Killing each other with evil will destroy oneself in heaven.
The urn city turned into a Shura field. The cold iron and hot blood collided to create the black color of death, broken and mottled, shocking and dazzling.
The ferocious faces and manic roars swayed in the wind and rain, killing and biting like wild beasts with their most primitive instincts.
Reason and humanity have long been annihilated, leaving only violence and madness.
There is no right or wrong, no intimacy, every figure in the scarlet sight is a sworn enemy, just rush to kill or be killed.
Such a tragic scene made the soldiers watching at the top of the city feel in their hearts, and their hands holding the crossbows were trembling slightly.
Many civil servants quietly closed their eyes, unable to bear to watch, and murmured Taoist Buddhist scriptures in an attempt to find some peace of mind.
Although Qian Long kept watching blankly, his cheeks twitched from time to time, indicating that he, the instigator, was not at peace either.
It lasted for more than half an hour before everything gradually calmed down.
The two acres of flat land in Wengcheng were soaked with blood and covered with corpses in various forms of death. The surviving pirates rested on the corpses and gasped for air.
They didn't become Buddhas immediately, and they even forgot the number of three hundred. They stopped just because they were exhausted and couldn't kill anymore.
The leader who first ordered the attack was actually still alive. He swayed from the pile of corpses, holding a half-cut knife, and stood up, looking up to the sky and howling, "I'm alive!... I'm still alive! I'm still alive!" Sihai...is still alive!"
The shrill voice was like the roar of an evil ghost, desolate and filled with madness.
The officers and soldiers on the city were inexplicably horrified, and subconsciously aimed Wangshan at him.
The fierce murderous aura made the leader stunned for a moment, and then he laughed angrily, "Hahaha... As expected, I can't believe a word of what the dog official said!... I'm a mother-in-law, and I have to be deceived before I die. I really deserve it... Come on, come to court This cums!"
Zhao Shijian was about to give an order, but Qian Long waved his hand, "It's not easy for him to earn a life with his own skills, so just let him go. The same goes for the others who are still alive. Anyway, there are less than a hundred in total." "
"Those who survived are all extremely cruel people. I'm afraid they will cause trouble if they are left alive."
Zhao Shijian hesitated a little, and after speaking, he looked at Uncle Xie Fang inquiringly.
Uncle Xie Fang thought for a while, "Although soldiers are not afraid of deceit, since the name of His Highness is used, we cannot break the promise easily. Send people to clean up, and save the injured if possible..."
Zhao Shijian took the order and led his men to clean the battlefield and dispose of the corpses.
A fierce cannibalism made the atmosphere a little heavy, but it finally relieved the pressure of defending the city, and everyone's mentality became slightly more relaxed.
It was almost sunset at this time, and Uncle Xie Fang and others were about to return to Zicheng, but they found something unusual at the port.
I saw dozens more large ships docking at the dock and beginning to unload people.
Zhao Jujing was shocked, "The pirates are still increasing their troops?"
"It seems that they are bound to win Quanzhou City." Uncle Xie Fang frowned.
Immediately, Qian Long, with a puzzled look on his face, handed the telescope to Uncle Xie Fang, "Xie Xiang, look at it. These pirates seem very strange. They are very different from the previous ones."
After taking it, Uncle Xie Fang hurriedly looked at it. After observing carefully for a while, he murmured, "They are actually people from the Liuqiu Kingdom and the Vishaye Kingdom. They have actually united and colluded with the pirates..."
Qian Long was even more confused after hearing this, "I know about Liuqiu, but aren't there only savages up there? How can there be a country? And what the hell is this Vaishya country?"
"Liuqiu people are indeed very backward. There is no serious country. Liuqiu country is just a name."
Zhou Mi saw that Uncle Xie Fang was still observing, so he explained on his behalf, "Actually, there are many different tribes on Liuqiu Island, with different levels of civilization. They can be roughly divided into two types."
"One kind can farm and weave. Everyone has a beard and his ears are pierced. Women don't have their ears pierced. They can build houses and plant thorns as fences. A large family, both men and women, old and young, sleep together. Even if they meet in London, they will be different. To avoid each other, their settlements are surrounded by ditches, fences, and flowing water. They can judge the time by observing the waxing and waning of the moon. There are no valuable goods, and there are no merchants or taxes."
"Tribes will also conquer each other, and most of them like to cut off the enemy's heads as trophies and bring them back, then empty out the brains, peel off the flesh and make skeletons, and decorate them with dog hair and the like, waiting for the war. When hunting, they would wear masks on their faces or offer them to the chief, the Yi king. The Yi king would hang these skeletons on big trees or outside their homes to commend the headhunters for their bravery. Some tribes would even collect the bodies of the war dead. , and then gather together to eat.”
Many people were shocked to hear that the Liuqiu people were so barbaric and cruel. Qian Long even asked, "Are the corpses of the so-called war dead the enemy or one of our own?"
Zhou Mi scratched his head, "Neither ancient book records nor current explorations provide detailed explanations. Each tribe has different customs, so it may be possible."
"What about their armaments?" Qian Long asked again.
Zhou Mi replied, "There are knives, bows, arrows, swords, beryllium and other weapons, which are quite complete in shape. Logically speaking, their level of civilization should not have these. I found out the clues after carefully checking the ancient books."
