Zhao Sheng was extremely pleased, as if victory was already in his grasp.
Bai Qingyan smiled and nodded to Zhao Sheng, then asked, "General Zhao, on your way here, did you notice how the implementation of the new policies by the government officials in the Xiliang cities we conquered is going?"
Mentioning this made Zhao Sheng's expression a bit unnatural. He raised his hand to touch his nose but still truthfully said to Bai Qingyan, "Many of the Xiliang civilians ran away when they heard the Zhou army was taking over the cities..."
Zhao Sheng did not dare to say that the reason these civilians fled was that the people of Xiliang had not forgotten how Bai Qingyan burned ten thousand surrendered captives of Xiliang in the Battle of Wengshan. They feared that once the Zhou army arrived, they would be slaughtered, and that's why they ran.
Bai Qingyan nodded, "Running away is good..."
