Chapter 251: Brutality! [Subscribe]
"Master, Cao's army is taking the prisoners outside the city. Beat the drums to demonstrate!"
A Wuhuan scout walked into the Duwei Mansion in the city and reported to Tadun.
At this moment, the sound of Cao's army's war drums shook the entire city.
The Wuhuan had lost every battle they had fought against Cao's army before, but their strength was not weak.
When Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were at the peak of their power, they both adopted a strategy of winning over the Wuhuan.
In history, Cao Cao fought against the Wuhuan with his ace troops and was fully prepared, but still won the victory with great difficulty.
Guo Jia also died due to fatigue and physical weakness after accompanying him on the campaign.
The Wuhuan were said to have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers.
The reason why Cao's army is winning battles in succession is mainly because the world's top generals have gathered together and are too powerful.
The Wuhuan have been defeated in successive battles and are now defending the eastern front to maintain supply to their Liaoxi headquarters, Liucheng.
The city here has high walls and thick walls, and it was an important city of the Yan State in the early years.
In addition to Tadun, there were also Lou Ban and Neng Chen from Liaoxi. Both of them led troops to the east of Liucheng and supported each other to avoid being blocked by the Han army.
The main force of Wuhuan is still there.
At this time, hearing the soldiers' report, Tadun said, "Let's go and see what tricks the Han people have."
He left the Duwei Mansion and headed towards the west city tower. All he heard along the way was the sound of loud drums.
After he dismounted, he was about to climb up the city wall when he suddenly remembered something and changed his plan to show up in public.
Yuan Shang once sent a message to him through Yuan Xi.
After the Battle of Guandu between Yuan and Cao, the civil and military officials of Jizhou and the Yuan family members all studied it repeatedly.
Yanzhou is good at hunting down enemy generals' heads amidst thousands of troops.
Although Tadun did not think that anyone could kill him with the support of the Wuhuan army, he still chose a more cautious approach.
Liucheng, a defensive town of this level, is equipped with both light and dark arrow towers.
Tadun entered an arrow tower at the corner of the city wall.
But outside the city gate, Cao's army had flags fluttering and their military might was at its peak.
A man in a black robe with red patterns, riding on a red warhorse.
There was actually a giant tiger roaming in front of him.
Even the commander of Cao's army is half a horse length behind this man. He is the new governor of Jizhou... Tadun thought.
He was deeply impressed by Huang Zhong, the commander of Cao's army, who had fought with him on the battlefield and could kill Wuhuan warriors with one sword.
Huang Zhong sat on the horse beside Cao Cao with his broad shoulders and back, holding a big sword in his hand, looking very imposing.
Boom—boom!
To the sound of war drums.
Dian Wei held a log in his hand that was almost as thick as an ordinary person's leg, and suddenly swung the stick to hit it.
A kneeling Wuhuan captive with his head smashed and blood and flesh splattered.
Puff puff puff!
On the other side was Xu Chu, who also broke trees and used their branches as hammers, executing people one by one in public.
The prisoner was beaten to death, and red and white blood splattered all over the ground.
This is called beating to death, the most primitive and bloody method of execution.
Hit the head with a stick.
With Dian Wei and Xu Chu's tremendous strength, there are only two outcomes.
One has a broken head.
Another method is to use soft force, restrained but not released, and use a thick wooden hammer to hit the top of the head. The force is transmitted to the neck, instantly shattering the cervical vertebrae. The head is intact, but is pressed down by gravity and sinks directly into the abdominal cavity.
Given the brutality of the Wuhuan people, the defending soldiers standing on the city walls, including Tadun hiding in the dark, felt their hearts beating with fear with every blow from Dian Wei and Xu Chu.
Dian Wei and Xu Chu ran towards each other on both sides of the kneeling captives like a whirlwind to carry out the executions.
Some of the Wuhuan captives were so frightened that they suffered from incontinence.
More than 2,000 people were beaten to death, which was truly brutal.
"The governor... uh..."
Yao Jing's face turned pale and his stomach was churning.
Although he also hated the Wuhuan people for hanging corpses to threaten Cao's army and killing ordinary people, he did not expect Cao Cao's counterattack to be so fierce.
"Is this necessary?"
"That's just the beginning. Putting these bodies of people who were beaten to death into a wall right under their noses and not allowing them to collect the bodies is the real retaliation and humiliation!"
Cao Cao said coldly: "This is how war works. If the enemy is ruthless, we will be even more ruthless.
