1674 Turmoil (2)
"Stop, what are you going to do?" Ball shouted to his impulsive son
"Naturally, I am going to teach those Putao people who don't know the height of the sky!" replied with a cold face, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a hint of hideousness, "They should be punished for their rudeness, in this land, we are the masters!"
"You!" Bolder's face turned blue with anger, and he felt that his conversation just now was in vain
"Well said, Governor Boulder, you have a good subordinate!"
At this moment, a loud voice came from the door, and an imperial general about thirty years old strode in, with metal-soled riding boots trampling on the marble floor, making a crisp sound, and the lights in the room shone on the imperial general's body, and a dazzling general star flashed on the shoulders of a straight blue general uniform
Bolder saw the figure walking in, a trace of surprise flashed on his face, thinking of the identity of this person, he couldn't help but gasp, and under the stunned gaze of his son, he hurriedly left the desk and walked over, and bowed respectfully
"Lord Earl, I didn't expect you to come to Putao!"
"I haven't seen you for a year, and the Governor looks a lot thinner, and the affairs here have made the Governor a lot of trouble!"
Remschart, the senior affairs officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs, waved his hand to Bolder, even if it was a return salute, although he was the head of the supervision duties of the Imperial Military Affairs Department, performing his duties on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, and Bolder was only the governor of a small region, and there was a huge gap between the two identities, but Bolder was his deputy in the army at the beginning, and the relationship between the two could not be simply regarded as a rank, and when Bolder was able to be appointed as the governor of Lisbonto, it was still recommended by Remschatt
"Don't dare, as an Imperial soldier, it is the duty of my subordinates to do their best!" With a respectful look, he turned around and ordered the young officer to pour a glass of water and put it on the table, according to his memory, the Count of Remchat, who was born in a wealthy family in the Empire, had a very simple lifestyle, never participated in lavish banquets, and never drank alcohol.
"Yes, it seems that the comfortable life has not completely degraded you, at least you can still see some of the styles of the year, who is this?" Remshat nodded, and glanced sharply at the young officer who poured water. Slowly sat down on the leather couch opposite the Governor of Boulder
"It's my son, who is currently in charge of policing in Lisbonto!"
Bol hesitated, he really didn't expect that Count Remchat, an important figure in the Ministry of War, would arrive in Lisbonto at this moment, and the current chaos in the city made his face look a little ugly, as a subordinate of Remchat, he was very aware of the huge effort and financial resources spent by his former boss on the policy of universal assimilation. And he was able to become the governor of Lisbento, also because he advised his former boss on the assimilation policy, and was appreciated by Remchat, "What's going on outside?" Remsciat picked up the water glass with a calm face and blew lightly on the water, "Your Excellency the Governor." Turmoil is also starting to appear in the North District!" Just when Bolder didn't know how to explain, the voice of the guards came from outside the door, "Turmoil?" Remchat's eyebrows raised,
This moment. Bolder felt his heart jump out, and his gaze swept cautiously over the face of the Count of Remchatt on the other side, the riot that was taking place in front of him. It was undoubtedly a declaration that the policy of softening advocated by Remchat had failed, which was like a slap in the face to the former boss who advocated assimilation of the Putao. "My lord, this is a complete accident, please trust your subordinates, you will be able to solve this qiē problem immediately" Pol had to take out the handkerchief in his pocket, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said with a short breath, in fact, this turmoil happened very suddenly, so that he was caught off guard, his popularity in Lisbernto is not bad, and the treatment of the Putao people is a gentle policy, the Putao people still have a good impression of the governor of Lisbento, and the relationship with the Putao people has been a little tense recently, but it is far from reaching the point of rebellion in the whole city,
As a subordinate of Remchat, he knows too well the ruthless style of this boss, if it was before, Remshat would have immediately demanded full suppression, but to his surprise, this former boss who should be angry seems to be completely ignoring the smoke of the city outside the window at this moment, and his eyes are only focused on the water glass in his hand. "Father, I'm going to solve these problems at once!" the young officer also saw that the atmosphere was not right, he saluted the two of them, and turned to leave, "No need to go!"
Count Remchatt called out to the young officer, put down the water glass in his hand, stood up and tidied up his collar, came to the window, looked at the street with smoke rising outside the window, and the chaotic crowd, and said slowly, "There is no turmoil in Lisbonto, I came this time to tell you that the army is not moving, and everything here has nothing to do with us" "My lord means that we stand by and watch!" Bolder and the young officer looked at each other, both stunned, without the suppression of the army, this unrest would soon turn into a feast for the mob, "Is there a problem? This is originally the business of the Putao people!"
Count Remsciat turned from the window and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Aren't they clamoring for us to leave Putao?
On the night of August 14, on the seventh day of the landing of the Fat Man in the city of flowers, a riot occurred in Lisbento that smelled of blood.
