Chapter four hundred and fourteenth the day to live
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Liu Ling will not really use a continuous fire ballista to bombard those water thieves. First, these water thieves are very weak. They can't even put together a decent set of armor, and they have no power to fight back in front of the fire ballista. Secondly, these water thieves are very weak.
Second, using a repeating fire ballista is a bit wasteful. If one thousand two hundred crossbow arrows are fired, it will be a real waste.
From a distance, three gunpowder packets were thrown over, and the water thieves were already in chaos. They cried for their fathers and mothers, fell into the water, were blown up, were blown up, and were covered with iron nails, countless of them.
Without the Han army to attack, the water thieves had already begun to run like crazy. But the more they ran in a hurry, the more chaotic they became. The river was originally blocked by hundreds of boats. After three gunpowder packets exploded, the water thieves
The thieves began to flee in all directions, resulting in the river being blocked even more.
Liu Ling looked at the blocked river and frowned slightly.
Nie She sighed, turned around and walked towards the cabin.
"I won't watch anymore. You're going to kill someone with a frown. I still won't watch these bloody fireworks."
Liu Ling frowned just a little, and murderous intent emerged naturally. This kind of momentum and murderous intent can only be achieved after he has experienced countless life-and-death killings, his hands are stained with the blood of thousands of people, and he is in a high position, and his movements can affect the world.
There is only a tyrant who can move. There is no doubt that Liu Ling is a tyrant now. In the land of the Central Plains, he is a high-ranking existence. Yes, he is a high-ranking person, no one else.
With a single thought, he can bleed thousands of miles, and with a single thought, countless lives can be saved.
This is the power of the strong, the power that can destroy cities and destroy lands.
Nie She is also a strong man. He kills people with one sword and leaves no trace for thousands of miles. But he is a strong man in a narrow sense. His cultivation level is astonishing. No one knows if there is anyone in this world who is his opponent. In his case,
In front of him, a king like Liu Ling will feel the danger. But a strong man like Liu Ling is invincible. He controls the most powerful weapon, the weapon. A benevolent person should not use the sword lightly, otherwise he will be ambushed.
There are hundreds of miles of corpses and rivers of blood. Is Liu Ling a benevolent person? Perhaps, even he himself doesn’t know.
But there is no doubt that Liu Ling has no sympathy for these water thieves. These water thieves are more hateful than wild beasts that eat human flesh and drink human blood. It is natural for wild beasts to eat humans, just to satisfy their hunger. And these gangsters
Bandits, they never have any reason to kill. They can kill for money, for food, for beauty, or even because they want to kill.
Liu Ling was in a hurry to go to Cangzhou, and taking the water route was undoubtedly the fastest. Those blind water thieves actually blocked the waterway and tried to rob the official ship. It is obviously not enough to describe them as courageous. At least they are more courageous.
There are three words to add in front, idiot. Since you are here to kill, you must be prepared to be killed.
What is the saying?
If you come out to fool around, you will always have to pay back.
"Move over, kill people, destroy boats, and clean up the river."
Liu Ling issued a brief order. He was a man of his own opinion and would not give up his murderous intention just because of Nie She's deliberate attitude. He knew that Nie She wanted to dissuade him, but Liu Ling could not accept this kind of dissuasion.
Will obey. What evil people fear most is not good people, but people worse than him.
More than a dozen large ships began to slowly increase their speed and drove towards the small boats blocking the river. Liu Ling's more than a thousand elite soldiers stood on the side of the ship holding strong bows, staring coldly at the panicked water thieves. Their eyes were
There was no trace of mercy in them, and the calmness was heart-stopping. When the big ship approached the small boats of the water thieves, these elite soldiers began to show a terrifying quality, which is called killing people like hemp.
Standing high above the ground, the exquisite hard bows of the Han Dynasty's Hundred Workshops, coupled with the superb shooting skills of the archers, allowed the water thieves to experience what hell is. Almost every arrow would kill a water thief, and there was no expression on the murderer's face.
, not happy, not excited, drawing a bow, shooting arrows, killing people, just like a machine, precise and cold-blooded.
Soon, this section of the river was dyed red, and the heavy crossbows mounted on the big boats began to show their power. The powerful heavy crossbows could easily turn a small boat into pieces. It could string several water thieves into candied haws.
They can all be pierced to death. At such a close distance, the power of the heavy crossbow is brought into full play. As Nie She said, on these dozens of large ships, there is almost no shortage of sharp weapons for killing people.
Compared with those well-trained elite soldiers, there is a group of people wearing black robes who are more sharp in killing people. The light repeating crossbows equipped by the supervisory guards can be loaded with twenty crossbow arrows. At such a close distance
, from such a condescending advantage, killing people is faster and more effective.
Nie She heard the sounds outside in the cabin, and the noise gave him a headache. The cries for help, begging for mercy, cries, and the screams before death all made him uncomfortable. But he knew that he could not stop it.
The massacre continued. It was not that he sympathized with the water thieves, but he had a natural aversion to killing. Taking a deep breath, he looked through the hatch at Liu Ling, who was standing on the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back, and seemed to be talking to himself.
He seemed to be asking Liu Ling: "Is killing to stop killing really the only way?"
