Chapter 426: The human heart is as dark as moonlight mandala (3)
That night, the entire Liangshan Island gradually fell into hell amid flames and killings.
As the sun set, Fang Duxing, the commander of Wurui Camp, pressed his hand on the hilt of his knife, stood in front of the warship, and watched the big flag of "Practice for Heaven" on the island in the distance fall from the flagpole, in the red clouds that were like fire,
It foreshadows the rise and fall of Liangshan Mountain like a flash in the pan. At the same moment, on the island or in the foothills on the other side, a famous leader watched the chaos emerge, expand, and eventually become irreversible, and let out a cry of sorrow.
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The entire war process of Wu Ruiying's attack on Liangshan Island lasted only two days. On June 20th, the officers and soldiers launched the offensive with extreme caution. This was because when Liangshan had not reached its current scale,
Wurui Camp is already in Shuibo
He failed several times and returned home. This time, although the Battle of Dulonggang was ahead, the commander, Fang Duxing, still could not take it lightly. He initially blocked the waters and carefully figured out Liangshan's defenses on several surrounding islands. At noon that day, he started
Make a tentative attack.
The attack on several surrounding islands actually encountered a lot of resistance, but to be honest, these resistances were not as severe as the previous ones. Even under the conservative defense of the officers and soldiers, the attack on Liangshan seemed clumsy.
.Aware of this, Governor Fang began to order a formal attack, destroying several ships on the periphery. The offensive on several small islands came to an end at night on June 20, and then, a strange situation happened.
At the end of the battle, someone will always surrender, and this time, the first surrender brought the heads of their companions, and then it seemed as if the demons released by nightfall grew in people's hearts. Some of the Liangshan soldiers who were guarding chose to escape.
, and the other part, in this night, began to fight among themselves.
Everything was just like the people who came from the capital said, heads were exchanged for lives and rewards. The first few people took the heads of their comrades who had died in the battle, but later when a small number of people could not escape and there were not enough corpses,
At this time, they swung the knives at the people around them. Fang Governor Xing also issued a strict order at this time. If you have a head, you can live, but if you don't have a head, you can only die.
On June 21st, the attack on the main island of Liangshan was launched. The fleet was fighting on the water near Liangshan. On this afternoon, the main force of Wurui Camp began to land on the island. When the first position was captured, the attack was ready.
When they were preparing, what greeted them was no longer Liangshan's huge resistance. But... the entire Liangshan bandit force collapsed on its own.
Comparing the experience of previous battles, Wu Ruiying's attack on Liangshan this time was like a steel knife cutting into a piece of tofu. No one realized that the whole process would be so fast, and even the second half of it would collapse.
Not to mention that it was cut open by this steel knife.
For Fang Duxing, he could only gradually piece together the whole story from the mouths of some of the prisoners he captured.
Just a few days before the officers and soldiers attacked, the entire situation in Liangshan had already fallen into suspicion and fear. Things developed so fast that many people had not yet reacted, but the cruel facts had already appeared in front of everyone, and they could not help but
Believe it or not believe it.
Frictions, estrangements, quarrels, and small-scale fights are not the most serious things. The most troublesome and sensitive thing is that when the news of killing people for merit spreads, it leads to the disappearance of a few people. Sometimes, corpses are even left behind.
When someone was found behind his house, even people inside Liangshan were unable to determine whether the other party had killed him or whether an enemy had framed him.
The big bosses tried to suppress the situation, but they were inevitably wary of each other and colluded. They increased the frequency of patrols and the intensity of strict investigations, but this did not help. The smartest people were trying to organize small groups from the beginning.
, and then people from different local factions seek to protect themselves.
, are also in contact with each other. They take care of their families, and become particularly sensitive as long as someone peeks in. For several consecutive nights, there are dead people, secret conflicts, and open conflicts. Although it is an island with tens of thousands of people,
But it is also very scary to have dozens of people die like this.