In the middle of the night, fires broke out all over the city of Lisbonto, and some hungry Lisbento people stormed the closed shops on the side of the road, during which a large number of displaced people joined them, and the streets were filled with terrifying shouts of killing, and in the firelight, some unknown Lisbento people shouted "For the principality!" and "Destroy the Gang Fei!" and rushed into the streets of Lisbonto.
Thousands of thugs carrying torches, looking for the so-called Gang Fei enemy, rushed into the mansions of these nobles in the city in the blazing firelight, looted the belongings they saw, and smashed the iron doors of the exquisite courtyard with stones, and the mob swarmed in. Pushing the beautiful marble statue to the ground, pretending to look for food in the scattered fragments, looking at the precious belongings at their fingertips, everyone's eyes were completely red, their throats were saliva, and all the belongings of the nobles in the city of the thugs were swept away,
That night, white snowflakes drifted in the sky of Lisbento,
Tens of thousands of displaced people, plus the instigation of the mob. By daytime, it had developed into a very terrible riot,
In order to force these robbed nobles to hand over all the treasures that might have been hidden, the thugs tied the nobles to the white marble in the courtyard and beat them with barbed wooden sticks in turn, until the nobleman even handed over the last bag of copper coins in the house.
Bright red human blood is like a plum blossom that blooms in the depths of winter. The stone surface of the marble was dyed red and pure white,
By the third day, the lack of response from the Congolese army had only fueled the audacity of the mob. The targets of the raids quickly shifted from the noble quarters of the city to the ordinary civilian areas, and the mobs and outcasts swept like locusts, searching from house to house, and looting everything of value in the city. When they see a beautiful woman, they line up and take turns until the woman swallows her last breath in humiliation and despair. In just a few days, three-quarters of the blocks were hit, and the remaining block was spared because it was the site of the barracks.
Bolder stood at the entrance of a street full of corpses, surrounded by a group of vigilant Gangfei soldiers, Bolder's eyes looked at the unrecognizable city with a bit of complexity, the corpses were scattered and scattered, showing hideousness in the beautiful and pure snow,
He is not a human being, but he has been the governor of the city for six years, it is impossible to say that there is no emotion, this is the core of the Putao Principality, the most prosperous area, but now, in just three days, all the qiē will be destroyed, the snow on the streets is stained red with human blood, a short section of the road, you need to step through the pile of corpses to pass, in the sky just clear at dawn, countless pillars of smoke are rising, it is the burning houses, groups of thugs are smashing shops at will, looting goods, or throwing the corpses on the side of the road into the fires burning between the cities to burn"Lord Governor, Lord Remshat has something to ask you to come over!" an adjutant in the uniform of the Ministry of Military Affairs walked up from behind, "Lord Remchat?" Bolder's face flashed with excitement, and finally, when it was time to make a move, he hurriedly followed the adjutant to the base camp in the city, pushed open the door of the front office, and saw the back of his former boss standing in front of the window
"Lord Count!" Bol straightened up, still using the same title as he had been a subordinate
"How's the situation in the city?" Remshat turned, his face a little pale, he advocated a policy of softness towards Putao, this time he had to resort to extraordinary means, and there was always a little entanglement in his heart
"It's a mess!" Polde shook his head with an ugly expression, hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously, "My lord, this is almost over, when are we going to end this qiē!"
"The end?" Remchatt glanced at Bol with surprise
"My lord, I have been with you for seven years, I am not blind, my lord suddenly came on the night of the civil strife in Lisbonto, and the outbreak of the riot was so sudden and comprehensive, if you are not very familiar with the situation, you can't do this at all, I remember that the adult has planted a lot of people in the underground world of Lisbonto, not to mention that the adult strictly ordered the army not to interfere! Let it grow from small to large, and finally out of control!" Pol's ten fingers were clenched together, and the corners of his mouth smiled bitterly, "It's just that my subordinates don't understand why the adults who chose the Huairou policy at the beginning should direct and act in such a bloody play."
Remchatt gave him a solemn look on his face and said coldly
"I'm sure you can also see that the combination of Duke Putao and Raphael's traitor has completely wasted our years of hard work, and now Putao is full of antagonism for the empire, and we are like sitting on a volcanic crater that may erupt at any time, "If we don't want to be spoiled by the volcano and completely lose Putao, we must make the Putao people realize!
"And!" said Remchatt's voice, paused, with a chill in his tone, "such unrest will not only occur in Lisbonto, but soon there will be a similar situation in the whole of Putaus! At that time, the Putao will know who they really need compared to the call of the country and the safety of their own relatives!" "The whole Putao!" Bolder heard his whole scalp explode, and his hair stood on end, "My lord, the rebels are starting to storm the barracks!" An adjutant outside the door hurriedly walked in, Remchatt nodded with a clear face, and replied calmly, "Got it"
On the fourth day of Lisbonto, the rebels in the city rushed to the last block, and were met with a fierce counterattack from the Congolese army, which popularized the madness and fanaticism of the rebel peasants. After ten minutes of initial chaos, he was crushed by the well-trained war planes of the Gangnon-military clan.
