On the streets of Mulu City, the captives of the Sassanian army shouted loudly to the various blocks as Liang Jun said. The general idea was that if they did not come out within a stick of incense, they would kill them.

After a while, someone finally got scared and walked out carefully and was concentrated in an open place by Liang Jun to take care of them. These civilians were men and women, old and young, rich and poor.

In a certain block that Liang Jun cleared, another group of people walked out. There were three or four of them, all of whom were Ding Qing and strong, wearing wide burqa. When they were marching, General Liang Jun, who was in charge of alert, shouted: "Stop!" Several people were shocked and stood there on the spot.

"Take off your burqa! Check!" The Liang army soldiers behind them gestured with swords and guns and scolded. At this time, several people winked at each other, suddenly burst out, and took off the burqa, revealing the armor inside and the swords and guns they held, and rushed towards Liang army.

They didn't know that Liang's army had prepared, and their shields suddenly stood up, spears and guns stabbed, and several Sassanian soldiers fell in a pool of blood in an instant. Another man ran his legs and crawled into another alley. A cavalry was stationed on the side of the Liang army and cavalry rushed to the ground, trampling him to pieces.

At noon, Ma Chao frowned and rode his horse through the messy streets. The plan was far less smooth as he thought. The Sassanian soldiers mingled among the civilians who had walked out of the house and launched sneak attacks on the Liang army from time to time, causing certain casualties to the Liang army. Some Sassanians, who were indeed civilians, were also sneaking attacks on the Liang army.

In addition, there were still Sassanian soldiers hiding in the house to resist. The Liang army was forced to clear out one by one block after another. If this continued, I don’t know how long it would take to completely control Mulu City. Moreover, the Sassanians who were gathered in the open space in the square were not safe, and there was also a sudden incident where someone suddenly jumped out of it and attacked Liang army soldiers.

This situation has never happened to Ma Chao before, and it can even be said that all the generals and generals of Liang army have never encountered this. In fact, if Ma Chao had a good understanding of Sassania's history and humanities, it would not be strange. The Marginaya Province where Mulu City is located is the place where Sassanian Emperor Ardashire made his fortune back then.

During the Abdul-Sabre Empire, Ardashire was just a general in the province. Later, with his own talent, he dared to be promoted to a prince who dominated the province. Finally, when the Abdul-Sabre Empire was divided, the Persian plateau was reunified.

In addition, most of the people in the province of Margina were not Persians. Instead, they were mainly Sogdians, mixed with a small number of White Huns. Ardashir relied on the armed groups of Sogdians to rule the entire Persian plateau and the Mesopotamians. So in essence, the actual ruling nation of the Sassanian Empire was the Sogdians. This is a bit similar to the rule of the Mongols and Manchus over the Central Plains in the world where Feng Yu came.

As a ruling nation where most of you can gain benefits from the empire, and when your hometown is invaded by the Liang army, it is not surprising that you will fight to the death.

Ma Chao, who was anxious, heard another scream and turned his head to look at the roadside.

It turned out to be a couple who seemed to be a couple, holding the baby, was walking down. They suddenly attacked when they passed by Liang's soldiers. The woman threw the crying baby in front of Liang Bing, and took advantage of the other party's shocked moment, she pulled out the steel hairpin from her hair and stabbed it into Liang's soldiers' eyes. Liang Bing flashed in a hurry, but the steel hairpin still left a long wound on his face. But the man put a brick on the back of Liang's head.

Several Liang Jun from the surrounding area who came to his senses immediately rushed forward, and swords and guns all came out, cutting the men and women into a pile of meat paste in an instant. Ma Chao walked up and saw that his soldiers had died, his face turned pale. He finally made up a determination that he could not make for a long time. He said to the orders beside him: "Transfer a certain military order! Massacre the city!"

Ling Bing was stunned after hearing the words and said, "Both men, women, young and old?" Ma Chao thought for a while and said, "Women under thirty can be kept, either as camp prostitutes, or taken back to the rear to distribute veterans as wives, or sold as slaves. The rest of the young and old are all beheaded! Kill the weeds and eliminate the roots!"

"No!" The soldiers hurriedly rode their horses to various departments to pass the orders. Ma Chao pulled out his sword and slashed at the baby boy who was still crying on the ground. The crying stopped immediately.

Although Feng Yu did not bring the military discipline in modern civilization back to the early medieval world, there was a rule in the Liang army in black and white military: "No need to kill civilians from enemy countries indiscriminately."

Originally, there was no strict definition standard for the "necessity" in the military rules. It depends entirely on the human determination of the judge of Shangfeng Military Law. What's more, now Ma Chao is not going to kill dozens or hundreds of Sassanians in Mulu City, but to massacre all the city's livelihood. Therefore, it is not easy for Ma Chao to issue this military order, and he is mentally prepared to be questioned by the court.

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The Sasanians in the open space began to stir up. Because the Liang army began to force the young woman and the girl away. The Sasanians knew that the situation had changed and shouted one after another. Some pulled out hidden weapons, while some rushed towards the Liang army to try to seize their weapons. However, the Liang army, who had been prepared, killed them with one sword.

In just a short while, the place where the Sasanians were concentrating on the custody began to boil, and they were shouting in unknown words like mountains and seas. It seemed that they were going to fight with Liang Jun. Liang Jun, who was in the crowd, had already retreated quickly. Then dozens of heavy cavalrymen who had arranged cavalry formations outside held up their wolf teeth and rode their horses and rode their horses. After a while of a few hours of screaming and wailing, only the ground was covered with blood and corpses...

At the same time, a raging fire burned in Mulu City. Liang Jun set fire to the city piece by piece. Whenever someone ran out of the fire, Liang Jun, who was blocking outside, would just stab him, no matter how old or young he was.

The city massacre operation lasted for a whole day and night, and the entire Mulu City had been burned to a white land. The bodies were piled up like mountains. When the city massacre was massacre, Ma Chao was not in the city. He personally wrote a letter to Feng Yu in the military tent outside the city, explaining the reason why he did this.

The letter reads: "…The Sassanian soldiers and civilians in the city resisted to the end, and were cunning and changeable, attacking and killing our soldiers. This not only caused heavy losses, but also made me worried that Rumulu City could not be controlled for a long time. After obtaining reinforcements, the enemy army made a comeback, causing our army to be attacked from both inside and outside. Such consequences were unimaginable. In addition, Mulu would be an important military station for our Celestial Army to attack the hinterland of the Persian Plateau. There are so many people with deep hostility here, which would be a major hidden danger to our army. Therefore, I believe that the immediate massacre of the city is the only choice. I hope Your Majesty will understand clearly. If Your Majesty thinks that this practice violates the military rules, I am willing to apologize to Your Majesty and the court with the head of the Xianggong."

At dawn, Ma Chao came to Mulu City, which had been burned into white land. The soldiers of the Liang army were busy, and they began to remove the ruins and corpses in the city and build military camps. Ma Chao thought to himself that this letter was sent to Chang'an, and when the emperor's imperial edict arrived, he would probably be able to complete the decisive battle with the Sassanian army on the Persian Plateau.
Chapter completed!