Section 207 City of Burning Teeth
That's what Tianhao did last time he dealt with the steel teeth.
Deal with the small villages on the periphery first, close the news, and then concentrate on attacking the core cities. The battle lasted short, the offensive was rapid, and the unprepared pig people couldn't resist it and collapsed instantly.
It worked, so here we go this time.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Witchmane's face was gloomy, and she turned her face sideways to avoid the stench that rushed directly into her nose from the opposite side: "You came all the way and said that there was a secret to tell me, is this the matter?"
"National teacher, you must believe me, Niu Weibang has sent troops, and I almost met them on the way here." Wu Yuan was impatient, and his volume involuntarily increased.
"Which tribe are they attacking?" Witchmane asked directly, revealing deep suspicion.
"Fierce Fangs." Wu Yuan was very sure of this, and his cronies didn't have the courage to lie about this kind of thing.
"Fierce Fangs?" The old witchmane sneered, with a hint of sarcasm, "I didn't receive a call for help from the Fierce Fangs,"
Wu Yuan was very shrewd, he immediately understood Wu Mane's thoughts, and hurriedly defended: "Great Master, you must believe me, I really didn't lie to you." You must send troops right away, or it will be too late. ”
After a pause, he added, "If you don't believe me, send a sentry to the Fierce Fang now, it won't be long before they bring the news back."
Wu Mane thought seriously for a long time, his eyes full of experience were a little cloudy, and he carefully observed Wu Yuan.
"You're a cow guy." After a long time, she said lightly.
Wu Yuan's reaction was quick: "You don't believe me?"
"We are all wizards. If it's something else, I'll lean on your side. But when it comes to war...... Hehe, don't you think this kind of thing is too child's play? You are the clan witch of the Thunderhorn tribe, but you are here to report that Niu Weibang is attacking our territory...... If it were you, would you believe it? The mockery in Witchmane's eyes intensified.
"I don't like Niu Weibang, and if possible, I want to make his head into a bone bowl." Wu Yuan has calmed down.
He said it very directly, and the doubt in Witchmane's eyes was disappearing, but it was not dissipated: "I don't understand why you are doing this. It's still the same sentence: you are a Niu tribesman after all...... Well, you said that the Fierce Tooth Department is in danger, where did your people hit? Of course, I'll send someone out to find out the news, but there has to be a general direction! ”
The word "you" sounds rather strange to Wu Yuan. He didn't care, he thought for a moment, and the route he had traveled along the way came to mind in his mind.
"Their ...... in the Northwest"
Before the words were finished, a chaotic footstep and noise broke the peace between the two. The door was pushed open from the outside, and several of Witchmane's attendants dragged a young man covered in blood running in.
"What's wrong? Who is he? Witchmane's face changed abruptly and she rose from her chair.
The captain of the guard at the head looked stern and saluted respectfully: "Qi Qi National Teacher, he is a messenger sent by the Fierce Tooth Department."
Several things were connected before and after, and Witchmane no longer had any doubts in his heart. She hurriedly walked out from behind the desk, her steps brisk, not at all like an old woman in her teens. He approached the messenger, who had obviously lost his strength after the long journey, and asked in a shocked and angry voice, "Tell me, how is the situation in Burning Tooth City now?"
The messenger's chest rose and fell sharply, and his trembling voice was incoherent: "...... Blazing Tooth ...... Besieged by the Niu clan, the king sent me...... Ask for help from the great masters...... As soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late. ”
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The battle for Tooth City ended faster than expected.
The special appearance of the pig people determines that they cannot be imitated by any foreign race. This is an innate genetic transmission, and a sense of mutual identity is generated, even if it is not a pig of the same branch, there will still be the idea of "he is my own race".
Coming from the era of civilization, Tianhao knows the importance of blocking news. He would rather divide his forces than send a large number of sentinels to roam the perimeter of the battle line. Zu Mu's business in the territory of the Tiger Clan was very good, and he sent back more than 600 horses back and forth. Tianhao picks out half of them for breeding, and the other half to form a ranger.
A village of thousands of people, an army of tens of thousands of people pushed it over, and it was crushed clean in an instant, and there was nothing left.
