After a while, the spy reined up his horse and ran back, with a look of extreme anger on his face. He knocked in front of Lu Ziyi with blood-red eyes and shouted:
"General, there are countless casualties in Muzhou City, and the streets are almost full of corpses of civilians. Judging from the traces of swords in the field, it should be the work of the Jin army that fled earlier!"
After hearing this, Yun Qingfeng's body trembled, his chest kept rising and falling, a trace of hatred appeared in his eyes, and he cursed loudly with a red face:
"That's unreasonable! These are these heartless bastards. Let's go into the city quickly to rescue the injured!"
It was the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month in the 20th year of the Jin Dynasty. Following the defeat in the Battle of Hanjiang River, the Jin army fled eastward.
They abandoned their supplies and fled, plundering people's wealth and anointing wherever they went. The disorderly army squeezed around like countless loaches and ransacked the entire Muzhou City crazily.
This was also the most tragic day in the history of Muzhou City.
At noon, the wind and snow suddenly stopped, and the people in the city only heard the rumbling of chaotic footsteps. The sound soon came from far away, and it was obvious that the defeated Jin army had all fled into the city.
In just one meeting room, the bronze gate of the city tower will be squeezed out of shape.
To their surprise, the imperial army came to rob supplies. Immediately afterwards, the crowd began to commotion. Forced by hunger and cold, many sergeants had already begun to loot shops and houses.
At first, many soldiers in the Jin army were hesitant. But after seeing some officers killing people and burning down houses, they began to kill without hesitation, and the entire Muzhou City instantly fell into riots.
Many soldiers, their clothes had been torn in the process of fleeing, and they were already hungry after running for their lives. Therefore, everyone held up the scimitar with a cold light in their hands, and used it to
They used the simplest force to suppress and plunder food.
In just a moment of burning incense, the out-of-control soldiers turned Muzhou City into a hell on earth, and for some reason, fires burst into the sky everywhere in the city.
In front of a thatched house that was about to be burned down, stood a trembling woman, holding a several-month-old baby in her arms. In front of her, there was a soldier with a gloomy face, who yelled at her:
"I say it for the last time, hand over the money!"
As he spoke, the shiny tip of the knife was already pressed against the woman's neck. The Jin soldier who spoke had an impatient look on his face, as if he was about to cut off another head.
When the woman saw this, she knelt down with a thud, fiercely licked the soldier's trouser legs, and cried out with tears streaming down her face:
"Master, please have mercy. You have taken away all our family's food rations. Without this money, we, young and old, will all die in the cold winter!"
In her arms, she was holding a baby waiting to be fed. Her husband had been decapitated and fell at her feet.
From beginning to end, the mother never figured out: Why would the imperial army do such a thing that outraged both humans and gods?
But at the moment, she didn't dare to show a trace of dissatisfaction. Out of maternal compassion, she wanted to fight for a glimmer of life for the baby in her arms!
The baby seemed to feel that his father was dead and kept struggling in his mother's arms, wailing and crying louder and louder. Along with the smoke billowing from the city, it was as noisy as lightning and thunder, making people panic.
After the soldier heard this, he moved the tip of the knife forward again and cut the skin of the woman's neck. Blood oozed from it and said sternly:
"Bring it to me!"
The woman screamed loudly: "Master Jun, no, this is..."
Immediately, the soldier's patience was finally exhausted, and he wiped the woman's neck with a knife, terminating the unspoken words in her mouth. He took the silver coins, weighed them in his hands, and a trace of unfinished thoughts appeared on his face.
He looked cold and walked forward with the knife in his hand without looking back.
The mother was killed alive in this way. With a heavy fall to the ground, the baby in her arms fell down and hit the haystack, crying helplessly.
The smell of burning charcoal filled the entire Muzhou City, and everywhere you looked, there were flames shooting into the sky.
"Why, why do you do this after losing the battle? It's obvious that you are the traitors to the country!" Some men had already begun to resist. They roared crazily and rushed forward to fight the Jin army regardless of life or death.
Watching the burning, killing and looting of these defeated soldiers, women were constantly being raped. They had already realized that these defeated soldiers had lost their humanity at this moment. If they wanted to survive, these men could only fight, otherwise their family would lose their lives.
You'll die if you pee!
But how can these people in the market be the opponents of the warriors in the army?
On the contrary, as they continued to resist, the Jin army's burning, killing, and looting had completely evolved into a massacre of the city!
With the beeping and popping sparks, most of the houses on both sides of the street were already out of shape. Every house, starting from the foundation, had big holes burned through it and was charred black.
There are many houses among them that have collapsed, and there are broken beams everywhere on the streets. Even the brothels in the city have not escaped damage.
With the flames soaring into the sky for three consecutive days, this place was almost reduced to ruins. Before the Xiang army arrived, the fleeing Jin army had once again swept towards the next city.
Li Xuan rode his horse through the charred streets, where the corpses of his people were strewn across the road. Looking around at such a tragic scene, Li Xuan felt a boiling murderous intent filling his chest.
Since ancient times, how many people have been displaced in war after war? How many innocent people have their families destroyed?
Muzhou City was prosperous three days ago, and the people who had previously lived and worked in peace and contentment were suddenly separated from yin and yang.
Seeing this, Qi Ling sighed softly: "If you haven't experienced a cruel war, the world really has no idea how serious the so-called post-traumatic sequelae caused by war are. War will not only deprive people of their lives, but also devastate them."
The spirit of the people is really terrible. There are also many ordinary people who have suffered, and it is really difficult for the people to make a living."
At this moment, Li Xuan's earlobes trembled, and he suddenly heard a very subtle sound of exhaling. He looked up and saw a young girl pressed by a pillar under the ruins not far in front of him.
His clothes had been stripped off and his body was covered in black and blue. It was obvious that he had been insulted by the Jin army in turn.
Her dilated pupils turned slowly. She stared at Li Xuan blankly, her eyes showing a heartbreaking and desperate pleading. Her miserable face was covered with blood. Her pale and dry lips opened slightly, and slowly opened her eyes.
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At such a close distance, everyone could understand the girl's lips: Save me...
Li Xuan felt as if there was a loud bell ringing in his heart. His heart couldn't help shaking violently, and his hands began to tremble with anger.
As Xiang Jun quickly rescued the woman and put clothes on her, Li Xuan's eyes showed a trace of coldness, as if they were about to condense, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"This bunch of Jin army bastards, they can't get far, let me catch them all, block them and kill them!"
Not only Li Xuan, but almost all the Xiang troops who entered the city felt a fierce fighting spirit in their chests after seeing this scene.
(When I recently looked up the history of the Anshi Rebellion, I looked at the history of the people’s deprivation of life, and I couldn’t help but feel glad that I was born in New China. Only when the world is prosperous can the country be peaceful and the people are safe. The recent epidemic, the measures taken by foreign countries to deal with the epidemic have shocked me.
Jump. Only in this way can you compare the wiseness of the country’s decision-making. I just want to say, the motherland is awesome!)