To govern the world, benevolent government must be the first priority. He must be a good emperor who is loved by the people.
However, when leading troops in battle, if you feel pity for the enemy, this is not the mentality that a good commander should have.
Be as cruel and ruthless to your enemies as the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves.
Cut the grass without removing the root, but it will grow again when the spring breeze blows.
Such gunpowder arrow attacks occurred three or four times a night.
The inside of Guzhichuan City has completely become a sea of fire.
Ryukyu people with their families stood in front of the houses that had been burned to ashes, weeping secretly.
The resentment in my heart towards the unknown army outside was even greater.
As the fire spread, Captain Buqi's yard in the center of the city was reduced to nothing.
There were more than 7,000 people in the entire group, and now only about 1,000 people were left.
Each one of them had their faces smeared with black paint, and the Japanese swords in their hands had already been unsheathed. They stood opposite Bu Qi, waiting for the other party's final order.
Buqi was also worried, but he didn't say anything. He turned his head to look in the direction of the west city gate from time to time, with an anxious look on his face.
"Captain Buqi, I think we should retreat now! Those damn Ming troops are too strong, I'm afraid of us." A sweaty squadron leader ran from a distance, his sleeves already burned.
Ji Hei quickly walked up to Bu Qi and whispered.
"No! Even if I have to die on the battlefield today, I will make these Ming troops pay the price for destroying our Guzhichuan City." Buqi's eyes revealed madness.
Retreat? Where to retreat?
Huddle in the city and wait for the enemy to come and annihilate them all?
Holding a command knife in his hand, he shouted loudly: "Everyone listen to the order, rush out for me, kill them all, kill them all."
At this point, the only way to survive is to fight a bloody path.
"Come on." More than a thousand people roared, holding up the Japanese swords in their hands and rushing towards the city gate.
"Dong dong dong." There was a sound of heavy footsteps, and a group of soldiers wearing soap red military uniforms walked in from outside.
It was Tang Xing, the commander of Songmen Guards.
"Don't overestimate your capabilities." Tang Xing looked at the scene in front of him with a smile on his lips.
"Bang." Then a muffled sound came.
I saw one of the soldiers rushing forward, and his body flew three meters away in an instant.
"Bang, bang, bang." Then, a series of muffled sounds came.
Dozens more soldiers were knocked to the ground directly.
"How is that possible?" Buqi was stunned. He never expected that these soldiers in front of him not only had powerful firearms, but were also so fierce in close combat.
"Captain Buqi, we can't rush out, so we should go back to the city and find a place to hide." The squadron leader, who was sweating profusely, shouted loudly again.
"Retreat, retreat." Buqi also understood, he shouted and retreated back.
As the Ryukyu army retreated, the Ryukyu people who followed closely began to flee in panic.
"No need to chase them, block them in the city, and attack the city with the army at dawn." Tang Xing issued the order loudly, holding the knife tightly in his hand, guarding the city gate that had collapsed and looked hollow.
Dongzi.
At this moment, the Ryukyu troops who were running around in the city were filled with fear and anger and had nowhere to vent their anger.
Then he chased the people running around like crazy, waving the samurai sword in his hand unceremoniously.
Blood is flying in the air.
"Don't kill."
"Please let us go, please." Those people were so frightened that they fell to their knees on the ground one by one and kept begging.
They are really afraid that if they accidentally anger these soldiers, more lives will disappear from the world in the next moment.
"Humph, the city is gone. Are you left to become prisoners of the Ming army and be trampled on by them?" The officer snorted coldly and waved the Japanese samurai sword in his hand.
"Pfft."
A knife slit the people's throats, and blood spurted out from the neck instantly.
The common man's legs trembled twice, but finally failed to hold up. He fell there limply and never stood up again.
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"mother."
The children looked at all this and burst into tears.
"You beast, we did not die at the hands of others, but our own defenders deprived us of our lives." An older woman cursed when she saw her son being killed.
"Pah." The officer slapped the woman on the face, and then said: "Shut up, I didn't kill you because you can still wash and cook for the army."
The woman's face was swollen, but she still kept cursing.
"You bastards, you bastards, even if I act like a ghost, I can't spare you. Even if I cook, I will poison you to death, you inhuman bastards."
