Chapter 251: The Disadvantages of Knowing a Foreign Language
Keelung City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side faces the sea, it is an extremely dangerous place, the more than 10,000 natives from the south, must pass through a canyon, but in the middle of this canyon, Lu Qing has already built a pass, named Nanxia Pass, usually guarded by a thousand soldiers, one is to collect taxes from merchants who enter the inland, and the other is to guard against the natives.
These natives were blocked by the southward pass, their productivity was low, even iron tools were very rare, and the means of fighting were very primitive, so in the face of such a tall city, there was no effective means of attack at all, at first they only knew a rush forward in annoyance, but they were shot by a rain of arrows from the soldiers at the head of the city, which frightened them all back.
Several leaders of the Turen are not fools, when they saw that so many people had died, but they didn't even touch the other party's city gate, they immediately understood that with their strength, it was impossible to capture the city of the Han people, but they were not reconciled, after all, it was not easy to come once, and so many clansmen died, so naturally they were even more reluctant to retreat. Later, several leaders discussed it, and finally decided to spend the defenders under the city and the southward pass, and did not attack the city or retreat, but only sent people to scold loudly under the city.
The soldiers guarding the city are all old men under Lu Qing, and they have lived in Liuqiu for many years, and some of them are even born in Liuqiu, and they usually have a lot of contact with the natives, so most of them can understand the words of the other party. For the scolding of the natives, the soldiers at the head of the city were naturally not to be outdone, and they all paid tribute to each other in the local language.
However, there is a problem, that is, the mother tongue spoken by the other party, even if the soldiers on the city are proficient, they are congenitally weak, and the number of the other party is large, and a group of people are tired of scolding, so they can change another batch and continue to scold, so that the soldiers on the city will naturally not be able to scold each other.
The mouth can't scold the other party, and the top strictly orders are not allowed to fight, which can make the soldiers in the south pass very aggrieved, but no matter how aggrieved they are, they have to endure it, after all, the military order is like a mountain, and no one has the courage to resist the order. Originally, if there was no accident, this situation would have lasted until Li Su arrived with a large army, and then opened the city gate and broke the opponent's team in one fell swoop, but there happened to be an accident that interrupted this stalemate, and what is even more coincidental is that this accident has a great relationship with Li Zhen.
It is said that Li Zhen was also very guilty after knowing that he had caused such a big trouble, of course, as a prince, no one could do anything to him, but although Li Zhen was young, he was also a responsible person, and he felt that he had caused trouble, so he had to find a way to bear it, of course, he was not stupid enough to fight with the natives, and Yanbei and others would never agree to him doing this. But it doesn't matter if he can't go to war, he can do something else to apologize.
It was precisely because of this idea that Li Zhen persuaded the seventh brother Li Yun, and then took out the private money he brought to buy a large amount of wine and meat, and personally sent it to the south with Li Yun to the army. Originally, Yanbei didn't want Li Zhen to get involved with the Turen anymore, but when he saw Li Yun walking with him, he didn't stop him, after all, Li Yun was sixteen years old, and he was timid and afraid, so he shouldn't have done anything.
It's a pity that Yanbei miscalculated again this time, when Li Zhen and Li Yun rushed to the south, what they saw was the extremely arrogant scolding of the natives under the city, and although the soldiers at the head of the city tried their best to fight back, they were still scolded and couldn't raise their heads, after all, they scolded people in Chinese and couldn't understand it, but they all understood it when they scolded them in the local language, which shows that learning one more foreign language is not necessarily a good thing!
Seeing this situation, Li Zhen's temper came up again, but although he was short-tempered, he could also distinguish between the important and the serious, and knew that he couldn't fight without authorization, after all, behind him was Keelung City, not only tens of thousands of people and merchants, but also important people like Wu Meiniang and Cui Mengxue, if these natives were allowed to attack the city, the consequences would definitely be very serious.
Although he can't go out of the city, Li Zhen is not a master who can't fight back, and after ordering someone to shoot a few bursts of arrows, he found that the effect is not great, after all, the natives are not stupid, they are far away from the city, and when they see the city's movements, they will immediately retreat, and they can't hurt a few people at all.
Seeing this situation, Li Zhen was even more angry in her heart, and when she turned her head, she just saw the rocket placed at the head of the city, and she snatched the torch and lit the lead in her heart. Originally, firearms were very precious weapons in the army, and no one dared to use them without an order from above, otherwise how could the soldiers defending the city still be scolded and not fight back?
The guards who went south to the pass saw Li Zhen doing it himself, and wanted to stop but didn't dare to stop it, so he could only watch the rocket fly out of the launch frame, and then rushed into the large army of the natives with a stream of flames.
For this sudden attack, the natives did not have any preparation at all, plus they didn't know what was flying at all, and even after the rocket landed, because of the lead problem, it did not explode immediately, which also attracted many natives to come forward to watch, and the result was a tragedy.
