Everything was counted. In this battle, the Urban Army had 2500 people, but in the end, there were only 1300 people left. Among them, there were also those who were responsible for the ballistae. In other words, in this battle, the Urban Army had lost 1100 people. Almost half of their brothers had died, so the atmosphere of the scene was very gloomy.
Liu Mang's City Guard had also brought about great results. Under Hu Che Er's leadership, the Xiliang Cavalry had a total of 7,000 men. Other than the 400 men who rode with Hu Che Er, the rest were all here. There were 4,300 captives. Liu Mang's Army had made 2,300 Xiliang Cavalry fall into eternal slumber! This was because Liu Ye had lowered the power of the ballistae so that the horses would only shoot the men and not the horses. Otherwise, at least half of the 4,000 captives would have died.
Not only did they capture people, they also captured warhorses. Due to Liu Ye's cautiousness, they managed to capture close to 5,000 warhorses. The rest were either killed by the arrows or injured horses that could no longer participate in the battle.
"Five thousand war horses!" Liu Mang could not help but sigh. He had always wanted to form a White Horse Cavalry for Zhao Yun. However, Liu Mang could only provide armor and weapons for the men. As for the horses, Liu Mang could not make them. Therefore, the White Horse Cavalry had been delayed. Now that there were 5,000 horses here, other than transferring some to Lujiang, the White Horse Cavalry could also form a team of 1,000 men! Zhao Yun was no longer a scout leader with only a few hundred men. He could form a real army.
"Milord, what should we do with these captives?" Liu Mang walked to the front of Liu Mang and asked. These captives were more than the City Guard. Fortunately, these captives had lost their weapons and were tied up. They did not have the strength to resist. However, these prisoners of war still needed to eat food. Food rations for four thousand people was not a small expenditure.
"Let's send them on their way and kill them all!" It was not that Liu Mang was cruel, it was just that he could not afford to feed these prisoners of war. Furthermore, these prisoners had a lot of blood on their hands. The Xiliang Cavalry was a mix of Qiang and Han people. Because the Qiang people did not care about etiquette, justice, integrity, and honor, they were especially cruel to Han people. The Han Cavalry had also left a bad impression on them. Therefore, their hands were stained with Han people's blood. Liu Mang did not want to keep such soldiers around!
"Trap and kill!" Liu Ye did not expect his lord to be such a ruthless person. With just one sentence, he had decided the life and death of thousands of people. Sometimes, Liu Ye really did not know what kind of person his lord was. You could say that he was a ruthless person, a tyrant! Liu Ye did not know what kind of person his lord was. He exempted the common people from heavy taxes and only collected 30% of it. In order to let the common people live, he eliminated the military expenditure. The development of Shouchun's industrial area was for the common people to use before it was used for military purposes. He also severely punished the corrupt officials and redressed the grievances of the common people. However, you could say that he was a good person! In Wan Cheng, Liu Mang was a living King of Hell. Other than the Lu Family, the Xu Family, and the Liu family, the rest of the nobles in Wan Cheng were all killed by Liu Mang! Now, he did not even blink an eye and wanted to kill these 4,000 captives. Liu Ye really did not know what kind of person Liu Mang was!
But these were not important! He, Liu Ye, was not a pedantic person. If he was pedantic, he would not be interested in such unorthodox methods. He was also not a person who put his country first. If he put his country first, he would hate Cao Cao to the bone. This was because Cao Cao was a traitor. He held the Emperor and ordered his vassals. However, Liu Ye still wanted to work under Cao Cao! Therefore, Liu Ye did not consider his country or the world. He considered who would be good to him and who would give him a chance to show off his talent. A fine steed was common, but a Bole was rare! Liu Mang treated Liu Ye as a national scholar. Naturally, Liu Ye would do his best to serve Liu Mang. Therefore, Liu Ye was only loyal to Liu Mang. As long as Liu Mang did not betray him, he would not leave Liu Mang.
"My lord, these thousands of people cannot all be killed!" Liu Ye shook his head and said.
"En? Ziyang! Leaving these people alive is a disaster for us. We don't have enough provisions and men to visit them. Rather than causing a rebellion, it's better to kill them all! "Zhang Wuji said." That's right. Liu Mang would lead his army to Shouchun sooner or later. These Xiliang soldiers did not have enough men to watch over them. If they were to escape, Liu Mang's escape route would be cut off.
