Chapter Fifty-Six: Dead Heart
The appearance of the Yulin guards quickly brought the situation under control, and they were holding crossbow arrows in their hands. Or with bows and arrows, shoot frantically at the Dongou soldiers.
suffered several losses in a row, and Wei Qing also learned well. This time, he sent a team of Yulin to follow behind the scouts, as long as anyone attacked the scouts. That Yulin will come out to support, and the Yulin who has been trained by the Yun family is naturally much stronger than those scouts.
Wei Qing was very satisfied with the results of the battle, and only one person died on his side. And the opponent's six-person squad was all annihilated, and it seems that such a tactic is worth promoting. Dark combat in the jungle is important, it will make the opposing generals feel enough pressure.
Ou Zhenming couldn't sleep, and the scouts disappeared in a group. They disappeared into the dark green jungle like morning mist, with no bodies and no wounded. Even some of the people who went to the rescue did not come back, which made him a little worried.
No one expected the battle to be like this. The armies of the two sides were separated by more than twenty miles, but every day there were killings in this dark green forest. No one knows how much unknown blood is hidden behind the dark green.
"General, another squad has not returned today. The searchers found only traces of the fight and bloodstains, but the body was still not found. The lieutenant reported to Ou Zhenming with some uneasiness. For five days, there have been such reports almost every day, how did the Han army do it without seeing people alive or dead, without seeing corpses? Could it be that when they kill someone, they will take the corpse away? What does the Han army want corpses for? Dead and sinking.
The captain didn't understand the big cow and didn't understand why he had to get the body back to the camp for burial every time he killed the Dongou people. The general was so kind that he let them settle in the ground. But the Dongou people have never been merciful to the Han army, and after killing the scouts, they have always cut off their heads. Then he abandoned the corpse and left it to be bitten by the wild beasts of the jungle. As long as the Han army finds the abandoned headless corpse in the jungle, it must be the Han army.
"Let the panic spread among the Dongou army, when they don't dare to send scouts to attack again. It was the day when our army seized the initiative on the battlefield. β
Wei Qing held the letterhead written by Yan Zhu in his hand. still urged Wei Qing to do his best to fight. It is impossible for the imperial court to pretend to be deaf and dumb all the time, and it is impossible for the Dou family to be kept in the dark all the time. Only when there is a fight here will one qiΔ be shirked. Such an honorable excuse as defending the territory of the Han Dynasty is enough to cover up everything they have done.
Some kind of Cheng dΓΉ said that Yan Zhu was right, and there was only one battle. Regardless of whether you win or lose, as long as you fight, you can use the right to act cheaply. So for the imperial court. For Liu Che and even for Wei Qing himself, it is the maximization of interests.
That's who thought about these soldiers, these Han soldiers. They were drafted by a conscription order, should they be used as cannon fodder? Fight a battle that doesn't matter if you win or lose?
Wei Qing had already thoroughly figured out the topography of this valley, and he was too envious of Yun Xiao. He had the most detailed map there, but he didn't have to use people to explore it bit by bit.
The vast Taimu Mountain, if you want to pass through it, there is only this long canyon. Other places, people might be able to walk through. But it's difficult to ride a horse, let alone a carriage. Without wagons, there are no supplies, and horses have no food to graze. What do people eat when they have no food?
The abominable Dongou army guarded the valley with ease. If you want to rush out, not to mention that it is difficult to reach the sky, even if you find Yunhou, I am afraid it will be even more difficult.
"General, what did Dr. Yan say? Is it to urge the general to go to war again? The lieutenant of the Chinese military looked at Wei Qing's unkind face and asked tentatively.
Wei Qing lowered his head and didn't speak, and the lieutenant of the middle military instantly understood.
"How can the court be like this, isn't the life of a soldier a life? all have wives and children, mothers and children, who will feed the dead people. Could it be that the lives of the Qiu Ba are so worthless? β
"Silence!" Wei Qing glanced outside the military tent, but fortunately, the guards were all Yulin guards. If this kind of rhetoric spreads. I am afraid that it will cause a mutiny immediately.
"These people are waiting to pave their careers with human blood. Where can they care about human life or not, even if the road is paved with corpses, they will not care. One will become famous. The honor of the general is piled up with his life. The future of politicians, hehe......"
Wei Qing sneered, he really didn't want to make too many comments on these politicians.
"What does the general want?"
"You can't fight like this, what do you think I want these corpses to do. It's not to deal with Yan Suke, how many corpses have we collected. β
"There are always sixty or seventy pieces of bits and pieces."
"It's still too little, Wei Qing snorted helplessly."
The lieutenant didn't know what he meant by saying too little. He looked helpless. How many people can scouts can send, it's just a dozen people in two teams a day. It took a lot of effort to kill these people, and there were so many of them.
Are there any nearby Dongou villages or villages? Wei Qing had a cruel thought in his mind, but he thought of what Yun Xiao was doing on the grassland. Still asked ruthlessly.
