Not mentioning the overt and covert struggles of Mo Zhi and other families, Wu Gen brought Xue Xin and Zhong Lei back to Shixing Village. In line with the principle of making the best use of people, Xue Xin was assigned to be responsible for the training of villagers, while Zhong Lei still engaged in his old profession, teaching these villagers how to farm.
Originally, they thought of letting Xue Xin lead the troops, while he and Yang Zheng could be lazy. But an unexpected problem arose. Ha Bao and others did not recognize Xue Xin, and were quite resistant to the leader of a strange tribe, the herdsman.
In fact, this is Wu Gen's fault. The human race is already discriminated against in Kuntian Continent. If someone comes here rashly and has to lead others to train troops, it will be difficult for anyone to turn this corner.
I think back then, Wu Gen and Yang Zheng had to fight and scare them to subdue these ordinary villagers. Coupled with the huge profits from several robberies, Fang completely won the hearts of the villagers.
With no choice, Wu Gen had to call together Hada and several other prominent people in the village, and explicitly ordered Xue Xin to be responsible for commanding the troops. The remaining old, weak, sick and disabled all followed Zhong Lei in farming except for hunting.
After all this advice, the villagers in Shixing Village reluctantly obeyed Xue Xin's orders and continued to train troops every day.
Wu Gen discovered that Xue Xin was extremely rigorous in leading his troops, and had rules for advancing, retreating, and making changes. It has to be said that everyone has his or her own talent. Although Xue Xin was only a village chief with only more than thirty people under his command, he seemed to have the demeanor of a general.
On this day, Wu Gen was teaching Ha Ying and Zhuo Ke how to work together. The two were similar in age, so they naturally got along well with each other and liked to get together on weekdays. Suddenly, a quarrel came from the mountain behind the village.
Because the village was small and there was nowhere to train troops, Wu Gen opened a martial arts field on the mountain behind the village for daily drills.
Wu Gen stepped on the rocks and jumped to the martial arts arena. When he landed on the top of the mountain, he found that Ha Bao and Xue Xin were confronting each other.
It turned out that the two had a quarrel over military training. Ha Bao has always been a bit unruly. Although he reluctantly obeyed Xue Xin's orders under Wu Gen's orders these days, he was really dissatisfied.
Wu Gen looked at the big flag on the side of the martial arts arena, and his heart suddenly became angry.
This big flag was specially made by Wu Gen. As long as it stood on the sidelines, it was like a war. No matter whether it was advancing or retreating, it had to obey the orders of the leader. Even if the order is wrong, it must be carried out to the letter.
But for some reason today, Ha Bao actually quarreled with Xue Xin in public. Wu Gen walked up to Ha Bao with a gloomy face.
"You understand the rules on the martial arts field." Wu Gen stood in front of Ha Bao, his face as dark as water.
Ha Bao had a look of panic on his face, and quickly explained: "The leader of the village, I know it, but Commander Xue asked me to wait for the soldiers to carry armor, carry a hundred kilograms of stones, and run fifty miles in half an hour. I can still do it. , but it is really unbearable for ordinary villagers. You must know that this is a mountain, not flat land."
When he arrived at Shixing Village, Wu Gen wanted to fulfill his dream of being the leader of the village, so everyone in the village usually called him the leader of the village.
Upon hearing this, Leader Wu realized that what Ha Bao said was reasonable, although for him, this kind of march was child's play. But for ordinary people, even if the shepherd is in good health, marching with such intensity is a bit difficult.
Xue Xin took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Master, it's not that I'm harsh on my troops, it's just that we have few people and can't march with a large army to defeat them.
Moreover, these villagers have average cultivation and no war horses to assist them. If they want to be able to fight, they can only win quickly. Only by catching the enemy by surprise, attacking them while moving, and looking for opportunities while moving around, can you win. If not, he will be so tightly attached that he won't be able to escape even if he wants to. "
After thinking for a moment, Wu Gen nodded heavily. Indeed, in terms of individual soldiers, they are definitely incomparable to various families. In terms of quantity, it is even more incomparable. In terms of equipment, the weapons these people have on hand are still haphazardly pieced together after they have just snatched them back.
In fact, Xue Xin created a development path for Shixing Village that was completely different from that of the regular army, that is, running, taking advantage of his small number of capable people, interspersed in the enemy's formation, tired and disrupted the enemy, and caused the enemy to lose blood little by little. Weaken it, and then look for opportunities to win.
