Chapter 174: Sin Night

Salt, grain and grass were sent to the camp of the mercenaries left behind, which relieved Kantar's urgent need, and it was obvious that the negotiations were effective, so that the hostility dissipated invisibly, and the mercenaries retreated to the desert after pulling out the camp, and the witch soldiers then retreated to the edge of the forest, and there was no longer the risk of military confrontation on the steppe. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The greedy tribal leaders, in the most difficult time for the soldiers to defend the city, one by one showed their true colors, some people robbed the transport team, bringing huge losses to the Yanning Chamber of Commerce, some people openly took refuge in the Sunset Empire, willing to act as its accomplices, some people were indecisive on the surface but secretly responded to the horses and grain and grass, there are very few tribes that can maintain neutrality, only more than ten tribes abide by the covenant, although they did not send troops to help the soldiers defend the city, but how much the sunset mercenaries have been contained, reducing the pressure on the soldiers.

The defeat of the army and the victory of the counteroffensive reversed the situation in just a few days, and then the talks between the three countries and the four parties completely dispelled the luck of the tribal leaders, and most of them turned to Yanning, sending war horses and slaves to tell that they had no choice but to express their loyalty, and the tribes that did a lot of evil, knowing that the liquidation of the soldiers would no longer be merciful, joined forces in order to protect themselves.

The messengers sent by Yan Ning ran all over the tribes, at that time I didn't know if they could win, the tribes in order to keep the grassland and the people, helpless to take refuge in the enemy, although the behavior was shameful but excusable, the imperial county lord was not to blame, let the tribal leaders come to Tucheng in the spring to gather, discuss the grassland reconstruction plan, at this time should repent and reform, try their best to comfort the victorious soldiers.

Seeing Yan Ning's proclamation, Mei Ying smiled, the only remaining dissatisfaction in her heart disappeared, the imperial county lord was merciful, so she was not to blame in the past, but Yan Ning didn't say her attitude, she didn't raise the butcher's knife but the time was not yet ripe, I am afraid that after the imperial county lord withdraws his troops, there will be a bloody purge in the prairie.

After finalizing the future direction, negotiations on the details were still ongoing, and Mei Ying gave carte blanche to Ling Huqing to quarrel with Yan Ning.

The weather turned cold, and the winter of the prairie was not suitable for fighting, and the tribal leaders breathed a sigh of relief, and after the Qinghui County Lord retreated, Yan Ning only had a 10,000-strong team of Baji in his hands, but he couldn't help the tribal alliance that was in a hurry.

The bones of the soldiers killed in the war were transported to the cemetery, Mei Ying presided over a grand funeral, and tens of thousands of soldiers were buried in the grassland.

"I can't forget the achievements of the heroes, I ask the empire to send troops to guard the cemetery every year, it is best to be the soldiers of the counties participating in the battle in this Jicuiguan, the prairie is a natural training ground, and I will bear all the expenses of the soldiers guarding the tomb, this is the obligation to be fulfilled, Yan Ning will never forget that he is a Qinghui soldier. ”

Yan Ning knelt down and paid homage to Mei Ying for the first time, as the ruler of the grassland, and never forgot that it was the Qinghui soldiers, so that the two sisters let go of their suspicions, and all the unhappiness blew away from the cold wind of the grassland.

"I promise you that I will play Kyoto to ask for permission: to participate in the war of the standard battalions of each county, and after that, after graduation, the soldiers will be to guard the mausoleum in the prairie for one year, with three battalions as a custom. ”

A sudden heavy snowfall has draped the prairie in silver, and thousands of miles of snow have been frozen for thousands of miles, and Tucheng has soldiers and generals traveling together every day to enjoy the magnificent scenery of nature. The war is over, the sorrow for the comrades who died in the war can only be buried deep in the heart, and the living live happily, it is the pursuit of the heroes and martyrs who sacrifice their lives and forget to die, the highest ideal of the military is always peace, but revenge and punishment will never be diluted by time.

On a snowy night, the soldiers drove out of the earthen city, the mercenaries left the camp, the witch soldiers stepped across the frozen Qinghe, and the three carefully selected elite troops, under the personal leadership of their own generals, with the help of the cover of night, were like three hungry tigers, quietly pounced on the tribe that relaxed their vigilance.

