Under Chen Xuan's arrangements, the 6,000 prisoners of the Western Liang army were immediately given a hearty meal. At the same time, they were all donned in the armor of the Cao army.
Naturally, he didn't have any weapons.
The commander of the squadron, the commander of the army, and the commander of the army.
There were a total of 400 people, ranging from captains to captains, and they were all detained by Chen Xuan.
These people couldn't be sent back to Mushui Pass.
He didn't need organized captives.
Moreover, they more or less had high hopes for Li Ru and Xu Rong. They might be extremely loyal to the Western Liang Army and ruin Chen Xuan's plan tonight.
At the same time, Chen Xuan had his generals randomly select 500 of the weakest captives and called them to the temporary drill ground.
Unlike the other surrendered soldiers, this group of people ate meat.
"Do you know why you can eat meat?”
Chen Xuan looked at the list of captives in his hand and put it into his sleeve before speaking indifferently.
The heroic spirit between his brows turned into a cold killing intent at this moment.
"Because.
"After tonight, all of you will die.”
The captives closest to Chen Xuan heard it clearly. They were so frightened that they turned pale with fright. A few of them even peed their pants.
These thin and weak people were mostly servants of the Xi Liang army.
On normal days, he was responsible for feeding the horses, carrying armor for the cavalry, and handling the feces in the mixed pavilion.
What Chen Xuan needed tonight was such a person.
Obedient, cowardly, and bullied by the Xi Liang army.
However, once these people gained power, they would return the humiliation they had suffered one by one.
It was never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
The same is true of villains.
In the Han Dynasty, where the Great Revenge of Gongyang Zhuan was prevalent.
The word revenge was deeply engraved in the bones of both the scholar-bureaucrats and the commoners.
What Chen Xuan wanted to do today was to give these villains a chance.
The Sound Transmission Strongman repeated Chen Xuan's words.
Immediately, the captives were in an uproar. They were all terrified and cried continuously.
Chen Xuan held onto the Heavenly Sword that Cao Cao had given him and slowly walked among the captives.
He spat out each word slowly, giving off a strong sense of oppression.
"Don't be nervous.
"It's not that you don't have a chance to live.
"Tonight, I only want you to help me do one thing.
"If it's done, not to mention leaving your life behind.
"Each person will be rewarded with another 100,000 coins, 20 mu of fertile land, and one woman.
"However, if you can't do it, then all of you won't be able to live.”
When everyone heard that there was still a way out, they slowly quieted down.
Moreover, the benefits that Chen Xuan offered were really too tempting for these people!
They had never seen a hundred thousand dollars in their lives.
There were also women, fertile land, and no longer having to serve in the army!
People who were familiar with each other exchanged looks and whispered to each other.
"I know what you're thinking.
"Don't worry, I won't let you kill anyone.
"It's very simple.
"In fact, it's what some of you are best at doing.”
"What's the matter?"
A surrendered soldier who was tempted by the huge benefits asked boldly, his tone filled with urgency and excitement.
"Yeah, what's the matter?"
"Hurry up and tell me!"
"As long as I don't go to the battlefield to kill people, I'll do anything!”
The drill ground was instantly filled with clamor. More than half of the people had already begun to discuss excitedly.
If it wasn't killing people, and it was something they were usually best at, then it definitely had nothing to do with fighting on the battlefield.
They really couldn't think of anything that could make this young man in front of them promise such a huge benefit.
"Silence." Chen Xuan waved his hand and spoke indifferently as he continued to slowly walk through the ranks.
The Sound Transformers shouted several times, and the entire place quickly fell silent again.
"Dong-dong-dong"
"Dong-dong-dong"
Three long and two short drumbeats sounded.
"It's very simple.
"When you hear these three long and two short drumbeats, set a fire.”
"Set fire?" The surrendered soldiers looked at each other and discussed.
This was indeed a simple matter, and it was also something that many people did every day.
"You will be released back to Mushui Pass tonight.
"What I need you to do is to set a fire to the camp behind Mushui Pass.
"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not.
"The 200,000 strong allied army will break through Mushui Pass in these two days.
"The reason why I asked you to set the fire.
"It's not that I can't do without you guys.
"And just because-
"My lord is Cao Mengde, the commandant who offered his saber to assassinate Dong Yang.
"My lord, he doesn't want the other dukes to get involved in the great merit of breaking through Mushui Pass.
"That's why I gave you a chance to live and make a contribution.
"You should be grateful for this.
"However, I'm not sure.
"If there was no fire in Mushui Pass.
"If the fire in Mushui Pass isn't big enough.
"The other captives will live.
"All of you will die.
"As for how big it is?
"Burn until we get into the pass and take over the Lishui Pass, then it will be considered big.
"Don't take any chances.
"If the fire doesn't burn, or if the fire isn't big enough.
"The 200,000 wild jujube army will soon arrive at the pass.
