PFC Chapter 198 Lai Fu's Fear
Chapter 198 Lai Fu's Fear
"How many of these Tang people are there?" Matsuda Inoue asked anxiously with his eyes wide open.
Izumo County Magistrate raised his head slightly, frowning, and tried to search his mind for the information conveyed by the scout. After a pause, he slowly said, "County Magistrate, there are only 15,000 people."
"And according to those who came back, they have no reserve forces and no tactics at all. They just charge indiscriminately and kill indiscriminately, relying on sheer numbers to win!"
As he spoke, he waved his hands in the air in a disorderly manner, trying to make Matsuda Inoue feel more clearly how "vulnerable" the Tang army was.
After hearing what Izumo Gunji said, Matsuda Inoue's tense heartstrings slowly relaxed.
A barely perceptible glimmer of pride began to flicker in his eyes.
He straightened his back slightly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a scornful smile: "So it's nothing to be afraid of?"
"Kokushi! As long as we can defend Izumo, we will gain a lot!"
Izumo Gunji's speech speed unconsciously increased, and his voice became high-pitched due to excitement.
"Kokushi, please send a letter asking for help to the other Kokushi and the Emperor."
"As long as we can hold on and keep these Tang people outside the city until reinforcements arrive, they'll be finished!"
"By then, the Kokushi will be the number one person under the Emperor!"
"There's a widely circulated old saying in the Tang Dynasty: 'Catching a turtle in a jar.'"
"Why don't we follow suit and use their own tactics against us?"
He clenched his fists.
Matsuda Inoue's brows were twisted into a knot, and there was a hint of hesitation in his eyes.
"If we completely wipe out this group of Tang people, will the Tang Dynasty be furious and launch even more severe revenge against us?"
Hearing what Matsukami Iida said, Izumo Gunji sighed helplessly in his heart, and a trace of imperceptible bitterness flashed across his face.
He leaned forward slightly, closer to Matsuda Inoue, and said in a low voice but with an unusually firm tone: "Kokushi, the Tang Dynasty has been angered by our previous behavior!"
"Now that things have come to this, no matter what, we must first get rid of these Tang people! Otherwise, we will be the ones to die without a burial place!"
Hearing this, Matsukami Iida stood up suddenly, slammed his hands on the low table in front of him with a dull thud, and shouted loudly: "Okay, gather all the soldiers and send them to the city gate. Make sure to defend Izumo!"
"Let those untouchables rush to the front line first to consume the spirit and strength of these Tang people!"
"Yes! Koji!"
Izumo County Magistrate quickly bowed deeply, responded, and turned to leave.
Although Izumo Province was called a "province," its size was limited, with only the small area in the center barely worthy of being called a capital. The surrounding counties were mostly built with simple adobe walls.
Those adobe walls have long been riddled with holes.
The walls were covered with dense cracks, and some places had even collapsed. The ruins were scattered all over the ground, overgrown with weeds, and there was no decent protection at all.
Looking at the peaceful Izumo County in front of them, greed flashed in the eyes of every Tang person.
At this time, the nobles in Izumo County who usually acted arrogantly were frightened out of their wits after hearing the news of the Tang people's invasion.
They had already packed up their belongings and fled the city in a panic with their families, children, and trusted henchmen.
Only these innocent ordinary people were left, still living their ordinary lives in Izumo County, completely unaware of the impending catastrophe.
In the streets and alleys, people are busy with their daily chores, children are playing and laughing in the alleys, and women are washing clothes and chatting quietly by the river.
They had been fed up with the oppression of the nobles on a daily basis, and now that they saw the nobles leave, they could finally relax.
"Kill! Brothers!" Wu Tianyan gave the order.
The more than 10,000 people behind him were like hungry wolves that had been suppressed for a long time, and their desire to kill was instantly ignited.
There was a fierce light in their eyes, and they rushed towards the unprotected Izumo County like a tide.
They entered as if they were in an empty land, leaving a mess wherever they went.
The women were dragged into the house as roughly as wolves pouncing on their prey. Their eyes widened in horror, and they struggled and screamed desperately, waving their nails helplessly in the air, trying to grasp any glimmer of hope of escape.
But in front of these strong and crazy Tang people, all resistance seemed so pale and powerless.
The elderly, boys, and adult men almost all failed to escape the disaster and were brutally killed.
Lai Fu even saw with his own eyes some young little girls being dragged into the house like chickens. The little girls were so scared that their faces turned pale as paper, and their cries were shrill and desperate. The sound pierced the air like sharp arrows, making people shudder.
Looking at this extremely cruel and brutal scene, Lai Fu's body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
He slowly turned his head, a look of doubt and reluctance in his eyes, and looked at Wu Tianyan. His lips trembled slightly as he whispered, "Brother Ergou, are we going too far by doing this?"
Hearing Lai Fu's words, a complex expression flashed across Wu Tianyan's face, and he remained silent for a moment. He raised his head slightly, gazed deeply into the distance, and said slowly, "Lai Fu, I, Gou Ge, will teach you a lesson today. When nations fight, there's no such thing as a compassionate heart."
"Once the war begins, we must go all out and kill them all."
"Have you ever thought about whether those foreign races showed any mercy when they set foot on the land of our Tang Dynasty?"
"Have you ever spared the people of the Tang Dynasty? I acted this way to deliberately arouse the desires of my brothers. In this foreign land, I only ask that they obey my orders absolutely!"
"As long as I can win, I don't care about anything else."
"As for what they want to do, let them do it. You have to know that if they don't release the pressure in their hearts by killing people, they will sooner or later go crazy on this bloody battlefield."
"It's just a fight to the death."
Listening to Wu Tianyan's words, Ergou felt a chill running from the soles of his feet up his back.
He felt a little breathless as he listened to the screams coming from Izumo County ahead.
He didn't even dare to imagine what kind of fate the little girl would encounter after being dragged into the house by so many people.
The once familiar Ergou now became so unfamiliar in Lai Fu's eyes, as if there was an insurmountable gap between them, which made him feel scared.