Chapter 425 The Name of Butcher

Since the main forces occupying people were taken away by the district, Xianglin City's defense was very empty. Lu Su's army attacked several times and captured the East Gate.

Once Xianglin City was broken, it means that Qu Lian, the power of the self-proclaimed Linyi King, lost its foundation. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Qu Lian, with a lucky mentality, led the remaining troops to surrender to Lu Su.

According to Zhou Yu's usual style, the Yangzhou army has always treated prisoners with preferential treatment, because prisoners are the most convenient and effective source for expanding their military strength. If they do not kill prisoners, they are also for the enemies facing the battle. As long as you put down your weapons and surrender, your life can be guaranteed. Those who are unwilling to join the army can get travel expenses and return home. Those who are willing to join the army will receive better military pay than before.

However, Lu Su, who had always been well-known to Zhou Yu, made a shocking decision at this moment: he would not accept Qu Lian's surrender! Not only that, Lu Su also issued a military order to the entire army, and all males who were found to be above the wheel would be beheaded!

Lu Su's move made Xue Zong very puzzled. He hurriedly found Lu Su and questioned: "Sir, I am extremely confused about this matter. After the divination of the people surrender, I should accept it and appease it so that it will no longer betray. Such bloody massacre is contrary to the laws of nature, which may arouse the animal nature of the divination of the people, and our army will also suffer great losses."

Lu Su was silent for a while, then looked at Xue Zong with a firm look and said word by word: "This is a military order. Please follow the order according to the order! No mistakes must be made!"

Seeing Lu Su so stubborn, Xue Zong felt a little disappointed. After leaving, he suddenly remembered that Lu Su's move was indeed different from his usual steadfast style. Was he obeyed the orders of Zhou Yu, the mute of Yangzhou? Thinking of this, Xue Zong's original reverence for Zhou Yu disappeared. He only felt that Zhou Yu was a butcher and a tyrant. Although he should not be rude to the enemy, killing him indiscriminately was indeed a lot of excessive.

On that day, Zulang led people to kill more than a thousand people below Qulian, including the military Aburi of Qulian, and the injured general Wu Tuona and others. Lu Su asked the beheading Qulian and showed his head high on the east gate of Xianglin City to shock the occupying people.

Subsequently, Lu Su led his troops to defend the city with Lu Meng, divided the remaining troops into multiple groups, and sent them to the surrounding areas of Xianglin to carry out military orders. For a time, the zombie people were bloodbathed. Even if there were zombie people who fled into the mountains, they would be captured by Zulang's Shanyue camp soldiers, and released the women and children in accordance with the military orders, and the young and strong men were beheaded.

Lu Su's move caused great psychological fear to the occupying people. They put Lu Su on the hat of "Lu Butcher". Any child at home cried and cried, as long as he said "Lu Butcher" came, the child's crying came to an abrupt end.

A few days later, at dusk, Lu Su sent someone to invite Xue Zong, who had already had grudges in his heart, to the room he temporarily lived in. In name, it was a banquet to drink, but in fact it was to reveal his feelings to Xue Zong.

Lu Su said: "Jingwen, no one knows my hard work. I know that you have a lot of opinions on my military order. Do you still guess that this is the best intention?"

Xue Zong told the truth, "If it weren't for the superior intention, how could Zijing do such a thing that hurts virtue?"

Lu Su said seriously: "It is not the best intention. The lord is kind and will not do such a bloody thing. In fact, this matter... is my decision!"

"Oh~~" Xue Zong's face began to move, and he asked in confusion: "Why do you have to make this decision? A gentleman conquers all over the world with virtue. I don't have to rely on murder to establish my power in the country."

Lu Su nodded and said, "It is the highest level to conquer people with virtue. But Jingwen, you don't know that since Emperor Gaozu founded the Han Kingdom, the people in the south of the Sun have never stopped resisting, but the scale is large and small. This shows that the contradiction between the people and the Han people is irreconcilable. Today we kill the Qulian, and another person will emerge in the future. Lead the people to continue to rebel, plunder my property, occupy my territory, and kill my people! You said, are you still willing to watch this situation continue to happen?"

Xue Zong looked stern and replied decisively: "Of course I don't want to see Zhanren continue to kill me Han people!"

Lu Su smiled and said, "Then... Jingwen, what kind of tricks do you have?"

"Uh...this is that..." Xue Zong thought about it carefully. Lu Su's words were indeed very reasonable. If people have been thinking about occupying the territory of the Han Dynasty for generations, establishing their own country, and confronting the Han Dynasty, then using the influence method to deal with them will be very slow and unpredictable.

Lu Su saw Xue Zong's hesitation, smiled and toasted him with a glass of wine, and said, "Jingwen, Rinan County is the southernmost territory of my Han Dynasty. To the east and south, there are endless seas. It borders Funan Kingdom in the west. This place is deserted and is also the reason why the rebellion of the people in the zombie can be successfully achieved repeatedly. If Rinan can maintain stability, Jiaozhou will be stable, which shows how important this place is. Now I, Lu Su, have become this evil person and clear the obstacles for your future governance. After my army returns, I will leave more food for you, and you can do more relief to appease the remaining people in the zombie. In this way, there will be no more troubles in this place for at least ten years. I can also treat the Lord's bus."

Lu Su's words swept away the gloom in Xue Zong's heart. He also understood that those who accomplish great things must go on extraordinary paths. Although the young and strong who massacred people was a little cruel, Xue Zong thought of the persecution of the Han people by Zhan people, and the Han army who died at the hands of war elephants and vine armored soldiers, and felt that it was scattered.

After Xue Zong left, Lu Su walked to the backyard alone. The moon in the south always rose very early, as round as a jade plate, light and agile. The bright moonlight poured down faintly, making Lu Su, who had been away from his hometown for a long time, begin to fall in love with Jiangnan. At this time, it is time for peach blossoms to bloom. Are everyone in the family still? In the bright peach blossom forest, is there a beautiful girl walking around and having fun...

In a few months, after the task of clearing off the zombie people, we can lead the army back. I believe that after this bloody killing, it is difficult for the zombie people to go over after studying for more than ten years. For such a long time, by strengthening Chinese education and appropriate comfort, the situation should be stabilized first.

After all, in these more than ten years, it will be a critical moment for the lord to fight for dominance in the world. As a stable rear, Jiaozhou will continuously provide food, grass and military sources, which will be a very favorable situation. If Jiaozhou is unstable, the lord will be distracted from front and back, or will work hard to expedition again, then this conquest will lose its meaning.

Lu Su murmured to himself: "Lord, in order to achieve great ambitions, I have taken the bad reputation of the butcher for you..."

At this moment, Zhou Yu, who was far away in Yangzhou, was sitting in his study to handle official duties. A sense of unreasonable heat came, which made him unable to help but think of Lu Su who was fighting in Jiaozhou. "Zijing, are you okay in a foreign land? Looking forward to your return soon..." Zhou Yu pushed open the window and looked south from afar, his eyes full of eager expectations.

I know what happens next, and listen to the next chapter to explain it.
Chapter completed!