Bai Su rode on a war horse.
He glanced coldly at the captured bandits.
With her limited imagination, she couldn't think of any way to make people "live a fate worse than death" for a while, but she felt that the known tortures were not enough to vent her anger and establish her authority. So she looked at her master for knowledge, and Xu Quan also looked over.
Xu Quan guessed: "Drag it on horseback?"
He then asked, "Hanging the city gate to dry in the sun?"
Bai Su added: "3,600 cuts of lingchi?"
Xu Quan thought it was impossible and refuted it with a curled lip: "With so many bandits, each of them cut the meat with a knife, and 3,600 cuts? How can they waste so much time?"
Generally speaking, the torture of lingchi takes too long and has too high a human cost, so the Ma bandits do not deserve this treatment.
Bai Su frowned and asked, "Then what do you think is the solution?"
Xu Quan pondered for a moment, thinking of a new way: "First, gut the belly, take out the fat and light the sky lantern, and then peel off the skin and make the rest into straw?"
This method is not cruel.
You should know that the previous prefect of Longwu County was also captured while defending the city. He ended up having his body chopped open and his internal organs taken out, then beheaded. His head and torso were hung on the city gate to be exposed to the sun, and the remaining internal organs were fed to jackals.
As for the inhumane existence of Shiwu...
Only more ruthless and cruel means can deter them, and as for appeasement and consolation, that is "pity" when someone is completely defeated or beaten to the brink of extinction. It is a little bit of sympathy that the strong give to the weak.
Before that, the only option is to fight!
Any gentle measures will be regarded as cowardice by the enemy.
Bai Su did not respond, but looked at her master, whose face was as cold as if covered with a layer of frost. The master said with a smile in his voice, "Those are too bloody. Just bury them alive, leaving only their heads exposed, which has the good meaning of 'standing out from the crowd'."
Bai Su and Xu Quan were both surprised.
This is a method that is more deterrent than building a Jingguan, and makes the enemy unable to live or die. Is it just this
Yes, that's it.
but-
That’s enough!
Shen Tang's eyes were dark. There was a murderous intent in them that Qi Shan and others rarely saw. He Yin had been keeping a low profile for the past two years, causing many people to think that she was a "gentleman", but they ignored her decisiveness before she put on this mask.
The capital of Longwu County was in Ru Yao.
Due to its geographical location, Ru Yao has a tough folk character and a huge economic situation. If the army is strong and Shi Wu dare not offend easily, the economy will be prosperous. Because Shi Wu has backward productivity and scarce resources, many necessities of life cannot be obtained by plundering, so they can only barter, using relatively expensive local specialties in exchange for cloth, salt and grain.
Naturally, Ru Yao’s economy is not too bad.
During its heyday, the city was bustling with people and traffic, and there were a lot of Shiwu merchants who came from thousands of miles away to do business. Merchants from all over the country would exchange local rare items with them and make a profit of ten times or even dozens of times. Some of the brave ones would secretly go deep into the heart of Shiwu to engage in smuggling, which would bring even higher profits.
They also have the awareness of "good birth and good parenting".
In order to improve the genes of the tribe, tribal women, who are in short supply even in peacetime, are encouraged to marry men from Longwu County. The children born are generally stronger than those of the tribe.
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This is not difficult to explain.
There are many natural resources in Shiwu, but there are really not many food resources and the dietary structure is still monotonous.
In addition, in the more than two hundred years after the thief star fell from the sky, this wave of people on the mainland has gone through generations of inheritance and crazy internal struggles, and their average height, physical fitness, and qualifications are higher than the Ten Crows, and the proportion of literary scholars and brave warriors is also higher.
It is normal to "borrow" excellent genes from one's own family.
certainly-
This "harmonious scene" only exists when the military force is strong.
If Longwu County's military strength is weak, or the country behind Longwu County is weak and corrupt, let alone resisting the harassment of the Ten Crows, and even needing to bow down and curry favor with the Ten Crows, then there will be no business. People will just come and do a group purchase for free.
In the past, cloth, salt and grain that were exchanged for goods were directly robbed, and tribal women were not encouraged to "borrow seeds" and other people's women were robbed to take their own nests. In a word, burning, killing and looting were all done without exception, and even more cruel.
What Shen Tang saw at this moment was naturally Ruyao, which had been destroyed over and over again by wars. It was even more miserable and desolate than He Yin's Fugu City. The huge city wall was destroyed, and the buildings in the city were like ruins, and the government offices...
The government offices in Fugu City are still dilapidated buildings after all.
The government office in Ru Yao is now in ruins.
When Shen Tang arrived, the army had already entered the city half a day earlier and cleared a piece of open space on the ruins of the government office. The army skillfully picked up tools and began to repair the city wall, which barely gave Ru Yao a little more life.
