Chapter 1219 Ruthless people in troubled times, good and evil are indistinguishable
When Xiao Tang and a group of brothers, together with Deng Yuanjue and other Manichaeans, turned two long streets under the guidance of Shan Shiqi, they saw many corpses lying on the ground. Not only some of them died in extremely miserable ways.
Judging from the clothes of the officials, countless civilians in the city were killed. There were also blazing fires all around, and it seemed that they were all set by the rioting Manichaeans in the city. If the fire was not suppressed,
I can see that many houses will be burned down to ashes of rubble.
And when Xiao Tang took the lead and rushed to a neighborhood, before he turned into the alley, he could already hear the clash of weapons and the sound of shouts and curses. Then there were more than a dozen Manichaeans holding weapons in their hands and turning around to shout and curse.
, while running out in a hurry.
Not a moment later, Xiao Tang unexpectedly saw Sun Xin, Sister-in-law Gu, Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang and others rushing out of the alley along with their soldiers, waving their weapons and chasing the Manichaeans in pursuit.
After a fierce beating, when two people couldn't run away, Sister-in-law Gu rushed forward with two steel knives in her hands. However, after hearing two muffled sounds of "Puff!" and "Puff!", she cut them both off one by one.
Lose your life!
Upon seeing this, Xiao Tang hurriedly shouted loudly: "Stop it! Why are you fighting with these Manichaeans!?"
Sun Xin, Sister-in-law Gu, Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang and others immediately stopped when they saw Xiao Tang coming. A Manichaeist looked at him and saw that Xiao Tang and Sun Xin were in the same group, and Xiao Tang had now openly
He was not wearing a Xie Zhi mask when he was doing something like before. Many of the Manichaeans who were doing something in the city did not know that the man in front of them was Ren Xia Xiaotang, who was temporarily in alliance with the leader Fangla. One of the believers had a distorted face.
As if he was crazy, he roared again and picked up the knife and went straight towards Xiao Tang to chop him into pieces!
When Xiao Tang saw this, his sword eyebrows stood up. He only dodged slightly, and while the man was slashing the air with his sword, he reached out and grabbed his arm and gave it a squeeze. "Crack!" followed by a heart-stopping crisp sound.
The man's arm bone had been broken. Xiao Tang then slashed down with another knife, knocking the manichaine unconscious.
"The birds shot by dogs and donkeys are so bold, how dare they kill so many brothers like me! Zhemo is also a remnant of the government's hawks and dogs? The brothers went up shoulder to shoulder and chopped them all up!"
Suddenly, there were shouts and curses not far away, and a large number of Manichaeans poured out from across the long street. Under the command of several leaders of the sect, they headed straight for Xiao Tang and the others. Only then did they see someone.
Dare to take action against their brother, Lu Zhishen, Shi Xiu, Ruan Xiaoqi and many other brothers also changed their colors, and took out their weapons and held them in their hands, seeing that they were about to fight with the rioting Manichaeans again!
"You bastard! Stop it!!"
There seemed to be a sudden thunderbolt in the air. Deng Yuanjue, who hurriedly and slowly arrived at the nearby place, was shocked to see that many Manichaeans wanted to fight against Xiao Tang and others. He immediately shouted angrily to stop them. Among these Manichaeans,
Even if people don't know Xiao Tang's origins, those who take the lead will know Deng Yuanjue, the guardian of the sect. With Deng Yuanjue's angry shout, he immediately frightened a large number of Manichaeans who were looking for Xiao Tang and others to fight.
And Deng Yuanjue waved his Zen staff again, pointed at the congregation in front of him and scolded: "What are you guys doing? Xiao Renxia and his heroes are here, joining forces with our religion to resist the imperial court, but you dare to fight
The swords are facing each other, could it be that the lard has blinded the mind?"
However, a man from the Manichaean congregation on the opposite side rushed out and shouted angrily at Deng Yuanjue: "Deng Yuanjue, Protector Deng, how do our brothers know about Xiao Tang, who used to work as a dog for the powerful? But it was that guy's subordinate who injured him.
We have sacrificed many lives of brothers in the church, and we dared to bring down the emperor. Now we have accomplished a great thing, but these outsiders have hurt the lives of brothers in the church, so how can we let it go?"
At this moment, Zhang Qing, who also had several wounds on his body, jumped out, pointed at the Manichae and cursed: "Fuck you! We were going to meet brother Xiao Tang, but we bumped into him.
