My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 577 Empty City Strategy

Tens of thousands of people rolled up the entire city, and the Hasai soldiers on the wall were pushed off the city wall like dumplings and fell to their death on the ground.

The city's boiling screams resounded throughout the morning. The screams and the sky-high flames became the scenery of the city.

The civilians of Satsuma and the soldiers under O'Lain's command were frightened by the crazy killings and fled through the streets in the city.

In the chaotic escape, countless oriental cavalry or groups of infantry flew past, driving them together and hacking them to the ground. Regardless of whether they were dead or alive, they were decapitated one by one and tied with ropes. With his hair hanging, like a grasshopper on a string, he was dragged to the city wall and hung below the city wall.

Soon, the sounds of fighting in the city gradually disappeared.

A large number of carriages were pulled in, and corpses were thrown into the carriages and pulled to a large pit dug in advance outside the city.

Thousands of bodies were dumped into dozens of pits, which were then filled with soil.

In a daytime killing, the city of Hasai with more than 17,000 people, and the Samo people outside the city, were almost completely slaughtered. Those who were lucky enough to be alive were now hiding everywhere, and there were also night watch teams separated from various soldiers and horses in the city. Sweep the corners.

Occasionally, a few shrill screams could be heard faintly in a certain direction.

The architecture here is different from the oriental style of Xia Kingdom. The city lord's palace is more like a fort, with high walls on all sides, as well as sentry towers and city gates. The suspension bridge is currently placed across the moat, and a large number of soldiers on horseback come and go.

Stepping over the headless body of the young man on the ground, and straight past the kneeling nobles of the castle, Su Chen strode over, walked towards the gate of the castle, and raised his hand to Xu Chu behind him.

Zhuge Liang followed behind, looking at such an exotic style with a sense of novelty. In particular, he found that people in the Western world seemed to have a special liking for rocks, which made him a little funny.

Amidst the sounds of war horses neighing, several teenagers who were only thirteen or fourteen years old were forced out of the basement of Wubao. Five Qingzhou soldiers stepped forward and stabbed them with a spear, piercing their thighs, and then went up. The moment he grabbed the man from behind and put the blade against his neck, the city lord Yoren fell to the ground, crawling and crying.

"Heavenly Father... no..."

It can be seen that they are all his children.

"The Prime Minister has many methods, but Westerners don't have many methods." Su Chen wiped off the moss on his fingertips and continued walking along the rough rock wall, "There is nothing to see here. However, their country should be countless times bigger and more luxurious than this one, and only then can it have unique scenery!”

On the side of the City Lord's Mansion, the surrounding streets have been guarded by the Shenji Battalion. Extending inward, the figures standing guard have been replaced by the Tiger Guard Battalion wearing iron armor and holding halberds and iron shields.

"It's okay to use it as a castle, but it's useless inside the city. The outer city has been attacked. What's the use of just defending this small fort? It's been under siege for half a month and it will break without attacking."

The surrounding soldiers had heard this cry for mercy countless times. Some veterans fought from the north to the East China Sea, and countless prisoners knelt down in front of them to beg for mercy.

"Kill them all."

He choked out a sentence, and then like a dog, he was pulled back by an armored soldier. Next to him, there were relatives in his family. They were all minor nobles from the O'Lain family. After getting this territory, they worked non-stop. Come here.

Several soldiers put down their halberds, pulled out the ring-headed knives from their waists, shook the blade, and strode towards the group of brown-haired barbarians who were looking at them in horror. The latter saw these tall and burly soldiers approaching with swords in hand. Everyone was so frightened that they kept kowtowing on the ground.

Yoren opened his mouth wide and stared at the teenagers rolling on the ground with their throats in their hands.

"Liang was thinking...do these Western barbarians think that rocks are hard enough to be used as a fortress? Unless the wall is as high as the sky and the door is made of stone, there are many ways to break through."

The Emperor of Xia led a group of civil and military personnel to walk around the huge courtyard. Looking at the courtyard with few sculptures, he reached out and touched the cold and thick wall. His fingertips were covered with moss fragments.

At this moment, this group of young nobles, both men and old men, were so frightened that they dared not speak out. The women were so frightened that their faces were covered with runny noses and tears, and their whole plump bodies were trembling.

Xu Chu, who was holding a tiger-head sword, turned away from his fierce face and nodded towards the few soldiers guarding over there.

The surrounding Eastern soldiers could not understand what he said. They could only watch helplessly as the blade cut through the flesh and brought out a large amount of blood on the necks of the young men.

"The buildings here are refreshing, all made of stone... Isn't it cold where they live?"

They have only enjoyed it for less than half a year, and now they are all tied up and kneeling here. Most of these people have fair skin, high nose bridges, and brown hair. Compared with the Satsuma outside, they have an aristocratic temperament.

