In fact, it is not an easy task to seek peace, especially when others have already arrived at your doorstep. The Chanyuan Alliance, the Alliance under the City, the Bridge Alliance... were all quite passive when signed.
It's actually very realistic when you think about it: when someone puts a kitchen knife on your neck and kills someone without breaking the law, who wants to let it go so easily?
Therefore, if you have money at this time, you must pay for it, and if you have a daughter, then give it to your daughter... As for saying nothing, it is definitely not shameful to kneel on the ground and call daddy twice.
In short, it is true that they can survive. After all, the Song Dynasty relied on the Chanyuan Alliance to kill the Liao Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty relied on the Benqiao Alliance to trap the Turks to death, because there is still more or less hope for surviving.
But when you are being beaten unilaterally, how to negotiate for peace with the enemy requires more skills.
For example, this time, when the Tarun Kingdom faced the Tang Group's warships outside its royal city, it found that it seemed that there was no way to communicate well with the other party...
The king sent his envoy and decided to have a good talk with the other party's commander. As a result, the sailboat with the white flag was sunk halfway out of the sea just as it set sail.
Therefore, it is not easy to find a captain who has the courage to take people to sea, even if the reward has been raised to 200 gold coins.
There is nothing that can be done about this. After all, as the old saying goes, if you want to earn money, you must also spend it.
In this near-death situation, no one would make fun of their own lives. Everyone could only pretend to be crazy and watch helplessly as the docked ships in their own ports were sunk by enemy ships one after another.
Panic has spread in the city, and many people have begun to flee outside the city. The rich and powerful people who have estates outside the city have naturally taken refuge now.
Soon, King Talon X of the Talon Kingdom was surprised to find that he could not even summon all his ministers.
There was no way - some people were accidentally killed by the shelling, some had already escaped, some were too scared to go out, and the rest were really sick and couldn't get up.
After all, everything in this country seems to be collapsing, and King Talon X is unable to stop this process at all. He can't even control his own army.
The new military camps outside the city have been emptied. Although there are both new recruits and veterans stationed in the city, most of the soldiers stationed in the city have also been dispersed.
Even if a certain battalion leader can still be found holding the position, there are no suitable orders to give them.
After all, they seem to be able to maintain their intact structure if they stick to their position, but if they are allowed to move, who can guarantee that they will not collapse halfway?
Therefore, the best way is not to mobilize these troops that still exist, but to let them stick to their original positions and stay still...
But it is true that the number of troops is decreasing as the battle continues, and the enemy's attacks are not ineffective. The troops stationed at the top of the city are being consumed, and the remaining survivors are also disintegrating.
Therefore, the number of troops in the city is actually getting smaller and smaller as the battle continues. Now, all Talon X can control is his own bodyguards, about 1,000 men and two battalions.
This is his last resort and an important reason why he can still sit peacefully in his palace.
If it weren't for these troops, the scattered rebels and crazy refugees could have rushed into the palace, burned, killed and looted, just like what they are doing now.
At this moment, the thick smoke rising in Talon Royal City is not only caused by shelling, but also caused by man-made things.
These broken soldiers and refugees who stirred up trouble in the city would often rush into some houses, burn, kill, loot, and even assault women, taking advantage of the chaos to do things they had wanted to do before but had no courage to do.
The damage they caused was ten times and a hundred times greater than the damage caused by the roaring naval guns on the battleships outside.
It is these rebels who are turning Talon King City into a hell on earth. This is also the result of randomly recruiting thousands of new recruits with no experience or training into the city.
The cries and shouts gradually began to boil uncontrollably. Children were frightened and screamed. Some not-sturdy buildings collapsed amid the sound of gunfire. People in various clothes lay scattered on the dusty streets.
Corpses in various clothes.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" On the escaping carriage, a steward brandished a revolver produced by Cyric and shouted loudly at the rioters crowding the road.
These civilians who were completely panicked didn't pay attention to his efforts. They held their own bodies, pulled their children, pushed and pushed them, and slowly wriggled their bodies forward.
"Bang!" Finally, the frustrated but helpless housekeeper couldn't help but pull the trigger. A gunshot echoed in the street, and a woman screamed and fell to the ground.
Seven or eight silver coins and dozens of copper coins were scattered out of the bundle she held in her arms, and the crowd around her suddenly became restless.
