Chapter 244 The War in the Western Regions (Part 2)
Chapter 244: War in the Western Regions (Part 2)
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Xiao Yuanfeng looked at the yellow sand in the sky, and also fell into deep worry. The people of this city-state have suffered too much, and too many innocent people have paid their lives for it. He can never forget those people who talk about teachings.
Compared to these brutal horse thieves, at least the horse thieves themselves are not hypocritical.
On the contrary, those who promoted the doctrine said one thing and did another, causing the originally prosperous Loulan Kingdom to be involved in the quagmire of war.
Loulan State is a relatively small city-state among the countries in the Western Regions. With Loulan City as its capital, its land area is five hundred miles in radius. People living here, farmers do not need to pay taxes, they only need to participate in city-state corvee regularly, and from then on
Business people need to pay taxes, and the taxes are not that high.
This policy of survival and livelihood has made the people of Loulan very wealthy. Since the poor do not need to pay taxes, there will be no tragic situation of starvation in the fields, and the security in the city is much better. As for the merchants, they do not care about the small tax.
Besides, there is no tax exemption when traveling to other city-states. On the contrary, the excellent public security level has attracted a large number of traveling merchants.
Due to the tight supply of goods, merchants in the Western Regions have always been able to make high profits since ancient times. In other words, if there was no guarantee of high profits, who would brave sandstorms, horse thieves, and wars to come here to do business?
It is precisely because of the policy orientation of the Loulan City-state that many large traveling merchants from the Western Region countries quickly gathered here, which is also a place that makes many forces jealous.
So three years ago, a group of strangely dressed people came to Loulan City.
They wore exquisite leather armor with various metal decorations hanging on it. These people had gold rings on their ears and noses, even more than one, and some even had gold rings on their tongues.
Loulan City can accept "strange clothes". Anyone who is not half-clothed can enter the city-state, but this group of people obviously has a purpose.
They first settled in the city as doctors, and then began to treat the people in the city for free. This kind of good deed was naturally welcomed. Xiao Yuanfeng at that time even met with the leader, a young man with a rigid expression.
Xiao Yuanfeng vaguely remembered that the man had a rigid expression. If the two hadn't exchanged a few words with each other, he would have thought that the other person was just a motionless corpse. What impressed him most was that the young man had been slapped ten times on both ears.
The two gold rings look very eye-catching.
Later, this group of people began to continuously promote their own teachings and encourage people to practice the so-called "Secret of Immortality". They even brought their families and children to participate, and received free rice and noodles.
The countries in the Western Region were short of supplies. Fortunately, Loulan State was a city-state with rich people, so except for the initial robbery by a group of people, most people still maintained a wait-and-see attitude.
At that time, Xiao Yuanfeng had already noticed that something was wrong, and began to investigate the details of this group of people. What shocked Loulan's senior management was that no matter how many people they sent to investigate, none of them returned to report.
In the end, Xiao Yuanfeng was forced to have no choice but to let these investigators report their whereabouts three times a day. Finally, it was discovered that after these people locked the information on the Demon Kingdom to the east, they lost contact. Anyone who could have some traces of the Demon Kingdom's whereabouts
The spies, without exception, all disappeared without a trace.
Xiao Yuanfeng finally realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately ordered the expulsion of these strangely dressed believers!
It was also this order that successfully tore off the last fig leaf! As expected, these guys did not leave Loulan Kingdom honestly, but attacked the soldiers who went to expel them, and even occupied four corner towers in the city, and then launched the "formation"!
It turns out that the "Longevity Secret" that this group of people taught those people was not a formula for maintaining health at all, but a set of ritual sacrifices. Through this so-called "Longevity Secret", a trace of true energy was introduced into the practice.
In the human body of the "Secret of Immortality", when the formation was activated, the group of people were instantly knocked unconscious by the true energy in their bodies, and began to attack the people around them aimlessly.
Some were biting, some were scratching, and some were even holding sharp blades. For a time, the entire Loulan City fell into panic. Crazy people all over the city continued to attack innocent people who were fleeing in all directions. Those soldiers and guards were no longer enough to maintain them.
order.
Xiao Yuanfeng still felt chills running down her spine when she recalled this scene. If she were forced to find one word to describe the scene at that time, it would be "purgatory on earth".
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Wu Li found that Xiao Yuanfeng was lost in thought and did not disturb him, so he took Lin Fenghuo and Lin Lei to the back room. As she just said, this sandstorm did not pose a threat to them, warriors in the chivalrous realm. But no matter who
It's not far away from being exposed to sandstorms for a long time, especially for a young girl like her.
"City Lord Xiao seems to have something on his mind!" Lin Fenghuo picked up his wine bag, unscrewed the stopper and took a sip.
"Yes, the tragedy three years ago left an indelible mark on every Loulan person." At this point, Wu Li paused. She looked at Lin Fenghuo and continued: "So, don't blame them for not
Politeness is just...just being scared."
It turns out that Lin Fenghuo and others finally escorted Xiao Yuanfeng back to Loulan City a few days ago. You must know that this time they also brought a "bronze statue", which was the bronze statue of the seventy-two saints they visited in the courtyard of Xiaoyuan Academy.
body.
Although it was only one of them, it was extremely important in terms of weight and practical significance. Lin Fenghuo and Lin Lei naturally did not dare to neglect it. But after they entered Loulan City, to their surprise, they did not receive any welcome or praise.
He even suffered from the indifference of the people of Loulan Kingdom.
However, Wu Li talked a lot with the two of them along the way, and naturally told them about such things in advance, so there was no misunderstanding in the end. Lin Lei felt very uncomfortable with the indifference of these Loulan people, but Lin Fenghuo still persuaded him to stop.
After all, they have gone through so much hardship in putting themselves in their shoes, and it is really difficult to convince them of other people. Even recovery will take several years of buffering and healing.
While the three of them were discussing in the inner room, a horn trombone sounded from the south city gate.
Wu Li was very sensitive to this kind of signal. The moment she heard the sound of the trumpet, she stood up and disappeared from the house the next moment.
"Don't be nervous. Let's see how they respond first. After all, war is different from ordinary warrior battles. Sometimes if we join rashly, we will cause trouble for others." Lin Fenghuo said in a low voice.
Lin Lei next to him grinned and said calmly: "I understand this truth, but what really makes me not rush to take action is that there should be decent martial arts masters among those horse thieves, right?"