Chapter 169 Great Secre (1/2)
Chapter 169 – Great Secret
The other two sleeping guards did not notice a thing. They were still in their dream world.
Tong walked to them with lighted footing. He placed his hand on the mouth of one of them and used the other hand with a dagger to dig it into this neck. Tong could feel the sensation of a dying man with the handle of his knife and the hand that was covering his mouth.
The unlucky guard spasmed for 3 seconds before he stopped. Tong pulled the knife out and repeated the same process with the other one.
Tong rechecked the radar map one more time. All hostile soldiers had been eliminated. The east gate was free for the taking.
”Signal the soldiers outside. Let them move in.”
The ten soldiers nodded. They each took a torch and moved to the top gate wall and began waving the torches. At the same time, the gate below started opening. The ninety soldiers below had succeeded.
Each cavalry rushed into the city with a fire torch in his hand. The horsemen were ordered to charge into the city and burn the government buildings.
The other footmen also rushed after the cavalries, charging and breaking into houses, searching for potential enemies.
Tong had given them a green light. His order was simple.
”Kill every soldier and those who fight back!”
”Leave the elders, women, and children alone!”
”Do not rob the people! Do not **** the women!”
”Any violator will be killed on the spot!”
Tong sighed. Even with these orders, there would still be innocents who would be implicated into this battle.
The soldiers rushed into the city like a wave of plague. Everywhere they went, houses were burnt, screams and battle sound followed after.
Tong watched the massacre from the top of the gate wall with a heavy heart. It was cruel, but it had to be done in order to prepare for the battle with Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun.
Since the edict from Liu Ping had arrived in this city before Tong came, so Liu Ping should have brainwashed these soldiers, saying that Tong was a rebel and a bad guy.
Tong gave this city a chance yesterday by asking them to surrender, which they refused.
If it were the normal time, Tong would take his times trying to convince the townsmen with his deeds and his action. He would do the same with the incident in Ganling City. However, this was an urgent time. This city had to be thoroughly controlled. He could not afford a mishap from the city people, be it merchants, nobles, farmers, spies, or soldiers.
Thus, to prevent such a possible scenario, all soldiers in this city had to be purged!
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The sun rose, revealing the carnage in Liyang City.
Seventy percent of the civilian houses were burnt. The government buildings were either burnt or destroyed. Black and white smoke rose up from the ground. The smell of burned wood, iron, ashes, and burned human flesh mixed in together, creating a nauseous rotten odor.
The surviving civilians were herded to the barrack ground in the city. From the population of 100,000 people, only 35,000 people survived the massacre. Within the deaths, there were many merchants, peasants, farmers, and nobles.
Tong's subordinates finished their investigation after the cleanup. This city only had 5,000 soldiers as their garrison guards, yet their hearts were with the Imperial Court and the royalties. Even seeing the 60,000 soldiers approaching, they were brave enough to decline the surrendering chance when they were asked.
The people in this city also had the same thought. They did not want to surrender to Tong.
During the raid, none of the peasants shouted or begged to surrender. They picked a plow and fork to fight the soldiers to death.
Even women and elders attempted to fight back as well, resulting in more death.
Tong's men also suffered casualties from the chaos. Five thousand men fell in this raid from the ambushes of the civilians and the garrison soldiers.
Listening to the reports by the lieutenants and captains, the guilt and pain in Tong's mind turned into hatred. The pupils in his eyes turned more bloody red, and shocking messages appeared.
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Tong noticed the abnormally, but he was not in the mood to think. He was angered by the townspeople for not surrendering to him. He was angered by their stupidity and their lack of information. He was angered by their ignorance about the situation beyond their city.
And lastly, he was angry at his incompetence-self for raiding this city half-heartedly. If he had steeled himself and ordered a total annihilation of this city like Cao Cao did to Pengcheng City in the history, the soldier casualties would have been less or down to nothing.
Tong glared at the surviving women, children, and elders. An unbelievable order came out of his mouth.
”Kill them all.”
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