Chapter 30: The Cold-Blooded Butcher
"In the battles of your life, no less than twenty wars have been won by treachery. Most of those who listened to you are dead, only a few of them survived for special reasons, and one of them was painstakingly collecting these things about you and publishing them, but unfortunately the Harvey Empire banned them! and I saw this book in a stall on the street of Harvey Didu when I was bored. I also used to feel strange about this, so afterwards I also looked at Harvey's history, and as a result, those events really existed, and all of them were included in your military exploits, at that time, I calculated, in your military exploits, if you kill a soldier, then you will kill ten civilians, so people's combat exploits have always been very prominent, and among them, you use surprise victory as the main means. In other words, you've always been used to stabbing people in the back. Kong Ming came here, looked at Pang Yiran, and continued: "I have always admired your tactics, but I don't dare to agree with your character, and those who fought with you or their descendants want to come here now, so my soldiers fought so hard in this battle, but when I saw you, I finally knew why." ”
"Why?" Pang Yiran asked subconsciously, and the others had been looking at Kong Ming, hoping that he would quickly uncover the mystery.
"Do you still have to guess this? This is your base camp, and these people or their descendants are all under your training, and it can almost be said that this Kaesong is a whole army, so because of some of my wartime policies, my soldiers will be tied to their hands and feet, and they will not fully demonstrate their combat effectiveness. But now it's different. Don't you hear the difference?" said Kong Ming with a smile.
After everyone heard Kong Ming's words, they also quieted down, listening to the sounds of the battle, only to hear the sound of destruction of the fighting spirit kept ringing, and those magic began to be released without care.
"Are you going to destroy this city?" Pang Yiran's words no longer had the calmness that began, and there was a slight tremor in them.
"No, I'm not going to destroy the city, I'm going to make it disappear. Kong Ming said.
"You don't care about those women and children?" Pang Yiran's voice was already completely deformed, and there was no longer that kind of territorial calmness that thousands of troops were in control.
"I only want the destruction of the city now, and the rest, I will talk about it later. Kong Ming said and looked at Pang Yiran. I saw that after Pang Yiran heard it, his eyes began to open wide, and then the pupils in his eyes dilated suddenly, and then he fell. At the beginning of the battle, the place where he stood was the place where the battle began. And that's where all the magicians and archers hit the ground running, and he himself was badly wounded. Just now, it was just supporting it with will. But after hearing Kong Ming's last sentence, he couldn't hold it anymore, because that sentence used to be his famous saying, which made him proud for more than thirty years, and that sentence was the beginning of his first slaughter of the city.
"Are you really going to destroy the entire city?" asked Yiyiyi, trembling. It was a cruel scene for her.
"Well, of course, Kaesong's location is too special. Only when this place is ruined will the entire border between Harvey and the Land of Chaos be completely opened. Kong Ming said.
"I mean, are you really going to slaughter the city?" said Yiyi, incredulous.
"I'm not a butcher like him, how can I do that kind of thing?" said Kong Ming.
"And that last sentence just now?" Yiyiyi asked, still uneasy.
That's his famous quote. Kong Ming explained.
"So you didn't mean to slaughter the city. That's good, that's good!" Yiyi finally put her mind at ease.
"However, my order was given the moment I knew it was him, and I thought that in this battle, there would not be many civilians left in the city. Kong Ming's next sentence made Yi Yiyi even more ugly.
"Head, what kind of order did you order?" Lu Hai asked strangely on the side, these two people talked for a long time, but they didn't get to the content of the order, this is the substantive problem.
"I order all troops, destroy everything that stands in front and a force that dares to oppose it. With this order, the resistance in the city must be getting weaker and weaker now. Maybe there are really not many people left in this city in the end. Kong Ming said.
"Why?" Yiyi's heart fell again.
"Not because of us, but because of Pang Yiran. ”
"Pang Yiran?"
"Well, he's always stuck to a little bit of his defensive policy. ”
"Which point?"
