"Claiming merit by killing innocents."
Those four words surfaced in Li Xuancang's mind.
He knew the army had committed no small number of such atrocities, but this was the first time he had witnessed it with his own eyes.
These chaotic times were even crueler than he had imagined.
"Kill them all!"
Li Xuancang gave the order coldly.
Though he was ruthless, he still had his limits.
He would show no mercy to soldiers who would stop at nothing.
"No, you can't kill us! We're men of the Cool Prefecture Army!"
"Kill us, and the Cool Prefecture Army will never let you go!"
"If we die, none of you will leave Cool Prefecture alive!"
"..."
Hearing that Li Xuancang intended to kill them, the soldiers turned pale with terror and shouted threats.
"Pfft!"
"Ah!"
"Urgh!"
"..."
The threats came to an abrupt halt. Several hundred Battle Soldiers were all slaughtered, with not a single survivor.
"They killed the soldiers! They killed the soldiers!"
"Disaster! Disaster has struck!"
"Run, everyone! The village is going to be wiped out!"
"..."
Seeing Li Xuancang and the others kill Cool Prefecture soldiers, the villagers trembled all over, their faces bloodless and their limbs icy cold.
Within Cool Prefecture, the Cool Prefecture Army were the true masters.
Commoners, local powerful clans, gang forces, and even imperial officials were all targets they could slaughter at will.
So long as the profits were great enough, they would even disguise themselves as bandits and storm the State Shepherd Residence.
The Cool Prefecture Army were this lawless. No one dared provoke them.
Anyone who dared resist would have their entire family exterminated by the Cool Prefecture Army.
If Cool Prefecture soldiers met with mishap anywhere, that place would be purged by the Cool Prefecture Army until not even grass