After figuring out the connection, Wu Gen secretly made up his mind and glanced at the people present grimly, "I once said that when you enter the martial arts arena and raise the flag, you must obey the commander's orders when it is war. Ha Bao , you know the military orders and yet you dare to disobey them. If you are not punished today, I am afraid something like this will happen next time. Ha Shan."
Hashan was frightened. Knowing that Wu Gen was really angry, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Zhai leader, Ha Bao also wanted to..."
"Well." Wu Gen glanced at Hasan with a dark look, and blocked the second half of the other person's words, "Nian Ha Bao's first offense, this time the cane will be forty. If someone does it again next time, it will be the same. Stone will never be spared."
As he spoke, Wu Gen pulled out his broken sword and slashed at a huge rock on the side of the mountain. The rock split into two and rumbled down the mountain.
Looking at the rocks rolling down, all the villagers looked pale and in awe, secretly glancing at Wu Gen who looked like a murderous god.
Hasan gritted his teeth, led two villagers, pushed Ha Bao to the ground, and started beating him.
Wu Gen Dama Jin Dao sat aside, with Zhuo Ke and Ha Ying standing behind him, supervising the execution with their eyes closed, "If you can't bear to do it, you can ask the leader of the village to perform the punishment himself." The light sound of the cane suddenly became heavy.
During the execution, Yang Zheng climbed up the mountain.
After the hunting, Yang Zheng was responsible for the contact with Ansi and other families. These days, he took people outside to inquire about information, and it seemed that he had gained something.
"Wu Gen, a new group of plundered humans have arrived at Hengmen Port and are preparing to be transferred to the Heita family in the near future. According to the An Si family, these people will stop at a manor of the Mo Zhi family on the way. I heard that, The Mozhi family has been allowed by the Heita family to get involved in the human trafficking business." Yang Zheng glanced at Ha Bao lying on the ground and whispered.
Wu Gen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is there any dangerous terrain along the way? What's the situation like in that manor?"
Yang Zheng took out a map from his arms, with a rough outline of the topography of Hengmen Port and the surrounding areas. "Because there were so many people transported this time, we took a big road. There were many villages along the way, and there was nothing good about it." The location of the ambush. But this manor is in a remote location and sparsely populated. Otherwise, these people would not rest here."
Wu Gen roughly measured the map with his hand, touched his chin and said, "If we are marching, how far is the manor from here?"
"It's about four hundred miles away. If you want to ambush here, you have to leave in two days." Yang Zheng suggested in a low voice.
Wu Gen thought for a moment and placed his finger on the location of the manor on the map. "Yes, the key is how many people are in the manor, their combat power, and how much supplies they have. If we take action and rob the people back, we can only rely on Shixing Village These reserves cannot feed these people.
We can only hope that there are enough reserves in the manor, and by the way, tell An Sijia that 10% of the revenue from the food supply at Hengmen Port will be converted into food and weapons for us people. "
Yang Zheng nodded. He didn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive. It was not an easy task to have so many mouths to eat and drink. "There should be a lot of supplies stored in the manor here, otherwise the escort team would not have chosen this place to rest."
At this moment, Hashan came over, cupped his hands and said, "Zhai leader, your punishment is over."
Wu Gen stood up and walked to Ha Bao, bowed his head and scolded: "Ha Bao, you know you are wrong."
Ha Bao raised his head with difficulty and said, "I know I was wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"Disobey military orders and disobey orders in battle."
"Yes, I declare here again today that from now on, you are no longer a hunter, no longer a pariah who can be bullied, but a warrior, a tiger who is not afraid of stubborn enemies." Wu Gen walked slowly. In the martial arts field, he shouted loudly to the villagers on the field.
"If you want your descendants to walk uprightly in the world instead of hiding here like mice, then fight with blood, fight with swords, and win with your lives, and you can win half the world."
Wu Gen walked halfway and suddenly turned his head, "Ha Bao, hurry up and recover. We will make a big deal in a few days. In this attack, Xue Xin is the commander and Ha Bao is the deputy commander. They will lead the people present to charge and kill The enemy." Then he said to Hasan: "Hashan is responsible for leading the remaining villagers to move things back. But I understand everything."
"Understood." Everyone responded loudly, with excitement on their faces. Even Ha Bao, who had just been beaten, managed to stand up, looking excited.
In Wu Gen's room, Yang Zheng and Wu Gen were sitting opposite each other, and suddenly sneered: "Now you are much more familiar with how to control people. Today, you hit and pulled Ha Bao, and got a slap in the face, but on the contrary, you I am even more respectful and admired in my heart.”
