Power and Empire Chapter 3841: Aden Death Knell (15)

The slave riot in the southern part of the Kingdom of Aden broke out when the Kingdom of Aden was about to be promoted to the Empire of Aden, and it was like a hot oil blowout. In just a dozen days, it was like a hurricane that swept across the southern provinces of the Kingdom of Aden. And the great famine that caused it has reached a very dangerous moment, but also because of a unique reason, that is, the Harvey people,

Just five months ago, the Martin Liya people in the south of Oubaro broke through the border of the Harvey Kingdom and directly beat the Harvey Kingdom, one of the southern powers, to half-handling. The Martin Liya people had millions of The Harvey were sold to the Kingdom of Aden as a slave trade. Although hundreds of thousands of Harvey were killed by land transportation, the Kingdom of Aden still bought more than one million Harvey slaves, and such a huge number of slaves poured in. The Kingdom of Aden had a considerable impact on the slave market of the Kingdom of Aden. The price of slaves was reduced to less than one-third of the original price. In the eyes of Aden slave owners, slaves were cheap goods inferior to livestock, not to mention,

The price of a sheep can easily buy four slaves, and slaves are completely synonymous with worthlessness

The drought failed in the south, and the price of food rose rapidly. Slave owners seized the opportunity to hoard food. As a result, the price of food dropped and exceeded the highest ever in southern Aden. This is like the last straw that crushes camels. The civilians in southern Aden went bankrupt and had to sell themselves cheaply to become slaves to the nobles.

Slaves are worthless. Feeding slaves with expensive food is definitely at a loss. In order to reduce losses, the Aden noble slave owners began to cut off slaves on a large scale, as long as the young and strong stayed, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Not only was it impossible to work, but it was also a waste of food. Nobody has any surplus food. It is impossible to spend money to feed idlers. If it is other times, these old, weak, sick and disabled slaves can be sold at a low price. Now the entire south is It’s the same. The major slave owners feel that they have too many slaves in their hands. Even at low prices, no one cares about these old, weak, sick and disabled slaves, delaying time and consuming food

According to the practice, slaves that cannot be sold are regarded as inferior items. In order to reduce the loss of the owner, they can be buried alive. This is what is written in the Private Property Law of the Aden Code

According to conservative estimates, in September alone, the slave owners in southern Aden buried more than 60,000 slaves alive and secretly. This is still recorded, and there are countless unrecorded ones. It has not been recorded for five months. The rainy southern part of Aden is like a gunpowder keg that may explode at any time. Five thousand imperial elite cavalry marched in front line, avoiding difficult-to-conquer cities, but made a very orderly impact on the plantation outside the city. The Aden nobles of the dead plantation released all the slaves in the plantation. The most important part is that the imperial cavalry deliberately set alight on the noble’s grain warehouse during the offensive, and then drove away.

At this moment, it was raining, the ground was muddy, and the slaves in the riots were surging north in the cold and hunger. The reason for the north was that the Aden army fought the imperial army in the southern city of Persad, and the slaves were rioted. Did not dare to provoke the army, the torrent of slave riots everywhere, especially the large number of Harvey among the slaves, constituted the main force of the riot

These Harvey people are full of hatred towards the Aden people. The commonality of the same race makes these Harvey slaves far from the slaves of other populations more united and more combative.

But what really caused these Harvey slaves to explode was the news that the imperial army that broke into the hinterland propagated all the way, "The Martin Liya people have been defeated, and the Harvey kingdom and the empire have formed an alliance. The empire has invaded the southern Gulf of Aden this time. To rescue the trafficked Harvey, the Imperial Navy has already landed at the southern entrance to the sea. As long as it assists the Empire in defeating the Adenites, the Empire can force the Adenites to release all Harvey slaves.” The Imperial Cavalry may even ask the rescued Harvey slaves. It showed a notice signed with King Harvey’s seal, and similar notices were posted along the way. For the current empire, paper has become quite popular,

Regardless of whether this news is true or not, for the desperate Harvey people, the contents of these announcements are irresistible temptations. The country is ruined and their families are destroyed. They are slaved away from their hometowns on the spot, where they are brutal. The slave owners of Aden just regarded them as the cheapest tools. Even in the slave class, the influx of Harvey slaves was also regarded by other slaves as the main cause of their price plummet, and Harvey slaves naturally became slaves. The cheapest kind, Harvey people unconsciously only hold a group for warmth,

No one in Aden would have thought that the emperor’s killer was actually these Harvey slaves

"The Aden people's army has all gone to Bersad, and now the Aden people have no army in the south"

