Once these Japanese understood the way to survive, they followed suit, dropping their weapons and squatting on the ground.
It had to be said, they possessed some intelligence.
Such a method could indeed save their lives.
However, what they didn't know was that while they survived, this survival was merely the beginning of their nightmare.
Of course, that was a story for later.
Lin Tian's army continued its slaughter, leaving no standing Japanese. Their killing spree finally ended.
Subsequently, they gathered the surrendered Japanese.
There were men, women, old, and young among them.
Looking at these figures, Lin Tian couldn't help but recall the appearance of Japanese people in later generations.
This made him sigh involuntarily.
"Alas! It's a pity there are no eunuchs here. Otherwise, I would certainly arrange things for them!"
Lin Tian felt that seeing these people intact before him made him uncomfortable.
What he wanted to see were either dead people or incomplete Japanese.
The Japanese before him clearly did not meet Lin Tian's standards.
Upon hearing Lin Tian's words, a general immediately spoke.
"Your Highness, why not just castrate them without mercy, regardless of whether they live or die!"
"Castrate them directly?"
"Never mind, let's keep them for a while. In the days to come, let them work hard. When we leave, we will castrate them. It will also give them time to recover on the ships!"
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Lin Tian's words, a fierce glint appeared in the eyes of the generals.
They had fully understood Lin Tian's intention, knowing that he did not intend to let these Japanese have an easy time.
Lin Tian's will was their direction of action.
Therefore, their killing intent was very strong.
This intense killing intent made many Japanese tremble involuntarily.
Fortunately, Lin Tian's army did nothing, which made them feel fortunate.
"We're alive, we're really alive!"
"Phew! I thought we were going to die. I didn't expect us to actually survive!"
"It seems we were too foolish before. If we had known this could save our lives, we should have surrendered directly. That way, so many of us wouldn't have died!"
"Right! Surrendering is so good! After surrendering, although we become their subjects and change leaders, we are still alive!"
These Japanese did not feel that surrendering was wrong. In fact, they were mocking those who had fled before as foolish.
But when they were treated as slaves and put in shackles, they felt something was wrong.
"What's going on? We surrendered, we're willing to become their subjects, why are we still being shackled?"
"Didn't we become their subjects after surrendering? Why is our treatment like this!"
"Could it be that we misunderstood their intentions? Although we surrendered, we didn't actually become their subjects?"
The idea of becoming subjects was something these Japanese had conceived themselves.
This was how it was in their tribes, and the same applied to other tribes.
After all, the number of people in their Japanese tribes was not large, and gaining population also meant increasing the strength of their tribes.
Therefore, they basically did not kill anyone who was willing to surrender.
However, they were now facing not their own Japanese tribes, but Lin Tian's army.
Although Qin was short of people, they were only short of slaves.
Thus, these people were destined to be slaves.
Consequently, many of them were shackled and put to work felling trees or mining.
The tasks they were given were all back-breaking labor.
Furthermore, the food they ate was the worst grain,
even mixed with many weeds to make up the quantity.
After a few days like this, these Japanese began to lament.
"They are devils! They are simply devils! They never intended for us to become their subjects, they only want to torture us!"
"Ah! I'd rather die than live such a painful life!"
"Heh heh! Die? We no longer have the chance to die!"
Not only did they have to work every day, but they were also watched while they worked.
It wasn't easy for them to die.
Unless they hardened their hearts and rammed themselves to death against a tree, they might die there.
But if they had such courage, they wouldn't have dropped their weapons and clung to life.
Therefore, although their lives were very hard now, they could only endure the pain.
They believed that as long as they endured this period, they would get used to it, and life wouldn't be so painful.
However, what they didn't know was that Lin Tian had already planned their future.
They would either die here or undergo castration and live.
If these Japanese knew about this, they would have wished they had died earlier.
However, they were completely unaware of their tragic future.
Therefore, even though they had become slaves, they still held onto hope.
And their hope was not the hope of resistance, but the hope of merely prolonging their existence.
Lin Tian was unaware of the thoughts of these Japanese. If he knew, he would probably burst into laughter.
After Lin Tian captured this tribe, although he left some people to guard these slaves and supervise their work,
he did not stop his campaign of conquest.
He was still conquering the Japanese in this region.
He had said he would conquer this region in a month, and he had no intention of letting any Japanese in this area off the hook.
Precisely because of this, Lin Tian showed no mercy in his conquest.
Wherever his army passed, the Japanese either surrendered or died on the spot.
Such a campaign caused immense turmoil throughout Dongying.
Many Japanese fled everywhere, hoping to escape the slaughter of Lin Tian's army.
However, as they fled from one area to another, they discovered with despair that powerful armies also existed in other regions.
Subsequently, the powerful armies in other regions harvested their lives like cutting grass, easily.
This also led to the rapid scouring of all the Japanese in Dongying.
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