Qi Shan and others have already had clear division of labor.
They sent people to inquire about the news in the city.
Try to gather the scattered common people together as much as possible.
Lin Feng was helping her teacher Chu Yao. The two were discussing something. Tu Rong took off his armor, leaving most of his arms bare in the cold and windy weather. He followed other soldiers to carry the wreckage of the buildings, sweating from the heat.
"Greetings, my lord."
Shen Tang arrived at the government office on a motorcycle.
Chu Yao straightened his clothes which were lightly stained with dust, and saluted her together with Lin Feng. Shen Tang jumped off the motorcycle: "No need to be polite, how is the city cleaned up? Why would the government office..."
Talking about this, Chu Yao also sighed.
The former governor of Longwu County fell into the enemy's trap, and the "horse bandits" of Shiwu had been planning revenge for a long time. Taking advantage of the fact that the troops of Longwu County were unable to return to support, they led thousands of people to massacre Ru Yao. When I say massacre, I mean they killed people wantonly for several hours, and set a big fire when they left. The government office was even more devastated...
Shen Tang frowned solemnly: "No one survived?"
The incident in Longwu County happened in midsummer, and Shen Tang took office a few days after the autumn harvest. How could there be no one to clean up the aftermath during this period
Unless everyone died in that catastrophe.
Chu Yao said: "Not really..."
"Why is that?"
"Because I'm so disappointed..."
Chu Yao didn't need to explain it in detail, Shen Tang could also hear it. Longwu County suffered such a catastrophe, and the corpse of a county governor was humiliated like this. The royal court should at least express its attitude, even if it didn't send troops in anger. But instead of saying anything, it was still friendly with the Ten Wu brothers... Most of the soldiers guarding Longwu County were natives of Longwu. When they heard about this, they were naturally chilled...
Just start to mess up.
However, no matter how bad the situation was, they could not relax in the fight against the Ten Crows. Without the royal court's supply of military supplies and fodder, life was extremely difficult and they could not take care of many places at all - such as the Sangouli Village that was massacred.
They can only guard the checkpoint.
As for those ten petty thieves who secretly broke through the city walls, crossed the increasingly weak border barriers, sneaked over to burn, kill and loot, they were more than capable of doing so.
I can't even open the pot, let alone repair Ru Yao.
This situation is so sad that anyone who hears about it will cry.
There is also a very big problem here.
Shen Tang was nominally sent by Wang Ting and Zheng Qiao.
so-
Shen Tang would most likely be boycotted by these people. Thinking of these troubles, even Shen Tang was overwhelmed.
This start is several times more difficult than Ha Yin!
At that time, she only needed to clean up her own one acre and three fen of land, and she didn't have to worry about anything else. Because although the neighbors next door liked to take advantage of her, they were all good brothers on the surface, and they would never harass her base without a solid excuse.
She had indeed not been harassed in the past two years, and Shen Tang had even provided her with a lot of human resources for free.
Although the "wedding dress" of more than two years finally benefited Xu Jie, Shen Tang was not a person who only focused on the gains and losses in front of her. She had a longer-term vision - at least, this matter had attracted Xu Jie, a wealthy man, to invest in herself, and she had also tricked him into giving her Xu Quan, who had been carefully trained by the Xu family. In the future, there would be no shortage of additional investments, and she was willing to be Shen Tang's ATM machine.
In the future, when she becomes stronger and fights back, He Yin will be back in her own pocket. To achieve such a bright ending, she must first deal with the thorny Longwu County in front of her and survive under the iron hoof of the Ten Crows.
“… Alas, money is hard to earn, shit is hard to eat…”
The most urgent task was to deal with Ru Yao first, gather the remaining refugees, and have a barely acceptable place to stay, and then personally negotiate with the original troops of Longwu County. Their desperate efforts to defend Longwu County did not mean they were friendly to her.
It is also possible to stab someone in the back unexpectedly.
It just so happened that it was drizzling at this time.
Everyone was so busy that even Jiang Sheng's family members didn't have time to rest and came out to help clean up.
After all the hard work, I can finally drink some hot soup.
Shen Tang huddled in a makeshift tent, feeling the biting cold wind. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
Gu Chi came back with a lot of lawsuits on his mind. From a distance, he could hear his master muttering: Endure ovarian cysts for a while, take a step back and breast hyperplasia... This anger must be vented! Damn! How could I be a punching bag
Gu Chi: “…”
More than two years...
He also knew what "ovarian cyst" and "breast hyperplasia" meant. Although he wanted to complain every time he heard them, "Does his lord have these things? It seems so", but considering that these might be slang from his lord's hometown, he didn't dwell on it.
Compared to words like "take a step back and the sky will be wider", he prefers what his lord said: there is no need to endure it anymore!
"My Lord."
Gu Chi comes in ready.
