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Text Chapter 597 The murderous Li Zhen

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    Northern Tianzhu was in chaos, and the small kingdoms that originally belonged to the Harsha Dynasty were no longer suppressed. Coupled with Arona's usurpation of the throne, each kingdom had a reason to send troops. Therefore, Northern Tianzhu was at war for a while.

    Faced with this situation, if Li Zhen and Li Yun were strong enough, they would have taken advantage of the chaos to attack Northern Tianzhu. Unfortunately, they haven't even conquered Southern Tianzhu. There is also Central Tianzhu in between, and they can't reach out at all.  In the end, it was Li Min who reminded them to let Li Zhen and Li Yun spread the new Brahmanism here first. After laying a good spiritual foundation, it would be much easier to enter Beitianzhu in the future.

    However, it is not that easy to preach in Northern India. After all, their New Brahmanism has touched the interests of Brahmins and Kshatriya nobles. Therefore, the spread of New Brahmanism in the local area is naturally influenced by the Brahmans and Kshatriyas of Northern India.  The nobles resisted.

    At the beginning, the resistance methods of the North Tianzhu Brahmins were relatively mild, and they only drove the New Brahmin missionaries sent there by Li Zhen and Li Yun out of their own territories. However, with the spread of the New Brahman teachings, this combination  Together with Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism, and even the New Brahmanism of Taoist priests from the Central Plains, it showed unparalleled vitality. It soon took root in Northern Tianzhu and developed a large number of believers.

    Faced with this situation, the Brahmin nobles of Northern India began to use some clever methods, such as prohibiting the people in their territories from believing in the New Brahmans, and when they saw the New Brahmin missionaries, they would be arrested and burned to death.  This approach greatly affected the spread of neo-Brahmanism.

    Faced with this situation, Li Zhen and Li Yun naturally would not swallow their anger, so soon after.  A fleet on the island of Ceylon escorted a group of 3,000 grassland cavalry and 5,000 native soldiers northward to Northern Tianzhu.  Li Zhen personally led the team, and then landed at the mouth of a river called Hooghly River.  And quickly occupied a small city called Cali at the mouth of the river.

    The city of Kali is located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, not far from Calcutta in later generations. However, there are only a few small villages in Calcutta now, and when Li Zhen commanded the march, he conveniently moved all these small villages.  destroyed.

    The small city of Cali naturally could not satisfy Li Zhen¡¯s desire to conquer, so after he just defeated the city of Cali, his eyes fell on the northwest of the city of Cali.  A city called Bay City. This Bay City is much larger than Cali City, with more than 50,000 permanent residents. It also rules this area and is called the capital of the Kingdom of Bekaa.

    The Beka Kingdom is the easternmost kingdom of the original Harsha Dynasty. The strength of the kingdom is above average, and the Brahman power in the country is extremely powerful, and the rejection of the New Brahmanism is also the most serious. According to statistics.  Six Neo-Brahmin missionaries have been burned to death in the Beka Kingdom, and thousands of Neo-Brahmin believers have been treated unfairly.

    It was precisely because he knew this situation that Li Zhen showed no mercy when attacking Beicheng.  The roar of the muskets unloaded from the ship soon opened a large gap in the rammed earth wall of Bay City, and then the native soldiers rushed forward.  A path was soon cleared, and finally the cavalry charged in.  The resistance within Bay City was quickly broken down.

    But then Li Zhen¡¯s methods became very bloody. He drove all the Brahmin and Kshatriya noble envoys from the Beka Kingdom to the square in front of the palace.  Then they burned them all with fire, just like they burned the new Brahmin missionaries to death.  In addition, some civilians and officials who participated in the persecution of the new Brahmans did not escape the fate of being burned to death.

    And this is just the beginning. After the Bekaa Kingdom was occupied by Li Zhen, several other allies of the Bekaa Kingdom responded quickly. They assembled an army of 50,000 people, including 10,000 elephant soldiers and the remaining  Most of them were cavalry and infantry.  However, as soon as this combined army entered the Bekaa Kingdom, Li Zhen used a trick to lure them to a desperate place, and then used artillery and rockets to shoot at the opponent's elephant formation.

    Although not many elephants were directly shot to death by artillery, it was the first time for these Indian elephant soldiers to encounter such weapons that sounded like thunderbolts. They were all frightened and ran around in the military formation, hissing.  The slaves couldn't control it, and in the end, Li Zhen's army didn't need to take action at all. More than 10,000 soldiers were trampled to death and injured by the elephants. The remaining 30,000 soldiers also lost all morale and attacked Li Zhen on the spot.  Zhen surrenders.

    But then Li Zhen did something that made him famous in Northern Tianzhu, that is, he asked the more than 30,000 uninjured soldiers to dig holes overnight, and lied to them that they were digging holes to bury the soldiers who died in the battle.  After setting up the trap, Li Zhen rushed all the wounded or uninjured soldiers into the trap and killed them all.

    Although they were resisted by these surrendered soldiers during the period, how could the unarmed soldiers compare with the fully armed soldiers? Therefore, on the land of Tianzhu, a huge mass grave with 50,000 people buried appeared. In addition to the battlefield,In addition to the nearly 10,000 soldiers, more than 40,000 other wounded people were buried alive here.