If kindness is useful, why do they invade my land and kill my people again and again? "
When Dian Wei and Xu Chu killed hundreds of people with their clubs, even the two huge trees could not bear the weight and broke.
The remaining soldiers continued to execute people, one at a time, and beat them to death with sticks.
Dian Wei and Xu Chu shouted together:
"Tadun, come out and die!"
The sound boomed like thunder in the city!
Anyone with a bit of blood in his veins would not remain unresponsive when seeing his own people being hunted and killed in the most humiliating way outside the city and then challenged to a fight in person.
If Tadun were to act like a coward, he would not dare to fight.
Then his reputation among the Wuhuan people will plummet, and no one will follow his leadership anymore.
Tadun was both shocked and angry: "Tuo Li'an, follow me out and kill those two Han people who challenged us to a fight."
Tuo Lian was the most famous warrior of Wuhuan and the leader of his personal army.
"Don't fall for it, great leader. The Han people must be trying to lure you out of the city. They have a plan to harm you!"
Tuo Li'an was of astonishing size, nearly eight feet five inches tall, with bulging muscles.
It was October, and he was wearing a leather shorts. His thick arms were thicker than a woman's waist.
He stepped out of the line and knelt on one knee to dissuade Tadun: "I will go out of the city and kill those two Han people, but you, the great leader, must not take any risks!"
Tadun was furious.
He had been brave since childhood, and since he came to power, he had never been challenged to a fight in such a humiliating manner.
He had previously hanged the Han people, which was an experience summed up by the Wuhuan and even the grassland tribes in dealing with the Han people.
During the reign of Emperor Ling of Han, envoys were initially sent in an attempt to recruit the Xianbei.
When the Xianbei showed enough toughness and attacked head-on, Emperor Ling of Han began to retreat and sent women from his royal family to marry into the Xianbei as a symbol of peace.
In earlier periods, the Han people also mostly adopted a appeasement strategy to deal with the nomadic peoples in the north.
Tadun hanged some Han people in order to intimidate Cao's army.
But this time it obviously failed to scare the Han people.
The Han people's counterattack was even more fierce.
At this time, Tadun sent Tuo Lian to lead his personal army to accept the invitation to fight.
After Tuo Li'an led his men down the city, Tadun said again:
"Send a message to the Louban outside the city and to the east, and ask two of their leaders to lead their troops to join us.
"If the Han army wants to fight, then fight them!" "Send another cavalry north to send a message to the Xianbei tribes of the Eastern Alliance, telling them that the great leader of the Han people, the new governor of Jizhou, has arrived."
"If we can capture and kill the governor of Jizhou, the Han people will fall into chaos again. If we go south to plunder, we can get a lot of gold!"
"Please ask the Xianbei troops to cooperate with us."
"I want the Han people to know whose land this is!"
The troops received the order, and in a moment scouts were sent out in all directions to convey Tadun's order.
Outside the city, the gate opened a little and Tuo Li'an walked out first.
Behind him followed a group of people, all of them were Tadun’s personal soldiers and Wuhuan warriors!
"Who will be the one to die among those two Han generals?!"
Tuo Li'an pointed at Dian Wei and Xu Chu.
He challenged the two to a fight, hiding a strategy.
As long as Dian Wei or Chu accepted the battle and came to fight him, the seven or eight people behind him would rush forward and try to kill Dian Wei or Chu as soon as possible.
Then soldiers will rush out of the city and engage in a head-on confrontation with the Han army.
If Tuo Li'an and others killed Xu Chu or Dian Wei in public, they could undo the humiliation brought to Wuhuan by the two men beating the captives to death with sticks.
Dian Wei said: "Xu Zhongkang, you stay and plunder the enemy, I will go and kill him."
"Why is it always you who takes the lead? This time it's my turn!" Xu Chu said unhappily.
"What's the benefit?" Dian Wei pursed his lips.
"If you steal a donkey in the future, I will take the blame for you."
Dian Wei was stunned for a moment, "Deal!"
Xu Chu shouted loudly and rushed out!
boom--
The top of Liucheng city walls shook, Xu Chu's big feet stomped the ground, causing it to rumble and raise dust.
He strode towards Tuo Lian.
Tuo Li'an was also prepared, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's.
He stepped on the ground with his front foot, tensed his hind foot, and pressed his body slightly forward when Xu Chu approached to within seven or eight feet.
