Guan Jin was originally walking to the right of Jiao Liang, half a step behind. Suddenly, his face was splattered with a warm, viscous liquid. Bewildered, he raised a hand to wipe it.
His hand came away covered in red blood, mixed with unidentifiable fragments. Stiffly, he turned his head slowly to the front left, looking at the Great General who had instantly been torn to pieces mid-stride.
Out of the corner of his eye, he had actually caught the terrifying sight of Jiao Liang exploding. He realized that the Great General had been assassinated!
He knew he should cry for help, that he should hide, but his body was paralyzed and refused to obey. A bone-piercing chill shot up from the soles of his feet straight to his mind.
He felt that, perhaps, maybe, the enemy had already locked onto him!
Pfft.
He heard it clearly, the sound of something rupturing. In an instant, his line of sight shifted.
He found himself getting taller, and he saw a somewhat familiar body with only half of it remaining.
Thud. Amidst a spray of blood, he suddenly crashed to the ground.
Thud. A mutilated body fell right before his eyes. So, that was his own body! No wonder it looked familiar!
So, he was dead!
Ah... A shrill, agonizing scream pierced the sky above the commandery governor's mansion, shattering the silence of the night and triggering a violent upheaval in Liang City.
The scene descended into utter chaos. Although most of the people present were military officers who had seen their fair share of bloody and cruel scenes, this bizarre sight, like divine punishment, was a first for them. It was completely unfathomable and terrifying to the extreme!
No arrows were fired, no assassins charged in, yet a man had suddenly turned into countless fragments and a mist of blood! At this moment, everyone present shuddered with fear, terrified that they would be next.
On the city tower.
After Jiang Jin eliminated Jiao Liang and Guan Jin, she randomly took out two more generals before storing her sniper rifle back into her spatial dimension.
She actually did not recognize Jiao Liang; there was no such figure in the original owner's memories.
Therefore, she had specifically asked Yao Ji to get Jiao Liang's physical characteristics. Combined with his position surrounded by others like stars around the moon, she could easily determine his identity.
As for killing Guan Jin, this was a reminder from Yao Ji. As Jiao Liang's most capable military strategist, he had a certain degree of control over Liang City.
If he did not die, it would be somewhat difficult for Liang City to fall into chaos.
Since they needed to leave the city, the more chaotic Liang City was, the better. That way, no one would have the time to pay attention to her. So, Guan Jin simply had to die.
As for the other two generals, it was truly just a matter of convenience. For every Jiao tribesman lost, especially Jiao generals, the Han people would gain a bit more room for survival.
It was just a pity that the rest reacted so quickly, disappearing without a trace in an instant.
Just as Jiang Jin was about to leave, she remembered something. She took large strides into the city tower and, sure enough, saw over twenty bows and quivers full of arrows.
There was also a chest of standard-issue swords, estimated to hold more than ten.
A smile flashed in her eyes as she stored them all into her spatial dimension.
On her way downstairs, passing by the corpses, she also stored their swords, iron hammers, and other weapons into her space.
The main gates of the commandery governor's mansion suddenly burst open. A crowd of people swarmed out, shouting, Quick, there is an assassin! Someone come quickly, kill the assassin!
The guards at the gate looked at each other in dismay, not understanding what was going on. Just then, a few more mansion guards ran out, yelling.
Quick, call for backup! Something has happened to the Great General!
Go, call the city guards and the patrol soldiers!
Go to the military camp! Yes, go to the military camp outside the city and have our main army come! There are assassins!
Zhou Sui and his companions exchanged glances, and soon expressions of pleasant surprise appeared on their faces. Princess Jinyang... she had actually succeeded!
Was Jiao Liang really dead?!
However, the expressions on these people's faces were a bit strange. Why did it feel like they were all in a panic? Even the military officers were no exception. The situation was somewhat bizarre.
The four exchanged a look, suppressed the weird feeling in their hearts, bent down, and quickly advanced dozens of meters to hide behind a building.
Yao Ji was severely injured and could not draw his bow fully. But he was a military officer after all, and he knew how to endure pain. Now that the distance was less than fifty paces, hitting the target was much easier.
Although Chen Xi was a scholar, this era valued martial prowess. As the legitimate son of a prominent and noble family, he had also learned horseback riding and archery.
The four drew their bows and released their arrows almost simultaneously.
Thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack.
The four fastest generals, who were just about to mount their horses and flee the mansion, were struck by arrows and fell to the ground.
The crowd at the mansion gates was shocked once again. Damn it, there were still enemies lurking here?!
