Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 368 A raging fire, forever suppressing the Japanese pirates.
When Old Man Cheng and his family learned that the Japanese pirates in the city had all been killed by Zhu Jinzhen, they were shocked to learn that the pirates had been killed.

The Cangyun Army and the Tian Ce soldiers are cleaning up the mess.

And then he mentioned the suggestion from Xiao Lie, the deputy general of the Tian Ce Po camp.

The people who were just crying stopped abruptly. Old Man Cheng wiped away his tears and rushed to General Guo's side, gritting his teeth and saying, "Is what General Guo said true?"

"At this moment, my Cangyun Army and Tiance Mansion are collecting large amounts of firewood and oil in the city, and are also digging pits outside the south of the city. If you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourselves."

As Guo Xiao spoke, he saw that Old Man Cheng was hesitant, and said with a smile, "Alright, then come with me."

"As for the firewood..."

As Guo Xiao spoke, he took out two qian of silver from his pocket and stuffed it into Old Man Cheng's hand: "This is a gift from my Cangyun Army."

"This, no, no!" Old Man Cheng shook his head like a rattle drum, his eyes bloodshot, and refused resolutely: "If the sir wants to use it for something else, I will accept it. But since it is to be used to burn those Japanese pirates, if I, Old Man Cheng, accept a single penny, how will I face my neighbors and my poor brothers and their families in the afterlife?"

No matter what Principal Guo said, Old Man Cheng insisted on not taking it.

However, he made a request: if there were any Japanese pirates still alive who needed firewood or to be thrown into the burning pit, Old Man Cheng still had the strength to help, and he asked Principal Guo to give him priority consideration.

"Heh, that's easy to say." Guo Xiao nodded with a smile. Although the city was full of Japanese pirates who had been severely injured by the sword energy and were being tortured to death, his own emperor's swordsmanship was extraordinary and could guarantee that they would scream for half an hour without dying.

In addition, there was the 'assistance' from their Cangyun Army and Tiance Mansion.

Except for some who are seriously injured or die from the excruciating pain.

At least ten thousand Japanese pirates are still alive.

……

With the actions of the Cangyun Army and the Tian Ce Mansion.

The people who had been hiding in Quanzhou finally realized that the gloom that had shrouded Quanzhou had been dispelled and that the Ming Dynasty had not abandoned them. The voice that they had heard earlier, which sounded like the might of the heavens, was the voice of Prince Su, who had previously caused a great uproar throughout the land by raising an army to quell the rebellion.

At this time, all the Japanese pirates in Quanzhou, regardless of their true identities, were suppressed.

They await execution.

Quanzhou City, south of the city.

When the people of the city mustered their courage and followed the Cangyun Army or the Tian Ce Prefecture to the city, the firewood had already been piled up to the height of a small mountain, and a hole a thousand feet wide had appeared on the ground, where the Cangyun Army and Tian Ce soldiers were working together to dig.

On the other side, piles of Japanese pirates, screaming in agony, were bound together with ropes or strips of coarse hemp cloth.

If they hadn't just suffered a massacre at the hands of Japanese pirates.

They thought they were dead and had arrived at the hell of boiling oil in the underworld.

Xiao Lie and Qin Feng listened to their subordinates' reports, nodding from time to time.

"The population of Quanzhou originally numbered over 550,000, but now... less than 200,000 remain."

This intelligence from the secret guards caused Xiao Lie and Qin Feng's pupils to dilate violently, further solidifying their previous, somewhat inhumane, approach.

Compared to the actions of these Japanese pirates, they were already merciful enough.

"Are you sure there are no more fish that slipped through the net?"

"Reporting to the General, your subordinates have carefully searched five times and can confirm that there are absolutely no Japanese pirates missing in Quanzhou City, including the area within five miles outside the city."

Zhu Jinzhen's sword intent was aimed at all the Japanese pirates, each of them suffering as if they were being subjected to the torture of slow slicing, or even more painful than that. The sword intent seeped into their bones, as if thousands of needles were piercing their souls at the same time.

The suffering is not only physical, but also spiritual, which is a thousand times greater than the physical suffering.

No one could possibly hold back their screams.

