The big man next to him fell to the ground and never got up again. He actually lay there twitching all over.
Zhao Rui couldn't help but frown, stepped forward to check, and found that this guy actually had epilepsy.
Two such strong people were so weak. Zhao Rui couldn't help but shook his head and searched out everything they had on them.
The battle on the battlefield was coming to an end, and most of the Cochin soldiers surrendered.
This time, Dai Qisi did not massacre like last time, but accepted these people.
Previously it was due to the geographical location and the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves. Now that the follow-up army has arrived, the next step is to destroy the entire Jiaozhi Kingdom.
The massacre like before cannot continue.
After clearing the battlefield, the merchant army did not retreat, but went all the way south, and soon arrived at Neilong City, the capital of the Jiaozhi Kingdom.
The people outside the city all live in simple wooden huts, which look shabby.
I don't know whether it's because of the hot weather or because the local people are too poor, but the clothes many people wear are simply sewn from two pieces of cloth.
When the merchant army approached the city, the eyes of these common people were numb, as if there was no concept of enemy invasion in their minds.
"Your Highness!" Dai Qisi frowned and moved closer to Zhao Rui: "What is going on here? When our army is here, won't they resist?"
The emotions in Zhao Rui's eyes were extremely complicated.
"The people are suffering to such an extent that they have long lost confidence in their rulers. They don't care who we are or what we are doing here."
Dai Qisi sighed deeply. Although she had been wandering around with Tian Luojun since she was a child, she had never seen much suffering in the world.
Even when I fought with Zhao Rui before, I had never seen such a miserable scene.
"Where are you from?"
A girl in her teens suddenly stood up, her pure eyes full of innocence.
She was holding half of an unfinished banana leaf in her hand, and there was still green residue at the corner of her mouth.
Just as Zhao Rui was about to step forward, two elderly women rushed out and took her sister-in-law away.
"I'm sorry, noble sir, my child is not sensible, please forgive me!"
Zhao Rui exhaled slightly, looking at this, the local people were humble to the core.
He took out a bag of local gold coins from his body and threw it out.
"No problem! Tell me how to get to the palace!"
When the two women got the gold coins, they immediately felt flattered. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, as if they regarded Zhao Rui as a living god.
"The palace is right in front, but there are so many of you that I'm afraid you won't be able to get through!"
In fact, Zhao Rui had already seen the tall palace wall, but the dilapidated private houses around it formed a natural barrier, surrounding it.
The army wanted to rush in and attack the city, but they had no other choice but to destroy people's houses.
But if it is destroyed on a large scale, it can easily arouse public anger.
Although these houses in front of them are dilapidated, they are their last wealth and their bottom line.
Zhao Rui's inquiry was just to test the people's bottom line.
"We are about to attack the city and may demolish your houses. I don't know how much money we will need."
The surrounding villagers suddenly became excited.
Although the house is their final bottom line, it is not impossible to demolish the house as long as they give enough money.
“A big buck will do!”
I don't know who shouted, and the people present followed suit.