The messenger looked in the direction of the Luxia County Government Office with slightly red eyes.
He scolded the refugees and thieves as beasts.
Although the world is in chaos, such tragic scenes are no longer surprising, but seeing the messenger like this, many people were also touched by the secret pain in their hearts, and felt sympathy for a moment. We can only turn our sympathy into fighting strength and kill a few more thieves later.
Only Shen Tang sighed quietly and stopped talking.
I don't seem to agree very much.
Chu Yao noticed his lord's mood, took a few steps forward on his horse, got closer to Shen Tang, and said calmly: "The clouds and mist will rise in an instant; the rainstorm will last but not the end. Thieves and bandits who commit unjust acts will surely die. Our army will surely win a great victory!"
Shen Tang's distracted attention was brought back by him.
He was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm not worried about losing this battle."
Shen Tang never thought that he would lose.
In addition to the thousands of second-class soldiers mentioned by the messenger, there are also several high-level brave warriors. Most of the enemy troops are ordinary people who are hungry and thin, and tenant farmers who have lost their land. Most of them have families to support.
It's hard to say how much combat effectiveness it can really exert.
Chu Yao asked: "What is this, my lord?"
"The setting sun melts gold, and the dusk clouds merge together. I am admiring the sunset, but at the same time I feel deeply regretful." The setting sun sets, and when you look up, you can see the gilded edge of clouds. It is breathtakingly beautiful. When you look down, you are brought back to reality by the devastated ruins. "It is really a pity." .”
Chu Yao looked at his lord with complicated eyes.
It's full of complaints about "it's so perfunctory to lie".
Shen Tang smiled awkwardly and lowered his voice.
"It's not that I don't want to tell Wu Hui, but I just feel that the situation is not right. It wouldn't be good if others heard about it."
Especially not to be heard by the messenger.
Their home has just been destroyed by refugees and bandits.
"This is easy to handle."
Chu Yao raised his hand and said "Dharma is not transmitted to the six ears", and the invisible literary energy surged up and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Shen Tang: "..."
I almost forgot that Yanling can be used in this way.
Shen Tang can speak freely without any worries.
She hesitated for a while, and her usually energetic voice suddenly became confused: "I just think that compared to the hatefulness of the homeless grassroots, shouldn't the most hateful people be the powerful people represented by Zheng Qiao? If they can make a living by farming peacefully, Who is willing to tighten his belt and use a hoe and pole to fight against a good soldier? Being driven around like a bereaved dog, running here and there?"
land annexation is intense;
Landlords exploited cruelly;
The official corvee service is heavy;
Politics are corrupt.
Zheng Qiao allowed his evil dogs to be extravagant and wasteful, built large-scale construction projects, indulged in licentiousness, and exploited the people. However, the people under his rule lived a miserable life of hunger and cold. They ate jujubes, bark, Guanyin soil, and were forced to starve to death and savages eat each other...
If you don't want to die, you can only resist.
Survival is the innate instinct of every human being.
Who can say that their rebellion is treason?
These conclusions are all made from the perspective of powerful landlords. Because what is harmed is their interests, what is shaken is their status, and if the common people rise up, they will not be able to sleep peacefully and enjoy themselves without any worries.
Are the culprits responsible for the devastated situation in Luxia County really just the refugees and bandits? Or the commander who rallied them to plunder and kill? Or are they forced to lose their land, become unable to survive, and have no choice but to rebel?
Chu Yao asked: "Master, do you sympathize with them?"
Shen Tang thought that he was now considered the leader of half an armed group, and grinned inwardly, smiling bitterly: "Yes."
Chu Yao is extremely rational, without even a trace of emotion.
"But in Yao's opinion, the moment the common people take up arms and start killing innocent people indiscriminately, they are no longer innocent. The most deserving of sympathy now are the innocent people who are threatened by their butcher knives. I know that my lord is kind-hearted, but your sympathy needs to be Sympathy will be meaningful only when they are defeated and captured and can no longer pose a threat to you. Before that, there is only one identity——"
"enemy!"
As long as they are enemies, no matter whether they are well-equipped soldiers and generals or a ragtag group with poor equipment and lack of food and grass, they must not be soft-hearted at all. This has nothing to do with justice or evil, or ethics. There is only victory or defeat on the battlefield.
Shen Tang naturally understands this truth.
Kindness cannot be without edge.
And her edge is not sharp enough.
Chu Yao asked again: "Master, do you want to save them?"
Shen Tang said honestly: "I want to, but I am powerless."
There was a touch of gentleness on the corners of Chu Yao's lips. He did not chuckle, but said softly: "My lord has this kind of heart, it is enough."
This is also the biggest difference between the lord and others - with this heart now, and with another effort in the future, the common people may truly be able to live a stable and happy life. Maybe those days weren't that rich, at least they were better than now.
so--
"Repelling the homeless bandits does not require any forbearance. Even if their weapons are just poles and hoes, even if their rebellion is a forced choice. The only thing the Lord can do is to live, go higher, and do justice to the world."
