C72 (2/2)
Right now, it was right at this moment that this elite warrior with the bones of his family, who had fought a hundred battles in the north of China, was using their bloody methods against his Green Camp comrades.
The thirty riders formed a team, with five squads running parallel to each other on the left. The warhorses were jumping on the ground, and the troops were all wearing armor, the cold steel lights accompanied by the tsunami. In that instant, the world changed, and a huge wave violently hit the bridge. One hundred and fifty God of Death crashed into the loose infantry battle formation almost at the same time.
”Kill …” Kill … ”Kill …” The banner fluttered in the wind. This troop that had participated in the Nanjing Slaughterer City was wrapped in the scent of blood and spirits. Every elite here had over a hundred lives in their hands. To them, as long as the commander-in-chief gave the order, they could advance forward even if it meant the end of hell in front of them.
Ma Bao was going crazy. He watched as hundreds of heavy cavalry soldiers charged in from the side of his formation, and the comrades who had followed him for many years were sent flying like rag dolls in the air, before being stomped into mud.
Five iron-ploughs that were invincible, like ploughing soft earth, harvested life in the midst of the army. The riders were even lazy to use their weapons, relying only on their ability to control their horses.
What was even more frightening was that these war horses had killed many people before, and each of them had a lot of experience. They wouldn't be so stupid as to use their horses' heads to ram into the enemy.
”This is crazy!” Are you crazy? This is the Green Battalion of the Great Qing, this is the Tanggu City of the Emperor, why have all of you rebelled … Zigzag Camp is rebelling … ” Ma Bao screamed as if he was a frightened little girl, but no one wanted to bother with him.
Five war flags were galloping back and forth on the pier's plaza, the silent riders were harvesting their lives, Jiu Shuai, who was extremely excited due to his adrenaline, laughed sinisterly, ”Heh heh … My children, let the foreign devils on the merchant ship experience the abilities of our Xiang Army … ”Raise your weapons, kill all of these rebel soldiers. Leave no one alive …”
When Xiao Letian heard this gloomy voice, goosebumps covered his back. It was as if he did not know who this old man was, he finally remembered the true records of Ceng Titou in history. The brothers had only killed one person when they had tried to suppress the rebel army. After last year's attack on Nanjing City, they had not sealed their swords for three days and had slaughtered the entire city into nothingness.
Today, Ceng Guoquan once again issued the order to kill. His opponent was actually the Great Qing Green Battalion, Xiao Letian really did not know if he should be happy or sad.
”Jiu Shuai has orders, exterminate all...” The eagle passed down the order emotionlessly, as if it was killing a group of pigs.
”Jiu Shuai has orders, exterminate all...” The one hundred and fifty riders all raised their weapons at that moment. At that time, Xiao Letian felt like he had fallen into a weapons museum.
A one-handed hammer with a dagger? The two-handed heavy sword had not even been opened? A mace with a shield? My God, why are they all heavy blunt weapons?
The eagles saw the confusion in Xiao Letian's eyes and said indifferently, ”The blunt weapon has a high killing efficiency, it ignores all armors. These veterans are the marshal's personal guards, they have the right to bring their own favorite weapons …”
This was a one-sided massacre. Green Battalion did not have much combat power in the first place, and most of the time they were just security guards who could suppress some of the bandits. When facing the Xiang Army at their peak, they did not even have the ability to defend themselves.
At this time, the Green Battalion was already in a mess. If the soldiers could not find the generals, then they would not be able to find soldiers. Everyone was scurrying around like flies, and most of the people were scared silly.
The horse's hooves trampled back and forth, the heavy and blunt weapons danced in the air like a fierce tiger, and among them, the hand crossbows and the fire blunderers specially used by the cavalry were harvesting the lives of the escapees. During the entire massacre, not a single one of these hundred cavalry soldiers showed any changes in their expressions.
”Does Mr. Xiao think that I'm too cruel?” Ceng Guoquan suddenly spoke out by Xiao Letian's side, ”Didn't you force me to make a move, just so that I could take back the black pot? You are causing the situation to get bigger bit by bit. Isn't your goal the same as me? ”
Ceng Guoquan's mouth moved closer to Xiao Letian's ear, and said in an extremely quiet voice, ”I am teaching you, teaching you how to survive in the Great Qing Dynasty's hall. If today we only kill Ma Bao, then this is just an ordinary political dispute. The empress dowager is definitely thinking of settling this peacefully … ”
”But what if we add on the lives of seven hundred Green Battalion s, and even add on a few thousand corpses of their citizens? Then this matter would become a bomb in the imperial court, trying to make peace? You want to make it a small matter? ”That's just a dream. The court has to do it strictly for the sake of face, but who can it do it strictly?”
Xiao Letian immediately jumped up, ”Dead! I understand, dealing with dead people strictly is the only condition acceptable to both sides, and it is also the only way to ease the chaos. So as long as more people die, Ma Bao and the power backing him will have to bear the blame, and won't be able to lose anything … ”
”Hahaha …” ”The child can be taught, as expected of the Seven Apertures Mystical Heart, as expected of the Grand Master of Western Studies …”
Looking at Ceng Guoquan's wild laughter, Xiao Letian's heart was filled with sorrow. This was the real Great Qing in all of history, this was not a play made in the wrong way, this was also not the movie drama of the future generations. Without so many connections, the bloody aura that pervaded the imperial court would probably not dissipate for hundreds of years.