Severe punishment, must be severely punished, these soldiers who bully the people must be severely punished, otherwise, how can the people be at ease in production and life, although the bad things are done by the Nan Tianzhu soldiers, but the reason why the Nan Tianzhu soldiers can ascend to the land of Gordy is completely caused by the Tang Army's defeat of the Lion Country's soldiers and horses, so the Nan Tianzhu soldiers spoil the people of the Lion Country, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers will also be angry.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty naturally do not need to be afraid of the ordinary people of the Lion Country, but the purpose of the Tang Dynasty's occupation of this place is to operate it well and serve the construction of the Maritime Silk Road, not to make enemies of the people of the Lion Country, and in order to maintain stability here, it will be more beneficial to the people to be friendly, so it is very undesirable to bully the people.

Because of this, when the news of the Nan Tianzhu soldiers bullying the people of the Lion Country came, Li An was very angry and demanded that these Nan Tianzhu soldiers who did evil be severely punished.

"It's too much, it actually bullies ordinary people, such soldiers must be severely punished to set an example."

Li An said sternly.

"Li Shilang, the last general has already investigated, it is all Nan Tianzhu's soldiers who are bullying ordinary people, and none of my Tang Dynasty soldiers are bullying the people."

A Tang general replied proudly.

When the king of Nantianzhu heard this, he couldn't help but feel quite embarrassed, the soldiers under his command bullied the people, and they were disgraced by him, and it also showed that the military discipline of his Nantianzhu soldiers and horses was far inferior to that of the Tang army.

"Severe punishment, should be severely punished, Li Shilang is right, you can't condone these arrogant soldiers."

Naturally, Ero didn't dare to object, even if Li An wanted to kill his soldiers, he could only agree.

"Proud soldiers? This word is not used accurately, your army has not been fighting, how can it become a proud soldier, proud soldiers, they have not fought, what is there to be proud of, a fierce general, they have been defeated repeatedly, how can they become a fierce general? ”

Li An corrected Harrow's words, paused, and asked, "How many people have been arrested, and how many bad things have they done?" ”

"Back to Li Shilang, a total of more than 300 people were arrested, they robbed the people's property, killed more than 30 ordinary people, ruined more than 50 women, and burned down more than 100 houses......"

The Tang generals reported.

Li An looked sideways at Ero, whose face had changed drastically, and said, "Your Royal Highness, your soldiers have done a lot of bad things!" Doesn't anyone care about it? ”

Ero said nervously: "Severe punishment, severe punishment must be punished to set an example." ”

Li An nodded and walked outside. And at a glance saw the Nantianzhu soldiers who were tied up.

Most of these soldiers who did bad things lowered their heads and did not dare to speak, but there were also a few soldiers who were unconvinced, as if there was nothing wrong with what they did and they should not have been tied up.

"What, still not convinced?"

Li An walked up to an unconvinced soldier and asked sharply.

"If you don't accept it, you don't accept it."

The soldier stiffened his breath.

"Bold, dare to contradict Li Shilang, slap your mouth."

A Tang general went up and slapped him a few times, and the soldier who hit him vomited blood all over his mouth.

Naturally, Hérault did not dare to intercede for the soldier who made a mistake, so he could only stand aside and watch.

"What did he do?"

Ang Lee asked.

"Back to Li Shilang, this kid made the most mistakes, killed a family of three, and ruined a little lady and robbed more than a dozen sheep, which is an unforgivable crime."

The Tang general said.

"I've done so many things, it's enough to cut my head ten times!"

Ang Lee said and looked at Ero.

Ero hurriedly said: "Li Shilang is right, he should be killed." ”

Li An said: "His Royal Highness the King, but this kid is not convinced!" You think of a way to convince him. ”

Ero nodded, saluted respectfully, walked up to the soldier, and said angrily: "Bastard, why do you oppress the people, and dare to contradict Li Shilang, who gave you the guts." ”

"King, they are the people of the Lion Country, not the people of my Nantianzhu, not the people of the Tang Dynasty, why can't they be killed, when the army of the Lion Kingdom invaded us, how many of our people were killed, how many of our sisters were ruined, why can't we kill their people and spoil their sisters when we occupy the Lion Kingdom, this is not fair."

