Forty-nine, no war in Shanghai (Part 2)

Forty-nine, no war in Shanghai (Part 2)

I rushed all the way and worked so hard that I finally entered the battlefield as quickly as possible, but found that the war had already been extinguished and the enemy had been far away, leaving only a pile of devastated messes to be cleaned up... For any military commander, this is a very bad thing.

Well, in all senses, it's very bad.

First, there is no way to establish authority through this, second, it will lead to a sudden drop in morale, third, it will be ineffective, and fourth, it will face a series of dizzy trivial matters.

"...About two days ago, the Demon Cult thugs gathered tens of thousands of people. After the last attack on this forest failed, they began to withdraw one after another. As of yesterday afternoon, we had sent people across the Huangpu River and basically recovered the old city of Puxi - in fact, it was abandoned by the enemy. Because there was only a pile of rubble left there, and nothing was found except for the charred and deformed corpses."

Sitting in the office of the Governor's Office, Lieutenant General Daniel introduced the latest battle situation to Feili to a sand table. "... Another team of scouts went deep into the Shanghai county outside the concession, but found that there were also robbed by mobs and slaughtered and burned. On the branches of a pine tree outside the city, there were even the bodies of several local officials and gentry hanging... "

Through the detailed description of Lieutenant General Daniel, Fili quickly gained a clear understanding of the mess he had to take over.

After this time, the prosperous core area of ​​the concession in Puxi was completely destroyed. Most of the top expatriates with wealth and wealth had already left by boat. Only a bunch of poor ghosts had no way out and had to stay in Pudong. There were also some local believers nearby who converted to the god of magic and wealth, as well as several locals who were involved in foreign trade and were hiding in, with a total of about 60,000 people.

With the whereabouts of the Black Sun Lich Governor is unknown and the concession political institutions are completely collapsed, the food, clothing and livelihoods of these 60,000 refugees are all counting on Feili to find a way, and to start cleaning and restoring the ruined city - such a huge mess is really hard to clean up!

The only thing that is thankful is that there is basically no external threat in the concession. After the Demon Cult thugs plundered the Puxi Concession, they saw that there was no trace of oil or water to squeeze out, so they gradually retreated and turned to ravage the surrounding wealthy cities... Although these people always use the banner of xenophobia, they actually burned, killed and plundered the people of their country, even more cruel and bloody.

The Jiangnan water town within a radius of hundreds of miles has fallen into a state of madness. At present, foreign officials from all over the country want to engage in threats and negotiations, and there is no political institution nearby that is still in normal office.

Before that, Feili conducted a brief inspection of the jurisdiction where he first arrived.

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"...This is the Shanghai Concession? Alas, it looks so cruel that it is shocking!"

"...There's no way, the battle has just subsided. We haven't had time to clean up the body. Now it's midsummer again... The smell is naturally heavier."

When the sampan was still floating on the Huangpu River, Feili vaguely smelled a pungent smell and couldn't help but frown deeply. Lieutenant General Daniel hurriedly handed over a piece of gauze to cover his mouth and nose.

After actually stepping onto the broken pier and entering the dilapidated city, Feili felt even more like she had walked into the hell on earth.

Thousands of corpses were scattered in every corner of the city, whether it was streets, alleys, parks, shops, they were filled with the terrible stench of corpses. Their deaths were different, and their property was plundered, and groups of buzzing flies were lingering on their bodies.

Many corpses have begun to rot or are pecked by birds and beasts, and they have lost the bones of white huāhuā inside. Groups of wild dogs are gnawing at the corpse, and their eyes are red when they eat. When Feili leads a large number of guards by, the wild dogs are frightened and barking and run away quickly, but they are still reluctant to stay away. They are just wandering low and lingering nearby, waiting for the "intruders" to leave so that they can come back to continue their full meal.

Due to the thug's fire, most of the wooden houses in the city have only charred wall foundations. Only a few tall and sturdy stone buildings can be preserved well, including a huge temple dedicated to the magic god Mistera.

When Feili, the candidate of the magic nv god, came here to inspect, he actually saw that the NV god statue on the altar had been destroyed to a point of only a pedestal, with gravels everywhere, and shit and blood sprinkled with dog blood. What made him even more shocking was the more than ten corpses placed in front of the wreckage of the statue. Judging from the fragments of clothes, they seemed to be priests and devout believers in the temple, but at this moment they were all separated, with bodies stacked on the side, and their heads were displayed side by side on the altar. Since it had been more than ten days since the massacre, their eyes had begun to fall off and rot, and flies flew in and out of their open mouths... The scene was really terrible.

Seeing this scene, even though Feili had been on the battlefield for a long time, she couldn't help but change her mind for a moment, her stomach twitched, and vomited all over the ground, and then ordered her subordinates to bury the body as soon as possible, and then hurriedly left under the help of the guards.