"All the people are soldiers, and the whole city is soldiers. That is to say, from the time he came here, the inhabitants of this city have been given him a militarized administration, so that after their entire high-ranking officers let us destroy it, the rest of them will still resist until the last man. That's his defensive theory, and I think he should have done it. Kong Ming looked at the violent explosions that kept coming from the distance, and the tall buildings kept falling in Kong Ming's eyes, and the dust spread over the entire city, if it weren't for the many water magic in those spells, he might not be able to see in the distance. After the nearby mercenaries heard Kong Ming's words, they were all silent, because what Kong Ming said was really good, if all the people in this city were soldiers, and the whole city was full of soldiers, if they didn't destroy it, there was really no way to take it.
"So it's his fault?" Lu Hai said.
"No, he's not wrong, because his theory is the only way for a weak country or a weak city to fight a strong enemy, so in this respect, he's not wrong, he's wrong is that he shouldn't attack us in that way, because he doesn't understand us as an opponent, and he's a nobleman, and for a nobleman, the people under his jurisdiction are all his people, and there is nothing you can't do to die for him. So the reason why he was was not because of this. Kong Ming said.
"What's that?" Yi Yiyi was now also curious by Kongming's words, and now there was a lot less sadness on her face.
"Because his entire belongings are here, and most of his hard work is on this, and because most of his family members are here, my words made him angry that he was almost exhausted. It's just a cycle. Kong Ming sighed.
Just as Kong Ming said, after his order went down, all the division commanders were stunned for the first time. But then the surprise came to the fore, because this order meant that they could use one qiē means and methods, as long as they were victorious, they no longer had to worry about other qiē, and the building, the woods, and morality, in some cases, it was an order to do everything. The battle ahead suddenly became fierce, and without this order, the mercenaries had an inherent mind, and many things would still be retained. And in the midst of these things, the Harvey City Defense Army continued to attack the mercenary army, and at this time, the order was down, and all the mercenaries were let go at once. Constant attacks on the city defenders who are hiding in them. At this time, not a single qiē can withstand victory. This qiē is simply because they have an enemy named Pang Yiran.
Among the strikers. Zhang San, the captain of a mercenary soldier in the Second Division, was very aggrieved at this time, because his opponents often hid in those houses, and once the mercenaries walked over, they would shoot from behind, and once the mercenaries attacked one house by one, it was not only a waste of time. It is also easy to accidentally injure the old people and children hiding in the room, or those women, for this alone, they have lost more than ten mercenaries, and when these children and old people come forward to block their progress. After letting those Harvey city defenders escape, he couldn't hold back any longer, slapped an old man away with a palm, and left the house with hatred, this is all soldiers, the old man and the child are not the main body of the battle, but the bunker of the battle. This kind of battle is usually extremely lethal to those so-called benevolent and righteous divisions, because they have something to do, and if they take care of it, they will let the fighter fly away, and they can only wait for the next fighter, but this waiting will come at a price. Sometimes this cost is the soldier's life. Zhang San walked out of the house helplessly, and there was still a lot of shock in his heart at the hateful eyes of those children and the elderly, but he also had a lot of complaints about the opponent running away from his side like this. A magician in charge of communication next to him walked over and said, "Captain's order!"
"What the hell order?" Zhang San said annoyedly. This is a mercenary, although he can listen to orders for money, but, don't have any hope for them, say nonsense like respecting the commander, if there is no money, the commander will make them unable to find the north. But Kong Ming has a clear understanding of this from beginning to end, although he can scold those division commanders to the blood, but behind this is the real original battle record and the money of those nobles who have captured a huge amount of money as support, until now every mercenary has obtained a lot of money, and some can even let them live for a lifetime.
"The division commander ordered all the troops, to destroy everything that stood in the way and a force that dared to oppose it. The magician said.
"Haha! God help me. The Ministry of Transmission ordered everyone to take out what was in front of him and the forces that dared to oppose him. Zhang San's voice shook all the nearby mercenaries, and even the mercenaries of the other teams in the vicinity could hear it clearly. And at this time, Zhang San didn't have any scruples.
