Chapter 351
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Chapter 351: Li Ke’s Personal Opinion
Luo Ji, though cautious of this unfamiliar beastman troop type, wasn’t overly alarmed by just 10 or 20 enemy soldiers.
So what if they were beastmen? With so few, a 100-man squad could still overwhelm and kill them.
There was nothing to fear.
However, the enemy evidently knew that both sides were currently at war and dared not approach too closely.
The wolfman soldiers stopped advancing when they were still several hundred meters from the city wall.
Through the binoculars, Luo Ji clearly saw the scarred wolfman leading them wave his hand, seemingly saying something to the few wolfmen behind him.
Then, the wolfmen quickly pulled back the covers on the wooden carts.
Luo Ji’s gaze, through the binoculars, instinctively focused on them.
Immediately, the sight that met his eyes made his pupils shrink, the wolfman troop had brought three carts full of corpses!
“What do they want?”
This thought quickly flashed through Luo Ji’s mind.
As he was thinking, the scarred wolfman at the front actually cupped his fist at them.
Then, after leaving the three carts of corpses, he led the rest of the wolfmen away without looking back.
This situation undoubtedly surprised Luo Ji.
As he pondered the enemy’s purpose, Zhao Pan’s slightly trembling voice spoke up beside him.
“It’s, it’s Liu Zheng…”
“What?!”
Luo Ji’s heart jolted.
He quickly raised his binoculars again and looked at the corpses on the three wooden carts.
There were many bodies on them, and having just been through a battle before death, their blood-stained faces made them difficult to identify.
However, among these corpses, there was one that stood out, due to the bronze armor it wore!
With thoughts racing, Luo Ji quickly dispatched 300 infantrymen out of the city to drag the three carts of corpses inside.
The entire process occurred without any incident.
However, Luo Ji did not relax his guard.
As the saying goes, “all’s fair in love and war.”
Who knew what tricks Li Yuanjie might play?
Zhao Pan, having calmed down slightly, had clearly also considered this issue and quickly recounted how he had previously attempted to cause an epidemic within the enemy’s army.
After listening, Luo Ji frowned.
According to Zhao Pan, the enemy’s action might be a retaliation.
With that in mind, Luo Ji waved his hand, dispatching several fully armed soldiers to confirm the situation.
They carried each corpse down from the wooden carts, one by one, for identity verification and inspection.
After ensuring there were no issues, Luo Ji and Zhao Pan both breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, looking at Liu Zheng’s corpse, Luo Ji took a deep breath.
At this moment, he felt like he had become mute, unable to utter a single word.
Recalling all those years, Liu Zheng was one of his earliest veteran generals.
The last time he saw him was after the Battle of White Horse City.
Luo Ji still clearly remembered rewarding Liu Zheng with a jar of tiger bone wine and cautioning him not to drink too much, as drinking could lead to mistakes.
Liu Zheng had smiled and agreed then, but unexpectedly, that parting had become an eternal farewell.
“Hoo—”
His breath trembled slightly.
Luo Ji tilted his head back.
At this moment, he felt like his tears were about to burst forth.
He didn’t know how long it took him to finally compose himself.
When he spoke again, his voice was already somewhat hoarse.
“Prepare for cremation.”
Although summer in his world was almost over, the weather was still very hot.
If corpses were left for too long, they would inevitably decompose.
Whether out of respect for the deceased or for safety reasons, they should be cremated quickly.
As for the formal funeral, Luo Ji postponed it until after the war.
Watching the bodies vanish in the flames, the soldiers who came to the funeral were all grieving.
One disheveled soldier even knelt directly before the burial fire, wailing.
A grown man was openly weeping, now a tear-stained mess.
“A, a whole bunch of brothers, now only I’m left. You guys, you all became heroes, and you damn well kicked me out to be a coward! You, you guys, you guys…”
Amidst his wails, the soldier was already sobbing uncontrollably.
A sorrowful atmosphere permeated the entire city.
Then, looking at the gradually burning burial fire, Luo Ji sniffed, subtly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said.
“Properly store the ashes of Liu Zheng and all the other generals. After the war ends, we will give them a grand burial.”
After the cremation, Luo Ji had to force himself to emerge from the sorrow.
The war was not over, and the enemy would not stop their invasion because of his grief.
However, the enemy’s act of specifically returning Liu Zheng’s and the others’ bodies had utterly surprised Luo Ji.
“Could it be that this Li Yuanjie, who invaded this time, is unexpectedly a person of honor?”
As Luo Ji pondered this, on the other side, Li Ke, having delivered the bodies, quickly returned to Iron Wall City with his squad of warriors.
At this time, the wolfman warriors on guard patrol at the city gate happened to be those who favored his stance.
So, Li Ke took this opportunity to quickly send Liu Zheng’s and the others’ bodies over.
This entire process was undoubtedly done without Li Yuanjie’s knowledge.
Of course, to some extent, it was semi-public.
After all, ever since their previous standoff, Li Yuanjie had adopted an attitude of ignoring and tacitly approving of the matter.
Li Ke felt that if he were to approach Li Yuanjie again at this moment to discuss returning Liu Zheng’s and the others’ bodies, wouldn’t it be like annoying Li Yuanjie?
If Li Yuanjie got angry, he might just outright forbid it, and the situation would become tense again.
Rather than that, it was better for him to find an opportunity to secretly return the bodies himself.
He believed that even if Li Yuanjie found out, he would continue to maintain his dismissive attitude.
The wolfman warriors guarding the city gate, upon seeing Li Ke and his group return, quickly lowered two scaling ladders.
After all, the city gate’s mechanism had been burned, and the soldiers in their beastman army clearly lacked the technical skill to repair such things.
Once Li Ke and his group quickly climbed onto the city wall and the scaling ladders were retracted, the wolfman warriors on the city wall all breathed a sigh of relief.
However, none of them noticed that a wolfman warrior among the defenders had a strange glint in his eye.
