Chapter 102: Plundering the People

"Listen up!"

"We are those who serve the Most High."

"Come as a pioneer!"

"Those who surrender will die!"

"Death is bestowed on those who resist!"

There is a certain amount of protection in the village, and I don't know if this gives the people inside a certain confidence.

Before the envoy of the Imperial Army could finish speaking, a sharp arrow was fired, and it was also colored.

The arrows landed under the hooves of the war horses, startling endless waves and bringing with them the will to declare war.

"Woohoo" But seeing that the horse neighed, he stopped his mount, and the Imperial cavalry turned their horses around and ran back with ugly faces.

This scene fell in the eyes of all the officers of the Imperial Army, and Andrew's dark eyes were surging with murderous intent.

"Looks like these mobs don't need to negotiate anymore!"

The original intention of the commander of the Imperial Hussars was to take the village unharmed.

"There are always too many people who underestimate their own strength, and even try to disobey the will of God!"

"The Great Imperial Supreme has already given the order to clear Anatolia of all resistance!"

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"Soldiers of the Imperial Army!"

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"Listen up!"

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"The people in front of us are all savages who are not subject to the rule of the Empire, and we can plunder as much as we want!"

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"God forbid!"

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"Long live the Imperial Army!"

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The glory of Rusi, the cheers of Rusi, the soldiers of the Imperial Army all raised their arms and shouted.

Unfurling the military formation, the archers quickly marched forward to the front line, and the sword and shield soldiers behind were on standby.

Andrew was also amazed at such a small, strong, fortress-like village.

As the emperor's pro-army, the hussars participated in real battles.

The strong enemies against are all tens of thousands of troops on the moving axis, and they can bring overwhelming momentum.

Today's enemies are the savages, or freedmen, of the Empire.

A small battle, the opponent is still a mob that has not experienced the military formation.

"I didn't want to see blood!"

Andrew's cheeks were covered by an iron mask, and he couldn't see clearly, and his cold temperament was like a death knight.

The officers began to roar as the recruits tried their unfired swords.

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"Ballista!"

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"Launch!"

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Two thick arrows flew out one after another, stuck in the gate of the camp, and the ropes dragged behind them came into the middle of the military formation.

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"Hey!"

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"Hey!"

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"Hey!"

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The soldiers of the Imperial Army, in teams of one hundred, all pulled the huge ropes with all their might.

As the Imperial soldiers slowly advanced, the rope slowly straightened, and then there was a wail from the door of the camp opposite.

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"Bang!"

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"Bang!"

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"Bang!"

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The willow nails on the door were gradually falling off, and there was nothing more suffocating than this, and defeat was approaching.

How could the people of the village sit idly by, the limited archers were summoned and unleashed a rain of arrows below.

The Imperial Sword and Shield Corps provided some protection, and sparse arrows could not penetrate the well-made curved shields.

The Imperial soldiers who were pulling the ropes behind were only a little panicked at first, protected by the army's standard armor.

When they found that the enemy's arrows were weak and could only pick up a white dot on their armor, the Imperial soldiers gave them a look of contempt.

The bows and arrows of the mob are only against the beasts of the mountains, and they are far from comparable to the crystallization of the wisdom of the empire.

Two hundred imperial army sword and shield soldiers were already approaching the gate, and the two phalanxes were displayed, bringing great pressure.

No one wants to welcome a wicked person who breaks down the door!

Not to mention the fact that they have not been educated under the rule of the empire for too long, and these people have long forgotten the strength of the imperial army.

The arrows fired by the archers gradually suppressed the resistance of the village, and as a dozen mobs fell with arrows in a row.

Resistance above the village began to weaken, and the living cowered.

In order to avoid dying under the sharp blows of the Imperial army, the mob crouched down and hid behind the barracks.

Poured!

"Bang!"

There was another loud bang, and the gate finally collapsed.

The mob in the village had knives and forks in their hands, and some even had only wooden sticks.

The men looked at the heavily armed Imperial soldiers with desperate eyes.

"Kill it!"

"Cut off the heads of the resisters!"

The Imperial Hussars took the lead, and Pias, as Andrew's deputy, took the lead and slaughtered the villages.

The sword and shield soldiers of the Imperial Army, who had long been besieged on both sides, also swarmed in.

This is a killing feast, a silent catharsis, bringing the greeting of death.

Pias frantically rode his mount into the crowd at the entrance of the village.

A man like the wind, with unparalleled courage, the best of the Imperial Army's cavalry.

"Hah!"

His mouth was wide open, and his heart was silently thinking, this is it, it is so, there is nothing more hearty than this.

The sword slashed through the mob's neck, half of the head separated, blood splattered everywhere, and the pain was terrible.

The officers of the Imperial Army didn't care about the feelings of the dead mob.

If you dare to challenge the Imperial Army, you must have the courage to face death.

The 200-strong sword and shield soldiers slowly suppressed in a tortoiseshell formation, stabbing down all those who pounced on them and tried to drive the Imperial army out.

The bloody corpse threw itself onto the shield and then slid under the feet of the Imperial soldiers, and was so stamped that it was impossible to see its original appearance.

"These foolish savages!"

"But it's tough!"

Andrew lightly commented on such a simple and compact war, and the resistance was fierce.

In the face of the wave of death brought by the Imperial Army, these people were still able to hold on.

Usually the city gates were breached, real street fighting rarely took place, and only a strong-willed army could organize resistance.

If these people join the army, they must be a good source of soldiers.

The commander of the Imperial Army thought so.

"Don't fight anymore!"

"Lord of the Imperial Army!"

"We surrendered!"

When Pias heard the shout, he turned his head to look.

An old man with gray hair stood on a high ground in the village and wept, shouting hoarsely.

The men in the village were slow to wield their weapons, but the Imperial soldiers continued to fight without orders.

Stabbing down one mob after another, like a never-ending war machine, bringing away the eternal darkness of the abyss.

"Stop!"

Pias's shouts put an end to the fight.

The Imperial soldiers no longer harvested the lives of these men, but their vigilant eyes were watching.

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When Andrew walked in, all the men had been disarmed, and the women, children, and old people were concentrated on the other side and imprisoned.

"Figured it out now?"

The elder of the village, Lounius, burst into tears and staggered to his knees.

After kissing the feet of the Imperial Army officer, he dared to get up and answer.

"The ones who advocate resistance are the village hunters John and Baram, who have just died!"

Andrew doesn't carry any sympathy, that's the price, the price of being an enemy of the Imperial Army.

"We forgive those who are willing to surrender."

"But any form of resistance will be taken as an offense, and the Imperial Army will kill without mercy!

"Yes, sir!"

"The village of Sean is willing to return to the rule of the Empire and pay taxes as it did in the past."

Andrew looked at the old man kneeling on the ground with amusement, it seemed that they thought they could continue to put down roots here.

"Impossible!"

The stern voice reached the ears of the villagers, and there was a commotion, panic.

Everyone is afraid of the killing that will come to their heads!

Is the Imperial Army going to kill everyone here?

"The Great Imperial Supreme Basilus has decided that all mountain people must move out of the mountains, and the empire will allocate new land to you in the plains!"

With his trembling head raised, Launius couldn't believe it, the empire was going to let them go to the plains to farm?

How could Rome have been so generous?