C2946 Pride and Prejudice (1/2)
Bobini Town had been in extreme fear ever since she had discovered the cavalry vanguard. The farmers and children who were working outside the town ran and ran, bringing this unbelievable news.
”The enemy is coming from the north... Countless cavalrymen … In the name of a flag we don't know... ”The enemy's coming …”
”Nonsense, Sai Dang just lost in battle, do they even know how to fly? ”How could he be so fast …” The old mayor also wanted to stabilize the people at the critical moment, but he didn't expect that the military camp would soon be filled with the urgent call to assemble.
”The military base is preparing for war …” It's really here, it's really here … Pack up your things and run to Paris... ”Let's go …”
The streets were full of panicking, fleeing people, who expanded the atmosphere of fear to the extreme, men pulling their own cattle and chickens and ducks, women dragging their children, who had just begun to walk.
No one was willing to part with their family property, not even a single piece of cheese!
People reluctantly looked at their broken houses, constantly cursing, ”Damn it, how did it become like this, this is Paris!” How could Paris meet an enemy? ”
”Darn you Prussian, go to hell. Sooner or later, you will all go to Berlin to seek revenge …”
”It's not Prussian … I saw it clearly... ”It's Chinese...” The latest news was sent by a young man. When the townspeople heard the news, they were all dumbfounded.
”What?” ”Chinese?” People could not believe their own ears. At that moment, their fragile national pride was immediately angered.
It was fine to be defeated by the Prussian, but to be defeated by a Chinese, that was not acceptable at all.
That barbaric country that was lagging behind in Asia, until now, it hadn't even completed the basic industrialization. How could it possibly defeat the France?
When they heard that the Chinese had been the first to come to Paris, they didn't know what was wrong with them and all of them stopped walking. The man put the sheep and cattle in his hand on the window of someone else's house, turned around and ran out of town.
”Fight with them!” Help our troops fight these yellow monkeys! When did the France ever get bullied by the Chinese! ”
”Walk, walk …” ”Fight with them …”
No matter how small the town's population was, it still had a population of over thirty thousand. With just a single cry, four to five thousand men rushed out!
At this time, the France was already in chaos, the weapons ban was already useless, and many citizens had hidden all kinds of weapons in their homes.
Of course, these weapons were very old, and one could still see the shadows of the 16th century pirates' favorite fireballs. However, more people rushed out with sticks, pitchforks, shovels, and even doorbolts.
Maybe it was enough for them to use the pitchfork against the Chinese in their hearts!
This was an era where information was completely sealed off. The newspapers were the privileges of the elite, and the people at the bottom could only understand the world from all sorts of weird legends.
In their hearts, China was still drinking blood. All of them were naked barbarians, nothing compared to them, these highly civilized people.
They would have to think twice before dealing with the Prussian, but beating the Chinese? Isn't that like beating a yellow-skinned monkey!?
Several thousand men rushed out of the town. The shouts and cries of war were loud enough to pierce the sky. Farmers and workers with all kinds of weapons were everywhere on the road and in the farmlands on both sides of the road.
”Long live the Republic... ”Fighting with the invaders …”