Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 310 Conscience!

Most generals have to keep their conscience deep in their hearts.

It is said that a kind person cannot command an army.

Being too kind as a general would be irresponsible to your own family.

But when he saw the white-haired old man standing next to Xing Daorong, staring at him as if he wanted to swallow his flesh and blood, Zhang Liao still felt a little sad.

Soon, this sadness turned into anger. He pointed at Xing Daorong and said, "Xing Daorong! You are such a despicable fellow!"

"You can't defend the city, but you ask the people to be your human shields!"

Zhang Liao naturally thought that these people were forced to stand on the top of the city wall by Zhang Liao.

But he never expected that most of these people did it voluntarily.

Before Xing Daorong could speak, the old man beside him said, "General Zhang! General Xing wanted to send us civilians out of the city yesterday and fight against you alone. It was because we civilians refused to leave that we came to the city today to persuade you to withdraw your troops!"

Zhang Liao was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't know that Xing Daorong had already wanted to send the people out of the city last night!

But then he thought again. When he came here, the King of Wei had repeatedly reminded him that after taking Jiangling City, he must leave no one alive and leave a dead city for Jiangdong.

Zhang Liao had been thinking about this matter in his mind.

Although he is a general and has long kept his kindness in his heart, he would be really sad to ask Zhang Liao to massacre the city!

When I heard that Xing Daorong wanted to send all the people away, I suddenly felt something in my heart.

"If it was originally an empty city, you can't say that someone disobeyed orders."

Zhang Liao had actually been keeping the plan of massacring the city in his heart for a long time. But when he heard what the old man on the city wall said today, he suddenly felt that he had found a way to solve the problem!
He immediately shouted: "The purpose of our expedition is to quell the chaos in the world! Since you are civilians, you should not stand on the top of the city!"

"As long as you are on top of the city wall, you are a soldier, not a civilian!"

"I will give you two more hours to think it over. If you show up again on the city wall, don't blame me for mobilizing troops!"

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he waved his flag and led his troops to retreat.

When Xing Daorong saw that Zhang Liao was not moved at all, he was filled with despair.

But he didn't expect that this guy would actually retreat, as if to give himself time to release the people, which made him feel surprised and suspicious.

After thinking it over again and again, he felt that this guy probably didn't want to massacre the people, so he really gave Jiangling City some time.

Then he turned around and said, "As you can see, we can no longer rely on the enemy general's conscience. As long as we are on the city wall, we will be soldiers! Zhang Liao will definitely not show any mercy then."

"Let's just follow General Bao Long and head west quickly. Don't worry about anything else."

Seeing Zhang Liao's attitude, the people had nothing to say.

In fact, when people really stood on the top of the city and saw the weapons and cavalry below, most of them had lost the desire to fight.

But it was too late to regret at that time.

Now that they had the chance to regret, everyone naturally kept silent.

Xing Daorong could see that there was no point in keeping these people.

Just for having such an experience yesterday, Xing Daorong was already very grateful to the people, so he shouted: "Everyone, you are unarmed, and there is really no point in staying in this city. Leave quickly and only think of my goodness." Xing Daorong's words finally made the people no longer want to die with the city.

They just bowed and called out, "Take care, General! Take care, General!"

The shouts of all the people in the entire Jiangling city resounded throughout the sky.

The shouts of "Take care, General" were heard clearly even by Cao's soldiers who were retreating in the distance.

Zhang Liao naturally heard it clearly.

He was gazing at Jiangling City from afar, but his expression was stern, and no one knew what kind of emotion was emerging in his heart.

Peng Ying, on the other hand, said anxiously, "General Zhang Liao, the King of Wei said when he came that after you take the city, you must kill all the people in it."

"Now that the general's plan to lure the people out of the city has been completed, you can ask me to lead a cavalry to kill them!"

Zhang Liao was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly he felt like killing.

He thought that it turned out that Peng Ying had misunderstood and thought that he was not going to let the people go, but was going to take action directly when the people were leaving the city!
Zhang Liao had no such intention at all.

He really wanted Xing Daorong to relocate the people as soon as possible so that he would not have to face a painful decision.

If we don't massacre the city at that time, it would be disobeying the order of the King of Wei; massacring the city would go against our conscience!

So when Zhang Liao heard that Xing Daorong was going to relocate the people, he was truly overjoyed and relieved.

However, he did not expect that Peng Ying was so vicious. He actually thought that he had deliberately lured the people out and directly led the cavalry to kill these unarmed people!
Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes, stared at Peng Ying and said, "You are really scheming, to come up with such a plan!"

Peng Ying was originally very happy, thinking that this was definitely a chance for him to make meritorious service. However, when he saw Zhang Liao's eagle-like eyes looking at him, he immediately felt something was wrong.

But he pulled a not-so-nice smile and said, "This is the general's plan, so I naturally dare not take credit for it rashly."

Zhang Liao snorted coldly and said, "The King of Wei has said that after we capture the city, no one will be left alive!"

"Now that the city has not been conquered, how can you kill the people? This is against the will of heaven and will not be tolerated by heaven!"

"If we hunt down civilians, what difference would that make us no different from bandits?"

Peng Ying's heart pounded at the words Zhang Liao said, but he immediately understood what Zhang Liao was thinking!
His face changed, and he shouted: "Zhang Liao, you are so good! The King of Wei clearly ordered you to massacre the city and destroy the alliance between Sun and Liu. There is no chance for the two families to reconcile!"

"Now the opportunity is right before your eyes, but you hesitate and deliberately give Xing Daorong time to let the people go!"

"What are you thinking of doing by disobeying the King of Wei's orders?"

As Peng Ying spoke, he felt more confident because he had Cao Cao's support.

But his impassioned speech was directed to the wrong person!
Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes, raised his sword, and slashed at Peng Ying, saying, "You are so cruel and ruthless, and you don't even have a conscience. I can't let you go!"

Peng Ying didn't expect that Zhang Liao would dare to take action directly. In his horrified eyes, he saw a flash of cold light passing in front of him.

In fear, he wanted to move, but he couldn't move at all!
Zhang Liao's knife moved extremely fast, and he showed no intention of holding back at all. He slashed down directly, and the head flew off immediately!
Peng Ying was actually killed by Zhang Liao just because of one sentence!
The generals were surprised and suspicious. They didn't expect Zhang Liao to draw his sword directly after a disagreement!

Just as they were all panicking, they heard Zhang Liao shouting, "Everyone, although we are with Xing Daorong, if anyone dares to attack the people again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

After these words were spoken, everyone was terrified and no one opposed Zhang Liao anymore.
But he couldn't cover up his actions against his own family today, and he didn't know how to explain it when he returned to see the King of Wei.
(End of this chapter)