Liu Yu did not stop Dong Ping and Li Feng from complaining, but he also did not continue the topic.
Liu Yu suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously.
"I've had a nightmare in the past two days. We were captured and taken prisoner by the army. We ended up just like the Thirteen Thieves of Changguang Mountain in Dongshi City, Huang County. Our heads were chopped off and placed on a flagpole. It’s on display.”
Although Liu Yu's words were soft, they were like bells ringing in everyone's ears.
Everyone was silent for a while, Liu Yu didn't say anything, and just continued to look at everyone's faces one by one.
"I'm not afraid. There's nothing terrible about death! Besides, if we follow Brother Shiro, how can we lose?"
The first person to speak was Tian Jin. He is a short and stocky boy who is only sixteen years old. He has been a butcher in Yin County for generations. He has been involved in the Chuopu gambling stalls since he was a child. He had not met Liu Yu before in gambling. His age Although he is small, he has a bold temperament.
"Yes, yes, I am not afraid of death."
"Since I've been following Brother Shiro, I've been drinking and eating meat every day, and I've slept with a lot of girls. It doesn't matter if I'm dead."
After hearing the words of the youngest Tian Jin, several people started shouting.
Liu Yu still didn't speak.
At this time, Dong Ping, who was sitting next to Liu Yu, looked at Liu Yu's face and said slowly.
"The year before last, thirteen bandits from Changguang Mountain were beheaded in Dongshi City, Huang County. Shiro and I traveled hundreds of miles at night to watch the excitement."
Dong Ping took a sip of wine and then continued.
"At that time, I originally thought that the Thirteen Thieves, who were famous for their prolific murders, even though they were caught by the county soldiers, should still be reputable tough guys. Even if they were beheaded, they should still curse the dog officer and be happy. Go to death.”
"Who would have thought that on the execution ground, thirteen people were either shouting that they were wronged, biting each other to shirk the blame, or crying and crying, and some were so frightened that they pissed themselves."
Among the people present, except for Liu Yu and Dong Ping who had seen this with their own eyes, the rest had only heard about the Thirteen Thieves and had not seen it with their own eyes.
"At that time, I knew that it was too difficult to say "not afraid of death."
"Shiro, tell me, if we really lose the battle, do the brothers still have a way out?"
After Dong Ping finished speaking, Liu Yu thought to himself that this young man who lived next to him still understood him.
"It would be better if one day we died like brother He Zhong, and there would be other brothers to take care of his wife, children and children."
Liu Xuan glanced at Dong Ping and then continued.
"I'm just afraid. If Duke Yin is defeated by the imperial troops one day, even if we die with him, I'm afraid we will also affect our wives, children, and children at home."
Liu Yu actually knew that most of the people present would not care much about what he said that would harm his wife, children, and children. Most of these seven or eight people were knights and gamblers with a bachelor's temper.
I just want to remind everyone that everyone has the possibility of losing and having their heads chopped off.
"No way, let's fight all the way. The soldiers and horses of this state and county are like chickens and dogs. They were defeated in one charge." Li Feng didn't believe it.
"Yes, Shiro, the Sima family's soldiers and horses are so weak. Now our army has increased to 20,000 to 30,000, how could we be defeated?"
Others have also raised doubts.
"All we have encountered this month are soldiers from prefectures and counties. These soldiers have been soldiers for generations. There has been no war in Qingzhou for many years. These soldiers from prefectures and counties basically farm land for the government and wealthy families every day. In name, They are soldiers, but they are actually farmers in the fields."
Liu Yu decided to give everyone a good speech.
"I heard that the strongest soldiers and horses in the world today, in addition to the Chinese army in Luoyang, there are also Bingzhou Xiongnu soldiers, Yongliang soldiers, Jizhou soldiers, and the Youzhou sudden cavalry of the Governor of Youzhou. Which one of these soldiers and horses, One person can defeat ten Qingzhou soldiers who farm every day."
"Now Duke Yin wants to march all the way west. He thinks that after capturing Linzi City and separatizing Qingzhou, he can sit back and relax. He has never thought that Youzhou, the closest city to Qingzhou, can ride to Qingzhou in ten days. No one has thought that What will we do when the time comes?”
"Even if the Youzhou Cavalry comes to kill them, they only have one head and two hands. We may not be able to defeat them." Zhao Kun said, he felt that the Youzhou Cavalry may not be that strong.
"We brothers are all highly skilled in martial arts, but we have all been on the battlefield, and we all know how useful a few of us can be in a melee involving tens of thousands of people. Let's look at Yin Gong's score. Of our hundreds of soldiers, you all should know that their level is basically the same as that of Qingzhou Shibing."
In Liu Bogen's Donglai Army, except for the close personal soldiers of each leader who have combat effectiveness, most of the others are refugees, gangsters and bandits. When these people follow behind and fight with the wind, they can also increase their momentum and expand their results.
But when encountering a difficult situation, you can basically only rely on the close men of the Dongnae Army's leaders, large and small, to attack the enemy's position.
Everyone also knows the level of most of the ordinary soldiers under their command, and they usually don't have time to do any training at all. During the siege and confrontation, they, the chief officers, must use swords to threaten and intimidate them, and then they will go slowly. Forward.
When encountering an enemy who resists even slightly, these ordinary soldiers will flee and disperse, so generals like Liu Yu are needed to lead the charge.
However, when they invaded the walled city and washed the city, these ordinary soldiers were more fierce than the other, and they often competed with each other for money.
In Liu Yu's view, most of the Donglai Army were not soldiers at all, but simply bandits who robbed homes and houses. This month has been overwhelming, except for Liu Bogen, Wang Mi, and Liu Yu, who are some of the most brave and loyal soldiers. Most of the reasons are due to the support of the soldiers from Qingzhou Prefecture in the Western Jin Dynasty.
In history, after Liu Bogen captured Linzi City, he was defeated by the Youzhou Cavalry who came later. Liu Bogen was also beheaded on the spot. The tens of thousands of Donglai rebels were almost completely wiped out, and only a thousand remnants followed Wang Mi. He ran out of Linzi City.
Today in the county government hall, Liu Yu saw that most of the current Donglai Army was recruited by Wang Mi. It seems that the more than a thousand Donglai Army who escaped from Linzi City in history should also be Wang Mi's army.
As for people like Liu Yu and Dong Ping, I am afraid that their only fate is to follow Liu Bogen and die under Linzi City. They may be trampled by the Xianbei cavalry in Youzhou until they can no longer be found.
Therefore, Liu Yu must make plans early to avoid being buried with Liu Bogen.
