"You dare to touch the things of the Grand Duke!" A junior colonel was foaming blood in his mouth and said in a bluff.

The general of the north of Anqing City has seen a lot of this kind of thing, and he casually beheaded this bluffing little colonel. Ever since the defection to the Mongols, violent taxation has become commonplace. The guards in the north of the city don't know how many places they have seen, and Haoqiang said with various expressions, 'If you dare to touch XXX things, aren't you afraid of XXXX?' ’

It turns out that the knife is in hand, follow me. If you don't care what you say, as long as you go down, you have to settle the account. In such a troubled world, what can be relied on is never the mouth, or the name of XXX. Anyone who can't protect himself is the scum of others.

However, Xia Gui's subordinates were indeed hard stubble, and even if they took the lead in launching a surprise attack, the defenders in the north of the city still lost a considerable part of their men. If the two sides really play each other on an equal footing, there is no guarantee who will win. Putting away his sword, the guard looked at the river. At this time, there were no boats on the river, and only the faint sound of shelling could be heard from the south and east.

At this time, Anqing City's feelings about the sound of artillery were even more direct. The Song army launched an attack on the east of the city. In the past few days, the two sides had carried out many artillery bombardments, so the Song army's five-pound bronze cannon could easily fire a scatter bomb into the city as soon as it pushed it into the customary gun position. Whether it is a shield or other covering, it will be easily broken under the bombardment of four or five iron pellets, and the human body will not be able to resist the bombardment of this iron pellet.

So the defenders of Anqing saw that the Song army first lifted a base to the opposite side of the moat, then erected four poles, and then put together the bamboo objects like a trick to form ten high platforms higher than the city wall. Then the Song army climbed to the high platform and condescendingly shot at the city with muskets.

There are two rows on each high platform, which are higher than the walls of Anqing City, and seven or eight people can stand on each row. In total, a total of 150 men fired at a section of the wall. If it is a crisp autumn day, the bed crossbow and other objects at the head of the city can still fight back. During the rainy season, the bowstring absorbs water, and the strength of the shot is greatly impossible. The Song army fired at a rate of five rounds per minute, and it didn't take long for the defending troops to dare not come. The rest of the Song army easily crossed the moat, carried the ladder to the bottom of the city, and began to climb towards the city.

When the Metropolitan Governor of Xia Gui got the news, he was also hesitant in his heart. Whether to go to supervise the battle, or run straightforwardly. The Governor found it difficult to decide. If it runs like this, it means that the life of the Governor of Xia Gui has come to an end. With the attitude of the current Great Khan Kublai Khan towards the surrender of Song Chen, the loss of such an Anqing city is nothing. However, it was defeated by the Mongols first, and then surrendered to the Mongols. He was then defeated by the Song army and fled back to Mongolia. Xia Gui felt that his people were really sad.

If possible, he expects himself to be able to go to the twilight of his life in a more glorious way. Instead of waiting for death as a general of a defeated army. If that is the outcome, why should Xia Gui surrender to Mongolia, he can take his family to defect to Zhao Jiaren in Fujian.

However, the Governor of Xia Gui did not expect that his end would be much more tragic than he imagined. The wealth plundered in Anqing and his own soldiers were taken away by the defenders in the north of the city, and this guard, who should have obeyed Xia Gui's orders, had already betrayed Xia Gui for himself.

The defender of the north of the city finally waited for the agreed defender of the south of the city, and he only brought three warships over. As soon as he reached the shore, the defender of the south of the city jumped out of the boat and ran to the gathering point. Looking at the corpses, he couldn't help but sigh: "Brother, you can really fight." ”

At this time, the defender of the north of the city was facing the back of the defender of the south of the city, and his hand couldn't help pressing on the handle of the short knife. But how will the ships react? And if this guy in the south of the city can give up his back, he should have come to cooperate.

Thinking of this, Chengbei let go of the hand holding the knife, and at this time, it was better to leave this place together.

Next, the defender of the north of the city felt a tingling pain in his vest, as if something hot had pierced his heart. Just when he wanted to shout, he turned the guard of the south of the city and looked at him with a pretended pity gaze.

"Brother. Do you think I don't know you want to kill me? The seongnam guard said regretfully, "If you don't do this to your brother, your brother won't do this to you." Just close your eyes, your portion, brother, I'll enjoy it for you. ”

The man who attacked the defender from behind was the soldier of the defender of the north of the city, and he stirred the short knife that had been stabbed in the back of the heart hard, and then pulled it out. The defender of the north of the city fell to the ground softly, because he was stabbed in the heart, and he was already out of breath at this time. At this time, dozens of people had jumped down from the military ship and killed the former accomplices who were caught off guard. The subordinates of the defenders in the north of the city were already very badly damaged, and at this time they were raided again, except for a few clever ones who ran away, the others were all killed.

The blood of Xia Gui's subordinates was mixed with the blood of the subordinates of the Chengbei Guard, adding a lot of dark red color to the muddy water. The murder and the slain lie together in a horizontal and vertical manner, which explains what is called retribution in this world.