He actually knew the answer, so he believed Liu Ling.
In such troubled times, the tricks of the so-called saints are of no use at all. To educate people? Words are useless, or knives are useful after all.
Half an hour later, all the water thieves who had not escaped ashore were slaughtered. The small boats were smashed by heavy crossbows and overturned by large ships, and the river channel was cleared. The big ship at the front opened the way, and the soldiers on board
They stood on the side of the ship on both sides, holding hard bows. If they found anyone who fell into the water, they would kill him with one arrow.
After the big ship passed by, there were floating broken ship planks everywhere on the water, as well as countless dead bodies. The water thieves who fled ashore in a panic, fell limply to the ground and breathed greedily, surviving the disaster.
Everyone's heart was beating so fast that it almost burst out of their chests. They had no strength to take another look at the fleet from hell, nor did they have the strength to take a look at the robes that were alive and kicking not long ago but were now floating on the water. They
Annoyed, regretful, but also thankful, I wish I could survive.
Provoking the devil you shouldn't provoke is a bloody lesson.
Unfortunately, the first boss of this group of water thieves was shot in two by a heavy crossbow, the second boss was shot in the throat by an arrow, and the third boss was still alive, but as if he had lost his soul, lying on the ground gasping for breath.
, his mind went blank, the sky he saw in his eyes was white, and the clouds were red.
This was just a small episode. Those water thieves who were lucky enough to survive might remember it for the rest of their lives, but for those Han soldiers who killed people, it was just an ordinary day.
After the fleet passed through Texas, there were no decent big cities on the rest of the journey. Although the weapons on the fleet were extremely well-equipped and the soldiers were veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles, for the sake of safety, Liu
Ling did not ask the fleet to replenish supplies in Texas. Instead, after passing through Texas, they docked at a place called Changting County, where they replenished necessities such as food and water, and also purchased some medicinal materials.
Changting County has a small population, only about 10,000 people. The sudden appearance of the fleet suddenly shocked the originally peaceful small county. The people were very scared, and they were afraid from the bottom of their hearts. In this world, soldiers are bandits, so
No chickens or dogs were left behind, and the people were more afraid of soldiers than tigers. Most of the people fled back home in panic and closed the courtyard doors, as if the old wooden courtyard doors could block the evil spirits.
This is the common people who have little power. When faced with danger, they will bury their heads in the sand like an ostrich, as if if they close their eyes, there will be no other things in the world. There are not many men in the county.
Most of them are women, the elderly and children, which is a bit surprising. But think about it, the war lasted for too long, and all the middle-aged men were captured and served as soldiers. I don’t know where their bones are buried under the battlefield.
However, a somewhat surprising coincidence is that there are not many men in this county, not because they were arrested, but because most of them were slaughtered. A small number of them survived and are lying on the river bank in despair.
Take a big breath and face yourself in this way that you are still alive.
That's right, all the middle-aged men in this county are water thieves.
No one expected that such a situation would turn out. The middle-aged men in Changting County organized to block the river and rob, kill people and sell goods, and used the stolen food and property to feed the old, weak, women and children in Changting County. What is even more shocking is that in the river
The first-in-command who was shot into two pieces by a heavy crossbow turned out to be the magistrate of Changting County. The second-in-command was the county magistrate, and the third-in-command was the county magistrate.
Official? Bandit?
When the people from the Oversight Council reported the news to Liu Ling, Liu Ling looked slightly startled. He did not get off the boat. He originally did not plan to stay here for too long, and he had no intention of hanging out now. But after hearing this
After receiving the news, Liu Ling stepped off the ship and walked into the county government hall that had been abandoned for a long time.
Looking at the dusty chair in the courtroom that belonged to the county magistrate, Liu Ling said to himself: "You have adapted to another identity, but you have forgotten your original identity. Killing people in order to save the lives of the people of a county, logically, I
I can’t tell whether what you did was right or wrong. But what is certain is that the next time you meet me, you will still die.”
It was the first time for the old and weak women and children in Changting County to see such honest and well-behaved soldiers. They did not steal things, kill people, rape women, and even, unexpectedly, gave money back when they bought things!
They looked at each other, wondering if what they saw was real.
Nie She followed Liu Ling and asked softly: "When you think about it in the future, will you regret it?"
Liu Ling turned around and looked at Nie She and asked, "Do you think they will regret robbing and killing people?"
Nie She thought for a moment and said, "They must regret it now."
Liu Ling smiled: "Then do I need to regret it?"
After the Han army purchased supplies, they left, coming and going in a hurry. In addition to leaving behind their backs, they also left a notice. It was posted at the door of the county government hall that had been abandoned for a long time. The white paper was like an obituary.
The content of this article brings a bit of joy to the people of Changting County. Although, hidden behind this joy is the sadness of losing a loved one.
The notice said that the men in Changting County have been recruited by the King of Han to join the army. From the date of the notice, the people of Changting County can go to Liaozhou of the Han Dynasty, where houses, food, seeds, and land have been prepared for them. If
, if they are willing to travel five or six hundred miles to Liaozhou, there will be a very sunny tomorrow there.
Is it compensation?
Nie She asked Liu Ling.
Liu Ling shook his head and said: "People should live a normal life." (To be continued)
