The Eagle Empire - Chapter 21, Kill One to Warn a Hundred

The Seventh Princess?
After a moment of stunned silence, Wu Tianjiao finally realized that the seventh princess Princess Wude was referring to was Princess Qianning. He thought to himself with a chill, "I really didn't expect that Wude and Qianning, those two women, are so capable. They are just as brave as men, and they actually defeated 100,000 foreign rebel troops. They really make me look at them in a new light. It seems that the Yuwen royal family is not lacking in talent, but rather that the rulers are incompetent and have not used their resources wisely."
Upon seeing the golden-armored female general riding a mighty, blood-flaming lion, Wu Shouxin knew that this was the Second Princess of the Empire. So, with a fawning face, he took the initiative to get closer: "Your Highness, do you remember me? I am Wu Shouxin, the young master of Beitian City. We've met before."
Princess Wude glanced at him, then nodded with a smile: "I remember, of course I remember. General Wu, how could I not remember? Why aren't you staying in Beitian City? Why did you come to the Northern Frontier?"
Wu Shouxin scratched the back of his head and chuckled sheepishly, "I was ordered by my father to escort the Golden Knife Prince Consort and Princess Tanxue on their journey. As you know, the Northern Frontier is not peaceful; there are battles everywhere. Along the way, we encountered countless bandits and thieves. We fought a fierce and bloody battle, breaking through the rebel army's layers of blockades and checkpoints, and it was not easy..."
Ha! He's really starting to brag!
Wu Tianjiao, who was standing to the side, frowned as he listened. Before Wu Shouxin could finish playing his tune, he secretly used "soul transmission" to clearly convey the message of punishing Wu Shouxin to the Blood Flame Demon Lion that Princess Wude was riding.
Upon receiving the message, the Bloodflame Lion immediately stopped. As Wu Shouxin's horse surged forward, the Lion raised its forelegs and delivered a swipe of its claw to the horse's rump.
Getting a scratch from the Bloodflame Lion's claws was no pleasant experience. Wu Shouxin's horse immediately neighed in pain, startled, and bolted forward—
Caught off guard, Wu Shouxin nearly fell off his horse, clutching the reins with both hands and shouting in fright, "What's going on...?"
He tried to rein in the horse, but it wouldn't obey and kept galloping forward, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop it.
"Young Master..." Wu Zhong was shocked, worried that something had happened to Wu Shouxin, and hurriedly led his guards to chase after him.
Princess Xiao Qionghua, Princess Tanxue, and the other ladies giggled. Princess Wude was initially taken aback, but then understood and gave Wu Tianjiao a glare, seemingly unintentionally. Her Bloodflame Demon Lion was always obedient and wouldn't easily attack anyone. If it weren't for Wu Tianjiao's mischief, why would it suddenly attack Wu Shouxin's mount?
Attacking Wu Shouxin's mount was a minor matter, but it served as a wake-up call for Princess Wude, who thought to herself with a chilling realization: "Red Flame has been with me for some time now, and I thought it had forgotten its former master. I never expected..."
She sighed inwardly, thinking, "It seems impossible for me to make Hongyan forget Wu Tianjiao and obey me completely! It... ultimately belongs to Wu Tianjiao!"
The flames of war had not yet died down, and smoke still lingered. Outside Iron Dragon City, the wilderness was littered with collapsed and burned tents, and countless flags lay scattered on the ground—a motley collection of colorful banners. Corpses lay everywhere, and blood flowed in streams. Squads of the Divine Eagle Army were cleaning up the battlefield.
In the sky, dozens of unicorn demon eagles circled and flew, surveying the entire battlefield.
At this moment, the various armies that had pursued the defeated alien troops were returning in triumph, with cheers, shouts, and war songs resounding as soldiers escorted groups of alien prisoners back.
The foreign soldiers looked utterly wretched. They were without armor and weapons, their clothes tattered and bloodied, staggering about. Seeing the gleaming armor and spirited cavalry around them, their eyes darted around with the trepidation of rabbits.
Given their pitiful appearance, it's hard for people to associate them with rebellious and unruly people.
To Wu Tianjiao's surprise, among the alien prisoners, he saw many orthodox Divine Eagle people who had also participated in the alien rebellion.
A young prisoner stared directly into Wu Tianjiao's eyes without flinching. He had a handsome yet melancholic face, and his dark eyes were filled with youthful naiveté and a yearning for survival.
Wu Tianjiao was shocked: He is still a teenager, and he is definitely no more than eighteen years old.
Before Wu Tianjiao, the young prisoner stopped in his tracks, his hands trembling as he stretched out his hands, as if he wanted to say something to Wu Tianjiao.
But before he could speak, a soldier on guard outside the ranks came over and smacked him hard with the butt of his rifle: "What are you looking at? Get out of here!" The soldier kicked the prisoner like a dog, and he screamed and hid in the ranks.
Looking at the boy's thin frame, Wu Tianjiao couldn't bear to look away. But the line of prisoners was too long, and no matter where he looked, there were pleading figures, making it impossible to avoid them.
"How can there be so many?" Wu Tianjiao sighed.
Princess Wude calmly said, "Some of these people are soldiers who betrayed the country along with Jin Ji, some are conscripts from the occupied territories of foreign tribes, and some are shameless scoundrels who voluntarily surrendered to foreign tribes!"
"What will happen to them?" Wu Tianjiao asked.
Princess Wude turned and glanced at him: "Is this your first time being an official, Golden Knife Prince Consort?"
Wu Tianjiao was shocked. He understood what Princess Wude meant: the court might spare the lives of the foreign soldiers, but it would never let the traitors of its own people go.
"But that boy, he was still just a child, he didn't understand anything."
Princess Wude shook her head: "At the age of sixteen, the Golden Knife Prince Consort slew the Three Heroes of Shura and fought a great battle against Princess Zhuque. At seventeen, he was promoted to the city lord of Fengcheng, defeated the Shura Black Armor Army of more than ten thousand men, and even captured the enemy's leader, Yan Song. To this day, the Golden Knife Prince Consort is not yet eighteen years old. Your achievements are known to everyone in the empire. Therefore, age is not an excuse; people must be responsible for their actions."
“Your Majesty is right!” Princess Tanxue leaned closer and said, “For rebellious and treacherous people, we must kill one to warn a hundred, so as to have a deterrent effect. Otherwise, if we let a group go today, more people will rebel tomorrow. In that case, the empire will never have peace.”
Wu Tianjiao was speechless. Gazing at the dark mass of prisoners, he felt a profound sorrow, thinking, "The chaos in the Northern Frontier, seemingly accidental, was in fact inevitable. Whether they were from other races or the Divine Eagle Clan, if they hadn't been persecuted or driven to the brink, who would abandon a peaceful life to rebel? The Divine Eagle Clan and other races are all subjects of the empire. Simply resorting to killing and suppression is not the way of the true ruler!"
He wanted to persuade Princess Wude to release the prisoners, but seeing her sitting upright on the Bloodflame Demon Lion, looking spirited and majestic, he changed his mind. "She just won a battle and is very arrogant. No matter what I say now, she won't listen. Besides, there are so many people here. If I ask her to release the prisoners, it will offend her. Well, I'll find time to talk to her slowly when we get to the city!"

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