"General, it seems these people are telling the truth. We have to do something. If the entire city is really burned down, when His Highness comes, we will..."
After letting these Fuso people roll off the boat, Ding Jiayong also gathered some of his capable men. They had just asked the Tang army again to maintain public order. Ding Jiayong was afraid that this was a trap. If we were surrounded on land, it would be really troublesome.
"It looks like they're really getting into trouble, but what if they're up to something? Wouldn't we be in trouble?"
Although Ding Jiayong is a young military officer, he is not stupid. Now we are deep in the enemy's hinterland. Apart from these twelve warships, we have no other support personnel. Once we are besieged by their mob, it will be very difficult for us to retreat.
Although someone had been sent to deliver a letter to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it would take three days to get it back and forth. Looking at the current situation, it was not something that could be resolved in just a few days.
"How about this? Let's invite their emperor and high-ranking officials to the ship so we can keep an eye on them. At least they're not part of the same clan as those rioters. If we really find them, we wouldn't mind killing them first."
A deputy general thought for a while and said, didn’t those people just say that there is no safe place in the entire city? Then, for the consideration of your emperor and court officials, we can specially make some space for you on the ship so that you can come on board to rest.
"Your idea is good, kid. If they are willing to come up, then it will naturally have nothing to do with those rioters. But if they are unwilling to come up, then there must be something fishy going on."
Ding Jiayong slapped his thigh and immediately sent someone to deliver the message.
The emperor and his entourage were not in the palace at the moment, but in a minister's house. It had only been a few days, and they had not expected that the entire capital would become so chaotic. When people lose hope, no one can restrain their desires.
In addition, the army was also disheartened. Now, except for a small number of soldiers who stayed, most of them had already returned home to reunite with their families. In their view, this was the last happy time.
According to those who escaped from Goguryeo, the Tang army would divide a family into several parts. If you work well, you can still see your family members, or even be transferred to a farm, but if you don’t perform well, then don’t expect to see them again in this life.
Therefore, these soldiers were not sure which category they belonged to, so they took the time to reunite with their families for a while. Some people did not believe it. For example, those who lived in the deep mountains and forests thought about going to a more remote place to see if they could escape. Even if they had to live in the mountains in the future, they were unwilling to be slaves.
Under such circumstances, the entire capital lacked government officials, so the people became more and more violent. At the beginning, there were only some street thugs, but later many people joined in. If you didn't join, these street thugs would burn your house. In order to protect their own homes, they all became rioters.
After hearing Ding Jiayong's conditions, the emperor and some ministers were indeed unwilling. Although the capital was in chaos now, they still had enough armed forces under their command. But if they were on the ship, they would have to obey others in everything.
They wanted to refuse, but Lord Suzuki also said that according to the current situation, the entire capital city might cease to exist in two days at most. There was already a big fire this afternoon that burned two streets in a row.
The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is decisive and ruthless. What he wants is a prosperous capital. If it really becomes a ruin, they will have to find a way to escape. If they are caught by the Crown Prince, it will not be as simple as killing them with one knife.
Now they really can't even run for their lives, because they were once the rulers of Fuso, so they must stand their last shift. If they were ordinary people, they could do whatever they wanted now.
In desperation, they could only agree with Ding Jiayong's opinion and board the Tang Dynasty navy warship without any guards.
Under such circumstances, Ding Jiayong temporarily gathered two thousand people. All of these two thousand people were equipped with crossbows and other advanced weapons. Under the cover of the navy warships, they quickly entered the capital of Fuso.
"The Tang Dynasty's Heavenly Army has arrived. Everyone must return home immediately. Anyone who fails to do so will be executed."
Many Fuso soldiers appeared on the streets. Each of them held a strange iron horn and shouted to the people of the entire capital. Behind them were teams of dozens of Tang soldiers.
After shouting three times, those who were going home ignored it, but if these people continued to stay on the street, the Tang soldiers would not be pushovers and would immediately shoot arrows at them.
At the beginning, some people were not convinced. They were just ordinary people. After seeing that the government army was defeated by them, these people even had some inappropriate thoughts. But now the Tang Dynasty army has eliminated all these inappropriate thoughts.
Hundreds of people waving swords and sticks ran towards the Tang army, but there were only four or five people on their side, and the crossbows in their hands never stopped, so dozens of people fell down.
Only at this time did they truly understand the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty army. This was definitely not a joke. Those who fell must have regretted it in their hearts. If there was another chance, they would never choose to confront the Tang Dynasty army.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world. After only about two hours, some streets near the port were deserted, and all that was left were layers of corpses.
There was no point in reasoning in this situation, so Ding Jiayong knew exactly what to do. That was to order his men to kill as much as they could until they were scared and sent back home.
Lord Suzuki saw the situation in Fukuoka again. Although he had tried his best to avoid it, a large number of corpses still floated on the sea and the entire city still lost a lot of people.
