When Auster literally led the troops into the camp with a black face, the two groups of soldiers were still facing off at swords;
He had known that there were serious internal strife and contradictions in the Xishan Camp, but he did not expect that it had reached this point.
When the people at the foot of the mountain were brutally tortured and the enemy came to attack, the officers and soldiers of the two factions still refused to give in due to some trivial issues, such as command authority, weapons distribution, property disposal, etc., and were unable to send out a single soldier for reinforcements. The workers at the camp and the civilians who took refuge also unconditionally supported the children of their faction, followed their respective camps to accuse each other, and even prepared to fight.
Keith stepped forward and scolded, "The enemies have reached the door of our house. What are you still doing? Can't you see the deputy gang leader arriving? Put down your weapons quickly!"
However, both groups of soldiers and civilians still refused to listen;
"Deputy Gang Leader Ao, even if you kill us, I will first kill these strangers who have occupied our land!"
"Bah, you ungrateful natives, without our people fighting bloody battles, you would have been sold into slavery by the landlords and beaten to death!"
"We took in you beggars who were fleeing the famine first, otherwise you wouldn't be where you are today!"
"Fart, every inch of our land is reclaimed barren hills and snatched from wealthy landowners. How many of your people have we rescued and how much land have we allocated to you? Are you not going to acknowledge it now?"
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I remember the last time I came here, the army and the people were in harmony, and the people rushed to bring souvenirs to Oster and chased cars; I didn't expect that in just a few months, it would become like this.
Oster watched silently. Along the way, he could clearly see the tragic situation in the villages and towns harmed by the Returning Corps. At the foot of the mountain, the bones of the people who were killed by the officers and soldiers were not yet cold. In the face of a formidable enemy, the two factions, the Hakka and the Turkish, continued to attack each other regardless of the imminent disaster, and fought internally to the point where the entire battalion was paralyzed;
The officers, soldiers and civilians of the two groups were like life-and-death enemies at this time. It was completely unimaginable that they were fighting side by side not long ago. It is so easy to create gaps between people and between groups.
Seeing the two groups arguing and shoving endlessly, Oster became irritated. The fact that Sashu shut down his phone again made him very angry; more importantly, he paid the price of becoming a blank slate and saved these people who were roasted black by magic, but they were tied up because of trivial matters. Hands and feet.
Oster walked straight over without saying a word, passed through the crowd, sat down on the ground, and stared at the two groups arguing in front of him.
His hair stood straight up and his dark face was very intimidating. Everyone was shocked by him, and the place became quiet for a while. After all, this was a man who had just summoned the legendary meteor technique and killed thousands of soldiers.
Seeing that everyone on both sides was mute, Auster spread his hands and said, "What are you waiting for? Keep arguing and take action. What does it have to do with me? Shoot quickly!"
The officers, soldiers and civilians were silent and looked at him at a loss.
"Why do you all look at me, waiting for me to be the judge? Who do you think I am, a villain? A saint? A monster? A savior? - Let me tell you, I am none of these, I am just a liar!" Auster shouted, Because he was in a bad mood, he suddenly decided not to act;
"——A timid, weak and incompetent liar! Everything about me is just a figment of your imagination!"
As soon as these words came out, the originally noisy camp completely fell silent. Oster simply crossed his legs, sat on the ground without raising his head, and started chattering;
"The red-haired villain and the saint descending to earth are all your own delusions. I am just a loser, a straw bag, and an incompetent person. Yes, by chance, I got some spell-casting abilities. I was so awesome just now. I summoned meteorites; but they are all borrowed and will be gone after use. If you don’t believe me, you can try it. Now I am just a piece of trash. A knife or a brick can kill me. This Is there any invincible person in the world?"
Keith was shocked and said hurriedly, "Deputy gang leader, how can such an important thing be..."
