"Boom boom boom!" In Yuzhou's South Dun City, this time, South Dun City was considered to have suffered a great disaster. Basically, it was difficult to find a clean spot on the city walls of South Dun City. There was no place that was undamaged. All the city walls were either tattered or stained black and red with blood.
"Soldiers, charge with me!" A City Guard soldier, who was now a General of the Yangzhou Army, unsheathed his sword and led the charge towards the top of Nan Dun City. This was the tenth siege. Nan Dun City was littered with corpses. Not only were there corpses of the Nan Dun City's soldiers, there were also the corpses of the commoners. The commoners had been brainwashed by Liu Bei. They were willing to risk their lives to defend against the Yangzhou Army. One after another, the commoners in Nan Dun City had suffered at least 50,000 to 60,000 casualties.
The Yangzhou Army's casualties were not small either. There were close to 10,000 casualties, including more than a dozen City Guard soldiers. As for the Nan Dun City's soldiers, they were no different from the commoners. The commoners picked up the fallen soldiers' weapons and put on their armor. They were the enemy.
Below the city, huge ballistas were lined up in a row, firing at the top of the city walls. Not only was the city unlucky, but the commoners were also unlucky. Even the city walls couldn't withstand the falling rocks. When the rocks landed in the courtyards, the result was obvious. The houses were destroyed and the families were ruined.
The hatred between the Nan Dun City's commoners and the Yangzhou Army deepened.
"My Lord, this …!" Even for a valiant General like Zhang Liao, who had been dealing with soldiers his entire life, there were at least hundreds of enemies who had died in front of him. However, when Zhang Liao saw the Nan Dun City's defense, he felt a knot in his heart. After all, most of the people in the city were commoners.
"Are you afraid of being condemned by the public?" Lu Bu looked at the squads of Yangzhou's elite soldiers in front of him. Braving the rain of arrows and falling stones, they charged up the Southern Tower City's walls. From time to time, some of them would fall down.
"But …" Zhang Liao wanted to persuade them to surrender. After all, the commoners in the city weren't soldiers. At the side, Lu Su and the others were also a little hesitant. Back then, Cao Cao had only annihilated a city of three thousand people and was called a butcher by the masses. Even after that, he only managed to annihilate thirty thousand people. Nan Dun City had a hundred thousand people. Wouldn't it be too cruel?
Lu Su's original intention to join the Yangzhou Army was shaken again. This butcher Lord was a wise man.
"Wen Yuan, when did you become so benevolent?" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao coldly. "When we went out together, I didn't see your kindness." The Bing Province Heavy Cavalry had made the tribes outside the Great Wall tremble in fear. In order to not let the people of Bing Province suffer, the Bing Province Heavy Cavalry would often go out to meet the enemy. Those nomadic tribes were very mobile. It was easier said than done to find those nomadic tribes in the desert. However, it was much easier to find those nomadic tribes. When they met those villages, the Bing Province Heavy Cavalry only had one word, and that was to kill. It didn't matter if the villagers were women, children, old or weak, they would all be killed. This wasn't cruelty, it was to protect the people of Bing Province. Bing Province was only so big, and its resources were limited. In order to let the Han people live, they had to bear the name of butchers.
Zhang Liao was also a member of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. The number of people he killed wasn't any less than Lü Bu. At that time, Zhang Liao was Lü Bu's Deputy General and had killed many people.
"This is different. Those are foreigners but these are the commoners of our Great Han Dynasty. " Zhang Liao roared in a low voice. Zhang Liao could show no mercy to those foreigners, even to those defenseless children. This was because he knew that if he didn't kill these children, the commoners of Bing Province would suffer. If he left these children alive, the hatred in their hearts would accompany them as they grew up. At that time, the commoners of Bing Province would suffer even more. "What's the difference?
If we don't take down Nandun and Dingcheng, then we won't be able to take down Yuzhou. If we don't take down Yuzhou, then the commoners of Yangzhou will suffer even more. You know how Big Eared Liu Bei is. If we let him go, do you think he will let it go? He is not a person who is willing to submit to others. When the time comes, Liu Bei will rise again. These pitiful commoners in your eyes will pick up the butcher's knife and put on their armor to fight in Yangzhou. You also saw the scene of Yangzhou at that time. There were no people in a hundred li and very few commoners in a thousand li. Speaking of suffering, aren't the commoners of Yangzhou also Han? "Lü Bu roared at Zhang Liao.
