The roar of just 2,000 men completely overwhelmed the 150,000 defending soldiers in terms of both sound and power.
This made everyone realize that the gap was enormous.
Lu Tu looked at the soldiers and said, "The most important thing for soldiers is to obey. You don't need to know why, just do as they say. Someone, distribute logging axes and tools to them, and start logging and setting up camp right here!"
For a time, even though Lü Tu had legitimate control, he had only been in charge of the army for a short time, so there were bound to be many dissenting voices.
"General Lü, I have a question I'd like to ask, which also represents the sentiments of many brothers. Please grant me permission, General Lü!"
Lu Tu waved his hand: "Ask."
"General Lü, may I ask you, why are you ordering our entire 150,000-strong garrison to set up camp outside the city? Aren't you pushing us 150,000 men into a fire pit? Don't you value the lives of our brothers?"
Upon hearing this, almost half of the respondents agreed, and the noise was like a million flies buzzing in one's ear.
Annoyed to no end, Lü Tu turned around, took out a detonator, lit it, and threw it in a deserted place. A loud explosion followed, and a small cloud of blue smoke rose from the scene, which shocked everyone present.
Everyone stared blankly at the spot where the explosion had occurred; a small crater had been blasted into the ground.
"What...what is this? Could it be the thing that emitted divine might from the north a few days ago?"
"Could this have been made by General Lü? I just saw him take something out and throw it over there."
"Hiss... No wonder General Lü was invincible. With this thing, I'm not afraid of anyone."
Lu Tu frowned: "Aren't you going to shut up? Men, drag him, him, him, and those others out and give them 20 strokes of the cane!"
Nie Yun had long been fed up with these good-for-nothings. In his eyes, these guys had just occupied a good location and been eating military pay for years. After hearing Lu Tu's order, he didn't bring any men with him and went up and dragged the men out himself.
Those men tried to resist, but they couldn't even withstand a single move from Nie Yun. It's no joke that even though Nie Yun was younger, he was still trained by Lü Tu in a strict manner and was the first in the physical fitness competition of the entire Kuishan Village. How could these ordinary soldiers resist him?
Nie Yun walked into the army formation alone and pulled out those few people, which inevitably caused a commotion, but Lu Tu didn't pay much attention to it at all, since Nie Yun could handle it anyway.
The fight broke out, and Nie Yun quickly dealt with the situation. The men knelt before Lü Tu, but turned their faces away, full of resentment: "We don't know what we said, but General Lü is going to hit us. That's too unreasonable."
Lu Tu nodded: "I've already been reasonable with you. If I hadn't, you would all be dead already. Beat them!"
Several cavalrymen stepped forward, dismounted, and began to strike with the hilts of their long-handled swords. After 20 rounds, the men had fainted from the pain.
At this point, everyone fell silent. Several captains watching from the sidelines grimaced, saying, "This fight seems a bit excessive."
Lu Tu glared at him: "I haven't even punished you for your poor discipline and laxity yet, you should be secretly happy!"
The captains shrank back in fear and dared not say another word.
Lu Tu then looked at the 150,000 soldiers and shouted loudly, "I know what you're thinking. It's nothing more than that I drove you out of Dragon City and I don't treat you like human beings. But don't you ever think about why I did this knowing it would cause you dissatisfaction?"
This question stunned all the soldiers.
A look of confusion flashed across everyone's eyes. Indeed, as Lü Tu said, there was absolutely no logic in doing this, yet Lü Tu did it anyway.
Lu Tu spurred his horse forward and used his halberd to tear open a man's clothes, exposing his chest to the air. The man blushed with embarrassment and asked, "General, what are you doing?"
Lu Tu shouted, "Step forward and take off your shirt in front of everyone!"
"What?".
"General, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated. I know you disapprove of our lax style, but we are still men who have fought for our country on the battlefield. How can you do this..."
Lu Tu said impatiently, "Just do what I tell you to do. Aren't you a veteran? Can't you even follow orders?"
The man had no choice but to accept Lu Tu's words and was now forced to come before the crowd in humiliation. He simply took off his shirt.
His festering wounds were exposed to everyone's eyes, and everyone gasped, looking at Lü Tu in bewilderment.
Lu Tu said loudly, "Do you see that? I believe there are quite a few people with this kind of wound on their bodies. Am I right?"
Everyone nodded in agreement: "Yes! But what does that have to do with us moving to live outside the city?"
Lu Tu glared and said, "If you don't understand, then shut the hell up and listen to me. Anyone who dares to interrupt will be punished with 20 strokes of the cane for disregarding the law!"
Everyone shrank back in fear, not daring to utter another word, letting Lü Tu continue.
Lu Tu made the old soldier turn around, and saw that the ulcers on his back were even more extensive than those on his chest. Many of the wounds had turned black and were oozing pus. If it wasn't treated quickly, this man wouldn't live much longer.
How did you get hurt?
"An arrow wound." The old soldier stammered, clearly still believing that Lü Tu was deliberately humiliating him.
Lu Tu looked at the army and asked, "Are there any army doctors? Anyone who knows medicine will do."
"Yes!" A small team of about a dozen people came over. These people stood in the corner the whole time, and they were thin and looked frail.
"General, my name is Huang Yong, and I am a doctor in the army."
After dismounting, Lü Tu pointed at the boils on the old soldier's body and said, "Look carefully, I'll only teach you once!"
Seeing that Lü Tu seemed to want to treat the veteran, Huang Yong and the other military doctors took a few steps closer as a symbolic gesture. In their view, this was simply to give Lü Tu face, since a general like him wouldn't know anything about treating illnesses.
Lu Tu wasn't angry. He glanced at the old soldier and said, "If you want me to respect you, you'd better hold back!"
The veteran gritted his teeth and said, "Come on! If you have the guts, then skin me alive!"
Lu Tu sneered, secretly admiring the old soldier for being a real man. Without further ado, he took out a tinderbox and began to heat the dagger.
After disinfecting it, he made a cut on the abscess in front of everyone, and the pus quickly flowed out. Everyone couldn't help but grimace, but no one could look away, wanting to see what Lu Tu was going to do.
Next, Lü Tu cut open all the abscesses, squeezed out all the pus, and then took out the saline solution he carried with him and rinsed the wounds.
The veteran immediately roared in pain, "Ouch! It hurts!"
Upon seeing this, the veteran's acquaintances or fellow villagers immediately tried to dissuade him, saying, "Lu Tu, you're not really going to kill him, are you? How can you torture someone like this!"
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