Diqin Designer

Chapter 476 Foreigners Come to Surrender, Yearning for the Great Qin

After the ships in the harbor were destroyed, the Zhenguo and Anbang ships did not leave, but continued to linger in the eastern waters to prevent any ships in the harbor from being destroyed.

This completely disheartened Xiong Xin and the others; these damned Qin dogs were not giving them any chance at all.

Meanwhile, at the northern water fortress, the marines stationed there spotted a group of barbarian soldiers approaching the fortress through their binoculars. They hadn't been able to inflict enough damage on these barbarians yesterday, and now they were looking for another beating.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the group of barbarian soldiers were moving very slowly, were not carrying any weapons, and had their hands raised, making it seem as if they were there to surrender rather than to fight.

As the group of Tibetan soldiers approached, they shouted something, but unfortunately the marines did not understand the Tibetan language and did not know what they were shouting. However, if the Tibetans had really come to surrender, they would have been shouting words of surrender.

When they got close enough, the group of barbarian soldiers stopped, knelt down, and kowtowed to the water fortress. This action surprised the marines in the water fortress. Were they really here to surrender?
If it really was a barbarian coming to surrender, it would be a great thing for the Qin Dynasty. The marines immediately relayed the news back to the rear.

On the flagship Zhenqin, after receiving the news, Meng Tian took out a telescope and looked towards the water fortress. Sure enough, he saw a group of barbarian soldiers kneeling on the ground.

Meng Tian held the telescope in his hand and said to his advisors, "We gave them a good beating yesterday, and they've come to surrender today. It seems these barbarians are quite pragmatic."

One of the staff officers said, "General, is this a feigned surrender? We just fought them yesterday, and now they want to surrender to us? It's hard not to be suspicious."

Another staff officer said, "I think they've come not only to surrender, but also to ask us for a favor. And on Liuqiu Island, what could possibly make a native like us ask for help..."

The staff officer paused for a moment before continuing, "It must be related to the nobles of the six kingdoms! Yesterday, they were defeated by muskets and in their retreat, they killed those who tried to stop them from escaping. These people were sent by the nobles of the six kingdoms to supervise the barbarians' battle."

"After their defeat and rout, and the killing of their supervisor, the barbarians will find it difficult to coexist with the nobles of the six kingdoms. Conflicts are bound to break out. These barbarians have likely suffered a great loss, which is why they have come to us for help!"

This analysis drew nods of agreement from the crowd; it seemed to be true.

Although the former nobles of the six states were defeated and routed when facing the Qin Dynasty, they were truly formidable against the island's inhabitants. In a fight between the island's inhabitants and the former nobles of the six states, the island's inhabitants would definitely suffer the loss.

Meng Tian laughed and said, "Whether they are truly surrendering or feigning surrender, why not try and find out? Take those captured barbarians over and see what their intentions are."

Under Meng Tian's orders, several captured barbarian prisoners were brought to the water fortress and allowed to approach the kneeling barbarians.

Meng Tian looked at the two groups of barbarians through his binoculars. He saw that as the barbarian prisoners approached the kneeling barbarians, their expressions changed. Disbelief, shock, hatred, sadness and other emotions emerged. The men clenched their fists, roared with ferocious expressions, as if filled with boundless hatred.

This made Meng Tian and the others, who had been observing through binoculars, realize that what had happened to these barbarians was probably far more serious than they had imagined. Could it be...?

Meng Tian had a thought: Could it be that those former nobles of the six kingdoms thought they were about to leave the island and no longer needed these barbarians, so they did something ruthless to the barbarians on the island before leaving?

Based on Meng Tian's understanding of the former nobles of the six states, it was not impossible. It is often said that the Qin Dynasty did not treat people as human beings, but in fact, the nobles of the six states were the same, or even worse. They did not even consider the common people in their own countries as human beings, let alone the barbarians on the island.

In the eyes of those former nobles of the six kingdoms, the barbarians on the island were likely just a group of livestock that had grown into human form. Since they were livestock, it didn't matter how they were treated.

After a while, several barbarian prisoners returned, bringing with them three barbarian soldiers. Upon seeing Meng Tian, ​​all the barbarians knelt down and kowtowed vigorously, banging their heads against the deck with a loud "bang," demonstrating the great force they used.

"Tell them to stop banging. If they keep going, they'll wreck my ship."

After the barbarians stopped kowtowing, Meng Tian looked at the few barbarian prisoners and said, "Give them a blackboard and chalk, and let them draw what happened."

Upon seeing the blackboard and chalk being brought to them, the several barbarian prisoners immediately understood what the esteemed Qin general wanted them to do. They even explained to the three barbarian soldiers: "The esteemed Qin general wants us to draw what happened."

