Chapter 147: Prince Lin Yi (2)
"This is the act of a tyrant, Your Majesty thinks twice!" Mu Baiyi couldn't help but say.
"Tyrant? How can there be no such thing as the right and wrong in the world? Who is the emperor and who has some achievements? Who is not a tyrant?" Li Yuan sneered.
"Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, opened the straight road, and conscripted corvee labor. Although the remnants of the six countries did not dare to be angry, the First Emperor died and the world was tilted.
Although Your Majesty is now facing a strong army, what if it is ten years later? What about twenty years later?
These people regard Your Majesty as enemies. Once the center changes, it will be in danger!" Some officials came in and sighed.
"Then kill them all!" Li Yuan said with a frown, "There are many people in the world like ants. The people who occupy the city regard me as enemies, but what about the other people?
I have established the Qingmiao Law so that the people no longer worry about spring farming, and eliminated private usury, how many people can benefit?
I reward the people for reclaiming wasteland. How many wastelands have been turned into fertile land in the Jianghan Plain? Can the people be rich? Can they hate me?"
All officials were silent. The Supreme Emperor was a good emperor and was impeccable in the Tang Dynasty, but after arriving in Champa, he suddenly became a tyrant.
Although they understood that this was not possible, as officials, they were inevitably kind and the Confucian nature was rooted in their hearts. Although they could hold a sword against the enemy, they also had kindness to the people.
No one is wrong, it's just that God will.
"I will obey the order." All the officials bowed deeply.
Today's edict seems to be a temporary solution, but in history books, it will become a stain that the Supreme Emperor cannot cleanse.
They understand and admire such a Supreme Emperor.
But I still have to stand up and make a sound.
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There were wailing sounds everywhere in Chameng City.
The inhumane and fierce Tang soldiers began to plunder Cham City. Their swordsmanship had been sealed for three days before, but this time they were inhumane exploitation of all the people in Cham City.
Countless Chammen people cried and begged on the streets. The bloody Chammen men picked up farm tools and fought with Tang soldiers, but they were useless. Their heads were cut off by a horizontal knife and hung on the gatehouse, rows of which were particularly bloody.
In addition to robbing food and treasures, the Tang soldiers cut off the big thumbs of all the Chammen men, so that they would never have the possibility of fighting against rebellion.
It can be said that the order given by Li Yuan this time was extremely cruel.
A hundred years later, the surviving people secretly wrote about the many atrocities of the Supreme Emperor in unofficial history, which was so dark that they were incomplete.
Rows of Chameng men were driven by Tang army soldiers to build the city walls, and the blue bricks were removed from the walls of the people's homes.
They all dared to be angry but dared not speak out. If anything is strange, they would be discovered by Tang soldiers. At least they would be beaten or killed directly.
Tang soldiers once became the devil in the minds of the people of Chameng City.
"Dear chiefs, ahead is Cham City, the capital of Linyi Kingdom. Unfortunately, my king is occupied by the fierce Tang people. I hope that all tribes will try their best to capture Cham City. I, Abe, will never forget my great kindness." Abe looked eagerly at the several barbarian chiefs riding on the elephant.
The more you go south, the less you will be. These five small southern states used to be regarded as barbarians in Linyi Kingdom, which was probably similar to the Central Plains to treat the four sides. Their relationship with Linyi Kingdom was sometimes good and sometimes bad.
The small states of the five tribes also wanted to take over Cham City. Seeing that the prince Abe of Linyi Kingdom still begged, they were naturally happy and hurriedly summoned troops to attack Cham City.
Although the Tang Kingdom was big, they were frogs in the well and did not know that Yelang was arrogant.
By the way, their territory was near the Yelang Kingdom of the Han Dynasty, and they believed that their tribe was the strongest.
The dark army was in chaos, and the dark barbarians ran around with spears. There were even some wild beasts such as rhinos, tigers, jackals, etc., and their equipment was also extremely simple. The armor was woven with rattan and applied with tung oil.
The most conspicuous one is nearly a thousand giant elephants, lined up like a wall of flesh.
Compared with the barbarians in the south, there were relatively few elephant soldiers in the Linyi Kingdom and Zhenla Kingdom because their land had already been cultivated and planted in large quantities, while the land further south was still like a primeval forest, with wild animals rampant inside and many elephants living in it.
Of course, they have less than 200 elephants domesticated, but the head elephants in the elephant are domesticated by them, and the elephant naturally migrates with the head elephant.
Nearly a thousand giant elephants were acting together, and with these 50,000 or 60,000 people, the ground was rumbling like an earthquake.
For this reason, the Tang army in Champa discovered the enemy situation in time.
"Prepare for the battle!" shouted the Tang general.
In an instant, soldiers on the top of the city bowed and crossbowed, and the catapults and chariots were installed on the corner tower, on the horse's surface.
There was a huge fire on the wall, and there was a boiling feces, which were golden juice.
There are also wooden grenades that were not used up in the last war, piled up in boxes.
"Hurry down, don't be too slow!" Tang soldiers whipped the group of occupants with whips. They were carrying stones the size of millstones in their hands as consumables for defending the city.
In order to ensure that the people who defended the city did not make trouble, the Tang soldiers ordered them not to go up to the city wall and kill each other.
"Brothers, the Tang army bullies us too much, and it's back!" A middle-aged man wiped a handful of sweat and angrily threw the stones on his hand on a Tang soldier.
A Tang soldier didn't pay attention and fell to the ground. The huge rock hit his chest and died suddenly.
All the Tang troops nearby were like frightened birds, gathering quickly to surround these people.
Soon, a hole was opened in the surrounding circle, and the soldiers from the Shenji Camp walked out, holding flintlock rifles and shot them one by one.
In less than a quarter of an hour, nearly a hundred Champa people died, and blood flowed into a river.
The other Chameng people who watched the fun were still scared and did not dare to look directly at the Tang soldiers and carry the stones obediently.
They didn't want to suffer this suddenly, they had no power to turn the hand.
If it is a cold weapon, they can still use the casualties to exchange for ten people, but under the hot weapon, a bullet will be terminated.
The people of Chameng who were killed and suppressed also faded to resist.
I just robbed the stored food and did not kill anyone...
As long as you don't resist.
There are always many people who are lucky. Only one or two men with courage appear, and they are scared by the one-sided massacre.
It is always good to live, but it is better to die.
They began to resent the blood brave men...
If you want to die, don't get involved with us.
The Tang soldiers on the city wall had only the enemy troops in their minds at this moment. The black giant elephant made the entire city wall look a little narrow.
Chapter completed!