The Book of Heaven

Chapter 448
With three thousand elites from the five major families, Ma Zheng was full of confidence when he went out to fight.

Even though he has heard a lot about the horrors of the people of the Great Food Kingdom these days, but from another world, his understanding of the so-called Great Food Kingdom and other Western countries is even higher than that of Xu Shiji.

There are many factors that determine the outcome of a war. The art of war means knowing yourself and the enemy. Sometimes it is not only necessary to know the strength of the enemy, but the level of detail in the intelligence should even reach the details of the enemy's living habits.It just so happened that Ma Zheng knew this in great detail.

For the first two days, they were still marching in the territory of the Persian Protectorate. Ma Zheng and others were relaxed. When the team of 3000 people officially entered the territory of the Dashi Kingdom in the morning of the third day, everything around them changed immediately.Those people in white robes and veils looked at Ma Zheng's team with hatred and hostility in their eyes, so Ma Zheng had to order that the whole army be on alert for possible attacks.

The enemy's sneak attack came very quickly. That night, the vanguard army was harassed by the frontier army from the Dashi Kingdom. Three consecutive attacks with less than 500 people made it impossible for everyone to sleep. Although there were almost no casualties, if it weren't for the five elites But ordinary troops, I am afraid that morale will be greatly affected.

In view of this situation, Ma Zheng had no choice but to order to slow down the marching speed, and at the same time let the sentry lieutenant of the innate realm act as a scout himself, sending out from far and near to understand the enemy's movements.

At this time, news came from the Chinese army that the army of 50 troops was officially marching out. Marshal Li Jing ordered Ma Zheng to wipe out all the enemies of the Dashi Kingdom on the way of the army.

Hearing this order, Ma Zheng couldn't understand at first, what are the enemies of the Great Food Kingdom, but after the explanation by the general around him, Ma Zheng finally understood that the so-called enemies of the Great Food Kingdom are actually all the Great Cannibals.

"This is massacre!"

All big cannibals mean that civilians may be mixed in.

"The real civilians have already fled, so those civilians who appeared on our marching route can only be disguised by the other party!"

Ma Zheng couldn't believe the general's remarks, but as a general, the vanguard of the 50 army, Ma Zheng had to carry out Li Jing's order.

Wars, especially wars between two peoples, have always been brutal.With the order to clear the field, the three thousand pioneers finally showed their real butcher knives!

At worst, the vanguard army of first-class masters mobilized at full strength, and 3000 horse-drawn men pulled out a large net enough to cover a radius of five miles. In this large net composed of swords and bows and arrows, there were no prisoners of war, only corpses.

Perhaps as the general said, the real civilians had fled long ago, so Ma Zheng hardly saw the bodies of women and children, all of them were men of different ages.After killing a lot, Ma Zheng's mood gradually calmed down. With the advance of the army, he would no longer feel emotional when he saw a mutilated corpse, nor would he be sad because he lost a subordinate.

I don't know if this is the meaning of Ma Chao and other old guys insisting on letting Ma Zheng be the forward commander. Could it be said that the progress in martial arts must rely on such bloody experience?Ma Zheng didn't dare to delve into this issue. He often went into battle in person, but whenever he encountered the army of the Great Food Kingdom, he always went to the front line in person. The realm is also improving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Finally arrived at the first big city of the Great Food Kingdom, the marching speed of the Dahan army obviously exceeded the expectations of the people of the Great Food Kingdom, so that this city, which was supposed to be the rear line of the 50 troops of the Great Food Kingdom, has not yet arrived. People's troops came to station, but they have already seen the flag of the Han Dynasty flying.

"General, the marshal has orders. Let us complete the sweeping work around the area. The army will arrive at noon tomorrow. After arriving, we will not rest and launch a siege battle directly."

"Is this going to attack the city?"

After more than ten days of fighting, the armor on Ma Zheng's body has lost its original color, and his eyes have also lost their color. I don't know when Ma Zheng's eyes have become gray and lifeless. look.