After the accusations and conflicts begin to become obvious, everyone has realized that the collapse is coming, and the leaders above are no longer able to suppress them. Close confidants will begin to test whether the boss above intends to surrender or run away, and the leaders above will also
In the process of testing the thoughts of his confidants, when the officers and soldiers began to attack, the situation in Liangshan was like a large ball of hot patients wrapped in the body, which was about to erupt at any time. But if there was no external force, the whole process would probably
It will have to continue for a while.
Even when Fang La rebelled, or when famine came and all the people in the house were starved to death, the suspicion and wariness among the hungry people and refugees were never oppressed and stimulated to such an extent. It was not just the people on Liangshan who had not experienced this.
In such a situation, even Fang Duxing had never seen anything like this before.
After that evening, the officers and soldiers rushed to the island, but actually encountered waves of small-scale resistance. The battle was still going on on the water around Liangshan. Several conflicts broke out between the breakout ships and the warships of Wurui Camp. However,
If we look at the situation on the entire Liangshan Island, it is like a floating island in hell that is simply meant to test human nature. The killings between companions, killing each other for heads, have been going on, in order to make the chaos even greater,
People fishing in troubled waters set fires all over the mountains and plains.
Heads can save lives, and can also make a fortune. In order to prevent his soldiers from being too seriously injured in this crazy situation, Fang Governor ordered some soldiers to just surround the island without attacking, and let the people on the entire island fend for themselves.
The heads were taken, statistics and protection were made, allowing the evil of human nature to rage across the entire island. Outside the island, those who broke through, those who pursued, those who were left alone, and piecemeal battles continued in flames.
That night, looking at the various survivors rushing down the island, Fang Duxing and He Rui sighed: "We, the soldiers, mostly believe that human nature is inherently evil, but how evil is human nature? At this time, Fang
You know." Relatively speaking, the scholar from the capital looked like a demon to him at this time. He Rui also said: "It's just that this method is too cruel, I'm afraid it will harm Tianhe...
"
A method that brings coldness to the enemy and also brings coldness to one's own people. Ning Yi doesn't know what he thinks about this. But when Fang Duxing and He Rui were sighing like this, near Liangshan
On the water, among the flames and wreckage, there was also a Chinese ship
Warships of equal size were moving slowly. Wang Shanyue stood in front of the ship. What he remembered was that a few days before Ning Yi was about to take action, he was sitting under the eaves of Zhujiazhuang, holding the bracelet as a rosary and spinning it.
The look on his face showed that some information was also being transmitted to the ship. It was collected and summarized.
"When I was a child, I read the Three Character Classic, which said that people are inherently good by nature. After this time, I don't believe it anymore." Su Wenyu murmured there. Ning Yi, who was also looking at the water and fire, frowned.
He glanced at it.
"Su Wenyu, please remember, human nature is inherently neither good nor evil." After a moment, Ning Yi said, "You thought that human nature is inherently good before, but that is not necessarily right. If such a thing makes you feel
Human nature is evil, which only shows your narrow-mindedness. Human nature is chaotic, neither good nor evil, but it is not firm, easy to be tempted, and will change.
What you become depends entirely on external forces. It is not easy to get to this point, but there are ways to make people better. If you believe that human nature is inherently good or evil, you are a coward who doesn't want to put in any effort.
Thoughts, they have no thoughts and no self, they can only infer the essence. If you want to do things, don't have this kind of thoughts."
After witnessing the collapse of Liangshan, in the eyes of everyone, Ning Yi's mood was not necessarily good. He did not focus on the ordinary people in Liangshan. What he was waiting for at this time was some more critical information.
After thinking for a while, Su Wenyu said: "I will remember it." Ning Yi smiled, sat on a chair at the bow of the ship, and looked at the island in the distance that was burning with flames and chaos.
"When you see this, what you should think of is the preciousness of order and the greatness of morality. The spiritual civilization, culture, and morality of a world. These things together protect everyone. After morality, there is law. Once they collapse, it is easy to
It will become like this on Liangshan Mountain. No matter how far we can manipulate human nature, you and I should be in awe of human nature, culture, and morality. If we don’t want ourselves to become like this, we must remember this
a little."
