When the eastern front broke through the city first, under the gloomy sky, and the defenders who rushed in, the dust and smoke rolled to the death in a corner of the northern Guo of Luodu,

I was in a complicated mood at the foot of Beibi Mountain, watching a temporary collective execution.

With the wave of the command flag in the drum, several rows of human bodies kneeling on the ground with five flowers rushed forward in unison, and the heads of people with various expressions solidified as the gurgling rolled down, and the broken neck of the blood gushed like a spring, and the fan-shaped red snow stained by radiation.

My men have previously reported that in the course of their search and patrol, they encountered a large number of scattered deserters, apparently from the front line.

After capturing some of them one after another, I decided to hand them over to the friendly army of the Shangqing Palace at the foot of the Beibi Mountain, and as a result, although Wang Dutong, as the commander-in-chief, was not in the camp, but supervised the battle in front of the battle. However, the other party's reaction was even stronger than I thought, and he was executed in front of the army almost with great fanfare.

It seems that because I felt that these deserters were escorted back by my men and horses, and they belonged to some kind of friendly army, and they were disgraced by Yan zhòng, the decision on the disposal of the deserters was quickly issued.

According to the authorization of the army in wartime, there was only one way to deal with these deserters, and the punishment was to behead them for public display. And as a participant before and after, I was also specially invited to be a kind of spectator and witness.

Then, watching some deserters, batch after batch were sent to the execution ground, to feel a certain attitude and determination of the royal capital on the Eastern Front.

It's just that many of the tortured prisoners held up their mutilated or bare palms, compared their festering ears and noses, and cried that they had been frozen by the ice and snow of the battlefield and were crippled, and that they were no longer of much use in the army, and only wanted to be given a way to fend for themselves;

Or simply break the jar and ask for a good one, just looking forward to a good family in the next life.

I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, and I was a little unpleasant.

Although our troops have long been prepared for frost protection and heating, and every day there are mandatory requirements for using the collected snow to test the skin, hands, feet, fingers, toes, ears, nose, and other exposed parts of the body, it is still inevitable that all kinds of chilblains and frostbite symptoms will appear in the course of various duties, but there is only a relatively strict entry and exit inspection and mutual supervision of joint responsibility, so these symptoms can be discovered in a timely manner and do not become deep symptoms that affect combat effectiveness.

After all, General Winter's might and power are not so easy to overcome, and with the continuous cold weather, it is still slowly and resolutely weakening and depriving our army, which is mainly southerners, of its combat effectiveness and morale in various obvious or unnatural ways.

You know, it's not long since winter, but it's not the coldest time.

On the other hand, because the fate of many of them is indirectly caused by my orders, or in some way related to it.

However, the so-called principle of mercy and not being in charge of the army soon suppressed the remnants of a certain moral outlook that I had come from the afterlife and was out of place.

In fact, even if I were to be extra kind enough to let them go, the snowy frozen fields behind would be enough to devour and wipe out anyone unprepared.

Not to mention crossing the Huai River and the Yangtze River, two heavily guarded moats, and returning to the relatively warm south.

The most likely outcome for them is to become a frozen new path, or to become some kind of gang of bandits and thieves who are struggling to survive and constantly lower the lower limit of humanity.

After I came back, I made a decision to leave a small number of cavalry as outpost observation troops in the camp of the White Horse Temple, and collectively pull out the camp and return to the division to Wujiao Pass.

Since it is impossible to avoid it, it is better to be out of sight, not to mention that there are still intact gates and well-equipped military camps, which can make us get through this somewhat difficult winter in a less uncomfortable way......

In the smoke-filled city of Los Angeles, a general of the Northern Army galloped through the streets on horseback, passing through improvised fortifications and fortifications.

In the end, he was recruited back to Yujifang, and was in front of Uncle Zhang, the deputy who was in charge of reorganizing the front.

"Set fire? ，”

He looked at Uncle Zhang in front of him in disbelief, his face flushed from intense exercise suddenly turned pale.

His name is Xu Ning, and he is the official worship of General Hongwei, and he is the commander of the Ouchi Golden Gun Banzhi, and he is also the deputy sent to partner with Zhang Shuye, which is quite a temporary partner, but it is a little difficult to accept this fact.

"That's right, it's arson...... The generalissimo's palace is ......"