I only heard a loud "boom~", and the stumps of countless natives flew into the sky. The soldiers at the head of the city naturally applauded loudly, while the natives below were crying for their fathers and mothers. In fact, with the power of black powder, there are not many people who are really killed on the spot, at most there are only a dozen people who are closest to them, but the area involved is very positive, and many of the nearby natives have been slightly or seriously injured.
These natives are still in a primitive society, and each has its own primitive religion, and in primitive religions, there is generally one thing in common, that is, the worship of natural phenomena, such as wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and so on. The sound and light effect caused by the rocket is very similar to the effect of thunder and lightning, coupled with the scene of flesh and blood, which makes these natives believe that everything in front of them is the anger of the heavens, so they use thunder and lightning to warn them, and what makes them even more frightened is that this kind of thunder and lightning actually flew from the side of the Han people, is the sky also on the side of the Han people?
After the rocket exploded, almost most of the natives thought the above, and some even fell to their knees in fright, crawling on the ground and muttering to themselves, as if they were pleading guilty to the gods. Seeing this, the natives who were standing immediately threw down their weapons and climbed down, and almost in the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of natives without exception all fell to their knees at the place where the explosion occurred.
Seeing this situation, Li Zhen and Li Yun at the head of the city looked at each other, and couldn't figure out what the situation of these natives was? But it doesn't matter if you can't figure it out, Li Zhen, who reacted immediately, understands one thing, that is, there is an extremely rare opportunity in front of them, as long as they take advantage of the current attack, they will definitely be able to kill the natives.
Thinking of this, Li Zhen immediately ordered the guards of the southern pass to leave the city with their entire army. Being able to be sent by Lu Qing to guard such an important pass, the guards who went south to the pass were naturally not idiots, and they also knew that this was a good opportunity for the ages, although it was a little difficult to think of the order from above, but Li Zhen slapped his chest and told the other party that he would bear all the responsibilities, which dispelled the concerns of the guards, and rushed out of the city gate with a thousand soldiers under his command, and killed the natives who laid down their arms. As a result, 1,000 people ran for more than 20 miles with more than 10,000 natives, killing thousands and capturing nearly 1,000 people, which can be described as a rare victory!
After listening to Li Zhen tell the cause and effect of the incident, Li Zhen also felt a little crying and laughing, everything started because of Li Zhen, but it was Li Zhen who relieved the siege of Keelung, of course, this matter is far from over, Li Su is not a good-tempered person, since those natives dare to provoke him, then be prepared to pay ten times the price!
"Eighth brother, do you know what you did wrong?" Li Su pulled Li Zhen to the side of the dock, and then asked very seriously.
"Sixth brother, I'm ...... I shouldn't have gotten into such a big trouble for you! Li Zhen was already very worried, but now when she looks at Li Zhen's serious appearance, she is naturally even more weak-hearted.
"Wrong!" Li Yu retorted coldly, then his tone softened, and he spoke again, "What's the point of causing some trouble, as your brother, I naturally have the responsibility to help you solve the trouble, so I don't blame you!" ”
As soon as Li Zhen's words came to this, Li Zhen was already moved to tears, although there are many brothers, but the so-called royal family has no family affection, and the feelings between the princes are generally extremely indifferent, but he felt a strong brotherly affection in his sixth brother, which made him feel extremely warm.
Li Zhengang, who was moved, wanted to say something, but only heard Li Su continue: "Eighth brother, although you are very smart, but your temper has always been impatient, you are unwilling to use your brains to do things, and you don't want to do it on impulse, for example, this time, you don't have to sneak attack that group of natives at night, after all, with their strength, the head-on battle is not the strength of your guard, so you can go to attack head-on during the day, and then kill the entire tribe, so that there will be no one to report the news, and there will be no trouble this time!" ”
After listening to Li Zhen's words, Li Zhen was stunned for a long time, and he didn't expect that the sixth brother, who had always had an excellent reputation, would have such a ruthless side. However, Li Zhen's receptivity was very strong, and she quickly reacted, nodding her head again and again, with a sincere and teachable expression, but her gaze at Li Zhen was a little more strange, as if it was the first time she knew this sixth brother.
Li Su also noticed Li Zhen's strange gaze, and immediately patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said: "Eighth brother, you have to remember one thing, of course, there is nothing wrong with being merciful to your subjects, but for these alien races, especially the alien races that provoke you, you must first use thunder means to make them understand who has the biggest fist in this world!" ”
When Li Su was very irresponsible to instill the bloody law of the jungle in a minor, he was already thinking of a revenge plan against the natives in his mind. It's just that what he didn't expect was how much impact these words would have on Li Zhen today? One of the most controversial princes in the history of the Tang Dynasty also really grew up from this moment! (To be continued)
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