Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty Six

How the Liernees, led by King Piccolo, attacked Gao Kangda's When the shepherds and biscuits returned to Lierne, without bothering to eat or drink, they rushed to the palace to present their charges before King Piccolosso III, presenting their battered baskets, their crumpled hats, their torn The clothes and the leftover sesame seed cakes, especially Markai, who was seriously injured, said that all these were done by the shepherds and farmers of Gaolanggujie on the road on the side of Saiyi. Piccoloshou immediately flew into a rage, regardless of injustice, and immediately spread the order that all the people of the country, regardless of active duty or reserve, should carry weapons and gather at the Palace Square at noon, and those who disobeyed the order would be hanged.

In order to spread his purpose of fighting, he sent people to beat drums throughout the city.He himself, while others were preparing meals for him, personally commanded the loading of cannons, displayed military flags, and shipped large quantities of munitions, armor, weapons, and fodder. While eating, he made military appointments, and specially ordered the prince of Trepoli ② to be the vanguard in the front, with 16,040 pikemen and 35,011 "volunteers" ③. Duke Dillon, the steward of the stables, was sent to command the artillery, and was allocated 914 heavy bronze guns, including single-bore, double-bore, lizard, long-snake, viper, stone-ball, heavy-bore Cannons, Shock Cannons, Viper Cannons, etc.The rearguard was delegated to the Duke of Lacdenard.The king and the princes of the country led the Chinese army in person.

After a hasty arrangement, before departure, 300 light cavalry troops were sent, led by Captain Angule Fang, to investigate the situation and see if there were any ambushes on the road.However, after careful reconnaissance, it was found that the surrounding area was quiet as usual, and there was no gathering of people. After hearing the report, Piccolo ordered the whole army to follow his banner and march forward rapidly. So there was no order and no discipline like a swarm of bees. You swarmed and trampled on the fields. Wherever you went, you robbed everything, regardless of rich or poor, regardless of monks and laymen, and took away bulls, cows, buffaloes, calves, Cows, rams, rams, she-goats, billy-goats, hens, capons, chicks, goslings, ganders, gooses, boars, sows, piglets; felled the walnut trees, collected the grapes , carrying away the grape seedlings, all the fruits growing on the tree are shaken off.There was chaos, incomparable, but no one resisted.Everyone allows them to rob, and just ask them to be more humane. Seeing that they have always been good neighbors in the past, living in peace and harmony, and have never offended or offended them, please don't suddenly come to harass them, otherwise God will soon will be punished.But no matter what they said, Bi Keluoshou's soldiers didn't answer, they only said that they would teach them how to eat sesame seed cakes.

① Piccolo, according to the Greek, means: "rough, hasty". ② Trepolis, according to Greek, means: "a suit of rags", the author deliberately gave him this name, because the vanguard at that time was always a general or prince as a rule. ③ This kind of soldier has no salary and only lives by robbery. ④ Duke Dillon, "Duker Dillon" in the Languedoc dialect means: "Blowing King". ⑤ Lackdenard, meaning: "scratch money". ① The army organization of Piccolosso is the same as the organization of the French army during the expedition to Bavia, namely: forward, center, and rear.

② Angule Fang, which means: "swallow the wind".