"Magician, magician!" Zhang San shouted.
"Hemp, what the ghost is called, the person is less than ten meters behind. Tell me what's the matter?" said one of the magicians hatefully. As soon as the battle began, Kong Ming divided the magicians into the teams below as planned, so that they could make full use of their firepower instead of staying aside to be the master. So Zhang San's first reaction after hearing this order was to find a magician. And these magicians are also mercenary personnel, except for the magic robes on their bodies, they have long been no different from bandits.
"Enemy troops ahead, face kill!"
"Are you sure?"
"The division commander has spoken, fuck it, fuck it!"
"You are not worried, let alone us, brothers, ahead, fifty meters, storm thunder and lightning, put!" one of the magicians ordered.
In an instant, the front of the mercenaries, the heads of the city defenders who were fighting with the mercenaries, including the houses on both sides, were full of magic, and countless lightning bolts poured down at once, hitting the city guards and those houses, and they all exploded. Those city guards who were hiding in the house and preparing for a sneak attack were buried in the earth and rocks at once, and those low-level people, those old people and children were all buried in it, at this moment. The city defense army is really anxious, the original cover object is gone, and the death of the old man and child also greatly stimulates the eyes of those city defense troops, and the violent collision began under this order, and once the two sides are completely let go, the fighting spirit and magic fly everywhere, everything that can be broken becomes smashed, and slowly, the mercenary army begins to show all the abilities and strength as mercenaries, once it is released. On the contrary, nothing will be feared. On the other hand, on the side of the city defense army, this was originally their base camp, and Pang Yiran had been brainwashing them with all the soldiers, and they also thought so at the beginning of the war, using the elderly and children as cover can at least be on par with the mercenary army. But when none of these cards are useful. They also began to look anxious. For nothing else, these people were their family, but as the battle progressed, they discovered that they had killed more civilians than mercenaries. Because both sides have already let go, regardless of it, the mercenary army has nothing here, and the orders are from above. In the big things will also be blocked by the top, thinking like this in my heart, there is no pressure at all, so after letting go of my hands and feet, I am even more unstoppable, on the other hand, the city defense army is beginning to be afraid at this time, because they are very familiar with this place, most of these people are also the family members of the city defense army, and who can do the thing of killing their own family, although Pang Yiran once said that for the country, individuals can sacrifice a qiē, but that is just a person, not a family, if a person can even sacrifice his family, then who will believe that he will not sacrifice his companions。 Pang Yiran made a mistake in misestimating human nature, although he made the soldiers forget about nature at some point, but anything can happen in the face of life and death. And now, when it was time to test the matter, the army he trained began to retreat, because this is human nature, and at this time, the effect of this order of Kong Ming finally appeared, and half an hour after the order, the resistance in various places gradually disappeared, and two hours later, the mercenary army completely occupied Kaesong. At this time, Kaecheng has long ceased to begin, and the mercenary army has consciously begun to purge the nobles of the city, this kind of thing is very familiar to people who have been engaged in it three times, and those who have just joined the mercenary army, when they saw this familiar scene, they also quickly adapted to the shape and consciously joined this kind of thing. Each division also consciously demolished the city wall in the place where it was located according to the old rules.
On the square under all the towers of Kongming, several division commanders have arrived here to have a meeting, and everyone originally had a lot of opinions on this kind of thing, because for a mercenary, if you let him go up, where does it come from so much trouble, but after a few times, everyone felt the necessity of this kind of thing, and they all came here at the first time they received the notice.
"Considering the battle losses of the divisions, we have suffered a big loss this time. Kong Ming said annoyedly. "The mercenary army, which is more than 50,000 people, has now lost more than 10,000 people, of which more than 3,000 have died, and the other 7,000 people have lost their combat effectiveness for a period of time. This mistake was caused mainly by the inaccuracy of our intelligence, but also by my command. Kong Ming himself made a review first, although this time the battle was won, but this loss was also the largest loss of the mercenary army in several battles. After this situation, many of the things that were predetermined were no longer possible.
