"This...is this too cruel? These barbarian prisoners are all excellent cavalry. If they can be recruited, wouldn't they be able to quickly increase their strength?"
The old beggar soldier who spoke just now murmured when he saw this scene.
Although he has been in battle a lot, he is used to fighting.
But when I saw nearly two to three hundred barbarian prisoners in front of me, they were taken out one by one and killed like chickens and dogs. There was still some trembling in my heart.
In the troubled times of the Five Hus, when the Beggar Army was located, Hu and Han people lived together in the north, and the Han people served under the command of the Hu people. After the Han forces defeated the Hu people, they often reorganized the Hu people into soldiers.
If the two to three hundred barbarians captured by the East Lake Army were subdued and reorganized, they would become an elite cavalry force.
Two to three hundred elite cavalry are enough to attack a large formation of two thousand and three infantry.
But Wang Jing chose to kill all the Hu people, which shocked and puzzled the veterans of the beggar army.
Zhang Hun also took a breath.
Then he saw that as the Hu captives were being killed one by one, with blood flowing, and the refugees watching not far away, their eyes gradually became brighter.
There seemed to be more vitality in his body. It's like rising from a dying corpse to a human being again.
"Good kill!"
"Kill these beasts!"
As the barbarians continued to be killed, someone among the many refugees finally screamed.
Their voices were hoarse, filled with anger and extreme hatred for the barbarians.
"Wang Jing wants to win over people's hearts at this time, kill three hundred Hu captives, and make these young and strong refugees follow him wholeheartedly and become his die-hard loyalists!"
Zhang Hun understood this clearly in his heart.
However, is it worth it to kill the 300 elite cavalrymen who can be subdued just to keep a mere two or three thousand refugees young and strong?
If Zhang Hun asked, Wang Jing would definitely answer in the affirmative.
worth! Well worth it!
First of all, the two or three hundred Hu people are all Murong Xianbei. They regard Han people as dogs and sheep, cannibalize people at every turn, and look like wild beasts, which is extremely inconsistent with Wang Jing's three views.
Wang Jing is not a pure royal man. If Hu people and herdsmen defect to him, he will not turn them away. Except for man-eating beasts.
Wang Jing did not want to take in such beasts that did not conform to the three values and often cannibalized people. Moreover, these people had a lot of blood in their hands.
Many people under his command had been tortured by Murong Xianbei.
Killing these prisoners directly can greatly increase the loyalty of the people under your rule.
The young and strong refugees gathered this time, after Wang Jing helped them avenge their blood, they were selected from among them to train new soldiers. With a little training, they can become soldiers and horses who are extremely loyal to Wang Jing and can be relied upon as the confidants of the guards.
Killing is only a means, not an end.
After walking forward for a moment, Zhang Hun and the two saw everyone on the hillside. Wang Jing was sitting casually on the bluestone, holding a riding whip in his hand, and Zhu Wu, Mai Tiezhang and others stood on both sides.
In front of everyone, a burly Hu man was tied up and held on the ground.
"This is Murong Xianbei's general Tao Ren! I leave it to my lord to decide how to deal with it!"
Zhu Wu said.
Taoren was remembered in history at least, and his strength was not weak. Zhu Wu and Mai Tiezhang did not deal with each other privately, but escorted Taoren to Wang Jing for instructions.
"Like other barbarians, pull him down and kill him!"
Wang Jing waved his hand and said calmly.
Tao Ren originally looked unruly, holding his head high even when he was kneeling on the ground, but after hearing these words, his expression froze and a trace of panic flashed across his eyes.
The Hu people respect strength and are not averse to seeking refuge with others.
Moreover, Tao Ren betrayed his master Murong Yun in history. It is easy for a country to change its nature, but it is difficult to change it. Even after coming to the new world, it is impossible to change Tao Ren's character.
He originally thought that Wang Jing would recruit him.
Seeing a ferocious look on Mai Tiezhang's mouth, he stepped forward in person, preparing to carry him away.
Tao Ren couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Wait a minute, the villain surrenders and is willing to become a sword in the hands of the general..."
Mai Tiezhang stopped and looked at Wang Jing.
Wang Jing waved his hand impatiently, and Mai Tiezhang suddenly understood. Seeing that Taoren was still shouting, he slapped Taoren directly, crushing Taoren's teeth.
Mai Tiezhang personally carried the peach kernel to the corner of the hillside, drew his waist knife and slashed decisively.
puff! Tao Ren's head suddenly flew up, blood spurted out, the body that fell to the ground twitched several times, and blood lay on the ground.
Wang Jing's eyes flashed slightly.
In his vision, Tao Ren also had some Qi. After killing him with Mai Tiezhan, he robbed part of the opponent's Qi, leaving more than half of it to be blessed by himself through a mysterious connection.
hiss!
Not far away, Zhang Hun and the two took a breath of cold air again.
They had been fighting with the Murong clan for so many days and were no strangers to Tao Ren. In their eyes, Tao Ren was on the same level as the captain of the Beggar Army.
It's enough to kill ordinary barbarians, but how can someone like Tao Ren kill so simply?
After seeing these barbarians being killed like chickens and dogs with my own eyes.
Zhang Hun suddenly discovered that Wang Jing was completely different from before. He had a kind of awe-inspiring majesty in him. This aura of holding power and killing decisively was stronger than that of the school captain Ran Liang.
"Zhang Hun and Zhu Xin of the beggar army are here to pay their respects to the captain!"
Now Wang Jing still holds the official title of Captain of the Beggar Army, so Zhang Hun and Zhang Hun are treated as Captains.
When Zhang Hun stepped forward to bow down, he felt an inexplicable desire to smile bitterly.
In about half a year, the original friends improved to a higher level. When they defeated the Murong clan, their power was even greater than that of their begging army.
During this period of time, Zhang Hun often contacted the envoys sent by the East Lake Army, and sometimes exchanged some news with the envoys. He was very familiar with the growth process of the East Lake Army.
despite this.
When he saw with his own eyes that Murong's troops collapsed but the East Lake Army did not lose too many troops, he was still shocked.
"Brother Zhang, why are you so polite? Please get up quickly!"
Upon seeing this, Wang Jing immediately stepped forward to help the two of them up.
Although he had essentially separated from the Beggar Army, he still recognized Zhang Hun as a friend.
Subsequently.
Wang Jing waved the others away, while he took Zhang Hun to talk and laugh alone.
He also asked about acquaintances such as Li Shuo and Yu Hong.
Since Li Shuo was injured in his last raid on Bailian Village, he stayed in the north to recuperate. As a result, he encountered the Murong clan's invasion. Later, he followed Ran Liang to break through and return.
Then Wang Jing didn't know any news about them.
In the fierce and cruel fighting, the soldiers at the bottom were like weeds, they would disappear if they didn't say anything. The beggar army and the Murong family had been fighting for so many days, and Wang Jing had some expectations of what would happen to them.
"They are all dead..."
As Wang Jing guessed, Zhang Hun looked a little sad. Most of his companions who went north to explore together, Li Shuo and Yu Hong, died in the battle.
"Alas! I didn't expect that our farewell would be forever! Today I killed the Xianbei barbarians, which can be regarded as avenging my brothers!"
Wang Jing sighed.
Zhang Hun also sighed with emotion. After the two talked, he looked at Wang Jing and his expression became serious.
He asked: "Brother Wang, for the sake of our shared life and death, tell me the truth. After defeating Murong Xianbei, will we start to deal with the beggar army?"
