Da Wei Chun

Chapter 163 Killed

The sound of shouting and killing sounded all night.

Hu Baozong was so eager to make contributions that he did not leave any way for the rebels to survive.After entering the city, he ordered a brigade of armored soldiers to go up the city wall and slaughtered the defenders above.

The poor thieves had no way out and completely sealed off the east, south and north gates early on.The door is impossible to walk through.He wanted to jump over the wall, but as soon as he ran under the inner wall, he was hit by random arrows first.

It wasn't until Li Chengzhi led the army to surround him on all sides that he was replaced by the soldiers of his brigade.

Li Song's eyes were hot, and he originally wanted to lead his troops to help him, but as soon as he said the words, Hu Baozong turned him back.

Said that he had bad intentions, seeing that the bandits were already meat on the chopping board, but came to grab credit...

Li Chengzhi looked very happy.

For him, this is of course a good thing. Whether it is Li Song or Hu Baozong, even if he makes great contributions, he, as the coach, must take the lead.

Besides, the generals under his command have the heart to win, which is much better than being timid.What's more, this is a battle before the battle, not an afterthought, so he is naturally happy to see it succeed.

Li Chengzhi looked bored, thinking that nothing would happen to the left and right, so he confessed a few words to Li Song and Hu Baozong, and went to sleep in the carriage outside the city.

Li Song didn't wake him up until the sky was bright.

"How's the battle going?" Li Chengzhi asked sleepily.

"Behead more than four hundred thieves, and capture the rest!"

"What about casualties?"

Li Song replied: "Hu Baozong's black armor soldiers lost nearly a brigade..."

The casualty rate was almost one to one, which was about the same as Li Chengzhi's initial estimate.

It is impossible for the team sent by Liu Huiwang to defend the west route and use it as one of the retreat routes. It is impossible to lose much in combat power, and the difference is only in morale and military discipline.

There are at least seven or eight out of ten of these bandit soldiers, and they must be bloody and sinful people.Since he knew that he would not survive even if he surrendered, how could there be any reason not to fight desperately?

That's why he was unwilling to send white armored soldiers to attack hard.

Of course, it doesn't count as cheating Hu Baozong, after all, the real credit has been achieved.Moreover, Li Song asked to fight many times, but Hu Baozong personally refused.

It can only be regarded as what each needs...

"Lieutenant Hu sent Hu Xin here, saying that he is asking you to come over and see how the captives are dealt with!"

How else to deal with it?

According to Li Chengzhi's idea, it is natural to escort them all back to Jingyang to farm.Including civilians as well.

After the Anwu County was emptied, Li Chengzhi planned to build it into a bridgehead for the Eastern Expedition to Jingzhou.At that time, only soldiers and auxiliary soldiers will be left in the city, and at most there will be some civilian men who accompany the army to transport supplies.

But definitely go check it out.

After such a great achievement, he is as arrogant as Hu Baozong, he doesn't know what he looks like, he must be waiting for himself to praise him.

Li Chengzhi nodded: "Then let's go!"

He got out of the carriage and rode into the city.

Entering the city gate, Li Chengzhi saw dead bodies lying on the ground everywhere, blood splattered everywhere, and people with detached heads and limbs could be seen everywhere. From this, he knew how fierce the battle was.

Many houses were still smoking, and countless white armored soldiers were putting out snow with baskets and pots to put out the fire.

There are also some corpses being transported, as if to be transported outside the city for burial.

But apart from the soldiers, no civilians can see it?
"Where are people?" Li Chengzhi asked in surprise.

Shouldn't things like extinguishing fires and cleaning be done by forcing the townspeople to do it? Why are they all soldiers?
"They were all taken into custody by Colonel Hu... Only when we came in did we realize that all the men in this city were coerced by Liu Huiwang from other places. Except for the rebellious soldiers, they were auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands who were forcibly conscripted. None of them were ordinary people... I'm afraid Repeatedly, Captain Hu is all tied up?"

Li Chengzhi asked suspiciously, "What about the woman and the child, they can't move the dead body, but they can also help clean it up, but there is no one on the street?"

Woman, child?
Li Song's eyes turned cold, and he hesitated to say: "Before, they were all imprisoned by the rebels. After all the rebels were captured, they were moved from the rebel camp to the county government by Captain Hu..."

Li Chengzhi was a little suspicious.

What do you mean?
In this huge county, there is not a single normal family, and men and women are all separated?
It's okay for the woman to say that most likely she was used as a camp prostitute, but what is the purpose of locking up all the children?

Looking at Li Song's expression again, it's clear that he didn't say the whole thing, and his eyes are still full of worry?
What are you worried about?
Women and children?
Li Chengzhi came to his heart, and suddenly thought of the scene he had seen outside Chaona city: dissection, heart digging, sacrifice...

Li Song was obviously afraid that he would faint if he was stimulated by himself...

His face turned cold, and he rode away.

"Lang Jun?" Li Song called out anxiously, chasing after him in a hurry...

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There were five to six thousand bandit soldiers and civilian husbands, and there was no such a large concentration in the city, so Hu Baozong escorted all the prisoners outside the west gate.

There were many people kneeling on the ground, some old and some young, but they were all men, all with their hands cut behind their backs, tightly bound.

In addition, there are five or six layers of armored soldiers all around, all of them holding spears and bows, looking at the tiger for a long time.

Further back, there were four to five hundred women and children sitting slumped, all of them ragged and disheveled.

Some were sobbing, some were trembling, and some had hollow eyes and numb expressions, like puppets.

Fortunately, they are all alive, at least they are not dead bodies with guts broken...

Li Chengzhi breathed a sigh of relief, pointed at the women and children, and asked coldly, "Nvlu (camp prostitute)?"

Hu Baozong glanced at him worriedly, hesitated for a long time before saying: "It's also military rations!"

Hearing the word "military ration", Li Chengzhi felt as if he had been punched in the face, and Li Chengzhi felt a "buzz" in his head, as if he was frozen.

After Li Wenzhong was captured, the two uncles and nephews once mentioned: If the battle is unfavorable or if they are defeated, Liu Huiwang will kill the defeated soldiers and their families who fled back as punishment, and then chop them into meat sauce and mix them into the rice. He deceived the soldiers, saying that it was pork, beef and mutton.

Most of his subordinates are monks who are at the bottom of the society, and their lives are not as good as those of lowly households in private households. They have seen the number of meaty meals in their lives, and they can be counted with two slaps. How can they eat them?
Some people have even discovered clues through fingernails, hair, etc., but they just don't know it, and they can eat it anyway.

Li Chengzhi also only thought that Liu Huiwang was only trying to punish the generals and soldiers, which was not a common phenomenon.

At this time, looking at it again, it has become the norm for rebels to use civilians as military rations?
Seeing that Li Chengzhi was trembling with anger, but his face and eyes were still normal, Li Song secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, you can know if you think about it.

At the beginning, Lang Jun only had nearly [-] people, but for the problem of food, how much effort was spent?

In the end, he had no choice but to melt down the Buddha statues in Zhaoxuan Temple at the risk of ransacking his family and exterminating his family.

Then Liu Huiwang claimed to have 20 soldiers, even if he robbed two county towns, how long would the 20 people be able to eat the food they robbed?
If you don't eat people, should you let them eat dirt?

Li Song let out a breath, and reminded softly: "Lang Jun?"

"Kill!" Li Chengzhi burst out two words.

The expressions of Hu Baozong and Li Song changed suddenly.

Could it be that what Li Chengzhi said could still be those women and children?
This is 6000 people...

(End of this chapter)