Chapter 164 - Subjugation Of Black Flag, Black Flag Agrees As Reinforcement (1/2)

Chapter 164 – Subjugation Of Black Flag, Black Flag Agrees As Reinforcement

Translated by Bloodfalcon, Edited by Krayto

Xu Sheng finally realized what Liu Mang has been talking about so far. With this prison, which was made from the highest quality materials, Liu Mang can just kill those 3,000 Black Flag by starving them alone. The material for creating this prison was the same material used for the main gate, city wall and also for the mausoleum.

Once you are locked within, even a hyper-cla.s.s generals cannot open it. What Xu Sheng did not expect was that this Wancheng city prison was also made with the same material from main gate’s materials. And that meant, once this prison is locked, one can forget to escape from here as the main entrance will be completely blocked. 3,000 Black Flag troops will starve themselves to death and no one will hear their screams at all. Provided they have not yet eaten in two days.

“You did not fear heavy sin?!” Xu Sheng asked while his gaze is fixated toward Liu Mang.

“HAHAHAHA!!!! Afraid of heavy sin, huh?! I am a general. I have killed more soldiers under my orders and I have so many soldiers under my command die!! I have sinned more than any of you here!!! What is the difference between ordering my men to die and killing enemies and starving and burying you right here and now!!!” Liu Mang just sneered coldly toward Xu Sheng.

“No, this is different!!!” Xu Sheng argued with Liu Mang. On the battlefield, you are forced to be ruthless because if you don’t, your life will be lost. But now Liu Mang is going to bury them alive. This is a similar situation when General Bai Qi of the State of Qin during Warring States period. At that time, after the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi ordered 400,000 soldiers of the Zhao state who surrendered and Shangdang commoners to be buried alive under the false pretext that they are going to revolt.

Now Liu Mang will bury them alive these 3,000 Black Flag with no reason at all in order to threaten them

“THIS IS NO DIFFERENT AT ALL!!! These are the times of war, not the times of peace!!! Killing 1 person is an act of killing, killing 100 people is also an act of killing, killing 10,000 people is also an act of killing. XU SHENG, I WILL NOW TEACH YOU INTIMATELY, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD “TO SIN” AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF THE SIN BETWEEN KILLING ONE MAN, TEN THOUSAND MEN, ONE MILLION MEN!!!” Said Liu Mang while revealing extreme killing intent.

Xu Sheng who kept his sight at Liu Mang started to tremble. Liu Mang will really bury them without any hesitation these Zhou clan elite private soldiers whose capabilities is not lower than the Formation Breaker and Bing Province Heavy Cavalry.

If Liu Mang can win them, then good. If he leaves them behind, they will definitely be rescued by Sun Ce’s army and at that time, Lu Bu’s army will suffer innumerable casualties.

Seeing this hopeless situation, he might as well bury the enemy alive with them. Will I get an infamous reputation for doing this and be called a butcher in all the historical archives? I no longer care about reputation, f.u.c.k them. All I need now is victory and to survive for the next day. thought Liu Mang.

But then again, maybe Liu Mang will become deified by the Tao religion due to his reputation after a millennium has pa.s.sed, much like Guan Yu

“TO KILL ONE PERSON IS A SIN, TO KILL 10,000 PEOPLE IS ALSO A SIN, TO KILL 1,000,000 PEOPLE IS ALSO A SIN!!!” All people on the scene are trying to understand the words. Liu Mang is right, killing a person is a crime. There are many heroes in Three Kingdoms history who started as a criminal. Such people were Xu Shu, Dian Wei, and Guan Yu. All of them were criminals because they once killed a person and was forced into hiding and in order to avoid government troops, Xu Shu even concealed his name into Shan Fu. When Xu Shu worked for Liu Bei, he thwarted Cao Ren’s a.s.sault and killed 3,000 troops of his. When Cao Cao heard this and heard of his criminal record, he was not angry but instead he schemed with Cheng Yu to bring Xu Shu to his side and even invited Xu Shu’s mother to Xu Chang. When Xu Shu arrived at Xu Chang, he did not say a word at all, but because of Cao Cao’s respect of him, his name was written among history books of Cao Wei Kingdom. Guan Yu also historically, he beheaded 6 generals and walked through 5 pa.s.ses in order to rejoin Liu Bei who was just expelled by Yuan Shao. At that time, Cao Cao still did not put a bit if hatred toward him, in fact, he even praised him for his loyalty.

After Guan Yu was executed by Sun Quan, he buried him with the honor of a warlord, even more extravagant than Yuan Shao’s and also honored him as Guan Gong or Duke Guan. Dian Wei also got the same treatment like Guan Yu. Although he died early, killed by Hu Che’er. Before he died, he killed so many people in order to create an escape path for Cao Cao. When Cao Cao heard of his demise, he wept bitterly and screamed that he is his E’Lai.

For Huang Zhong and Huang Xu, their interpretation of Liu Mang’s words was that Liu Mang had a lofty ambition and was not afraid to kill people in order to fulfill his ambition.

For Liu Kai and Liu Neng, Liu Mang’s words meant that this Liu Mang, Liu Hanyang is a person who is in complete control of his own destiny and knows where his path will lead. They really thought that when this Liu Mang is on top, with just a breath of his anger, he will be able to kill people from thousand miles distance.