Shen Tang said: "Wangchao comes just in time."
As soon as Gu Chi heard this, he knew that the job had come.
"My lord, do you have any instructions?"
Shen Tang: "Send some people to dig dozens of pits on the road at the city gate, and bury the bandits I caught one by one in them, leaving only their heads exposed. Then send some people to guard them, and write a notice so that all the people in Longwu County can kick them a few times!"
"that's all?"
Shen Tang thought for a while, then added fiercely: "Pull out 100 hairs of the horse bandits, and you will be rewarded with one ounce of corn."
Gu Chi thought about it and suggested: "Pour some more gold juice into the pit. This can be raised from the common people."
Just burying people in the dirt and kicking their heads...
People can still live comfortably for a few more days.
Killing is not the right path.
But for these horse bandits, we can only use a blunt knife to grind meat.
The common people of Longwu County also need an outlet to vent their emotions, and at the same time, use this method to make them quickly recognize Shen Tang as the new governor of Longwu County - let them know that the previous governor defended him with his life, and Shen Jun will not only protect Longwu County, but also lead Longwu County to blow Shi Wu's brains out.
These horse bandits are nothing more than "letters of surrender".
How they died doesn't matter.
What is important is how the common people of Longwu County vent their anger.
Shen Tang: “…That’s fine.”
Shen Tang asked again: "... Wangchao seems to be very skilled?"
Gu Chi said in a nonchalant manner, "Similar things will always happen after a long period of marching and fighting. This method of intimidating and humiliating the enemy is also similar. As long as the lord does not find it disgusting and cruel... There should be no mercy for the Ten Crows!"
How could Shen Tang not know this truth
She built a good reputation in Heyin as a protection, and her neighbors were not willing to do anything to her out of concern, but she was courting death by establishing this persona in Longwu County. Gu Chi added.
"Let Chi bring up this matter..."
Shen Tang: “Hmm?”
Gu Chi said seriously, "Because you are the future 'benevolent ruler', not a 'tyrant' like Zheng Qiao, your ways are different. This method can only be regarded as a minor trick that is not worthy of being shown on the stage. It can be used once or twice to shock and humiliate the enemy. If you use it too much, it will be inferior. It will also make the outside world criticize you for having a sadistic habit... You have to establish your authority on the battlefield."
Shen Tang smiled with his eyes curved.
"This is natural. Don't worry, just look at the tide."
Gu Chi nodded.
He didn't really care about this matter. He understood his lord's character better than Qi Shan and Chu Yao.
But the environment has a huge impact on people. The Ten Crows have no bottom line in their actions, and their crimes that are condemned by both humans and gods are too numerous to list. If their lord is completely enraged and retaliates with the same means again and again, his temperament will be changed over time.
In the words of the Lord—
The young dragon slayer eventually becomes the evil dragon.
Shen Tang then called Lin Feng and Yu Zi.
He asked the two how much food and grass they had. Shen Tang's current family background was definitely solid, and it was incomparable to two years ago, especially food, which was not lacking at all. Even if they didn't have enough food, it would be enough for the more than 10,000 soldiers under him to eat for four or five years.
Shen Tang said: "Allow two thousand stones."
Yu Zi carefully recorded: "What are you doing?"
"Send it to the Longwu soldiers guarding the checkpoint."
"Now?"
Yu Zi and Lin Feng looked at each other.
They had been busy following Chu Yao for half a day, and had a general understanding of the situation in Longwu County. They knew that they would come into contact with those garrisons sooner or later. But on the first day, they couldn't wait to send out 2,000 stones of grain and fodder...
There is a high probability that they will not be grateful, and after receiving the grain, they will even call them idiots and spit on them.
Shen Tang said: "This is called courtesy before force."
She showed her attitude first.
If he still doesn't appreciate it, I will have a legitimate reason to use violence.
Besides—
Regardless, they have a common enemy.
The Ten Crows' army could not cross the checkpoint, so Shen Tang had room to maneuver in the capital. At least he had to repair the capital's defenses first. Otherwise, if the enemy attacked, there would be no decent defense. Wouldn't that be a waste? Two thousand shi of grain and grass, I didn't feel bad about giving it away.
Yu Zi and the other two nodded and accepted the order: "Yes."
Of course, before executing it, Shen Tang still needs to consult with Chu Yao and others to confirm that it is feasible before implementing it.
With the construction experience of Heyin County, Ru Yao saved a lot of trouble this time. Although there were only a few common people left in the city, and the manpower seemed to be seriously insufficient, the young and strong people brought by Shen Tang were all good at infrastructure construction and "old craftsmen" with two years of experience!
What a difference in just five days!
A small number of refugees went out to make a living and look for food, but they returned empty-handed and thought they had taken the wrong path.
Wait, is this still Ru Yao
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