Some people were frightened by the gunfire and began to crowd to the left and right. Some people lowered their heads to look at the scattered coins and crawled to grab them.
No one paid attention to the woman whose chest was still spurting blood. The child beside the woman was pushed down by the crowd before she could cry out.
"Don't grab it! Mine! Mine!" A greedy man grabbed a silver coin, suddenly raised his head, and found that the carriage taking the opportunity to move forward was right next to him.
He saw the old lady wearing gold and silver in the carriage, and also saw the noble jazz gentleman inside. Greed and madness made him finally forget his cowardice and fear, and he grabbed the door of the carriage at once.
"They have money! They have money!" I don't know who thought of going with him. Someone among the civilians let out a roar that made other poor people excited.
As a result, countless people began to rush towards the carriage, and the entire carriage was shaken.
"Bang!" The steward on the carriage aimed at a beggar crowded around the carriage. The old beggar who was hit by the gun couldn't even fall down. He was spitting out blood while being held hostage by the people around him, and the beggar screamed.
He was instantly drowned in the crazy shouts of the crowd.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Crash!" The window of the carriage was smashed, and the broken glass frightened the woman inside the carriage.
The noble man in the carriage also held a pistol and pulled the trigger at the hands that had reached into the carriage.
In the swaying carriage, the aristocratic woman's arm was grabbed by a dirty hand, and she couldn't help but let out a sharp scream: "Ah!"
Along with her screams, a series of gunshots rang out.
The hand of the civilian who was shot was still hanging in the carriage, and his body was wrapped up in the crowd and unable to fall down, while more people were desperately shaking the carriage wildly.
Finally, the nobleman who fired six times found that his pistol was empty, and the old butler on the carriage had also fired all the bullets in his gun.
No one was able to stand firm on his feet. The old butler fell out of the carriage and hit the heads of the people crowded around him. Then those desperate people didn't even bother to avoid it, so they held him above their heads and started to look through his pockets.
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The gold coins he had hidden in his pocket were snatched away, and the sterling silver pocket watch he cherished was instantly missing.
In even two seconds, the buttons on his clothes were torn clean, and the gun holster and remaining scattered bullets in his coat pocket were also taken away.
His pistol was soon snatched away, and his clothes were grabbed and torn to pieces. Finally, he was thrown to the ground. Before he could even utter a word for mercy, someone stepped on his mouth.
There were feet on his belly and feet on his chest. His arms were trying to protect his head, but when they were halfway up, they were blocked by the densely packed calves.
It only took a few seconds for him to be trampled to death beside the carriage.
At this moment, the door of the carriage was finally overwhelmed and was broken open. A man was pushed and climbed into the carriage. He saved one of the lady's legs and his saliva rubbed onto the lady's shoes.
At this time, the noble man finally realized that if he didn't do something, he would definitely die here, so he took out the gold coins from his pocket and threw them out of the carriage desperately.
People who were about to enter the carriage began to grab the gold coins, and those who tried to rush into the carriage seemed to be delayed.
But he soon discovered that he didn't have many gold coins. He even took off his family ring and threw it out of the car.
Then, he noticed that someone had rushed onto the carriage and began to search his pockets desperately. He raised his foot and kicked the person in the stomach.
When he wanted to kick him again, someone strangled his neck from the other side. Suddenly, he was left with only fear, and his hands desperately began to try to grab the arm that was strangling his neck.
At this time, he could no longer care about his wife, whose clothes had been torn off. He tried to breathe, but how could he break free from the arms that had been strangling him for many years?
Soon, his legs were left with only the strength to kick blindly, and the woman beside him had long since lost her voice.
Finally, the carriage could no longer hold up, and the entire carriage fell down, knocking down a dozen civilians on the other side of the carriage.
In the midst of panic, all the civilians who were looting discovered that the normally aloof nobles and the vicious thugs hired by the nobles seemed... vulnerable!
As a result, these bloodied refugees continued to boil. They smashed the doors and windows of the surrounding buildings, rushed into the room and began to search for anything they wanted.
If there is an owner in the house, they will kill the owner. If the house is empty, they will take whatever they see.
These people came in groups, and some even wore the military uniforms of the Kingdom of Talon and carried Cyric's flintlocks on their backs.
They had guns, bayonets and swords, and gradually began to gather other robbers and the rebels broke out, turning into a gang of gangsters that ordinary residents could not resist alone.