But those words made Xu Sheng afraid to the extreme!!! This person who is standing in front of him, is spouting words like “Killing 10,000 people is a sin, Killing 1,000,000 people is also a sin” with a straight face as if he did not care about death at all. Perhaps in his eyes, these Black Flag troops are only a number in his eyes.

“In the end, what do you want to do with us?!” Xu Sheng finally admitted his defeat and said those words in softly as he hung his head, his heart is screaming that he do not want to die. He is still young and still wanted to live and show his aspirations. These 3,000 Black Flag also wanted the same thing, they should be dispatched to quell this times of war not to be killed in this place like rats.

“Heh, what else, huh? I want to kill all of you and that is the final decision!!! Wancheng city will fall by tomorrow, I have not much longer to live. Heh, perhaps this Liu Mang’s head will be the one hanging alongside Zhou Cheng by tomorrow!!! But I am not afraid!!! I have 3,000 Black Flag soldiers to go to h.e.l.l with me!!! Oh, that’s right, how about I burn you all to death? Just like King Zhou of Shang Dynasty did with his palace and treasure!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!” Laughed Liu Mang coldly while his gaze still fixated at Xu Sheng.

The more Liu Mang laughed, Xu Sheng become much more afraid, because when Xu Sheng saw his eyes, he concluded that this person will kill them decisively without blinking an eye.

Then Liu Neng poured fuel on the fire and said “Little lord, the number is a mistake!!! Not 3,000 people but 60,000 people!!!”

“Oh, 60,000 people?! That many, huh?!” Liu Mang pretended to be surprised.

“Yes, that number is correct, little lord!!!” Liu Neng nodded. Liu Neng really found out one of Liu Mang’s true character to be completely different from what he imagined. He had an image of Liu Mang that was a person always hiding behind Lu Bu. All of the Han Dynasty Clansmen were just like that, also, he had been sealed as Prince of Shu by the government.

With all of those t.i.tles, it should have meant that he will stay behind Lu Bu even more and avoid battle altogether. Also if it were not him taking a liking to Lu Bu’s daughter, how can a royal person marry a peasant’s daughter? Also according to Liu Neng, he is an undecisive person as he is also easily swayed by emotion, much like his father-in-law.

However, that image is shattered now. Where the h.e.l.l did that undecisive person in Liu Neng’s mind go ti? It changed into a vindictive and murderous person in front of him. This person is the one who decisively annihilated all of the n.o.ble clans and commoners who partic.i.p.ated in rebellion except for Lu, Han, Liu and Xu clan with a total casualty count of 60,000 people. And now these 3,000 troops will also be killed in one breath.

Even Cao Cao who was most famous for being an oversuspicious person only killed less than 10 people by himself! Also, when Cao Cao’s father Cao Song died in Xu Province, Cao Cao only ma.s.sacred three counties and even then it only 3,000 people that were killed and that managed to scare Tao Qian.

But this little lord of his had the blood of 60,000 people and if you added those enemies who died on the battlefield, the number amounted to 100,000 people.

Hearing Liu Neng’s words, Xu Sheng final mental defense finally crumbled and started to tremble while holding the prison bars and started to speak incoherently “General!!!! No, Your Highness Prince of Shu. You will not die. Wancheng city will not fall. IT WILL NOT!!!!”

“Oh, now you say this Wancheng city will not fall, eh? Xu Sheng didn't you just say to me that in my hand, I only have 1,000 troops and majority of them are wounded. You also said that I will not last tomorrow afternoon right? Let me confess to you, it is the truth. Tomorrow, this Urban Army will perish from Han history!!!” Said Liu Mang while smiling bitterly. If tomorrow no reinforcements come, then the Urban Army will fulfill their oath and will share death and honor along with their general.

“No,no,no. Not only 1,000 troops!!! You, you have us!!! We are willing to help you defend this Wancheng city!!! WE ARE WILLING!!!” Xu Sheng said those words while shaking the prison bar violently. Xu Sheng right now was like a person who is grasping his last straw. As long as they agree and are willing to defend Wancheng city, they will not be buried alive by Liu Mang and Urban Army will not lose.

“HAHAHA!!!” Liu Mang laughed along with Liu Neng. Both of them had been waiting for those words all this time. When they arrived at this Wancheng prison earlier, they m agreed that they had to threaten these Black Flags. No matter how long or short the duration, if one has been imprisoned, their psyche will have turned into that of an angry man and with Black Flags already hungry for two days, their anger is at its peak now. If Liu Mang used a standard method to subjugate them such as telling their predicament straight away, they will falsely agree and when they were released from their prison, they will rampage this Wancheng city and will also open the main gate to welcome Sun Ce’s army. Placing destiny in another's hands is definitely not Liu Mang's style.

“Well, you can be their representative!!!” Liu Mang said that while calmly looking at Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng really feared Liu Mang. The more calm Liu Mang was, the more afraid Xu Sheng is. Xu Sheng realized that from 8,000 defending troops there were only 1,000 troops left, and perhaps, even these 3,000 troops will not last until daytime tomorrow, but what choice did Xu Sheng have other than saying “Very well!!!” while gritting his teeth. Xu Sheng has now become the Black Flag’s supreme commander after Zhou Cheng died.