Escaping from the boundary of Shenzhou, Wang Liuzi rode all the way to gallop wildly, the two mounts were almost exhausted to death, and two days later the news reached Suzhou, and the Han army caused an uproar, and the soldiers and civilians of each camp issued a call for revenge against the Khitans.

The Han army marshal's office also convened the generals to discuss revenge for the massacre of the Liao army. A group of Han generals scolded their mothers in unison, and they all tried to kill the Khitans to vent their anger, Wang Xuansu was more sober-minded, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is strange, the Liao Dynasty issued a decree to confiscate the Han children as slaves, it stands to reason that these strong men are already the property of the Khitans, and they have harmed their lives for no reason." "Whether it is the Liao army or the Han army, the first choice is to be a slave if they capture the people of the other party. Killing and looting and the like, all of them were done by the corporals below, and the scale was not too large, the Liao army let it go, and the generals of the Han army also turned a blind eye. But it is indeed appalling to gather four or five thousand strong men together and kill them like this.

"There's nothing strange about that." Xiong Renyue said angrily, "We rebelled, and the Khitan court couldn't wait to kill all the Han'er." He slapped his thick slap on the table and shouted, "Du Lao Er died like this, Lao Tzu can't finish if he doesn't kill thousands of Khitans." "Just last night, Xiong Renyue had ordered his subordinates to take care of all the hundred and ten Khitan male slaves under the rule of the Tongzhou camp, and prepared to slaughter them to commemorate Du Laoer.

"Yes!" "Revenge, revenge!" Slaughtered the Khitans! The generals of the villages shouted loudly.

Seeing this group of surging scenes, Wang Xuansu didn't say much more. Zhao Xingde looked at this scene, and a touch of worry flashed in the corners of his eyes.

The generals shouted for a long time, and their eyes were red with anger, and finally someone said: "Marshal, what do you say?" Everybody listens to you. ”

Han Ningshuang looked around at the generals in the Chinese military tent, and she said in a deep voice: "The Liao State slaughtered my people for no reason, if you don't retaliate, he will think that we are weak and can be bullied." Her gaze fell on Zhao Xingde's face, hesitated for a moment and quickly moved away, and there was a little more chill in her tone, "The captured Khitan population, pick out five thousand to behead in each village and show the public, and send the head to Shenzhou." Xiushu told the Shenzhou garrison that our army was determined to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, and if he killed one of our people for no reason, I would behead one of his tribe. If he does not repent and continues to pervert, in the future, the city of Shenzhou will be broken, and our army will definitely slaughter the city in retaliation, and no one of the Khitan tribes in the city, whether men, women, or children, will be left. ”

Zhao Xingde was suddenly shocked. His extreme anger at the Khitans' massacre of the common people was indeed unable to accept such a tragic means of revenge. He also captured a lot of Khitans in the Battle of Kaizhou, ordinary men, women and children, after being confiscated as slaves, most of them obeyed the master's arrangement in fear, and worked as cattle and horses, which was no different from the situation of Han slaves in Liao. Zhao Xingde also considered gradually giving these slaves freedom after the war was over in the future, but now these Khitans who were struggling to survive were immediately killed because of the cruelty of their clansmen.

The generals of the Han army in the tent of the Chinese army cheered loudly together: "Slaughter the Khitans!" "Yes, that's it!"

The pent-up anger and the pleasure of killing, like the strongest storm in the northern steppes, erupted in an instant, mixed with deafening shouts and the sound of slapping tables. Zhao Xingde's voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible, "Marshal Han!" This is absolutely unacceptable! He shouted loudly, standing up and looking at Han Ningshuang. All the generals of the Han army stood up at this time, pulled out their waist knives one by one, and shouted together with red eyes. "Kill the Khitans!" "Blood for blood!" "Life for life!" "Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" The generals shouted tirelessly, and the resoluteness brought about by hatred and cruelty, the pleasure of revenge and killing, constantly whirled, clashed and agitated, reinforcing each other and becoming more and more intense. Zhao Xingde seemed to be involuntarily trapped in a huge whirlpool. This violent vortex of revenge soon swept through the entire Chinese military camp, and the monstrous hatred smashed any objections, and it was impossible for any Han army generals, including Han Ningshuang, to stand up against it.

The guards of the Shuai Mansion who were guarding outside heard the call in the tent and shouted at the same time, and this wave spread from the tent of the Chinese army. This news soon spread throughout the Guannan of Suzhou, far or near, sooner or later, almost all the soldiers and civilians knew about the decision to ask the Khitans to return blood for blood. Many people were still worried and scared about the Khitan slaughter yesterday. Now most people were inexplicably excited, and the cheers for the execution of Khitan slaves were higher and higher. After the generals gave the order with the exact news, the soldiers and civilians of each village knocked on shields and tile pots everywhere to celebrate, and there were even "crackling" firecrackers, which were ten times more lively than the usual official government to kill criminals, almost catching up with the excitement of the New Year. The Khitan slaves are the private property of the soldiers and civilians of each village, and they can usually do a lot of labor, and now the villages will send them to the designated place of enclosure like cattle and sheep, not only is it not a pity, but also for fear that the Shuai Mansion will no longer accept it if it is late.

