The sun is high in the sky and the heat wave is rolling.
In March in the south of the Yangtze River, the villages are warm and the flowers are blooming.
Even in March in Xinjing, it is full of spring.
However, in Jerusalem you can always only see earthy yellow.
This kind of earthy yellow color always shines through day after day and year after year.
A rush of heat.
However, at this time, the defenders on the walls of Jerusalem felt waves of coldness.
This coldness did not come from the outside, but rose from the bottom of the heart, making people shiver involuntarily.
In the dense open space outside the city, a group of about 500 strong slaves in front of the Western Qin Army were escorted to the front of the military formation by the Western Qin Army infantry.
They were kicked to the ground one by one by the escorted Western Qin Army soldiers, and followed by a group of Western Qin Army soldiers.
General Qin pulled out his sword and swung it downwards.
A series of sword lights flashed across the five hundred slaves.
The heads of these five hundred slaves fell to the ground at the same time.
A stream of blood fountains spurted out from the broken necks of the corpses.
These headless corpses fell to the ground one after another.
No movement.
On the city wall, Christian Bishop Perici had cold sweat on his forehead and a chill in his heart.
He asked Guy in a trembling voice: "What are they doing?
Why are they massacring those people?
God, they massacre unarmed people.
This is sin.
This is evil."
It’s a heinous sin that will send you to hell.”
Even a strong Jewish elder like Guy felt chilled when he saw the Western Qin army slaughtering slaves outside the city in front of all the defenders on the city wall.
Maybe others didn't understand, but Guy did.
We know that massacre is a counterproductive act that may arouse the strong resistance of the defenders, and may also collapse the resistance of the defenders after mastering a certain degree of speed.
Murisardin, the elder of the Great Food Cult standing nearby, said: "Bishop Peric, those who were killed were all slaves.
I just counted, five hundred people were killed this time."
Next, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army escorted over 500 people and killed these 500 people just like before.
When the sixth group of people were slaughtered, many of the defenders on the city wall could not bear this.
Due to the psychological pressure, Zhao Ziliang knew that this method could not be delayed.
He had to break down the psychological defenses of the defenders in one go, causing them to collapse inside and frighten their courage.
If it was delayed for a long time, it would give the defenders a psychological buffer time.
When the massacre progressed to the tenth batch, most of the defenders on the city wall couldn't stand it anymore.
The weapons in their hands were involuntarily dropped, and they all collapsed on the ground in fear.
Even Governor Peric was breaking out in cold sweat. , his body was weak and unsteady, and he could only rely on his entourage to support him.
Murisardin suddenly figured out why the Western Qin army wanted to massacre these people.
He said to Peric and Guy with a solemn face: "I know why they did the medicine like this.
These people who were killed were all Slaves, the reason why the Western Qin army killed these people was because On the one hand, they used this method to defeat our resistance, causing us great oppression and making our soldiers lose their combat effectiveness.
On the other hand, because the King of Western Qin planned to use slaves to attack the city and consume our troops, But these slaves were unwilling to obey His will attacks us.
You see, these people did not forget to pray devoutly in the direction of the Holy City when they were escorted over and knelt on the ground.
Although I don’t know which religion they are believers in, I am sure that they are all devout.
Believers, the King of Western Qin could not drive these pious The believers attacked the Holy City, but they were worried that keeping them would be a disaster, so they ordered these people to be taken to the city and killed in front of us.
This could not only break our will to fight, avoid disaster, but also serve as a deterrent.
Other slaves, this King of Western Qin is too scary."
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These words made Peric's confidence begin to waver again.
He kept trembling, "My lords, I think we won't be able to hold on for long before we are broken.
This King of Western Qin is not only strong in military strength, but also very intelligent.
And we have no foreign aid.
Once we persist, Go, if we offend the King of Western Qin and wait for him to attack Jerusalem, not only will we not survive, but everyone in the city will die.
I simply can’t imagine the holy city turning into hell.
If we send people to negotiate with him now, At least everyone in the city should be spared."
Guy interrupted Peric categorically, stared at him coldly and said: "Mr.
Bishop Peric, don't you think it's too late to talk about this now?
Things have reached the current situation and can no longer develop according to our will.
If we go down, the King of Western Qin is bound to win.
He will agree to negotiate peace with us.
Regardless of whether he is willing to negotiate peace with us, but whoever we send out of the city to negotiate, do you dare to go?"
Now the army is gathering under the city, with murderous intent reaching the sky.
No one can guarantee that they will be able to come back intact once they arrive at the Western Qin Army camp.
The possibility of being killed there is definitely much greater than the possibility of returning intact.
No one dares to take this risk.
The tenth batch of slaves outside the city have been killed.
A total of five thousand people's heads have fallen to the ground.
The heads have rolled to the ground and piled up to form a mountain of heads.
The headless corpses on the ground have been laid out layer after layer.
As tall as one person, the blood dyed the entire earth red.
Most of the garrison soldiers on the city wall had been paralyzed by this bloody and cruel scene.
Peric was so frightened that he kept chanting: "Oh, God, send these sinners to hell."