Baji stood in the city tower, watching the elite of the students pounce on the grassland, Yan Ning did not let him lead the troops to attack, he had fully taken care of his feelings, what else could he say, did he still have to intercede for the rebellion. "Big brother. Ba Lang wanted to speak and stopped, Yan Ning's order not to take prisoners was still difficult for him to digest, Ba Ji turned around slowly, in the faint light under the city tower, Li Changgong led the inspector team to patrol back and forth, Hu Li sat in the corner with a knife, it doesn't matter whether he trusts it or not, the superior must always take precautions, and he will not let him Baji spoil the big thing because of his soft heart, and if there is a slight change tonight, the dead people are not just betrayed tribes.

"You prepare a resignation letter for the eldest brother, resign from the post of commander of the Third Army, and ask Miss Yan to arrange another position, and submit it tonight, remember, the words must be tactful. Military power cannot be nostalgic, don't send yourself to death, Miss Yan's heart is by no means as harmless to humans and animals as her beautiful face. The war-torn prairie is now in need of such a wolf god messenger. ”

Baji's resignation was handed over, Yan Ning didn't say much, and then divided the troops into five battalions, Balang was the commander of one of the battalions, and the other four battalions were in charge, there were dead soldiers of the Yan family, fierce generals from other tribes, and student soldiers who volunteered to stay in the grassland, no one could command anyone, and would only obey Yan Ning's orders. Tonight is not simply punishing rebellion, but the rulers of the steppe are also openly adjusting the team she rules on.

"Master, **** is not a long-term peace and stability strategy, it is easier to provoke the confusion of Qinghui Royal, thank you for supporting the disciples, so that Xingxia took the initiative to disband the apologetic soldiers, I scattered them into the battalions, and appointed Xingxia as the head of the torture room, responsible for the grassland bandits and punishment, his character is jealous and hateful, and he is suitable for this role. ”

"Go, go, you are still wary of being a teacher in your heart, hehe, why bother to ask me more, you can do what you want, you have already said something for the teacher, the enemy martial saint will not interfere, and he will not help you again, but I still have to warn you, if you can do less, you can kill less, let alone delay your cultivation because of mundane affairs, the road of the person in your heart, the prairie will not be the end." ”

Yan Ning's face flushed, bowed her head and left after saluting, the big priest sighed faintly, everything that should be said has been said, the future road has to be walked by herself, the will of heaven is fixed, and people can also be corrected, otherwise there will be no abandonment of evil and good, the so-called impermanence of heaven is due to the fickleness of people's hearts.

The prairie was lit with fire, the snowflakes could not be extinguished for a long time, and the resistance encountered by the elite soldiers in the raid was minimal. Cursing is useless, there is no distinction between the old and the weak, women and children, only the difference between the living and the dead, the living are avenging their dead comrades-in-arms, the elite soldiers of the Three Kingdoms have been fighting for several months, who have no relatives and friends to die in the battle array, after the backlog of hatred is ignited, the beast nature far exceeds human nature, an order not to be captured, so that all kinds of evils are put on a legal coat, three large tribes of tens of thousands of people are wiped out, and more than 100,000 people disappear from the prairie.

The annals of the Three Kingdoms are called the night of punishment, and they don't mention the details, but the Yanhou Mansion dares to do it, and directly calls it the night of sin, the snowy night where all the sins disappear in the firelight, and the descendants of later generations simply do not admit that there has been such a night.

No matter how brave and good the descendants of the wolf god are, they can't compete with the elite soldiers of the three empires, not to mention that the armies of the three kingdoms carry the banner of executing the military orders of the wolf god's messenger, and the proposal to join forces to resist is overthrown as soon as it is proposed, and a hungry tiger can't resist, and in the face of a group of tigers who turn enemies into friends, resistance can only make the prairie bleed all over the ground. In the days that followed, the tribes mutinied, and under the pressure of the general situation, most of the once high leaders became scapegoats, and in fact they all deserved it.

The army withdrew to the camp, the commanders of the three parties all issued a gag order, no one was allowed to say anything after the battle, the battle report was simple and only a few words, it was nothing more than the successful completion of the task in the snowy night raid, and even the results of the battle were ordered to withdraw without taking into account the statistics, so the troops who participated in the battle this night did not evaluate the merits of the battle, and they could not even evaluate the merits of the battle, and they could not explain the fig leaf when they were torn off.

