In Lundinburg, a group of disarmed defenders squatted on the ground with uneasy faces. Amin's soldiers looked at them fiercely. The slightest movement by the prisoners of war would immediately trigger their suppression.
This castle, which has been passed down by the Cliff family for several generations, changed its owner in a few hours. The original members of the Cliff family were either killed in battle or captured and gathered in the open space in the center of the castle. There were also more than two hundred people in the castle.
The defenders who survived the battle were also cleared out of the castle by Amin's men. They were all stripped of their equipment and put under centralized custody.
At this time, most of the people in the castle were driven to the open space in the middle. In addition to the defeated troops, the original servants of Cliff's family were also within the custody. All in all, there were nearly 300 prisoners here.
, that is, the open space in the center of Lundinburg is large enough to centrally guard so many prisoners.
"Has Lundenburg's grain cellar been found?"
"Reporting to Sir Amin, someone just tried to burn the grain in the grain cellar, but Lady Natalis and the others stopped it. The grain in the grain cellar is well preserved. Preliminary estimation is that the grain in it is enough for a thousand of us to eat for seven to eight days.
Year."
"Oh? Haven't the defenders of Lundinburg been destroyed by Lady Natalis? Is there anyone who dares to burn down the grain cellar?"
"They are some knights, they should be from the church!"
"snort!"
As soon as he heard the word "church", A Ming's face suddenly turned cold, as if he was born to be at odds with the church.
"Where are those people?"
"Most of them were taken care of by Lady Natalis and the others. Only one left, who broke his hand tendon and was taken into custody with the defeated soldiers."
"After all, he is a knight. What you are doing is too rough. Go and break his hamstrings."
"Yes, Master Amin!"
The reporting officer immediately took the order and led a few soldiers towards the group of prisoners in the middle without them having to yell at them. Looking at the menacing soldiers, the surrounding prisoners instinctively avoided them, and the few soldiers easily
Then he brought out the church knight who had his hand tendon broken.
"Our Lord will protect us, and the spirit of the unbelieving will be poisoned by the poisonous fire on the walls of hell..."
"ah!"
The officers under A Ming did not believe this, and did not bother to beep with the opponent. They pinned him to the ground and cut off his hamstrings with a sword. At this time, the church knight was completely destroyed.
After giving the opponent a severe blow, A Ming walked up to the opponent, squatted down and said:
"Let me ask you an answer. If you want to suffer less, you'd better cooperate."
"What is the purpose of your church's action this time! How many people do you have left?"
"Those who have no faith will eventually..."
"boom!"
"wrong answer."
Ah Ming was obviously not someone who had the patience to interrogate slowly and punched the opponent in the face with one punch. The punch was so heavy that he knocked out several of the opponent's teeth.
"I'll give you another chance!"
"Disciples of the Lord of the Rising Sun..."
"boom!"
"..."
"boom!"
The questions were completely useless. Most of the knights trained directly by the church were fanatical believers. Ordinary interrogation methods were basically ineffective. Amin even used the hilt of his sword to smash all the teeth in his mouth, and the other party also
He kept saying curse words in a vague tone.
"Lord A Ming, stop fighting and hand him over to our black prison."
Seeing that A Ming couldn't ask anything, someone from the Black Prison stood up and tried to dissuade A Ming. Although A Ming was a ruthless person, his ruthlessness was limited to ending the other person's life rather than torturing people. Really
If you want to interrogate, you need professionals.
Amin also understood at this moment that it was difficult for him. He pried open the mouth of such a die-hard element and nodded to agree to the other party's request. Soon several soldiers came up and took the person to Lundinburg.
in the dungeon.
However, although Amin's action did not pry the church knight's mouth open, it frightened Viscount Cliff who was standing beside him.
Although the Cliff family is also a believer, it is different from those who have been raised up like church knights. Viscount Cliff has lived a life of being superior to others in the family since he was a child. Although he believes in the Lord of the Rising Sun, he is not so fanatical and threatens violence.
I soon became timid.
After A Ming turned his gaze to him, before A Ming could speak, he took the initiative and said:
"I say everything..."
…
"Viscount Cliff doesn't know anything except about his own mission."
"The Cliff family is a bit like Newman, they want to hoard as much food and grass as possible,"
"After all, they have been nobles of the kingdom for so many years, and the church does not have absolute trust in them."
Before the Church Knight could pry open his mouth, Viscount Cliff poured out everything he knew like pouring beans through a bamboo tube. The people in the black prison here were reporting the interrogation situation to Amin and Natalie.
