The Emperor is Above

Chapter 160 Hundreds of Years of Blood Feud (Part )
"Was the second destruction of the State of Xing related to the surrender of the barbarians?" Qing Yi's expression became more and more solemn.

Those who are not of my race must have different hearts. This is not an empty fabrication, but a condensed statement based on countless bloody lessons.

Gongsun Wu nodded seriously at Qing Yi and said, "That's right. In the 650th year of the lunar calendar, Xianyu Wang Yuhun led 200,000 elite cavalrymen to invade the south.

The two senior ministers who were ordered to stop the army of Xianyu fell out with each other. After the King of Xianyu learned the information, he took advantage of the conflict between the two and caused the annihilation of the 100,000-strong army of Xing State.

Afterwards, Xianyu Wang Yuhun's army arrived at the city of Xingtai. The State of Xing was once again facing danger and extinction. At this time, the military force of the surrendered people was particularly relied upon.

Who would have thought that the surrendered barbarians, who had enjoyed preferential treatment from the State of Xing for more than a hundred years, would take the opportunity to make a very shameless threat, not only to continue to increase the annual money and grain subsidies, but also to have a status higher than that of the Chinese people.

Although the 28th Duke of Xing, Duke Ai, was weak and generous in character, he was also angered by the shameless behavior of the surrendered barbarians and sternly rejected their threats.

The greedy and surrendered people were dissatisfied, so they secretly contacted Xianyu Wang Yuhun, and cooperated with Xianyu army to capture Xingtai City again. This city, which was supposed to be unbreakable, fell completely.

After the fall of the capital, the surrendered wild people and the Xianyu army carried out looting and massacres for more than ten days. Not only were the king Aihou, royal family members, ministers, and officials in the upper city killed, but also 300,000 people in the middle city, lower city and suburbs were all slaughtered.

The entire capital was ravaged by plague for three years, the stench was so bad that no one dared to approach, corpses piled up like mountains, blood flowed like rivers, these eight short words in the history books are a heavy portrayal of the truth.

"hiss--"

Qing Yi couldn't help but take a breath.

"At least 300,000 people were massacred in the capital alone. If we take into account the losses caused by the war in the capital, I'm afraid the loss of population is no less than one million."

Daniu's eyes widened in shock. "No wonder my grandmother said that the people of Xing State and the people of Daze have an irreconcilable hatred. It turns out that there is such a deep blood feud between them."

The private armies and militiamen around them looked as if they had suddenly realized something. Mu Yi asked loudly, "Gongsun Jiazai, could it be that these barbarians who betrayed the State of Xing and surrendered to the state of Xing are related to the barbarians of Jiming Lake?"

"Yes, they have a great relationship." Gongsun Wu nodded in appreciation and responded to him,

"After the massacre, the remaining nobles and common people of Xing State supported Prince Tan to succeed the throne, namely Marquis Ying, in Yanjin City on the bank of the Yellow River.

With a deep blood feud of the country being destroyed and the family being annihilated, from the king, ministers, and officials to the nobles and common people, they are all fighting to the death with these rebellious barbarians.

Fortunately, Yanjin City was backed by the natural barrier of the river and had the full support of the princes of various countries south of the river. This is how it managed to hold on, and it took more than ten years to regain the capital.

However, even after conquering the capital, frequent and brutal wars continued for more than a hundred years, until the decisive battle outside Xingtai City a hundred years ago.

The rulers and ministers of the State of Xing paid a tragic price in which their ruler Liehou was killed in battle and more than half of the ministers and officials were killed in battle. In this way, they annihilated 200,000 elite cavalrymen of the State of Xianyu, including King Ye Yan of the State of Xianyu, and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of the troops of the State of Xianyu, causing heavy casualties and forcing them to retreat northward in defeat.

Except for a small number of these rebellious and surrendered wild people who successfully fled north with the remnants of the Xianyu army, most of them had their way to the north cut off.

After a series of battles, more than half of the people were killed or injured, and the remaining people who surrendered had to flee into the depths of Jiming Lake. They then plundered the capital of Xing State for hundreds of years.

Unfortunately, over the years, the Xianyu tribe, the Guiwu tribe, and the Black Wind tribe have been holding them back, and there is also the natural barrier of Jiming Lake. Even the Chonghou has some treacherous intentions, so they have not been able to wipe out the wild people in the lake. "

"It turns out that the hatred between the people of Daze and the rulers and people of Xing State has such a long history!"

