[I saw that everyone was already arguing in the book review area, some said they should be killed, and some said they shouldn't be killed...... So hurry up and post the chapter that has been written. You don't have to make any noise, right...... Hehe. 】

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Immediately the whole audience knelt down in a large area, those villagers were like earth, lying on the ground and begging, some saw the blood corpses all over the ground, and they were even more frightened and almost fell on the spot.

"Don't! Don't!" a shrill voice was quite obvious in the pleading voices of the crowd, and then a thin figure crawled forward a few steps on the ground, hugged the thigh of Roddy, who was standing there in a daze, and cried: "My lord! They're all persecuted!

"Persecution!" Before Roddy could speak, Ziggy roared like thunder: "Just because they are persecuted, can they be annihilated! Fucking let Lao Tzu lose a hundred of his best brothers! Kill them all!" Ziggy was already so angry at this moment that his face turned purple, just because of the fierce battle just now, the most elite two hundred soldiers he carefully selected from the 20,000 people under his command actually lost half of them at once! Those are the best soldiers in the Wolf Tooth Army! Just because of these timid and cowardly villagers! Let a hundred of your elite and well-trained warriors die in battle!

"Adult, Adult!!" The girl was also frightened, but she still hugged Roddy's legs, kowtowing like pounding garlic, only hearing the sound of clapping, and the blood had already been knocked out of her forehead on her originally delicate face, mixed with dust and tears on her face, and her face was extremely miserable.

Roddy tried to calm himself, but his heart was beating violently. He glanced at the twenty or so villagers who were kneeling on the ground, including old and young, men and women, all of whom looked terrified. His heart was sad and sad.

At this moment, he knew very well that as long as he waved his hand, these twenty or so people would immediately fall to the ground. According to the imperial decree, those who collaborated with the enemy and treason were all over the house! There is absolutely no forgiveness! And these villagers just reported to the army of the Great Moon Kingdom, causing their army to be attacked, killing and wounding more than 100 people......

But......

But they are all civilians!! Roddy felt in his heart! Let Roddy order to slaughter civilians, this kind of thing is absolutely unspeakable by Roddy no matter what! Look at these men, women and children crying sadly, look at these people at the bottom of the empire, these poor people who are tired and running for food and clothing for three meals a day...... And just two or three months ago, wasn't he a civilian like them?!

What happens if you encounter this kind of thing yourself?

If your parents and relatives are captured by the enemy, you will threaten yourself with the surnames of your relatives...... Roddy sighed inwardly...... He didn't dare to think about it anymore.

For these commoners, what empire, what emperor, what war, what dynasty fights for hegemony, are all distant things, and they are not as important as their closest relatives!

Looking at the uncertain expression on Luo Di's face, Zig gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, Ci is not in charge of the soldiers! They have committed unpardonable grave crimes, if they don't kill, how can they lead the army! Why do they explain to the brothers who died in battle!"

Luo Di's heart was shocked, and his eyes swept over the soldiers around him, only to see that those soldiers were full of indifference-especially the remaining hundred pro-soldiers under his command, looking at these civilians kneeling on the ground, their eyes were full of hatred--after all, it was because of their ventilation that their comrades-in-arms who had been with him all day and night died tragically! Especially the officer of the pro-soldiers, his hand had already pressed the hilt of the sword, and he looked like he was gritting his teeth.

"Your Excellency...... The adult ...... "The girl at her feet was already crying and almost turned her back on breath, and the blood and tears on her face had already blurred into a piece.

"Imperial decrees, treason, and beheading!" Ziggy shouted.

Luo Di gritted his teeth, he understood that he must not be soft-hearted at this time! No matter what the reason, collaborating with the enemy and treason, causing his army to suffer such great losses, and more importantly, exposing the whereabouts of his lone army! These consequences add up, no matter what the reason, these people will definitely not be able to escape the road of execution.

Ziggy winked, and the two soldiers grabbed and pulled the girl on the ground away. Roddy sighed, and was about to wave his hand, but the girl suddenly didn't know where the strength came from, and struggled violently, crying as hard as she could, "My lord, please wait a minute, ......wait a minute! I have important things to say!"

