Chapter 398 Hehe, I'm happy if you're in pain.
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The child with the long braids was still beheaded with a single stroke.
The one who made the move was Wang Datou, whose face was dark with anger. As for Hei Zi?
Hei Zi was kicked to the ground by Wang Datou, who walked up to him.
The ten men in the first row were all beheaded, and the Mohe barbarians in the second row and even the rows behind were terrified.
However, not only were their mouths gagged with strips of cloth by the Xuanjia Army, but their hands and feet were also tied behind their backs with hemp rope, so they really couldn't move at all.
Even if it could move, it could only flutter around on the ground for a moment.
Since Hei Zi couldn't bring himself to do it, Wang Datou called someone else to replace him.
After the ten men in the second row were also beheaded, the nauseating stench of blood in the air became even stronger.
He Lu watched with a frown the whole time as Wang Datou commanded the Xuanjia Army, beheading people row by row.
He turned to look at Li Shiyue, who was still sitting in the wolf-skin chair with his left foot on the leader's head.
He Lu hadn't finished speaking when Li Shiyue interrupted him. What he really wanted to say was, "In the Turkic lands, during tribal wars, even boys shorter than a cartwheel can be spared!"
But what was Li Shiyue doing?
She ordered Helu to select all the tribal nobles, regardless of gender or age, and kill them all!
He Lu was puzzled, but at this moment he felt a deep sense of dread towards Li Shiyue.
A person who is willing to kill even children is definitely not an ordinary person.
Moreover, how could He Lu, a Turkic barbarian who could understand Chinese, not be moved by what Wang Datou said when Hei Zi couldn't bring himself to harm the child?
Yes, whether it was the Turks, the Mohe, or the Khitans, all these northern barbarians who bordered Andong, which one of them didn't slaughter the Andong people?
When did they invade Andong without committing rape and plunder?
He Lu had participated in the battle, so he naturally knew about it.
Some tribes crossed the grasslands to Andong, not only burning, killing, and looting, but also destroying the houses and wells of the Andong people, truly heading towards extinction.
So, at this point, Li Shiyue simply ordered Wang Datou to arrange for the Xuanjia Army to be killed by the nobles of this Mohe tribe. Is that unacceptable?
If I had to say, Li Shiyue's actions were actually very kind!
The previously mentioned "those who surrender will not be killed" applies to ordinary tribal civilians and slaves, but not to tribal nobles.
They are doomed!
He Lu couldn't quite articulate his feelings and opinions about Li Shiyue. He only vaguely knew that in Li Shiyue's eyes, the barbarian nobles who launched the invasion deserved to die!
Cutting them down row by row is still quite fast.
Before long, there were more than a hundred heads of varying sizes on the ground.
With the fact that all the nobles had been beheaded already set in mind, the task of gathering people to clean up the battlefield became much easier for Wang Datou and his men.
The ordinary tribespeople and slaves were already very grateful when they realized that Wang Datou and his men were calling out to them but did not intend to kill them.
As for the few dozen Mohe barbarian soldiers who knelt down to surrender last, Wang Datou had them strung together with ropes and herded into the livestock pen.
Because Li Shiyue told Wang Datou, "Stay here for two days to count and pack up the valuables and to track down the dozen or so Mohe barbarians who escaped."
As for those surrendered barbarian soldiers, herd them into the livestock pen, forbid them from eating or drinking, and let them go hungry for two days and two nights.
Wang Datou and He Lu arranged for people to clean up the battlefield, while Li Shiyue had already gotten up to check on the tribe's warhorses and livestock pens.
Gu Lanzhi got up from the ground and, along with the other female slaves, was driven to the open space to pick up the severed heads of nobles. The task of looting the corpses was naturally done by the Xuanjia Army's own people.
Those noble barbarians wore a lot of jewelry on their heads and bodies, and it was very valuable.
Meanwhile, the male slaves were ordered by Wang Datou to dig a pit.
What are you digging a hole for?
Of course, it's for burning the corpses!
The Mohe people traditionally practice burial, but Li Shiyue insisted on cremating the corpse.
The first one, naturally, is because it was burned clean;
Otherwise, with so many corpses piled up together, how big of a pit would we have to dig to bury them all at once?
What a waste of time and manpower this is!
If you burn the body and then bury it, you only need to dig a shallow hole.
Moreover, burying burned corpses can minimize the occurrence of plague.
Li Shiyue didn't care about the life or death of the northern barbarians, but this place was connected to the Turkic Khaganate, and the Turkic Khaganate had a market where Han Chinese caravans were located.
If this goes wrong, and the Han merchants are infected with the plague and return to Andong, it will be a huge loss.
Therefore, cremating and burying the body has many benefits!
Secondly, it was obviously intentional.
Burning was something that was difficult for the barbarians to accept, given their beliefs.
Hehe, I'm happy if you're upset.
Therefore, the corpses must be burned!
Among the people digging the hole was a boy named Uji.
Although Uji was only twelve years old, he inherited his barbarian father's bloodline and was very tall at a young age, looking like he was fifteen or sixteen.
So Wang Dafa gave him a wooden stick and made him join the male slaves in digging a pit in this open space.
Uji thought he was going to be killed today!
"Those Han Chinese don't kill slaves! They only kill nobles!"
Uji kept thinking about these words. Although his hands kept moving, he kept digging in the dirt and looking towards the female slave. He was looking for his mother, Gu Lanzhi.
Yes, Uji's mother is a Han Chinese woman!
Gu Lanzhi carried a human head in each hand as she walked towards the mound of heads to be built, while also looking towards the male slaves, searching for her child—Wuji.
Found it!
Their eyes met, and upon seeing that the other was still alive, their eyes both curved into smiles.
As night fell, a huge campfire was lit in the camp.
A whole roasted lamb sits atop the bonfire; the lamb was naturally raised by the Mohe barbarians.
As Li Shiyue ate the roasted lamb leg with salt, she could only sigh inwardly, "The meat is tender, but the gamey smell is still there!"
Wang Datou and the other Xuanjia soldiers ate with gusto, their mouths greasy, and they didn't find the tender lamb meat to have any gamey smell.
Who made Li Shiyue have such extraordinary senses?
The taste was so intense that even the slightest hint of gamey flavor was amplified, making it quite unpleasant for her to eat the meat.
Man is made of iron, food is made of steel. No matter how delicious the meat is, you still have to eat it.
He Lu sat to the side, watching in astonishment as the entire tender lamb went into Li Shiyue's belly.
It's not that this whole young lamb is that big; you know, there are quite a few men who can eat a whole young lamb in one go.
But those men were either tall and strong or very fat.
How could anyone be like Li Shiyue, whose small and thin body could actually eat a whole tender lamb in one go?
Seeing He Lu's surprised expression, Wang Datou scoffed and said, "What's so surprising?"
"Where did you get all that strength from, you captain?"
There were only a few people who could sit down and eat meat with Li Shiyue. Wang Datou, He Lu, Chen Yong, Sun Xiaoliu, and Hei Zi were all sitting next to Li Shiyue at this moment.
Sun Xiaoliu dared not joke with Li Shiyue anymore. Although he was not afraid of Li Shiyue's demand to kill all the noble barbarians, even the young barbarian children.
But he was genuinely frightened by the cold glare Li Shiyue had given him earlier.
Right now, he just kept his head down and obediently ate his mutton.
Kuroko, who couldn't bring himself to kill the child, was now silently eating his meat with his head down.
Li Shiyue wasn't in the mood for heart-to-heart talks with them. She understood that this time, cooperating with these Xuanjia Army soldiers was the only option.
From now on, she will still need to have her own soldiers!
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