In another luxurious temple dedicated to the wealth god Wojin, the situation you witnessed is also awesome. The beautiful statues of gods were savagely destroyed, precious treasures were plundered, and clergy and believers who had no time to escape were brutally massacred... There is no need to say more about such blasphemy. The piles of luonv corpses in the temple are even more terrifying.

——After the Demon Cult thugs flocked into the concession, they did not forget to plunder and vent the beasts, besides robbing and burning them.

Because the Wojin Temple, which also operates usury loans, has strong financial resources and has built the temple quite spacious and luxurious. As a result, it seems that it was attracted by the elder brothers of the Demon Cult. These leaders are self-reliant and do not want to just catch an NV person like those lower-level believers and join in the street. Instead, they have to arrange a safer and more comfortable environment to vent their beasts. So they turned the temple of the wealth NV God Wojin into a demon nest cave.

A large number of beautiful NV people were tributed by believers below, stripped of clothes and concentrated in this temple, supervised by special personnel, and the windows were blocked by bricks and stones to prevent escape. The senior brothers and their powerful thugs came in and played day and night, and stayed at will. Every day, NV people were ruined, disabled or even killed, but every day, new NV people were added. When the Demon Cult packed up the package and retreated, they also killed all these NV people who were tired of playing. However, because they walked too fast and did not kill carefully, some of the NV people survived, and in a terrifying pool of corpses and blood, they shouted for help from the scouts who came to search.

While ordering people to clean up the bodies and take care of the survivors, Feili was in a subtle mood and found that among the red corpses on the ground, there were basically all local people from Xianglong Empire with black hair, yellow skin and feet, but they could not find any blond and blue eyes, and there were no aliens like jing spirits, orcs, etc.... I don't know if the Western corpses escaped quickly, no one was caught, or the aesthetics of the people of the Demon Cult are too traditional?

Speaking of which, these people have been tossing over the mountains of blood and blood for more than ten days, killing hundreds of thousands of their compatriots, but they have only driven Western expatriates outside the city, and have no interest in continuing the battle, but are obsessed with looting their own cities... What kind of xenophobia is this?

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In short, after seeing the miserable situation in the Puxi Concession in Shanghai with one's own eyes, whether it was the reinforcements of the Giant Bear Legion who had just arrived or the remnants of the Concession garrison who had been staying in the Pudong Forest, the remnants of the Concession garrison who had been fighting for many days were in a very bad mood.

Because, in their hearts, this large-scale attack organized by the believers of the Demon Cult was really an inexplicable disaster.

There will be many conflicts between the Western colonial strongholds rooted in foreign countries and the surrounding indigenous peoples due to their lack of understanding and conflict of interest between them. All Western expatriates and overseas officials who traveled to foreign countries to explore the world also understand this in their hearts.

But the problem is that unless it is an irrational barbarian or ambiguous alien, even if an xenophobic movement breaks out, certain procedures should be followed. Generally speaking, the first thing is to select a representative, submit a petition to the colonial or trade authorities, make a petition on something, or protest against something; then, if you are willing to get a satisfactory reply, further organize protest marches and call for boycott of foreign goods to conduct demonstrations; if you are still ignored or suppressed, you will take up weapons and engage in guerrilla warfare or terrorist attacks.

However, there was no sign of this attack incited by the Demon Cult, and no one came to deal with it. The Black Japanese Lich Governor took the initiative to bring people to discuss, but he was even plotted against him. After that, he launched a large-scale attack without saying hello... This is almost like a battle unannounced!

The only direct purpose of provoking such a tragic incident was that the Xianglong Empire court wanted to pay back the debt!

Hey, you should be considered a civilized country that follows rules. Don’t mess around like a barbarian tribe, okay?

Although the people who were killed in Puxi were basically the "second sons" of these demon thugs, and the number of casualties of Western expatriates was not large, it is an indisputable fact that the prosperous commercial port that had been hard-working for decades was destroyed and tens of thousands of expatriates returned to their penniless people.

Therefore, when everyone sat down for a meeting to discuss the next action countermeasures, many people were extremely angry and shouted that they would use force to retaliate.

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"...In view of the various tragedies that have happened a few days ago, I think that strengthening troops in Shanghai alone is not enough to make this shameless rogue political team realize their responsibilities and cannot get back the debt we deserve. The best way to put pressure on this Tatar political team should be to concentrate fleets to attack the Yangtze River waterway, and to protect the legitimate rights and interests of governments and expatriates from all countries, we will decisively march towards the capital of this country!"