"In this case, we have to change our goals. Kong Ming sighed.
"Commander, you've been talking about our goals, but what exactly was the goal from there?" one of them asked.
"yes, tell me about it!"
"yes, tell me about it!"
"yes, tell me about it!"
"yes, tell me about it!"
"yes, tell me about it!"
After these people heard what Kong Ming said, they were also very interested in this thing, and they had been listening to Kong Ming talk about this, but they never really knew about this thing.
"Okay, it's impossible anyway, I'll just talk about it. My previous goal was to take down the ten cities that had passed along the border of the chaotic land of Micheng: Kaicheng, Caicheng, Shancheng, Lincheng, Fencheng, Diancheng, Ningcheng, Yecheng, Liancheng and Liucheng. Although I once told you that as long as you fight three or four cities, but after the battle of Micheng, I am also full of confidence in achieving this goal, but the lesson we learned today is very profound, you must know that Pang Yiran, as a sharp knife of the Harvey army, was actually sent here to guard a small city, who knows who else in the city behind, maybe they are all stupid people like the city lord of Micheng, or ruthless people like Pang Yiran, even the old people and children are cheating. We don't know any of this, so we need to pack it up, or we'll lose out in the future. ”
"Commander, where are we going next?" asked Dunce. This is a concern for everyone.
"Back to Haicheng City, we need to do a time of repairing there, and more importantly, there is a purpose. Kong Ming said.
"For what purpose?"
"Hehe, there's nothing that can't be said, this will come sooner or later anyway, we will wait there for the arrival of the three devils, and we must settle this section of the grievance there. Kong Ming said resolutely. If this three devils want to kill himself, then he will have to pay some price, and four cities are obviously not enough.
"When are you leaving?"
"At one o'clock in the afternoon, all the people gathered outside the city, and we should not recruit the soldiers here, because they will more or less have an opinion on us for such a massacre as Tongguò, and we do not need such people to join our ranks. All the wounded, now concentrated, and the 1st Division was in charge, and they were sent away in carriages first. The rest of the people came as planned. Let's go. ”
"Yes!" all the people replied, it may not be a long time to come out, it is only about half a month before and after, but maybe they have experienced a lot, and the smell of blood on these mercenaries is much more.
At noon, all the mercenaries had already left Kaesong, and at this time, Kaesong could no longer be said to be a city, it was just a pile of ruins, and the flames in the city that had not been extinguished were still burning.
"Didn't you give them a kill order, how could they still come out to see them off?" Yiyi said in confusion.
"Do you think they're here to say goodbye? Come on, who's going to say goodbye to an executioner, they're just here to see if the butchers are gone, or to curse the executioners if they're dead!" Kong Ming sneered.
Watching the mercenary army leave, the remaining residents all came out, maybe Kong Ming was not wrong, they just came to see if this group of executioners who came here to kill some people on a boring morning, and then also killed some of them. But if it is said that the curse mercenary army is like Kong Ming's words, this is not necessarily, because although the snow wolf mercenary army is a saboteur, but in a way, they are also liberators, because of their arrival, this Pang devil who has ruled in Kaesong for an unknown number of years died, and from then on they will never live under such a person full of domination and possessiveness, it can be said that they have survived. But it is undeniable that because the snow wolf mercenaries have killed too many of their relatives, they have no good impression of the snow wolf mercenaries. Therefore, it is necessary to look at the problem separately at all times, and at this point, this empty light obviously does not know much about the Harvey. Because in a way, he didn't know them in depth, this group of Harvey civilians who lived around him.
Three hours after Kong Ming and the others left, what Kong Ming didn't know was that the Harvey Army's vanguard scouts had finally arrived in Kaesong, and when they saw this situation, their hearts couldn't help but tremble, and they called the Snow Wolf mercenary a devil, and Kong Ming became the leader of the devil, with the title of cold-blooded butcher. (To be continued......)
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