Chapter 339

"Did you say there are a million people over there?"

Li Yuanba looked for a while and said, "I feel there should be!"

Facing Ying Su smiled and said, "Then kill them all. You and Li Cunxiao will compete to see who kills more; I shall crown the winner the First Expert of Great Qin!"

151. Massacre! Not even the elderly or children are spared! Kill them all!

"Whoever kills more will be crowned the First Expert of Great Qin?"

Once Facing Ying Su spoke these words, the two protagonists, Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao, showed little reaction!

They truly did not care much for such empty fame!

But... within the Qin Army camp, countless soldiers were indeed excited by this!

In fact, regarding who is more fierce and powerful between Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao, this has always been a highly controversial topic in the army!

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

But once these words were spoken, those who admire Li Cunxiao refused to accept it!

They stated that no matter how capable Li Yuanba is, if someone strikes him with a sword, he will be injured; if someone cuts off his head with a sword, he will die!

But... try killing Li Cunxiao like that!

Both sides argued endlessly.

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

For instance, in the battle in the swamp, who saved Li Yuanba!

And for instance, when Li Yuanba fell into a pit, who crossed thousands of experts alone to save Li Yuanba!

These words made those who worship Li Yuanba extremely angry, yet for a moment they had no good retort!

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Wang Jian appeared!

He spoke a relatively fair word!

In terms of offense, Li Yuanba is invincible!

In terms of defense, Li Cunxiao is invincible!

Their roles are different!

Comparing them is like comparing a spear and a shield; they simply cannot be compared!

These words were very reasonable and unbiased, and similarly, many people agreed with them!

But... in a military camp, soldiers love to compare when they have nothing to do, especially regarding combat power; no one loves to compare more than they do.

No matter what, they must compare to see who is superior!

Therefore, they often bring up Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao to make comparisons!

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

Many people even began shouting!

Under the support of these shouts, the two, who originally had no interest in such comparisons, instantly became spirited!

Li Yuanba directly slung his twin hammers over his shoulder and smiled at Li Cunxiao:

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

Li Cunxiao said, "I have saved you twice already; you should stand behind me instead, otherwise, I will not be able to protect you well!"

"Hehe..."

"Hehe..."

Li Yuanba let out a cold laugh!

Li Cunxiao similarly let out a cold laugh!

At this moment, they stopped wasting words; Li Yuanba squeezed his Ma Pi's belly, and instantly, Wanli Yanyunzhao shot like a lightning bolt straight into the Xiongnu army formation!

Li Cunxiao did not have Wanli Yanyunzhao, but he held a Yuwang Kaishan Shuo and carried Bi Yan Wo on his back, and began to run!

Behind them, countless soldiers were excited and shouting, following them to charge!

In a flash, that large camp of tents arrived!

Li Yuanba took the lead and immediately began killing!

With the hammers hitting the ground, people died in an instant!

Others began to flee wildly, including the elderly, weak, women, and children!

However, as soon as this group began to flee, a Bi Yan Wo flew down from the air.

It directly smashed a large group of people, bursting their heads and killing them!

Li Cunxiao arrived!

He wielded a Yuwang Shuo, making it dance up and down; the eight-hundred-jin Yuwang Shuo combined with his divine strength!

He only killed until the ground was covered with corpses.

Before long, the entire camp emitted incredibly piercing screams and wails!

Even more people were riding Ma Pi, running for their lives!

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

At this moment, Han Xin had already commanded the army to form formations, either to surround or to drive them!

There were also Ma Dao wildly cutting the Ma Pi that tried to escape!

As a result, 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 their lives!

However, it was useless; their begging only attracted the soldiers' massacre!

On a mountain peak, Facing Ying Su and Zhang Liang watched everything below; Zhang Liang could not help swallowing his saliva and said, "These are all Xiongnu migrating civilians! Not an army!"

Facing Ying Su nodded and said, "Correct, indeed not an army, but civilians!"

"What's wrong?"

"Do you feel it is cruel?"

Ying Su asked with a smile.

Zhang Liang nodded: "Cruelty is indeed a bit cruel!"

"But... Your Majesty has done no wrong!"

"Oh?"

Ying Su laughed: "Why?"

Zhang Liang said:

"If such a massacre occurred during the war to unify the world, creating such boundless killing karma, they would surely deserve death!"

"But these Xiongnu people must be treated differently!"

"The Xiongnu have always been raiding the Central Plains for people; men become slaves, women are used for pleasure at night and eaten as meat during the day!"

"Such behavior is no different from beasts!"

"Killing them is like slaughtering livestock, with no psychological burden!"

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

"They are all nomadic tribes, unrefined by Zhou Li, and never educated by the sages of Kongmenglaozhuang; they always maintain their wildness. Moreover, their grasslands are barren, they are born to raid and plunder, and every single one can form an army!"

"If Your Majesty spares one today, then... in the near future, they will become an army again and continue to harm our people of the Central Plains. What Wu Wu Zixu, the Prime Minister of Wu in years past, said about eradicating evil thoroughly is exactly this principle!"

"If the King of Wu back then had listened to even half of Wu Wu Zixu's advice and directly killed Goujian, there would never have been the incident of three thousand Yue troops swallowing Wu!"

"Therefore, eradicate evil thoroughly! If evil is not eradicated completely, it will leave future troubles!"

"Therefore, even if they are Xiongnu commoners, including many of the old, weak, women, and children, they must all be killed!"

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

Zhang Liang spoke these words, and upon hearing them, Ying Su could not help but nod!

He agreed with this very much!

Moreover, history has repeatedly proven the principle of eradicating evil thoroughly.

For example, the chaos of the Five Barbarians in the late Jin Dynasty!

Why did such a situation arise?

Was it not because Emperor Wu of Han did not eradicate evil thoroughly enough?

He, in later generations, although he let Huo Qubinf cripple the Xiongnu and drove them fleeing into the vast desert!

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

This gave the grassland people a chance to catch their breath!