"Even if you escape back to the pass, even if you tell Li Ru about this, you won't be able to escape death.
"Do you understand?"
After Chen Xuan finished speaking, he walked up to a person.
"Dong Da." Chen Xuan said indifferently.
" What?!" The man was shocked." What's wrong? You…How did you know that I…"
The sword at Chen Xuan's waist was slowly unsheathed.
Then, a cold light flashed.
The words that he had not finished were destined to be endless.
Chen Xuan's Heavenly Sword had already brushed past his neck.
The man clutched his neck and fell to the ground.
Everyone was shocked.
Even Cao Ren, who was protecting Chen Xuan, was shocked by his sudden action.
In the beginning, he thought that the sharp killing intent that suddenly appeared on Chen Xuan's body was faked.
He even lamented that Chen Xuan's acting skills were really good.
He had never expected that Chen Xuan, who had always been elegant and easy-going, would not even blink when he killed someone!
Chen Xuan raised his sword and looked around. Blood dripped down from the sky.
Soon, he walked to the side of another person. That person was trembling, and his two legs were trembling.
"Duan Yong." Chen Xuan spoke again.
Another sword strike, and another one at the neck. The sword strike was clean and neat, without any hesitation.
The same thing happened again and again.
Under Chen Xuan's Heavenly Sword, five more lives were lost.
Regardless of whether it was his previous life or this life, this was the first time Chen Xuan had killed someone.
However, no one could tell that this was Chen Xuan's first time killing someone.
The palpitation caused by the precious characteristic, Zhan Xiong, disappeared when the fifth person fell.
Now, there was no one who wanted to kill him.
"I told you, don't take any chances.
"Your names, your faces, I'll remember them all.”
Chen Xuan slowly passed through the crowd.
One by one, he read out the names of the people beside him.
Forty to fifty, without a single mistake.
Everyone present looked at him.
Chen Xuan just said that the other captives would live, but all of you would die.
At first, some people were still hoping for luck.
He thought that if he really let them go back to Mushui Pass, of course, he would not do anything.
After all, even if they didn't do it, who would remember their faces?
At most, they would surrender when the wild jujube vassals really came.
Normally, no one would kill slaves like them.
Some people's names were just randomly reported.
However, as Chen Xuan did not make any mistakes in naming them one by one, this trace of luck was gone.
"There's one more.
"I know that there will be people who want to inform us.
"But let me tell you, what Li Ru can give you is definitely not as much as what I can give you.
"I also know that some of you want to fish in troubled waters.
"That's why I added another condition.
"If you find anyone who wants to go or has gone to report the news;
"If you find anyone trying to fish in troubled waters, you won't even set fire to them.
"Bring me his head.
"Don't worry, I know them all.
"One head, 100,000 gold, and 10 mu of fertile land.
"How much money and land you can get depends on your ability.”
The Sound Transmission Strongman repeated Chen Xuan's words.
Everyone was shocked.
The people who had wanted to fish in troubled waters now looked conflicted and terrified.
However, there were also many people who looked at the people beside them with greed.
The pros and cons were clear.
The threat was in place.
The chain of suspicion had formed.
Chen Xuan had basically finished his preparations.
Now, there should be no one who would dare to tell Li Ru and Xu Rong about it, and no one would dare not to set fire to it.
He knew very well that among the 500 people here, there would definitely be some innocent people who would die tragically at the hands of their comrades.
There was no other reason. He had given too much.
Even if someone really dared to report it, it didn't matter.
With so many surrendered soldiers, no one knew each other.
Could Li Ru kill all six thousand surrendered soldiers?
Since he couldn't kill them all, he just needed to hear the drum sound.
There would always be someone who would start a fire.
All he needed was this fire.
He had just said in front of the crowd that if Xu Rong did not bring them back to the city, the generals would be able to obtain the words of the loyal Western Liang soldiers.
In fact, it was just a word to ease the hearts of the generals.
He knew that no one was a fool.
No one would believe a simple sentence from him,"I'm sure Xu Rong will bring people to the city, and I'm sure there will be a big fire after the Lishui Pass."
If he gave away the hard-earned battle results, he would have to take the risk to attack Mushui Pass for no reason.
Therefore, what Chen Xuan did before was to calculate the worst-case scenario and give the generals a baseline that they could accept.
He wanted them to know that if they did as Chen Xuan said, they would have a way out and would not lose.
In fact, the strong sixth sense given by the system's characteristic, Divine Armament, had already given Chen Xuan the answer to the upcoming battle.
Xu Rong will ignore Li Ru's opposition and meet the surrendered soldiers to the city.
And this fire could also burn.
Li Ru used an ambush and a fire to defeat Sun Jian.
Li Ru would also be defeated on the verge of success by the ambush that he had already fulfilled and the fire that he was about to start.
Perhaps this was the reincarnation of fate.
A cheating life was both exciting and boring.
Chen Xuan sighed.
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