"No one else, no one's chasing us anymore!!"
"Are we, are we completely safe here? Have we survived??"
"Yes! We've survived, we've survived, we don't have to fear those people chasing us anymore! They won't chase us anymore!!"
As these words were spoken, the people of Peacock Kingdom were overcome with joy and wept.
"Wuwu, we survived, we finally survived!!"
"Just a little bit, just a little bit more and I thought we were going to die, but who would have thought we'd survive in the end!!"
"It's so good to be able to survive, we've survived, we're free!!"
These people from Peacock Kingdom not only felt the joy of survival, but also the elation of freedom.
Therefore, every single one of them was incredibly excited, their faces filled with happiness.
They felt they had done something great, they had fought for a way to live.
Undeniably, at this moment, they had achieved temporary success.
However, as they looked back at Peacock Kingdom, not far behind them, they felt fear again.
"No, we can't stay here any longer, if we continue to stay here, we might be caught by them!!"
"Then, then what do we do? Where do we go??"
"West, we go west, far away from Great Qin, as long as we reach the countries to the west, we'll be safe!!"
These people from Peacock Kingdom did not yet know that the western countries had already been conquered by Qin.
If they knew this, they would never have done this.
Because of this, they consciously avoided the nearby countries already under Qin's control and headed west.
In the process, they endured countless hardships.
Finally, more than a month later, they saw the city of a western country.
At that moment, every single one of them was overcome with joy and wept.
"We're here, we're here, we've finally arrived!!"
"Wuwuwu! I almost thought I would starve to death on the road, but I didn't expect to finally arrive!!"
"It was too hard, it was too difficult, this westward journey was truly arduous, but thankfully we survived, we're here, our new life is about to begin!!"
Although the clothes of these people from Peacock Kingdom were tattered, the arduous journey of over a month made them look more like beggars.
But their hearts were still filled with hope, they felt the possibility of their survival.
Therefore, their eyes were all shining.
With hope, they headed towards the western city before them.
In their hearts, they had already prepared their words, thought about how to stay in this western city.
They had even prepared to grovel.
With this mindset, they quickly approached the western city.
However, as soon as they got close, they discovered that the situation was completely different from what they had imagined.
"Who are you??"
As soon as these people spoke, they used the language of Great Qin.
These words were somewhat understandable to the people of Peacock Kingdom.
So, they instinctively responded.
"We, we are refugees who have fled here!!"
After saying this, the people of Peacock Kingdom were stunned themselves.
Then, they looked up and saw that the soldiers on the city walls were wearing armor that was very familiar, the same armor they had seen on the soldiers of Great Qin before.
At the same time, their skin color and appearance were also very familiar, they were the soldiers of Great Qin.
This discovery left the people of Peacock Kingdom dumbfounded.
Some of them even blurted out instinctively:
"You, you are from Great Qin??"
"Oh? You know us? And, judging by your appearance, you've come from the east. You must be the people from Peacock Kingdom that His Highness the Crown Prince spoke of!!"
"You, you know!!"
At this moment, the people of Peacock Kingdom were terrified.
They never expected that after all their hardships to reach the west, they would encounter soldiers from Great Qin. This made their hearts collapse.
At the same time, they were a little confused as to how these soldiers from Great Qin had managed to reach this western city faster than them.
Therefore, some of them, with a surge of courage, asked:
"How, how are you so fast? Why did you arrive at this western city before us? And, how did you know so precisely that we would take this route??"
In the eyes of the people of Peacock Kingdom, this was an incredible feat.
So, they couldn't understand how these soldiers of Great Qin had managed to do it.
After they asked these questions, the Qin soldiers on the city walls exchanged glances and then burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! How did we know precisely that you would take this route??"
"Let me tell you clearly, no matter where you go, you will encounter our Qin soldiers!!"
"Because both the east and the west have been completely conquered by our Qin country!!"
"Under the heavens, all land belongs to the king! No matter where you flee, you cannot escape the territory of our Great Qin!!"
"Wh, what??"
The words of the Qin soldiers truly terrified the people of Peacock Kingdom.
They had thought of many possibilities, but they had never considered such a possibility.
This was an absolute shock to them.
Especially when they realized that no matter how they fled, they couldn't escape the territory of Great Qin, their hearts became even more desperate.
Although they knew that the soldiers of Qin were very powerful before, they did not expect that Qin would be so powerful.
Both the east and the west had been conquered by Qin.
Did that not mean that no matter where they fled, they were within the scope of Great Qin? Within the control of the soldiers of Great Qin??
Thinking of this, the people of Peacock Kingdom were filled with despair.
They found that they had nowhere to run.
And at this moment, this was indeed the case.
The Qin soldiers had already drawn their bows and arrows, aiming them at the people of Peacock Kingdom.
As soon as the Qin soldiers gave the order, they would undoubtedly shoot them on the spot without hesitation.
This made the people of Peacock Kingdom cry out in despair.
"Oh my god! Why are you treating us like this? Why don't you give us a way to live??"
"I don't want to die, I really don't want to die! I just want to live!"
"I was wrong, I was truly wrong, please don't kill me, I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender!"
Only now, the people of Peacock Kingdom thought of surrendering.
However, their thoughts were beautiful, but reality was cruel.
After these people from Peacock Kingdom experienced despair, the Qin general did not hesitate to issue his order.
"All soldiers, listen to my command, shoot them!!"
"Yes!!"
As the order was given, a rain of arrows covered the entire sky. The people of Peacock Kingdom had no chance to struggle and were all shot and killed on the spot.
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