Uncle Zhang, whose face was full of tiredness and haggardness, said calmly

"Otherwise, do you think that before, I asked you to survey the terrain, and the castle squares demolished along the route are of great use......"

"Is it just to prevent the spread of fire......

"Or can you just rely on those barricades to temporarily stop the enemy soldiers who are breaking into the city......

"Fifty-six squares in the east corner of Beiguo, hundreds of markets, how many ...... can you block with all your might?"

It is hard to imagine that this order to burn the lives of thousands of people, along with their families, was uttered by this veteran general with a tired face and vicissitudes.

"We need this fire to ...... The enemy who came to the group but entered the city"

"Buying time for the rebuilding of the front in the rear......"

"The wind is blowing in the right direction ...... right now"

"I have a burden on my shoulders."

"If you stay behind, aren't you afraid of the name behind you in the future......"

Xu Ning still wants to make a final effort.

"Even so, we might be able to inform."

"If you can't repel the southern thief......"

"Then neither you nor I nor the soldiers have a future to speak of......

"If you can save such a sky-high trend, what kind of ...... is the notoriety behind me?"

He seemed to be speaking to the crowd, and he was speaking to himself.

Subsequently, a number of rapidly rising fire points boiled from the preset position, and then quickly spread into a line and then expanded into a large area under the not strong wind.

From the long-abandoned Chongde Fang outside the North City to the Dunhou Fang, from the Colonization Fang on Beizhong Street to the Xingyi Fang near the Upper East Gate, whether it is the rich and noble homes with carved beams and paintings, or the small people's houses with tents and ugly roofs, and even the displaced people, the shelters built indiscriminately are all in the sea of fire without warning and warning for a while.

Many of the people who lived in it did not even have time to react and take it out, and after a short wail and cry in the flames, they were buried in the sea of fire and turned into indistinguishable coke under the collapsed rubble.

And many more people, like flooded anthills, lamented and desperate to help the old and the young, have fled from their shelters, and converged on the streets into torrents of escape, and then these torrents converged and crowded together on the main street.

Under the persecution and drive of the scorching fire behind them, they trampled on each other's shoes, hats, sweat towels and miscellaneous items abandoned all over the ground, as well as a group of corpses that were trampled to death by countless feet after falling.

Most of the fleeing crowds eventually had to flee to the position outside Beiguo that had been broken through by the enemy in order to escape the spreading fire.

In a certain way, Uncle Zhang's purpose has been achieved.

And Lingbao Gong on the East Clamp City, looking at the firelight of Beiguo from afar, was also listening to some kind of report,

"Back to the king, one hundred and thirty-nine families on the list,"

"Ninety-three of them have arrived safely at Chengfumen......

"The remaining twenty-six are still being escorted and transferred......"

"It is estimated that we will be able to arrive in ...... soon"

"There are twenty more, which are far away, and there is no news yet......"

"Then leave them alone......"

Lingbao Gong decided their fate in this way.

"Half an hour later, the rest of the people will be completely locked down, whether they are there or not......"

"Dare to get close and kill without mercy......"

As a thousand-year-old Shenjing, Luodu, after a long period of accumulation, also follows the basic pattern of the traditional capital city so-called "the north is noble and the south is cheap, the west is poor and the east is rich".

Therefore, the mansions and wealthy families of the nobles, ministers and ministers of the Northern Dynasty were scattered in the Chengfang of the Northern City, and in a certain way, the owners of these noble mansions were also part of the upper ruling structure of the Northern Dynasty.

But as long as there are people, there are disputes and factions, and there are also differences between relatives and distances, and there are differences between strength and friendship.

Therefore, this time the southern army broke into the northern city, which was also a potential opportunity for Lingbao Gong that could not be spoken. For example, let those guys who don't like it on weekdays or have a lot of skills, or are not effective enough, have the possibility of going out in life and career.

As a superior person, he naturally has his own personal likes and dislikes and interests to consider, so before the strategy of setting fire to the enemy was set down by pushing the boat down the river, he had already secretly begun to arrange enough men and horses to handle the retreat and refuge of the relevant people.

Of course, the 139 families that had been scheduled to be escorted and transferred in advance were all related to his cronies and henchmen, or the families of important officials of the DPRK and China who needed to show favor and favor.

Therefore, most of the time and buffer that Beiguo Chengyou earned in exchange for the sacrifices and efforts of the defenders were wasted on someone's selfish desire to keep his private list.