Before they could figure it out, a few more arrows flew over. Those with quick reflexes swung their swords to block them, while the slower ones were directly hit and fell.
For a moment, no one at the mansion gates was able to get out to deliver the message. After over a dozen people were shot and killed, they were all forced back inside the mansion.
Hiding behind the main gates, one general made a prompt decision: Quick, bring some archers over and kill them.
Zhou Sui and the other three had been prioritizing the generals for their kills. Now, he was the only military general left here.
A man who looked like a civil official objected, How many mansion guards do we even have? It is pitch black outside, you cannot see a thing, so how are you going to fight? The most important thing right now is to get reinforcements.
The streets had no streetlamps, and it was pitch black outside. They could only judge the rough direction of the lurking enemies based on where the arrows were coming from.
But the bright light from the lanterns at the mansion gates made them look like targets; as soon as they stepped out, they would be shot.
Someone suggested, Whoever has a bow and arrow, shoot down the lanterns hanging at the gates.
Are you stupid? If we shoot down the lanterns, we will not be able to see either. Then who knows who will be killing whom!
This will not work, that will not work. We cannot just wait here to get beaten, can we? Damn it, I have never been so suffocated before, the general said, anxious and angry.
Remembering something, someone asked uncertainly with a trembling voice, Is the Great General really... just gone like that?
At the mention of this topic, everyone fell silent. After a long while, the civil official who had spoken earlier suggested, Why don't we go check the other gates? I do not believe they have guarded every single gate of the mansion.
His words won everyone's approval. The crowd split up and sprinted frantically toward the different gates of the mansion.
Meanwhile, Zhou Sui and his companions had arrived at a weak point in the mansion's perimeter wall. By this time, the inside of the mansion was in total chaos, and the guards here had long since run off to who knows where.
Without Jiao Liang and Guan Jin to take charge of the overall situation, the mansion was now in a state of panic, like a loose sheet of sand. Even the captain of the mansion guards was preparing to run away.
Jiao Liang had been killed during his shift. No matter how bizarre Jiao Liang's death was, he would certainly not be able to escape responsibility.
The four easily leaped into the mansion. Zhou Sui instructed in a low voice, We need to be fast. Meet at the stables in fifteen minutes.
Yao Ji nodded, and the four split into two teams to take action.
Zhou Sui took Chen Xi to rescue the fifth daughter of the Chen family, Chen Zi, while Yao Ji and Xie Nanxiao went to kill Jiao Zhu.
Wearing night-vision goggles, Jiang Jin rode her horse galloping down the pitch-black streets. Spotting a small patrol squad from afar, she did not hesitate to pull out a crossbow from her space and attack.
The crossbow in her hands was a top-tier weapon she had collected in the 25th century. It had an arrow velocity of 180 meters per second, which was incomparable to the bows of this era that only shot at about 40 meters per second, and it could fire continuously.
It was just a pity that she did not have many arrows, so she could not use them recklessly unless absolutely necessary.
The patrol soldiers holding torches had just heard the hoofbeats and were still wondering who would be riding a horse on the streets this late at night. Could it be someone going to put out a fire again?
Before they could figure it out, they were struck by the crossbow bolts and fell to the ground dead, one after another.
Jiang Jin rode her horse without slowing down, passing over several corpses as she dashed toward the Governor's Manor. At the same time, she stored their dropped swords into her spatial dimension.
Passing by the government office, she came to a halt.
Whether it was because it was night or due to the day's chaos, there was no one guarding the office gates right now. Regardless, she had no intention of taking the main entrance. Instead, she went to the side and climbed over the wall.
Her movements were swift. Once inside, she headed straight for the office storehouse.
The storehouse was locked, but this was no challenge for her. A few breaths later, the lock clicked open.
Without even looking closely at the contents, she swept everything inside into her spatial dimension.
Next to the storehouse was a small armory, likely meant for the city soldiers and office runners. She took it all.
She then went to the official working quarters, storing away the official seals, paper, ink brushes, and the like into her space. She didn't even spare the office desks—who could blame her for being poor?
Leaving the government office, she mounted her horse and quickly galloped toward the Governor's Manor. The manor was bound to have plenty of gold, silver, and treasures; she had to hurry and loot a wave of it.
As she neared the Governor's Manor, she stored her night-vision goggles and crossbow into her space.
Soon, she arrived at the main gates of the Governor's Manor. Looking at the corpses on the ground, her lips curled into a smile. It seemed Zhou Sui and the others had already gone inside.
She vaulted off her horse and shouted, "Open the gates! I am the Great Demon King under the command of the General, here to provide backup!"