"There's nothing else you haven't said!" Ziggy said coldly.

The girl was already trembling with fright, but she just looked at Roddy, bit her lip, and said in a trembling voice: "I, I know a path that leads to the north...... From this trail to Fort Trier, you can save half a day, or if you head north, you can save a day...... I...... I can show you the way...... Please, my lord, please let them go...... They're being forced too!"

Luo Di glanced at her, then swept his gaze over the audience, and said coldly: "Separate these people from house to house! Then the person who set the fire to each house is arrested, and the others ...... The others let go!"

"Your Excellency" "Your Excellency!!"

Ziggy and the pro-soldier captain exclaimed at the same time.

Zig had a gloomy face, gritted his teeth, and said, "My lord, all collaborators must be executed, regardless of gender, otherwise they can't set an example!"

"I know! I know the edicts of the Empire! I feel sorry for the soldier who died just now! but...... But have you ever thought about it...... They're all civilians!"

Roddy took a deep breath: "I think, everyone...... Except for some officers, most of the people here are born civilians! We are soldiers! We are soldiers of the Empire! The duty of a soldier is to defend the territory of the Empire, to guard their homeland, and to shelter these civilians! They have indeed committed a crime! They are forced to do so because their relatives have been captured by the Great Moon Kingdom! But why were their relatives taken away! Why!!"

His eyes swept over the audience, and Luo Di said in a deep voice: "It's because of the negligence of our soldiers! It is because we have not been able to fulfill our duty to guard our homeland! Let the army of the Great Moon Kingdom wreak havoc on the territory of the empire! These are the dereliction of duty of our soldiers! If the army can keep the enemy out of the empire, if the army can protect the homeland well, how can they, these civilians, be forced to do these things under the butcher's knife of the Great Moon Kingdom!"

No one spoke......

Taking a deep breath, Luo Di continued slowly: "I know that you are not reconciled, and you are not willing to let your comrades die like this! But it is not these civilians who should be punished! They should not have faced the enemy's butcher's knife in the first place! Those things should be done by us! Your hatred should not be poured out on these defenseless villagers, but on the butchers of the Great Moon Kingdom!"

Still no one spoke......

"Lord Duke......" Only Ziegy gritted his teeth, but finally did not continue.

Luo Di didn't look at Zige, but slowly swept his gaze over the villagers who were kneeling on the ground, and said slowly: "I know that you are involuntary and helpless. But after all, you have done something of treason with the enemy! You have let a hundred of the most heroic warriors of the empire die miserably! Therefore, I can't forgive you either......" Speaking of this, Luo Di gritted his teeth and said fiercely as if he had used all his strength: "You, the people who set the fire just now, stand up and accept the punishment yourself! Your family will be safe and forgiven!"

For a while, the audience was silent, and the soldiers all looked at Roddy, but no one moved.

Luo Di's face was gloomy, and he suddenly shouted: "What are you doing, do you have to kill them all!!, is the saber of the 'Thor's Whip' for these civilians!!

Suddenly hearing such a loud shout from Luo Di, all the soldiers couldn't help but shake their bodies and suddenly stood up straight.

"The criminal team obeys the order!" Ziggy suddenly shouted, "Execute the order!"

Finally, the soldiers moved, they separated the two dozen people, and after some scrubbing, ten villagers stood up, they knelt on the ground, and the rest behind them were pulled behind by the soldiers.

"You just set the fire!" Roddy said in a gloomy voice.

There was silence for a moment, and a middle-aged man among the ten people whispered, "I'll let it go." The other nine nodded as well.

"Because of you, you let a hundred of the most heroic warriors of the empire die a miserable death! I understand that you were forced to do this for the sake of the safety of the captured families! But! You killed another hundred people! You are human beings, aren't the hundred soldiers who died human! You have families! Don't they have families when they die!!You deplore your families...... But these valiant soldiers, won't their families be sad!!"

Silent...... Not a single kneeling villager dared to look up at Roddy.

