Although Hemen County resisted very resolutely, the city still fell.
The county magistrate set fire to himself in the county government office, leaving no one alive.
County government.
Amidst the dark charcoal ruins, there are still green smoke curling up.
Tang Xun, covered in blood, looked at the corpses being carried out from the county government office and sighed: "Why bother?"
"It's nothing more than stubborn resistance. Such foolish and loyal people are indispensable in all dynasties..."
Aaron sneered and asked, "What are our battle losses?"
"For the record, Prime Minister, we have killed eight hundred enemies and suffered more than two thousand losses..."
"Not bad, not bad. Based on the average exchange ratio of one to five in defending the city, this is a really good fight." Aaron couldn't help but be quite satisfied with the combat effectiveness of the Liujia Divine Soldiers.
Tang Xun, on the other hand, took a breath of cold air: "Just a county town, and the army was reduced by 20%?"
Thousands of people attacked the city, resulting in two thousand casualties, which was already very heavy.
If it weren't for the saying that the Liujia Divine Soldiers had no morale, there might even be deserters showing up at this time!
"Prime Minister, we must not allow this to continue."
Tang Xun said solemnly: "Shuanghua Prefecture has five counties, and Xuzhou has six prefectures. That's more than thirty counties. If we continue to fight like this, our fifty thousand people will be wiped out!"
"Yes! You can't fight like this..."
Aaron yawned, looking a little bored, and waved to Xiaoyu, who was digging a hole next to him, to come back.
"So... we should order the massacre of the city!"
"Mass... massacre the city?"
"In the land of Xuzhou, the influence of famous religions is so deep-rooted that it can even incite the people to rebel and go against us... It is very difficult to pacify it."
Aaron sighed: "The massacre of the city now can intimidate the people... But the big landlords are nothing without the vassal people. After that, it will be easier to destroy the city. This is actually a bit of kindness on my part."
Although the massacre of cities has a bad reputation, the initial effect is really good. Not to mention the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, even Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, has done a lot of massacres of cities. In the early stage, he was victorious and invincible.
The expression on Tang Xun's face was almost unbearable.
So the massacre was a mercy?
"According to my original idea... I wanted to incite the three religions to continue to fight against me crazily, attract more opponents to join the confrontation, and then massacre them one after another... After this, Xuzhou will be cleansed."
Aaron sighed, with pity in his eyes: "But if we massacre the city now, the city behind will fall in the wind, and it will be impossible to kill them all... It will be more difficult to manage in the future... This is the difference between easy things first and hard things first.
The difference between Hou Yi."
"Can this... kill them all?" Tang Xun was stunned.
"As long as you are willing to pick up the butcher's knife and are not afraid of being infamy, how can you not kill them all?"
Aaron smiled: "After killing them all, they moved the refugees from other states and directly distributed them with fields, houses, tools, and food...Liang Jun immediately became a Buddha in every household!"
While they were discussing, a loud eagle cry suddenly came from the sky.
An eagle landed with a letter tied to its leg.
Aaron looked at it, and a sneer immediately appeared on his face: "The rebellion of the three mansions in the south... It is suspected that the three religions are behind the instigation... You are trying to play a big trick with me. In this case, then pass on the order and not massacre the city.
Got it!"
Tang Xun was shocked and knew that the Prime Minister had chosen the difficult path first and then the easy path.
"Instead, trap all the county officials, big households, wealthy businessmen, and landlords... as well as the temples and Taoist temples that once helped defend the city... and immediately exterminate all of them, regardless of gender, age or child, kill them all!" Aaron sneered.
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"Prime Minister, are you not going to withdraw your troops?" Tang Xun asked.
"Naturally, if we don't withdraw, there are 50,000 troops in the south, which is enough to suppress everything. At least we can save the gold and stone... I will annihilate Xuzhou within this year!"
Aaron waved his hand.
Following his order, countless Liujia magic soldiers poured into the more eye-catching mansions in the county and dragged out the owners one by one.
Even the temples and Taoist temples were in bad luck.
"Help!"
"No, spare me!"
Tang Xun passed by a wealthy house and saw an old man being dragged out. The gold beads he was preparing to bribe were scattered on the ground, but it was of no use. The Liujia Divine Soldier was not moved at all.
In addition, in this kind of mansion, there are many singers, dancers, and even official ladies, all of whom are stunningly beautiful...but they don't even look at them.
"The military discipline of the Liujia Divine Army is too good..."
Tang Xun thought that the Prime Minister liked to use retired soldiers as government officials and inspection officers, and that these people were often completely different from the previous petty officials. Not only were they very clean and self-sufficient, but they also liked to report their colleagues for taking bribes. Therefore, they were deeply hated by the subordinates and were said to be dead.
Brain, iron-clad brain.
But the Prime Minister likes them very much and plans to use them as the main force to set up an Integrity Department, which will be responsible for reporting and dealing with corrupt officials.
"It's really rare to destroy families and families in such a dignified manner and still be so disciplined..."
Tang Xun knew that such a one-size-fits-all approach would inevitably lead to accidental injuries, but so what?
Under the sweep of dragon energy, no matter how many lonely ghosts there are, they can only be turned into powder!
"It's just that, the three religions will definitely counterattack madly, and the next cities will be more difficult to defeat..."
Tang Xun felt a bit toothache when he thought about the siege battle in the future.
Although many people were killed, they did not massacre the city after all. This was not enough of a deterrent, and it was not qualified to make those people fearful.
When it develops to the end, it may become that the people are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of death.
'Kill them all...'
At this time, the Prime Minister's previous words seemed to echo in his ears again, causing Tang Xun to tremble coldly.
…
The first year of Kaiping.
October.
Daqu Mansion.
This is also the last mansion in Xuzhou.
In the past year, there have been continuous wars in Xuzhou, and every city and county has refused to surrender. Liang Jun is just like a fool who will not turn back until he hits the south wall, fighting hard one after another.
Every siege resulted in extremely heavy casualties, and there would always be street fighting after the city was broken.
Now, Liang Jun's reputation in Xuzhou is no different than that of an evil ghost.
But Tang Xun felt some subtle changes.
That is, after all, humans are not machines, and their will cannot explode indefinitely.
After a certain threshold is passed, the next city becomes easier to fight again.
Of course, the most important thing is that the Prime Minister continued to add that after the 40,000-strong army fought, it has actually become 80,000 people!
Eighty thousand troops surrounded the city of Daqufu. You could faintly see the soldiers above making noises and fear...
After all, Liang's army broke into a city when it encountered it, causing heavy casualties. It was especially famous for its love of destroying powerful families.
On the contrary, the people with almost no property or land have come to their senses, and even secretly look forward to Liang Jun's attack on the city. After all, they have nothing to lose, and verbal promises and other deceptive things can be used in the face of actual swords and guns.
, it’s too fragile...
"Changjin Temple was burned down by the mountains, monk Xuxin died in the battle... Layman Meihua escaped..."
On the city wall, Zhang Haoran, who was at the end of his rope, looked at the army below and couldn't help but burst into tears: "Why is it that in this world, warriors are always rampant, but the Ming Lord can't be found?"
