Chapter 285

"Are you saying there are one million people over there?"

Li Li Yuanba watched for a moment and said, "I feel like there should be!"

Ying Su laughed, "Then kill them all. You and Li Li Cunxiao have a competition; whoever kills more, I will crown as the number one expert of Great Qin!"

151. Massacre! Don't spare the old or the young! Kill them all!

"Whoever kills more will be crowned the number one expert of Great Qin?"

Once Ying Su said this, the two parties involved, Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao, did not have much of a reaction!

The two of them really did not care that much about such empty titles!

However... in the Qin Army camp, there were indeed many, many soldiers who were excited by this!

In fact, as to who is fiercer and who is more powerful between Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao, this has always been a very controversial topic in the army!

Those who admire Li Li Yuanba say that General Li Li Yuanba can fight hundreds of thousands of people alone, and on this point, Li Li Cunxiao simply cannot compare!

And once this was said, those who admire Li Li Cunxiao were unconvinced!

They argued that no matter how well Li Li Yuanba can fight, if someone cuts him with a sword, he will still be wounded, and if someone cuts off his head with a sword, he will still die!

But... try killing Li Li Cunxiao like that!

Both sides argued endlessly.

They even started exposing each other's shortcomings on this topic!

For example, the battle in the swamp—who was it that saved Li Li Yuanba!

Or for example, when Li Li Yuanba fell into a pit, who was it that cut through thousands of experts alone to save him!

These words made those who worship Li Li Yuanba extremely annoyed, yet for a moment, they actually had nothing to retort with!

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Wang Wang Jian came out!

He said something that could be considered quite fair!

In terms of offense, Li Li Yuanba is invincible!

In terms of defense, Li Li Cunxiao is invincible!

Their roles are different!

Comparing them is like comparing a spear and a shield; they are completely incomparable!

These words were very fair, impartial, and likewise, many people agreed with them very much!

However... in a place like an army camp, soldiers love to compare when they have nothing to do, especially in terms of combat power; no one loves to compare more than they do.

Even if they have to talk until the sky falls, they must determine who is superior!

Therefore, they still often use Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao to make a point, comparing the two sides!

And just today, Ying Su's words made everyone present excited!

Many people even started shouting!

And with the encouragement of this shouting, the two, who originally had no interest in such comparisons, instantly became spirited!

Li Li Yuanba directly shouldered his twin hammers and smiled at Li Li Cunxiao:

"When we start killing later, you stand behind me, and I will protect you!"

Li Li Cunxiao said, "I have already saved you twice; you should stand behind me instead, otherwise, it won't be easy for me to protect you!"

"Heh..."

"Heh..."

Li Li Yuanba gave a cold laugh!

Li Li Cunxiao also gave a cold laugh!

At this moment, they stopped talking nonsense. Li Li Yuanba squeezed his horse's belly, and instantly, the Ten Thousand Mile Cloud Chaser shot forward like a bolt of lightning, charging straight into the Xiongnu army formation!

Although Li Li Cunxiao did not have the Ten Thousand Mile Cloud Chaser, he carried the Yu King Mountain-Opening Spear and the Bi Yan Claw on his back, and also began to run!

Behind them, countless soldiers were excited and shouting, following them as they charged!

In the blink of an eye, they reached that vast expanse of tents!

Li Li Yuanba took the lead and immediately began the slaughter!

As the hammers fell, people died in an instant!

More people began to flee frantically, among them many old, weak, women, and children!

However, just as this group began to flee, a Bi Yan Claw flew down directly from the sky.

It smashed a large group of people, causing their heads to bloom and killing them!

Li Li Cunxiao had arrived!

He danced the eight-hundred-catty Yu King Spear up and down, combined with his divine strength!

The ground was littered with corpses.

Before long, the entire area of tents erupted with incredibly miserable screams and wails!

More people were riding horses, fleeing for their lives!

However... the army was not to be trifled with!

At this moment, Han Xin had long since commanded the army to form battle formations to surround or drive them!

There were even horse-slaying sabers frantically hacking at the horses trying to escape!

In this way, the Xiongnu could neither run nor fight!

At that moment, they were utterly desperate; many were crying and shouting, even kneeling on the ground, begging for mercy!

However, it was useless; their pleas for mercy only led to the soldiers' massacre!

On a mountain peak, Ying Su and Zhang Liang watched everything below. Zhang Liang couldn't help but swallow and said, "These are all Xiongnu civilians migrating! Not an army!"

Ying Su nodded and said, "That's right, they are indeed not an army, they are civilians!"

"What's wrong?"

"Do you find it cruel?"

Ying Su asked with a smile.

Zhang Liang nodded, "It is indeed a bit cruel!"

"But... Your Majesty has done nothing wrong!"

"Oh?"

Ying Su was amused, "Why?"

Zhang Liang said:

"If one were to massacre like this during a war to unify the world, then creating such boundless sin would certainly be damnable!"

"But these Xiongnu must be treated differently!"

"The Xiongnu have always been plundering the Central Plains population; men are made slaves, and women are used for pleasure at night and eaten for meat during the day!"

"There is no difference between them and wild beasts!"

"Killing them is just like slaughtering livestock; there is no psychological burden!"

"Furthermore, the Xiongnu are different from the people of the Central Plains!"

"These are all nomadic peoples, not baptized by the Zhou Rites, nor educated by the sages of Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, and Zhuangzi. They have always maintained their wild nature, and because their grasslands are barren, they are born to plunder and rob, and everyone can become a soldier!"

"If Your Majesty lets one go today, then... in the near future, they will become an army again and continue to harm my Central Plains people. The saying by Wu Wu Zixu, the Prime Minister of the State of Wu, that one must root out evil completely, is the same principle!"

"If the King of Wu had listened to half of Wu Wu Zixu's advice back then and killed Gou Wang Jian directly, there would never have been the incident where three thousand Yue soldiers swallowed Wu!"

"Therefore, root out evil completely! If you don't root out evil, you will leave behind future troubles!"

"So, even if they are Xiongnu civilians, and there are many old, weak, women, and children among them, they must all be killed!"

"Mercy at this time is absolutely cruelty to the future Great Qin!"

Zhang Liang spoke, and Ying Su nodded after hearing this!

He also agreed with this very much!

Moreover, history has proven the principle of rooting out evil time and time again.

For example, the Five Barbarians' Uprising at the end of the Jin Dynasty!

Why did it lead to such a situation?

Wasn't it because Emperor Wu of Han did not root out the evil completely?

He, in later generations, although he had Huo Qubing cripple the Xiongnu and drive them into the desert!

But when facing the civilians of the various tribes on the grasslands, he ultimately did not commit an act of extermination.

Thus, he left the grassland people a chance to breathe!