In the end, Peric couldn't stand it anymore and said to Guy and Murisardin: "I'm a little uncomfortable and I don't know how to defend the city.
I'll leave this place to you."
Guy and Moulisardin looked at Peric's leaving figure.
They were both a little worried.
They were thinking that it would be difficult to defend this city.
The King of Western Qin came with such a move and frightened everyone.
I'm afraid there aren't many people left who are capable of fighting.
In the Western Qin army's formation outside the city, Zhao Ziliang held up a telescope and kept observing the reactions of the soldiers and generals defending the city wall.
He found that they had been frightened and panicked, and many of them could not stand.
He knew that the defenders' will to resist would only be very weak.
He was about to collapse, so he ordered the continued slaughter of the eleventh batch of slaves.
"It seems that if we kill a few more groups, the defenders of Jerusalem will collapse.
After all, they are an army recruited without training," Xuan Shiwu said.
Wei Gao also said: "Your Majesty, I think we can prepare the soldiers.
Once the time is right, we can immediately order the soldiers to kill them and break the city in one fell swoop."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and was about to order the army to prepare for the attack.
At this time, Zhao Bei, the commander of the Dragon Guard Army, shouted: "Your Majesty, there is news from the sentry on the hill on the side.
Look quickly!"
Everyone immediately looked towards the side hills and saw the sentries on the hills constantly waving small flags.
Zhao Ziliang picked up the telescope to observe, but his expression soon changed.
He put down the telescope and ordered unwillingly. : "There is a sandstorm coming from the south.
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Send this king's military order to withdraw the troops and return to camp."
After saying that, he took the reins of the war horse, turned around and galloped towards the rear military camp.
All the generals looked at each other, and some couldn't help but cursed: "We can attack Jerusalem in one go, but at this time there is a sandstorm.
What a coincidence."
A little bit better” "It's not uncommon for sandstorms to occur in this place.
Let's withdraw our troops and return to camp.
If you move too slowly, you might be swept away by the sandstorm."
The Western Qin army soon began to withdraw in an orderly manner.
The infantry turned back directly, while the cavalry stayed behind to break up the rear.
The remaining slaves were escorted away, and the open space outside the city soon became empty.
The defenders on the city wall were all confused.
What was going on?
Why did the Western Qin army suddenly withdraw?
Guy and Mulissadin looked at each other.
Mulissadin asked: "Why did the King of Western Qin suddenly withdraw?"
Guy couldn't understand either, but someone soon answered their doubts.
A nearby soldier shouted loudly: "Look, the sandstorm is coming, the sandstorm is coming, the sandstorm is coming from the south."
After hearing this sound, everyone turned and looked at the sky above the south of Jerusalem.
Sure enough, they saw a large amount of dark sand and dust gathering in the sky, trying to sweep toward Jerusalem.
Sandstorms can be large or small.
The powerful ones are extremely terrifying.
People, animals and everything standing on the ground will be swept away, including trees and houses.
The less powerful ones can make people disappear without a trace, causing great damage.
Only then did Guy and Moulisardin understand why the King of Western Qin suddenly withdrew his troops.
It turned out that they had discovered a sandstorm.
Guy immediately ordered: "Leave a few sentries on the city wall, and everyone else evacuated to the bottom of the city to avoid the sandstorm."
The defenders on the city were relieved at this time.
In their opinion, the sandstorm was far less terrible than the Western Qin army.
With the protection of the city, ordinary sandstorms would not cause much harm or loss to them.
Murisardin looked at the raging sandstorm and prayed: "God bless, I hope this sandstorm will directly cause the Western Qin Army to lose its combat effectiveness.
Otherwise, when the sandstorm passes, the Western Qin Army will come back again."
Guy shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Muri Sardine, the Lord treats everyone the same.
If the sandstorm can wipe out the entire Western Qin army, then Jerusalem will definitely not be able to escape this fate."
Sandstorms occur all the time in various parts of the Middle East.
This is nothing new.
However, sandstorms generally occur in the center of the desert.
It is rare to see such storms near towns, but it is not uncommon.
Sandstorms have also occurred in Jerusalem.
However, the violation is not serious.
After all, the sandstorm that can blow here has lost most of its power.
Fortunately, this sandstorm was not big.
It only covered the city of Jerusalem with a layer of fine sand, destroyed some dilapidated houses, and broke several large, insect-eaten trees.
The Western Qin Army did not suffer any losses.
The military camp was set up at the foot of the hill.
The nearby rolling hills blocked most of the power of the sandstorm.
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It only sprinkled a layer of fine sand on the camp and disappeared without a trace.
Zhao Ziliang got out of the tent, shook the sand off his body and cursed: "It took a lot of effort to destroy the fighting will and morale of the Jerusalem defenders, but a sandstorm happened to disrupt the good deeds of the lonely king.
Everything that was done just now is all It's all in vain, and those five thousand people died in vain.
If you try to do this again, it won't have the same effect."
Chen Qing cupped his fists and suggested: "Your Majesty, if you really can't do it, you can only attack by force."
Zhao Ziliang's stern face exuded endless killing intent: "Send the order and launch an attack on the city early tomorrow morning."
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