The reserve units have shown great efficiency. In the previous stage of the battle, a total of more than 40,000 people were captured, and after initial ideological transformation, they quickly accepted the reality, and under the escort of a small number of Niu warriors, they left their ancestral residence and slowly headed towards the rock city in the north.
There have been numerous examples of prisoner revolts in ancient military history. In Tianhao's view, these terrible cases cannot be the basis for danger in this special era. In a way, the northern barbarians are a whole, and all the tribes will send their best warriors to defend the Lock Dragon Pass, and although the battles between them are dominated by the upper nobles of each tribe, they have little impact on the lower commoners. No matter who wins or loses, it's just an exchange of benefits, anyway, the person on the throne will be replaced every once in a while, the Ox Clan, the Tiger Clan, the Lion Clan, the Pig Clan, the Deer Clan...... As long as the common people can eat their stomachs, they never care.
The only enemies that don't share the sky are the white skins and who are entrenched in the south of the continent.
Being a captive and still being able to eat is an unimaginable thing in the eyes of the pigs, and even has an illusory sense of unreality.
Of course, it is impossible to eat to the full, at most eighty percent, or seventy percent. The key is that the food provided by the cattle people tastes very good, including oil, salt, and meat.
For some poor pigs, this is already a delicacy that can only be eaten during the New Year's Festival.
Tian Hao did it on the tall throne of the palace of the Burning Tooth City, watching several soldiers grab the two hands of the Burning Fang King, step on his back, and press him tightly to the ground, the Heavenly Madness raised the long-handled battle axe above his head, and slashed it down with an unstoppable ferocious force, and his head left his body, rolling down far away with the blood that spewed out.
The gates of the palace, which were usually closed to the people, were open, and all the captives gathered in the square could see it.
Murder is a necessary means of domination, and only cruel punishment, combined with the corpse of the dead, can subdue the brains of the living.
The same method of capturing Tooth City applies to Tooth City, except that there are not as many people in Rock City as there are those who infiltrate the city. The wealth is moving, as long as enough benefits are given, it is not difficult to get the position of the cook of the city guard. A large amount of dried ergot mushroom powder was sprinkled, and the strong city gate was useless.
The palace and the palace were filled with soldiers, with sturdy Ox warriors and Pig warriors forming small teams to monitor the square where tens of thousands of prisoners of war gathered. The archers took the high ground, stretched out their bows and arrows, and looked out for lurking dangers.
There was blood everywhere in the hall and steps, and there was a dark red area of hundreds of square meters, and the eye-catching blood stains dragged from far to near, and there were several corpses nearby that had not yet been treated. Their heads were cut off, their bare necks exposed to their white bones, the ox warriors in charge of the execution carried tomahawks on their shoulders and nonchalantly kicked the scattered bone fragments, and several strong pig warriors took off their armor, pulled up their sleeves, grabbed the corpse's arms or legs, and laboriously pulled them to the right side of the square.
There were many makeshift earthen stoves piled up there, and water was boiling in large cauldrons.
On the platform outside the main hall, more than forty pig captives stood side by side. They are men and women, ranging in age, and even have children who have not yet reached adulthood. Everyone had their hands tied behind their backs, and armed soldiers were guarding them.
Broken Tooth walked through the main hall with a steady and vigorous step, and went straight to the throne to stand still. He bent down and bowed respectfully to Tianhao.
"Honorable City Lord, everything is ready, can you start?"
Tianhao glanced at the head of the King of Flames, which had been picked up from the ground by the guards, packed in a silver tray, and brought to him.
What's this guy's name?
After contemplating for a moment, Tianhao decided to give up this useless brain-burning behavior. There is no need to waste time on a dead person, not to mention that this guy's body has been dragged away by the guards and handed over to professionals to deal with. Just a human head...... The appearance is hideous, the appearance is miserable, even if you know his name, it is meaningless.
Raising his right hand and waving it lightly in the air, Tianhao lightly issued an order: "Let's start!"
Broken Tooth nodded slightly, turned and strode out of the hall, standing at the head of the line of more than forty pigs, letting out a loud, majestic and terrifying roar.
"The city lord has an order, execution!"
The faces of the prisoners of war, bound by ropes, immediately changed color, and they struggled and cried loudly.
"Please, don't kill me."
"You can't do this, I'm the head of the Fierce Fangs, a real nobleman."
