Not only does a good commander not need genius or any special qualities... he should be restrained and firmly believe that what he is doing is important. Only then will he be a brave commander. God forbids him to have humanity, to love or sympathize with anyone, or to think about what is right and what is wrong. (War and Peace)
Zhao Xin is not that philosophical.
Because war is the most barbaric act that dehumanizes, there is no point in thinking about philosophical issues.
He didn't care at all whether Wang Yuanfang was confused or not. He ordered Liu Sheng to open fire, and roared at Wang Yuan to aim at the gate of the town hall. He just wanted to teach those ignorant warriors of the feudal lord not to stand in his way of rescuing the victims. Behind him are thousands or even more refugees struggling on the verge of death. He just wants to lead these people to survive.
Zhao Xin informed Liu Sheng on the walkie-talkie that they should return immediately, turned around, pulled Wang Yuanfang and a few sailors, and together they pointed the muzzles of the two D30 guns on the ship at the harbor of Matsushima Town.
Liu Sheng, who returned to the Thor, still had a ringing in his ears. He didn't care whether others heard or not. He shouted loudly and asked Deng Fei and Zhao Liang to prepare the eight M2HBs on the side of the ship. He took off the gun jacket and took out the boxes of bullets from the cabin.
"What's the next step?" Liu Sheng asked Zhao Xin beside him in a loud voice on the deck.
"I'll go! Brother, can you put on earmuffs before shooting next time? I'm really afraid that you will become deaf in the future." Zhao Xin, who was startled by Liu Sheng, said while picking his ears with his fingers.
"Hey, my ears are still buzzing."
The two of them were busy loading the machine guns. Over there, Wang Yuanfang and the three others came over after finishing their work.
"Mr. Zhao, do you think...have we gone too far?" Wang Yuanfang asked tentatively. Deng Fei and Zhao Liang on the side also nodded hesitantly.
Zhao Xin finished loading the machine gun first, and then said calmly: "Brother Wang, you are all thinking too much. Fortunately, you have been soldiers."
Wang Yuanfang and the other three looked at Zhao Xin without saying anything, but the expressions on each of their faces were full of doubts and a hint of anger.
Zhao Xin raised his hand and pointed at the mainland opposite: "Thousands of hungry people are starving to death every day. Do you know what those warrior masters call these people? "Inhuman", that means they are not human. They are not even dogs. Not as good as that!”
Zhao Xin said, pointing to the refugees in the warehouse below the deck, and to the island sailors and Li Ji standing on the deck: "They, they, are all inhumans.
I know you are kind-hearted, otherwise you wouldn't have stayed to help me and Liu Sheng. But what about these people? We traveled thousands of miles to take them to Beihai to farm and survive. What were those warriors doing? It has become like this, and it continues to squeeze them.
If you pity the dead and wounded warriors, who will pity these people? ! Two million! "
Sheng Haizhou, Li Ji, Hu Ji, Lu Shoushan, and the thirty island sailors were silent under Zhao Xin's roar. Sheng Haizhou, who occasionally understood a little, showed an excited look on his face; Lu Shoushan stood silently. Behind Zhao Xin.
If at the beginning Zhao Xin still wanted to give alms to the victims, rescue them, and then go back to enjoy the modern luxurious life with peace of mind, and compete for world hegemony by the way, now he is too deeply anchored in this era. Even he himself hadn't noticed it yet.
The tragic situation of the refugees on the beach yesterday deeply stimulated Zhao Xin. He doesn't care about the wealth he got in exchange for antiques at all now. What's the point of worrying about spending it all? At worst, he can just earn it through sea trade; the placer gold on Lenji Island is still waiting for him to dig.
"Zhao Xin, stop talking, I understand." Wang Yuanfang's eyes were red and he looked directly at Zhao Xin.
"Yes. We also know that Mr. Zhao is not a bad person, so we decided to help you." Deng Fei patted Wang Yuanfang on the shoulder and said to Zhao Xin.
"It's just that the incident happened suddenly and everyone was caught off guard. That's almost enough." Liu Sheng patted Zhao Xin on the back and tried to persuade him.
"Mr. Zhao, tell us what we should do next." Zhao Liang asked.
"Sheng Haizhou." Zhao Xin looked at Sheng Haizhou and the others. "You guys go ashore at night and go to the town to find Katayama Kanbei for information. Ask him why so many samurai suddenly appeared?"
"Haha!" Sheng Haizhou and the others leaned over and saluted.
"Are you ready to land?" Liu Sheng's voice finally became less loud.
"We're going to land on a fucking land! It's just a few of us. If we encounter an ambush when we go up there, we'll be shot into hedgehogs by random arrows." Zhao Xin shook his head and continued: "It seems like nothing can be done today. Strengthen your vigilance. Everyone must be careful at night!”
...
Matsushima Town, which was full of crying, finally fell silent late at night.
There was no movement from the lights that were supposed to illuminate the town at nightfall, and it was still pitch black. Only when the door of each courtyard is gently pushed open can a faint light be revealed from inside.
Machi had already run away with his people at noon, and the consequences of the Thunder God's shot in the morning left him shaken to his core. The subordinates had the courage to slap him several times, and then he gradually came back to his senses.
After regaining consciousness, Machimaki asked several of his men to take Katayama Kanbei, who was being held in the cell, and then seven or eight people led the horses together and quietly walked onto the path from the back door of the official hall.
More than 200 warriors and his subordinates and feudal lords were all gone, leaving him alone. How can this be fun?
He could only report to Qingye City quickly.