No battle report does not mean that you can't think of the scene of the massacre, the Huayue sisters have no smile on their faces for several days, but the order not to take prisoners is agreed by the sisters, at that time, they never imagined that there would be such an embarrassing result, and more than 100,000 people from the three major tribes were slaughtered by the elite soldiers of the Three Kingdoms. There is a deliberate defense that we ordered not to accept the surrender of the soldiers, but in this way, almost everyone who participated in the war is guilty, and the implementation of military law will only provoke mutiny, not to mention that the military order is placed there, strictly speaking, the soldiers only explain the order more thoroughly.

"The order is given by us, but the plan is formulated by Gao Yuan, the black cauldron makes him back, drinks human blood and kills the prisoners, and it doesn't matter if he has the notoriety of exterminating the clan. ”

Ling Huqing put the main responsibility on Gao Yuan in a few words, and the sisters finally had a sense of conscience from self-deception, Hua Yue forced Gao Yuan to climb on the bed to write a report, and the culprit of the guilty night became the captain of the inspector who was difficult to turn over while lying in bed.

The strategy of pacification was no stranger to Hu Qing, announcing that the punishment was over, sending people to comfort the ministries and recognizing the status of the new chief, a series of measures were put in place, Mei Ying also won a reputation for benevolence, and the hearts of the grassland tribes gradually stabilized.

"Brother, when you go out in the future, don't call me to go with you, hehe, the master gives you a piece of advice, don't forget to bring the guards when you go to the pit. ”

Li Changgong had a few words of schadenfreude in his mouth from time to time, but he tried his best to protect Gao Yuan, although he went to Maokeng with guards, he was next to him every time, Gao Yuan made Hua Yue fight without any power to fight back, and he couldn't help but prevent the assassins from taking the opportunity to take revenge, and as a result, he really let him hack to death several groups of assassins. The Huayue sisters simply expanded Gaoyuan's inspection team into a standard, and more than 600 elite soldiers protected the captain with one task, which was tighter than the defense of the county lord's tent.

"In the hearts of the prairie people, you are definitely the embodiment of the devil, and the inspectors are all unlucky, hehe, then again, now you are more popular than the county lord, not only the soldiers, but even the mercenaries and witches who stay behind are willing to follow you. ”

Gao Yuan couldn't lie down after his injury, the first time he went out of the city to relax, he saw him squeezing his eyebrows one by one, encountering the patrols of mercenaries and witch soldiers, and really as Li Changgong said, he became a sentry around, at first he thought it was routine surveillance, and then the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was wrong, and people didn't mean to guard against him at all, and they were all looking for assassins who might be ambushed.

"What the hell is going on?" Gao Yuan really couldn't figure it out, he lay down for more than half a month and carried a black pot, could it be that God made him a big beauty who was embarrassed to close the moon, Li Changgong didn't talk, and Yan Zifeng smiled and said: "Before the war, these boys were the same as the two of you, they had never touched a woman, and the people who participated in the war that night, hehe, now they really become men, hahaha." ”

"I-" Gao Yuan was so angry that he couldn't speak, no wonder the assassins were one after another, the crimes of that night were much more serious than he imagined, bestiality, even horse bandits, Chang Yunfei knew that he was wronged, and said with relief: "It's over, the army is like this, a little relaxation of military discipline, there is no difference between soldiers and bandits." ”

"Back to the city!"

Gao Yuan returned to Tucheng sullenly, this black pot is big, the arson is a bandit, and according to military law, how many heads are not enough to cut off, and he can't defend himself, and he is afraid that he can't wash away the stigma after pouring all the clear river water.

The premise of mercy is that you have the strength to be evil, otherwise it is not called mercy but weakness, the atrocities of the night of sin, let the unruly tribe chill from the bottom of their hearts, and the rapid control of the grassland by Yan Ning received miraculous results, under the grace of Qi Shi, the situation was basically stabilized in one winter, and the leaders sent their children to Tucheng as hostages, and Yan Ning's government and military orders gradually no one dared to question them in the grassland, and the horse bandits who were as many as cattle hair lost their background, and the three countries jointly strangled and fell to run, and the trade route was finally unimpeded.

The night of sin, the calm grassland, the cause and effect between which the literati and politicians will never admit it, the notoriety of Takagaki resounded in the grassland, overshadowing the benevolence of the lord of Qinghui and the brilliance of the messenger of the wolf god, in exchange for decades of calm when the government decreed the extinction of horse bandits.