Chapter 155

Moyuan was a man of his word; it truly took him only three days to reclaim two cities. General Zhōu watched him work, sleepless and tireless, leading his troops back and forth, and any resentment he held for Moyuan completely vanished. He could see that Moyuan fought with ferocious courage, as if he had cast all thoughts of life and death aside. He was always the first to scale the city walls, and he was the one who took the most enemy lives. Watching Moyuan’s brutality toward the Xiyue army, General Zhōu couldn't help but shiver—what kind of deep, burning hatred must he harbor? When General Zhōu saw Moyuan torturing the captured General Wàn, he felt a genuine chill. He realized then that the notorious reputation of the Jinyiwei led by Moyuan was no exaggeration; the man was truly capable of such cruelty. At first, General Zhōu felt that treating a prisoner this way was going a bit too far. However, his pity for General Wàn didn't last long, not once Gan Yi presented General Zhōu with proof of the atrocities Wàn had allowed his troops to commit along the way—raping women, burning villages, and plundering everything in sight.