Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"Oh, you still don't believe it, right?! Let me tell you the truth, our prince has the help of the gods and has the ability to reach the sky.

Not only can I turn all of you into captives without making a sound, but I can also send down thunder from the sky to punish those who have committed serious crimes, causing them to die immediately, with blood and flesh splattering everywhere..."

"Our prince also said that within two months, the Chu State will be destroyed!"

Every soldier of the Great Zhao spoke with details and their eyes were so sincere and bright.

Chu Army,...

Bah! We don't believe a word of it!

It's no use talking big.

There must be a traitor among them!

At this time, the King of England came over with his men for inspection, and immediately a young general came forward to complain.

"Your Majesty, how about we show them what thunder punishment is, and let them see the power of our firearms!"

The King of England looked at the captives with a sullen face, then called out a dozen young generals, most of whom were captains of thousands or centurions, and the highest position was a fifth-rank general.

The King of England listed their crimes one by one, and finally said,

"They are all people with deep sins. They took advantage of their power to bully men and women and take human lives lightly. Drag them out and execute the thunder punishment in public."

The young leaders of the Chu Army who were called upon,...

They are Chu people, why would the Great Zhao judge them for their crimes? Can't they just kill them with a knife? !

What you do is called taking off your pants to fart, do you understand?

Outrageous!It's too ridiculous!

"Fuck you! Let me go! You treacherous Zhao people..."

"My grandma's legs! I fuck your mother..."

These people collapsed in despair and started cursing, each one more foul-mouthed than the other.

"Shut up." The King of England frowned.

The men were put into a relatively large enclosure, like a large sheep pen or pig pen.

Because only their hands were tied but their feet were free, these people wanted to help each other to untie the ropes and show their determination not to surrender.

Most of the remaining ordinary Chu soldiers felt complicated when they saw their generals, who usually acted high and mighty, bossed them around, and beat and scolded them, being locked up like animals.

I felt a little happy, but also felt something was wrong, because they were also captured, on the territory of Da Zhao.

"Begin the execution!" With the order from the King of England, more than a dozen soldiers from the Great Zhao armed with muskets rushed out and aimed and shot at the dozen people in the fence.

Bang bang bang... bang bang bang...

Blood burst out of those people's bodies, revealing bloody wounds, and they fell to the ground one after another.

They also had one thing in common, which was that they all had expressions of extreme fear on their faces, their eyes were wide open, and they died with their eyes open.

The many Chu soldiers who were watching the execution gasped, their eyes widened in horror, and some even retreated in fear.

"What kind of weapon is this?! It can kill people from such a distance without even getting close!"

"It's so, so terrible!"

"Could it really be a thunderbolt sent down by the gods?"

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The ordinary Chu soldiers were all in a frenzy. Although they were discussing it, their hearts were filled with fear. Many of them even knelt down and begged the gods to spare them.

However, there were also some young men from aristocratic families who knew more and shouted out loudly,

"I know, this is Da Zhao's new weapon! It's not a thunder punishment at all. Don't be afraid, don't be fooled!"

"Yeah! Our arrows can kill people from a long distance, but their stuff just makes a loud noise, which sounds scary, but it's just that!"

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When many Chu soldiers heard such voices, they felt that they were right, and the fear in their hearts gradually dissipated.

Yes, iron arrows and iron crossbows can also kill people from hundreds of meters away, but the way they die is not so horrifying. But as long as the person dies, who cares how he died!

This thing is only scary because it makes a loud noise. There is no need to be afraid of it!

"This is a fire gun made by our Great Zhao Sixth Prince under the guidance of the gods. Someone just said that its power is limited. Yes, that's right. The damage this fire gun can do to people is just so-so. It's really not that powerful."

The King of England said excitedly,

"So, today I will show you our Great Zhao's most powerful weapon, the cannon. This thing has just been manufactured, you are in for a treat!"

The King of England ordered the cannon to be pulled over. Many Chu soldiers stretched their necks to look and saw a strange-looking object that they had never seen before.

This cannon was the result of nearly two months of hard work by Shen Chunyuan and his disciples.

Just made it a few days ago.

Ye Qingzhi was injured because the sound from the cannon test was too loud, louder than the normal sound of gunpowder explosion, which frightened the horse that had already adapted to it!

After the cannon was made, the King of England was extremely excited. He touched the cannon back and forth many times. It is estimated that even his most beloved concubine did not receive such treatment.

Because the prince had instructed that when dealing with these captives, they must first be defeated psychologically, making them afraid and terrified, making them feel that Great Zhao is protected by gods and is invincible, so they should not make futile resistance.

However, these captives had to believe that the Great Zhao was just and kind, and that they would be treated well as long as they obeyed.

So, according to the spiritual instructions given by the prince, the King of England felt that it was time to let his beloved cannon perform first.

If you have good stuff, of course you should show it off to your heart's content!

Especially when showing off in front of the enemy and shocking them, the feeling of satisfaction is simply too strong!