In the streets, the shield and spear phalanxes coordinated with each other, and the archers returned fire in equal intensity, in contrast to the fanatical and uncool. They lacked planning and command, and they had few weapons. He still holds a simple wooden fork and a kitchen knife in his hand, and blindly rushes to kill with the door panel of the house, and he doesn't know how to concentrate people to attack key areas. Soon. When the initial frenzy had passed, the offensive began to crumble
The rioters in Lisbonto retreated, leaving a dense mass of corpses and wounded on the ground, and just as the non-army lined up into the chaotic neighborhood
A full-scale counterinsurgency began. When encountering the Putau people wandering back and forth in the streets, for whatever reason, the archers of the Gangnon army will immediately shoot. In less than a day, the riots in Lisbento were completely quelled, and the burning neighborhoods saw no living people except corpses, and the Lisbento turmoil caused more than 70,000 Lisbento people to die, and hundreds of thousands of Sbento people were homeless, and the bad news quickly spread throughout Putao. The areas of Putao, which are preparing to drive out the inhuman people, are like being hit in the face
The tragedy of Lisbernto made all the local forces of Putao hesitate, they suddenly found that the Duchy of Putao did not have its own army, and even the security was in charge of Gangfei, once Gangfeiren really left it alone, the whole Putao would be chaotic, this is like a person who has been sick and weak for a long time, once he loses the support of outsiders, he is afraid that he will not stand up, but fall heavily to the ground, this is mainly because the price of the Lisbento tragedy is too cruel, and various versions of rumors have also been introduced one after another,
"The Lisbonto riots were planned by His Excellency the Duke!"
"His Excellency the Duke has been defeated, and the army has been defeated!"
"The Duke is a selfish man who betrayed the whole of Lisbonto for his own sake!"
The common people of Putao are completely at a loss, they are just ordinary people, and they can't grasp it at all, between the events that continue to occur. What kind of causal relationship is there, they only know that without the protection of the army, their personal safety will be threatened, especially for the aristocratic class of the Duchy of Putao, they are the main force supporting the return of the Duke of Putao, and the tragic situation in Lisbanto has also frightened these people, and the turmoil in more and more areas, the nobles affected are often miserable,
The wind that originally supported the duke's return to China changed, and two completely different views spread among the nobles of Putao.
One is that it is necessary to welcome the duke into the mainland of the Duchy of Putao as much as possible, and to establish a new system of the Duchy, so that the entire Duchy can be stabilized from top to bottom, while the other believes that the turmoil in various parts of Putao is because of the desire to get rid of the protection of the inhuman, and in terms of allegiance to a duke who has done nothing and let the turmoil spread to itself, it is obvious that the call for protection is higher, causing quarrels, and the two factions even broke out into conflict, one side scolded the other party for being treacherous and having no king and no country, and the other side also scolded the other side for being selfish and misleading the country, completely ignoring the life and death of the Putao people。 "This is a layout that sacrifices the entire principality, even if you can't get it, you have to smash it to pieces, and there are also masters in Gangfei!"
In the castle of Huacheng Island, the fat man was a little surprised to look at the information he had just obtained, he originally wanted to use the turmoil in various places to completely ignite the feelings of the Putao people against the Gang Fei people, but this plan has not yet begun, the Lisbento tragedy happened, Gang Fei Ren muddied the waters, so that his original design of persecution, began to become impossible to implement, this move, but the game is very sharp, the fat man for the person who presided over the matter behind the scenes, a little more curious and expectant, it has been a long time since he met such an opponent. "Your Majesty, Lord Saron's report from Gangfei Kyoto!" A guard walked in with a report, and the fat man took it and took a look, Gangfei's campaign in the south had failed again, and the hundreds of thousands of troops had finally failed to cross the strait because of the lack of naval combat power
"Go tell the Duke to come over!" the fat man put down the report in his hand with a solemn face
"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"
Soon, the radiant Duke of Putao came in from outside, and bowed respectfully to the fat man, he had just gained the allegiance of another region, and added another 1,500 troops to his command, and now his army had grown to 6,700 men, and with the support of a large number of ordnance brought by the Falcon Navy, he was making ambitious preparations to land on Putao itself.
"The Emperor is coming back!" the fat man handed him the report in his hand, "The speed of landing on the Putao mainland must be accelerated"
"Ah, so fast!" Duke Putao took the information and glanced at it, his face suddenly turned gloomy, and he hesitated for a moment and said, "The army still needs to be trained, and the specific landing site is still being studied and liaison, and it was already an eyebrow, it was a port close to the coast, but recently, the other party's attitude has suddenly changed, so ......!"
"Time is pressing, we can't wait any longer, if we can't get help, then let's go to war directly!" The corner of the fat man's mouth glanced slightly, "The Imperial Navy can assist you, take a landing site first!" (To be continued......)