"Everyone will endure starving to death. If you don't want to starve to death, kill the people of Aden. Let's go home together"

"Go home, let's go home together"

In the highly concentrated area of ​​slave plantations, every village, city, town, field, and forest aroused an echo in the heart of every living Harvey slave. As a result, from the top of the Gucci mountain range on the westernmost side to the shores of the rippling rivers, horrible killings were heard everywhere. Millions of Harvey slaves screamed out. These were slaughtered and sold by the Martin Leyas. The Harvey people seemed to be awakened overnight. One person became two people, two people became a group, and the group reunited with the group and became a team. They picked up the sickle and the wooden stick, and flew with the knife. To the guard team of the slave owner of Aden nearby. Cut the entire garrison into pulp, and then gather more Harveies

"The Harvey is crazy!"

The slave owners everywhere are also frightened. They are used to facing those submissive, gentle, and submissive slaves. The thorny slaves have long been dealt with, and now they suddenly feel The ground beneath them was collapsing. The Harvey slaves they had bought at the lowest price suddenly became so brave. They attacked the plantations everywhere, but the regional garrison troops went to Bersad. Even their private army, half of them were in Berthard. In the face of the tide of Harvey slave riots, the only thing the slave owners could do was to abandon the plantation and shrink in their respective castles and dare not come out.

But they forgot that there are not only civilians in Harvey slaves, but also many captured Harvey soldiers and even generals. These former soldiers of the Harvey Kingdom raised their arms and said, "Our boys, come here. Ah!" As if suddenly emerging from the ground, countless Harvey armed with sickles and wooden guns poured in from all directions, pulling up a team of more than a thousand people on the spot. When they heard that the Harvey's team arrived, the plantation slaves who were completely out of control came from around. When they arrived, the Harvey had already begun to pull out, so they followed the direction of Harvey’s advancement. Go, regretting that I learned the news too late all the way.

People are surging, like small canals converge into rivers, and rivers flow into the sea

In the beginning, the Harvey people were the main body, and other ethnic groups soon joined in. Because those who did not refuse to absorb them, the army of rebellious slaves expanded like a snowball. The fear of chaos, large and small, bloomed throughout the southern provinces. For a combat unit, it requires more than just the number of people. Although so many slaves are hurriedly formed new teams, the experienced Harvey soldiers quickly became the core of the entire team, and the riots began to become a real storm. In Daru City in the south, an astonishing number of riot slaves rushed into the town like a flash flood and tsunami, and started street fighting with the garrison in the town. Half an hour later, all the Aden garrisons were chopped to pieces and the slaves ransacked. In towns, more than 13,000 Adenites were killed

Outside the city of Slam in the southern province, more than a thousand Aden garrisons were smashed. The remnants abandoned the city in a panic and fled, completely ignoring the lives and deaths of more than 30,000 Aden civilians in the city.

In Lushan, less than fifty miles away from the city of Bersad, the center of the war between the Empire and the Yaden Army, more than 30,000 Harvey slaves stormed the logistics transport team of the Yaden Army, wearing the light flame symbol of the Harvey faith. The Uighur slaves killed more than two thousand Aden soldiers and left with the logistics materials of the Aden army

Outside Icham Castle, there are a total of 30,000 slaves surrounding the castle, not including the team following them. They are hidden in the dense forest, waiting quietly and patiently, until they wait. The sun rose the next day. Seeing that the gates of Icham Castle were finally closed and refused to go to war, the slaves of the riots were reluctant to retreat

There was a night without danger, but the slaves of riots appeared on the key Mount Issam!

This news shocked the entire Aden. The Issam family is known as the gateway to the Gulf of Aden from the south. The battle decades ago established the strategic position of Issam Castle. It is rich in resources and has a vast hilly barrier, and the rebel slaves dare to rush to Issam Castle. If they occupy Issam Castle, they can easily directly enter the Gulf of Aden in the core area of ​​the kingdom and cause damage. But secondly, the impact of the rioting slaves' impact on the hinterland of the Gulf of Aden is the main reason why the people of Aden cannot sit firmly. The kingdom of Aden is about to join the ranks of the empire, but even a small slave rebellion cannot be suppressed. Aden, do you still have the right to wear the crown of the empire? This is a naked face slap. At that time, it will not only become the laughing stock of the entire continent, it will also be forcibly promoted to the empire level. In other people’s discussions, it is only a broken face. Unbearable pseudo empire

This kind of discussion is like a basin of cold water splashing down on the people of Aden. Even the king of Aden can't sit still at this moment. After spending so much effort, how can he allow flaws, and he is still being treated by a bunch of lowly slaves. Face-slapped, the furious King of Aden held an emergency military meeting, and the second army of Aden, one of the two armies of the Aden king’s capital, quietly left the king’s capital.

