The two sides exchanged their captives at the agreed place and time. However, just as the coalition forces in the Western Regions planned to leave, a Light Cavalry suddenly took a wooden arrow pole without an arrow point and gave the chest of a nearby man a light stab. The man had already placed a chicken blood bag in his chest, it broke as soon as it was poked. From a distance, it seemed like blood was gushing out, making it appear as if he had been hit by an arrow.

The man who was ‘hit by the arrow’ was very dedicated, swaying around on the spot once, then safely entering the process of pretending to be dead to the end.

Gu Yun, facing the enemy now with their eyes wide open, relentlessly ordered: "These bunch worse than pigs and dogs are addicted to traitorous and treacherous means. Using the name of exchanging prisoners, they secretly attacked our army; take them down!”

The Light Cavalry at the front scattered, dozens of Heavy Armor came out from the crowd. As Gu Yun finished speaking, heavy artillery sounded.

When Gu Yun settled the rebellion in the Western Regions, he was still a young bird, and he was not so shameless. Later, when the Silk Road was opened and the two sides exchanged friendship, he always maintained the demeanor of a greater country, restrained his subordinates, and always had the attitude of ‘benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith’ like a scholarly general*.

*referring to generals who are well educated and have elegant demeanor

Who knew that he could claim a deer to be a horse, turn black to white, telling lies without blinking!

The Western Regions coalition forces who had indicated their purpose of exchanging prisoners and the captives themselves were both in shock, but they had no time to react furiously. The ambush Black Eagle fell from the sky, cutting off their back route, shooting arrows from the air. The signal bullets were destroyed on their way up. They were cleared out after the blink of an eye.

Gu Yun then turned to Shen Yi and said, "I borrowed the prisoners of war to use as fishing bait. It cannot be regarded as ‘unauthorized disposal’, can it?”

Shen Yi: "..."

Most of the prisoners from Central Plains captured by the Western Regions coalition forces were businessmen who came from thousands of miles away to make a living. One wrong thought had doomed them, as they did not follow Du Wan Qian to withdraw. It had led to this outcome.

Some of these people did small business on their own, others went with the caravan, men, women and children altogether, leaving a total of just over 30 people — the rest had died in the hands of the Western Regions.