Chapter 426: The Moonlight Mandala (3)
That night, the entire island of Liangshan gradually fell into hell in the midst of fire and killing.
When the sun set, Fang Duxing, the commander of the Wurui battalion, pressed the handle of his sword, stood in front of the warship, and watched the big flag of "Walking for the Sky" on the distant island fall from the flagpole, in the clouds like fire, indicating the short-lived rise and fall of Liangshan. At the same moment, on the island, or in the foothills on the other side, a leader watched the chaos appear, expand, and finally irreparable, and let out a cry of grief.
The entire course of the battle of the Wurui battalion's attack on Liangshan Island lasted only two days. On this day of June 20, the offensive of the officers and men was carried out with extreme caution, because before Liangshan reached its current size, the Wurui battalion had already returned from the water several times. This time, despite the Battle of Dulonggang, the commander Fang Duxing still could not take it lightly, and at first blocked the waters, carefully figured out the defense of Liangshan on several small islands around it, and only began to carry out a tentative attack at noon on this day.
In fact, the attack on the surrounding islands was met with a lot of resistance, but to be honest, these resistances were not as strong as the previous ones, and even under the conservative defense of the officers and soldiers, the attack on the Liangshan side seemed clumsy. Sensing this, Fang Duxing began to order a formal attack, knocking out several ships on the periphery, and the attack on several small islands came to an end at the night of June 20, and then a strange situation occurred.
At the end of the battle, there are always people who surrender, and this time, the first to surrender is the head of their companion, and then the demon that seems to be released because of the fall of night grows in the hearts of people. Some of the Liangshan guards chose to flee, while the other part, in the middle of the night, began to fight among themselves.
Everything was just as the man from the capital said, heads for lives and rewards, and some of the first people may have taken the heads of their comrades who had died in battle, and then when a small number of people could not flee and there were not enough corpses, they swung their knives at the people around them. And Governor Fang's side has also issued a strict order at this time. There are human heads that can live. No one but die.
On June 21, the attack on the main island of Yangsan began, and the fleet fought on the water near Yangsan, and it was in the afternoon of this day. The main force of the Wurui battalion began to land on the island. When occupying the next first position. When they were ready to attack, they were greeted by no longer Liangshan's huge resistance. But...... The entire Liangshan bandits were so powerful that they collapsed on their own.
According to the comparison of previous combat experience, the Wurui Battalion's attack on Liangshan this time was like a steel knife cutting into a piece of tofu. No one realized that the whole process would be so fast, and even the collapse of the second half of it was not the steel knife that cut through it.
For Fang Duxing, he could only gradually piece together the truth of the matter from the mouths of some captured prisoners.
Just a few days before the attack of the officers and soldiers, the situation in Liangshan was already in a state of suspicion and fear. Things are moving so fast that many people haven't reacted yet, but the cruel truth has already appeared in front of everyone, and they can't help but believe it or not.
Friction, estrangement, quarrels, and small-scale fights are not the most serious things, and the most troublesome and sensitive thing is that when the news of the merit of the head of the person spreads, it leads to the disappearance of a few people. Sometimes, the body will even be found from the back of someone's house, and even the people inside Liangshan can't be sure whether this person was killed by the other party or if there is an opponent who planted the blame.
The big bosses tried to suppress the situation, but they also inevitably guarded each other and connected with each other, and the frequency of patrols and strict inspections were increased, but this did not help, the smartest people were trying to organize small groups from the beginning, and then the people of different local factions were also in contact with each other for self-preservation, they looked after their families, and as long as someone was watching, they became extremely sensitive. For several days in a row, there were dead people, clashes in the dark, conflicts on the surface. Although it is an island of tens of thousands of people, it is also very scary to die a few dozen people like this.
After the accusations and conflicts began to become apparent, everyone realized that the collapse was coming, and the leaders above could no longer be suppressed. The close henchmen will begin to test whether the boss above intends to surrender or run away, and the boss above will also test the thoughts of the henchmen. In this process, when the officers and soldiers began to attack, the condition of the entire Liangshan was already like a large mass of hot and dry patients wrapped in the body, which would erupt at any time, but if there was no external force, the whole process would probably have to last for a while.
