The slaughter continued until midnight, when all the Han soldiers outside the city were surrounded and killed by the Qin army.
Not a single person was left alive!
Generals Wang Ben and others arrived covered in blood. Although they were extremely exhausted from the long battle, they could not hide their excitement.
"Reporting to the commander, all the Han soldiers have been killed without exception!"
"Even those who ran ten miles away were chased down and killed!"
The wicked man revealed a bitter smile, which showed just how much Wang Ben hated the Han army.
"Seeing how excited you are, I have a task for you to handle."
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Wang Ben quickly asked, "Just give me your orders, Commander. I'm not tired!"
"Massacre the city!"
The wicked man coldly uttered two words, staring directly at Wang Ben and said, "Slaughter them all, regardless of age or gender. I, the commander, want to turn this Yiyang City into a barren wasteland to intimidate the Han people."
"The State of South Korea is different from the State of Wei. It is a small country with great integrity. I want to see if they can afford to refuse a toast and then have to drink a forfeit!"
Wang Ben was taken aback upon hearing this and hesitated. Massacres of cities were inevitable during military campaigns, but there had never been a massacre like this before!
The phrase "men, women, old and young"...doesn't that encompass every single survivor in the city?!
Other people's massacres only killed half the city and left the other half to starve, but this evil man's massacre is what you call a real massacre, leaving no trace of life!
The wicked man stared directly at Wang Ben and said coldly, "We've been away for too long. It's not worth making such a fuss over a mere Korean country. I have many affairs to attend to and no time to waste with them."
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit serious, Li Balang quickly leaned close to Wang Ben and whispered something in his ear.
Despite the fact that the commander-in-chief is a wicked husband, Wang Ben's family background and seniority speak for themselves. He is a true senior to the wicked husband, and Li Balang doesn't want their relationship to deteriorate.
After a few whispers, Wang Ben's eyes were filled with shock. He quickly cupped his hands and said, "This humble servant deserves to die. How dare you question the commander's decision! This humble servant will go and kill you right now."
"I guarantee that not a single blade of grass will grow in the city!"
The wicked man then revealed a slight smile and teased, "Oh, Uncle Wang, you've come to your senses?!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Ben scratched his head and chuckled, "I've figured it out, I've figured it out. It's just that you might be able to give me some refined salt or something?"
"That way, I can go back and take care of my elderly father at home..."
"So that he won't... punish me for the massacre of the city!"
have to.
The wicked husband smiled helplessly. No matter what era it was, the pressure that an old father exerted on his son was always at its maximum.
"Alright, here you go!" The wicked husband waved his hand hastily, and Wang Ben happily ran off.
Not long after he left, piercing and mournful cries echoed throughout the city.
The Qin army has begun massacring the city!
Flames soared into the sky within the city, and cries and screams rose and fell. The Qin army, like a group of bloodthirsty demons, rampaged through Yiyang City.
The streets were awash in blood, corpses piled high, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.
Squads of elite soldiers stormed into civilian homes, ruthlessly wielding their blades, as if they had become cold-blooded killing machines.
However, on this bloody night, some of the surrendered Wei soldiers felt a pang of pity.
Some of them secretly spared the innocent civilians, and some even helped them escape. Although they knew that doing so might be severely punished by military law, they still could not tolerate this indiscriminate slaughter.
The wicked man stood on the city wall, looking down with a cold gaze at the fires and chaos within the city. He wanted this massacre to become a nightmare for the people of Han forever, and he wanted all the people of Han to know how terrible the price of resisting the Qin army was.
"General, none of the Qin soldiers have broken any rules, but... quite a few Wei soldiers have surrendered..."
At this moment, Erniu and Chuning quickly arrived and informed the evil husband of what they had discovered.
When Wang Ben was sent to order the massacre of the city, the evil man had anticipated that the Qin soldiers would not hold back, but that some of the surrendered Wei soldiers would surely be soft-hearted.
As expected!
"Have they all been arrested?!"
Erniu hurriedly said, "The Wei soldiers who were too soft-hearted have all been arrested, and the Han people who were let go have been killed by our Qin soldiers who were lying in ambush on the outside."
The wicked man nodded slightly, a cold smile curving his lips. "Tomorrow at noon, I will execute these bastards in front of the entire army."
After saying that, he went straight down the city wall and headed directly to the general's resting place inside the city.
As night deepened, the cries and screams within the city gradually subsided, replaced by a deathly silence.
The soldiers were exhausted after completing their mission, and a sense of sorrow inevitably filled their hearts. They knew that this once prosperous city had now become a ruin, and they had become the perpetrators of this tragedy.
One night passed.
At noon.
"All troops assemble!"
With the military order issued, the soldiers, led by their general, assembled at the gate of Yiyang City.
A short while later.
The wicked man, along with Li Balang, Erniu, and others, climbed to the top of the city wall and unleashed a furious rage in front of all the soldiers.
"Last night, I ordered the massacre of the city. You have worked hard all night, and I am very pleased."
"However, some people actually disobeyed my orders and did what they called being merciful and soft-hearted, violating military discipline by letting the Koreans in the city go."
These words sent a chill down the spines of the soldiers, and the Qin soldiers instinctively looked at the Wei soldiers who had surrendered around them.
They were native Qin people, and they would certainly not violate military discipline, much less let the people of Han escape. This kind of thing must have been done by soldiers who surrendered to Wei.
That is indeed the case.
More than a thousand soldiers were brought up to the city wall and lined up in a row.
The wicked man pointed at these people and said, "These people are all surrendered Wei soldiers. I have repeatedly told you that the Qin laws are strict and cannot be violated. Since you can't do it, I did give you the opportunity to lay down your arms and return to your fields back then."
Why did you drag all the soldiers down with you?!
"Do you know that violating military discipline will not only result in punishment for yourselves, but will also implicate your comrades and fellow soldiers?"
Upon hearing this, the army outside the city immediately erupted into chaos.
They understood that if anyone in their ranks violated military discipline, they too would be implicated.
At this moment, they wished they could tear these bastards to pieces.
In a conflict between enemies, what kind of misplaced kindness are you showing?!
If you like doing good deeds so much, why don't you become a doctor? At least you can cure diseases and save lives, right?
The wicked man suddenly roared in a cold voice, "You have violated military discipline and should be executed according to the law. All your comrades' merits shall be revoked!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than soldiers rushed forward and beheaded the more than a thousand men.
Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, over a thousand headless corpses collapsed to the ground, spurting blood—a truly spectacular sight.
At the same time, Li Balang stepped forward and began to read out which squad and team these more than a thousand people came from.
All the battle merits of his and his fellow soldiers were stripped away, and they were punished from the squad leader down to the centurion. Their battle merits were stripped away, and they were removed from their military posts as a warning to others.
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