Auster waved his hand to interrupt him and continued, "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it. I joined the rebel army because I ran out of magic, was wanted, and was penniless; look at the huge momentum here, with guns and cannons. , so I ran over and looked for someone to support me. I believe that many people, like me, chose to join the rebel army just to be successful and prosperous. This is such a normal idea! Now, seeing that the situation is not good, I am thinking about it all the time. Run away. After all, we joined the rebels just to live a good life. If our lives are gone, what else can we have?"
The officers and soldiers all stared at Auster with their eyes wide open. Case, Pullman and other escorts were also extremely surprised and didn't understand why he said such a thing. Oster continued slowly;
"Actually, on the way here, I broke away from the team several times, preparing to run away. However, I couldn't run away in the end. Why? Because I saw these -"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed behind him, where the darkness covered a large area of refugees who had been brought there.
Some were encountered on the way, and some had just been rescued at the foot of the mountain; all of them looked haggard, with tears still on their faces, and some were still holding the ashes and relics of their relatives.
"...This is Danny from Tar Village. His father was hacked to death by the Returning Corps, and his mother was raped and killed. There are more than 230 households in the village, and there are only 18 people left in the end. Those are people from Niwan Town, the town Burned to ruins, one hundred and seventy-three people were buried with their names, including forty-three children. In Oak Village, all the young and middle-aged people in the village were sold into slavery by the bandits and locked in cellars. The militiamen After the fight, the bandits blew up the cellar, and in the end no one was dug out alive. There were also Shili Village, Xiangyang Village, Yuyu Village... When we passed by, we didn't see a single person. I really hope they escaped. They hid in the mountains, and their homes had been looted and completely burned to rubble.”
There was such silence that you could hear a pin drop.
Oster pressed his knees, stood up slowly, and looked around at everyone;
"I don't know what ideals and doctrines are at all. I'm not like Skaar or like many hall masters, who take it as their mission to change the world and pray for the people. I don't understand those things. However, even if I am so greedy for life and afraid of death, , I only wanted to protect myself, but after witnessing the behavior of those beasts, I still couldn’t bear it, and I still couldn’t control my own hands. No, in the end, I still came back obediently. "
As Oster spoke, he walked up to the team and said to the soldiers who had just been arguing fiercely and pushing each other, "I heard what you were arguing about. He hurt your brother, you robbed his land, and your mother was there He fell to his death in a fight between two villages, and his wife ran away with a foreigner, right? That's right. For ordinary people, these are already deep hatreds. In fact, they live for this little benefit in life.
But I also hope you will think back. Was it really just for a little profit when you risked beheading and put on a red mask to join the rebels? Do you have something in your heart that is the same as mine, that you just can’t stand? Are these the people in front of you the sworn enemies who truly trample everyone under their feet and humiliate, plunder and massacre at will? Are the conflicts between you really more important than this? "
After Auster finished speaking, everyone fell silent. Listening to his words, the chests of the soldiers in front of him heaved violently, and tears slid down their cheeks;
There was only a sound of "dang rang rang", and the swords and guns slipped from their hands. After a while, more soldiers and civilians dropped their weapons, walked forward slowly, tried to hold the hands of their comrades and compatriots again, and whispered with tears, "I'm sorry." "Please forgive me."
Seeing this scene, the guards were moved to tears. Pullman kept wiping his tears and said to Case beside him, "Brother Case, what do you think it takes to become a person like the deputy gang leader?"
Case was thoughtful, as if he was thinking carefully about what Auster had said.
Here, the side effects of Oster's magic gradually subsided and he finally woke up; he didn't even know what he was talking about just now.
I wanted to scold the two factions of soldiers who were still fighting among themselves, but due to their bad mood and confusion, they made a self-defeating speech and explained their situation completely;
Unexpectedly, it had a positive effect in the end and successfully reminded the soldiers of their original intention of raising the flag of righteousness. At least on the surface, the gap between the two factions of military and civilians has been temporarily eliminated.
Where he didn't notice, Sashu turned on his phone silently and was reading and detecting all this. On the interface, the charging bar under the giant's left hand slowly rises, and it displays on the side; [Inspiring behavior detected, will points gained. Leader recognition increased by 85%. 】
