Su Tiancheng, who has crossed through, has always had a knot in his heart, from an atheist to believing in God's arrangement, the degree of idealism in this, even he can't feel it, crossing into the Ming Dynasty, Su Tiancheng pays attention to his own words and deeds, especially in the process of conquest, every time he makes his behavior seem reasonable, and insists on a belief, that is, not to kill casually, let alone attack women and children, even if it leaves women and children, it is very likely to make himself fall into countless troubles, I also persevered, and the other is to try not to start with the readers, so as not to leave some bad pen and ink on the future history, although the history is written by the victors, but there are always people who are not afraid of death, Cui Shu killed Jun in the Spring and Autumn Period is a very typical example, there are always people who are not afraid of death to write history fairly.

Maybe he is bound by these knots, Su Tiancheng is always a little shy when he does things, when facing the rogues and the Houjin Tartars, he can have no scruples, but he will not attack the innocent Manchurians, and it is also because of this knot that he is reluctant to overthrow the dominance of the Zhu family, and when he came to Fujian, he also found reasons for himself, so that this blatant behavior has a fig leaf.

But the harsh reality still made Su Tiancheng understand that the struggle for power does not need a reason, those who do great things do not need a high-sounding reason, they do things very directly, the purpose is very clear, and they can do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.

The night before the attack on Changle County, Su Tiancheng thought a lot, and he began to correct some of his opinions, such as the invasion of the Ming Dynasty by the Houjin Tartars. It is true that the common people will suffer, but if Su Tiancheng divides his forces to deal with the Houjin Tartars on the one hand, and the imperial court on the other, it will be impossible to succeed, and it is even possible for the imperial court and the Houjin Tartars to unite. Once you fail, will people be so merciful and abide by the so-called rules?

Morality kills people, and the real morality is not to cry with the beggar after seeing it pitiful, saying that the beggar is pitiful, and giving the beggar a meal, but how to let the beggar be able to support himself after grasping power. Be able to have food.

Thinking of this, Su Tiancheng suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment, he felt that he had gotten rid of a lot of shackles, maybe this was his crossing again.

The battle to attack Changle County was carried out very cruelly, and this situation was beyond Su Tiancheng's expectations.

The might of the artillery battalion was invincible, and the offensive was just beginning. Everything was expected by Su Tiancheng, and the cannonballs shrouded the city wall. Broken bricks and dust flew everywhere, and the sergeant who was blown into the air probably died before he understood what he was doing.

Half an hour's artillery blasted a hole in the city wall, and the city wall here. It is impossible to compare with Liaodong, and the government thinks about how to get more silver, and will never spend money on repairing the city wall.

When He Renlong led many sergeants to charge, Su Tiancheng still had a smile on his face, and he thought that the battle could be ended within an hour. The next thing is to loot the rich people in Changle County, as for the officials of the county government, Liu Tiehan and He Renlong both know what to do.

It's a pity that the brutal fighting in the city made Su Tiancheng a little dumbfounded.

Two hours passed, and the fighting in the city continued, and the wounded soldiers were constantly carried out, and the medical officer and Lang Zhong carried out emergency treatment.

Su Tiancheng couldn't help it, and thought about rushing into the city several times, but was stopped by Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng's opinion was very clear, the battle was still going on, and the boss should not personally take risks.

Su Tiancheng thought that the rich man's guard was very brave, but unfortunately his idea was wrong, and the scout's report made Su Tiancheng speechless, everything was triggered by his order.

The guards of the rich, although they are young and strong, but after all, they have not received special training, these rich people are also scattered, and many guards are gathered together in a hurry, it is impossible to form too much combat effectiveness, and the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion cannot be compared at all, they fall behind as soon as they make contact, and it is impossible to organize a decent resistance.

But Su Tiancheng ignored one point, that is, these guards, a large part of them are also people from Changle County, or people from Fuzhou Prefecture and Min County, speaking of which are all locals, they put down their swords and guns, they are the people, and when they pick up weapons, they are guards, after the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion entered the city, the guards of the formation resistance quickly dispersed, and they either took advantage of the familiar terrain to hide, or simply returned home.

The vast majority of the guards are not afraid of death, because the money they get is too rich, and they take people's money and people to eliminate disasters, and if they escape at this time, they will be looked down upon.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion ostensibly occupied the county seat of Changle, but the soldiers were in the open, and the guards were in the dark, so it was very unfair to fight like this, in every room, it was possible to shoot bows and arrows, and after the soldiers rushed into the house, the old people, women and children they saw could only withdraw helplessly, and the military regulations of the Jiangning battalion were very clear, and it was not allowed to attack women, children and children.

