Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 625
These native leaders arrived at Lang Son City one after another after taking the lead, and some native leaders were afraid that the Kyushu Army would kill them, so they came together with native villagers they were familiar with.

"Li Xiong, the last time we were in Langshan City was three years ago, right?" A leader of the indigenous people of the hunter village who was wearing a fur coat stood at the gate of Liangshan City and said to another leader of the indigenous people who came with him.

"Yes, it was the Zheng family who occupied Lang Son three years ago, and they posted a message asking all of us to come to Lang Son City and pay them taxes." The leader of the local people called Li Xiong said.

"It's really embarrassing. Lang Son City has changed hands twice in three years, and this time it was still occupied by the Kyushu Army from the Celestial Dynasty. I don't know if it is a blessing or a disaster for us." The leader of the local people said.

"Li Youwu, there is a saying among the Han people that it is a blessing not a disaster, and a disaster cannot be avoided. Our small villages can only be at the mercy of others. I just hope that their taxes will not be too harsh, and they will not compete with the Mongols who came hundreds of years ago. They robbed our property just like the people of the Ming Dynasty,” Li Xiong said.

"What secret things are you two talking about? Come quickly and have a look. Several sections of the walls of Lang Son City have collapsed, and the city gates are also torn apart. It seems that the traces only appeared in the past few days, which shows the fierce fighting at that time." The third native leader pointed to the walls and gates of Lang Son City and said.

"We discovered it a long time ago." Li Xiong and Li Youwu said.

Even those who have never been to Lang Son City, the first reaction when they came to the gate of the city was to see several places destroyed by artillery. It was because the Kyushu Army completely destroyed the defenses of Lang Son City in order to attack Lang Son City.

In order to capture Lang Son City as soon as possible and reduce the losses of the soldiers, Chang Yi used dozens of cannons from the Artillery Brigade to continuously bombard Lang Son City, and also dispatched a blasting team to blast under the cover of the artillery. The numerous Lang Son city walls.Compared with the city walls in the Central Plains, the city walls of Langshan City in the northwest of Annan Kingdom are really nothing. It is estimated that only the defense capabilities of royal cities such as Shenglong City and Fuchun City can frustrate the Kyushu Army.

"It's really terrible. Even such a strong city wall has been destroyed, and the city gate is even more torn apart." A group of local people's leaders couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Seeing the arrival of some native leaders, a squadron of the Kyushu Army guarding the city gate sent soldiers to meet them.In addition to ordinary soldiers, the Kyushu Army also hired a lot of native translators, so there was no communication problem.

"Patriarchs of the villages, please come with us. Our general has been waiting for you in the city for a long time." The soldier of the Kyushu Army said politely.

Regarding the attitude of the soldiers of the Kyushu Army, the leaders of the local people were a little surprised. They thought that the Kyushu Army, as the conqueror, should at least be domineering.

"Let's go." These native leaders looked at me and I looked at you, and finally bit the bullet and stepped into Lang Son City.

Obviously, Lang Son City also experienced fierce fighting not long ago. Some houses were destroyed by artillery and burned by flames. Although they were cleaned up by the Kyushu Army and the residents of the city after the war, broken wood and gravel can still be seen.

The native leaders were terrified. If they didn't handle it well today, their respective villages might also suffer the same bad luck.

boom!Suddenly there was a loud noise on the ground in Lang Son City, frightening the leaders of the local people to squat on the ground, looking around vigilantly, wanting to know the source of the explosion.

I saw a house in Lang Son City suddenly exploded, the flames shot up into the sky, and billowing black smoke billowed up!Residents in Lang Son City were also shocked to look at the place where the flames were soaring into the sky, and were startled by the sudden loud noise.

"Everyone, don't panic. We are just using gunpowder to demolish the old house. The demolished place will be used to build the new government office of our Kyushu army here." A soldier said to the residents on the street.

"It turned out that it was just demolishing the old house, but this is too extravagant, and gunpowder was used to demolish it." Some local leaders did not feel sorry for the house, but felt sorry for the gunpowder consumed by the Kyushu army.

"Why do I feel that this is the Kyushu Army intimidating us. How can we use gunpowder to blow up the house as soon as we come?" Li Xiong said.

"I'm afraid you are thinking too much. The Kyushu Army itself is powerful, so why use gunpowder to intimidate us?" Li Youwu said, "But the Kyushu Army is indeed a powerful army from the north, and it seems invincible. I heard that they are useless In a few days, our city of Lang Son and the villages that called out to resist them were wiped out."

"The Zheng family only took over Lang Son three years ago, and they don't have a deep relationship with us. Why should we sacrifice our lives for them in vain?"

"In this way, we are lucky that they invited us to talk calmly. Fortunately, our village did not respond to the Zheng family's request for help and sent troops to help the Zheng family. Otherwise, our village may be a piece of scorched earth now." Some local village leaders couldn't help but Fortunately.

After that, all of them followed the soldiers of the Kyushu Army in awe, not daring to offend them.They were placed in temporary wooden houses until all the chiefs of the indigenous people arrived, and then they were summoned to the old government office in Lang Son City.

Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers from the Kyushu Army were arranged near the old yamen, giving the leaders of the local people who attended the meeting the feeling of a Hongmen banquet, but now that they have entered Lang Son City, they are like fish on a chopping board, and it is up to them whether they come or not.

"Hand over the weapons, and we will keep them on your behalf to prevent fierce conflicts. In addition, personal soldiers are not allowed to enter." The soldiers of the Kyushu Army guarding the gate of the yamen disarmed the leaders of the indigenous people who were present at the meeting.

These native leaders are not fuel-efficient lamps. Everyone carries weapons with them, and everyone also brings their own soldiers. If they are allowed to bring weapons and personal soldiers in, the old yamen can really be demolished in a fight. .

"Brothers, let's do the same." Li Youwu took the initiative to hand over the dagger he was carrying.

Other native leaders followed suit.If he didn't call out generously at this time, he would most likely be regarded as a suspicious person by the Kyushu Army.

A group of people left behind their own soldiers and entered the Yamen. In the lobby of the Yamen, there were several figures who were generally commanders of the Kyushu Army, and then soldiers of the Kyushu Army stood around with muskets on their backs.

"I am Changyi, the regiment commander of the Kyushu Army Independent Corps. I heard that the villages you live in have always been independent, and you often don't listen to the orders of Lang Son City. Therefore, I have come to you and hope to talk to you about the future of Lang Son. The issue of order in the region." Changyi said with a slight smile.

"Don't dare, dare not..." These native leaders said that Changyi said that he and others were time bombs, and they couldn't help being frightened.

"This time we invited 47 villages, but it seems that only 43 came, and 4 didn't come. I have sent troops to find them. If they don't give a good reason, we will attack their villages , everyone will be demoted to hard labor for ten years,” Chang Yi said.

Ah... Hearing what Changyi said, the leaders of the group of native villagers in front of them became even more frightened. They sent the whole village into labor labor if they didn't agree with each other. This is too cruel!
(End of this chapter)