"Really?" Sheng Shan Lang was the most surprised. He was not privy to many pieces of news because of his background. The fact that he could grow until this far was also due to his perseverance and also some luck.
Feng Ao Kuai nodded and turned to look at Mu Sheng Xi. "It happens with your father, isn't it?"
Mu Sheng Xi paused for a moment and then sighed. "It's the adjutant under my father, General Cao. He used the villagers as bait to lure the enemy's commander and killed them all."
Nan Luo was stunned.
He never thought of using the civilians' life to win the war in the slightest bit. Because in his mind, he knew that the goal of this war was to give better life for the people in Fei Yang Kingdom and not to kill them all.
With them conquering a lot of cities, these people would also be part of Fei Yang Kingdom. He definitely couldn't treat them badly unless they attacked them first.
"This is war, Luo." Nan Hua patted her twin brother's shoulder. "Even if you don't see it and don't know about it, it happens in some areas."
For some commanders, the people in the cities they conquered were their war trophies. They could do anything they wanted with these people. The law was not so strict, thus allowing them to truly showed what kind of animal they could be.
The so called compassion, virtue, and other kindness were nothing but lip service.
"I won't do anything like that." Nan Luo frowned.
No matter how cruel the war is, he didn't want to become like them and involved the civilians in this battle. What was the point of hurting these innocent people and exploit them? He would only garner more hatred.
"People are different." Mu Sheng Xi shrugged. He himself didn't want to treat these people badly. However, he definitely couldn't control other commanders' thoughts and their behavior.
He could only restrict the people under him.
"Let's talk about other things, ok?" Feng Ao Si was also uncomfortable. He only liked direct challenge rather than these disgusting behavior that some commanders did just because they could.
"In the first place, we only talk about it because of General Yu's action." Feng Ao Kuai then pointed at the tent. "Let's rest, tomorrow battle will be quite fierce."
"Right."
They all stood up and went back to their respective tent. Their minds were filled with the thoughts of the real cruelty of war. In comparison, the battles they had so far really felt like child's play.
But they all wanted to perverse this kind of battle to be pure contest of strength along with some moderate treachery.
If they had to use the villages' life to disgust the opponent, they definitely couldn't do it.
And using the captured people's lives for their own satisfaction… would they be animal or humans in that case?
The civilians were innocent.
War was started by those high above, but it was the people under him who suffered. That was why they had to be careful when waging war against others. The impact this one declaration could bring was not something that could be solved so easily.
Nan Luo walked to his tent and then sat on his bed. He looked at Nan Hua. "Am I too na?ve?"
"No."
"But…"
"This kind of naivety is what will keep your heart." Nan Hua looked at Nan Luo. "Rather than having no bottom line and disgust yourself, you can do what makes your heart calm and not do to those villagers what you didn't want to happen to the people in Fei Yang Kingdom should a city was conquered by the enemy."
Nan Luo closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He knew that he and the others were somewhat na?ve in this kind of war. But unless it was absolutely necessary for their survival, he didn't want to cross the bottom line and do anything that disturb him.
"Sorry for being so whinny." Nan Luo smiled bitterly.
"It's fine. You're not the only one." Nan Hua looked at Nan Luo and then looked into the distance.
She herself had long crossed the bottom line in her heart many times when she was in her previous world. How many innocent people had died in her hand?
She couldn't count it anymore.
Because of the missions assigned to her, she had already taken so many lives. The lives of people she didn't know but she had to take if she wished to survive. It repeated for so many times to the point that she questioned why she had to stay alive.
By the time she was in that institute, she was actually already thinking about whether it would be good to die.
Because she was tired.
But then the incident happened and she crossed to this world.
Out of instinct, she did her best to survive and make sure that no one found anything wrong with 'Nan Hua.' It was to the point that she had blended into this world and not willing to leave it anymore.
Even if this world is not perfect and there were many things that she had to do to protect the people she cared for, she didn't mind in the slightest bit.
"Hua'er?" Nan Luo called out in a low voice, his tone was tinged with worry.
"I'm fine." Nan Hua looked at her twin brother and raised her hand, patting his head tenderly.
Nan Luo stiffened on his bed and looked at his twin sister before a smile broke out on his face. When they were young, they would pat each other's head, but after Nan Hua lost her memories, she never done it again.
Now, he felt comfort.
Just staying with his sister and laughed together with her made him happy.
"Hua'er, are you fine with it?"
"Hmm?"
"You have some relationship with General Yu, right?" Nan Luo scratched the back of his head. "Are you fine with them being so cruel like this?"
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