Even a Nascent Soul cultivator was vomiting after seeing that scene. However, it was not just Liu Mang, but most of the Taoyuan Army. The rest must have been fleeing famine and had seen it many times.
"Commander Song, let me ask you a question. Is war fun?"
Song Shaohong lowered his head with red eyes and said nothing. Now he didn't even have the courage to look Liu Mang in the eye.
"I'm asking you a fucking question. Tell me, is war fun? Is it cool to lead tens of thousands of troops?" Liu Mang shouted loudly.
Song Shaohong still didn't react at all, but the officers and soldiers next to him were frightened by the roar and retreated sharply, looking terrified, like a frightened bird.
"Would you like to know how many of the soldiers you brought are left?"
Song Shaohong finally raised his head and looked at Liu Mang, but Liu Mang ignored him and continued to talk to himself, "If my intelligence is correct, there are 30,000 cavalry, but only 2,000 are left. There are 25,000 infantry, and these infantry are lucky, so there are 15,000 left."
After Liu Mang finished reporting the number, he looked at Song Shaohong and grinned.
But in Song Shaohong's eyes, his appearance was like a devil's smile, which frightened him so much that he retreated hurriedly. But Liu Mang's next words made his whole body tremble.
"Do you know where I'm going next? You guessed right. I'm going to Jinzhou to cripple the remaining 200,000-plus Great Yan troops. You decide the beginning, but I'll decide the end."
"Ah! You devil, you are a devil, you can't do this." Song Shaohong finally couldn't help it, he collapsed and went crazy.
Seeing him like this, Liu Mang felt that there was no need to waste time talking to him and helped him back to the tent.
This place is only a few dozen miles away from Jinzhou, which is not far, but it is already afternoon, so it seems we can only set off tomorrow.
Liu Mang asked Wang Fugui to get hundreds of barrels of gasoline, pour them on the bodies of the Dayan soldiers, and then burn them into charcoal.
The officers and soldiers in the wooden fence looked at the blazing fires, their eyes dull and blank. However, there were still some people who sympathized with them. The bandits and bandits formed the logistics team and made them some white flour buns and porridge.
This was also Liu Mang's instruction. After all, when these people laid down their weapons, they were just ordinary people.
At midnight, Liu Mang couldn't sleep so he went out of the tent for a walk. This was the first time he saw the starry sky in the wild since he came to this world.
"Hey! Brother, take it easy! We went through the same thing. Honestly, we were doing well at the construction site in Taoyuan City, but you insisted on attacking us. You've only pissed off that evil city lord. You deserve this bad luck."
Liu Mang was just about to go and check on the prisoners in the circle, but when he got closer he heard a logistics officer counseling several officers and soldiers.
Hearing him address him like that, Liu Mang felt amused, so he stopped to listen.
"Don't bother looking for death. Our city lord is not a murderer. Since you have laid down your weapons, at most you will be sentenced to one year of hard labor like us."
As the bandit spoke, he took out a cigarette, then groped around in his body and pulled out a box of matches.
Several officers and soldiers were stunned by his performance.
"Hey, hey! You don't know what this is, do you? It's called a cigarette. Taking a puff makes you happier than a god. Even though we're doing forced labor, we get paid, one silver coin a month."
"Hey! By the way, do you know about silver coins?"
Seeing how happy this guy was smoking, he swallowed and shook his head.
The logistics officer looked around and when he saw that there was no one else around, he gave a lewd smile and took out a cloth bag from his arms. He flipped open the layers of cloth and saw three silver dollars lying quietly inside, sparkling in the moonlight.
When several officers and soldiers saw these silver coins, their eyes lit up. What exquisite silver coins.
Seeing their envious expressions, he smiled proudly.
"You don't know, this is my two months' salary. It was originally more than four yuan, but I couldn't control the brothers below and went to that place a few times. Hehe, you know what I mean."
"Well, you can rest assured. It's only a year at most. After you finish your labor camp, I'll take you on a project contract. There will be plenty of opportunities to make a fortune. There's no need to worry about life and death."
"You've seen it, right? If I really wanted to kill you, I'd give you white flour buns to eat. So just be obedient and don't think too much about anything else."
"Woo woo! Big brother, I'll listen to you. I'll never seek death again."
The officers and soldiers were all moved to tears by the logistical comfort.
Liu Mang smiled slightly and felt it was interesting, so after the logistics officer came out, Liu Mang walked in front of him.
"May I have your name."
The logistics officer looked up when he heard the voice, and when he saw that it was Liu Mang, he immediately looked panicked and couldn't speak clearly.
"City...City...City Lord, I...I didn't do anything bad. Wuuuuu~" As he spoke, he knelt down and started crying.
"Eh? Stand up. Tell me what's wrong with you. I didn't say you did anything bad. Why are you crying?"
Hearing this, the logistics officer wiped his tears and looked at Liu Mang happily, "Lord City Lord, you are not going to chop off my head, are you?"
"No, why are you talking so much nonsense? Hurry up and answer."
"Yes, yes! I'll get up right away."
"Tell me! What's your name? When were you captured?"
"My lord, I am Niu Dali. I was stranded in the Mangshan Mountains in the west three months ago and was later captured by our Taoyuan Army. Lord City Lord, I really have not done anything bad." After answering, Niu Dali also explained.
"Hmm! Niu Dali!" Liu Mang pondered for a moment, then looked at Niu Dali and said, "Niu Dali, this city lord plans to set up a training team. Are you willing to be the captain?"
"Ah? What does the Lord City Lord's brigade do? I don't know anything about it. I'm afraid I can't do it well."
"Haha, I think you can do it, and what you need to do is the same work as what you just did to comfort those officers and soldiers. What do you think? Do you have the confidence to do it?" Liu Mang looked at Niu Dali with a smile.
Niu Dali realized it was just a scam. He was about to agree, but suddenly thought of something and asked hesitantly, "Um, Lord City Lord, how much salary does the captain get per month?"
Liu Mang was furious when he heard this. But he tilted his head, stroking his chin, and thought for a moment, "I'll give you 10 spots. You must be able to fool people, or rather, have good eloquence."
"As for the salary! The captain and the company commander get about the same, 20 silver coins a month, and your men get 5 silver coins a month, which is not bad, right?"
"What 20 silver coins? I'm rich, I'm rich." Niu Dali muttered to himself like a madman.
When Liu Mang saw Dali like this, he suddenly felt that he might have chosen the wrong person.
But in the end, Niu Dali still obeyed the order and went down.
Liu Mang also promised to give him a letter of appointment tomorrow and asked him to recruit people immediately and take up the post.
Liu Mang wasn't sure whether this could be considered a small act of redemption for these soldiers, and he didn't want to dwell on it too much for the time being.
At least we have to disperse the more than 200,000 Great Yan troops first, so that we will be qualified to negotiate with Great Yan.
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