Chapter 576 Massacre

"The news of Count Claire is very well-informed."

"Uh..." Rhode suddenly understood, showing a look of astonishment, and then smiled awkwardly.

As the so-called rare confusion, Xiao Ming will not dismantle the Dutch surveillance of his fleet. After all, modern NATO allies are still eavesdropping on each other, so for things like the alliance, it is only when there is common interest to act together, and the interests are contrary to each other. It could be torn apart at any time.

So he doesn't care about this covenant, but is very interested in the information in Rhodes mouth.

A British officer was caught when he was in Yueyun, and the information he provided at that time mentioned the steam engine, but the steam engine at that time was still not the first-generation steam engine that was improved, and now it is clear that the steam engine has entered the second generation.

However, he is not nervous now. After all, he has successfully manufactured a steam engine and has initially applied it to various industries. In this regard, he is not behind.

The only dilemma is that now Britain has a large number of colonies to provide raw materials, and has a large number of commodity dumping grounds, which is incomparable and the most deadly place.

Because without a large number of overseas colonies, he would at least have to unify the Great Yu Kingdom in order to obtain sufficient resources to achieve industrial transformation, and he is now stuck at this juncture.

Thinking of this, he clenched his fist, and after digesting the four captured states and stockpiling enough ammunition, he quickly took Wei land, followed by Yan land, Liang land and Chang'an, thus ending the separatist situation of the northern vassal kings. .

"Your Highness, if you agree, I will bring the Covenant Book when I go back this time, what do you think?" Rhodes asked.

Xiao Ming nodded, "Go back and tell Earl Claire to reassure him. As long as you Dutch people can do business with this king in a down-to-earth manner, this king will provide you with protection."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Rhodes said with a smile.

With Xiao Ming's assurance, Rhode was elated and chatted with Xiao Ming for a while. He and Li Kaiyuan went back to the business to discuss business.

Watching Rhode leave, Xiao Ming showed a contemplative expression. It seemed that he could not relax at all. After all, he was developing, and Europe was also developing. In another fifty or sixty years, no one knows what Europe will develop into. , so he has to fight for the colony as soon as possible to catch this last train.

Rhodes returned to Dengzhou after living in Qingzhou for three days. During his time in Qingzhou, he naturally attracted a lot of attention, especially the powerful people who came from Chang'an seemed to have seen a ghost and were talking about him everywhere.

After Rhodes left, after eight days of delay, King Wei finally returned the news, expressing his willingness to cede Yangzhou and compensate him for five million taels of silver.

Hearing this news, Xiao Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately summoned envoys from all over the world to sign a truce contract with Xiao Qi in person, which temporarily ended the war in Wei land.

"I hope Your Highness can abide by the contract, otherwise we will all join forces to attack." Xiao Qi said.

At this time, Cui Zhang, Wang Xi, and Zheng Hao also nodded. They had achieved their respective goals. At this time, the common interest was to restrict Xiao Ming's further strength.

"Rest assured, everyone, this king will not take the initiative to tear up the truce book." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

The envoys from the four directions nodded their heads. They had stayed in the Qingzhou Army for more than a month. Now they couldn't wait to go back. Only Cui Zhang stayed after the other three left.

Xiao Ming naturally understood what he meant. He sent a craftsman from the equipment department to be responsible for handing over the rolling iron method to the craftsman in Yandi. After the complete forging of a matchlock gun, Cui Zhang was completely relieved.

At the same time, Xiao Ming ordered Ye Qingyun to send some soldiers to Yangzhou City to arrive before King Wei evacuated Yangzhou City to avoid getting an empty city by then.

After receiving Xiao Ming's order, Ye Qingyun immediately led six thousand musketeers to Yangzhou. When he arrived at the foot of Yangzhou, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

At this time, Yangzhou City was in flames, the houses in the city were blazing everywhere, the streets were full of ghosts and wolf howls, the soldiers in the city slaughtered the people in the city wantonly, the streets were bloody, and the bodies of the people were everywhere.

Ye Qingyun's eyes instantly turned red, as did the eyes of the soldiers of the Dengzhou Army, who were angered by the inhumanity of King Wei's army.

"Brothers, keep your eyes open. This is the nature of the wealthy family, and this is the true face of King Wei. They never see ordinary people like us in their eyes." Ye Qingyun shouted loudly.

Pulling out the long sword from his waist, Ye Qingyun shouted angrily, "Brothers, come into the city with me and be with these gods."

"kill!"

The soldiers roared in unison, and following Ye Qingyun, the soldiers rushed forward bravely into Yangzhou City.

"King Qi's army is here."

The soldiers in the city shouted in horror, but his voice stopped abruptly after a burst of gunfire, and the soldiers of the Dengzhou Army rushed towards these soldiers who slaughtered the people like hungry wolves.

When they saw the Dengzhou army, the soldiers in the city ran away, holding large and small packages in their arms, which they snatched from the homes of the common people.

On the day of the handover, an order suddenly passed to the Yangzhou army. This order was to let the Yangzhou army loot, burn, and slaughter the city of Yangzhou. They wanted to leave an empty city for the King of Qi.

After receiving this order, the children of the wealthy clan in the army executed the order without hesitation, and the city was like hell for a while.

"Bang bang bang..."

The gunfire was chaotic. After the 6,000 soldiers entered the city, they immediately dispersed to surround and suppress the chaotic army in the city. The burning, killing and looting in the city was quickly pacified under the intervention of the Dengzhou army, leaving the bodies of soldiers in the city.

The soldiers in Dengzhou are really angry this time. Under the influence of the long history of the army, they have already understood what a country is and what a nation is. Now for them, Da Yu is their own country, and the people in the country are all is a nation.

But now King Wei actually slaughtered his own people like barbarians, which made them extremely angry, and now they finally understand why the long history said that these vassal kings are the cancer of the Great Yu Kingdom. .

At this moment, Dengzhou soldiers fought more heroically than attacking Tongzhou City, and national dignity was more important than money.

Entering from the west city, the Dengzhou army covered and killed all the way. The rebel army in the city was continuously shot and killed. When they arrived at the east gate, they eliminated the last batch of the rebel army, but there were still a group of soldiers who escaped.

When everyone was angry, suddenly a group of soldiers dressed as Wei Jun came to them. These soldiers suddenly knelt down in front of Ye Qingyun and said, "Sir, accept us, we are going to kill King Wei to avenge our relatives."