"General Lin, the people's rebellion is like wildfire. We must be on guard!"
In such an occasion, Wen Hong also directly addressed Lin Che as General.
"I've been on the march for many years, conquering countless border areas. Those places had no affection for Dagan, and their soldiers were annihilated. But the anger in the hearts of those people remains, and it's difficult to appease. Even after decades, even centuries, the hatred still exists."
"They are like sparks in the wild. These initial signs must be dealt with as soon as possible. I've heard that after entering the city, you implemented the policy of 'not harming the civilians,' which is the best policy. These rebellious civilians must have heard about your burning of the city, which is why they are doing this..."
Lin Che seemed to have made up his mind long ago.
He gestured for the soldiers to lead the way and said:
"Old General, originally, your Black Armored Army hadn't come, so I really had no way to stop them. But now that you're here, I'll let loose and do something big!"
Wen Hong was slightly startled, and felt a surge of murderous intent from Lin Che.
For a moment, I couldn't guess what Lin Che was going to do.
How can one prove his innocence after being plotted against in such a vicious conspiracy? These are all Yanyun people. They will definitely believe the royal family, not their generals.
Soon, they arrived at the area where the people were rioting and resisting.
Various curses and fighting sounds could be heard from afar.
"Come on, kill us. There is not a single coward among us Yanyun people."
A group of civilians, holding various farm weapons, were fighting against a group of Shenjiying soldiers. These civilians had ferocious and cruel looks on their faces.
"You massacred our people, yet you're still pretending to be a great scholar? Do you think your dog general is worthy of such righteousness?"
"Don't be afraid of them! They're just bandits who rob and loot. We'll fight them to the death. If we can't kill one, we'll kill two, or ten people. Even if we have to bite them, we'll bite the faces off these beasts."
"Come on! You big, rotten dog! Come and kill me! I am an unarmed woman! Come and kill the baby in my arms! Burn us to death!"
The people attacked frantically, and all kinds of weapons smashed at the heads of the soldiers of the Shenjiying.
Although they were all blocked by the divine energy of the Shenjiying, the brutal posture was still intimidating enough.
Gong Qiu, the leader of the Shenji Battalion, also had anger in his eyes, but he shouted at the Shenji Battalion:
"Stop it, don't attack! If we kill them, we'll truly become an army that massacres civilians."
"Besides, if we were to attack the civilians, we wouldn't know if it would affect the general's righteous spirit. We just have to resist!"
Although the soldiers of the Shenji Camp felt extremely aggrieved, they had no choice but to obey orders.
After hearing what Gong Qiu said, the people became even more arrogant. They also expected this. Lin Che was a great scholar with great integrity.
You know, if you become a great scholar, you will definitely be benevolent to the world and will never kill innocent people.
This makes them even more presumptuous!
Among the crowd of people, a man with high cheekbones walked past the people and rushed to the front. Holding a dagger in his hand, he stabbed a soldier from the Shenji Camp with a fierce blow.
Puff!!
The dagger flashed with light and pierced through the Shenjiying soldier's energy and directly stabbed into his body.
Bang!!
The soldier from the Shenji Camp was also on guard. He grabbed the man's wrist with one hand and pushed hard.
Hoola!!
A group of people fell to the ground one after another, and the scene became even more boiling.
"careful--"
"Hold on, don't act rashly!"
When had the entire Shen Jiying Battalion ever felt so aggrieved? They were all gnashing their teeth.
At this moment, a voice came:
"Shenji Battalion, listen to orders!!"
Everyone in the Divine Machine Battalion turned around and saw that it was their Son of God, General Lin Che, standing on a rooftop, looking at them.
All of the soldiers immediately focused and held their breath, waiting for Lin Che's order.
The common people also looked over and saw Lin Che's appearance. Many of them had seen Lin Che before, after all, he was so dazzling when he rode the Wind, Fire and Thunder Lion.
Immediately, the people began to curse:
"A scoundrel! Does he deserve to be righteous?"
"It's true that you can only judge a person by his appearance, not his heart. This kind of person deserves to have his entire family killed. What have they done wrong, the people of the whole city? They even don't spare the elderly, children, women, or even the young? They really deserve to die!"
"I saw him setting fires with my own eyes. He also shot and killed many civilians because they didn't pay."
"Get out of Yunzhou—you beast!!"
The noise became more and more heated, and some people even started throwing things at Lin Che.
Lin Che glanced at the group of angry people, his eyes showing an indifferent expression, and said to the Shenjiying:
"Listen up! Kill them all without mercy!"
When these words were spoken, the Shenji Camp and the people were all stunned.
But in just a moment, the soldiers of the Shenji Camp had already drawn their swords.
Ssssssssss!!
A burst of blood erupted, and densely packed heads flew up.
Boom boom!!
The Shenji Camp directly crushed the opponent, and no matter whether the opponent was unarmed or not, they would still kill him with one blow.
The people had just been clamoring loudly, but suddenly they discovered that this general, who was known as a great scholar, actually ordered killing.
They were immediately frightened.
Run away in panic.
"Ah, help!"
"The Divine Machine Camp is killing people! Great scholars are reading the sage's book in vain!!"
Lin Che just watched quietly, without any intention of stopping.
Wen Hong next to him frowned. He was not a pedantic person and said in a deep voice:
"It's true that bloody suppression can be used against the first wave of rebellious civilians. This is only a temporary solution. Do you have any subsequent countermeasures?"
"Yes!" Lin Che said calmly, "Keep killing!"
"Ah? If that's the case, you..."
Lin Che interrupted Wen Hong, "Old General, there's no turning back. You want me to appease them, explain things to them? That's not what I should do. That's what Jiang Li should do. As for me, I only need the land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun..."
"If they are willing to surrender, Da Gan is willing to give them a chance to live. If they dare to resist, I will kill them all!"
"The people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are not my people, so why should I show them mercy on the battlefield?"
"If I burn one city, they will curse me and want to kill me. But if I burn ten cities, they will be afraid of me and hide from me."
"When I burn a hundred cities, they will submit to me. They will insult the royal family of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"
Lin Che bowed to Wen Hong and said, "Old General, you will guard Yunzhou. This is my retreat. I will lead my troops to attack Yingzhou tonight. I still need you to help me."
"I've heard that this King Chongguang has been frantically recruiting soldiers these past few days. Countless people have flocked to follow him. I wonder if he even has 400,000 soldiers! How big a pit would I have to dig to bury them all alive?!"
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