"My lord, I did not say not to kill! I said not to kill all of them! There is a saying in the ancient times that killing is not good. These Xiliang Cavalry have surrendered to us. If we kill them all, who would dare to surrender to us in the future? "Liu Ye advised Liu Mang.
Liu Mang did not care about this superstitious saying. However, Liu Mang could not help but think about it. Yes, if these surrendered soldiers were killed by Liu Mang, who would dare to surrender to Liu Mang's Army in the future? This was a chaotic era, an era where etiquette was broken. However, this was also a contradictory era. Etiquette, justice, integrity, and shame were rare. Everyone was treacherous, but everyone cherished etiquette, justice, integrity, and shame. A loyal and benevolent person in a peaceful era would at most be praised for filial piety and would even disappear from the public. However, in this chaotic era, a loyal and benevolent person would be able to rally an army. For example, Liu Bei. Although he was a hypocrite, Liu Bei was able to climb back up again and again because of his benevolence and righteousness!
Liu Mang made the Xiliang Cavalry drop their weapons in the name of sparing the lives of those who surrendered. If they were killed, Liu Mang's unrighteous reputation would spread. In the future, when they encountered enemies, they would definitely fight to the end.
"My lord, even if you are not afraid of your reputation, why did you obtain these Xiliang warhorses? Isn't it to form the White Horse Followers? But my lord, don't forget that cavalry is not as easy to find as warhorses! Yangzhou is in the Central Plains and there are no horse farms. Therefore, not to mention the commoners, even some heroes would find it difficult to ride a warhorse. Their horsemanship can be seen from this. Even if my lord has a warhorse, it would still take a year and a half to form an elite cavalry. Can my lord really afford to wait that long? "
Liu Ye was right. Liu Mang really could not afford to wait that long. Right now, the war in the North was about to be decided. Liu Mang also needed to risk his life against Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu, and Sun Ce. If the Central Plains still did not have a victor, then what awaited him would be Cao Cao's annexation. Therefore, Liu Mang urgently needed troops and horses. This White Horse Followers was even more important. He could not afford to wait for a year and a half, not to mention that it would be difficult to train a good cavalry.
"As for my lord, the White Horse Followers that you want, not only are the warhorses in front of my lord, even the cavalry has been prepared for my lord." Liu Ye pointed to the captive Xiliang Cavalry and said. These people were the cavalry that Liu Mang needed. Their horsemanship was superb and they were from the Xiliang Cavalry. It could be said that they were the best cavalry in the world. If they were not suitable, then no one else was.
"What about those Qiang tribesmen?" What Liu Mang needed was a cavalry formed entirely from Han people, not a mixture of Qiang and Han people. Moreover, those Qiang tribesmen had the blood of many of their own in their hands. How could Liu Mang let them go?
"My lord, as I said before, it's not that I don't want to kill them, but that we can't kill them all!"
"Can't kill them all?" Liu Mang looked at Liu Ye. Liu Ye was nodding at Liu Mang. Liu Mang also replied, "Ziyang, I understand!"
Liu Mang waved his hand. "Men!"
A hundred soldiers walked up to Liu Mang and cupped their fists at Liu Mang. "My lord!"
"Separate those Qiang tribesmen from the Han people!" Liu Mang pointed at the captives.
"Yes!" The hundred soldiers nodded and left. Very quickly, the four thousand Xiliang captives were separated into two groups. One group was not tied with whips. These were naturally the Han people. The Han people were particular about their bodies. Their hair and skin were controlled by their parents. Without their parents' orders, they did not dare to cut their hair carelessly. Therefore, the Han people would at most make their hair into a hairpin. The Qiang tribesmen were different. They were very casual. As long as the weather was hot, they would shave off some of their hair to keep their heads comfortable. Therefore, their hair was very messy. In order not to affect their vision, they tied their hair into whips.
"I'm not a Qiang tribesman, I'm not a Qiang tribesman. I'm a Han, I'm a Han!" A Xiliang cavalryman shouted loudly. His hair was tied in a braid, but his accent was Guanzhong.
"Hm?" The hundred soldiers frowned. However, when they heard the Guanzhong accent, they waved their hands and prepared to place him among the Han people.