"And those men, those soldiers of Yangzhou who charged and broke through the enemy lines, which one of them wasn't a commoner? You are the commander of the army. "Lü Bu stared at Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao had only been lectured by Lü Bu a few times. The number of times could be counted with one hand.
"If you are kind to the enemy, then you are being cruel to yourself. You can't bear to attack Nandun, then can you bear to let the commoners of Yangzhou suffer?"
"I!" Zhang Liao was still hesitant. At the top of the city, the soldiers of Yangzhou were chased down again. Corpses of the soldiers of Yangzhou fell from the city walls. There were countless casualties.
"If you have a compassionate heart, then fine. Take down Nandun City and let my men of Yangzhou not die in vain. Take down Nandun City, take down Nandun City, pacify Yuzhou and occupy the Central Plains. Then everyone can live and work together in peace and contentment. Instead of your current indecisiveness, you let Liu Bei and Liu Xuande rise from the ashes and increase the casualties between Yangzhou and Yuzhou." Lü Bu's words could be summed up in one sentence. That was to settle everything with a single battle. He had to bear the identity of the Butcher. If he could kill hundreds of thousands of people in Nandun City and let Yangzhou and Yuzhou live and work together in peace and contentment, then what harm was there in killing them?
"Kill Nandun City, Nandun City, and dominate the Central Plains, let the commoners live and work together in peace and contentment? Stop killing with killing?" Lu Su listened to Lü Bu's words and had a new interpretation of the word Butcher. Of course, he also knew that Lü Bu's words were not entirely what Lü Bu was thinking. This was because before attacking Nandun City, Lü Bu was also hesitant. The person who made this decision to take down Nandun City and Nandun City at all costs was the King Of Shu of Jingzhou.
If Liu Bei ruled the world with benevolence and righteousness, then even if he pretended to be benevolent and righteous, he could still act with perfection. Just like the commoners of Nandun City, in their eyes, Liu Bei was the King of Benevolence.
Cao Cao ruled the world with the Way of the King. With orthodoxy as the foundation, he led the Son of Heaven to command his vassals and spread the Way of the King throughout the world.
Jiangdong's Sun Ce is a tyrant. For Sun Ce and Lu Bu, although they also use stratagems, they believe in the sword in their hand more. Lu Bu once boasted that one man, one horse, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world, one big world,
And this King Of Shu was none of the three. He did not cry to the heavens like Liu Bei, nor did he have the orthodox Han Emperor in Cao Cao's hands. He also did not have the martial arts of Jiangdong's Sun Ce.
However, this King Of Shu was a little bit of all three. Benevolence? This King Of Shu actually only collected 30% of the taxes from the commoners in Yangzhou. This was to benefit the people. For the sake of the millions of commoners in Yangzhou, he even went to Jingzhou as hostages to ask for provisions. This was for the benefit of the people. The Way of the King? He did not have the Han Emperor in his hands, so he could not be considered orthodox. However, he still had the title of King Of Shu. He could open a feudal office. If one really wanted to calculate, then both Jingzhou and Yizhou belonged to him, Liu Mang.
Tyrannical? He did not have the martial arts of Sun Ce, but Liu Mang's martial arts were not bad either. At the very least, he was able to protect himself.
Compared to the three of them, Liu Mang had his shortcomings. However, there was one thing that puzzled Lu Su and the rest. They also wanted to solve this mystery. People said that curiosity killed the cat. Once a woman's curiosity was aroused, she would fall in love with a man. However, this man's curiosity was not low either. Once these strategists wanted to unveil their Lord's veil and find out the truth, they had to pledge their loyalty.
"I understand!" Zhang Liao nodded. Take down Nandun City and use two cities in exchange for the safety of two prefectures. "Lord, Zhang Liao, Wen Yuan requests for battle." Zhang Liao knelt down and shouted to Lü Bu.
Lü Bu did not answer Zhang Liao directly. Instead, he said indirectly, "If you can't take down Nandun City within three days, you don't have to come back."
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