Wu Gen rolled his eyes at him and lay back lazily, "You think I want to do this? You don't know my temperament. If you can do less, you'll do less. I'm used to being lazy. If you don't catch a duck, how can you be willing to do more? Worry about these things.
But there is nothing we can do at the moment. We only have these people at hand, so we can only hold them firmly in our hands and slowly figure out a way later. "
"Wu Gen, are we focusing too much on this? With the skills of you and me, there is no problem walking freely in Kuntianzhou. Isn't it a bit of a penny gain to waste time in this poor mountain ravine? ." Yang Zheng's face became more serious and he asked seriously. He had been holding this doubt in his heart for many days, but he finally couldn't help but ask it out today.
Wu Gen sat up straight and looked directly at Yang Zheng, "Tell me why the two of us came to Kuntian Continent."
Yang Zheng was stunned and confused, "Isn't it just to stir up the shepherds and the divine religion to start a war?"
Wu Gen walked to the window and sighed quietly, "Yang Zheng, don't you think it's a bit ridiculous for just the two of us to do this? There are so many good people in the grinding sect, why don't you choose this place? They killed us two low-level people, which shows that they have no confidence in this plan.
A war between two continents involves millions of people at every turn, and there is no absolute benefit. Who would bother to do something like this that might destroy a nation or a country? Who are the two of us that can stir up troubles in the world? "
Yang Zheng became a little wary, stood up and walked to Wu Gen's side, "Then what do you mean? Is it possible that instead of doing this, just become a village leader in Kuntian Continent?"
"Do it, of course you do it, but you have to think carefully about how to do it and to what extent." Wu Gen patted the stone window sill gently.
"If you want the shepherds to have another dispute with the divine religion, you can only lure them with benefits and drive them away with harm." Seeing that Yang Zheng was about to speak, Wu Gen waved his hand and then explained, "Luring them with benefits is nothing more than the abundance of Tianyuanzhou. The herdsmen may have been coveting the products for a long time. However, it is impossible to fully capture Tianyuan Continent, and the shepherds are not stupid.
Then we will start from the sea and encourage the shepherds to send out small-scale warships to harass the coast of Tianyuanzhou. Once they taste the benefits, more shepherds will participate. When there are too many people participating, we will not be able to take them back even if they want to. .
As for driving them away with harm, that's simple. You can tell the shepherds that the divine religion has a tendency to develop towards Beizhou. When it has the power of two continents, how can Kuntianzhou be able to defeat it. He just took the opportunity to persuade him to block the sea route between Tianyuanzhou and Beizhou.
In this case, the divine religion cannot penetrate quickly, and all of Beizhou will not fall to the divine religion, which is consistent with the intention of the grinding gate.
However, what is the immediate benefit to us in doing all this? The biggest fruit still has to be picked away by the sharpening door. Therefore, I want to have a force of my own, a force that only obeys our orders. Even if Mo Dao Sect turns against us in the end, it will not be in vain.
In this world, the only one you can truly rely on is yourself.
And if we want to stir up the storm in Kuntian Continent and make the shepherds and Dengtian Palace pay attention to us, we must have a force. This is exactly why I laid the groundwork all the way from the sea and worked hard at Hengmen Port. "
"But it's not necessary to have so many people. This way of accumulating strength bit by bit is too complicated. If you and I improve our cultivation, we will be like strategists, traveling around and lobbying the shepherds.
If there are those who are disobedient, wouldn't it be more enjoyable to use force like the heroes of ancient times? Why bother with these mortals here? Yang Zheng frowned and continued to ask.
Wu Gen looked at his hands and shook his head slightly, "Persuasion without strength can only be like duckweed in the water, drifting with the tide. Besides, it is not easy to improve your cultivation. Is it possible that the two of us will have to live in Kuntian Continent for a long time.
As for being a heroic hero, Shui Congyue and I once traveled to the Zhujuan Kingdom, eliminating evil and supporting the weak everywhere. But what has changed? The world's customs remain the same.
After this incident, I understood what a true knight is. He is not an ordinary man, he lives alone. Not a gangster, but a bully. He is not a thief, stealing heaven's luck.
A true knight should open channels to divert water, lead horses to ride, and lead the people of the world to do something new and reformed. Things in this world still need people in this world to do. How can one or two people do it? "
After listening to the words, Yang Zheng looked at Wu Gen's thin profile, feeling a little strange in his heart, as if he was meeting this person for the first time.
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