"The Hedong Economic Envoy ordered that Xi, Rouran and other Tibetan people behaving suspiciously and hiding weapons in private must be strictly interrogated. A Khitan must not be misplaced to escape; anyone who resists will be killed..."
When Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi, and Zhou Jing were looking for clues in the yard behind them, they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the long street outside. When they walked out of Sujin Building, they saw an orderly soldier riding a horse with one hand holding a hand.
Holding the reins, holding a silver medal in one hand and holding an arrow in the other, he loudly read Ge Boyi's latest military order to the generals of the Tianxiong Army stationed in front of Sujin Tower.
The messenger quickly galloped off to read out the military order. Xu Huai frowned slightly. Unexpectedly, Ge Boyi ordered the escalation of the search operation again so soon.
And he still has the posture of "I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go".
The people of Bianzhou have a tough folk custom. It is normal for young people to practice martial arts and carry weapons when going out of the city. This time, Ge Boyi wants to treat the people who carry or hide weapons as if they are Khitan soldiers and suspect them.
Since the general in charge of the search had greater power, it was difficult to avoid confusion.
In border states, the conflicts between the Tibetan and Han people have deep roots.
On the one hand, it is true that every time there is a disturbance on the border, a large number of Tibetan people are willing to attack the city and pillage the strongholds for the vanguard of the invading Khitan cavalry, and they are ruthless in killing the Han people. We cannot blame the Han people for believing that these Tibetan people are not our race.
It must be different; on the other hand, the Tibetan people also feel that living in Han territory, they are deeply ostracized and suppressed, which makes the ethnic groups more clinging to each other and xenophobic. They also react violently to slight disturbances.
At this time, there were more than 300 Jinxiang troops cleaning up the mess near Sujin Tower, and some of them were sword archers from the County Weisi.
They had previously been the main force in searching for Khitan people in East Street and nearby areas. They were also the ones who were killed and wounded 30 to 40 people by the rebels who raided from Sujin Tower.
They have already gritted their teeth in their hearts.
At this time, there was a clear military order, and the leading Tianxiong army commander asked the Xiang army and the county captain's sword archers to stay in Sujin Tower to clean up the mess. He personally led the small two hundred Tianxiong army like tigers and wolves.
A more rigorous search was conducted at the Fanminpuyuan and residences on both sides of Stone Street.
If someone knocks on the door and doesn't respond, he will just knock it open; if he encounters any obstruction, it will be regarded as resistance and he will be attacked with swords and guns.
The area near Sujin Tower was originally the place where the most concentrated Tibetan people lived. With less than a stick of incense and less than 30 or 40 Tibetan households living in the courtyards and houses along the street, the doors of all the houses and courtyards were knocked, bumped, or smashed by Tianxiong soldiers.
Almost all the Tibetan people had hidden knives and weapons, and soon they saw forty or fifty adult Tibetan people being kidnapped and escorted to the stone street, waiting to be taken directly to the military camp for interrogation; the Tibetan people were also tough, even if they just had Su Jin.
There were so many rebellious peasants in the building who were surrounded and killed. At this time, there were still people on the left and right who tried to resist, but there were only eight more corpses of the rebellious peasants.
Many Han people along the street also enthusiastically helped to break into the houses and search the households.
The streets were in chaos, and many women and children from households were dragged onto the streets and beaten. There were wails and screams everywhere. After the search officers broke down the doors and searched the houses, their sleeves became bulging, which was normal.
Xu Huai also had a heart of iron and blood. When he saw this scene, he couldn't say how much he sympathized with the Tibetan people.
If Yan's soldiers and horses are elite enough and their control of the situation is strong enough, and they adopt such an iron-blooded and brutal strategy when entering enemy territory, it will not be ineffective in breaking down the local people's will to resist.
Throughout the ages, many famous generals have even intentionally allowed their subordinates to burn, kill, and plunder in enemy territory.
In addition to breaking down the enemy's will to resist, it also gives your own generals a chance to vent their anger accumulated in hard battles, or as a reward for the victor.
There is never any mercy in war.
The problem is that the most elite soldiers of the Tianxiong Army paid such a high price just to annihilate the forty or fifty peasants who were instigating the Khitan to resist with arms. If they really want to provoke the Khitan after entering the Xijing Dao Realm,
The local Tibetan people are generally resisting, so what hope is there of winning this war?
However, Xu Huai didn't think he had any ability to stop the spread of chaos at this time.
Wang reported that Wang Fan did not really suppress Ge Boyi's power and reputation, nor could he stop the chaos.
At this time, two people who looked like state government officials led a group of civil servants pulling several donkey carts over, stopped in front of Sujin Building, and loaded the corpses piled up on the street one by one onto the donkey carts.
Before Chen Zixiao walked away, Xu Huai was not too serious about observing the details around him. He could see that Xu Wuqi had also attracted Chen Zixiao's attention, so he stood with Xu Wuqi at every turn.
Talking in front of Sujin Tower.
After a while, Zhou Jing came to them and whispered: "There is a problem with this group of civil servants. Two people are secretly eyeing Chen Zixiao!"
Xu Huai glanced at the group of civil servants. They were all dressed in rags and unkempt.