"Yes, yes, this is the territory of Donou. Naturally, there are many Dongou villages and villages. The general asked what this was for? β
"Tomorrow you will take people from village to village to search for strong men, all of whom will be men over fifteen years old and under forty years old. Pull back as many as you want, and kill them on the spot if you resist. β
Seeing Wei Qing's ruthless face, the lieutenant of the military academy in "Nuo" couldn't help but feel a little worried. He bowed and stepped back, he didn't understand what Wei Qing was going to do. But since Wei Qing said it, it is just to order himself to carry it out.
The brigade began to wreak havoc in the countryside, carrying out the general's requisition orders. Although this is no longer Han land, the general said that if it is requisitioned, it will be requisitioned.
"Master Jun, my child is just fourteen this year and can't do heavy work. You can do it, how about letting him go. The little old man ......, "An old man with a white beard is going to kneel."
"The general ordered that anyone under the age of forty and over fifteen should be a military servant. Your child was born tall and big, and you said you were fourteen years old. Who is heaising? Someone who comes to take it away, and those who dare to stop it will be killed. The captain rode on his horse and glared at the old man on the ground with his nostrils and said.
"Master Jun, the neighbors can testify. You can't ...... Ah! A snake-like whip was whipped straight into the old man's face. Blood flowed down his fingers.
"Old horseman, don't look at your age, Lao Tzu will even arrest you. There are still five and six people here, all of whom are from Donou. If it's so neat, the people who are full of Zhuangzi are either seventy or eighty, or they are not dry. β
The lieutenant kept whipping with a whip, and suddenly a young man like a calf rushed up. "Beat my grandfather, fight with you!" Shang Xian's immature hand grabbed a firewood knife and pounced viciously towards the captain.
Before he could get closer, a spear pierced his chest. Then a large knife slashed across his neck, and a brilliant fountain of blood was blown away in the cold winter wind. It was still steaming when it fell to the ground.
"Dog, dog......" The old man leaned down and picked up his grandson's head, which was still gnawing mud on the ground, and tears were already raining down on his wrinkled old face.
"Kill it clean, and make a baby for the recalcitrant ones." The lieutenant gave the order, and a spring of blood surged on the ground again. The old man still held his grandson's head until he died, but his own head had already flown far away.
Scenes of tragedy are repeated in nearby villages, where every family has a man who has been taken away. Strange to say, just start raising the butcher knife. Often, it can't be stopped, and the lieutenants find that military discipline is getting worse and worse.
What started as just homicide and later progressed to robbery. Every time Ding Zhuang was captured, the Han soldiers would take the opportunity to loot. It wasn't until there began to be adultery with women that Wei Qing felt the need to stop it. Otherwise, these people will become bandits, and it will be even more difficult to control in the future.
There were more and more strong men in the barracks, and finally there were as many as 2,000 people. The people who were arrested were surprised to find that they had no work to do every day. In addition to being escorted out by the soldiers to chop firewood, they dug a pit next to the barracks.
The pit is very deep, two or three feet deep. Coupled with the excavated pit soil, the old master was so piled up that he had to roar when he spoke to the people below. Ladders are used to go up and down, and there are twenty or thirty such pits. They don't understand, what are the Han people doing digging so many big pits?
They soon understood, in a cruel way.
"What? General, you really want to ......" The lieutenant's eyes widened, although he had caught some strong men and killed some people some time ago. However, he didn't kill a hundred people in total, but Wei Qing's order made him really frightened. 2,000 men, all killed. The body was thrown into a pit and buried, leaving only the head.
Dr. Zhong wrote again urging that he could not delay any longer. Otherwise, there will be trouble over there, and it is better to use their blood than to use the blood of the Han people. Anyway, if you don't kill them, you will die your own brothers. You choose one! β
Wei Qing threw the question to the lieutenant of the Chinese military academy lightly.
"This ...... Hey......" The lieutenant of the Chinese military academy turned red, and it was nothing to kill a few people in the chaotic army. But it's not a few, it's more than 2,000. The fresh life that was still in front of me just now was about to turn into a corpse separated from the body in the blink of an eye.
The lieutenant of the middle military succumbed to it, between his own people and the Dongou people. He reluctantly chose the Dongou people, and the general was right. This blood must be shed, not of the Dongou people. It's your own.
The Dongou people were taken out of the camp in batches, and within a few days they had been tamed like sheep. They followed like a flock of sheep to the big pits they had dug themselves.
A hundred men knelt on the ground in unison, and the cold light suddenly rose. The heads flew down, and a warm blood gushed out. The click of a blade slicing through bones made people's scalps tingle. The corpses were thrown into the pit, and the heads were neatly laid aside.
Seeing the Han army killing, the bound Dongou men were like frightened lambs. They squeezed desperately together, as if they would be safe if they were crowded together.
Everyone who was pulled out by the Han army desperately shrank back, and the clicking sound continued to sound. Their nerves gradually numb, and they no longer fear. He was no longer afraid, but with a hint of relief.
The glazed eyes and mechanical pace fit the description of The Walking Dead. Before they were killed, their hearts were dead! (To be continued......)