"Spare me, I am the younger brother of the King of the Fangs, I am the next heir to the throne, I am willing to cooperate with you, and I will obey whatever you say."
"I will see your lord, and I will see your king."
"I am willing to serve any man, whatever you ask me to do, be merciful......
There was no tolerance in sight on the angular face of the broken teeth, the cold weather seemed to freeze his facial muscles, his lips closed in a straight line, and the arrogance of disdain was released in the depths of his eyes.
He had sworn that the Lord of Rock was the only object of allegiance. The orders of the masters have been given, and the fate of these people has been decided.
The sharp steel axe was swung again and again, and fell again and again. The sound of metal crushing human bones is so terrifying, whether it's crying, pleading, invective, sluggish...... Heads rolled down, expressions froze on the faces of the deceased, and guards gathered them together to form a triangular mountain.
Tianhao sat calmly on the throne, his hands spread out, and his solemn gaze crossed the execution ground outside the main hall, staring at the gray sky in the distance, and the prisoners who were densely packed under the canopy and did not even dare to come out of the atmosphere.
Below the King of the Fangs, all the bloodlines, 10,000 heads, 1,000 heads, and noble clansmen of the entire royal family, including the queen and her family, were executed without exception.
Only civilians can be trophies.
The nobles who surrendered were meaningless in Tianhao's eyes. If you want to get the allegiance of the head of a thousand, you must make him the head of ten thousand. If you want the allegiance of the head of 10,000 people, you must give him a higher position. This is a bargain that is not cost-effective no matter how you look at it, Rock City can't afford to raise so many big people, and these people will not be grateful to Tianhao for saving a life. As long as they live, they are the greatest source of instability.
Children could not be left behind, especially the four sons and one daughter of the King of the Fangs. "Compassion for its young" is indeed a commendable noble act in the civilized era, but the wolf is a wolf, its nature is to eat meat and drink blood, and when the master is old and weak, the beast that has been afraid for many years will show its fangs and take revenge.
The military establishment of Rock City has a special unit called "Wolf Warrior". The domesticated black howling wolves were obedient, and they numbered more than six hundred in packs. The children of the King of the Teeth were delicate in their flesh, and they loved it, and ate so happily that they let out a cheerful howl of "whine", and soon snatched up all the delicacies that their masters had bountied, and licked them cleanly without sparing even the blood that remained on the ground.
The damned people are dead, and there is a dead silence all around.
Tianhao pressed the armrest of the throne, slowly stood up, and took square steps to leave the palace and walk out of the palace.
The wind howled like a beast, blowing up large snowflakes that formed a tumbling white wave over Tooth City, flying up and down.
"From this day forward, I am your master."
"Whoever obeys me will receive food and clothing. You have seen the fate of the conspirators, their bodies belong to everyone here, and whichever way you please, it is your freedom. ”
"There is no distinction between the pig tribe and the cattle tribe, you are all my people."
"The gods are above, and they have witnessed my victory, and they have witnessed my glory. You will follow me to tomorrow and to happiness. ”
Dozens of tin horns are installed in front of the stairs to create a special amplification effect. This is the conclusion that Tianhao has drawn from many experiments: as long as the position is appropriate and the volume is large enough, there is no difference between holding the microphone in the hand and placing it under the feet. In particular, more than a dozen tin horns formed a ring, standing in the center of the circle and speaking, the volume expanded was enough for everyone in the whole square to hear.
Whether they understand it or not.
Whether they understand it or not.
I've done what I had to do.
Next, leave everything to time and wait slowly.
The next target is the capital of the Pig Clan, Fangs City.
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When the messenger rushed desperately to Fangfang City and rushed into the National Teacher's Mansion to report the news, the battle in Fangfang City was not over.
Witchmane was incredulous at the terrible news, but the Courier's identity was confirmed, and he didn't dare lie about it anyway.
The entire Fangs City was thrown into chaos.
Wu Mane didn't care to talk to Wu Yuan, and hurriedly led a group of subordinates into the palace to meet King Pig.
The old king is in his last years, and the bad news has hit him more terrible than Witchmane imagined. After listening to the report of the witch mane, the pig king suffered a stroke on the spot, his eyes were straight, his open lips could not be closed, and the trembling "Hehe" sound continued to be made from the depths of his throat, and he drooled, like a living dead who had lost his five senses.