In order to gather the things needed for the sacrificial ceremony, the royal family would deprive the people of all the property they had worked hard to save throughout the year.
Whenever a pretty girl appeared in any house, she would be brought into the royal city and allowed to be played by the royal nobles.
Even Zhao Rui, an outsider, couldn't stand hearing this anymore and wished he could destroy the entire Khwarezm immediately.
"Your Highness!" Bai Hua hurriedly walked in with a few people.
"I have checked and found that the granaries in the city are empty and the treasury is also empty. There are only a few women, children, old and weak people left in the city. According to them, it seems that all the young women have been taken away to participate in the competition.
The ceremony lasted for several days, and the man was captured as a young man."
Zhao Rui took a breath, this was no longer cruel, but inhumane. This was purely to push the people into desperate situations.
He thought for a moment, then immediately picked up a pen and paper and wrote a letter of pleading.
"Find a few local people to translate the above content, and then send it to the entire Khwarezm, telling all the people that after the merchant army entered the city, Qiu did not commit any crimes, but anyone who surrendered to the city will not only get
They can get food and land! I can help them find their families who were kidnapped."
Several Khwarezm people present suddenly became excited.
In their opinion, as long as they can give them a mouthful of food, they are already a savior. They didn't expect that Zhao Rui would give them land.
These people immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Zhao Rui nodded with satisfaction, then stepped forward to help them up personally.
"I heard that Khwarezm is also a Buddhist country. I, a great merchant, have just obtained a Buddha bone relic of Sakyamuni and plan to build a pagoda in Luocheng, the capital, to enshrine it."
The excitement on the faces of several ordinary people became a little more exciting.
"I didn't expect that the capital of the Great Shang Dynasty would also enshrine the relics of the Buddha. Let's go and tell everyone."
A smile flashed across the corner of Zhao Rui's mouth. If this is the case, it won't be long before the entire Khwarezm becomes the territory of Dashang.
In the next few days, things developed exactly as Zhao Rui imagined.
The cities of Khwarezm surrendered one after another, and the troops brought here basically performed some receiving tasks.
In less than ten days, they had approached the country of Khwarezm.
Above the sacrificial site, the princes and nobles of Khwarezm were still singing, dancing, and having debauchery.
Harlandin, on the other hand, looked sad. He even pushed aside the wine offered by the beautiful woman next to him while he was sitting there.
While he was in a trance, a general hurriedly got behind him.
"Your Highness, it's not good, there are more and more cities rebelling, and even several main cities around the capital have fallen!"
Harlandin stood up immediately: "What did you say?"
The general looked out of breath. He had been ordered by Harlandin to investigate the affairs of the four cities, but he did not expect to see more and more cities rebelling along the way.
Before reaching the four cities, they encountered the vanguard of Dashang.
After escaping for a while, I finally returned here.
"Wait a minute, if I'm not wrong, I'm afraid most of Khwarezm has fallen into the hands of the enemy."
Harlandin's breathing suddenly became rapid. He picked up a wine glass from his hand, rushed to the center of the sacrificial hall, and threw it to the ground.
"Father, the country of Khwarazm is about to be destroyed, and you are still living here in dissolute ways! Hurry up and mobilize your troops to defend against the enemy, otherwise it will be too late."