Chu Yao's voice became softer but more sonorous and powerful.
"Don't make the same mistake again!"
These six simple words are heavier than mountains.
Because Chu Yao knew in his heart that this was impossible. The general trend of the world has always been that if it has been together for a long time, it must be divided, and if it has been divided for a long time, it must be reunited.
He doesn't expect to live long enough to "be together for a long time, but they will be separated", but he hopes to see "a long time apart, they will be reunited" in his lifetime. One glance is enough.
At this time, Shaochong came over carrying a gray eagle with an arrow.
This eagle is huge and has powerful wings.
In Shaochong's hands, he was extremely docile.
Chu Yao waved his hand to remove Yan Ling.
Shen Tang quickly regained his composure: "Who is this eagle?"
Shaochong held the winning wings with one hand and showed off to Shen Tang proudly, saying: "This thing has been flying overhead just now, and I knocked it down easily. Does Shen Jun want to eat it? If so, I will have it roasted. , I’ll give you half of it!”
In the past, he would either eat the prey he hunted himself or share it with several other foster brothers. Shen Jun was the first outsider to receive such treatment. I weighed it a little. It was very heavy in my hand, and it was half full.
"Always flying overhead?"
Chu Yao is very sensitive to this word.
he asked Kang Shi, who was a few steps away.
"Did Ji Shou see it?"
Kang Shi, who was named, shook his head.
Chu Yao asked Shao Chong how he found out.
Shao Chong was at a loss.
How did you discover it?
Of course you can find it with your eyes.
Shen Tang asked: "Is there something wrong with this eagle?"
Chu Yao: "Worry is a scout."
"Oh, scout..." When Shen Tang realized what he had said, he said in surprise, "Huh? Scout?"
An eagle?
As far as she knew, scouts were a special force, and they were scouts. Before the war begins, get as close as possible to the enemy, understand the enemy’s true strength, deployment, and types of arms, inquire about unfamiliar terrain and find out where there are clean water sources...
These details can even determine the outcome of a war, but scouts are all humans, and this is an eagle.
On second thought, it seems not surprising.
Wen Xin Wu Dan has so many words and talents, and they are mostly used in all aspects of the battlefield, so it is normal to create a Scout Eagle.
only--
Shen Tang ruffled the eagle's feathers: "In this case, won't all our troops be controlled by the enemy?"
Gu Qi
Chu Yao said: "It doesn't matter."
They were meant to be rescuers.
The army did not carry much food.
The sooner you engage the enemy, the better.
This eagle should be the valor totem of a certain scout - some valor warriors have limited talents and extremely slow progress in strength, but that doesn't mean there is no way out. The valor totems of some of them can be used for battlefield intelligence reconnaissance.
The so-called valor totems are the various beast shadows that appeared on the battlefields of Gongxi Qiu during battles.
This kind of scouts is quite precious. They can obtain relatively real information without being very close to the enemy. The reason why it is relatively real is because the Wenxin scholars accompanying the army also have counter-reconnaissance methods to prevent the leakage of intelligence.
Kang Shi smiled and said, "I'm careless."
He said he was worried, but he didn't care on his face.
As a military advisor accompanying the army, the counter-reconnaissance Yan Ling had been deployed early in the morning, fearing that the enemy would defeat it and change it from time to time. The virtual becomes the real, the real becomes the virtual, the virtual and the real are intertwined, and the changes are unpredictable. The other three companies also took action, providing multiple insurances.
Chu Yao also said: "I thought these refugees and grass bandits were scattered, but now it seems that the water behind them is deep."
Shaochong asked confusedly: "Why?"
"Because this kind of scout must be carefully cultivated."
You don't have to be talented in this area to use it directly.
This kind of scout talent usually falls into the hands of powerful people or warlords, and only they have the background to cultivate them. It can take at least a few months to cultivate, and it can take up to two years.
The leaders of the forces who commanded this group of refugees and bandits to besiege Luxia County probably had some background and had been lurking for a long time because of the current situation. The time has come - the common people finally couldn't stand Zheng Qiao's tyranny - and stood up to raise their arms.
In this world, human life is very worthless.
But manpower is different.
Of the more than 200,000 civilians who were expelled, at least 50,000 were able to go to the battlefield. Women, children and the elderly could help with logistics and transportation. They could also go to the battlefield to put a certain amount of pressure on the enemy during wartime. Coupled with the raids and plunders along the way, more and more desperate people joined in... It took almost no effort to build up a powerful warlord force.
The messenger had previously said that there were more than a thousand second-class warriors in the bandit formation, as well as a few high-level brave warriors holding the line. Is this a lineup that the common people who were forced to rebel could put together? Haha, my lord has been working hard for a year and can't even make 30%.
Shen Tang frowned worriedly.
"Are you talking about the iron plate?"
