At night, the streets did not calm down. There were countless dark figures hidden in the shadows of the buildings in the corners of the streets. There were Persians, Jews, Westerners coming for pilgrims, and Lanfang soldiers waiting for help.
The relationship between the Jews and the Persians was not very harmonious to begin with. The Persians believed that everything here belonged to them, including every resource in the city, every plant and tree, and even the air between heaven and earth. They were born to enjoy all this, and any
No one can infringe on their rights in this regard. Even if someone takes away a little bit of it, even if the person pays the price, it is still an infringement on them.
Because of the kindness of the British, the Jews finally had a land in the world where they could breathe the air freely. The injustices of being excluded and hated for a long time immediately turned into greed that wanted to firmly control everything.
As for the indigenous people on this land, who cares? This is a competition for survival in a racial sense. The fittest survive and the unfit are eliminated. The Jews have long been accustomed to this kind of competition, and the sense of competition has even penetrated into their bones.
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Living in the same city did not give them the slightest feeling of neighborliness. Instead, they hated each other because of the squeeze of living space. Now, with the addition of Westerners who came for pilgrimage, this really added fuel to the fire.
These pilgrims from the West have a more curious mentality. They have no idea of competing for living space. It’s just that the curiosity of their first visit to your land makes them want to see something new no matter what they encounter. But now
Jerusalem is not a good place to watch the excitement. Strictly speaking, both Jews and Persians are doing some shady things. How can people watch comfortably when doing such things? It's not like a zoo.
monkey.
It is indeed abominable for the Persians to attack the Jews, but don't think that only the Persians were so excessive. The Jews also faced the lone Persians. Therefore, the long-standing mutual hatred developed to the extreme and became today's ethnic vendetta.
Huang Li and the others did not know anything about the crowds gathered on the street. In fact, after the soldiers who patrolled the streets returned to the camp in the afternoon, all kinds of intelligence were compiled immediately. After integrating all the intelligence, it was very easy.
It is easy to draw the conclusion that these Persians and Jews are ready to fight to the death.
Huang Li had experienced this kind of situation in Madagascar, or in other words, this kind of situation also happened in northern Xinjiang earlier. At that time, Koreans, Japanese and even Chinese also had vendettas, but they were all used by the official in various ways.
It was covered up in this way, so Lanfang is now a mess.
Therefore, Huang Li can be considered to have rich experience in handling similar incidents.
Before evening, orders were issued from Lanfang's office in Jerusalem. All security forces stationed in the church were ready for battle. The church could receive people seeking asylum, whether they were Jews or Persians, as long as they went to the church.
The church must accept those seeking asylum, but at the same time, the church's security forces must limit their scope of duties to the church and are not allowed to interfere with anything outside the church. Even if they attack in front of the church door, as long as they have no intention of attacking the security force's defense line, the security
The troops are not allowed to interfere.
It's as simple as sitting on a high mountain and watching a tiger fight, with the idea of a crane and a clam competing for the fisherman's profit.
The culture of the Chinese nation has a long history. No matter what the situation is, you can find appropriate rhetoric to suit the situation.
It is estimated that there are Jews and Persians, but their hearts have been blinded by hatred. The sinister reality has left them no time to calm down and sort it out slowly, so they can only use extreme methods to choose the path of fighting for their living space.
Starting from nightfall, blazing fires, screams, fighting, clashing of weapons, and even sporadic gunshots rang out all night long.
The fire first ignited from the old city. Almost in the blink of an eye, the entire Jerusalem was illuminated by the fire. Under the blazing fire, there were groups of black shadows with hand-held weapons. They all chose black as the color of their clothing. The fire light
Illuminating the distorted faces, impacting, colliding and slashing in the shadows
Perhaps before today, they were all good citizens who were kind to others. When they met passers-by on the road, whether they knew them or not, they would greet them kindly and chat about the weather or something.
But tonight, for the sake of the nation's living space, almost everyone wielded machetes and wanted to kill another group of people.
This group of black shadows rushed to the Jewish Quarter, and the Jewish Quarter was a sea of fire; this group of black shadows rushed to the Persian District, and the Persian District immediately turned into ruins; the Christian District was not spared, although there were security forces stationed, but the people in the old city were not spared.