In the conference room of the former Black Sun Lich Governor's Office, senior officials and nobles from all countries in the Far East were gathered together to listen to the generous speech of Antonio, the Consul of the Kingdom of Harua in Shanghai, "... For such a rebellious semi-barbarian country, only blood and fire can they understand what axiom is!"

The Kingdom of Harua, located southwest of the Feren continent, was established by descendants of the survivors of the 1st Empire of the ancient 1st Empire, just like the current 2nd Empire of Neserel, and even because of its long-standing state, it was self-reliant as the orthodox successor of Neserel. Therefore, although it did not have its own overseas colony, it was often more enthusiastic than the 2nd Empire of Neserel in spreading the belief of the magic god Misterla.

Therefore, this time, the demon sāluàn not only destroyed countless industries of the Halua expatriates in Shanghai, but also greatly affected the cause of the Halua missionaries. The believers and church strongholds who had worked hard to develop along the southeast coast of the Xianglong Empire were almost defeated in one fell swoop. The potential influence on this country was almost destroyed for a moment... Faced with this huge loss of "sleeping until before liberation", it is no wonder that Antonio, the Consul of Halua, who is the chief leader of the missionary organization, was so angry and indignant here.

Although Antonio's speech was generous, seemingly resounding and every sentence was reasonable. Unfortunately, in this conference room, calm people still account for the vast majority - the passionate young man who can be incited with just a few words usually cannot reach such a high position.

"…Sorry, Mr. Antonio, in my experience, the worst peace is better than the most reasonable war."

The foreign consul of the Serre Federation stationed in Shanghai, the nv red robed wizard Hatshepsut, sipped the mellow warm black tea while slowly speaking in a hoarse voice, "...The ancients said that war will come at will, but it cannot be lingered. The Xianglong Empire did such a ridiculous and cruel stupid thing to the Shanghai Concession. The excuse to start a war is indeed enough, but do we really have the strength to engage in this war?"

Due to the fragmentation of the country, the war is endless, and the long-term poverty and weakness, the Serre Federation is also the top Western power, but it has little influence on foreign countries overseas. Hatshepsut, the Consul of Serre, was basically a so-called soybean in the Shanghai Concession during peacetime. No one listened to his words. His only job was to organize labor exports - to find ways to sell the severely surplus of gnolls in the country to do hard work.

But as the war broke out, the Naserel regular army in the concession collapsed and fled without permission, and Pudong's military power was extremely empty for a moment. Under such a precarious situation, the thousands of werewolves under the Consulate of Serre suddenly became popular. And the senior NV red-robed wizard Hatshepsut, who commanded this armed force, naturally had a higher political status, and he had the right to speak or even decide on many things in the public concession.

Therefore, she was very unhappy to see Antonio, the Consul of Halua who had been doing nothing these days, stealing her own limelight by just opening her mouth and saying some irrelevant silences.

"...Yes, the existing army is seriously insufficient. Even if we include the remaining miscellaneous armed forces in Pudong, we can only gather only two thousand people, plus about the same number of werewolves slave soldiers, and the armed ammunition is very scarce. With such strength, just stationed in the Shanghai Concession, we feel very stretched, let alone going deep into the Yangtze River channel and ventured into the capital of the Xianglong Empire!"

Admiral Fili Taylor also agreed with Hatshepsut's conservative view, "... Although my Xiangrui battleship is powerful, it is too large in size and has a deep waterline, making it difficult to penetrate into the unfamiliar Yangtze River waterway, otherwise it will be in danger of stranding.

In the previous state of hunluàn, the remaining warships stationed in the Shanghai Concession had already fled. They are probably still on their way to Nagasaki. They will never be able to call them back in less than a month or two. Otherwise, they could send several insignificant fast ships to the river and conduct artillery demonstrations on the cities along the river, including the imperial capital Jinling... But now they can only wait and see what they have changed for the time being."

Although the supreme military commander has expressed support for conservative strategies, Harua Consul Antonio still does not want to give up his views on his views.

“…If the problem is that the troops are insufficient, we can help you arm a group of devout believers.”

After a moment of silence, Antonio mentioned the jing God again and said to Feili, "......... In the past ten years, the missionaries who worshipped the mother of magic have developed many believers in the southeast coastal areas of this country. Then in this time, the demon sects were extremely cruelly massacred and plundered, and about 30,000 people had to escape into the last stronghold of the Pudong Forest and pray for our protection. Most of these poor believers are now destroyed and have an irresolved deep hatred towards the demon sect. If they are armed and led by our missionaries, they can immediately form an army of different sizes..."

“…It is well known that a pile of building materials cannot be called a house, just as a mob cannot be called an army!”

Before he could finish his suggestion, a certain nv red robe mage pushed back with one sentence, "...I think that the attack on the thugs of the Demon Cult in the Concession a few days ago has fully proved that this experience is correct!"
Chapter completed!