In fact, he felt that these cries were very harsh. One of the soldiers stepped forward and grabbed a woman who cried the most fiercely. He dragged her in front of her, pressed her head down, and chopped off her head with a knife.

"Ah!"

Yoren cried louder, struggled up from the ground, and threw himself at the headless corpse. Before he could hold the corpse in his arms, there were heavy footsteps approaching, and his plump body was still reflected in the huge figure under the light of the torch. Shadows fell over Yoren.

Xu Chu's beard was angry, and his big calloused hands reached out, grabbed the back of Yoren's neck, lifted him into the air, turned him around, and faced him.

Yoren, who was raised in the air, saw clearly the figure in front of him. He was wearing a half-length armor that smelled of rust. In the other hand, there was a large sword with a tiger's head swallowing its head.

Standing in the light and darkness, Xu Chu's deep words rang out.

"Barbarian, who asked your family to come to our place to stir up trouble and trouble? Just close your eyes in peace and go on the road. After a while, your family will follow to find you!"

Bah!
The tiger head knife stabbed directly into the hard rock floor with sparks. Xu Chu pinched the opponent's neck and grabbed the opponent's Tianling Gai with his other hand.

Yoren seemed to have guessed his fate. He kicked his feet wildly in the air and kept begging for mercy, but everything he said was in vain.

No one can understand.

"what--"

Yoren, who was lifted up in the air, felt the severe pain coming from the tight grip on his head. He screamed in hysterical pain, and blood was flowing out of his ears, mouth and nose.

The next moment, the head was instantly broken off from the neck, and the vertebrae were torn off together. Blood quickly poured out of the fracture.

Over there, Yolen's family members screamed in panic. Xu Chu lifted the spine, shook the head in his hand twice, glanced through the narrow eye sockets, and whispered to the other side: "Continue!"

Immediately, Jiang grabbed the person's head and strode towards the gate of the castle.

The soldiers outside were carrying halberds or swords and walked towards the noble families on the ground.

The blades and halberds reflected the firelight, stabbing and hacking wildly at the crowd. The corpses of the noble family members immediately lay on the ground, and blood spread slowly along the seams on the ground in all directions.

The hall of the city lord's mansion was brightly lit.

A large round blanket was paved in the middle, and above it was a long table with three candlesticks, surrounded by chairs covered with red leather cushions.

Directly above the hall, there is a ring-shaped chandelier inlaid with rivets, with more than ten candles inserted on it. The wax has solidified on the edge for many years, and it is also the largest source of lighting here.

On the walls around the hall, there are also the family emblem of this little noble, as well as wall decorations decorated with shields and swords, and on the extended ledges, there are torches.

"Barbarians are barbarians, and they are not as good as the main hall in the side of a certain family." Lu Bu was very strict about the appearance. It can be seen from his dress. Naturally, he was extremely disdainful of the simplicity here. Su Chen looked at it for a while, then walked up to the long table in front of him. He originally wanted to sit at the head of the table, but found that except for the head of the long table, there was no king's chair as he imagined.

"Probably a small nobleman, he doesn't have the conditions to do that."

Zhuge Liang smiled and fanned the crane. He summoned a soldier and whispered a few words in the other's ear, which attracted Su Chen's attention. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "What plan is the Prime Minister planning?"

"Haha, Liang asked the soldier to take some people to visit this little noble's study and collect the books and letters here."

"The Prime Minister is still thoughtful." Wu Zixun, who was beside Su Chen, quickly flattered him.

This made the arrogant masters like Lu Bu, Xiang Yu, Xia Houyuan, and Xia Houdun snort disdainfully, and then their eyes fell on Su Chen.

"Your Majesty, will you continue the attack?" Xia Houyuan's fighting spirit was extremely strong at the moment after he had conquered the first city in the Western world.

According to his style of fighting, after taking down the city of Hasai, he would continue to move westward without stopping to attack the next city, trying his best to stun the enemy before they could react.

But right now, it's a large army fighting, and it's fighting in a different place. The place is unfamiliar, so I don't dare to take too many risks.

"General Xiahou's mentality is very good!"

Su Chen smiled and asked Wu Zixun to hang the map he brought in the hall, and then invited the generals to sit down around the long table.

After Wu Zixun and his attendants hung up the map and stepped away, Su Chen stepped forward and scratched the patched map a few times.

"It's going well here for us, but Li Jing on the middle road and Bai Qi on the north road don't know the situation yet. The road on their side should be much smoother than ours, but it is also the farthest away. We have to wait for their footsteps. Don't worry. When they come, let’s finish the battle first!”

Such funny words made everyone laugh, and at the same time they also praised everyone present in a roundabout way, which greatly benefited Lu Bu, Xiang Yu, the Xiahou brothers, and Dong Zhuo.