Chu Yao chuckled: "It's not like an iron plate."
He recruited soldiers to tell Gong Shuwu and Zhao Feng the news.
The attitudes of the two are highly consistent.
Gong Shuwu became even more excited when he heard this and geared up: "Haha, we've come here, we can't leave empty-handed. These are all military achievements sent to our door! Any intruders will be annihilated!"
To weaken the enemy is to strengthen yourself.
Zhao Fengdao: "Don't fight with me!"
Gong Shuwu said: "Everyone depends on his ability on the battlefield!"
If there was only He Yin's family, enemies with this lineup would indeed be beaten to a pulp, but the elites of the four families were all there. If they still lost, the four families' principals would not have to hang around here.
Chu Yao raised his hand and Gong Shuwu understood.
He said: "The way to be a general is to be on the battlefield."
"All troops, obey orders!"
Chu Yao said: "Look around with your eyes and listen to all directions!"
The majestic aura spread from the feet of the two to the entire army.
All four soldiers and horses felt it.
The mood that was still a little relaxed suddenly reached its peak, and I was in high spirits, ready to deal with incoming attacks at any time.
They marched another three miles to a wasteland with lush vegetation.
I thought that all the elite scouts were dispatched, and the enemy would take advantage of the relaxation of the three larger armies in the middle of the night to attack at night. Unexpectedly, the sky has not yet completely darkened, and the bandits have already lined up to meet them, taking advantage of the convenient terrain to surround more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.
Shouts came from all directions.
The sky is dark and the figures are longing.
For a moment, I couldn't tell whether it was a grass shadow or a human figure.
A wave of arrows fell from the sky.
But they were all blocked by the rising wall of Wenqi.
"finally come!"
The young man, who was riding a horse and chewing dried meat to replenish his strength, regained his energy and threw half of the dried meat to the subordinate officer with his backhand.
"The first achievement is mine!"
The improvised team basically had no tacit understanding. They were willing to listen to Shen Tang's orders and they were willing to move their butts. Those were two different concepts. We are all elite soldiers, and there are only so many military achievements. Who is in the vanguard, who is in charge, and who is in the rear?
I really want to talk about it, but I can’t figure it out clearly.
No matter how it is divided, other people have opinions, and they all feel that they have worked more hard, risked more, and achieved less credit.
Shen Tang didn't want to be upset either.
The most brutal method was adopted——
A family defends one side, and if it can't hold on any longer, it calls for help. The four defense lines in the southeast, northwest and northwest will be embarrassed if one collapses.
Zhao Feng: "..."
The other three companies: "..."
They have never fought such a rough and simple battle.
Chu Yao wanted to win respect for his lord.
Unexpectedly, Shen Tang didn't need it at all. He coaxed and lied: "In extraordinary times, extraordinary things are done! All generals are veterans who are good at fighting. Naturally, they have rich combat experience. The battlefield situation is ever-changing, and you are the only one who can adapt accordingly. "
She is still new in this area.
It's okay to pull them out, but it's not possible to pull them to fight. She doesn't know the fighting styles that each of them is good at. If one of them doesn't command well, which one of them will be hurt, Wu Xian and the three of them still don't fight with her.
They were also worried that there was insufficient tacit understanding, and one of their own would accidentally injure one of their own during the melee, so they simply fought along separate lines, with each family defending one side. To be more brutal, everyone would fight their own way, as long as they were killing the enemy.
Generals: "...???"
Is this okay? ? ?
But I have to admit that it is indeed a more feasible method at present, and they are also confident in guarding their respective defense lines.
Asking for help?
It is impossible to ask for help.
Except for Heyin County, the force lineups drawn by the other three families are all very similar. At this time, the defense line collapses, isn't it a disguised admission that one's own strength is weaker than others? The head can be cut off, the blood can be shed, but the face cannot be lost, at least not in front of them!
The enemy can't even think of breaking through the defense line!
Coupled with the eagerness to perform meritorious service, the enemy had just emerged and was already ready to make a move. The brave warrior at the head even rushed out of the battle, wearing armor and weapons in hand, to attack the enemy directly. No matter who it is, anyone who blocks the road will be killed!
The two armies...
Ah no, the five armies met and started shouting.
Faster than Shaochong's figure, two meteor-like white lights suddenly lit up, breaking through the darkness of the night.
Shaochong said angrily: "You have crossed the line!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the enemy soldiers who were rushing forward had their heads rolling to the ground. The person who came did not pause, and his body moved flexibly like a dragon. When the two swords came out, one sword would pierce the heart and the other behead.
Shen Tang's luck is much better than the other three.
Because she was facing the main force of the enemy.
In the army, Chu Yao and Kang Shi took action almost at the same time.
The latter said: "It's dotted all over the place!"
The huge Zongheng Wenqi chessboard is spread across the entire battlefield.
The former said: "Sinking into fire..."
Kang Shi: "???"
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