Unfortunately, Viscount Cliff obviously didn't know much. He had no idea about the situation that had been discovered in the Black Prison, the specific layout of the church, and which nobles had colluded with the church.
"Forget it, don't delay here anymore, take a rest and go to Mosberg!"
This kind of secret intelligence battle is not something A Ming can get involved in now. Now, according to Richard's order, it is his current task to first detect several suspicious objects around him.
"Then, what should we do with these people in Lundinburg?"
Speaking of this, A Ming's face turned cold and he said lightly:
"Since they are in collusion with the church, no one will be spared."
"Those prisoners of war and the servants in the castle should all be farmers in Cliff's territory..."
The officer on the side frowned when he heard Amin's order. Amin didn't mean to deal with just the Cliff family members, but to deal with all the prisoners of war and the slaves in the castle. There were more than 300 people in the castle.
ah.
Except for a few tyrannical people, most people are actually a little reluctant to kill prisoners on a large scale, especially those of the same kind. This officer is often located in a prosperous and stable core territory like the Central Plains, and he is not
Soldiers like Longxingguan or the Western Region who kill all year round are trained rigorously under A Ming, but they rarely see blood.
Faced with A Ming's order, he obviously hesitated for a moment and then forced himself to persuade him. This time, A Ming was rare and did not execute the order, but explained a little bit.
"It is difficult to identify the followers of the Rising Sun Cult, but for those who dare to resist the kingdom's orders and still defend the castle, there must be many followers of the Rising Sun Cult among these prisoners of war."
"Besides, the Cliff family has believed in the Rising Sun Cult for generations, but no one in the territory reported it. It was only recently that the church's frequent activities were caught by the Black Prison. Don't these people in the castle know?"
"We can let them curse the God of the Rising Sun together. If true believers should..."
"Haha, this is the difficulty of the Rising Sun Cult."
Before the officer finished speaking, he was interrupted by Amin, who obviously had a deeper understanding of the church.
"In the rules of the Rising Sun Cult, you can pretend to surrender when facing a strong enemy. Even if you insult the gods, you can be forgiven. If it were as simple as you think, the church would not have existed for so long."
The Rising Sun Cult was able to survive under the continuous suppression of the kingdom. In addition to its profound foundation, its flexible canon also played a great role. When the kingdom's crackdown was at its most severe, some devout nobles went into hibernation, like Ke
There is definitely more than one family like the Leaf family that has been hidden for several generations. Even the top noble families living in the royal capital have lurking Fang followers, let alone this place.
"Execute the order."
"Yes, Master Amin"
"Also, question my order. This is the last time."
As soon as the officer turned around, he heard A Ming say something leisurely from behind, and a cold sweat broke out from his back. He was so ambitious just now that he questioned A Ming's order.
After A Ming finished speaking, he not only said yes, but also moved a little faster, and quickly led a group of soldiers to carry out A Ming's orders.
Natalie on the side watched the whole process coldly without any expression. She just said after Amin made his decision:
"Move quickly. Although we broke through Lundinburg very quickly, the movement is still a bit loud. Be careful that they run away."
Natalie was indifferent to the killings caused by Amin. How could an undead creature be repulsed by killings? She was just afraid that Amin would do something unnecessary and delay the real thing.
"Don't worry, the nobles will not give up their castles easily."
…
The captured soldiers and castle slaves gathered Amin's men together. These disarmed people were no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Several formations of soldiers first surrounded them, and then began to charge and kill them under the command of the commander. The soldiers who were armed to the teeth easily wiped out all the people with their hands bound.
Some in the crowd begged for mercy, some yelled and cursed, and some finally stopped worrying about being exposed at the last moment and started shouting "Lord of the Rising Sun". In the end, only the screams were left, and the sound was completely silenced after the soldiers took the damage one by one. The whole process did not exceed
half an hour…
…
Even as Amin led his men on a killing spree, the bustling city of Clay still maintained a superficial calm.
Although the war in Longxing Pass is unfavorable, the time it takes for civilians to obtain information is the longest in this era. Although the tax burden has increased, most people have not realized the crisis is coming and are still repeating their daily lives. It is just an undercurrent under this calmness.
But it is already surging.
"Human cities are really poorly built..."
A handsome "human" is standing on the street of Clay City at the moment, looking back and forth curiously. In the eyes of most people, this seems to be a farmer who came into the city from a country farm and was kidnapped.