Su Chen put down his hand, clasped it behind his back, and looked up at the huge silk map, "Fight steadily, push step by step, slaughter step by step, to prevent the enemy from any possibility of bypassing or spying. I want to conquer this city." It was temporarily used as a place to store grain and fodder, and it was used as a base to expand westward. "

As he said that, he turned around, walked to the head of the long table and sat down: "According to Li Chaofu's description, the Satsuma Kingdom is to the west, and there are three cities on the way, so we killed them one by one and killed all the two-footed people in the city. Clean it up! Leave no trace of trouble.”

"That's right." Su Chen narrowed his eyes, "The rebels from the Satsuma Kingdom in the southeast, trick them into coming over and kill them together. I want all the eyes of the west to focus on Satila and let more of their troops come. The better, I will fight a big battle with them outside the capital of Satsuma."

On both sides of the long table, the generals stood up with a roar and raised their hands in unison: "Here!"

Wu Zixun, who was behind, quickly led his attendants to place small flags on the city names circled on the map. The last dragon flag was also placed on the Satsuma capital city named Satira.

The generals had no objections to Su Chen's arrangement. Soldiers regard obedience as their bounden duty. Moreover, the Emperor of Xia did not grow up in a palace, but was the emperor's throne forged with swords and guns. Naturally, he would not aim without aim and wanted to conquer the West. All eyes are focused here.

Everyone present was also a veteran in the army. After a moment's reaction, they understood that Su Chen's intention was to buy Bai Qi and Li Jing time to fight in a roundabout way and form a counter-encirclement.

This is a consideration at a strategic level.

The night was dark, and the generals no longer left the city. After the military meeting dispersed, they stayed in the city lord's mansion.

Compared with the capture of Hasai and the preparations for the westward march, Olayin in Satila has not had a good night's sleep for several days after sending out three groups of scouts.

The war in Hasai broke out suddenly in the west. The eastern army coming from the Amer Mountain in the west was like a devil emerging from the ground. The horror of defeating tens of thousands of troops in one breath made him tremble.

While the news of the army's defeat was still brewing in the city, the dispatched scouts were running back under the stars.

It brought even more terrifying battle reports to Olain.

He was woken up by his servant and hurriedly came out of the bedroom wearing a robe made of oriental silk. When he saw the battle report presented in his hand, not even a trace of blood could be seen on his face.

The hand holding the paper was shaking slightly. After a long while, he looked away and looked out into the dark night, murmuring: "The whole city... is simply the devil's army!"

Fear was like a huge mountain pressing down on his head. When he said these words, he forgot about the army under his command and what he had done in Satila. Now that everything was retribution on him, he realized that Satila Larry's Samoyed was in the same mood.

Soon after, he immediately summoned all the generals in the city to the Satsuma Palace for discussion.

O'Lain passed the information on and asked them to read it. When they saw the content above, just like Grand Duke O'Lain, his face became extremely ugly.

The army that was so cruel was not as gentle and incompetent as the traders from the East said.

Even for the tribes and small countries they conquered at the beginning, most of them just killed the rebels, and then plundered them with troops, then took the city back to the family and distributed it to some small nobles who were close to them.

However, the Eastern Army carried out bloody massacres all the way, leaving almost no one behind in the city, and even killed the Satsuma people. This approach was almost like a lunatic.

O'Lain sat on the royal chair that had been the Emperor of Satsuma, listening to the buzzing whispers of the generals below, with barely a trace of a smile on his tense face.

He rubbed the fat on his cheeks.

"Just... abandon the city, abandon Satila, and go back to join forces with Holy Lothar!"

Once this idea arises, it will never go away no matter what.

Soon, another robbery broke out in Satila. The Orain army that had originally captured the city frantically looted every household, and even the most valuable robes were ripped off from each other's bodies.

Then, under the eyes of countless Satsuma people, these troops under Grand Duke Olain quickly left the city with countless belongings, pulling large carts.

In the next few days, after disposing of Hasai's food hoard, and surrounding and killing all the deceived Satsuma rebels in the wilderness.

Of the 300,000 troops, 10,000 were left behind, and once again set off in a mighty manner, advancing westward.

The first ones were still the Mongolian cavalry. The three city-states standing between Satila and Hasai fell one after another under the butcher's knife shortly afterwards.

In three days, the cavalry arrived at the border of Satira, and when they were preparing to capture the fields, roads and passes surrounding the capital of Satsuma, they found that the city gates were wide open and the people in the city were running away in panic carrying packages and pushing vehicles.

For a moment, Subotai was confused.

He quickly conveyed this matter to the rear.

On the slowly moving ancestral coffin, Su Chen also frowned and looked at Zhuge Liang beside him.

"Are they planning an empty city for us?"

Behind the scenes, a group of emperors were also stroking their chins and rubbing their beards, their eyes full of confusion.

(End of this chapter)