Frontier Hero: From Receiving a Convicted Woman to Becoming an Emperor for All Time

"Shen...Shen Chuxiao, you can't kill me."

Shen Chuxiao looked down at him and asked with a smile, "What's the reason?"

"I am an official appointed by the imperial court. If you kill me, you won't survive either. The military governor will not let you off!"

Shen Chuxiao laughed out loud.

He crouched down and patted Liu Wenzhao's face.

"Have you forgotten how many high-ranking officials I've already killed?"

Liu Wenzhao's pupils suddenly contracted.

Only then did he realize that the man in front of him was a fearless individual. When he was just the deputy captain of the scout battalion, he dared to kill his superior, Liu, the granary commander, as well as Zhao Chongyuan and Wang Chongyi.

These people almost all died at his hands, directly or indirectly.

Shen Chuxiao watched as the light in his eyes gradually faded away before finally standing up with satisfaction.

"You colluded with the barbarians, opened the city gates to let the enemy in, and disregarded the lives of tens of thousands of people in this city. I've already been lenient by not cutting you into a thousand pieces."

Liu Wenzhao's lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something.

But Shen Chuxiao had lost his patience.

"I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. Actually, if you weren't in such a hurry, maybe I could have played with you a little longer." He shook his head, as if sighing, "I didn't expect you to be so impatient. You're getting old, aren't you? Your brain has rusted too."

Then he raised his hand and waved it gently.

"Tie Niu, kill him."

Tie Niu pulled the axe out of the crack in the rock, licked his lips, and looked like the Grim Reaper had descended.

Seeing Tie Niu closing in step by step, Liu Wenzhao shouted angrily, "So what if you kill me!"

Shen Chuxiao stood still, expressionless.

"The main force of the Eagle Tribe is still behind! Three thousand elite cavalry! What do you think you can use to stop them? You think closing the city gates will make us safe? Once Ling Shuang closes them, you're finished! We're all finished!"

Tie Niu walked up to him and slammed his head onto the stone slab.

"Then you won't be able to see it."

Tie Niu's voice was very calm, completely different from his usual simple and honest demeanor.

The ax light fell.

Blood splattered into the sky.

He bent down, picked up the severed head, casually tossed it to the ground, and then dragged the corpse by the ankle toward the city gate. The Jingnan soldiers along the way silently parted to make way; no one spoke, and no one glanced in their direction.

They've seen too many dead people.

"Hang their heads on the city wall; spare not a single one of Liu Wenzhao's trusted men."

Tie Niu turned around and answered, then asked, "Boss, what about his personal guards? How many of them were forced into it?"

Shen Chuxiao thought for a moment.

"Those who haven't spilled blood are released; those who have are dealt with according to military law."

"clear."

Shen Chuxiao took a deep breath.

The blood underfoot was half an inch thick, sticky and slippery. The corpses of three hundred elite barbarian cavalrymen were piled up haphazardly, warhorses and human limbs mixed together, indistinguishable from one another.

He didn't look at the kneeling barbarian prisoners.

Instead, he was thinking about Liu Wenzhao's last words.

Three thousand elite cavalrymen are indeed not to be underestimated.

Luck played a large part in winning this battle. If the three hundred vanguard hadn't fallen into the trap and entered the fortified city, the outcome might have been different. After all, this time, they used the terrain to suppress all the cavalry's advantages and wiped them out completely in half an hour. But if the three thousand cavalry had actually pressed forward, it would have been a completely different story.

He closed his eyes and began to assess the strength of his troops.

The western camp had a thousand men, the original core of Ling Shuang Pass, but after being scattered across the four city walls, their mobile force was limited. Liu Wenzhao's northern camp had nearly eight hundred men, but their commander had just died, and morale was low. It was uncertain how many of them were still capable of fighting a tough battle, and they were not trustworthy. Adding the five hundred men of the Jingnan Army headquarters, the total was just over two thousand.

Two thousand infantrymen against three thousand elite cavalry.

The troop strength is barely enough to fight a defensive battle on the city wall, but only if the city wall is flawless.

If any point is breached, it will be a catastrophe.

The last time the Black Stone Tribe attacked, it was because an inside agent opened the city gates that Lu Chenzhou was put on the defensive.

But this time it's different. Liu Wenzhao is dead, the biggest hidden danger in the pass has been eliminated, and the remaining spies can't cause any trouble.

Barbarians can only fight with their lives to conquer a city. But conquering a city is never just about cavalry charges. It involves many things, such as siege equipment, ladders, battering rams, and a force several times larger than the defenders. Only then can they possibly take down a fully armed city.

Thinking of this, Shen Chuxiao breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression softened slightly.

But what struck him as odd was that he felt a strange sense of anticipation.

Am I a born warmonger?

At that moment, Shen Qiao strode in from outside. "Captain, Zhao Hongyuan is back."

Shen Chuxiao raised an eyebrow.

"one person?"

"No, they brought all five hundred cavalry, and Qian Wanli and Sun Demao also returned, but the two of them didn't enter the pass; they stationed their troops ten miles outside the pass."

Shen Chuxiao remained silent for a moment, then uttered three words softly.

"Old fox."

He wasn't surprised that Zhao Hongyuan would return. This straightforward man, though short-tempered, had a strong sense of justice and wouldn't stand idly by while Ling Shuang Pass fell. He dared to slam his fist on the table with Shen Chuxiao that night at Wangfeng Tower, and today he dared to return with five hundred cavalry to their deaths. You don't need to reason with this kind of person; he knows his own conscience better than anyone else.

Qian Wanli was different from Sun Demao. These two stationed their troops ten miles away, allowing them to advance into the pass or retreat at will. In short, they were waiting. They were waiting to see who won after the main force of the Eagle Division had finished fighting, and then deciding which side to take.

"Let Zhao Hongyuan enter the pass, and position the cavalry inside the north gate, forming a pincer movement with the Jingnan Army."

"Tell him that after this battle is over, I'll personally treat him to a good drink."

Shen Qiao nodded, then asked, "What about Qian Wanli and Sun Demao?"

"Ignore them." He waved his hand, a sharp glint in his eyes. "The Eagle Clan's iron cavalry is already pressing in. If those two old foxes want to live, they'll naturally come looking for me. To think they can just sit back and wait at this critical juncture is a miscalculation."

Shen Qiao accepted the order and left, but after taking a few steps, she stopped and looked back.

Shen Chuxiao was still standing in the middle of the pile of corpses, lost in thought.

At this moment, Tie Niu came down from the city wall, grinning, and said, "Boss, the brothers on the city wall saw that head and they were all like they'd been injected with chicken blood."

Shen Chuxiao hummed in agreement.

"tractor."

"exist."

Are you scared?

Tie Niu paused for a moment, still looking as simple-minded and silly as ever, "With the boss here, there's nothing to fear."

Shen Chuxiao turned her head and looked into his eyes.

Tie Niu felt a little uneasy under his gaze and was about to ask what was wrong when Shen Chuxiao spoke up.

"Alright then."

"I still have some things to take care of."

"Boss, you say it."

Shen Chuxiao drew his sword, his smile vanishing completely. "Come with me to kill a few more people."