"I curse your whole family to a bad death." As soon as the woman finished speaking, more than a dozen Ryukyu people were killed.
"Damn, this bitch really needs to be dealt with." The officer said harshly.
The Japanese sword in his hand was quickly raised, and then quickly lowered.
The cursing soprano disappeared immediately, and the head with an angry expression rolled to the ground.
"Squadron leader, do we want to evacuate now?" A soldier killed the last captured civilian and came to the officer and asked.
"What to evacuate? If we evacuate, how can we brothers take revenge?" The officer said harshly: "Since they want to fight me to the death, then I will fight and kill with them."
After a roar, a strong evil aura erupted from the officer's body, and he rushed out first.
"Come out here and kill them all."
These people who are so jealous no longer know what fear is.
This has nothing to do with their mission as defenders, and is purely dominated by naked bloodthirsty.
At this moment, the sky was getting brighter.
Outside the city gate, Xiao Chen left Du Shaoqin behind to protect Zhu Gaochi's safety, and took a hundred or so Shenji sergeants to prepare to personally participate in today's siege battle.
He has never forgotten the deaths of Duan Tianming and the brothers in Dongchang.
Killing the enemy with your hands may make those brothers smile.
"Commander Tang, will you personally guard the city gate?" Seeing Tang Xing's figure standing upright in the city gate hole, Xiao Chen walked up with a smile.
"Master Wang appointed me, Songmen Guard, as the vanguard force. How could I not be on the front line?" Tang Xing turned around and nodded towards Xiao Chen.
"How's the situation inside?"
"They jumped over the wall and tried to break out from here, but I blocked them back," Tang Xing said.
"How many of them are left?"
"I don't know the exact details, but there were probably about a thousand people who attacked the city gate."
"At this point, they must be desperate. It is estimated that after a night of gunpowder and arrow attacks, these may be the only ones left." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
I have personally experienced the power of gunpowder arrows more than once.
Tens of thousands of people attacked at the same time, and it wasn't even one round. If there were only a thousand defenders left in the city, it was already a big deal.
"Brother Xiao, you should stay with His Highness. Why are you bringing people down here? Are you going to attack the city with the army?" Looking at the hundred or so people behind Xiao Chen, Tang Xing asked with a smile.
At this moment, it was less than a quarter of an hour before the army attacked the city. Tang Xing was excited, holding the right hand with the handle of the sword, trembling slightly.
"The great vengeance of Captain Duan and the Dongchang brothers has not been avenged. How can I stay by His Highness's side with peace of mind and wait for the victory of taking over the city?" When thinking of the dead Duan Tianming, Xiao Chen's face turned cold.
Tang Xing nodded and said nothing.
He could understand Xiao Chen's mood. Only by defeating the entire Ryukyu Kingdom could the hatred in his heart be relieved.
While he was talking, there was a running sound. In front of everyone, a military attache dressed as a squadron leader, followed by a hundred or ten people, rushed towards the city gate.
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Xiao Chen showed a hint of surprise on his face and said to Tang Xing: "Leave these people to Dongchang."
Tang Xing hurriedly raised his hand to block: "These people are already jealous. Dongchang is responsible for the safety of His Highness. There can be no mistakes. We should let the Songmen guards come."
"Afraid of killing? Who are they killing? They can only be killed by my Ming Dynasty arrows." Xiao Chen said.
"Brother Xiao doesn't know something. These people have gone crazy. They even kill their own people."
"Kill your own people? Kill the Ryukyu people in the city?" Xiao Chen was startled.
"Yes." Tang Xing nodded, "After they were repelled by me, they became angry and turned around to chase the people who were following them and preparing to break out. Before you came, there were still bursts of howling ghosts and wolves inside."
Kill people?
The enemy army will not kill their own people, but they will raise the butcher knife to the people themselves?
Xiao Chen couldn't help but think of the scene when he was a child, when the poor people poured food for him from their rice bowls.
As long as they do not take up arms, the people are the people, and no army can massacre innocent people.
Xiao Chen's face was extremely cold: "In this case, these people must be handed over to me."
He turned around and shouted at the captain behind him: "Don't use the handgun, use the knife and chop off their heads one by one."
