Since ancient times, those who have achieved great things have always been shrouded in myths and legends. Let’s not talk about Liu Bang killing the white snake, nor about Chen Sheng and Wu Guangze screaming when ghosts happened. In fact, even ordinary scholars who have reached the number one scholar will talk about it. A large set of mysterious and mysterious stories were published, and all the jaw-dropping myths were used to prove that this number one scholar had descended from the stars since he was a child.
Xiao Letian could not escape this fate. In fact, before he had just become the Prime Minister of Ryukyu and before entering Europe, some people in the banner circle of Sijiucheng swore that Xiao Letian was a descendant of Prince Zhu San.
This joke is so ridiculous that even the Manchu and Qing royal families didn’t believe it, but Hutong Chuanzi and Eight Banners idlers like it. Otherwise, what else would they talk about while drinking tea? This kind of topic with wine is the most popular. .
Legends often start out as a joke, but as time goes by, when the protagonist of the story becomes more and more powerful, the joke becomes less funny.
Now, in order to appease the Ryukyu army's morale, old shopkeeper Fan Jian has secretly released the legend of the Hidden Dragon, which is known to hundreds of thousands of people in Ryukyu.
That is to say, we are now in a war period, and this kind of legend has no chance to deeply ferment. If the war is over and peace returns to Ryukyu, there will be dozens of versions of this hidden dragon legend in less than half a year, and each one will be more exciting than the last.
There is also this trip to Europe, and even the encounter with the auspicious white dolphin in the South China Sea, which provides endless ingredients for the theory of the hidden dragon.
Reputation is gradually becoming a myth. This is a double-edged sword. If used well, Xiao Letian can easily harvest people's hearts. If used improperly, it will allow countless enemies to form alliances and nip his fragile self in the bud.
Of course, Xiao Letian is calm. He knows that "name" is a public weapon and cannot be taken too much. Especially such rumors with the flavor of prophecy are a great harm to any newly rising power.
"Okay, okay, don't look at the dolphins anymore... Let's continue to deduce the battle situation in Ryukyu. I will continue the topic just now... Why do I say that this war with the French is a big test? Because I know what I am used to. How powerful is the power..."
Xiao Letian took the towel and wiped it and said, "I am in Ryukyu, and the new army is also in Ryukyu. This is a natural deterrent. There is no strong enemy threat, and the people's stomachs are full. Of course they must follow the instructions." I said that……"
"I, Xiao Letian, instill nationalism and national concepts. They echoed, 'The Prime Minister said it well, the Prime Minister is right.' But what do people think in their hearts? God knows..."
Xiao Letian even picked up his pointer and pointed it at the officers in front of him and said with a sneer, "I can guess exactly what you are thinking in your hearts. What nation or country? First find a way to push this guy named Xiao up. If you push him up, everyone can get promoted and make a fortune..."
"Don't laugh, and don't hide from my eyes. How many of you have thought about letting me replace King Shangtai? Haven't you often called me Prime Minister Cao behind your back?"
Xiao Letian was full of fire, and everyone present blushed, but no one was afraid, because Xiao Letian would never incriminate himself based on his words.
"Even you have such thoughts. You are all officers of the New Army brought out by me. You are the first to accept my thoughts. You all have selfish thoughts. What about the people?"
Xiao Letian waved his hand, "I don't mean to blame anyone by saying this. After all, the inertia in your consciousness is still strong. Thousands of years of Confucianism cannot be eliminated in a short time... So I didn't believe in Ryukyu from the beginning." The people have accepted my views from the bottom of their hearts..."
"Nation and country are two very illusory terms for people in Asia. They cannot feel the hot power inside because they have never received the protection of nation and country..."
"This is a big test. Under the fire of aliens, I believe that many people will choose to surrender and compromise as before and exchange for a humble existence. I also believe that there will be some soldiers and civilians who are the first to awaken and join the struggle without hesitation. Amid the torrent... I believe even more that the invaders who regard the Asian people as savages will never give up."
"When the butcher's knife cuts in front of everyone, when they see their loved ones killed, when they see the troops charging and shouting at the front, when they see that they have only fellow villagers with the same culture and race to rely on..."
"Only at that moment can he know what nation and country are."
Xiao Letian's words were loud and impactful, hitting people's hearts like weights one after another. When he finally heard it, the sailors in the surrounding Lion City became excited.
"We don't understand what the Prime Minister said, but we Chinese people in the Lion City know one thing. Ever since the news of the Prime Minister's victory came back, the British have restrained themselves a lot. Although the taxes are still the same, there is a bit more respect... That's it. Treat us like humans.”
Listening to the discussion of the sailors, even Xiao Letian's woman reached out to be infected. Huniu nodded and said, "Although I don't understand everything the master said, I have truly experienced the shocking feeling in European nationalist countries." atmosphere of."
"Prussia and Austria were fighting on the front line, and the citizens of Hamburg in the rear spontaneously organized speeches to raise funds. The young students jumped on the wooden boxes and were so excited that they received a hat of money in a short time. We also gave a lot of money... "
"It was really like people all over the country were working together. Men, women, and children even donated the bread money for dinner for the goal of victory... It's not like the Qing Dynasty. The city of Beijing was burned down six years ago. My place At that time, in my hometown in Shanxi, the people were still living their own lives, and my uncle was still drinking and watching the theater. Who cared about the life and death of the Qing Dynasty."