Fortunately, Gongsun Wu was knowledgeable enough to understand the source of such ancient hatred, otherwise he would have made a wrong decision, Qing Yi thanked.

"No wonder that whenever the Xianyu army and the wild people of Daze are mentioned, no matter they are the nobles or the common people, they all gnashed their teeth in hatred. Fortunately, Brother Gongsun and the others tried their best to dissuade me. Since the wild people of Daze have such a long history of bad deeds and have a ten-generation blood feud with the rulers and people of Xing, I will never recruit them into my own army without authorization.

Anyway, there are millions of people in the capital, and there are also many scattered small settlements of wild people in the northern border, many of whom are friendly to Xing State and can be recruited."

At this point, Qing Yi glanced at the beastmaster apprentice who was still vomiting not far away, and then glanced at the barbarian captives in the distance. Finally, he made a decision: "Cut off the big toes of all the barbarian prisoners and cut their tendons. I will present them to you, my Lord."

Under the black-and-white situation, Qing Yi decisively decided the fate of these barbarian captives. As for whether Xing Hou would offer these barbarian captives to the Taimiao or bury them with his ancestors after receiving them, that was Xing Hou's own business.

After getting Qing Yi's assurance that he would never surrender the barbarians in Daze, and receiving such a decisive order, Gongsun Wu, the Dongmen brothers, Chai Yong and other private army militiamen could finally go to clean up the battlefield with peace of mind.

Although the battlefield was as brutal as hell, since all the dead were enemies and no one on our side was injured, no one felt sad.

Enduring the extremely foul smell on the battlefield, the private armies and militiamen piled up the heads of the savages like picking watermelons. After treating them with lime and medicine, they could be stored for a long time without spoiling.

As for the corpses, limbs, etc. of the wild people, there will naturally be countless herds of animals to clean them up at night. This is the law of nature and there is no need to worry too much.

At this moment, Chai Yong looked like a local rich man collecting debts, smiling as he held a piece of animal skin scroll and counted the results of the battle.

Seeing Qing Yi coming over, he explained excitedly: "Master, that's great. In this battle alone, more than 2,000 heads were beheaded. It's a pity that many heads were trampled and smashed by the dragon claw locust tree spirit in the battle, otherwise the number of heads would be 400 to 500 more."

Gongsun Wu glanced at the records on the animal skin scroll, and a hint of excitement could not help but appear on his usually calm face: "My Lord, in this battle we beheaded one high-level totem warrior, thirteen intermediate totem warriors, and one hundred and forty-five primary totem warriors.

The remaining nearly two thousand heads were all from elite hunter-level warriors of the wild people, not to mention the hundreds of wild people prisoners of war who were to be presented to the emperor.

Such rich and solid military achievements are more than enough for the Lord to be promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Even if the nobles are still unhappy about the previous events, it is difficult for them to say anything against it. "

"This means I can be promoted to sergeant again!"

In just over half a year, he was promoted from lower commoner to upper commoner, lower corporal, and middle sergeant. Now, after just over seven months, he was able to be promoted to upper sergeant due to his merits.

Such a fast speed can almost create a new record for the speed of promotion of vassal states of Xing State. Qing Yi couldn't help but feel excited.

He bowed his head and thought, “According to the rules, when a corporal is conferred a title, he should accept it in person from the monarch, but for various reasons, he did not meet the monarch.

This time, I will be summoned by the king after being conferred the title of senior sergeant, right? If possible, I must take this opportunity to ask the king to allow me to study at the Imperial College."

Although Qing Yi received the pharmacist's notes from Old Man Shi last time, Yuanmu Qiujian also gave him a complete set of "The Initial Explanation of Runes".

It played a big role in his understanding and practice of runes and pharmacists, especially his rune level improved rapidly, but working behind closed doors is ultimately not as good as communicating with others in the Imperial College.

Of course, there is a more important reason. Qing Yi once heard Yuanmu Qiujian mention that the Imperial College has hundreds of thousands of precious books, and he really wants to read them all.

If he were to be granted the title of lower-ranking official in the future, he would have to move away from the capital to a remote frontier fiefdom, and it would be difficult for him to get such an opportunity again.

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