    It is also worth mentioning that when Li Zhen buried these soldiers alive, he did not keep it secret. Instead, he publicly announced it to the entire Beitianzhu, and also claimed that he was the incarnation of the God of Destruction in the human world, and was purging these disrespectful mortals.  It is his mission, and these people are only the first batch. In the future, all those who do not sincerely believe in the new Brahmanism will be the targets of his purge, and the glory of God will always shine on the earth!

    Li Zhen¡¯s cruel behavior is indeed very consistent with his status as the God of Destruction. In addition, all 50,000 people were killed, and Li Zhen¡¯s losses were minimal. This strong contrast is like a miracle.  Therefore, this matter soon spread throughout Tianzhu through the mouths of New Brahmin missionaries. For a time, the New Brahmans gained momentum. Not only the Vaisyas and Daodara at the bottom tried to believe in the New Brahmins, but also some weak Brahmans and  The Kshatriya nobles also came into contact with the new Brahmins.

    Although Li Zhen's killing of the surrendered soldiers cleared the way for the new Brahmin missionaries and completely publicized his and Li Yun's fame, he was complained by Li Yun afterwards, thinking that Li Zhen should not have done it.  Such a hasty decision.  After all, in Li Yun's view, the fact of trapping and killing soldiers seems a bit cruel. Although it can gain temporary prestige, it is not conducive to long-term rule in the future.  In addition, they are in need of strong labor now. No matter how good candidates the soldiers were, it was a pity that they were all killed by Li Zhen at once. They were no different from the prodigal sons.

    It was Li Yun's dissatisfaction that led to a quarrel between him and Li Zhen afterwards, and Li Yun even wrote this matter in a letter to Li Min, asking him to help comment on it, but  After reading Li Yun's letter, Li Min thought about it alone for a long time. Finally, he sighed, but felt a little regretful in his heart.

    In fact, in addition to the purpose of deterring Tianzhu, Li Zhen's killing of soldiers was also a last resort. You can think about it. At that time, Li Zhen had less than 10,000 troops, and he could barely surrender the Beka Kingdom.  However, after defeating the coalition forces, there were 40,000 more prisoners in their hands. Not only did these prisoners need to eat and drink, but they also needed to be assigned personnel to guard them. If they were not careful, they might rebel.

    In this case, killing them all is undoubtedly the fastest and most direct solution.  Moreover, after killing him, he can also intimidate the other countries in Tianzhu, and at the same time promote the reputation of the new Brahmins and himself, laying a solid foundation for the future unification of Tianzhu. With this, it is also possible for Li Zhen to entrap and kill the soldiers.  Not surprising.

    Of course, no matter how you find reasons for Li Zhen, this incident also revealed a message, that is, Li Zhen's nature is bloodthirsty.  When Li Yun first arrived in Tianzhu, Li Yun complained to himself that Li Zhen had a record of massacring enemy armies, and even the surrendered armies were not spared. For someone who could do such a thing, one can only imagine his consequences.  There is definitely a cruel side to his character.  Moreover, in the Jorah Kingdom at that time, Li Zhen's name as the God of Destruction was already extremely loud, and even hostile forces called him a bloodthirsty demon general.

    Li Min is Li Zhen¡¯s elder brother, and Li Zhen always likes to be close to him, so he naturally doesn¡¯t want to see his younger brother being called a devil.  For this reason, Li Min secretly approached Li Zhen and persuaded him to think more about it when ordering a murder. If the other person's death had nothing to do with the overall situation, then he would not spare the other person's life.

    However, after listening to Li Min's words, Li Zhen said something that made Li Min smile bitterly.  Because Li Zhen told him that he, Li Min, Li Ke and Li Yun went to Taiwan for the first time a few years ago, but because of Li Zhen's negligence, Keelung was besieged. Afterwards, Li Min did not blame Li Zhen, but  He instilled some naked laws of the jungle into him, telling him that the world is very simple. Whoever has a bigger fist must listen to whoever has a bigger fist, and he must be ruthless when dealing with enemies to nip all trouble in the cradle.

    What Li Min said at the time was just out of emotion, and most of it was for himself. After all, it was the first time that he truly owned his own territory, and he had no experience in how to deal with hostile relationships, so he just  He used these words to cheer himself up, but he didn't expect that Li Zhen would remember them all in his mind and regard them as his own rules of conduct.

    It can be said that Li Zhen's cruelty towards the enemy was precisely due to Li Min's influence. Now he was too embarrassed to persuade Li Zhen. Fortunately, Li Zhen was only cruel to the enemy and treated the subjects under his rule well, so this also made him  Li Min felt relieved.

    But I didn't expect that Li Zhen would do such a big thing again so soon. Although the murder of 50,000 people is still far behind Bai Qi in history, you must know that Li Zhen is only in his early twenties.  As he gets older, God knows whether he will be able to kill 400,000 people in the future. I just hope that Li Zhen will not be called a 'human massacre' in the future!  (To be continued)
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