The ship gradually moved forward, passing the wreckage of a large ship. The flames were still burning on the water, and floating corpses floated from the side of the ship. Ning Yi shook his head, looked at the little fires ahead, frowned, and spoke.
Low and slow.
"I used to...actually met a lot of people who always thought they were very powerful. They clamored for character, decisiveness in killing, and clear thoughts. They didn't know what morality was. Such people are actually the lowest class of people in the world. They are both
No strength, no wisdom, only arrogance and stupidity."
Ning Yi sighed and pointed at the flames on Liangshan Mountain, "I only know some immediate benefits, but I can't see my own fragility. In fact, it is not the people who are really bound by morality, but those who have the ability, strength and wisdom.
They are the ones who are the most constrained. Once morality is let go, ordinary people will make small profits and be complacent. They don’t know those things at this time.
Big shots, every time their shackles are loosened a little, they harm the interests and lives of thousands of people. Human nature is very interesting and cruel. Good and bad are all mixed together. If you want good things, then
If you have to work hard and feel that it has nothing to do with you, maybe one day your morals will drop below a certain level and there will be nothing left."
The light flowed, shining brightly and darkly. Ning Yi's sigh was immersed in the night, and the people around him seemed quiet. A small boat rowed across the water, coming from the other side, and coming up was Qi Xinhan, who brought the message.
"Not long ago, Song Jiang broke out on the island. Several ships from the Wurui camp tried to intercept it, but were caught off guard. I have already asked some prisoners... It is true that as you said, a strong man cuts off his wrist."
The news he had been waiting for finally came, and Ning Yi stood up: "How many people?"
"Less than 4,000 people finally got together." Qi Xinhan said, "In recent days, Song Jiang and the others have been holding back on the surface, but in fact, they are really waiting for the conflict to intensify. They secretly selected the part of the island that was least likely to surrender.
Either there was a blood feud with the government, or the case committed was too big, or the direct relationship was the closest. After the conflict intensified, they saw it more clearly, contacted privately, and then gathered them all. As for the others,
Everything on the island has been abandoned."
Ning Yi pressed his palms against each other and nodded: "The strong men cut off their wrists... They are quite decisive."
Qi Xinyi on the side said: "Among them, there are still some who have second thoughts, right?"
Ning Yi shook his head: "There are still spies, but it is difficult to affect the combat effectiveness. Firstly, they are die-hard elements themselves, and secondly, they want to exchange heads for rewards. You don't need to follow them. Just stay on the island and kill people.
Forget it is over. In this way, the influence I put on their hearts can be considered removed.
There are four thousand people out, and it is estimated that some of them are family members. But after leaving Liangshan, it is still a big problem. Ignore those on Liangshan for now, this group of people must be killed... We should prepare to chase them, and notify the independent
Two thousand people from Longgang came to join us and notified the states and counties to cooperate."
He turned back and pointed at Su Wenyu: "Wenyu, please bring a few people over to command their side and let him divide his troops. You are responsible for contacting both sides. Tonight, you can watch the show over there. In addition, on the mountain
Regardless of whether they have family members or not, if they bring more than three heads on average, let Fang command them to detain them all. After this battle, they will either join the army or
Follow me for the time being. This group of people cannot flow into society now - of course, there is no need to explain this for now. Wait until I come back. Also, once the fighting on the mountain is no longer so fierce, let Commander Fang send troops to clean up, even if there are no heads.
, as long as they don’t resist, we can let them all go. They are the cleanest ones now. Killing these people... doesn’t make much sense anymore.”
"Yes." After Ning Yi finished making arrangements, Su Wenyu nodded and led a few people to take a boat to the island. The order was given here, and the warship set sail and cut through the waves. Under the moonlight, it followed the light of the imperial warship and moved towards the distance.
It traces away from the water surface, and further away is the outline of dark mountains and water.
On one side of the field of vision, the huge island is still burning in the darkness, and the fighting is going on. I don’t know when it will stop...
On June 22, Liangshan fell, leaving only more than 3,000 people led by Song Jiang on the run. Their pursuit became a new problem before the various states, counties, officers and soldiers...
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