After Liu Sheng and Wang Yuanfang sent Sheng Haizhou and the others ashore, they waited for about two hours when they heard the footsteps of several people on the beach in the distance coming towards them in a hurry.
"Who!" Liu Sheng turned on the safety of his pistol and pointed the tactical flashlight in his left hand at the incoming person; Wang Yuanfang also raised the assault rifle in his hand.
"Master Liu, I am Sheng Haizhou." Sheng Haizhou spoke broken Mandarin, covering the flashlight shining on him with his hand.
Liu Sheng shined his flashlight behind Sheng Haizhou and saw Liji and Huji each holding a little girl, with a woman behind them, and at the end was a young island native.
Wang Yuanfang quickly asked: "What happened?"
"Kanabei Katayama was captured! These are his wife and two daughters. The one behind is Katayama's subordinate, named Yoichiro." Katsu Kaishu hurriedly explained to Liu Sheng.
"We'll talk about it later, get on the boat first."
"There are too many people to sit in one trip. You go first, while Torayoshi, Yoichiro, and I will stay."
After Katsu Kaishu finished speaking, he, Torayoshi, and Yuichiro worked together to push the boat into the sea.
"Okay. Wait until I come back to pick you up." After Liu Sheng said that, he started the motor, and the assault boat quickly disappeared into the night.
The news of Li Ji's return alarmed Zhao Xin. When he rushed to the deck, he saw Li Ji pulling a woman, and behind him Liu Sheng and Wang Yuanfang walked onto the deck each holding a child.
After he asked about the situation, he quickly took them to the restaurant in the cabin. Liu Sheng turned around and went back to pick up Sheng Haizhou and the others.
"What? You said Kanbei Katayama was arrested?!" Zhao Xin asked Liji in front of him in the restaurant on the Thor.
"Yes, my lord. I heard that Yoichiro, oh, Katayama's subordinate, was arrested on his way home after helping us yesterday evening."
"Then what happened to those warriors this morning?"
Liji said with a frown on his face: "I only heard a general idea about this matter. I'll let Mr. Katsu and Yoichiro talk about it later."
Zhao Xin thought for a while, turned around and asked Katayama Kanbei's wife and two daughters with a smile: "Are you hungry?"
Duohe looked at Zhao Xin in surprise. She didn't expect that the big man in front of her could actually speak fluent island dialect. From the moment she got on the boat, she was frightened by this giant boat. It was so big that she couldn't even imagine it!
The room she was in was also extremely spacious. Although there were many tables and chairs, she didn't dare to sit down at all. She just squatted on the ground with her two daughters in her arms.
Zhao Xin saw that the mother and daughter did not dare to speak, so he asked a sailor to get some food and drinking water.
More than half an hour later, Katsu Kaishu, who was sweating profusely, ran into the restaurant with a young man.
After hearing Zhao Xin's question, Sheng Haizhou quickly pulled Yuichiro behind him to explain to Zhao Xin.
Yoichiro sat cross-legged on the ground, took a glass of water from Lu Shoushan, leaned over and saluted, and said: "My lord, after Katayama-sama took us to separate from you on the beach yesterday, we planned to return to the town together. At home, when I was little, I went to relieve myself because I had a stomachache, so I fell behind..."
Yoichiro was very articulate, and after chatting for more than forty minutes, Zhao Xin finally understood what was going on.
The samurai who were ambushing on the beach during the day came from Sendai Castle last night. Yoichiro just peeked through the wall for a while and didn't count the exact number of people, but it was probably more than two hundred people.
These samurai, together with the doshins and feudal lords in this town, participated in this morning's ambush. Except for a small half who were wiped out by Liu Sheng on the beach, everyone else was blown into pieces by Zhao Xin's cannon.
If someone hadn't gone to the government office in the afternoon and found that all the town officials had run away, Yuichiro would have been hiding at home without even daring to show his face.
After everything quieted down at night, Yoichiro ran to Katayama's house to report the news and told Tahe the news that Lord Katayama had been taken away by the town official. After hearing this, Tahe was about to go to Sendai City overnight. Just as Yuichiro was persuading, Katsu Kaishu and the others came.
When Zhao Xin heard this, he couldn't help but open his mouth and widened his eyes and turned to look at Wang Yuanfang and Liu Sheng sitting next to him.
The blind cat like me must have been too accurate to kill the rat. All three hundred people were wiped out!
Wang Yuanfang and Liu Sheng had no idea what Yuichiro and Zhao Xin were talking about, so they waited patiently for Zhao Xin to translate for them. As a result, they became even more confused when they saw Zhao Xin looking at them with a confused expression.
"What did I say?! You don't agree to let you log in." After listening to Zhao Xin's translation, Liu Sheng slapped the table and shouted.
"The refugees have all been driven away, and Katayama has been arrested. Who did you land to find?"
"Then what do you think we should do?" Liu Sheng said unhappily.
"Let me think about it." Zhao Xin tapped his fingers on the table for a long time, then he got up and walked back and forth a few times.
"I'll go! Mr. Zhao, Uncle Zhao, have you thought about it?" Liu Sheng urged impatiently.
Zhao Xin stopped, looked at Dokuru and his daughter who were eating carefully, and slapped his thigh: "Yes! Early tomorrow morning, we will go north to Ishinomaki Port and force the Sendai clan to release them."
Liu Sheng said disdainfully: "Is the Sendai clan a relative of yours? We have killed so many of their warriors, and they will let you go if you tell them to?"
Zhao Xin smiled coldly: "No? Then we will bombard Ishinomaki Port. Not to mention the refugees, I will even steal all the abalone for him!"
Wang Yuanfang looked at Liu Sheng in confusion, what does this have to do with abalone?
