Looking at the broken corpses, the burning tents, the crying children, and the black smoke over this small tribe, all tell people that there was a terrible massacre.

This small tribe of nearly 1,000 people was removed from the grassland.

I expected all of this, but when I saw it with my own eyes, I still felt sick because I had caused it myself.

The commander of the thousand, who had resigned my fate, knelt down on one knee and clenched his hands into fists, and said, "Tell my lord, fifty men have been killed and one hundred wounded in this battle, and a large number of cattle and sheep have been seized, as well as a lot of gold and silver. ”

I indifferently ordered: "The dead are buried on the spot, the wounded are brought back for medical treatment, and the cattle and sheep and gold and silver are brought back to the stronghold in the valley, and the whole army will be rewarded tonight." ”

"Humble obedience, lord, there is still something to report for humble duty."

"Say it."

"Lord, what to do with these surrendered old and weak, is it killing? Or put? ”

Put? I can feel how resentful the herdsmen who bow their heads are towards me, eager to eat my flesh and drink my blood.

And the young master said that those who are not of my race will have different hearts.

"Kill them all, and then set a fire to burn the corpses."

I also became apathetic and began to take human life out of my mind.

Have I changed?

The Hu people seemed to know their fate and began to curse incessantly in Hu language.

Soon the sound of cursing died down, and only the flames kept burning.

When the other tribes heard the news, they saw only a scorched earth.

Late at night, I was drinking alone in my tent, and you are right, master, wine is indeed a good thing.

It can make people forget their sorrows, the master likes to drink so much, I think the master is also very bitter in your heart.

Brother Tong was supposed to come to see me, but he was stopped by the guards.

"Presumptuous, let Brother Tong in."

"Yes, my lord."

Zhao Tong looked at the people he used to be very familiar with, but now he has become so strange.

In the past, Qing'er liked to laugh very much, and she looked good when she smiled, like a crescent moon.

Now wearing a military uniform, he always looks very indifferent.

And in the past, Qing'er was disgusted and wanted to vomit when he saw the dead, but now he has killed nearly a thousand people, including the old and weak who are powerless to resist.

"Qing'er, you've changed a lot, I don't even know you anymore."

"Did I mean I became cold-blooded?"

Zhao Tong was silent, which was equivalent to acquiescence.

Zhao Tong's heart is kind, when Yan Ran forced him to kill, he also resisted, he rejected killing.

"Brother Tong, only when there are two of us, you can call me Qing'er, and call me general the rest of the time.

If Brother Tong wants to leave here, I won't let anyone stop you, you can leave with confidence, as long as you don't tell me my secret. ”

Zhao Tong said bitterly: "I know, but I still won't leave." ”

Qing'er has completely changed, as if she has changed her soul.

But I still like Qing'er, and it's good to stay by her side.

"Qing'er, ah, general, you're drinking again."

"Well, the seized spirits can only be drunk slowly, and I still like to drink clear fruit wine."

"General, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

The Qing'er in my memory would only drink if she felt uncomfortable.

It turns out that Qing'er is still the same Qing'er as she used to be, and she will be uncomfortable, but she just hides things in her heart and doesn't want to share them with others.

I explained, "No, I just want to drink, and if you drink too much, you'll love the taste of it."

It's late at night, and it's time for you to go. ”

When Zhao Tong heard this sudden eviction order, he was not sad that it was fake.

But it's time for him to leave, because men and women are different.

The next day, I exchanged 2,000 militiamen, 1,000 cavalry, and 500 heavy cavalry, and asked Brother Tong to take 500 cavalry to the nearby Yanguo city to buy food, and I would get tired of eating mutton.

Of these 2,000 militiamen, my arrangement is to build a fortress at the mouth of the valley.

And I will have a thousand cavalry and four hundred heavy horses on the steppe to raid the weak tribes.

I want cattle, sheep, horses, gold, silver, and labor, otherwise I can't build a fortress with more than 2,000 people alone.

Zhao Tong, you're right, I've really become cold-blooded.

Raided three small tribes in a row and brought back more than 4,000 laborers.

Fortresses are being built at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Because of Zhao Qing's plunder, the small tribes near the valley decided to form a coalition army, which had a total of 5,000 people, all of whom were cavalry.

On Zhao Qing's side, he looked relatively weak, and there were only more than 2,000 soldiers who could fight.

The coalition side still lost.

After all, he couldn't afford to provoke him, and Zhao Qing exchanged five thousand cavalry at once, and the situation changed immediately.

Zhao Qing took advantage of the situation to attack, especially now that the main forces of the small tribes have been lost, it is a good time to expand the results of the battle.

Five or six tribes were then removed from the steppe, which annoyed their suzerain, the Black Wolf, and decided to take revenge and not wait for the autumn harvest.

There is no way, if you don't do it, the younger brothers below will also be detached.

Since they can't protect them, why should they pay tribute to the Black Wolf Tribe.

And Zhao Qing didn't know all this, she was very distressed now.

The expansion of the army was followed by a shortage of grain and grass, especially the fodder and grass that the war horses had to eat, and people could not eat meat every day, so they had to have grain and green vegetables.

Zhao Qing thought of a lot of ways, one is to buy, buy from the people of Yan Kingdom, the second is to ask for help from Bird and Flower Island, hoping to transport a batch by sea, and the third is to be self-sufficient, so that the idle militia can grow food and vegetables in the valley.

And it's early spring, and the snow is melting, just right.

Because of the work of nearly 10,000 people, the general appearance of the fortress has also come out.

This is the only good news.

But the question arises again, what to do with these nearly 10,000 people.

If you let it go, sooner or later you will retaliate.

Kill them all, and they will definitely rebel angrily, and then they will surely be killed or injured by the free people.

continues to raise, and the food they eat is not enough.

What should the young master do if he encounters this situation.

"System, what do you say I should do?"

System: "......"

Forget it, pick out the thorns and kill them, and call the chicken to show the monkey.

The rest, who are more obedient, go and graze my cattle and sheep.

I stood on the high platform, looking at the panicked, armed crowd, and indifferently watching the cut off their breath after cursing.

"I know you're scared of me, afraid that my butcher's knife will fall on your heads, but I'm giving you a chance, do you want to live.

I know you understand what I mean, and it's up to you to decide whether to die or live. ”

After a moment of silence, they said, "We want to live." ”

"Good, but I don't need so many people."

In an instant, there was silence below.

I still went on a killing spree, leaving only one tribe of people, more than a thousand.

"You will live, and in return you will graze cattle and sheep for me, and if one escapes, all die together."

The tribal elder said in fear, "Yes, the Black Sheep tribe obeys your will. ”

For fear of angering this murderous female devil.