Several people even took the lead in demonstrating, drawing on the small blackboard with chalk, and the three foreign soldiers followed suit.

Before long, Meng Tian saw what the barbarians had drawn on the blackboard: a place that looked like a fortified village, with many small figures lying on the ground.

Several captured Tibetans also drew pictures of this fortress. According to Meng Tian and others, it was originally a Tibetan fortress on Liuqiu Island, which was later occupied by nobles from the six kingdoms who fled to Liuqiu Island. They even made the Tibetans build a palace inside the fortress.

This painting likely depicts the massacre of people in the walled city, and it is obvious who was massacred!
Another painting corroborates Meng Tian's conjecture. This painting is more obvious and direct: a group of people are slaughtering another group of people in a fortified city. The slaughterers have the characteristics of soldiers from the six kingdoms, while the slaughtered people all have the characteristics of barbarians.

At this point, the main plot is clear: while the Tibetan soldiers were fighting them, the former nobles of the six kingdoms on the island massacred the other Tibetans in the stronghold. When the Tibetan soldiers returned to the stronghold, they found it had been completely wiped out by the nobles of the six kingdoms. The Tibetans wanted revenge and fought a great battle against the former nobles of the six kingdoms, but they were no match for them.

Therefore, they came to surrender to the Qin Dynasty, hoping to use the power of the Qin Dynasty to deal with the former nobles of the six states and to complete their revenge.

If that's true, then the former nobles of the six kingdoms were truly inhuman, conquering and enslaving the barbarians, and even slaughtering them before leaving the island.

But this is a good thing for Qin. The massacre of the barbarians on the island by the former nobles of the six states reduces the unstable factors in Qin's governance of Liuqiu Island. Qin can also use the barbarians' hatred for the former nobles of the six states to win over and unite the barbarians, making them more willing to submit to Qin.

The former nobles of the six states slaughtered the barbarians, which ironically helped the Qin Dynasty. It is just unknown whether the warships it sent out could stop the former nobles of the six states.

If they manage to stop them and leave those former nobles of the six kingdoms on the island, the situation on Ryuchiu Island will become extremely interesting, as the indigenous people will surely fight to the death with the former nobles of the six kingdoms.

The Qin Dynasty would be happy to see either side die or be injured!
As he pondered this, Meng Tian looked at the next barbarian. This barbarian had drawn a picture of Qin soldiers fighting against soldiers from the six states, with all the barbarians kneeling and kowtowing to the Qin soldiers.

Meng Tian guessed that the barbarian was expressing their desire for Qin's help in dealing with the former nobles of the six states, and that they were willing to submit to Qin!

Meng Tian said to one of his advisors, "Draw a picture to tell them that the Qin Dynasty has sent warships to intercept the nobles of the six states." When these barbarians saw the picture and understood its meaning, they were both surprised and delighted. The Qin people had actually sent ships to intercept the people of the six states. Several of them hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Meng Tian.

As long as the people of the six states did not escape the island, they would have a chance to take revenge, and this was done for them by the Qin people; they had no ability to stop the people of the six states.

These barbarian people developed a strong sense of goodwill towards the Qin Dynasty, finding the Qin people far superior to the people of the six states who had enslaved and slaughtered them.

The people from the six states deceived them, saying that the Qin people were cruel and cunning, and that they killed people without hesitation. They claimed that if the Qin people came to the island, their entire tribe would be wiped out, the men would be killed, and the women would be taken away as slaves.

Only now do we realize that those people from the six states were actually talking about themselves, while the Qin people were quite magnanimous. The people of the barbarian lands already had their own answers about who was telling the truth and who was lying.

After kowtowing to Meng Tian, ​​one of the barbarians drew a picture on the small blackboard: they wanted to go back and tell the news to others.

Meng Tian generously let the group leave and even gave them some food, which made the barbarians even more grateful. Compared to the people of the six states, the Qin people were truly too generous and kind!

They did not look down on them because they were barbarians, nor did they bully and humiliate them because of their strength. Otherwise, the Qin people would have been so powerful that the people of the other six states could only be driven to flee by the Qin people. There is a reason for this.

The Qin people deserved to be powerful; it would be great if they could also become one of them.

For the first time, these barbarian people had the thought, "How wonderful it would be if we were also Qin people." If they were Qin people, how dare the people of the six states bully and slaughter them?

I'm afraid if I see them, I'll have to run away at the mere sight of them!
But becoming a Qin citizen must be very difficult; the Qin people probably wouldn't allow these barbarians to become citizens of Qin.