Even if it was the rebellion of Fang La, or the famine came, when the ten rooms and nine empty rooms were full of hunger, the suspicion and vigilance among the hungry refugees were not oppressed and stimulated to such an extent. Not only had the people on Liangshan not experienced such a situation, but even Governor Fang had never seen such a thing before.
After the evening of that day, the officers and men rushed to the island, but in fact they also encountered a wave of small-scale resistance, and on the water around Liangshan, the battle was still going on, and several clashes broke out between the ships that broke through and the warships of the Wurui battalion. However, if we look at the situation of the whole Yangsan Island, it is like a floating island in the hell that is simply to test human nature. Killings between fellow comrades, cannibalism for heads, have been going on, and people who want to make the chaos even more chaotic and fish in troubled waters set fire to the mountains.
In order to prevent the soldiers under his command from being too seriously injured in this frenzied situation, Governor Fang ordered some soldiers to just surround the island, and not attack, so that the people on the entire island were left to fend for themselves. Let the evil of human nature wreak havoc throughout the island. And outside the island, the breakouts, the pursuits, the lonely, piecemeal battles have been going on in flames.
That night, looking at the various survivors who rushed down to the island, Fang Duxing sighed with He Rui: "My generation of soldiers, I believe that human nature is inherently evil, but how evil human nature is at this time." Relatively speaking, the scholar from the capital, at this time, in his opinion, is really like a demon, He Rui also said: "It's just such a method, too vicious, I'm afraid it hurts the heavens and ......."
A means to bring cold to the enemy at the same time, to bring to their own people. It was also a chill, which Ning Yi didn't know what Lu Dao would think in his heart. It's just that when Fang Duxing and He Rui sighed like this, on the water near Liangshan, between the flames and the wreckage, there was also a medium-sized warship, which was slowly moving. Wang Shanyue stood at the front of the ship, remembering that a few days before Ning Yi was about to make a move, he was sitting under the eaves of Zhujiazhuang, holding the bracelet as a rosary and spinning with some information. It's also coming to this ship. Aggregate and summarizing.
"When I was a child, I read the Three Character Sutra and said that human beings were originally good, but after this time, I didn't believe it." Su Wenyu muttered there. And Ning Yi, who was also looking at this piece of water and fire. He glanced at him with a frown.
"Su Wenyu. You remember, human nature is inherently neither good nor evil. A moment later. Ning Yi opened his mouth and said, "You used to think that human nature is good, but that's not necessarily right, if such a thing makes you feel that human nature is evil, it can only show your narrow-mindedness." Human nature is chaotic, there is no good and no evil, but it is not firm, it is easy to be tempted, and what it will become depends on external forces. It is not easy to get to this point, but there is no way to make people better. If you think that human nature is inherently good or that human nature is inherently evil, it is the idea of cowards who don't want to work hard at all, they have no ideas and no ego, they have to push the essence, this kind of thought, if you want to do things, don't have it. ”
Witnessing the collapse of Liangshan, in the eyes of everyone, Ning Yi's mood was not necessarily good, he did not focus on these ordinary people in Liangshan, and what he was waiting for at this time was also some more critical information. After thinking for a while, Su Wenyu said, "I will remember." Ning Yi smiled and sat down on a chair at the bow of the boat, looking at the island of flames and chaos in the distance.
"When you see this, you should think of the preciousness of order and the greatness of morality, the spiritual civilization, culture, and morality of a world, these things add up to protect all people, and morality is followed by law. Once they collapse, they can easily become like this on Liangshan. No matter how far we can manipulate human nature, you and I should be in awe of human nature, culture, and morality. If you don't want to be like this, you have to remember that. ”
The ship gradually moved forward, past the wreckage of a large ship, the flames burning on the water had not yet been extinguished, and the floating corpses floated past the side of the ship. Ning Yi shook his head, looked at the little fire in front of him, frowned, and spoke in a low voice.