The complexity of the building was beyond imagination, but the fire still spread in. Even if the security forces put out all their efforts to put out the fire, it was of no avail. In the end, large areas of buildings adjacent to the Jewish Quarter and the Persian Quarter had to be demolished to create an artificial isolation zone, leaving everything outside the isolation zone like this.
A fire burned everything down.
Along with the sea of fire, not only the hard-earned savings of generations, but also countless innocent lives were burned, and by the way, the last trace of conscience in people's hearts was burned.
All Christian churches, in accordance with advance orders, try their best to accommodate people who come to seek asylum. Whether they are Persians or Jews, as long as they come to seek asylum, they will be protected by security forces. In the most severely damaged Jewish areas,
A small church with an area of only a dozen square meters actually accommodated nearly a hundred people. I really don't know how they squeezed in.
As the fire spread, the originally spacious church became overcrowded, and the soldiers of the security forces had to disobey the office's orders and temporarily requisition civilian buildings near the church to accommodate those who came to seek shelter.
The Persians and the Jews seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding. Even though they were already jealous of each other, they did not show any hostility towards the church with a large population. Even the two sides who were fighting, as long as one of them hid in
If there is a cordon in front of the church, the other side will also stop the pursuit.
Of course, regardless of whether they are active or passive, as long as those armed with knives and sticks enter the cordon, they will be tied up and gagged, and then imprisoned collectively.
At this time, regardless of whether they were Persians or Jews, they were all thrown together and let them reflect together. Anyway, their hands were tied and their mouths were blocked. Even if they wanted to bite, they couldn't do it, so let them look at each other.
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The fighting continued all night, and at dawn, the sound of fighting finally subsided.
Only then did people discover that the city they had worked so hard to build, the home they relied on for survival, and the home they originally wanted to protect, had all been reduced to a pile of ruins.
Then all the hatred seemed to disappear with the rising of the sun. People threw down their knives, guns and sticks and began to search for their families in the ruins, looking for property that had not been burned to ashes.
It is only now that those who have survived can realize that if they do not know how to be grateful and if they are blindly greedy, they will get nothing in the end, so why bother.
The biggest harvest of this night was Catholicism. Just overnight, Catholicism gained tens of thousands of believers out of thin air. They may have been Persians who had sworn never to be pagans, or they may be Jews who were accustomed to fussing over things, sticking together, and confronting everyone around them.
, when danger comes, no belief or doctrine is meaningful. It is most beneficial to have a shelter from the wind and rain, whether it is physically or mentally.
Auerbach is happiest about this result.
So at dawn, Auerbach took all the clergy out of the church to participate in various disaster relief operations. The night of fighting resulted in countless injured people. These people all need help, even if they are not medical, they can have
It was a great spiritual comfort for a clergyman to pray for them.
This is what Auerbach is doing. Whether he is a Persian or a Jew, whenever he sees an injured person, Auerbach will put down his always aloof posture, bend down and hold the injured person’s hand and say the words “The Lord is with you.”
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This sentence is probably what Auerbach said the most today, and it is also the most popular sentence.
It still has an effect. Westerners' belief in religion can definitely make Easterners sigh. Many people who were blessed by Auerbach burst into tears immediately. Even some people who had already suffered an emotional breakdown miraculously stabilized themselves, even losing everything.
People with paralyzed legs were re-energized with their will to survive and began to devote themselves to disaster relief.
Anyway, it amazes the Lanfang soldiers guarding the scene.
Auerbach insisted on being accompanied by guards before he came out to show off. Otherwise, Auerbach would not go out and love anyone to death.
By noon, the Catholic Church has prepared a simple lunch. Although it only has rice and salted fish, it is already a rare delicacy for these people who are surviving the disaster. Almost everyone will pray before the meal and give thanks wholeheartedly.
Their gods gave them the opportunity to have lunch. On this day, whether it was God or the Lord, or perhaps some gods, the thanks they received were probably the most pious in human history.
In the afternoon, the long-lost British people arrived belatedly. They had left Jerusalem before last night and only came back now. This suzerainty was also a failure.
When the British came to Jerusalem with the Palestinian military and police, they did not immediately engage in disaster relief. Instead, they first found Auerbach who was busy in the ruins and asked Auerbach to give an explanation to the Palestinians.
explain
Instead of Auerbach giving it, those Persians and Jews can give it.
Get out. We don't need your pretense. This is what the people of Jerusalem told the British.