They truly envied the Qin people. The Qin people were so powerful, so confident and composed, and no one could bully them. They wanted to become one of them.

Meng Tian noticed the envious looks on the faces of several barbarians and was quite satisfied. When a country is strong, its people will naturally flock to it. What he wanted was to make these barbarians envious and want to become citizens of Qin. In this way, it would be easier to win over and utilize these barbarians.

According to Li Nian Gongzi, as long as these barbarians are given the opportunity to become citizens of Qin, they will do their utmost for this opportunity. Moreover, after becoming citizens of Qin, they will stand more firmly on the side of Qin and be proud to be citizens of Qin, even more so than the native people of Qin.

After several barbarian men kowtowed to Meng Tian to express their gratitude, they left the flagship and returned to their group of barbarian soldiers. Some of them stayed behind, while others rushed back to inform the others of the news they had received from the Qin people as soon as possible.

Southeast of the water fortress, in a certain mountain forest, the main force of the Tibetans was resting. The Tibetans' morale was somewhat low. Ever since they returned to the fortress and found it had been massacred, they had been tracking the people of the six kingdoms, but they had not been able to catch up with them yet. They did not know if the people of the six kingdoms were still on the island.

This is also why their morale is low. If the people from the six countries have already left the island, they may never be able to avenge themselves. They won't even be able to find where the enemy is, so how can they take revenge?

Now, all they hope is that those who went to Qin for help will bring back good news: that Qin is willing to help them hunt down the people of the six states. But will Qin really help them?

The Qin people were powerful, while they were weak; the Qin people were wealthy, while they were poor; the Qin people were advanced, while they were backward. It seemed that there was nowhere they could find someone worthy of the Qin people's help. Even if they were willing to sell their lives to the Qin people, it would only be if the Qin people would approve of them.

Just then, several strange bird calls came from the woods behind them, causing all the resting barbarian soldiers to stand up. These bird calls were their pre-arranged signal; when the birds called, it meant that those who had gone to seek help from the Qin people had returned.

The Tibetan soldiers in the forest responded with a few bird calls, and soon a few panting Tibetans arrived, and many Tibetan soldiers immediately surrounded them.

They desperately wanted to find the people from the six kingdoms immediately and execute them to avenge their massacred relatives and kin. Therefore, they were extremely concerned about anything that could help them get revenge and wanted to know the news as soon as possible.

Before the group could even catch their breath, one of the foreigners asked anxiously, "Did the Qin people promise to help us fight against the people of the six states?"

A barbarian said, “We cannot understand the Qin people’s language. We do not understand the Qin general’s intention. We do not know whether he agreed to help us or not. However, the Qin general let us know one thing through the painting: the Qin people have sent their ships to intercept the people of the six states!”

"As long as the people of the six states remain on the island, the Qin people will stop them and prevent them from leaving. Everyone knows how powerful the Qin ships are; once the people of the six states are stopped by the Qin people, they will definitely not be able to escape!"

This news boosted the morale of the barbarians. As long as the people from the six countries hadn't escaped the island, they would fight to the last man and make them pay the price.

The barbarian continued, "That Qin general treated us well. He didn't look down on us because we were barbarians. When we left, he even gave us some food. This is the food that the Qin general gave us."

As he spoke, the barbarian and several other barbarians took out some food and placed it in front of everyone. Most of it was dried meat, but it smelled much more fragrant than the dried meat they made themselves. In addition to dried meat, there were some foods that they had never seen before.

The fact that the Qin general was willing to provide them with food was a gesture of goodwill from the Qin people, indicating that they harbored little ill will towards them. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Qin people actually harbored malicious intentions towards them, and were only being friendly on the surface.

The latter possibility is not high, because their strength is not on the same level as that of the Qin people, and the Qin people have no reason to deliberately show them goodwill.

The foreigner continued, "If the people of the six states escape the island, we will then seek help from the Qin people. At worst, we will serve the Qin people for the rest of our lives. Speaking of which, it's really good to be a Qin person. I wonder if we have any chance to become Qin people?"

The next sentence silenced all the barbarian soldiers who had surrounded them. Everyone knew it was good to be a Qin citizen, but the key was that the Qin Dynasty was willing to let these barbarians become Qin citizens.

Becoming a Qin person means eating the same food, drinking the same water, wearing the same clothes, sailing those large ships, and using those magical and powerful weapons. No one can bully them anymore; instead, they must respect them.

It's a pity we can only admire them, it's not something we can achieve. If only they could have been born in the Qin state, then they would have been noble Qin people from birth.

Just then, a middle-aged Tibetan man spoke up: "Perhaps it's not entirely without a chance."

(End of this chapter)