With the capabilities of the Cangyun Army and the Tian Ce soldiers, including the terrestrial immortals and celestial grandmasters patrolling the air and the ground army conducting a carpet search, it was impossible for them to miss anything.

"Xiao Lie, how are the preparations going?"

Xiao Lie glanced at the Tian Ce soldiers who were digging hard, then at the depth of the giant pit, and estimated in his mind: "167 feet is enough."

The next moment, Xiao Lie nodded to Qin Feng, "We can begin." "Okay!"

Qin Feng shouted happily, "Men, carry out the execution!"

Piles of firewood were pushed into the pit, and barrels of kerosene were poured into it. Soldiers from the Cangyun Army and Tian Ce Army, who could cultivate their true qi to turn into fire, took action, turning their true qi into sparks to ignite the firewood.

"bake!"

Flames leaped up and burned fiercely.

It was as if they wanted to burn away all the sins and filth in Quanzhou.

"What are you trying to do?"

"I am a member of the Yagyu family, you cannot treat me like this?"

"No, don't do it! I'm not a Japanese pirate, sir, please understand, I'm not a Japanese pirate."

"Damn Central Plains people, you..."

Shouts, struggles, and pleas for mercy rose and fell.

Those Japanese pirates were just not very bright; they weren't so stupid that they didn't understand how the Cangyun Army and Tiance soldiers planned to deal with them even when they were about to die.

Beneath the raging flames, the ugly faces of countless Japanese pirates were reflected.

But no one cares.

The people of Quanzhou City around them stared at them with hatred, and some of them had already been allocated firewood, ready to add more fuel to the blazing fire pit.

But all the shouting, impotent rage, and pleas for mercy were utterly useless in the face of the unwavering resolve of the Cangyun Army and Tiance soldiers against the Japanese pirates. All they got in return was to throw one dark figure after another into the raging fire pit.

"This is... far too cruel!"

A woman, tears streaming down her face and covering her mouth, stumbled to a Cangyun soldier. She pulled a dagger from her bosom and swung it viciously at the groin of a Japanese pirate who was still breathing. With a violent scream, a sickly flush appeared on her pale face. She bowed to the Cangyun soldier, and then, with strength from who knows where, she flung the Japanese pirate violently into the fire pit.

One of the Cangyun soldiers who was standing nearby couldn't help but scratch his head.

If he heard correctly, the woman said "too cruel" before she came over, instead of "too kind"?
A soldier from the Cangyun Army beside him patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "What she said is too cruel. She probably wasn't referring to how we treated the Japanese pirates, but rather that we experienced some things and witnessed their cruelty firsthand! Otherwise, how could we have had the courage to personally cut off a piece of that pirate's flesh with a knife and throw him into that place?"

The people nearby, upon hearing this, also felt that it made a lot of sense.

Such incidents were not isolated cases. Once one person took the lead, other people whose family members had been killed followed suit, either personally throwing the victims into the fire pit or, still not satisfied, slashing them with their swords.

Both the Cangyun Army and the Tiance Army turned a blind eye to this.

The fire burned for several hours.

It burned from noon until dawn the next day, and only then did it finally stop burning. Qin Feng and Xiao Lie noticed that some things were burning slowly, so they ordered people to secretly grind them into powder with their true energy.

Then, just as Xiao Lie had originally suggested, things proceeded.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered the filling of earth and the construction of houses. Hundreds of brand-new, huge latrines were quickly built around the pit surrounding the balance.

Following Zhu Jinzhen's previous orders, Xiao Lie leaped up and carried a boulder about ten meters high from the nearby mountains and forests. He placed it on the site where over ten thousand Japanese pirates had been burned and buried, and where hundreds of new latrines had been built.

Immediately afterwards, using his fingers as a pen, he quickly carved words on it.

"To forever suppress the Japanese pirates here."

"This principle remains unchanged for all time."

"Anyone who dares to make irresponsible remarks about relocation shall be executed!"

Upon seeing this, the surrounding people erupted in cheers and discussed how to pass down the words Xiao Lie had carved as family rules for generations to come.

If any of our descendants dare to discuss this matter, they will be expelled from the family genealogy.

(End of this chapter)