"About six or seven hundred years ago, a group of highly civilized foreign forces landed on Liuqiu Island and conquered and ruled a large area. They actually established a country. I guess it may have been annexed by Chenla. The remnants of the later Funan Kingdom.”
What Zhou Mi said was actually just the habit of literati, but if they could understand Liu Qiu better, everyone would be willing to listen.
Therefore, he continued, "According to the records of the Sui Dynasty, in the third year of Daye, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty sent Zhu Kuan to search for overseas customs. Then Zhu Kuan met He Man and other Nanyang people in Guangzhou. As a result, He Man and others induced Zhu Kuan to When he arrived at Liuqiu twice, Zhu Kuan asked Liuqiu to pay tribute to the Sui Dynasty, but was refused. Then Emperor Yang sent troops to conquer Liuqiu, burned his palace and destroyed his country, and captured thousands of men and women before returning."
"Speaking of it, if it hadn't been for the annihilation of the country this time, if it had been allowed to develop until now, I'm afraid Liuqiu Island would have turned into a serious country, which would have added a lot of resistance to our development."
Qian Long heard this and laughed, "Then He Man was probably a Zhenla man. He used the Sui Dynasty to wipe out the remaining forces of Funan. He was good at killing people with a borrowed knife. It is said that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was very happy with his achievements, but some of his deeds can be regarded as leaving a legacy. By the way, what is the other one you are talking about?"
Zhou Mi thought through his thoughts and said, "The other kind can be classified as the Vaishya Kingdom. These people are almost completely uncivilized. They have dark skin, are short, naked, and look like wild beasts."
"Beginning in the Qiandao period, people from our dynasty moved to Pinghu Island and farmed on it. Then people from the Vaisheye Kingdom opposite often came to invade, plundered the crops, and forced the Han people captured by them to serve as guides, and then plundered the Shui'ao siege along the coast of Quanzhou. In the first-class village, they committed violence and killed countless people, raped their women, and then killed them."
"These people probably have little production capacity. The guns they use are tied up with more than ten feet of rope for recycling, and they rob anything they can take away, especially iron objects, such as iron rings on people's doors, and war dead The officers and soldiers were not spared the armor and even their spoons and chopsticks. When the officers and soldiers were chasing after them, they would swim in the water and escape if they could not defeat them."
At this time, Uncle Xie Fang put down his telescope and was worried, "Although these two kinds of people are both living on Liuqiu Island, one mainly lives in the mountainous area and makes a living by farming and hunting, while the other lives on the coast and mainly makes a living by fishing. They have basically no contact and are even hostile to each other. Now they are united. They are not a big threat to Quanzhou City at the moment. However, we people on Liuqiu Island may be in a worrying situation. What's more, now that the supplies have been cut off, if we are not careful, we will be annihilated. Then all our efforts to develop Liuqiu will be in vain. What's more serious is that if the various tribes on the island become one from now on, we will have to The price paid is many times more.”
Zhao Mengqi created a community of interests with the sugar industry as the core, and Liuqiu Development was the basis for realizing this interest. Without a sugarcane planting base, everything was out of the question. Naturally, the gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang would no longer support King Yan's new policy.
Qian Long quickly figured this out, "In other words, some people deliberately let us know that the Liuqiu people have begun to unite, and use this as a bargaining chip to blackmail His Highness?"
Uncle Xie Fang nodded, "Yes, His Highness is able to gain a firm foothold now, and it is inseparable from those supporters who rely on emerging industries. Whether it is Taihu Water Conservancy, the Royal Bank, or the army, school and training team, to put it bluntly, His Highness embezzled With the investment provided by these supporters, this is not a problem when huge profits can be expected in the future.”
"But once Liuqiu development encounters a major setback, those profit-seeking tycoons will be shaken and are likely to withdraw investment and support. In this case, in order to stabilize the situation, His Highness may have no choice but to make compromises and completely give up on Fujian's new policy plan."
"If His Highness compromises, he will not only lose the Fujian New Deal, but also the leadership of Liuqiu development, and then the sugar industry and maritime trade."
Zhou Mi couldn't help but sigh, "People's hearts are not as good as snakes swallowing elephants. Aren't they afraid of eternal disaster after failure?"
Uncle Xie Fang had a helpless smile on his face, "So they resort to any means necessary. As long as they can win, no matter what they have done, they will not be held accountable. Even the vast majority of the world does not know what they have done. After all, there are only winners." Only then are we qualified to record and explain history.”
At this moment, the guard at Linzhang Gate sent an urgent report that a large number of bandits appeared on the other side of the Jinjiang River to the west of Quanzhou City, estimated to be no less than 30,000 people!
Everyone had expected the arrival of the bandits, but they didn't expect them to come so quickly and in so many numbers.
"It seems that even if His Highness does not compromise, these people are ready for a head-on fight."
Uncle Xie Fang considered the situation and said, "Probably tomorrow, more bandits will come. What we can do now is to report the situation to His Highness in detail. It is up to His Highness to decide what to do. Maybe, those people are also here Just wait until we send the news out."
Half an hour later, the Chaotian Gate of Quanzhou's north gate quietly opened, and a small group of cavalry came out and rode towards Fuzhou under the cover of darkness.
