Across the Hutuo region, rogue soldiers run rampant, committing every conceivable atrocity. They seize wealth,…
Across the Hutuo region, rogue soldiers run rampant, committing every conceivable atrocity. They seize wealth, plunder grain, press-gang the able-bodied, and violate the innocent. Like a plague of locusts, they leave nothing but desolation in their wake. Yet these stragglers are no mere vagabonds; they serve under Du Chongwei, executing his commands of extortion and rapine. Not all are wicked by nature; many are but souls ensnared by rigid orders and swept away by the currents of turmoil, driven to deeds they loathe.