Chapter 147: Pain and Conscience "No, I didn't do it."
Wang Can suddenly dropped the knife, squatted down in pain, muttering to himself, he didn't believe that his heart would dare to be so cruel, in the memories just now, he found that he had killed more than a dozen unarmed children and old people with his own hands, and even dragged a woman into the house......
If the attack on the city guards is quite reasonable, then the killing of the old, weak, sick and disabled is really indiscriminate killing of innocents.
Wang Can suddenly saw Li Zhen, rushed over, grabbed Li Zhen's shoulder, shook violently, and roared: "Your Highness, Your Highness, tell me quickly, all this is not true, this is actually a dream, I am in a dream now." ” Li Zhen broke his hand expressionlessly, and said coldly: "If I told you that all this is false, would you believe it?"
” "No ......" his hands hung down weakly, Wang Can sat helplessly on the ground, his eyes were full of pain, he couldn't accept all this, he could face the most murderous villains in the world, or he could kill all the enemies without changing his face, but he couldn't forgive himself for extending the butcher's knife to those old and young women and children who had no power to resist - because he still had a conscience in his heart.
The same emotions slowly breed in the hearts of every young soldier, they don't know why they come here to kill, they are the youth army, the most elite army of Datang, they should protect the safety of Datang, resist all enemies who dare to offend Datang, they have only one reason for existence - those who commit Datang Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away.
But now, they are in this place, like demons, demanding the lives of these innocent people......
Fang Yiai was also squatting on the ground in despair, not far from him, there was a woman's corpse, her lower body was naked, a huge wound was cut on her chest, and it was still dripping with blood, and her eyes were full of despair.
I don't know who offended her innocence during her lifetime, Fang Yiai looked up and tried to find the murderer, but all this was in vain, such a thing happened more than once in the city, and there was more than one person.
Even the youngest in the youth army, only twelve years old this year, with his godlike marksmanship, became the first gun king in the youth army, nicknamed Xiaobu, the big name Jinping, the shy young man who blushes when he sees a woman, didn't Fang Cai also break her husband with one shot, and then dragged the native woman into the house, in this land, taste the taste of women?
Fang Yiai couldn't understand whether this was right or wrong, he was not afraid of killing, the battlefield had been fighting for so many years, and the number of people who died in his hands was countless, but those who killed were all enemies, in order to protect his family and defend the country, the sword in his hand only fought for justice, but now it has become a killing blade stained with the blood of innocent natives - looking at the devastation all over the place, Fang Yiai wanted to cry.
Gradually, there were bursts of whimpering sounds in the city, and slowly spread, and many young soldiers and soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and cried loudly, as for why they cried, maybe it was the local people who had just been slaughtered by them, or for their tortured conscience, or for their fear of the other side of themselves.
The corpses all over the ground, the earth was stained red with blood, and countless blood flowed to the low-lying areas, forming one lake after another, and under the reflection of the sun, there was a special enchantment.
Li Zhen saw everything in his eyes, he was rejoicing, but also a little disappointed, fortunately these warriors have not lost their conscience, at least they still maintain the last pure goodness in their hearts, not a group of beasts who only know how to kill, this is really lucky.
Disappointingly, the Young Army was still too young after all, and after the massacre, they only knew sadness, not only exposed all their weaknesses, but also completely forgot their responsibilities, missions and tasks.
Massacres are wrong, but what can be done without slaughter?
Declare to those natives that the emperor is mighty and treat them with kindness?
Let them be subjugated by the emperor's grace?
No kidding......
Li Zhen has not been naïve to this point, conquest has always been accompanied by blood, and war is always linked to killing, which is an eternal truth.
What's more, with these foreign barbarians, afraid of power but not virtue, if you are good to him, they will only think that you are too weak, and only killing can make them afraid.
Although she was a little unbearable about the slaughter of Rili, Li Zhen never regretted it.
Even if he was given another chance, a hundred and a thousand chances, he would still swing his sword and command his soldiers to raze the place.
It's not just that the land is fertile and the South Sea monkeys don't deserve it.
The more important reason is that this is the first step for Datang to conquer the entire Nanyang, and it is also the first gate connecting Datang and Nanyang in the future, and there is no room for the slightest unstable factor.
Otherwise, once there is a problem within Datang, as long as the Annan monkeys block here, they will cut off half of the road passage between Nanyang and Datang, and everything Datang does here will be cheap Nanyang monkeys - this is something that will definitely happen, but it is also something that Li Zhen will never allow, so Li Zhen must wipe out all possibilities before all this happens.
Li Zhen, who is familiar with everything that happened in later generations, wants to fight for the vitality of China, and the best nation should be at the top of the world, standing at the top of the world, instead of letting those barbarians and ugly people come to trouble China - the Chinese nation has lost too many opportunities to dominate the world, and in the face of this best opportunity since the Han Dynasty, Li Zhen is not willing to give up no matter what.
"Stand up!"
Li Zhen's voice rang out, and in this mournful atmosphere, it was particularly loud.
The whimpering sound was paused, everyone looked at Li Zhen, everyone's eyes were on Li Zhen, everyone didn't say a word, but what was expressed in their eyes was the same meaning - ask Li Zhen to give them an explanation, or a reason for them to let go of the pain in their hearts, even if this reason is very absurd, they just want to have peace of mind.
They didn't hate Li Zhen, because Li Zhen had already said before bringing them here that in the process of conquering Nanyang, there would definitely be bloodshed and massacre - in Li Zhen's expectation, only when more than seventy percent of the Nanyang people died would the Tang Dynasty's immigration to Nanyang really begin......
Li Zhen has told them all this, but they still came, this is their own choice, and they will never regret it.
It was their own will that was not strong enough to erase the conscience in their hearts......
Therefore, they can only pin their hopes on Li Zhen, hoping that Li Zhen can give them a reasonable reason, so that the pain in their hearts can be eased a little, and their will will will be stronger.