Chapter 118: The Potbelly Messenger

"What?" Zhu Houhuang was taken aback, in his eyes, this big-bellied kingdom, even if it was not a savage, it was almost the same, where could he send any messengers.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Please let him in." ”

Not long after, a person walked in, and when he saw Zhu Houhuang, without saying a word, he knelt on the ground with a thud and said, "The grass people have seen His Royal Highness King Yong." ”

Zhu Houhuang asked: "You are a Han Chinese, how can you be used by savages?" ”

This person was dressed in tattered clothes, with many patches on them, he didn't dare to look up, Zhu Houhuang could only see a wooden stick stuck in his hair bun, and he said in a trembling voice: "The grass people are Fujian people, and they encountered a storm at sea, so they fell into the barbarian land, but fortunately, the grass people have good medical skills." in order to survive in the potbelly kingdom. This time, he was sent by the king of the Potbelly Kingdom to spread the word, and the grass people had no intention of betraying the Celestial Empire. ”

Zhu Houhuang believed his words, if compared vertically, that is, modern people have the least sense of national pride. Since ancient times, foreigners have always been running to China, that is, now the situation is reversed, as a Ming Dynasty people, even if it is just a powerless grass people, unless absolutely necessary, will not want to defect to foreign countries. Not to mention that the Potbelly Kingdom is basically a tribal alliance, and it can't even be called a country.

Zhu Houhuang asked, "What did he call you to preach?" ”

This person said: "The potbelly king said that the entire Yizhou is his, and His Highness is not allowed to infringe on the indigenous forces again, otherwise, otherwise, it will ---" He said, his voice getting lower and lower, so that Zhu Houhuang could barely hear it.

Zhu Houhuang said impatiently: "Otherwise, what? ”

"Otherwise, the GIs will attack." After saying this, the messenger kowtowed like garlic and said, "Your Highness spares your life, this is what they asked the grass people to say, not the grass people themselves." ”

"Hmph." Zhu Houhuang snorted coldly and said, "I only know what Yelang is arrogant today. It doesn't matter to you, you go down, if you want to go back to Fujian, you can go back to Fujian, and if you want to stay here, stay here. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness." He didn't dare to stay, hunched and walked backwards.

"Your Highness, what do you think of the Potbelly Kingdom?" Yang Shen said.

"Of course, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?" Zhu Houhuang said. The area around the Potbelly Kingdom, which is now the area of Jiayi in Taiwan, is a plain area and a good farming area, how can Zhu Houhuang let these places remain in the hands of the Potbelly Kingdom, just like he is on the high mountain, drawing a small circle and establishing himself as the king, maybe Zhu Houhuang will not care about him. Anyway, Nanyang is so big, why bother thanklessly going to drill a ravine. Anyway, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were many aborigines in the mountainous areas of eastern Taiwan.

But Jiayi is such a good place, but it is impossible for people to make it, but Zhu Houhuang's current strength is insufficient, and even if he fights down, there are not enough people to develop, so he didn't do it.

"Your Highness, by all means." Yang Shen's head is a little big, Yang Shen straightened out the entire Yongwang Mansion, and recruited a large number of talents from the mainland, although some have not yet arrived. But even so, the entire Dongyong has become regular. Even so, countless things came rushing in, which made Yang Shen feel a headache for a while, and Zhu Houhuang set up a new Qi army for half a month. Yang Shen also sent a very civil servant to assist Qi Jingtong. If Zhu Houhuang goes out to conquer the Big Belly Kingdom again, he will be really busy.

"Sir, rest assured." Zhu Houhuang said: "Lone knows the priorities, things have to be done step by step, and within half a year this year, I will not send troops again, but I also ask Mr. to support the development of Qi's army." ”

Yang Shen breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This minister is relieved, Your Highness can rest assured, the first batch of prisoners has been transported from Fujian, and these prisoners will be sent to General Qi first." ”

Yang Shen put this matter down, but the Potbelly Kingdom didn't put this thing down.

"What's going on?" Qi Jingtong's face was full of frost, and a murderous aura spread, Qi Jingtong is not an ordinary person, when Liu Liu and Liu Qi were in rebellion, he had also personally fought in battle, and he was angry at the moment. No one dared to speak.