"I used to ...... In fact, I have seen many people, who always think that they are very powerful, clamoring for character, and they want to kill decisively, and they don't know what morality is. This kind of person is actually the lowest type of person in the world, who is neither powerful nor wise, and the only thing they have is arrogance and stupidity. ”
Ning Yi sighed and stretched out his finger to point to the flames on Liang Mountain, "I only know a little about my immediate interests, but I can't see my own vulnerability. In fact, morality is not really bound by the small people, those who have the ability and strength to have wisdom are the most restrained, once the morality is released, ordinary people are a little bit of small profits, complacent, they don't know that those big people at this time, every little bit of the shackles are released, they hurt the interests and lives of thousands of people. Human nature is a very interesting thing, but also very cruel, good and bad are mixed together, if you want good things, then you have to work hard, always feel that it has nothing to do with yourself, maybe one day, morality drops to a certain level, there is nothing. ”
The light flowed, shining brightly and darkly, Ning Yi's sigh was soaked in the night, and the people around him seemed quiet. A small boat rowed across the water, coming from that side, and coming up was Qi Xinhan, who brought information.
"Not long ago, it was Song Jiang who broke through on the island, and several ships of the Wurui Battalion wanted to intercept it, but they were caught off guard. I've asked some of the captives...... Sure enough, as you said, the strong man broke his wrist. ”
The news that he had been waiting for finally came, and Ning Yi stood up: "How many people?" ”
"There are less than 4,000 people in the end." Qi Xinhan said, "In recent days, Song Jiang and the others have stood still on the surface, but in fact, they are indeed waiting for the contradictions to intensify. They secretly chose the part of the island that was least likely to surrender, either because they had a blood feud with the government, or the case they committed was too big, or they were the closest direct members. After the conflict intensified, they also saw it more clearly, contacted them privately, and then gathered them all. As for the rest, the island's, they were abandoned. ”
Ning Yi pressed his palms against each other and nodded: "The strong man broke his wrist...... They were quite decisive. ”
Qi Xinyi on the side said: "Among them, there are still people with two hearts, right?" ”
Ning Yi shook his head: "There are still spies, but it is difficult to affect the combat power, firstly, they are diehards, and secondly, if they want to exchange their heads for rewards, they don't need to follow them, as long as they stay on the island and kill people, the matter will be over." In this way, the influence I put in their hearts can be regarded as being taken out, 4,000 people, and it is estimated that some of them are family members. But after leaving Liangshan, it was still a big problem. Don't care about the first on Liangshan, this group of people must all be killed...... We should be ready to chase after us, and notify the 2,000 men from Dulonggang to join us, and inform the prefectures and counties to cooperate. ”
He turned his head and pointed at Su Wenyu: "Wenyu, you bring a few people over to lead them there, let him divide the troops, you are responsible for contacting the two sides, tonight, you can watch this drama over there." In addition, whether there are family members on the mountain or not, if there are more than three heads on average, let Fang lead them all to detain. After this war, either they join the army, or they will follow me for the time being, and this group of people will not be able to flow into society now - of course, this will not be explained for the time being, and I will come back. Also, once the fighting on the mountain is not so fierce, let the commander of Fang send troops to clean up, even if there is no head, as long as they don't resist, they can all be released, they are the cleanest now. Kill these people...... It doesn't make much sense anymore. ”
"Yes." After Ning Yi finished arranging, Su Wenyu nodded, and led a few people to the island in a small boat. The order was given here, and the warship sailed through the waves, and under the moonlight, followed the light of the imperial warship's little fire towards the distant water, and farther away, the outline of the dark mountains and water.
On one side of the field of vision, the huge island is still burning and fighting in the dark, and I don't know when the road will stop......
On 22 June, Liangshan fell, and only more than 3,000 people headed by Song Jiang were left on the run......
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Xie Lu thanked the league leader Archicad's red reward, and congratulated the "3,000 meters" student on becoming the leader of this book. Xie Lu thanked everyone for their support.
I'm asking for a monthly pass. ^_^ (To be continued......)