The Super Summoning System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1232 Killing

Although Zhang Liao had given the order to surrender, the Han army still did not attack the surrendering defenders in Ai County. The Han army looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to deal with these surrendering soldiers.

Zhang Liao and Xie Xuan climbed to the top of the city, followed by the senior generals of the Han army.

"General..."

Seeing Zhang Liao going to the city, the soldiers all looked at Zhang Liao.

"As a general, the military order is like a mountain, and the order has been issued, let me see what I do!" Zhang Liao said, looking at the soldiers around him.

The soldiers still felt sorry for each other: "Is it really slaughtered?"

Zhang Liao shouted in a deep voice: "Those who disobey orders will be dealt with by military law. In Ai County, no chicken or dog will be left behind!"

After hearing Zhang Liao's words, the defenders who surrendered in Ai County panicked. Didn't they say that the Han army gave preferential treatment to those who surrendered?Why do you want to massacre the city?

"General, we have put down our weapons, please forgive me."

"Didn't they say they wouldn't kill us? Why did that happen?"

"General, spare your life!"

"It doesn't matter if I die or not, please be kind to the general and don't hurt my family."

The soldiers had put down their weapons, and the weapons had all been confiscated by the Han army. They had no power to resist at all.

"What did you do when you were supposed to surrender? Now you want to surrender, it's too late! Kill them all!"

Under Zhang Liao's insistence, the Han army finally took up the butcher's knife in their hands, and screams sounded, and the defenders of Ai County fell into a pool of blood.

There were also soldiers who resisted, but they had no weapons, and in the hands of the Han army, it was just a matter of one more knife.

"Close the city gate, and no one will be left behind!" Zhang Liao and Xie Xuan stood on the top of the city, and couldn't bear to look at the bloody scene behind, but silently ordered the soldiers.

Immediately, the four gates were closed, and there was endless crying and howling in the city of Ai County. The massacre lasted for half a day, and finally there was no one alive in the city.

After the massacre, the Han army came out of the city one after another, carrying weapons one by one, blood dripping down, suddenly speechless, apparently still a little unbearable psychologically.

Zhang Liao was still on the top of the city, and beside him were kneeling a hundred soldiers who had surrendered. These soldiers were deliberately left alive by Zhang Liao.They witnessed the massacre, looked at Zhang Liao trembling, and called the devil.

Zhang Liao looked at the surrendered soldiers and said, "I will let you live today. Go back and tell the defenders of the cities not to rely on our army's kindness. After the city is broken, they will not kill the surrendered soldiers, so they will stick to it. Today's rules are with me. We have to change it, when our soldiers are approaching the city, they will immediately open the city and surrender, and those who dare to resist will massacre the city!"

Hearing the news, these soldiers left Ai County as if they had fled, not daring to come back.

However, most of these soldiers were not from Ai County, but came from other cities.

Zhang Liao singled out these people and released them out of the city. They would not run away and hide, fearing that their relatives in other cities would be slaughtered by the Han army.They will go to other cities to inform the defenders to surrender, so as not to kill their relatives.

It won't be long before that time, the reputation of the Han army massacring the city will spread, and if they surrender directly in fear of the massacre.The advance speed of Zhang Liao's army will be several times faster.

Zhang Liao took a deep breath and ordered: "Partition out some people to clean up the corpses in the city and bury the people. The army will set up camp outside the city and wait for the rations to arrive before marching!"

The grain road in the rear has been opened, but within a day, Xie Tao sent the grain and grass to Ai County.

In the camp outside the city, Zhang Liao and Xie Xuan discussed the strategy of marching troops.

Now Zhang Liao's army is in Ai County, located in Yuzhang County, Yangzhou.

In fact, the situation of Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou is somewhat special.

These three states have differences between the north and the south.

The north is rich, while the south is also an undeveloped land, very poor.

For example, Yizhou, the richest place is Bashu, and Hanzhong is located in the north.The south is the Nanzhong region, with many Nanban.

In the four counties of Jingnan in Jingzhou, there are also Jingzhou Man, Wuxi Man, and even Jiangxia Man in Jiangxia County.The barbarians in Jingzhou actually number tens of 10 people, all hiding in the mountains, and the barbarians in Shamoke are only a small part of them.

The same is true of Yangzhou. The richest places in Yangzhou are Jiujiang and Lujiang in the north of the Jiangjiang River, and Danyang and Wujun in the south of the Yangtze River.As for Yuzhang County in the south, Kuaiji County is also a settlement of foreign races, but the foreign races in this place are called Shanyue.

Zhang Liao and Xie Xuan leaned together in front of the map. Zhang Liao looked at it for a while and asked, "Now that our army has reached Ai County, I don't know what you think, how should our army advance next!"

Xie Xuan pondered and said: "Jingnan is not stable yet. It is not suitable for our army to go deep alone, otherwise the food and grass will be unsustainable? But if we want to march, we must march to the important places in the east of the river, and it can cause a big enough threat. General, you look here!"

As Xie Xuan spoke, he pointed out a city on the map.

"Haihun?" Zhang Liao looked at the place Xie Xuan deserved, and pondered.

Xie Xuan said: "Haihun is in the east of Ai County, less than three hundred miles away, and it is the big city of Yuzhang. Our army occupies this place, we can attack Danyang when we advance, and defend Ai County when we retreat. And Haihun is to the south of Chaisang. It is only more than 100 miles away from Chaisang. Our army can take Haihun and threaten Zhou Yu.

At present, Sun Ce can't gather manpower in a hurry, our army can take Haihun in one go, occupy the big city and gain a foothold in Yuzhang, and then cooperate with Governor Liu Yu to defeat Zhou Yu, so that the 15 troops will go down the river, and the battle of Jiangdong will be settled! "

Zhang Liao nodded when he heard the words, and pondered: "This is a good strategy for marching troops!"

Zhang Liao didn't think about the strategy of going deep alone. It's impossible. To the northeast is the rich and prosperous Danyang. The city is everywhere, and it's impossible to attack.Moreover, it was the Sun family's home court. If they fought, it would be very unfavorable for Zhang Liao.

Right now, we can only win an important city as a base, cooperate with Liu Yu to defeat Zhou Yu, and then 10,000+ troops will march together, and it will be much easier to pacify Jiangdong.

"Then let's go to Haihun tomorrow!" Zhang Liao pondered for a while, and agreed to Xie Xuan's suggestion.

The next day the army continued to set off.

From Ai County to Haihun, many cities had to be passed along the way, but after the news of the slaughter of the city by the Han army came out, the defenders of these cities did not dare to resist at all, and surrendered one after another.

Some guards planned to defend the city, and the soldiers even captured the guards and dedicated them to the Han army.

Defending the city means that everyone will die. Even if the soldiers are not afraid of death, they have to think about their families.This is the power brought by the massacre.

The Han army advanced by leaps and bounds all the way, and within five days, they arrived at Haihun.

Haihun City is a big city in Yuzhang. Because it is very close to Poyang Lake, the people live on fishing and are very rich.Knowing that the Han army had entered Yuzhang these days, the county magistrate Haihun also gathered many defenders to defend the city, and gathered 5000 county soldiers.

(End of this chapter)