In the military camp, thousands of Yulin Army soldiers quickly gathered on the playground.
"Gongyi, the team has been assembled, let's set off."
Because Jiang Qin became the temporary highest commander of the Yulin Army, Xu Tu, Hou Cheng, and Su Fei reported to him after receiving reports from the commanders of the villages below, waiting for him to issue the order to attack.
"Wait a moment, I have something to say to the soldiers."
Jiang Qin slightly cupped his fists and apologized to several colleagues. He felt that Ji Shu's temporary appointment was to unify the command in the north of the city. If someone else was on duty tonight, it would not be his turn to be the commander.
Jiang Qin walked past the slightly confused people and walked to the front. With the help of scattered fire pots scattered on the playground, only a dark figure could be seen, Jiang Qin took a deep breath and spoke.
"I was once a slave of a noble family and never studied. So when the general asked my husband to teach in the military camp, I was very grateful, but also puzzled."
There are some confusing terms in the military. The "general" mentioned here does not refer to the official position. Because those with military positions above the commander level can be called generals, in an established army, subordinates sometimes call their generals as "general". The "general" Jiang Qin mentioned here refers to Ji Shu.
"Why does the general want all the soldiers in the army to study? I have never understood this question."
The soldiers looked at each other in confusion. They also didn't understand the problem, and they didn't understand why Jiang Qin talked about it before going to the battlefield.
Looking at the blank eyes, Jiang Qin continued.
"Until the 'Lijia Village Robbery Incident' a few days ago, the general took us to apologize to the people of a village."
"Almost half of the brothers were present at the time. I believe the rest of the brothers had not seen it with their own eyes or had heard about it."
After scanning the crowd and seeing that everyone was a little solemn, Jiang Qin pointed at his eyes and shouted.
"The scene at that time still seems to be happening in front of my eyes. Only then did I understand that the general asked us to study to prevent us from becoming real beasts!"
What is the difference between beasts and humans?
When they are hungry, they will plunder, and when they are in heat, they will look for females. The blood makes them excited and crazy. These are beasts, living according to the instinctive desire of life, living wantonly.
People are rational and they can distinguish what is right and what is wrong.
Generals generally want their soldiers to be as ferocious as beasts when facing the enemy.
Especially in the battlefield, a place where life and death are life-and-death, people often lose their last trace of rationality.
They don't know if they will still be alive tomorrow. If they need food, they will rob it. If they see money, they will take it. If they don't like it, they will kill it. If there is a beautiful woman, they will sleep with it. What's wrong with being a beast?
"The general hopes that we will read the books of sages and have dignity, pride and bottom line as human beings!"
Jiang Qin's voice filled the entire playground, touching every soldier slightly.
"Let me ask you, who allowed the slaves of aristocratic families who participated in the rebellion to enjoy the treatment of normal soldiers?"
Without hesitation, the soldiers answered in unison.
"It's the general!"
That's right, the general has nothing to say to our Yulin Army.
Jiang Qin nodded slightly and asked again.
"And who personally makes the training plan and practices with us day and night?"
The soldiers continued to answer.
"It's the general!"
Having said this, Jiang Qin sighed with some emotion.
"That's right, not only did the general not treat us badly because of our past, but he personally assigned us the title of 'Habayashi Army' in front of the Lord and placed high hopes on us!"
"It can be said that we are lucky to have such a general as our commander."
Whether it was the soldiers below or Xu Tu, Hou Cheng, and Su Fei around them, they all nodded. They were all convinced by their direct commander.
"But other armies probably don't think so. They often look at us with strange eyes. You all know that, right?"
Jiang Qin couldn't help but recall the look in Xu Sheng's eyes. It was definitely not the way he looked at his comrades. It was filled with suspicion and contempt.
Such a look made Jiang Qin feel humiliated!
Jiang Qin couldn't help shouting angrily.
"You all know it!"
No! Not only Xu Sheng, but also all the armies in Jiangdong are probably the same. He believes many soldiers have felt his humiliation.
This is also true. Faced with Jiang Qin's questions, many people couldn't help but tighten their swords and guns in their hands.
"Why?"
"Why?"
After asking this sentence twice, Jiang Qin glanced at everyone and continued.
"Because the Lord promulgated the "One Tax Law" and "Qi Min Law" in order to allow tenant farmers and slaves to have enough to eat and live like a human being! But many of us are afraid of change, shrinking our heads, and just continuing as usual Follow the instructions of the master of the family, do evil when you need to do evil, and rebel when you need to rebel."
"My teacher once said something like this when he was giving a lecture, 'If you treat me as a countryman, I will repay you as a countryman! If you treat me as a passerby, I will repay you as a passerby! If you treat me as a stranger, I will repay you as a hater. It!'. The Lord treats us as if he has given us a new life, but what about us?"
Jiang Qin slapped the armor on his chest hard, making a clanking sound.
Unable to answer, most of the soldiers were private soldiers from aristocratic families who surrounded and killed Sun Ce. Many of them gritted their teeth and lowered their heads in shame.
Not only those soldiers, Jiang Qin also remembered his past.
When the young master asked to break someone else's legs, he would break someone else's legs; when the young master asked to snatch a woman, he would go and bring the woman to the young master.
I used to just do whatever others told me, and even if I felt it was wrong, I was still dazedly afraid of changing.
I obviously want to do things of my own, but I still just let others influence me.
What kind of feeling is this?
The once weak and careless drift seems to have turned into the most violent fuel, burning myself.
Shame, regret, humiliation, pain, my heart was burned by indescribable fire.
"You treat me with kindness and righteousness, and I repay you with a sword. However, the king still treats me with kindness and righteousness!"
"I would like to ask all brothers, isn't such a king and such a general worthy of our death?"
Seeing everyone raising their heads and looking at him with burning eyes, they seemed to have found the answer in their eyes.
Jiang Qin pursed his lips, pulled out his sword, and yelled at the soldiers.
"I am issuing a military order in front of the general. Anyone who takes a step back from the front of the formation will be immediately beheaded!"
"But I won't kill you. It's not that I'm lenient, but that I don't have the time!"
"I will step forward to kill the enemy and fight to the death!"
"Cowardly people can run away if they want."
"If you only tremble in front of your enemies."
"If there is no regret in your hearts."
"If you still have the nerve to go back to Jiangdong to see your parents, wives and children."
"Run away if you want!"
"Brothers who are not afraid of death, fight to the death with me today, and let the other brothers of Jiangdong Army see the backbone of my Yulin Army! Let those who want to laugh at us shut up!"
At this moment, Xu Tu, Hou Cheng, and Su Fei were truly convinced of Jiang Qin. They understood that Ji Shu's appointment of Jiang Qin was probably not a simple impromptu decision.
Especially Su Fei, he felt something completely different from Han Jun. His blood was surging, and he understood why Gan Ning was so fanatical and admired Jiangdong when he persuaded him to surrender. Like all the soldiers, he raised his arms and shouted.
"Fight to the death!" "Fight to the death!" "Fight to the death!"