"Wait!" Liu Mang saw the scene in front of him and walked forward to stop them.
"My lord!" The hundred soldiers cupped their fists and said.
"You are a Han?!" Asked Liu Mang while looking at the half-shaved man who already tied up his whip.
"Yes, I'm a Han person, I'm a Han person, I'm from Chang 'an!" In order to prove himself, the Xiliang cavalryman even said his hometown! He wanted to make Liu Mang believe him.
"A Han person!" Liu Mang smiled at the Xiliang captive. Seeing Liu Mang's smile, the Xiliang captive felt relieved. However, before he could relax, blood suddenly splattered. He saw a familiar body falling down. That body was so familiar. That body was so familiar. That physique! That figure, wasn't it him? By the time he reacted, he had already lost consciousness.
Liu Mang held a large head in his hand. Liu Mang was the one who chopped off the man's head. Liu Mang held the man's head and shouted at everyone present. "This person has already abandoned our Han clothes and is no longer a Han person. Being a Han person is more disgusting than not being a Han person!" "This person shaved his head because the weather is hot. However, he shouldn't have a whip. If the weather is hot, you can shave your head. However, the nature of the whip has changed. You already see yourself as a Qiang person, more than a Han person!" He had already abandoned his ancestors. He no longer had the humanity of a Han person. To put it nicely, he was kissing up to the Qiang people. To put it bluntly, he was a traitor! Liu Mang hated this kind of person even more than the foreigners.
"Kill all the Qiang people! Leave no one alive!" Liu Mang shouted at the City Guard soldiers.
"Yes!" The City Guard soldiers quickly accepted Liu Mang's order and pulled out their swords.
"What? Didn't you say that you wouldn't kill those who surrendered? You despicable person, you went back on your word! " One of the thousand Qiang soldiers shouted in shock as he pointed at Liu Mang.
"Went back on my word? Despicable person? " If that's what you think, then do as you please! I, Liu Mang, can be honest. I, Liu Mang, can also be righteous. However, I'm sorry, you Qiang people are not in my, Liu Mang's, dictionary. You belong to the category of people! What are you still standing there for? Kill them all! " Liu Mang shouted at the hundred Qiang soldiers beside him. These Qiang soldiers had killed a lot of Han people when they entered the Central Plains! In Chang 'an and Luoyang, they had killed at least eighty thousand if not a hundred thousand! Even if there were a few innocent Qiang tribesmen, Liu Mang would rather kill three thousand innocents than let one live. What he needed was a stable Great Han, where the Han people ruled the land, not one where the hundred races coexisted!
"Brothers, let's fight it out with them!" No one would stay here and wait for death. These Qiang soldiers were not good people to begin with. Now that Liu Mang had forced them into a corner, they were all filled with rage!
"Haha, if you didn't surrender earlier, you might have fought with your lives! But now! Do you still have the right? " Liu Mang laughed coldly as he looked at the thousand Qiang tribesmen who had jumped up. They were unarmed and defenseless against a hundred heavily armed soldiers. The only outcome was to be slaughtered!
Liu Mang's policy of not leaving anyone alive had been carried out to the end. The Qiang tribesmen of the 1,300 Xiliang Cavalry had all been killed, leaving not a single one alive. These screams and curses caused the City Guard to tremble in fear. Their lord's bloodlust ran too deep.
"My lord, is this …?" Although Huang Zhong was also a valiant general who had killed at least eight thousand, if not ten thousand people, he was not used to Liu Mang's massacre and wanted Liu Mang to show mercy. This was really too brutal.
"Han Sheng! Do you think that I am a tyrant, a butcher, the King of Hell? "Liu Mang asked Huang Zhong calmly as he watched the massacre.
"I wouldn't dare!" Although Huang Zhong was older than Liu Mang and could even be considered Liu Mang's uncle, he was still Liu Mang's general. Liu Mang was the lord and Huang Zhong was only a subordinate. As a subordinate, it was not appropriate for him to criticize his lord.
"You wouldn't dare? Haha, let me tell you, I am a tyrant, a butcher. Against this kind of people, let alone a thousand, even if there were ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand, I, Liu Mang, would still be able to kill them all! "He would rather bear infamy than bring grief to the Han people!
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