Chapter 323

"Take them all out and behead them."

Looking at these officials who were no different from officials in other places,

All so self-important, viewing the people as fish and meat while they were the knife and chopping board, wantonly slaughtering,

Fang La lost interest in talking to them and directly issued the order for their disposal.

There was really no need to talk to these corrupt officials who had already been swallowed by the desires in their hearts.

After all, even if he spoke eloquently, these people would not change their minds.

Even if he generously let them go, they would definitely not be grateful,

And their first thought would be to find ways to tear him, the thief who brought them humiliation, into pieces,

And slice him to death.

Besides, if he just let them go like this,

How could he face the people whose families were destroyed by them?

How could he face the soldiers who were fighting and bleeding on the front lines?

Blood debts can only be repaid with blood!

Although they had nothing left now, didn't they still have one life?

People's origins may be high or low, their appearances may be tall, short, fat, or thin, and their talents may be high or low,

But death is the most fair. Whether you are a peerless emperor who holds power over the world and possesses the four seas,

Or a scholar with great talent, or a starving beggar who is hungry and cold, unable to fill his stomach,

And doesn't know where the next meal is coming from, everyone only has one life.

And an unquestionable truth in the world is that if a person is killed, they will die!

"Yes, Holy Duke."

Pang Wanchun, having received the order, gave a ferocious smile and waved his hand to take these captives away.

He had also long found these sanctimonious guys an eyesore.

It had to be the Holy Duke who had the qualifications to decide how to deal with these guys,

Otherwise, he would have long let these guys know how their Holy Duke Army got its start.

Now, having received the Holy Duke's order, he would properly deal with these guys to vent the evil energy in his heart!

"Fang La, you thief who eats vegetables and serves demons will not have a good end!"

"Once the Great Gan army arrives, you and your Holy Duke State will be turned into powder, and we will wait for you on the road to the underworld!"

The officials, understanding that they were dead today, hysterically cursed Fang La,

As if they wanted to use this method to curse Fang La, this "Holy Duke," to death.

Well, the reason they called Fang La a "vegetable-eater and demon-server"

Is because Fang La was the leader of the Ming Sect, and this title originated from the two core characteristics of the believers:

First is strict vegetarianism ("eating vegetables"), with vegetables as the staple food;

Second is worshipping Mani, the god of light of Manichaeism (Ming Sect) ("serving demons").

Crack, crack!

With a few sounds of sharp blades entering flesh and breaking bones, the cursing of these officials disappeared from the world forever.

But this hit the point Fang La was most worried and afraid of in his heart.

There was no joy on his face from taking Hangzhou; instead, he was full of worry:

"Minister Zheng, do you think our Holy Duke State can continue to survive under the blade of Great Gan?"

These losers and weaklings of Great Song were not in his eyes,

But Great Gan, which had swept through the north of Great Song and even broken through Bianjing, was truly his nightmare.

Every time he dreamed back at midnight, he would dream that the Great Gan army was like Mount Tai pressing down on his head,

Pressing him and his Holy Duke State into powder.

This fear reached its peak after Great Gan's Southern Expedition General Song Wan occupied Xiangyang.

The Great Gan army in Xiangyang was like a sharp sword hanging over his head,

Not knowing when it would suddenly be unsheathed to kill him and his Holy Duke State together.

He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that his cause, his subjects,

And his will would be extinguished in it, never to be reborn.

"Holy Duke, that Great Gan is indeed terrifying, but it is not invincible.

When we take advantage of the Great Liao invasion to occupy Jiangnan,

And then defend the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, even if the Gan Emperor has heaven-reaching abilities,

He will be nothing more than another Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei."

Zheng Biao comforted the worried Fang La in an orderly manner.

Fang La was the absolute core of their Holy Duke State and must not lose his fighting spirit.

"Minister's analysis is correct."

Fang La, having been comforted, felt much more relaxed.

No matter how powerful the Gan Emperor is, could he be a celestial being descending to earth?

He is still a mortal, and after a hundred years, he will be turned into a handful of dust like them.

At most, his mausoleum will be bigger and more gorgeous, but in the end, there is no difference.

When he, Fang La, leads his generals to take Jiangnan, it will just be a repeat of the old events of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

As for the idea of counterattacking the north, unifying the north and south, and mixing the world, it was not that he didn't have it in his heart,

But for thousands of years, there has never been a dynasty that unified the north from the south.

They were all unifying the south from the north; Qin and Han were like this, Jin and Sui were like this, and Tang and Song were also like this.

The only one most likely to unify the north from the south, who had advanced north on a large scale during the Yuanjia Northern Expedition,

And whose territory once approached the Yellow River line, Liu Song's Emperor Tai, Liu Yilong, also failed in the end.

The Northern Expeditions of Xiao Liang's Chen Qingzhi and Southern Chen's Eunuch all started with victory and ended in defeat, unable to maintain the results.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, southern regimes like Southern Tang and Wuyue,

Mostly focused on defending their borders and pacifying the people, lacking the strength to unify.

Although he, Fang La, also thought highly of himself,

He didn't think he could surpass Liu Song's Gaozu, Liu Yu, who laid the foundation for Liu Song's Yuanjia Northern Expedition,

Recovered Shandong, Henan, and Guanzhong during the Northern Expedition, and restored the two capitals of Luoyang and Chang'an,

Although Chang'an was lost again after more than a year, the area east of Tongguan,

South of the Yellow River, and the entire Shandong territory had been included in the Liu Song map.

His current idea was just to seek peace in a corner of Jiangnan,

And share the world with the Great Gan of the old Zhang family in the north.

The best result would be for Great Liao and Great Gan to fight to a lose-lose situation, both unable to look south,

Giving their Holy Duke State enough time to develop and occupy the entire Jiangnan.

"Let's not talk about this. Taking Hangzhou is an important step for our Holy Duke State to compete for the world, so we should celebrate properly.

Announce to the officials that tonight I will hold a grand banquet for all the officials in the government office!"

Fang La shook his head, suppressed the fear of Great Gan and Zhang Jie in his heart, and made arrangements with a normal face.

"Holy Duke is wise."

Seeing Fang La recover his calm so quickly, Zheng Biao was overjoyed,

And became more certain of the correctness of following Fang La.

One who has thunder in his heart but a face like a calm lake can be worshipped as a top general.

As the head of the Holy Duke State, anyone can waver,

Anyone can feel fear of Great Gan, but only Fang La cannot be shaken,

Cannot be afraid, and even if he has fear and dread, he cannot show half of it.

Because his fear and wavering will be transmitted to the soldiers and civilians below him ten or a hundred times,

And once such a thing happens, the Holy Duke State will surely cease to be a state!