The kidnapped soldier said strongly.

King Eero was so angry that he slapped him and scolded: "Bastard, you dare to talk back, drag it down, and cut it down." ”

"Wait a minute."

Li An opened his mouth to stop it, and said: "Your Royal Highness, I mean to convince him, even if you kill him, but he is still not convinced!" ”

King Eero nodded, looked at all the soldiers who were tied up, and shouted: "You all listen, the soldiers of the Lion Kingdom are bullying us Nan Tianzhu, they are all beasts, but what about you? What you are doing now is the same as what the soldiers of the Lion Nation do, you have also become brutes, and brutes cannot be forgiven, what are you not convinced. ”

All the soldiers bowed their heads when they heard this, and naturally they realized their mistakes, and at the same time, they also felt fear in their hearts, because a severe punishment awaited them.

"The king spares his life, we know that we are wrong, and we dare no more."

Some of the soldiers shouted in fear.

Ero looked at Li An and asked, "Li Shilang, are these soldiers all killed?" ”

Li An said with a smile: "These are all soldiers of Nan Tianzhu, His Royal Highness the King will look at it!" It is better to punish them according to the law of Nan Tianzhu. ”

Ero agreed: "Okay, Xiao Wang will do it, just as they are bullying the people of Nantianzhu." ”

Soon, Ero called a minister who was familiar with the law and told him to punish these errant soldiers according to the law of Nan Tianzhu.

"Li Shilang, let you laugh, the military discipline of the Tang Dynasty is good, no soldier dares to bully the people, what a teacher of benevolence and righteousness!"

Ero didn't have to be personally responsible for the punishment, followed behind Ang Lee, and spoke.

Li An suddenly felt something, and said: "We have a saying in the Tang Dynasty that people are originally good, but the official feels that this sentence is wrong, human nature is greedy, just like these soldiers, it was their greed that killed them, however, there is a more important reason, what does His Royal Highness the King know?" ”

Ero opened his mouth and said, "Xiao Wang doesn't know, please let Li Shilang know." ”

Li An smiled: "It's because they are just small soldiers who don't have power, if the official wants this, he doesn't need to rob it at all, go to spoil it, just ask Ma Teqin directly, no matter how much property and beauty can be captured, why risk his life to rob it." ”

When Ero heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "What Li Shilang said is so right, soldiers are soldiers, there are many of them, if everyone comes by temperament, then the order in the world will be chaotic." Good things are not something they can enjoy. ”

"Hahahaha!"

Ang Lee laughed a few times and took Hérault for a walk in the harbor to chat.

Of the more than 300 soldiers who made mistakes, more than 20 were executed, and many were put in prison, the lightest being whipping.

Because they were all dealt with according to the law, no one dared to be unconvinced, and the soldiers who did not make mistakes, seeing such a situation, did not dare to make mistakes again.

And the happiest are naturally the people of the Lion Country, when they saw this scene, their hostility towards Datang was reduced a lot, many people applauded, praised Datang's benevolence and righteousness, and many people who fled also chose to return home.

The people are the foundation of the country, and the ruling class must not bully the people at will, otherwise, it will be difficult to stabilize the regime, and of course, it will also allow the people to have food, and if the people have no food, it will also cause extremely serious consequences.

Of course, if the living standards of the people are generally improved, then it is not enough to let the people eat enough, but also to meet more living needs of the people, such as spiritual life, such as higher material enjoyment, tourism and so on.

However, in the era of Datang, the demand of the people is not very large, at least the current demand is not large, especially in small overseas countries, the people are already very happy to have a full stomach, and there will not be too high demand.

More than 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Ma Teqin and 5,000 elites assisted by the Tang Dynasty marched straight to the royal city of the Lion Kingdom at the fastest speed, and they wanted to raid the Lion King City and kill the old king's family, so as to ensure that he could successfully become the throne.

Among the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, it is inevitable that there will be the eyes of the old king, so Ma Teqin is very worried that the news of his surrender to the Tang Dynasty will leak out, so that the old king can escape in advance, so it will be too difficult for him to search for him.

In order to prevent the leakage of news, he first transferred all the soldiers and horses except for his henchmen out of Gordy Harbor early, so that they could not get the news of the landing of the Tang Army in time.

