205: Buried

Soon, tools were distributed to the Xiongnu Soldiers, and the White Horse Righteous Cavalry pushed the Xiongnu people to their designated positions. If the Xiongnu people were a little slow, they would be mercilessly whipped.

But their mood had never been so relaxed.

"Two incense sticks' time, starting now!" After Du Tong's voice rang out, the Xiongnu people began to dig the pits with all their might!

Their speed was incredibly fast; Lin Yue even felt that their arms moved so quickly they left afterimages. It turns out that when death approaches, one can truly unleash infinite potential!

Two incense sticks' time is half an hour. There is still one hour left before evacuation, which is two hours.

In the best-case scenario, they could conduct four rounds of pit digging, with 300,000 people each time, totaling 1.2 million people. This was many times more efficient than the original plan!

As for why only 300,000 could be buried at a time, it was because King Baiyang's Encampment only had 300,000 tools. If there were more tools, Lin Yue wouldn't mind having more Xiongnu people buried with them.

After all, burying more now meant fewer Great Qin Soldiers would need to be buried in the future.

"Du Tong, organize people to build a jing guan (corpse display) with these 100,000 heads, and erect it outside King Baiyang's Encampment!" Lin Yue said.

"Understood!" Du Tong replied.

"Big Brother, I'll do it!" Du Song said with a smile. He loved jing guan (corpse display)s, especially those of foreign tribes!

Lin Yue didn't stop him; he only cared about the result, not the process.

He then returned to the temporary large tent, waiting for everything to end.

As he stepped into the tent, a voice rang out.

"You deceive them like this; it is unbecoming of a true man."

Lin Yue looked closely and saw that it was King Baiyang who spoke, so he said to him:

"First of all, I am not a true man. As for the 'true men' you speak of, they are all lying outside now, receiving the homage of their comrades."

King Baiyang's expression tightened, unable to retort. Then Lin Yue changed the subject and said with a smile:

"Secondly, I just want them to leave without fear. You tell me, what have I done wrong?"

King Baiyang then said, "Without fear?"

"That's right. Leaving happily is much better than being held at knifepoint, full of fear, isn't it? Such good people like me are rare now!" Lin Yue said with a smile.

King Baiyang was almost angered by such shameless words and, after a long pause, finally spoke:

"I have never seen such a brazen person!"

"Ah, well, today you have!" Lin Yue said with a smile.

King Baiyang took a deep breath, determined not to speak to him again.

But Lin Yue didn't think so; he asked curiously:

"I see you don't seem to worry about your people at all?"

The two places were not far apart. Since King Baiyang saw through his intentions, someone would always hear if he shouted loudly. If he caused a commotion, his plan would fail. However, King Baiyang had not warned them from beginning to end, which made Lin Yue a little strange.

"As you said, the true Xiongnu people warriors have already died with me on the battlefield.

If they were true warriors, if they had dared to pick up swords and spears to resist at that time, they would not have ended up in this situation." King Baiyang's tone was cold and emotionless.

"You are their king. How can you absolve yourself so completely?" Lin Yue asked.

"I cannot look after everyone. If I'm not mistaken, they have shovels and other tools in their hands right now, don't they?" King Baiyang asked. Seeing Lin Yue nod, he smiled and said:

"They have tools in their hands. Although they are not as sharp as your swords, they can still kill people.

It's laughable that millions of them, facing only tens of thousands of Qin Army, didn't have the courage to rise up and resist, only caring about digging pits, fantasizing that if they performed well, they could survive, but little did they know they were preparing their own graves.

You tell me, do such people still deserve to live?"

Lin Yue was momentarily speechless and finally said, "When true danger comes, most people are just ordinary people. You cannot force them."

"Of course, so I don't feel sorry for them. Likewise, as a loser, I don't need their pity." King Baiyang said with a smile.

Lin Yue thought for a moment. King Baiyang's words and actions truly couldn't be judged by common sense, so he had to change the subject and ask:

"You said, if I keep you and encounter Bulu, will he disregard your life and forcefully attack us?"

"If that time comes, I will immediately bite my tongue and commit suicide, allowing Bulu to act without restraint." King Baiyang said with a smile, his eyes slightly closed, as if imagining such a scene.

"You're not afraid of death?" Lin Yue asked.

"Of course, I am afraid, but I know that since I didn't die on the battlefield, after that, I can't die even if I want to." King Baiyang said with a smile, then stared into Lin Yue's eyes and asked:

"You didn't kill me before. Now I'm asking you to kill me, do you dare?"

Lin Yue was a little speechless.

He really didn't dare. At that time on the battlefield, it was indeed the only chance to kill him.

When he chose to imprison him, he lost the chance to kill him. Ultimately, his life and death could only be decided by His Majesty.

After all, the other party was a Xiongnu people king. He could have been killed by Lin Yue on the battlefield, but once he became a prisoner, Lin Yue had no right to decide his life or death.

Because this was the dignity of a king, and also a consensus among the high-ranking officials of both sides.

"Although you and I are enemies, I have some good feelings for you, so let me tell you something from the heart." King Baiyang suddenly said with a smile.

"Please speak." Lin Yue asked curiously.

"Go quickly, the sooner the better, otherwise you won't be able to leave." King Baiyang said with a knowing smile.

Lin Yue's expression changed. This King Baiyang truly lived up to his reputation as one of the two kings of the Xiongnu people in the Ordos Loop; Lin Yue really couldn't fathom his thoughts!

He didn't know if King Baiyang was trying to stop Lin Yue's massacre and protect the Xiongnu people by saying this, or if he had other motives!

However, Lin Yue still said indifferently, "No need for you to worry, old man."

"As you wish." King Baiyang said with a smile, unconcerned.

Then there was a long silence in the tent.

"Colonel, This humble general Yang Dengshan requests an audience!" A voice rang out from outside the tent.

"Enter!" Lin Yue said, then gave Zhao Yun a look, and Zhao Yun led King Baiyang away.

Yang Dengshan stepped into the tent and bowed as he reported:

"Colonel, the results of this battle are: 46 captives including King Baiyang, his consort, and other royal wives, concubines, and children; 248 high-ranking officials under King Baiyang, including the Right Great General, Left Grand Commandant, Left and Right Local Official, and Prime Minister; and over 800 mid-ranking officials!

Approximately seven million Xiongnu people have been captured. Please instruct, Colonel, on how to deal with them?"

Lin Yue pondered for a moment and then said, "Take all the high and mid-ranking officials back."

"Understood!" Yang Dengshan replied.

"Remember, warn the people below not to have any improper thoughts about King Baiyang's wives and concubines. I don't want to personally cut off their heads when the time comes!" Lin Yue said sternly.

After all, if anyone did that, they would be inviting death!

For example, Lan Yu's defilement of the Northern Yuan imperial consort was one of his crimes.

This was the same principle as Lin Yue being unable to decide King Baiyang's life or death right now, and it was also a consensus among the high-ranking officials of both sides.

Royal authority must not be desecrated, but another king doing so would not be considered desecration.

The life and death of one king would be decided by another king, including his wives and concubines. Besides another king, anyone who touched them would die!

Of course, barbarians were an exception.

"Understood! This humble general will remind them." Yang Dengshan replied.

"Alright, how are things going outside?" Lin Yue asked.

"The Brothers are already collecting the ashes of our comrades, and on the other side, it's already the last round of digging pits.

They're about to bury the dirt." Yang Dengshan replied.

"What about the injured Soldiers?" Lin Yue asked.

"Carriages have been prepared, enough for the injured Brothers to ride, but I don't know if they can make it to Great Qin."

"That's good." Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the tent.