For a feudal society, the so-called mobilization of the entire city for war was nothing more than using the ordinary citizens as logistics or servants. The direct fighting would definitely not be left to them. Even those famous massacres in ancient times were the same. In a feudal society, it was absolutely impossible to mobilize the people and mobilize the masses. That was because the ones attacking the city were the enemy, and the ordinary citizens were also the enemy. Even the ruling class was more wary of the latter.
For an ancient war, it was just a war between the rulers. It had nothing to do with the people who were ruled because no matter who won, they would only continue to exploit the people. Therefore, many people in the modern era who were familiar with history should have some understanding of the numbness of the ancient people. It was not that they did not have patriotism or national consciousness, but it was just that it did not concern them. No matter which ruler won, they were still the exploited, they were all slaves. That was all.
Even if there were peasant uprisings in ancient times, due to the limitations of ideology, it would eventually become the oppression and exploitation of the people by the new ruling class. No matter how good the words were and how good the historical records were, the essence of it remained unchanged. The so-called herdsmen were actually herding the people like sheep. In the end, they were still eating the meat and harvesting the wool. The essence of it had never changed. In a war between rulers, the fruits of victory were these herded people. No ruler dared to arm these people because it was very likely that … the people's hatred for them far exceeded their hatred for the invaders!
Therefore, in fact, this was the biggest difference between the people in the modern era and the people in the feudal era. That was the question of whether or not they would fight for themselves. In other words, this was the biggest difference between the modern era and the ancient era. Science, productivity, and so on were actually just by-products of this.
On this battlefield, no matter if it was the allied noble army or the Blue Mountain dwarves, they did not realize this point. They were all using the thinking of the feudal era to look at this siege. Generally speaking, as long as the city walls were breached and there were no reinforcements outside, the defending side would be considered to have lost. There was almost no possibility of a comeback. Therefore, when the city defense army slowly retreated, the allied noble army cheered excitedly. Not only the regular noble private army, but also the servants who had suffered heavy casualties rushed into the Blue Mountain capital. The nobles who had suffered heavy casualties finally showed relaxed, reserved, and expectant expressions.
When the allied noble army entered the city, the first thing they encountered was not the defeated city defense army. Instead, they encountered a group of dwarven civilians who were either carrying weapons or wearing simple protective equipment. There were even dwarven civilians of all ages. They stood there blankly with weapons in their hands. When they saw the fierce allied noble army attacking, most of these dwarven civilians cried out in pain, threw down their weapons, and fled. The whole scene was chaotic. Who knew how many dwarven civilians were trampled to death by their own people.
The allied noble army howled and laughed crazily. They chased after these dwarven civilians. Many of the allied noble army directly looted the dwarven civilians on the streets, especially the dwarven civilians who were trampled to death. The dead dwarves were searched for valuables, and those who were not dead were killed without mercy.
While these Dwarven civilians were running away, a small squad of the provisional government and a few loud Dwarven political commissars were standing behind them. They were trying to stop these civilians. The political commissars were shouting, "Citizens of Blue Mountain, comrades, don't run! Don't show your back to the enemy! Your enemy is in front of you, not behind you! For Blue Mountain, for the provisional government, you must fight! Long live the workers!"
The dwarven political commissars roared and tried to stop the fleeing civilians. But soon, they were surrounded by the civilians. Because of their obstruction, the political commissars and the army of the provisional government were slaughtered by a large number of civilians. No one knew who was the culprit. The thousands of dwarven civilians continued to move forward. More civilians were frightened by their defeat and joined their ranks. Along the way, they killed at least three or four groups of political commissars. The number of civilians had reached more than ten thousand. Seeing that they had reached the central square of the capital of Blue Mountain, it seemed that this defeat was inevitable. Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
All of this was seen by Aoqi's spiritual energy scan. He sighed as if he couldn't bear to see so many dwarves being slaughtered. Beside him, Steri said faintly, "Seems like Captain's military strategy isn't that great. Under such circumstances, how could he send out civilians to stop the noble alliance army? Moreover, there were many mistakes on the city walls. Otherwise, the city gates would not have been breached. They have already lost. There is no turning back. With so many dwarves, they are all doomed … "
In the spiritual scan, it was not only the ten thousand dwarven civilians who had fled. There were also thousands of dwarven civilians who could not escape in time and were captured by the allied noble army. Moreover, the nobles had already given the order to cleanse the city. Therefore, the allied noble army did not need any prisoners. The thousands of dwarven civilians had already been slaughtered. If this continued, the entire capital of Blue Mountain would be slaughtered.