"Huhu"

With a whistling sling, traversed an arc of death in the sky, and then slammed into the crowd, **** and wailing

Under Berthard, the Aden army launched another fierce attack, braving the arrow clusters shot by the oncoming torrential rain, the Aden army's queue moved slowly to the front. This time, not only slaves, but also more than 30,000 Aden The garrison, holding shields and spears, followed behind the slave group, with shocking momentum. The black and heavy queues are like tides, mountain-like spears are erected high in the sky, the wind blows the flags, making the sound of hunting

This time, Toblas escorted 15,000 men in his Fourth Army. The rations have reached the limit, and all preparations are quite adequate. The messenger from the capital has sent orders from His Majesty the King. In the order, His Majesty the King declared that Toblas was undecided for a long time, so that the entire southern situation was so corrupted that the slaves in the south rebelled because Toblas arbitrarily ordered the private garrisons and slave owners. The military mobilization caused the entire southern aristocracy to be unable to suppress the immediate rebellion, which resulted in a snowball, which is now very difficult to deal with.

A large number of siege towers are pushed like tall buildings. Fire prevention is added to the front. The wooden wheels underneath are covered with iron sheets. They are crushed on the ground, making a heavy sound. In the passages between the various phalanxes, the password "Get ready!" was issued loudly. Behind the entire attack line, the eight thousand Yading archers were divided into six columns, and they were shooting their strong bows with a grim expression.

When the two armies were close to a hundred paces away. The densely flying arrows in the air fell into the dense queue of Aden people, splashed with blood and groans. The Aden soldier who hit the arrow fell silently, and the soldiers in the back stood silently. Filled up the vacancy in the queue. The infantry captains gave an order: "Shield!" After brushing, the shield players raised their shields to the sky to cover them. Looking from the sky, the front row of the entire queue showed a metal reflection, as if they had suddenly added a metal. Roof. All of a sudden, the arrows clinked all over the shield wall, but they didn't cause much damage.

"Don't be afraid, everyone, the bows and arrows of the imperial army can't hurt you." The front commander shouted.

"Charge!" The Aden soldiers roared like thunder and launched a charge. They ran forward in large strides, rushing towards the enemy's formation with an overwhelming momentum, and the gray crowd rushed and expanded like waves, shouting The killing sound was earth-shattering, and the momentum was amazing. When they rushed to a distance of about fifty steps, the powerful imperial crossbow began to shoot. When they encountered the powerful crossbow shooting at this distance, the damage caused was very terrible, and there was an astonishing hustle and bustle, "Ah, ah... …" The screams continued, and the hundreds of warriors who rushed to the front fell half of them immediately. The successors moved forward bravely, and another terrible metal storm was caught in the middle of the crowd. The infantry queue seemed to be smashed into paper, and the creaks of spears and spears smashed everywhere.

"Ah!" The loud shout, like a terrible storm, was released in an instant. The imperial heavy steel crossbow hitting the first row shot through the human body, followed by the second row~IndoMTL.com~the third row. , The people behind were squeezed away like a broken billiard ball, and the steel was colliding and piercing fiercely! The air was full of pungent blood and red mist. It was a scene of human blood being squeezed and exploded, and their blood was flowing in vain.

The Empire Heavy Ballista is definitely a highly efficient killing machine with both offensive and defensive capabilities. Although the Aden people are full of warfare this time, the gap between weapons and strength is quite ruthless, and as the center of the main attack, it is even more important. Take care, hundreds of thunder gods slammed into the attack line of the crowd in the center, the fire group exploded intensively, the corpses were numerous, the casualties were heavy, the turbulent wave of attack was like a wave hitting the reef, all to smash.

The fierce battle lasted for a full two hours before the Trumpeter of Aden blew the withdrawal horn. The attacking troops with heavy casualties had no intention of fighting again, and the team surged backwards from the front line like a low tide. Come down. In these two hours, the Aden Army killed more than 6,000 people and was injured quite a lot. On the Imperial Army, the city’s fire resistance decreased a lot in about an hour. It can be seen that there have been continuous battles in Toblas. Under the harassment, the materials of the imperial army began to be insufficient

At this moment, the front of the Yading Army also rang out with thunderous shouts, "Fourth Army Forward! The flashing eyes of a weapon, the entire queue was crushed in darkness, only the sound of the impact of swords and the rubbing of iron armor , Murderous intent. 15,000 Zhang's hideous faces shouted in unison, "Long live Aden," the sky is broken!