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Even though Chongzhen was mentally prepared, when he appeared in the telescope's field of vision, he was still breathing rapidly and trembling all over.
Hundreds of children, the youngest were only six or seven years old, the oldest were eleven or twelve years old, wearing slightly torn coarse clothes, the clothes were wet, as if they had been soaked in water.
But without exception, all the children's hands were tied with ropes behind their backs, their feet were also tied, and then they were strung together with ropes to form several concentric circles.
There were several fires set up in the circle, and sitting next to them were more than twenty sergeants who looked like they were seriously injured. They were drinking heavily, biting into the roasted golden mutton, and occasionally letting out ferocious laughter.
It's clear that we are going to die together.
Even so, there were more or less blood stains on the clothes of these children, and it could be judged that they had been beaten.
The children were pale, sobbing softly, and their eyes were full of fear, as if they understood their next fate.
With such an arrangement, they had absolutely no possibility of rescuing anyone. Even if Chongzhen thought about using a hot air balloon to conduct a sneak attack at night, he couldn't do it.
"These beasts have simply lost their humanity!"
"Bastards, they are simply worse than beasts. Even if they say they are beasts, they are being promoted!"
"If these children are really burned to death, I will have to exterminate the entire nation!"
"The annihilation of the entire race is certain. I will arrest them and give them all three thousand blows!"
"Commander Li has transferred all the execution masters from the imperial prison. I am going to use all the eighteen tortures on them!"
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"Eh...something's wrong!"
In the anger of the generals, Yuan Keli, who had been observing, whispered, causing the generals to fall silent for an instant.
"Your Majesty, I think that this move of establishing slaves is probably not done by Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji may think of using ordinary people to stop us, but it is very likely that he will not use children."
"Mr. Yuan Ge, who else is it if it's not Huang Taiji? Could it be Fusang and Mongolia?"
"Yes, it's Fuso!"
Yuan Keli said lightly, and then explained: "There are two reasons. First, if they can stop us and return to Liaodong in the future, this cruel method will make them completely lose the support of the people.
Even if they die, the common people will take full revenge. If they can't kill the army sergeants, what about the ordinary people and children who are slaves? If it can be protected for one day and one month, can it be protected for one year?
Huang Taiji also knew that ordinary people could not stop us, but he had to use this trick, so Fusang became the scapegoat. Think about it when you think about Seoul, when Jiannu massacred the wealthy merchants and gentry of North Korea instead of Fusang, you will understand.
Even if word spreads in the future, Huang Taiji can say that this was Fusang's decision, and he lost the power to command troops and decision-making in the two wars, so he blamed Fusang and made his own choice.
Secondly, if you look at the sergeants in that circle, from their appearance, appearance, to their clothing, eating and drinking movements, and habits, they are not the characteristics of Jiannu or Mongolian sergeants. "
Seeing that everyone was silent, Yuan Keli turned to look at Li Ruolian: "Commander Li, send two sergeants who understand Fusang to check on the children. They behaved angrily, and then suddenly scolded them in Fusang!"
"I will finally understand!"
Li Ruolian nodded and left quickly.
A quarter of an hour later, two Jinyi guards who were checking the situation came back, their faces full of anger: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yuan Ge, there are a total of 462 children, and they are indeed covered with kerosene.
These children had all been beaten, and some seemed to have had their limbs broken.
The sergeant in the middle was indeed from Fusang. When we suddenly scolded them in Fusang, they responded in Fusang. "
"Good, good, good! It is indeed this despicable nation. They put babies on poles, boiled them with fertilized water, and listened to their cries. Later, they captured pregnant women and divined men and women. Now they use children as human shields. What else does this nation dare not do?”
Hearing the news confirmed by Jin Yiwei, Chongzhen was trembling with anger: "I haven't come to you for trouble yet, but you have taken the initiative to join in. It seems that you are going to be exterminated as well!"
"Sun Yuanhua immediately conveyed my order and told Xu Guangqi that no matter what method he used, I must make one thousand thunder cannons, one hundred thousand thunder bombs, and two hundred red cannons within three months.
After destroying the three-party slave-building coalition, I will march eastward to Fusang and cripple this despicable nation until it will never be able to recover. "
"I obey the decree!"
Sun Yuanhua responded immediately, and at this moment he was completely angry.
Even if the emperor doesn't mention it, he will report it.
"Your Majesty, there is something going on in Liaoyang City!"
In Chongzhen's anger, Cao Bianjiao, who had been observing through the telescope, said something.
In just a moment, under the sight of the telescope, Huang Taiji and other high-ranking generals from the three coalition forces arrived outside the circle where the children were tied up.
Chongzhen just looked at him coldly, turned his horse and left.
At such a disdainful scene, the senior leaders of the tripartite coalition of Jiannu and Slavery were not only not angry, but also laughed. The laughter was full of pride, as if they were happy that their strategy had worked.
"Everyone, the strategy has worked. It depends on how long the Ming army can endure. It is about four hundred miles from here to the Yalu River. We must speed up.
If we leave before Youshi, all the food and grass that cannot be transported will be burned, and we must not leave it to the Ming army! Tianconghan, what do you think? "
"feasible!"
After listening to Yagyu Munenomi's words, Huang Taiji nodded, looking at Ming Jun with eyes full of murderous intent.
Not only against the Ming army, but also against Yagyu Muneki.
This man is a master in the art of war and a wise man, and he is also a wise man with no bottom line.
His proposal was to use Han people as a shield, but Yagyu Munenomi said to use children, and also proposed to use young women as a backup method.
Even if the Ming army did not catch up, these women could still be used as rewards for the soldiers to enjoy.
He thought that he was already cold-blooded and ruthless, but compared to Yagyu Muneki, he was still a notch behind.
If it weren't for this special period, he would have killed this man without mercy. This kind of person was too terrifying.
"Send the order, all armies will retreat according to the planned plan. The former army rushed to Longshan before dawn and set up camp on the mountain. All the scouts will be sent out. Any suspicious person within a few miles will be killed without mercy!"
After Huang Taiji issued the military order, he turned his horse's head and headed southeast, and the generals followed him.
The sun was slowly setting in the west. Under the setting sun, the entire battlefield was extremely desolate. Tens of thousands of Ming Army sergeants were shuttled on the battlefield, and everyone's face was cold.
They already knew the despicable tactics of the three parties, so they were pulling the legs of the corpses of the three parties' soldiers like they were dragging garbage.
What's more, they directly pulled out their light knives and hacked at the corpses. If they weren't afraid that the corpses would cause plague, they would have let these corpses be eaten by wild dogs.