"Yes, I believe that under the iron heels of an army of 50, such a city can't last for two days!" Pianjiang was very excited, he was a real iron-blooded soldier.

"Then let's carry out the order!"

Sweeping the surrounding villages and towns, this time facing civilians who are no longer in disguise. There are too many old and weak women and children hiding in the messy villages and towns. However, these people must become Ma Zheng's captives without exception. Those who resist will be mercilessly killed!

It was very simple for the three thousand elites to complete this task, but after the task was completed, Ma Zheng fell down.

He was exhausted physically and mentally, but it was more difficult to treat than being sick because of no physical reason.Until the army led by Li Jing arrived and launched the siege, Ma Zheng was still in a semi-conscious state, lying on the camp bed in the tent with a fever.

The shouting outside didn't seem to have anything to do with Ma Zheng, his eyes were straight and he didn't know whether he was confused or thinking, he didn't know when it was dark, and he didn't respond when it was dawn, until the shouting turned into cheers, Ma Zheng's eyeballs only moved for a moment.

Not long after, Li Jing appeared in front of Ma Zheng. This general known as the God of War still looked so clean and tidy. If he took off his military uniform, he might be regarded as a teacher.

"I heard you were sick?"

In front of Ma Zheng, Li Jing didn't have the airs of a commander in the slightest. He casually put the helmet beside the bed, and sat down to talk to Ma Zheng.

"Yes." Ma Zheng didn't even move to salute, his sluggish eyes rolled slightly, and his mouth made a vague sound.

"I just took down this city, and now there are more than [-] corpses lying in it. It is estimated that it will take two days to clean it up. How do you feel?"

"bloody."

Li Jing's words seemed to stimulate Ma Zheng, making him more sober.

"I have been in the army for 30 years, and I have personally killed or ordered to kill more than 60 enemies. Do you think I am a good person?"

"I don't know." Ma Zheng hesitated for a moment, and gave an answer that he didn't even believe.

"But I know that I'm definitely not a good person, so I don't even dare to ask for my wife, let alone my own children. Maybe this life will be over like this. When I die, no one will come to see me. After that, there is a possibility that I will not live in peace, and that day I will be dragged out of the grave and flogged the corpse, so I told my soldiers that if I die, the best way to deal with it is to burn it into a pile of fly ash , Yang between heaven and earth."

"Why?" Ma Zheng looked up at Li Jing, since he was so pessimistic, why did he give those orders.

"Because I don't do it, someone needs to do it. Because we don't do it, the enemy will do it. Do you know why the empire is fighting every year?"

"Why?" Ma Zheng seemed to have lost his self-awareness, and only knew to follow Li Jing's words.

"Because the empire is unwilling to let any of its people die under the butcher's knife of a foreign race. We are soldiers. We can be cruel and inhumane, because our people are behind us. If we are not strong enough, the ones who fall will be They! I know that you are a martial artist with high martial arts skills, and you are also a new star of the five major families. The five major families carry the glory of the empire. I hope you can continue this glory, so you should quickly figure it out!"

After saying these words, Li Jing left. He is the commander in chief and very busy.

Ma Zheng was still lying on the bed, but soon his eyes gradually brightened.

"Yeah, since I have chosen this kind of life, since I don't want to live the life of collecting firewood and eating and waiting to die every day, then what is there to worry about? Could it be that there was no war in the original world? Did you sacrifice? Perhaps peace can truly come only when the whole world is united under one regime. Since the Han Empire in this world is already so powerful, why don’t I use my own ability to let the empire go one step further?”

Suddenly awakened, Ma Zheng turned over suddenly, but felt a tremor in his body the moment he got out of bed.

"Ascension state, broken."

Opening the door curtain, the well-dressed Ma Zheng regained his previous aura, but his eyes were brighter than before.

"Brothers, fight for the empire!"

Facing his three thousand elites, Ma Zheng raised his Xingyao stick high and roared like a dragon.

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