He suddenly exerted force and rushed forward, with his arms open like an angry bear.
He was ready to rely on his powerful strength, which was the strongest among the Wuhuan, to fight Xu Chu head-on, and then to attack him with both arms, breaking all the bones of Xu Chu before his companions behind him joined the battle.
In front of the two armies, Xu Chu was killed in the most powerful way to avenge the fact that Xu Chu had just beaten the Wuhuan captive to death with a hammer.
Xu Chu quickened his momentum without dodging or evading.
The two used the most brutal and direct method, charging and fighting fiercely, fighting for their lives!
Boom——
When the two collided, the void seemed to be crushed, making a muffled sound!
After the two men collided and fell back, Tuo Li'an immediately turned around to dissolve the impact brought by Xu Chu. At the same time, with the help of turning around, he suddenly moved to Xu Chu's flank and hugged Xu Chu with both hands.
"Tolian, Tolian!"
The armies of both sides were watching the battle.
Behind Tuo Lian, shouts were heard.
A Wuhuan warrior said: "That Han army is finished!"
They recognized Tuo Lian's methods.
That was his self-created 'Storm' killing technique. At the moment of collision, he used the torque of a storm to transfer the impact of both parties to his own offensive, in order to kill the opponent.
With this skill, Tuo Li'an was almost unrivaled in the Wuhuan tribe.
But in the split second when Tuo Lian's body was spinning, Xu Chu reached out sideways and grabbed Tuo Lian's arms.
His hand, like an iron clamp, clamped Tuo Lian's wrist.
The speed and accuracy of this attack surprised Tuo Lian.
boom!
While Xu Chu was pinching Tuo Li'an, his forehead hit Tuo Li'an in the face like a huge hammer.
At this moment, Tuo Lian's nasal bone collapsed and the pain was indescribable.
But he was also a Wuhuan warrior, and he endured the pain and stuck his head out to fight back.
Because he knew that if he was hit by Xu Chu again, he would lose the ability to resist.
Therefore, he tried his best to hit Xu Chu back.
Xu Chu hit him with his head for the second time.
Bang—bang!
There were no moves, both sides hit each other in the face with their heads.
After the second collision, Tuo Lian's defense was broken and he fell into a dizzy state.
The third blow caused the face to collapse.
The fourth time, the fifth time, the sixth time, the head became a bloody mess, with bones and flesh mixed together.
Click!
His arm was also broken by Xu Chu.
Xu Chu smashed down one after another, and Tuo Lian's head turned into a pile of minced meat, just like being hit by a wooden stick!
Then it was the chest cavity, which was pierced by Xu Chu's punch!
His face was hideous and bloody, and he shouted, "Who else?"
In the rear, Cao's army shouted in support: "General Xu is mighty, and he fought well!"
It is difficult to describe the hatred between the Han people and other ethnic groups in words; it is the result of hundreds of years of entanglement and accumulation.
The Wuhuan people in Liucheng were all silent, shocked and uneasy.
"Taton, come out!
Tadun, come out!
Tadun, come out!"
Cao's army shouted in unison, and the mountains and rivers shook.
Boom!
Dian Wei rushed up from behind and knocked down one of Tuo Lian's men with one punch. The horrified Wuhuan warrior stabbed another man in the chest with his elbow like a spear.
The man's chest suddenly collapsed!
Xu Chu also rushed forward and joined forces with Dian Wei to kill Tadun's personal army!
Dian Wei suddenly bent his legs slightly and jumped up.
Xu Chu followed closely behind.
Both of them rushed to the top of the city wall at the same time!
Huang Zhong's blood boiled as he watched.
He was the main general and had never had such an opportunity to defeat the enemy in battle.
At this moment, he swung his sword, creating a huge sword wave that landed at the city gate.
Amid the sound of shaking the city walls, the Han army took advantage of the situation to attack the city!
Yao Jing, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, was deeply moved when he saw the two armies fighting.
The real battlefield is so bloody.
And what kind of generals does Yanzhou have? They can destroy cities and kill generals. No wonder they are invincible!
Before the battle, Cao Cao asked Xu Huang, who was accompanying the army, "Have the arrangements for other directions been made?"
"Don't worry, Governor. Wenyuan and Qu Yi will do as you've been told and nothing will go wrong!" Xu Huang said.
"it is good!"
Cao Cao looked into the distance and thought, Today I will teach the Wuhuan people how to use troops!
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