Bang bang bang... Xiao Hexin banged the deck with his crutch excitedly, "Yes, that's right... I was still in the mountains of Yixian County at that time. After the Manchu and Qing Dynasties defeated the war, they asked the people to donate and raise new taxes. The money was finally returned. Didn't they all fall into the hands of corrupt officials, and a few copper coins were turned into rifles and bullets for revenge."
"The miserable Manchus only know how to bully the weak and fear the strong, and they only rely on these weaklings. They also want to lead the people's hearts. In their hearts, they do not recognize that we are relatives of a country and a family, and they are a group of beasts that cannibalize humans..."
"Yes, yes...that's right, we are all Han Chinese. Why can we people in the Lion City break up their homes to worship the Prime Minister? It's not the Prime Minister who has given us hope. The folks in the country are like being held in a scapegoat. They are blind. A smear of darkness, no hope at all, and slowly their blood will run cold..."
Xiao Letian listened to the excited people on the deck and had mixed feelings in his heart. The Han people in the world have been enslaved for too long. Their insensitivity is not innate, but is forced out by repeated failures and regrets. .
As long as we can give them a hope, the enthusiasm in the hearts of Han people all over the world will explode, and it will be as spectacular as a gushing volcano. The longer it is suppressed, the stronger the accumulated power will be. Xiao Letian has no doubt about this.
Xiao Letian's analysis was correct. At this time, the Ryukyu Examination had reached the final sprint stage. The disillusionment of the appeasement policy and the atrocities of the French army completely angered the people of the city.
Regardless of Han Chinese, Japanese or Ryukyu natives, they have only one identity at this moment. They are all Ryukyu people, and they are all a group of Asians who are dying to fight.
Throughout a sleepless night, gunshots continued throughout the city of Naha, and small-scale assault battles continued like a rainy summer night. As the east gradually became brighter, the battle actually intensified.
Although the reorganized new army was full of new recruits, their fighting enthusiasm was extremely high after seeing their relatives died tragically. The corpses of their relatives who had been killed were placed in front of everyone, and the fire in people's hearts could no longer be suppressed. , even ordinary citizens who were not assigned weapons rushed forward.
Looking around, every commando team in the entire city is followed by a group of civilians. They hold rocks and wooden sticks and shout after the New Army team. They often run faster than the soldiers after a charge order. .
When Liang Kun and Lu Ying saw that people's hearts had been completely mobilized, they quickly changed their soldiers, from independent harassment and assault warfare bit by bit, to chaotic mobile warfare throughout the city.
If the French army clings to their position, they can organize four or five waves of people to charge. Then they can organize fast-legged commandos to make a large detour and get behind the enemy's butt to fight.
Once the enemy gets impatient and launches a counter-charge, he will lead the French army in a slow circle. Both sides will work hard on their legs, and they will tire these grandsons to death if they are tired.
Death has no meaning at this moment. The people who are caught up in fanaticism only have the word revenge in their hearts. At that moment, even if it means ten lives in exchange for the life of a French soldier, people will not hesitate.
Also crazy was the Beishan Defense Line. Chu Zhao and Luo Houhou were promoted, but the only privilege brought by their promotion was to fight harder. The whole night, Chu Zhao, as the leader of the new regiment, personally rushed up with the dead soldiers. , the French defense line in Kunigami Village was hit by waves of blood like an astronomical tide during the full moon.
"Brothers, this is a battle of national subjugation and genocide. At this time, everyone's life and death are in a battle... The brothers in the rear are already working hard, and the stubborn French devils have begun to massacre the city... Those who want their wives and children to live, want to If my father and mother are buried in peace, then they will die with me..."
More than two thousand soldiers from the new regiment formed wave after wave of assault teams, launching attacks on the French army in Kunigami regardless of life and death. They were using their lives to torture the nerves of the French, and they wanted to use death to shake the enemy's will.
"Have you seen it? Your Majesty, have you seen it? We survived, we really survived..." On the Shuri city wall, Fan Yan threw away the blanket on his body and pointed like crazy at the shouts of killing all over the city. There was a faint firelight coming from the direction of Kunigami.
"The gunfire and the shouts of killing became more and more intense. This night did not weaken the will of the people. We Ryukyu survived... We did not kneel down in the end, we survived."
Cai Mao was also crazy. He dragged his injured wrist and pointed at the flames all over the city and yelled, "Molière, you bitch, look up, listen, listen, look at this city getting more and more violent." The cry of killing...this proves something, it proves that Ryukyu finally unites from this moment on, and the heart that Prime Minister Xiao put on Ryukyu finally starts to beat."
"Don't bow your head even if you fight until the end of the world. As long as Ryukyu is destroyed, our Han family and the world will not be destroyed."
"Hehehe..." Just when the city wall was in a frenzy, Molière sneered, "So what, Xiao Letian is dead, he is completely dead... To tell you the truth, any Xiao Letian will still The news about being alive is all fake news released by Gong Cheng and I..."
"Hahaha... You Ryukyus are just returning to the past."
This poisonous snake is still spitting out his words even when he is about to die.