All that was left was a whining cry.

"Cry, cry, know crying, talk about something." Qi Jingtong shouted.

"Please avenge us." A teenager said through gritted teeth.

Qi Jingtong said: "Speak well, what's going on?" ”

"Those natives came from the north side of the river, thousands of people, killed us by surprise, the village didn't have time to defend at all, it was already, it was." Saying this, the boy couldn't hold on any longer, lowered his head and plunged his hands deep into the soil, and his entire nails were split.

Qi Jingtong looked around, there was originally a small village called Lin Jiazhai here, but at this moment, there was no one alive in this small village, the village was full of corpses, corpses, and the death was terrible, and some people's heads were cut off, only one corpse remained, and only whose corpse was identified from the clothes.

Qi Jingtong has long been accustomed to such a tragedy, when Liu Liu and Liu Qi were in rebellion, there were many worse places in Shandong than here, and such a scene could not scare him at all. He was just slowly pondering, and just asked the information, "The river, the river in the north, does it mean Yongxi?" ”

As a qualified general, he will be familiar with the terrain everywhere he goes, although Qi Jingtong has been here for less than a month, he is already very familiar with the geography around here. To the north of Dayuan, there is a Yongxi, which was named by His Royal Highness King Yong, and he naturally knew it.

"Your Excellency." An old man beside Qi Jingtong said: "Little one, I just went to see it, and sure enough, I saw a lot of traces of people crossing Yongxi." "This person is a member of the Qi family, who has fought with Qi Jingtong, and what he is good at is to survey traces.

Qi Jingtong said: "What tribe is on the other side. ”

"Adults, villains know." A guard beside Qi Jingtong said. "On the opposite side is the Potbelly Kingdom, which is rumored to have tens of thousands of people and is the largest tribe on Dongyong Island."

"Please avenge us and kill Yongxi."

Qi Jingtong looked at the person behind him and didn't speak. The soldiers around him were divided into three categories, the first was brought by him from home, there were more than a dozen, but they were all good hands. There are more than 100 veterans left. These people are all Zhu Houhuang's combat effectiveness left to him is not bad, and the rest are all strong men from dozens of local villages, and there are only hundreds of people in total.

In fact, now that Linjiazhai has been destroyed, there are already complaints below. thought that it was Qi Jingtong who transferred the strong men from various villages, so that Lin Jiazhai had no reaction, and he was killed by the whole village. Some people even believe that it was King Yong who beat the native barbarians, which caused them to retaliate. This made Lin Jiazhai slaughtered. Dozens of local villages, although they are not in the same spirit, but they also support each other. Seeing that Lin Jiazhai was slaughtered, there was naturally a feeling that the rabbit died and the fox was sad. A strong plea for revenge.

Qi Jingtong secretly said in his heart: "I don't understand the terrain on the other side, and I don't understand the lineage of this big-bellied kingdom, it's too risky to rush to send troops, and although His Royal Highness King Yongwang gives me the right to act cheaply, it is taboo for me to cross the border to attack." Moreover," Qi Jingtong swept over those who were excited, sneered a few times in his heart, and said secretly: "With these people who haven't even practiced well, go to war." ”

It's not that Qi Jingtong looks down on these people, but it's true, these people have only been under Qi Jingtong's command for a month, if Qi Jingtong hadn't suddenly gotten the police from Lin Jiazhai, he would still be training soldiers, not here.

"No, I can't. This matter must be reported to King Yong, and His Royal Highness King Yong will make a decision. ”

"Newspaper. My lord. A man suddenly ran over from the north and said, "My lord, there is a situation above Yongxi, and someone from the north is coming." ”

Qi Jingtong raised his eyebrows, and said secretly: "Sneak attack once, it's okay, I actually want to do it again and again, again and again, they look down on me Qi Jingtong too much." ”

Qi Jingtong said: "How many people? ”

"The other side is all canoes, it looks very messy, and it is not clear how many people can be counted for a while, probably in the hundreds. More than 1,000 people. ”