Chapter 472: A Better Life
Five thousand soldiers came in from each of the four city gates, but the northern cities were the closest to the battle site, and they were led by Mu Tianbo.
Seeing that these natives were disobedient and dangling with hoes, Mu Tianbo decisively gave the order to shoot.
The gunshots were remembered, and a large number of people fell in response.
Then came the second, third...
In a short time, two or three thousand of these natives fell.
"They let you surrender! They make surrender! Stop fighting!"
"What? Surrender? Why didn't you say it earlier?"
"My mother. My brother was killed! We don't understand the surrender! Woo~"
The natives, who had long been frightened, hurriedly threw down their sickles and hoes in their hands and knelt down in surrender.
When they kneel, those who don't kneel seem to stand out from the crowd.
Mu Tianbo's face was grim and continued to let the soldiers shoot.
Those who didn't have time to kneel were shot one after another, and the screams were endless.
At this time, the soldiers who entered the city from the other three directions gradually moved closer, and the footsteps of "Dodo" were like an invisible hammer, smashing the thoughts of these people to resist.
More and more people threw away their hands and fell to their knees, and everyone seemed to be in a hurry, because the slower ones were dead. The bullets of the other three-way soldiers were also loaded and began to shoot at the people who were standing.
"Ah! I surrendered, why did you beat me!" A native who had been shot in the ass screamed.
"there! Your ass is pouting like a wish, who will you hit if you don't hit you!?"
Eventually, the gunfire slowly stopped, as there were no more people in the arena who dared to stand. Including the Tusi soldiers of Shayuan.
They fled all the way from Yunnan to here, frightened, and escaped from death, at this time they were completely surrounded by the Ming army, and they no longer had the courage to resist.
Since the Ming army said that they would surrender and not kill, they simply surrendered.
But where did the old man and the young master go?
"Divide everyone up and starve them for three days!"
Mu Tianbo saw that the overall situation had been decided, so he ordered the soldiers to take these people into custody, and the soldiers let these prisoners line up and search them one by one with the muzzle of their guns. These soldiers were all scared of being killed, and seeing that the Ming army had no intention of slaughtering again, they cooperated more than one another.
Mu Tianbo and Ma Xianglin did not continue to stay, but took people to Shayuan's mansion.
At this time, Shayuan's mansion was still heavily guarded, but everyone knew the news of the Ming army's entry into the city, and although the people guarding Shayuan's mansion were loyal, they had already lost their hearts. If it weren't for Sha Dinghai's appearance to appease people's hearts, I'm afraid he would have scattered and fled.
Sha Dingzhou seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and as soon as Mu Tianbo and the others appeared, he knelt on the ground and quietly waited for the arrival of the Ming army.
"Shadinghai?"
Mu Tianbo's soldiers quickly took over Sha Yuan's mansion, and he slowly walked in front of Sha Dinghai, who was kneeling at the front.
"It's me, the sinner Sha Dinghai, who has seen my grandfather!"
"You know me?"
"Back to Grandpa, I don't know Grandpa for the crime, but only Grandpa can appear here at this time."
"You're smart. Arise, for the commotion in the city has subsided. What about the rest of your family?"
"It's all in the house."
Mu Tianbo nodded, waved his hand and motioned for his subordinates to go in and arrest people. Then he looked at Sha Dinghai again:
"You gathered people to rebel, and you should be beheaded all over the house, but it is rare that you can wake up and help the court suppress bandits. I will go to the court and spare you a life, but I am afraid that life is inevitable, and how to deal with it depends on Your Majesty's will."
"Grandpa Xie!"
Mu Tianbo listened, knelt down again and thanked him.
At this moment, the soldiers escorted a group of his family members out, and one of them, who was scolding, was his father Sha Yuan.
Sha Yuan knew that he was going to die, so he simply didn't wag his tail and beg for mercy, although he was tied up firmly, the unpleasant words on his lips did not stop for a moment, until he saw Sha Dinghai kneeling beside Mu Tianbo.
"Dinghai!? Stand up! The husband would rather die standing than live on his knees! You can't kneel down to these lackeys of the court!"
Sha Dinghai glanced at him and didn't speak, and looked at Mu Tianbo on the side.
"Your father told you to get up, so get up."
Mu Tianbo looked at Sha Yuan with a little mockery and said.
Hearing Mu Tianbo's words, Sha Dinghai stood up and still didn't say a word.
Sha Yuan, who realized it later, felt that the atmosphere was weird, looked at the surrounding Ming army, and then looked at Sha Dinghai, who was not tied up.
"Ding, Dinghai, what's going on?"
"Father, those who know the times are Junjie, and I have already descended to the court."
"What? We have a deep enmity with the court, and you want to surrender to the court!? You... You, you..."
Even if he was arrested, Sha Yuan never thought that it would be such a result, his son actually surrendered to the court behind his back.
Thinking of the abnormal behavior of the Ming army outside the city in the past few days, and thinking of his house arrest, Sha Yuan completely understood.
"You're the one who made all of this? Tie me up by your order? You brought the Ming army into the city?"
"Yes, father." Sha Dinghai was expressionless, and nodded calmly in acknowledgement. "Because that's the only way our family can live."
"You're confused! The court has always been cunning, and you still believe their rhetoric! You've kicked the donkey in the head! Even if we can live, will the people who follow us survive? You're going to let our family suffer the spurning of our people!"
If it weren't for the fact that he was tied up, it is estimated that Sha Yuan would have beaten his chest with anger at this moment.
But his words made Mu Tianbo, who was not going to speak on the side, dissatisfied.
"Sha Yuan, you keep saying that the court persecuted you. I wonder what the persecution law is? You Shayuan originally had a bad reputation, but the imperial court repeatedly promoted you, first as the deputy chief of Wang Langshan's lawsuit, and later because of his contribution to suppressing the rebellion of luxury, he was promoted to the prefect, and he was promoted to the prefect.
If not, how can your power grow stronger? How could he have inflated ambitions and want to rebel against the court and establish himself as king? Others don't say it for the time being, if you are persecuted by the imperial court, you Shayuan can't say it.
As for your people, the sand soldiers under your command should have lived a carefree life in Yunnan, but you provoked the war and buried many lives! Even if they are angry, they will only be angry with you, the patriarch of wolf ambitions! Because you are the one who led them into the abyss step by step!"
"I... You, you turn black and white upside down, I'm going to lead them to a better life!"
"Is a better life to die?"
"You..."
Sha Yuan was dumbfounded by Mu Tianbo. The faces of the captured soldiers on the side also changed slightly.
Although this Mu Tianbo is an enemy and a lackey of the imperial court.
But how do you feel that what you say seems to make sense?
Is it bad to live well in Yunnan? Why do you have to rebel? The court is so powerful, we don't know, don't you know?
Now it's okay, I'm afraid I'll have to bury my bones elsewhere.