Luo Di said in a deep voice: "I am now executing you according to the decree of the Empire, do you have anything else to say?"

All ten of them bowed their heads and remained silent. Even the village chief's daughter didn't speak again, but looked at Luo Di with tears on her face. She also seems to understand that being able to forgive the families of these people is already an extrajudicial grace.

Roddy didn't look at them anymore and turned to walk back. Ziegy looked cold and waved at the soldiers of the penal team......

After a few snorts, the head of the man fell to the ground, only to hear a sudden cry of grief in the distance behind him, and then Zieg strode up from behind.

Luo Di glanced at him and said slowly: "Commander Zige, I know that you are not reconciled in your heart, but I believe you can understand what I do! I can punish the sinners, otherwise the dead warriors will die without turning a blind eye! But those innocent villagers, I will not raise a butcher's knife against them no matter what!"

After a long silence, Ziggy slowly spoke, "My lord, I understand. Today's revenge, I will ask the Great Moon Kingdom for revenge! They killed 100 of us, I will kill 1,000 of them! 10,000!"

Luo Di shook his head and said lightly: "Okay, our whereabouts have been exposed, and we can't stay here now......! The girl, she said there was a path, take her up! If we can get to Watt Fortress early, we will be safe sooner!"

Ziegy nodded, and waved for the soldier to bring the girl up.

"What's your name!"

"Gardalina......" The girl bowed her head, and there was a little crying in her voice.

Luo Di Zhengse said: "You just said that there is a small road here that leads to the north...... Is it possible to get to Watt Fortress from this path?"

"Yes!" said Gadaliana in a low voice, and then she hesitated, as if she had mustered up enough courage to speak: "This is the path that only my brother and I know...... It was by that trail that he had escaped from Fort Trier. From that trail to Watt Fortress, save a day than the main road. ”

Ziggy asked a few more questions and determined that the road was indeed very hidden (Gadalina said that the road had been discovered by accident when his brother was hunting in the mountains). But the road is not easy to walk, and it can be passed by horseback, but the rugged mountain road is absolutely impossible for vehicles to pass.

"Good. Ziggy glanced at Roddy and thought to himself that it would be enough to ride a horse, and they didn't bring any heavy food or grass anyway.

"Give her a horse! will you ride a horse?" said Roddy.

"Yes...... Yes!" Gadalina didn't seem to dare to look at Roddy again, in fact, Roddy was covered in blood at the moment, and his face was still stained with blood that had not been wiped off, which did look a little scary.

Seeing that the herald had already gone down to deliver the order to be pulled, Gadaliana suddenly pleaded with courage again: "Your Excellency, you ...... Can you go and get the people from the village back? They ......."

"Impossible!" Luo Di simply refused, and then his gaze became indifferent: "Let me tell you, the captured people have long since died! The people of the Great Moon Kingdom have come out to find food! Will they keep the captured people to consume food! The captured people in your village must have died long ago!"

"Boy, do you still think it's a pleasure to be in power?" said Andy's voice in his head.

Luo Di only felt that his heart was so depressed that he couldn't breathe, and his heart seemed to be pressed against a boulder...... He said miserably: "I don't know...... Andy...... I found that there were many things that I couldn't understand......"

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ps: I'm dizzy, after reading everyone's opinions in the book review area, many readers said that it was handled correctly, and many readers said that the protagonist did not handle it well. They should all be killed......

My thinking is this: if the protagonist is a hero-like character, maybe he will go on a killing spree. If it was an iron-blooded character, he might not hesitate to use the knife.

But the protagonist is not that kind of person, at least not yet. Notice his background, a commoner-born man, a man who has just stepped onto the stage of power. No matter how good his current performance is, no matter how eye-catching he is, it doesn't seem reasonable to become an iron-blooded "celebrity" all of a sudden. When I wrote this chapter, I tried to use the steps of normal psychological transformation to describe a Roddy in the present stage, and according to the maturity level that suits his current stage, or his psychology, it is impossible to kill all of these people.

Perhaps, in the future, Roddy will become iron-blooded, a little more ruthless, and a little more evil...... But not now, now, it's too early.

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