Upon hearing King Mobi's question, Staff Officer Liu replied with a smile, "That's no problem. There are only five thousand ordinary troops left in the capital. We can easily take them on without breaking a sweat!"
King Mabi solemnly said, "Then I will trouble Advisor Liu to lead the army to take over the city's defenses and then bring the nobles, officials, and key Brahmins under control!"
"good!"
Staff Officer Liu agreed and then nodded to the five colleagues beside him.
The five Han army staff officers then stepped forward and began to direct the actions of the three thousand slave soldiers.
Soon, the three thousand slave soldiers split into five groups and ran out of the palace.
The people in the royal city were quite frightened when they saw squads of armored soldiers suddenly pouring out of the palace.
Faced with slave soldiers equipped with Han army gear and trained over a long period of time, the five thousand garrison troops in the capital city were almost powerless to resist and were easily defeated.
After taking control of the royal city, these slave soldiers successively stormed the residences of nobles and officials within the city, as well as the Brahmanical stronghold.
Along with the high priest and a host of noble officials, they were all taken to the center of the palace square.
King Maha, dressed in magnificent robes, stood atop the high steps, watching the archbishop being escorted by soldiers, and felt an indescribable sense of pleasure.
For decades, five generations of Mahavi kings were subjugated by Brahmanism and forced into the role of puppets, living in misery.
Now that this situation has finally ended in his hands, one can only imagine the excitement in King Mabi's heart.
King Mabi, escorted by two armored soldiers, slowly descended the steps and came before the Brahmin high priest.
Looking at the high priest being controlled by two armored soldiers, King Mobi smirked, a hint of smugness on his face.
"High Priest, you claim to be able to communicate with Shiva, then I ask you, did Shiva ever say that you would end up like this?"
Seeing King Mabi's smug expression, the high priest shook his head expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, Shiva has the heart to care about all things; how could he concern himself with such a trivial matter?"
"A small matter?"
King Mabi sneered, "High Priest, what a boastful tone! So, according to you, Shiva doesn't care about the lives of you believers either!"
The high priest said calmly, "It's just a body. After we die, our souls will naturally return to the command of Shiva!"
"Very well, since that's the case, then I'll be a good person and send you to see your Shiva!"
King Mobi's face turned cold, and he immediately waved to the two armored soldiers behind the high priest.
The two armored soldiers understood and then escorted the high priest away.
Soon, a scream rang out, startling the nobles and officials in the square. No one had expected that King Mobi would actually dare to kill the high priest.
When the high priest's head was thrown in front of the crowd, they realized that the king before them had gone mad.
Just then, King Mabi's cold voice drifted into everyone's ears: "Would you rather go to see Shiva, or submit to me and obey my commands from now on?"
A middle-aged nobleman stubbornly raised his head and looked at King Mabi: "We are all the most faithful servants of the great god Shiva. Don't even think about betraying us. Kill us if you want!"
Upon hearing this, the nobles and officials of the Kingdom of Mopi trembled.
A young nobleman quickly kowtowed, saying, "No, Your Majesty, that's just him; he doesn't represent us!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, we are all willing to submit to Your Majesty!"
Some cowardly noble officials also expressed their opinions.
King Mobi smiled and said, "Very well, those who are willing to submit, step forward!"
Subsequently, nearly half of the noble officials stepped forward and came to King Mabi's side.
These people were mostly young people, who were clearly not yet deeply influenced by Brahmanism.
As for the rest, they were all quite old and devout believers.
Looking at the nobles and officials who refused to submit, King Mobi sighed and then made a killing gesture to the armored soldiers behind him.
Upon seeing this, the armored soldiers immediately drew their long swords and began to slaughter the stubborn elements.
Watching their former comrades die one by one, those who had chosen to surrender trembled but also secretly felt fortunate.
After glancing at the crowd, King Mahavira proclaimed loudly, "From this day forward, only followers of the Taiping Religion are permitted to preach within Mahavira. Brahmanism is an illegal heresy. No one in my kingdom is allowed to practice Brahmanism, nor to organize any activities. Anyone who disobeys will be executed!"
"yes!"
Upon hearing King Mabi's command, the surviving nobles and officials bowed in obedience.
Subsequently, at King Mabi's request, the surviving nobles and officials swore an oath to heaven to renounce Brahmanism before being released from the palace.
Immediately afterwards, King Mabi ordered that these noble officials be expelled from Brahmanism and that Brahmanism be declared a heresy.
As the news spread, the people of Mabi were in an uproar. No one expected that Brahmanism, which they had devoted their lives to, would be labeled a cult.
Those believers from the middle and upper classes gathered together, preparing to rebel against the tyrannical king's orders.
On the contrary, the large number of Shudras did not respond to this announcement.
In their view, since they were already at the bottom of society, no matter what they did, they could not change their fate of being oppressed and wantonly killed.
Now that the king has declared Brahmanism a heresy, it might actually be a good thing for him.
Therefore, although the designation of Brahmanism as a cult had a significant impact, it did not cause a major upheaval.
After King Mabi used ruthless methods to kill nearly five thousand rioting Brahmins, the opposition within the country gradually subsided.
Half a month later, King Mobi finally stabilized the situation in the country.
At the same time, the Canaanite army also breached the capital of Lorraine, killing the king and thousands of soldiers, along with all the nobles and officials of Lorraine, and looting the entire capital.
With the actions of the Canaanite army, the people of Lorraine were plunged into utter devastation. Countless families were plundered, their wealth destroyed, and their lives torn apart.
News of the Canaanite army's atrocities in Lorraine quickly reached Hannan.
Zhang Liang, who was stationed in Hannan City, immediately took out the letter of appeal for help sent by the King of Luolin, and then dispatched two thousand Han soldiers and five thousand Taiping believers to Luolin.
"Great chaos is about to erupt; it's time to move on to the next step!"
After sending his men out, Zhang Liang also dispatched people to head towards Mopi.
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