The eventual victor loaded the belongings of both sides onto the ship and sailed against the current, as far away as possible from the murderous city of Anqing. Whether it is to fight or go, the Metropolitan Governor of Xia Gui at this time has not yet decided what he should do.

Just when Anqing was stirred up by fighting, intrigue, betrayal, and persistence. In the fishing villages of the Poyang Lake Plain in Jiangxi Province, farther west of Anqing, large bonfires burn on high platforms.

On the flat ground in front of the bonfire, flags with ancient flame patterns are hung. If Hao Ren, who was far away in Dadu, didn't have a bad memory, he could probably tell that this flame pattern was the same as the pattern embroidered on the inside of the hem of the Mingjiao robe, but the pattern on the Jiangxi side was larger.

This is the totem of Zoroastrianism, which has been introduced to China for some years, but it has never become a climate. And in Persia, the birthplace of Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism was in decline at this time and was replaced by the religion of the true God. However, in the Chinese people, this religion has also completed the merging with the local and Chinese traditions, so it is secretly agitated.

The crowd waited in a row at the bottom of the stage, listening to the man on the stage speak the doctrine.

"The universe has existed since the dawn of time, with the two gods of good and evil in between, separated by the void, and the two fought against each other, thus beginning the process of creation...... It is said that the world will eventually be destroyed, and when it is destroyed, the holy fire will consume everything, and a new world will be born...... It is said that the world will fall into darkness, and then the Savior will come down from heaven and lead our congregation to destroy all darkness and establish a paradise on earth......" The leader of the sect spoke in a strong voice and spoke of religious teachings.

I have to say that if Zoroastrians from all over the world gather again at this time, the Zoroastrians of our Great Song Dynasty will definitely be able to become the representatives who can best understand the doctrine. Just like Buddhism, although it was born in India, developed in India, and finally passed down after the completion of Sinicization. In the distant future, India's history has been preserved and guided by Indians' exploration.

After expounding on the scriptures, the sect leader asked, "Brothers, do you think this world will be destroyed?" Or will it be newborn? ”

"If the sun does not go down, how can it rise again? If the world does not end, how can it be reborn? The left envoy of the flame replied loudly. He is a Song man who was almost admitted to the Jinshi, and the rule of my Da Song is that if you don't get into the Jinshi, you will have to start from scratch again next time. The willingness to let this scholar fail to pass the exam is very simple, and wanting to be admitted to the Jinshi represents the change of the power of various groups, so this has to be a balanced result. And those who have no background can easily be kicked out.

After believing in Zoroastrianism, the reader found the sustenance of his soul and experienced the feeling of being followed. Regardless of personal thoughts, at least from a sectarian point of view, he belongs to the regeneration faction. That is, the universe has its own laws, and darkness and light are personal choices, but the world will rely on itself to operate, destroy and be reborn.

After the Left Flame Envoy spoke, the Flame Envoy stood up and replied loudly: "No. We are angry and suffering because there are too many bad people in this world. Now life is completely unbearable, just because the officials are bad people. As long as we kill all the bad guys, we good guys can come out on top. Brothers, are you right? ”

The words of the right envoy of the Holy Fire triggered more people to respond, "Yes, that's how it should be! Kill the bad guys, and the good guys can live. "The world is so dark that we should rise up and kill all these wicked people!" "Those rich people say that if you don't kill the poor people, you won't be rich, and we poor people say that it's not good not to kill the rich!"

It is clear that there are more people who support the right emissary of the flame than there are those who support the left emissary. You don't even have to look at Ying He, just looking at the number of people sitting on the left is not as many as those sitting on the right.

The sect leader looked at the speeches of the brothers below, and his heart was also quite hesitant. There are many scriptures or schools of Zoroastrianism, but in the final analysis they are divided into two main schools.

The right makes this adventist believe that the real world is hopeless, and since the Ming King is about to come, then the only thing that needs to be done is to destroy this world full of sin. Another group of moderate people, represented by the Zuo envoys, believed that the advent of the Ming King was just a political fable, which would not happen in the real world, and that after all, it would take people's own activities to build an ideal society, and in this process, what was needed was the wisdom of compromise. They are called salvationists. Now the salvationists have changed slightly, they think that the destruction of darkness is its own world to operate, and everyone does not need to be greedy for heaven first.

Originally, there was a relatively balance between the two factions, but after the Mongols came, the already tyrannical government became even more unscrupulous. The people of Jiangxi, who had been living a hard life, have reached the point where they can no longer survive. As a result, the Salvationists were transformed into Adventists, and the number of advocates of armed insurrection increased dramatically, becoming the largest faction in Zoroastrianism.

Before the sect leader could make a final decision, he stood up. At this time, the dark clouds in the sky were scattered by the wind, and the sunlight pierced down through the gaps in the clouds like sharp blades, and one of them just shrouded the sect leader. At this time, everyone was dumbfounded to see that in the dim world, only the sect leader and the holy flame were shrouded in sunlight and shining.