Chapter 55 Massacre
With the arrival of the army.
The chaos lasted from late night until dawn.
Ruoyouruowu's moans and screams still echoed in the Nuo camp.
These white lotus sect thieves with bewildered expressions were holding sticky, blood-stained weapons and stared blankly at the imperial officers and soldiers who surrounded them.
Yang Zhi rode up to these White Lotus Sect thieves.
"Hey, if you put down your weapons, there is still a way to survive. If not, we will kill without mercy!"
Uh-huh!
Following Yang Zhi's words, the archer behind him held an arrow in his hand and would pull the string and release the arrow with just a command.
These exhausted White Lotus soldiers just subconsciously dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.
"My lord, what a great victory!"
Wei Cheng came to Lin Chen excitedly and spoke with great joy.
Lin Chen also had a hint of joy in his heart.
He originally only planned to harass the White Lotus Sect army at night.
But he didn't expect these White Lotus priests to roar.
Lin Chen also found the body of the so-called Holy Messenger, who committed suicide.
When Lin Chen saw the other party's body, he understood clearly.
If the Holy Envoy had intervened to stop the camp roar as soon as it happened, the chaos would never have been so big last night.
"Where is Vice General Mu?"
Lin Chen seemed to have thought of something and asked about Mu Guiying's whereabouts.
"Here, Lord Mu is gathering the prisoners."
"How many prisoners are there?"
Hearing this, Wei Cheng lowered his voice and said, "About thirty thousand people!"
That is to say.
Last night, the White Lotus Sect thieves killed and injured tens of thousands of people just due to civil strife.
Lin Chen was speechless.
No wonder there were seven laws and fourteen cuts in the ancient military camps.
According to military regulations, any soldier making noise at night would be punished by beheading.
It was obviously a rule made to prevent Ying Xiao.
This shows the taboo against Yingxiao in ancient times.
"Sir, these prisoners..."
Seeing that Lin Chen was silent, Wei Cheng thought that his master had other thoughts, so he immediately made a chopping gesture on his neck.
Lin Chen came to his senses after hearing this and turned to look at Wei Cheng.
The latter was stared at by Lin Chen in a daze.
He naturally understood the meaning of Wei Cheng's words.
That is to trap and kill these 30,000 White Lotus Sect prisoners.
You must know that Lin Chen's military strength is only 20,000, and he cannot distract these prisoners at all. Moreover, if there are interested people among the prisoners who intend to cause trouble, it will only cause trouble.
"WEI Cheng."
"The humble post is here!" Wei Cheng quickly bowed and said yes.
"You ask the White Lotus prisoners to identify the generals with more than a hundred generals. The rest of the soldiers will be spared their lives, and the rest will be killed without mercy."
No matter what, these White Lotus priests are all rebels. If placed in any ancient court, it would be a serious crime to punish the Nine Tribes.
Lin Chen couldn't kill 30,000 people in one go, but these middle and high-level officers in the White Lotus Sect army couldn't be retained.
Without these officers making noise and causing trouble, the rest of the White Lotus Sect's ordinary soldiers only needed to disrupt the team and escort them back to the capital.
"Yes!" Wei Cheng heard about Lin Chen's arrangement and immediately went to implement it.
While Lin Chen was dealing with these trivial matters, Mu Guiying was also busy writing secret notes to His Majesty the Emperor.
She was arranged by Li Zhao to serve as deputy general in the army, not only to protect Lin Chen, but also to report on the situation of the army.
"Lin Chenjia uses his troops like a god. He can be called the leader of Korea and Korea. Yinglian is ashamed of herself!"
"In just three days, the 60,000 elite thieves of the White Lotus Sect were defeated by General Lin. More than 20,000 were beheaded, 30,000 were surrendered and captured, and there were countless soldiers and banners!"
Among Mu Guiying's secrets.
She reported everything that happened during this period to Li Zhao.
Especially for Lin Chen, he was praised to the heavens and directly put Lin Chen on the same level as the soldier immortal Han Xin and Zhang Liang.
certainly.
This is definitely Mu Guiying's subjective opinion, but it also shows Mu Guiying's high regard for Lin Chen.
Because the methods used by Lin Chen were something she had never seen in military books.
same.
Mu Guiying was deeply impressed by Lin Chen's divine machine battalion.
She knew very well that there was no so-called matchlock gun among Li Tang's current standard weapons.
There was only one possibility, which was designed and built by Lin Chen himself.
"Master Mu, General Lin has summoned you to the big tent to discuss matters!"
At this time, a respectful message sounded outside the tent.
When Mu Guiying heard this, he immediately put the secret document he had written on it and prepared to arrange for his cronies to be sent to the capital.
After delivering the secret fold, Mu Guiying hurriedly came to the tent.
I saw that the big tent was overcrowded, and many generals were whispering to each other and discussing this great victory in low voices.
I can tell.
For these generals, what they saw in the past few days was extremely shocking.
Lin Chen walked into the tent.
The next second, there was silence.
"General Lin!"
Everyone present bowed their hands and saluted with respectful tone and a look of awe on their faces.
When Lin Chen saw this, he shook his head imperceptibly and waved for these guys to get up.
Next.
He wanted to plan the army's next move.
"Arrange five thousand sergeants to escort the prisoners back to Beijing."
This is the first step.
Lin Chen didn't have the energy to worry about these prisoners at the moment, so he escorted them back to the capital and let the emperor himself handle them.
Furthermore, for a big victory, Lin Chen had to take credit from his military academy.
"The four counties closest to us are now being harassed by White Lotus Sect thieves."
As Lin Chen spoke, he called out the names of Yang Zhi, Weicheng and several other captains.
"The humble position is here!"
"You and your men will lead your soldiers to wipe out these White Lotus bandits and protect the country and the people."
"Yes!"
"Immediately, the army will move to Penggu County to rest."
Penggu County was the county town that the White Lotus leader led 10,000 people to attack for a long time.
At the same time.
Penggu County Yamen.
"Master Pan, Master Pan!" A yamen runner rushed into the yamen to report the situation.
"You are so flustered, how can you be so rude!" The man called Master Pan scolded.
The yamen runner nodded in agreement and bowed his head in silence.
At this time, Master Pan was entertaining guests and raised his glass to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Master Yue, for your help during this period."
"If Master Yue hadn't taken action, Penggu County would be in danger!"
"That's right. How can I, Yue Buqun, sit idly by when the people are in trouble?!" Yue Buqun said with a serious face.
"Master Yue is so righteous, no wonder he is called Gentleman Sword." Lord Pan could not help but nod his head, and he had a better impression of the elegant and refined master of Huashan Sect in front of him.
Before, he had no good impression of these martial artists who would draw their swords and chop people when they disagreed.
This gentleman sword is not only a martial arts master, but also has extraordinary conversation.
Thinking of this, Pan Ji's smile became more sincere.
You know, Penggu County has only 30,000 households, and it is a medium-sized county.
There were more than 10,000 White Lotus Sect members who besieged the county before, and the county head was a useless waste.
If he had not taken office for two years, he would have built water conservancy projects and promoted culture and education, and had a good reputation among the people.
And Yue Buqun and his disciples helped, so he could have stopped the attack of the White Lotus Sect.
Pan Ji thought about this and then he frowned and looked at the yamen runner and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Sir Pan, the army sent by the court has arrived at the city."
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