You guys are doing evil here. They not only rob people's property, but also set fire to their houses. But those who resist will kill with knives. When they see the beauty of the second mother, they will immediately take action, and even
Come up and rob!"
Sun Erniang held the lancet with blood stains on the blade with her backhand. Although there was a smile on her face, her charming eyes were already full of murderous intent. She immediately averted her eyes, turned to look at Xiao Tang, and said: "It's true.
It was that bunch of birds that provoked me to wait. The thief wanted to die, but I was not in the mood to talk nonsense with him, so I cut the guy in the crotch. I had no choice but to get angry. "
Xiao Tang had a rough idea of how the conflict between the two sides started, and he suddenly thought of a passage in the official history about the Fang La Uprising: When La started, it destroyed fifty-two counties in six prefectures and killed two million civilians.
The astonishing number of innocent people who were implicated and died tragically may be somewhat inaccurate, even if it may also include the number of people who died in the war during the repression and turmoil. However, Xiao Tang also knew very well that Fang La's rebellion was not simply to represent the interests of the people.
To praise and say that resisting tyranny has contributed to social development and has progressive significance. Just as later generations have learned, from certain angles, the peasant uprising armies of all dynasties are characterized as anti-oppressive class struggles. Xiao Tang used his own eyes in this era
See for yourself, at least for many of the lower class, many of the so-called turmoils against the imperial court not only did not represent their interests, but on the contrary, they were also a disaster for the common people.
Human nature is complex, and there are too many times in history that are not black and white... Xiao Tang secretly sighed in his heart. He knew that if he wanted to accomplish great things, he had to use Manichaeism, and the uprising caused by Fang La contained a religious nature.
Expanding the power as quickly as possible to be able to confront the imperial court may be better than the food of Hedong Tianhu and his like, but incidents of allowing his soldiers to take advantage of the situation to kill indiscriminately will still happen, and it is also impossible to say that he is the savior of the poor people in this era.
Xiao Tang wanted to use Manichaeism, and he knew very well that even if he restrained his soldiers and horses to strictly prohibit harming good people, as the number of wars increased in the future, there would inevitably be many additional casualties, and Xiao Tang could only try to avoid involving innocent people in the war.
It is said that kindness cannot lead an army, and sometimes one has to be ruthless.
But judging from the current situation, it is more serious than Xiao Tang expected. After a large number of original victims came to power, they turned around and became perpetrators of murderous attacks on other people. Witnessing this scene,
Xiao Tang couldn't help but be aroused in his heart.
Just as the atmosphere at the scene was becoming more and more tense, shouts and shouts suddenly came from the north. Hundreds of people and horses gathered and galloped towards Xiao Tang. However, it was Lin Chongchuo who was eight feet tall.
With a snake spear, he rushed forward with all his strength, and rode his horse to block the Manichaeans on the opposite side who were about to rush forward. Lin Chong couldn't help frowning, and turned back to report to Xiao Tang: "After entering the city, we brothers
Strictly restrain the subordinates, but naturally they will not tolerate those who commit suicide or harm the people, commit adultery, and plunder, but the Manichaean group..."
Sun Xin, who had a single whip in his hand and a stab wound on his shoulder, also stood up and reported angrily to Xiao Tang: "When the gang of birds came to tease us just now, they had already touched the home of the wealthy man who lived on East Street. , killed all the good and humble members of the family, and imprisoned the women and children of only a few families in the house. Naturally, they also wanted to do the shameful dirty work."
After hearing this, Xiao Tang nodded, then looked at Deng Yuanjue and said in a deep voice: "Duke Deng, I heard that your sect believes in Ming Zun and gathers villagers specifically to resist the tyranny of the government that oppresses good people. It is supposed to make decisions for the poor people, but Now that your sect has entered the city, it will not only kill all the officials, but also take advantage of the opportunity to kidnap and plunder the people in the city. It will also do anything. If you do this and lose the people's support, how can you show mercy to the world and drive away darkness and evil?"
Just when Deng Yuanjue didn't know how to answer, Xiao Tang suddenly heard someone say in a dark voice: "Xiao Renxia, just now the dispute between the leader under his command and our brothers was just a misunderstanding. We want to fight against the imperial court together. There is no need to worry about it anymore, but the city of Hangzhou has been captured by our sect. How to tell the people? Naturally, I, the Manichaean sect, have the final say. If you want to interfere in the affairs of my sect... I don't think it is too lenient. some?"