Not many people in the city are willing to do the job of collecting corpses, and the government epidemic mostly drives hungry people to live on the streets. This is indeed the easiest way to hide their original faces, so that no one can see anything unusual.
Xu Huai calmly called the two leading government officials over and asked, "Where are these corpses transported to be disposed of?"
"First send it to the Manager's Court for inspection, and then take it to Heisonggang outside Dongcheng for burial." Two government officials stood in front of Xu Huai and replied honestly.
Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi and Zhou Jing glanced at each other.
Kelan City has strictly prohibited the Tibetan people from entering the city gates early in the morning. Now the further arrests have been escalated. Considering the hatred of the Tibetan people, the confrontation will intensify. If the Khitan people still have spies lurking in the city, the risk of exposure will also increase. But I think
It will also become extremely difficult to enter and exit Kelan City.
However, the corpse transport team organized by the state government obviously would not attract the attention of the city gate defenders.
"General Xu, why are you interested in these corpses?" Chen Zixiao noticed that Xu Huai and the others were staring at the pile of corpses in Sujin Tower, and walked over and asked.
"I heard from Mr. Wang that the Khitan people are used to cutting off the heads of powerful enemies and using them as urinals at night and drinking vessels during the day. Why do you think the Khitan people are so stupid and you don't feel ashamed?" Xu Huai narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Zixiao.
, said, "According to me, you have to pick two good heads, cut them off, and use them separately as urinals. Only the wine vessels are decent enough!"
As Xu Huai spoke, he turned around and walked to the donkey carts filled with corpses, picking them up like vegetables.
There is not much difference in appearance between the Khitan people, the Xi people, and the Xianbei people. It is not ruled out that the Khitan would select the Xi people and the Xianbei people for training within their own country, but they could still tell the difference without long-term riding and shooting practice. Xu Huai
He quickly found two corpses and said to Chen Zixiao: "These two corpses look good, the muscles and bones are thick and strong, and the skulls are round - Chen Zixiao, do you want to cut off two heads and use them for peeing?"
Drinking?"
The veins on Chen Zixiao's forehead twitched slightly, and he said with a smile: "If we cut off the heads without authorization, these two men will not be able to do the job if these bodies are incomplete when they are delivered to the Siliyuan..."
The two government officials were also afraid that Xu Huai would destroy the body at this time, so they asked them to go to the Siliyuan to make it difficult for them to do business, so they also came up to echo the plea.
"It's really noisy. When the Director's Office has inspected it and found out that these corpses are going to be transported to Heisonggang for cover, you should rush to Zhufeng Hall in Nanyu Lane and say something, asking me to cut off a few heads for fun - if you have the guts
Don't tell me, be careful next time I bump into you and taste my iron fist!" Xu Huai stared at the two yamen servants, raised his fist and said fiercely.
When Niu Er led the horse, Xu Huai got on the horse and galloped towards Nanyu Lane with Xu Wuqi and others.
"There must be weapons hidden in the mezzanine of the donkey cart. When you said that you were selecting corpses, a tall and thin servant put his hand under the cart board for a long time. It can be seen that your words greatly stimulated him; but Chen Zixiao deliberately covered it up.
"The line of sight between you and Master Shi." In front of Han Qi and Niu Er, Zhou Jing also called Xu Wuqi as Master Shi, drove up to Xu Huai and asked, "Do you want to send someone to keep an eye on the civil servants here?"
"There is no need to keep an eye on the whole process for the time being. It is easy to reveal the truth. First, arrange for someone to guard the east city gate to see if they will indeed transport the body to Heisonggang." Xu Huai said.
Chen Zixiao is lurking around Guo Zhongxiong and Yue Hailou. Once they come into contact with the core secrets and need to be passed on in time, they cannot easily give up this channel to enter and exit Kelan City.
Even if they have to keep an eye on this group of civilians, they have to make more careful arrangements.
The chaos could not be stopped, but when they left the East Street, they saw more Tianxiong Army generals coming out of the barracks and participating in the search. This was a rare opportunity to see the whole Tianxiong Army. Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi and the others were not in a hurry to return to Nanyu.
Lane, and drove around the city several times before going back.
As soon as he arrived at Nanyu Lane, he saw Su Laochang accompanying two men who looked like doctors into Dongkua Courtyard, and asked: "What's going on? Who is sick in Dongkua Courtyard?"
"The Forbidden Army raided the enemy and caused great disturbance. The king reported to the Prime Minister that he was afraid that the generals would not restrain their troops, which would arouse rebellion among the Tibetan people and increase the resistance to the Northern Expedition, so he went to Ge Boyi personally to advise him," Su Laochang said with a shrug, "
But when Mr. Lu accompanied him back, he ordered us to find the doctor immediately, and also ordered us to prescribe a few doses of heart-nourishing decoction and come back..."
Wang Zhen could see that the continuation of such chaos would be detrimental to the northern expedition against Yan, but with his reputation he could not persuade Ge Boyi in the slightest, and would come back angrily. Xu Huai did not know what to say.
Xu Wuqi and Zhou Jing also looked at each other.
They previously advocated exposing Chen Zixiao, but now they believe what Xu Huai said before. Even if Chen Zixiao is exposed as a matter between Khitan enemies, it will not be of any substantial help...
