However, this idea fell through after daybreak.

"General Wu, we did indeed seize the granaries of those wealthy lords and merchants. In order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible and to demonstrate His Majesty's benevolence, we will distribute some of the grain to the common people as you wish."

Gao Changlin was furious, his tone filled with murderous intent: "But our men delivered food to them, and they stabbed us in the back. I've already had more than a dozen of my young lads stabbed by them, and they're all being treated by the army doctors now!"

At the conference table, Gao Changlin's words resonated with the others.

Clearly, this phenomenon has occurred quite frequently.

The resistance in the city was growing increasingly fierce, and it seemed to have reached a point where it was out of control.

Many Song soldiers were injured as a result, and the representative sent out to negotiate was shot in the left arm with an arrow.

Wu Lin wanted to fully express that the Song army was a royal army, unlike those bandits and hooligans who indiscriminately killed innocent people.

But his approach failed in this environment.

War is war.

Negotiation is a mistake when the other party still has room to resist.

Ultimately, Wu Lin had no choice but to order a full-scale crackdown.

By noon, corpses were scattered everywhere on the city wall.

Many residents are hiding in their houses, afraid to come out.

Gao Changlin led more than fifty people and headed towards the south corner of the city.

The midday sun shone on the earthen-yellow house, from which screams echoed, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood.

More than a dozen residents were beaten and left kneeling on the ground, covered in injuries.

Their children were all arrested.

Amu Muzaffar's eyes turned red as he said viciously, "You will now disguise yourselves and approach those demons, and seize the opportunity to attack them, or I will kill your children!"

The civilians begged for mercy, but some were unwilling to go.

A Ghaznavid soldier swung his sword at a small child and beheaded him.

The parents were in despair and could no longer hesitate, because they had other children.

Some civilians couldn't help but curse: Who is the devil here!