Steri's words caused the others to have the same thought. Only Zhang Heng, Xi Kong, and Tom did not say anything. After a while, Tom said, "Believe in the captain. He is much more powerful than you think. Since he said that he is most proud of the art of war, then I believe in him. Captain, let us see what the Chu Clan's Killing Method is …"
At the same time, the fleeing dwarven civilians had already rushed to the edge of the central square. However, in the next moment, what welcomed them was not the protection of the city guards, nor were more dwarven civilians joining them. Instead, they were greeted by a dense barrage of arrows. Moreover, these arrows were infused with combat energy. Not only did they shoot through the first row, they also shot through several rows of civilians consecutively. Just in this short period of time, at least three to four thousand dwarven civilians were shot dead. Instantly, the ground was covered in blood and corpses. The dwarven civilians who were running wildly also stopped in their tracks in shock. Then, they looked ahead with puzzled expressions.
"You traitors! You dogs of the nobles! You traitors of the revolution! You are no longer citizens of Blue Mountain! You are no longer great laborers! You are traitors worse than the invaders! Traitors of the dwarves! Traitors of the revolution! "
These dwarven civilians were all stunned. They stared blankly ahead. In the central square, not only were all the city guards who had retreated, but also almost all the dwarven civilians in the capital of Blue Mountain. And standing in front of them was their great teacher, Chu Hao. And now, Chu Hao was actually accusing them of being traitors, accusing them of betraying the revolution … How, how was this possible!?
"We, we didn't!"
Some dwarves were already shouting anxiously. They stood out from the fleeing dwarven civilians and loudly recounted their experiences. They had encountered the allied army of the nobles, and then were chased and slaughtered. They even recounted that thousands of dwarves had been slaughtered behind them, but they did not betray the revolution, nor did they run away.
"No betrayal!?"
Chu Hao's voice was even louder. He used the power of magic, and his voice almost spread throughout the entire square. He shouted loudly, "When we were standing here preparing to counterattack, preparing to fight a bloody battle with the invaders, do you know what we saw?! We saw with our own eyes that not only did you not fight the invaders, but you turned around and slaughtered the defeated soldiers, as well as the political commissars and temporary government troops who were ready to take you in and protect you to the square. We saw it with our own eyes! You slaughtered them! Turn around and look at what you've done! You slaughtered your own comrades, and then rushed to the square to continue slaughtering us, so as to open the way for your noble masters! Do you still call this not betraying!? "
These dwarven civilians turned their heads in confusion and looked out from the square. They could no longer see the city gate because of the buildings blocking their view. From here, they could only see the scene on two streets, and there … two groups of dwarven political commissars and temporary government soldiers were blocking their way. They had already been killed by the civilians as they ran. Only two corpses were left, and in this square, they could see everything clearly …
Yes, Chu Hao had arranged with the temporary government in advance to send a total of four or five batches of political commissars. The first two or three batches of political commissars were indeed shouting loudly to drive the civilians back to resist the noble alliance army, but these two batches of political commissars were blocked by the buildings, and the people in the square could not see or hear their roars. But the last two batches of political commissars were ordered to take in, protect, and guide the civilians to the square. These two batches of political commissars happened to be visible to everyone in the square, and those who were close could hear their roars … They were just roars to take in and protect the civilians.
And these two batches of political commissars were slaughtered on the spot under the eyes of the hundreds of thousands of dwarves in the square by the fleeing dwarven civilians who thought the political commissars were driving them to meet the enemy. This was what they saw and heard with their own eyes. Because of this, when these civilians came to the edge of the square, the city guards obeyed Chu Hao's order without hesitation and directly shot at them with crossbows. In the eyes of all the dwarves, this group of people was already traitors!
Chu Hao turned to look at some of the officials of the temporary government and some of the dwarven officers of the city guards. These dwarves all nodded silently, and even the surrounding dwarven civilians shouted loudly. Their voices were very simple, and they all had the same meaning …
"Kill them! Kill these traitors! Kill these traitors who betrayed the revolution! "
Chu Hao closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, there was only coldness and ruthlessness in his eyes.
"I declare that you are traitors to the revolution, you are traitors to the Blue Mountain Dwarves, you are traitors to the Turin Dwarves! All of you … will be sentenced to death! Your families will be driven out of the Blue Mountain, and let them … "
"Be slaves to the nobles forever!"
As he spoke, Chu Hao waved his hand, and the crossbows flew behind him …
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