Chapter 1085: Too Many Kills
Kang Chengren's old face was as pale as a sheet, and he began to regret taking away the valuable things from the City Lord's Mansion.
If they had retreated from the beginning and not given the Ning'an Army a chance to block the city gate, the scene before them would not have happened.
It's okay now, I can't take my things away, and I might even have to leave my life here.
"Retreat, retreat quickly..."
Seeing the Ning'an army slaughtering his own soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, Kang Chengren yelled hysterically and retreated.
If we retreat to the North City Gate now, we might still have a chance to escape.
Yue Congyun killed an enemy soldier with one shot and sneered: "Want to leave? The entire Qimu City is full of my Daxuan soldiers. You have no way to escape except death."
"Retreat, retreat quickly, retreat quickly..."
Kang Chengren couldn't listen to what Yue Congyun said. His desire to survive made him start to retreat with some of his troops. The gold and silver treasures in the twenty-odd carriages were no longer important to him at this time.
"Drive! Drive! Drive!"
The cavalry clanked.
When the people from Kangsheng heard the sound, they turned around and looked ashen.
I saw a group of men and horses, flying the flag of the Ning'an Army, heading straight towards them.
Their escape route was completely blocked!
The person coming was none other than Leian.
Leian didn't waste any time and directly ordered, "Kill, no one will be spared!"
Kang Chengren's pro-army troops could not stop the Ning'an army's front and rear attacks.
Leian focused on Kang Chengren.
The rebar in his hand fell with a cracking sound, smashing the head of a South Vietnamese soldier to pieces, and then the rebar stabbed towards Kang Chengren like lightning.
Seeing this, Yue Congyun shouted: "General Lei, please be merciful... This man is still useful, catch him alive."
Leian was startled for a moment, and the movements of his hands also paused.
Kang Chengren took the opportunity to strike at Lei An with his knife.
The rebar in Leian's hand was changed into a thorn.
A clang!
The long knife struck the rebar and bounced away, causing Kang Chengren's jaw to sting.
He looked down and saw a gap in the blade.
Before he could react, the rebar in Leian's hand was pressed against his throat, and a cold voice sounded: "If you dare to move, you will die!"
...
The fighting lasted all night.
Because Ning Chen’s order is...the sword should not be sheathed before dawn.
There were piles of corpses in the streets and alleys of Qimu City. The stone slabs on the ground were dyed red with blood. The smell of blood in the air was nauseating... The entire Qimu City had turned into a purgatory on earth.
The people of Qimu City spent this night in fear.
They also experienced Daxuan Chongzhou. After Yangzhou was occupied by Kang Luo... the people were in panic all day long.
Of the 50,000 South Vietnamese troops, only more than 10,000 were killed.
The tens of thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers were frightened crazy.
I'm not kidding when I say I'm scared out of my mind. Some people are really scared out of their minds.
The cruelty on the battlefield is simply not something that ordinary people can bear. Ordinary people can be frightened to death just by looking at it.
On the battlefield, you will die or I will die...either a bloodthirsty beast or a slaughtered domestic animal.
The enemy troops were frightened and went crazy.
Daxuan's soldiers were almost exhausted.
They looked up at the sky, why didn't the sun come out yet?
Ning Chen said that only when you see the first ray of sunlight can you put the knife into its sheath and stop killing.
"Sir Daxuan, listen to the order. The prince has an order. The time has come to stop the killing... South Vietnamese soldiers, listen, my prince is kind. Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who resist will not be killed!"
The messengers galloped wildly to convey Ning Chen's order.
For South Vietnamese soldiers, this was simply good news.
Ning Chen was at the city lord's mansion at this time.
In fact, the fighting should have ended long ago!
Ning Chen was talking about the knife not being sheathed before dawn.
But today is cloudy.
Ning Chen also looked at the sundial in the yard and realized it was already midnight.
The sundial is the timekeeping instrument of this world.
Chenshi, that is, around eight o'clock in the morning.
At this time, let alone the first ray of sunshine, the sun has completely risen.
Because it was cloudy, they overkilled.
...
City Lord's Mansion, middle hall.
Ning Chen looked at a table with a lotus pattern and reached out to touch it, "This should be red sandalwood, right?
And these chairs and the altar table are also made of red sandalwood, right? "
Xiao Yanxi nodded slightly, "Yes, they are all made of rosewood."
Ning Chen exclaimed, "It's so luxurious, no wonder it's called Qimucheng... I've only seen such a large table made of red sandalwood and matching chairs in the palace.
The high-ranking officials and noble families in Daxuan Capital probably don’t have such good things at home. "
Xiao Yanxi smiled and said: "I don't dare to use it if I have it. The things I use are better than those in the palace. This is the crime of deceiving the emperor. Who dares?"
Ning Chen was startled, then smiled and said: "That's right!
Xiao Xixi, these things will be transported back to Daxuan... all valuable things will be transported back. "
Just as Xiao Yanxi was about to speak, Yuan Long's voice asking for a meeting sounded outside.
"Come in!"
Yuan Long strode in.
"See you, Your Majesty!"
"Get up and talk."
Ning Chen poured a cup of tea and handed it to Yuan Long after he got up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yuan Long was really thirsty and drank up the tea in two gulps.
When Ning Chen saw this, he simply handed the teapot to him and said, "Pour it yourself...while drinking, tell me, how is the situation in the city?"
Yuan Long said respectfully: "Your Highness, our people are cleaning up the battlefield, and the casualties have not been counted yet... Roughly estimated, the death toll of the South Vietnamese army has exceeded 30,000.
The rest have surrendered... These prisoners are cleaning up the battlefield."
Ning Chen nodded slightly and said: "Kang Luo captured 100,000 soldiers of my Great Xuan and divided them into three parts. I heard that there are 30,000 prisoners in Qimu City. Do you have any clues?"
Yuan Long wiped the tea that overflowed from the corner of his mouth because he drank too quickly, and hurriedly said: "This general came here for this matter... The 30,000 prisoners are not in the city at all."
Ning Chen was shocked and asked: "Where are they?"
"This general interrogated a South Vietnamese general and found out that the 30,000 prisoners The captives are all in the mine two hundred miles north of Qimu City. "
Ning Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "Mine?"
Yuan Long said: "It is an iron mine, and 30,000 captives are there."
Ning Chen asked: "How many Nanyue soldiers are guarding it?"
Yuan Long said: "Five thousand soldiers."
Ning Chen thought for a moment and said: "Leave 20,000 southern border soldiers to watch the captives clean up the battlefield, and the Ning'an Army and the Modao Army will withdraw from the battlefield and take the time to rest!
In addition, block the four city gates, deploy archers on the city head, and do not let a single pigeon out."
Yuan Long leaned over and said: "I obey your order!"
Ning Chen waved his hand, "Hurry up and do it!"
"Yes!"
Yuan Long put down the teapot and teacup, turned around and strode away.
Not long after Yuan Long left, Lei An asked for a meeting.
"Come in!"
Lei An walked in with a few Ning'an soldiers and a man.
After the salute, Lei An said, "Your Highness, this man is called Kang Chengren..."
Ning Chen took over the conversation, "Is he a member of the royal family?"
Lei An was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "That's right, he is the commander of Qimu City... As Your Highness expected, this guy really tried to escape from the East Gate, but was intercepted by General Yue."