Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 442
[Chapter 442 Surprise Appearance]
Chrysanthemum Island.
Old man Yu was chopping firewood on a rocky hill on the island.
He was thin and thin, with dull eyes.
Ningjindusi was captured by Beidi, and Juhua Island, a small island that was originally isolated in the east of Jinjun, could not escape the bullying of Beidi people.
In the first two months of the occupation, a group of 20 Beidi soldiers boarded the Chrysanthemum Island in a small boat.
Chrysanthemum Island is very small, only about eighteen miles from south to north, and less than ten miles from east to west at its widest point.
Most of the island is mountainous, with only a small amount of arable land, which can only feed a village with less than 200 households.
Originally, the people on the island had to pay taxes every year just like the people on Dasong.
But life went on.
But after Beidi soldiers came, everything changed.
Since Chrysanthemum Island is too inconspicuous, there is no oily water.
The Beidi people seem to have forgotten this place, and only handed everything over to the little chieftain of Beidi who landed on the island.
In recent years, the little leader of Beidi has regarded Chrysanthemum Island as his own private property.
He imposed heavy taxes on the people on the island, resold food, killed people at every turn, and humiliated the women on the island wantonly.
In these years, if the people on the island gave birth to a daughter, they would cry and rush to the ground.
Some people even ruthlessly strangled their newborn daughters to death, but they were unwilling to let Beidi people spoil them.
And such a day, they lived for ten years.
In the past ten years, his son was killed for saving his daughter-in-law who was abused by Beidi people.
His wife was overwhelmed with grief and died too.
He was the only one left in a broken thatched house.
Even so, Beidi people will not let go.
In the cold winter, the Beidi people on the island wanted to warm up by the fire, so they asked him to go up the mountain to cut firewood.
Otherwise, he would kill his ten-year-old grandson.
Thinking of the sad place, two lines of hot tears rolled out of the corners of his eyes.
At this time, he suddenly caught a glimpse of twelve huge ships approaching Chrysanthemum Island slowly.
Stopping what he was doing, old man Yu looked at it carefully. He had never seen such a big boat before.
As the boat got closer, he saw that there seemed to be quite a few people on it.
The big ship did not anchor at the foot of the stone mountain, but went straight to Juhua Village.
“Beidi can’t build such a boat.” Old man Yu muttered, and continued to chop firewood.
He didn’t care at all whose ships belonged to them.
Because no matter who it is, it will definitely not dare to be an enemy of Beidi.
After an hour, the firewood was cut, and Old Man Yu went down the mountain with the firewood on his back.
As soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he suddenly saw his grandson running towards him sweating profusely, holding a white flour steamed bun in his hand.
“Grandpa, the people of Beidi have been beaten to death. King Yan’s army has come to rescue us.” The boy lit up the steamed bun in his hand, “Look, they gave it to me.
” It slipped and hit the ground with a “bang”.
After ten years, his heart was ashamed.
But when he heard that the Dasong army was coming, he couldn’t help but throbbed violently, and tears rolled down his face.
As if he had become ten years younger in an instant, Old Man Yu didn’t even care about his grandson, and rushed towards Chrysanthemum Village with his legs.
When he arrived, he found that all the people in the village had come out.
At this moment, they all had smiles on their faces.
Someone carried buckets to fetch water for the soldiers in silver armor.
Someone brought a basket, which contained the only black steamed buns at home.
The silver-armored soldier had a kind face, like a villager who had just returned home from traveling for many years.
“You are finally here!” Old Man Yu stared blankly for a while, then suddenly sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
Bai Shang’s face is full of pride at this moment, and he is enjoying the cheers of the people.
Hearing the crying, he looked at the old man sitting on the ground.
The villagers immediately introduced Old Man Yu to him, not forgetting to tell the story of his family’s tragic situation.
“These damned Beidi people are simply beasts.” Bai Shang said angrily, and then he said to the soldiers, “Tie up that little Beidi leader and hand it over to the people!” When the
battleship arrived at the sea near Juhua Village, Zhou Yi put it down Three small boats that can hold twenty people.
He was the first to board the boat and led sixty royal soldiers to board Chrysanthemum Island.
And at this moment, Beidi soldiers on the island came after hearing the news.
They killed twenty Beidi soldiers and captured the little Beidi leader who led them.
Not long after, the people on the island learned that it was Dasong’s army that was coming, and they immediately flocked over with great enthusiasm.
The soldiers were ordered to tie up the little leader of Beidi who had been stabbed in the thigh, and threw him to the ground.
When the common people met their enemies, they were extremely jealous. They picked up the stones on the ground and threw them at the little leader of Beidi.
Beidi’s little leader immediately screamed.
But instead of begging for mercy, he cursed loudly.
“You all wait to die, the people of Beidi will definitely retaliate against you severely, and none of you can run away.”
“King Yan, he is so courageous, he dared to come to Jinjun, and wait for my army from Beidi to enter Yanguan. He must be beaten to ashes, hahaha…”
“…” The
Beidi man’s face was covered with blood, but he was still arrogant.
In the eyes of every Beidi people, Dasong people are inferior to the cattle and sheep on the grassland.
There is no difference between slaughtering Dasong people and slaughtering cattle and sheep.
How could he beg these cattle and sheep for mercy.
Laughing wildly, he suddenly felt that the sunlight above his eyes was covered.
At this time, he saw a face, which was the face of old man Yu.
Old man Yu was holding a head-sized stone in his hands.
When the leader of Beidi was in a daze, he raised it high and smashed it down.
“Go to hell! Go to hell! Go to hell…” Once, twice, Old Man Yu hit Beidi’s leader on the head like crazy.
He didn’t get up slowly until General Beidi was lifeless and his flesh was bloody.
When he came to Bai Shang, Old Man Yu said, “Master, we killed Beidi people. If you leave us, we will all throw ourselves into the sea and die. Beidi people will not let us go.”
Bai Shang said solemnly . Nodding, the people on the island are all sallow and thin, almost skinny.
In such a cold winter, they only wear single clothes with straw stuffed inside to keep out the cold.
This miserable appearance reminded him of the miserable life of the people before King Yan came to Yan County.
And the deep-rooted hatred shown by the people on the island when they smashed the little leader of Beidi to death made him even more frightened.
There was also a pang of deep guilt.
The country is in danger and the people are in misery. It is the dereliction of duty of their army.
“Don’t worry, this time we come, we won’t leave. From now on, Juhua Island will be the fortress for King Yan to insert into the hinterland of Beidi.” Bai Shang said.
This time, they just harassed Beidi’s rear and cooperated with Yanguan soldiers to create the illusion that they were going to attack Ningjindusi.
There is no plan to actually take down Ning Jindusi.
After all, the Northern Expeditionary Army had lost miserably, and Dasong might not be able to take an offensive against Beidi for a long time in the future.
If they occupy Ningjindusi at this time, they will really fall into the quagmire of war with Beidi.
Unlike Yanzhou, Ningjindusi has no danger to defend at all, and the cities are all standing on the vast plain.
Furthermore, Beidi ruled Ningjindusi for ten years.
The people here were enslaved, some died, and some fled. The remaining Dasong people are probably less than 500,000 people.
Even if you win here, such a vast place, with so few people.
At that time, the defense will pay a huge cost, but it is impossible to have a big output.
To put it simply, it would be a burden for Yanzhou to win here now.
Unless one day, they have a lot of spare power, they can consider taking back here.
Just as he was thinking, someone suddenly patted his back.
Turning around, Bai Shang almost jumped up in shock.
(end of this chapter)
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