What are the most shocking things to be bombarded with a cannon? Undoubtedly, boulders and large groups of people.

The pile of boulders had been prepared in advance, and the pile of people... were the thorns in the Chu army.

Whoever shouted the loudest and laughed the loudest just now will be singled out.

In this way, about fifty or sixty people were caught and put into the fence just now.

Among these people, there was not a single lower-class citizen of the Chu State. They were all imperial guards from Shangjing, and they were all children of officials.

This is also normal. The lower-class people in ancient times were uneducated, had limited knowledge, and were afraid of gods. They were frightened by the loud noise and power of the muskets.

Moreover, those killed by the Great Zhao were all officials, so they had even less intention to resist.

There were too many people, and the King of England was too lazy to order them to block their mouths. They wouldn't be able to make a sound soon anyway.

The King of England first ordered the cannon to bombard the boulder, and with a loud bang -

"Boom!"

The huge rock was blasted apart, and the debris flew everywhere with a terrifying sound.

Many Chu soldiers were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and some even wet their pants. The fear that they had just felt when they retreated came back to their hearts again.

Those Chu soldiers who were caught in the fence were no longer able to utter a single curse. They were trembling all over, and some were even frightened to the point of incontinence.

Some begged for mercy, crying and asking people to let them go, while others were so frightened that they became confused and said that they were the brother-in-law of some prince and threatened people to let them go.

Shen Chunyuan also disagreed. He was in charge of firing the cannon. The King of England asked him to act, but he hesitated and even clearly opposed it.

"Your Majesty, it is too cruel to bombard them with cannons. They have already lost their ability to fight. This is a torture of prisoners!!"

"The Chu army has never shown any leniency towards our soldiers and civilians. They have slaughtered countless soldiers of our Zhao army."

The King of England frowned and said with disgust.

"You can't do beastly things just because they are bandits!" Shen Chunyuan looked at him earnestly and said firmly,

"If these people were still on the battlefield, I would fire the cannon without hesitation. However, they are already prisoners, so we cannot do such a brutal massacre!"

"You, you, you..." The King of England was really mad at him, pointing at him and cursing,

"I killed them to serve as a warning to others and to scare them so that they dare not resist!"

"Your Majesty, look, they are already scared after seeing the huge rocks being smashed. If Your Majesty insists on killing them, they will only resist violently out of fear for their survival."

Shen Chunyuan stretched out his hand, pointed at the prisoners who were already frightened and incontinent in the fence, and shouted even louder,

"Your Majesty, too much is as bad as too little!

If His Royal Highness wanted to save these people, why would he go to so much trouble to imprison them? I firmly believe that His Royal Highness would not agree with the prince's brutal killing of prisoners of war."

The King of England snorted, his face sullen and he said nothing.

"Dad, what Mr. Shen said is right. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not agree to such cruel killing of prisoners of war." At this time, Prince An Zheng Qingyan came over and said to the King of Ying,

"His Royal Highness has repeatedly stressed that when dealing with prisoners of war, although we need to intimidate them, we also need to exercise benevolence, so that they can see the hope of survival and even have aspirations in their hearts, rather than feeling that their heads will fall off all the time."

"Okay, okay, you are all good people, but I am cruel! I leave this to you, I don't care!"

The King of England left angrily after saying this.

Zheng Qingyan smacked his lips, feeling that his father's acting was a bit too much.

"Let's remove the cannons." Zheng Qingyan said to Shen Chunyuan.

"Yes." Shen Chunyuan agreed and had the cannon taken away.

Those prisoners of war who remained in the fence, who had survived the ordeal, sat limp on the ground, no longer having the thought of resisting.

When the ordinary Chu soldiers heard that the Great Zhao did not torture prisoners of war, their eyes lit up and their faces became more energetic.

Zheng Qingyan looked at the Chu soldiers and said loudly,

“Although you are from Chu, you were all born by your father and raised by your mother, and are no different from us Zhao people.

No one wants to go to the battlefield, everyone wants to live a good life, but why does war exist? !

That is because the emperor of your Chu State and those officials only care about their own enjoyment, and have encroached on your land and property. They do not treat you as human beings, but only as livestock to use.

They send you to fight so that you can die!

Because if you die on the battlefield, you can't cause trouble in the country, you can't kill those corrupt officials and the emperor. Those corrupt officials comfortably take your women and land for themselves, and even enslave your children!

Do you really want to keep enduring this kind of life that is worse than pigs and dogs?

We, the Great Zhao, attack the State of Chu not to enslave you, but to save you from the dire straits. We want you to have fields to farm, houses to live in, to have enough food and clothing, and no longer suffer from separation from your wives and children and the pain of war!

Maybe you don't believe me now, it doesn't matter, you will know in the future that I didn't lie to you, and becoming a member of Da Zhao will be the beginning of your happy days!"

Chu Army,...

What he said was so beautiful!

They have never heard of any official speaking to them like this in their lives!

They couldn't believe it, but they wanted to believe it was true.

Could it be true?