Iron Dynasty

Ye Qingyun stared vigilantly at the hundreds of soldiers in front of him.

These soldiers wore red long gowns and black armor on the outside. They were covered in blood, as if they had just experienced a tragic war.

Who are you? Ye Qingyun asked.

A man who looked like a general at the head said: Sir, we are the defenders of Yangzhou City. The King of Wei has come and ordered us to slaughter the people in the city, without all the food, grass and houses, not to leave anything for the Qi army, but only. There are all our parents and brothers in this city, how can we make a move, so I took my brothers and fought against the children of the wealthy family, but they were too many and we were powerless to stop them, and the brothers were killed and injured a lot, but Or let them kill a lot of people.

Ye Qingyun's brows stretched out, at least some of the Yangzhou defenders had conscience, but he would not easily believe the words of these people, he said: This general can't believe what you said, and this general confirms yours. I will consider your request after the status.

The reason why these soldiers were able to walk to Ye Qingyun alive was because they had no weapons in their hands, and they came over with their hands raised. Now that Ye Qingyun said this, the Dengzhou soldiers immediately detained the five hundred people.

After occupying Yangzhou City, Ye Qingyun immediately organized the people in the city to put out the fire. Now that the gunpowder in the city is overwhelming, if it burns like this, there will be nothing left.

Commander, thankfully His Royal Highness has a clever plan, otherwise we will be one step later, and this Yangzhou city will really become an empty city. A school captain said.

His Royal Highness is very clear about the viciousness of King Wei. He tried to kill His Highness several times, how could he willingly hand over a wealthy Yangzhou city to us, but even so, this Yangzhou city has suffered a lot.

After a pause, he said: You should lead someone to search the entire Yangzhou City immediately and collect all the things that can be used, otherwise the supply will be difficult this time.

Yes, Governor. The captain heard the order and left.

After the captain left, Ye Qingyun's face suddenly turned gloomy. The most important thing in marching and fighting is the supply. This time they rushed from Tongzhou to Yangzhou with only three days of dry food. If there is not enough supply in the city, the soldiers But I'm going to be hungry.

Thinking of this, he immediately sent the message to Qingzhou.

Three days later, the news of Yangzhou arrived in Qingzhou, which immediately caused an uproar in the official circles.

Fiji and Pang Yukun immediately went to the palace to discuss the matter with Xiao Ming, and Niu Ben also rushed over.

His Royal Highness, King Wei is really a madman. The last commander asks to lead troops to conquer King Wei in person. He must be captured alive to thank the world. Niu Ben said angrily.

Pang Yukun said: His Royal Highness, this matter is not necessarily a bad thing for us. This Yangzhou massacre will definitely make the King Wei lose the people's hearts in Wei. Now we should use this to disturb the people's hearts in Wei and take it for us. Used.

What Pang Shoufu said makes sense, Your Highness, now we should publish this in the newspapers, and tell the world about King Wei's evil deeds, so that everyone can understand the atrocities of King Wei. Fiji agreed.

Hearing this, Niu Ben was dissatisfied and said, You scholars are tired and crooked, why should you be polite to King Wei and directly attack Jinling City and destroy him? Wouldn't it be a pleasure!

Xiao Ming's brows were furrowed. What King Wei did was nothing more than the so-called hard wall, clearing field and scorched earth policy in later generations. His only purpose was to prevent Xiao Ming from getting any supplies from Yangzhou City, thus restraining Xiao Ming's actions in Yangzhou.

After the contract was signed, Xiao Ming was a little worried, but they didn't expect that King Wei would take such a cruel and inhumane approach after all, but King Wei's approach also completely made Xiao Ming break his long-standing, modern point of view. the way of the world.

Different from modern civilization, the human civilization in this period was very low, in other words, it was basically just walking out of the jungle without much time, and the savage nature was undoubtedly revealed in the body.

It is precisely because of such a bloody age of navigation that there are so many massacres in the war.

After going through this, Xiao Ming found that he was still too kind. If he wanted to defeat barbaric enemies, he had to be more barbaric than them.

This world is a jungle, and the high-ranking gentry will not believe the tears of the common people. It doesn't matter how many people die to them, they can mainly maintain their own rule.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: It is of course necessary to publicize the atrocities of King Wei, but the most important issue now is the supply of Yangzhou City. What should you do?

A tooth for a tooth, slaughter the city! At this moment, Niu Ben suddenly said.

Pang Yukun heard the words and said, Captain Niu, what do you mean? Why do we want to massacre the city? Are the people in this city not miserable enough?

Pang Shoufu, what the general said at the end was not the common people, but slaughtered all the wealthy clans in Yangzhou and its nearby prefectures and counties. In this way, not only can these noble clans be prevented from taking the opportunity to cause chaos, but also food and grass materials can be collected.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, what Niu Ben said was exactly what he wanted to say.

Now that the Dengzhou Army has no supplies in Yangzhou City, and faces unstable factors such as the clan tribes, only by adopting this method can Yangzhou City be stabilized as soon as possible.

In fact, many historical massacres were also carried out by local nobles. After all, when the wealthy were in power, the food was in the hands of the wealthy.

The way of the Governor of Niu is not bad. Fiji said: Your Highness, you are not benevolent. At this time, there must be no benevolence of women. In troubled times, you should use the extraordinary way.

Well, this is what this king really meant. Xiao Ming said to the scouts sent by Ye Qingyun: Go back now and tell Ye Qingyun to destroy all the wealthy families in Yangzhou!

Yes, Your Highness. The scout responded and turned away.

After settling the matter, Xiao Ming continued: This truce is just an expedient measure, and it is also to prevent the four vassals from joining forces. Now our goal has been achieved, and now you should take advantage of this time to sort out internal affairs, reserve food and grass, and recruit After training new recruits, after six months, this king will launch an attack on Wei from both Huaizhou and Yangzhou at the same time, destroying the king of Wei in one fell swoop!

After all, Xiao Ming slammed the table hard. King Wei's despicableness has completely angered him, and he will not give him another chance to continue.

Yes, Your Highness. Pang Yukun and Fiji responded in unison.

Niu Ben also clasped his fists and nodded.

After instructing the three of them on some details of government affairs, Xiao Ming asked them to go back separately.

However, as Pang Yukun said, during this time, he wanted to take the opportunity to disturb the people's hearts in Wei Di, so that he could respond with a hundred calls when he attacked Wei Di.

Therefore, he immediately sent someone to find Fan Zeng to draft the manuscript.