How cruel must one be to give such an order?
This was not a battle on the battlefield. Even if ten million people died, he would not tremble. But he could not slaughter four million prisoners who had laid down their weapons.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?"
Bai Qi's voice turned cold.
Xu Dajun gritted his teeth and said, "General, should we report this to His Majesty first? These are four million people. Killing them will make them hate Qin even more. The garrisons everywhere will refuse to surrender, and the backlash will be enormous!"
He was worried that killing four million people would cause too much carnage and backlash.
And these accounts will probably be blamed on the Qin Emperor, who will be accused of being cruel and a tyrant.
"I told you to bury them all alive. Next, I will lead my troops straight to Liangdu. How many of these four million men do you plan to leave behind to defend it? This battle must annihilate the enemy's effective strength."
Bai Qi's tone was cold and unquestionable.
"Whoever needs to be slaughtered must be slaughtered. I understand your concerns, but the order His Majesty gave me is to capture the Liang capital. As for other matters, I have no consideration for them."
Bai Qi said: "The purpose of every soldier is to complete the military order. I don't want to think too much!"
"promise!"
Xu Dajun said no more.
He was afraid that he would be slaughtered by the vicious Bai Qi.
Bai Qi ordered the massacre of four million surrendered soldiers. For the Qin army, this was a feast for harvesting military merits. They did not care so much, let alone think so much.
"This Bai Qi is really cruel. He buried and killed four million surrendered soldiers."
Qin capital.
Ying Xuan also received the latest battle report.
"I'm afraid everyone in this world will call me a tyrant, but so what if I'm a tyrant."
Ying Xuan said coldly: "Now Bai Qi has led his army to attack Liangdu."
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