The actions of the army were stumped by these plots, and it was precisely because of such plots that the casualties of the soldiers began to increase.

Hearing the scout's report, Su Tiancheng's face began to darken.

A cruel order was finally issued, and if a cold arrow was shot from any of the houses, the soldiers could be killed.

Under this order, Su Tiancheng hesitated, but reason quickly triumphed over feelings, he thought of the people's war hundreds of years later, in this unfamiliar place, Jiangning Camp is like falling into a big net, if you can't decisively cut off this big net, I'm afraid it will be more and more troublesome later, and in the conquest in Fujian, it is very likely to encounter a lot of similar situations, and bind yourself, it is by no means a manifestation of mercy, the soldiers were suffocated too hard, and the most reckless release may really be indiscriminate killing of innocents, Whether it is an innocent person or a hand-wrenching people, don't think about living.

Half an hour later, the city began to fall silent.

Liu Tiehan came to invite Su Tiancheng into the city.

Su Tiancheng and Lu Xiangsheng walked into the city, from the moment they entered the city, his heart was beating, there were corpses all the way, and the corpses of men were mainly on the side of the city wall, these were undoubtedly guards, and there were also sergeants from the inspection department, which could be seen from the military uniforms, but the more they walked inside, the corpses of the elderly, women and children began to appear, and there were quite a few of them, and even babies who were a few months old were also killed.

Su Tiancheng couldn't stand it anymore, but this was an order he personally gave and he couldn't blame He Renlong, who commanded the battle.

The residences of the fifteen merchants in Changle County were all surrounded, Liu Tiehan did not do anything for the time being, after he discussed with He Renlong, he decided to ask Su Tiancheng for advice, and the killing of the people in front of them had already made the two of them a little frightened.

Seeing Su Tiancheng coming over, his face was very ugly, He Renlong's face was a little pale, he was going to hide the corpses of these old and weak women and children, but if he really did that, the trouble behind would be even greater.

Su Tiancheng stared at He Renlong, and found that He Renlong's body was trembling slightly, after all, a child who was a few months old did not need to be killed, this was also because the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion had suffered too many plots, He Renlong couldn't help it, so he gave the order to kill them all, regardless of men, women, old and young, no one was left.

After sighing, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"He Renlong, Liu Tiehan, I can't blame you for the things in Changle County, this is my order, but you remember, don't take it as an example, if the face babies and young children are killed, what kind of army will we become."

He Renlong finally came to his senses and immediately asked.

"My lord, the Changle County Chamber of Commerce and the mansions of the rich have all been surrounded, and the lower officials have discussed with Lord Liu, and they don't dare to do it casually, waiting for the orders of the adults."

Su Tiancheng glared at He Renlong and Liu Tiehan.

"You've done everything, what do you want to ask for, do you need me to give an order again, my attitude towards these rich people is still clear, except for the people in the mansion, the rich man's family, don't stay alive."

The brutal killing began again, this time for no reason.

Lu Xiangsheng has always stood by Su Tiancheng's side, he is very strange, Su Tiancheng, who has experienced too many battles, has always been unfazed, why is his face so ugly this time, and some people have been killed and injured, this is not a big deal, not to mention that the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion have always been very self-disciplined and have not broken into the people's homes, of course, Lu Xiangsheng has not experienced the affairs of Fuzhou and Xuanzhou, otherwise he will definitely think that Su Tiancheng is too pedantic and benevolent.

"My lord, the situation here is good, the lower officials think there is nothing, since it is a conquest, where can there be no dead."

"I know that I just let the people suffer, and I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart."

"Adults can't think like this, sometimes, the people take up arms, they are the enemies of the army, the Liukou back then, this is the case, at that time, many adults in the court thought that the Liukou was forced to be helpless, and it must be appeased, as a result, the Liukou became more and more arrogant, and the court was almost uncontrollable, if it wasn't for the adults to lead the Jiangning Battalion to exterminate, I don't know what the situation of the Ludao is, the lower officials thought that if they couldn't exterminate the Liukou, I am afraid that the people who suffered losses would increase a lot."

Su Tianchang let out a long breath.

"Lord Lu, what you said is right, I know this kind of truth, but when the matter comes to an end, I always feel that it is too cruel, fighting is a matter between soldiers, and it should not involve whiteness, but sometimes, the people take up arms, that is, soldiers, and only you live and die on the battlefield." (To be continued......)