The few Khitan men who were sent to the forbidden land were killed on the spot, and most of them cowered in the rough wooden fences. Around the fence, there were also many soldiers and civilians throwing stones and spitting at them.

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"What do you mean that a rabbit is in a hurry to bite," Du Fujiao leaned on the wall and looked outside, sighing, "I finally know today." A few sergeants next to him looked out with complicated expressions, just like him. Because the Guannan group in Suzhou was excited, in order to avoid trouble and not want to get involved in the killing of Khitan slaves, the soldiers of the Xia State Camp guarded the barracks. The sergeants were in a bit of a conflict, the atrocities of the Liao court were the first, and the revenge of Suzhou afterwards could not be said to be completely blameless.

"We don't care about this matter, why did Captain Zhao ask to see Marshal Han and ask for his own hardship." Someone muttered.

"Dutou, why hasn't the captain come back yet, should it be okay?"

"Bah, don't talk nonsense," Du Blowhorn's face sank, "Shhhh

"Let me tell you, the friendship between the captain and the lord of the Han Alliance is extraordinary, and it is possible to leave our captain Zhao to talk all night. Do you believe it or not? The sergeants scrambled and said, "How is that possible?" "It's groundless!" "The character of the captain is much stronger than you." "We're going to tell the captain about you." No one believed it, and Du Fujiao also wilted, and honestly lay behind the wall, continuing to monitor the movements of the Han army.

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In the military tent in the Shuaifu, Han Ningshuang avoided his gaze, her complexion seemed calm, and her chest rose and fell with her breathing, but it exposed the violent contradictions and struggles in her heart.

After the generals of the Han army left, Zhao Xingde stayed behind and repeatedly told Han Ningshuang Chen not to kill Khitan slaves for no reason. He listed various reasons, such as that the killers were the Liao court, not these ordinary poor Khitan people. If the Han army wants to settle accounts, it should also find the person who is responsible, which should be Yelu Dashi, the emperor of Liao, or the Liao army of Shenzhou. You shouldn't be killing people so indiscriminately. These Khitan slaves are considered to be the property of the Han army, and now they are only killed to vent their anger, which is no different from a person who smashes his own things in a fit of anger, and is not a wise man. Moreover, as soon as the killing ring of the Han army was opened, it would inevitably cause retaliation from the Liao side, and both sides waved butcher knives, and innocent people suffered. At the beginning, Li Guang just killed hundreds of Qiang prisoners, so he left the words "killing prisoners is ominous". The Han army was full of righteous indignation, and for this decisive thing, the history is long, how can people in the future know the current situation, I am afraid that Han Ningshuang and the generals of the Han army marshal's mansion will be scolded as cruel and murderous people in the history books.

Sometimes she was silent, sometimes she retorted in a few words. ...... "What 'ominous killing of prisoners', Huo Qubing has repeatedly attacked the desert and broken so many tribes, I don't believe that Wei Huo's hands are much cleaner than Li Guang's?" Han Gaozu slaughtered the city less? ...... "A tribe can't even take revenge, it's better to surrender." ...... "My people were killed by the Khitans, if the Shuai Mansion does not retaliate, everyone is terrified, how can they fight with the Khitans with their lives?" ...... "Just defeat the Liao State now, I don't care how the reader writes in the future!" ...... But every time Zhao Xingde said one more reason, Han Ningshuang's face turned pale, and he bit his lip as if he had been pricked by a needle.

Zhao Xingde said with a dry mouth, even angry. He knew in his heart that with the current situation in Guannan, Suzhou, even Han Ningshuang could not take back his fate. But there is some hope of redemption in my heart, and I always have to fight for it on the basis of reason.

In the end, he was completely desperate, and understood that the situation was irreparable, so Zhao Xingde said gloomily: "Everything that should be said has been said, since the Shuai Mansion has made up his mind, I will leave in the future." He stood up abruptly, and turned away as if all his strength had been exhausted.

When his back was about to step out of the camp, Han Ningshuang suddenly said, "Mr. Zhao stays." ”

Zhao Xingde was stunned and turned around.

Han Ningshuang was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "The Jin soldiers will soon enter Shenzhou and Liaoyang City. The Great War is on the verge of breaking out. The Han army is torn between tigers and wolves, and Mr. Zhao and Xia Guoying should still be on our side, right? This seemed to be a casual question, and although the tone was pretending to be relaxed, the mood was a little nervous.

"The leader of the Han League is too worried," Zhao Xingde took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "This is Zhao's responsibility, a matter within his duty." ”

"Oh,......" Han Ningshuang was slightly stunned, she didn't expect him to answer so crisply, a hint of relief flashed in her eyes, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and smiled, "Thank you, General Zhao." ”

Both of them were silent for a moment, and Zhao Xingde said in a low voice: "Marshal Han has no other orders, so Zhao took his leave." Han Ningshuang watched his back lift the tent and leave, and a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes.

Zhao Xingde walked more than ten steps away, stopped and turned around for a moment, and slapped his palm on the side of the antler stake. It was as if a boulder had been pressed against his chest, and he felt a dull pain from the bottom of his heart. The palm of his hand was pierced with blood from a wooden thorn, and he didn't seem to notice it.