Then, after the Tang army's soldiers and horses converged with them, they immediately ordered to set off, so that the old king's eyes would not have enough time to send the news back to the royal city, so as to ensure that when the army arrived in the royal city, the king did not know what had happened.

Of course, the removal of the generals of the King's Guard is also an indispensable step, these generals have followed the king for many years, and they have long been dead friends, and at this critical moment, it is natural to remove, but after the replacement, these generals will be killed to prevent changes.

King Kullam's eyeliner is not only one in the army, but also an additional eyeliner, so he still learned the news of Ma Teqin's surrender to Datang a few hours in advance.

This news was like a bolt from the blue, which hit King Coolam very hard, making him want to cry without tears, which means that his lion kingdom is completely finished, no, it is his royal family that is finished, he really didn't expect that Ma Teqin, a seemingly loyal guy, would betray him at a critical time.

"Your Majesty, Ma Teqin, a traitor with the Tang army, will soon be killed in the royal city, we have no soldiers and horses to resist, we must escape from the royal city as soon as possible."

The faithful minister advised.

"Flee the royal city, then where should we go? Are there any good places to stay? ”

Kurram asked.

"There must be caves in the mountains, and only by fleeing into the mountains can we escape from the pursuit of Ma Teqin."

The minister said.

"Let this king live in the mountains, hmph, this king would rather die in the palace than in a dark and damp cave, and you all run for your lives!" Leave me alone. ”

Kurram refused to flee, he was used to a life of affluence, and he could not afford to live in a cave.

"Your Majesty, as long as you are alive, you will definitely be able to fight back, and we will come back."

The minister persuaded bitterly.

"If you don't go, this king won't go."

Kurram would not leave.

"Someone, take His Majesty away, quickly."

The loyal servant was in a hurry, and asked the soldiers to drive Kurram, who refused to leave.

At this time, the ordinary people of Wangcheng have not yet received the news, and they don't know what will happen next, so life is still the same, and the matter of changing the dynasty has nothing to do with the common people, and it is enough for ordinary people to just want to live their own small lives, and they don't need to care about the major events of changing the dynasty.

Most of the guards of the palace had been deceived by the Mates, and there were less than a thousand guards left, which was the only remaining armed force of King Khulam.

However, fighting a war is not just a matter of troops, but also requires money and popular support.

Who is more popular with the people, whether it is Ma Teqin or Kulam, no one can say, it should be half a catty, but in terms of financial resources, the Kuram group occupies a great advantage, the treasury is in the royal city, there are a lot of goods in it, enough to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers, but they have no time to prepare for all this, because Ma Teqin's soldiers and horses will arrive soon.

In addition, there are too many wealthy merchants in the royal city, there are many royal estates, and there are also many favored industries, once the soldiers and horses of the Mateqin conquer the royal city, their wealth will all be embezzled, so before the arrival of the soldiers and horses of the Mateqin, they must try to transfer the important wealth of their own industry.

For a time, many nobles' families were busy, and all kinds of gold and silver were loaded into carriages, preparing to leave the royal city with these goods and take refuge in the remote countryside.

Of course, due to the rush of time, many larger, not very valuable goods can not be taken away, such as grain and other materials, it is difficult to transport them quickly, but these rich families all have cellars, and all the goods they will not be able to transport away in the future are moved into the cellars, and then the cellars are completely closed, so as to avoid being found by the rebels.

There are also items that are buried directly in the garden and marked next to them so that they can be easily retrieved later.

The fleeing crowd quickly rushed to the city gates, these crowds were almost all nobles and their servants, and there were few ordinary people, and the city gates were already wide open because there were no soldiers and horses to garrison them, and they passed through easily, even the king left, and of course these nobles had to leave.

Ordinary people saw that the nobles were rushing to leave, and they didn't know what was going on, and some of the people were confused and fled, they felt that since the nobles had run away, something must have happened to the royal city, and they couldn't continue to stay, so they naturally ran away, but there were also some people who were unwilling to leave, their property was in the royal city, and they couldn't find a carriage that could transport their property for a while, so they were naturally reluctant to leave, and they didn't know what happened, and they didn't know why they fled.