his mind. Even if he had to transform into a bloodthirsty Shura, he would pave the way for King of Byzantium Constantine, to seize absolute power, remove the thorns from the scepter that controlled everything, help the young King establish unchallengeable authority, and truly unite the power of Kingdom of Byzantium into one force. Just as Sherwood and others had said, he would unify government orders, clarify responsibilities, and from then on, only one man could give commands in this country!
Only in this way can the Resist force in the Southern Frontier of the empire be guaranteed to survive the siege of the ten allied armies.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of heads rolled to the ground, the headless corpses piled up into a small mountain, and blood flowed like a stream, filling the air with the stench of Bloody...
That's not all.
Soon, Byzantium warriors and the Urban Management of Chambord City arrested thousands of people throughout the city and brought them to the drill ground.
These were all targets identified long ago: spies from the Ten Empires Allied Army, treacherous officials bribed by Sherwood and others, bandits with their hands stained with the blood of innocent civilians, and evil individuals who had taken advantage of the chaos to commit crimes. Each of them was burdened with grave sins and had not received any forgiveness. Cold flashes of blades streaked across the night sky as these thousands of people followed in the footsteps of the spies before them, all being beheaded and their heads displayed in public!
The steaming blood and corpses piled up into a small mountain, and the severed heads formed the mountain peaks!
This indescribably visually striking scene allowed everyone to feel the anger and determination of the imperial God of War and the Guardian Martial Saint, as well as the strength and ruthlessness of the Byzantium, and even more so, the empire's determination to fight against invaders and protect civilians!
Second update.
There will be two nights of sleep deprivation each day for the next three days.