It turned out that they were not talking about him, but these young people were discussing military affairs. Unexpectedly, the news of the fall of Wanyou City spread so quickly.
Li Boxen composed himself, but he no longer wanted to drink water. He just stood in front of the faucet holding the bamboo tube. Listening to their words, they seemed to be filled with anger and contempt for the soldiers of Wanyou and Wuliang City.
He didn't know much about Wanyou City, but he knew that there were deserters in Wuliang City every year, but only more than a hundred people a year. Eighty or ninety of them can be recovered every year, but not all of them are killed. Most of them are sent to work as hard labor in craftsmen's workshops, and they can redeem themselves after ten years. It is definitely not as exaggerated as killing thousands every year.
But it's not a glorious thing. He has a special status now, so he has no choice but to listen. He wanted to go away, but he also wanted to hear whether these people knew the latest military reports, so he hesitated for a while.
Several people around the young man let out a low cry, and he sighed, and then said: "My father also said that when Wuliang City was attacked a while ago, the supplies were abandoned all over the snowy field. This time, Wanyou City is the same." The situation. I'm afraid that the armored vehicles, machine tools, crossbows and other sharp weapons have been seized by the Demon Kingdom. This is not a disadvantage for the soldiers, but a crime of war."
His comments made sense at first glance. Li Bochen couldn't help but turn around and look at him carefully, and saw that he was about his own age. He was wearing a green silk cotton robe with a snow-white collar. This dress is the same as Tao Chunxi's. It looks like she belongs to a wealthy family, very noble and elegant. He doesn't look bad, he is fair and fair, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, which can be called handsome.
It's just that this person's words are too biased. Li Bochen frowned slightly and thought, when the Benqi battalion left the city to meet the enemy, they did bring armored vehicles. The armored carts are covered with thick iron armor and are powered by the "Shu Xin" developed by the Martial Arts Master. Each cart is equipped with three crossbows.
When the monster is still far away, shoot with the bed crossbow. When the Hunjia beast in the front row was about to charge closer, they gathered together to block the enemy. The soldiers hid in armored vehicles and stabbed them with large guns used by three people from the roof and openings on the sides of the vehicle.
Generally speaking, this can withstand two rounds of impact. After the monster army crosses this barrier, the soldiers in the car will destroy their magic and start to form a formation to fight with the monster. Although the monster beasts are rough-skinned and thick-flesh, the number that attacked the city in the past was not too large, no more than a thousand at most. People formed a formation, and there were monks to help out, but there was victory or defeat for each other.
It was just that the number of people who attacked Wuliang City was so large that no one expected it, so they ended up with a disastrous defeat. When Wanyou City fell, I wonder if it was also attacked by tens of thousands of monsters.
When he said "the baggage was abandoned all over the place", he should be referring to the armored vehicles used to block the enemy. But this is a due loss on the battlefield and has nothing to do with whether the officers and soldiers are timid of the enemy.
But several people around the young man nodded after hearing this, and a tall and thin man frowned and asked, "Zi'ang, according to what you said, what should I do about this crime of war?"
The young man said: "There is no solution. Think about it, gentlemen, who are those soldiers? Some are rangers, some are rogues on the street, and some are lazy people who have no land and want to join the army. They have nothing to eat. These rabble-rousers don’t care about repaying the country’s kindness or their parents, wives and children. How can they think about fighting after they go into battle? Their legs and feet will become weak when they see the monster soldiers. No matter what kind of magical weapons are put in their hands, they will make enemies. "
Several people around him sighed and nodded, and the young man continued: "Today's way, only recruiting the children of good families to join the army can turn the tide. People like you and me understand the righteousness of our family and country, and know how to defend our land and be loyal. Even if we are attacked by swords and axes, we still know how to be Tushan." To the south is the country of our fathers, and we will never retreat. It’s just that the people in the court didn’t think of this level, and they just let the rabble make up the numbers and mislead our six kingdoms!”
The tall and thin man couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised: "That's so good! I wish I could join the army and show the devil what a real Sui man is!"
Li Bochen took a deep breath, slowly turned his face, and stared at the dripping faucet for a while. Are the people who died in Beiyuan really as miserable as they say?
In the last battle, none of the ten-man team he commanded retreated, and all died tragically. The whole army of the rushing battalion was wiped out. Returning to Wuliang City, I found that out of the 10,000 defenders, more than 4,000 were dead and more than 2,000 were injured. There were more dead than injured, and even more alive. I was afraid that these excited young people would not understand what it meant.
He heard a snapping sound and unknowingly broke the bamboo tube in his palm. But his hands were already calloused, and the sharp fragments only left a few white marks.
He didn't want to listen to these people anymore, so he threw the fragments of the bamboo tube into the wooden bucket containing debris in the corner of the water room, and walked out of the water room sideways.
But I heard another person say: "Brother Sui, my uncle can also write to the king. You can try this way - once it is done, it will also satisfy our desire to serve the country."
Is that young man’s surname Sui? He also said that his father could write to the king, as long as he was a child with the surname Wang. Although he was not a genuine nobleman like Sui Buxiu, he was probably a member of the huge clan of the Sui Kingdom.
Li Bochen couldn't help but smile when he thought of this. These people looked down on civilians and lower-class people like themselves, saying that only "children from good families" like them should go into battle to be effective... But how could they really be asked to go into battle?
The Sui State had been recruiting soldiers for decades, and many of his comrades were only sons, or the only remaining sons, which shows that the "rabble" they called them was about to be exhausted.
But these people can still live leisurely in a place like Shuxue. It's probably because their families have used their connections to exempt them from rotational labor. If you really want to serve your country and join the army, you don't need to read any books. You can just pack your bags and go straight north with your sword.
He had just taken another step when he heard the young man named Sui Ziang say: "This brother seems to have high opinions?"
Are you calling yourself? Li Bochen turned around and saw that it was indeed him he was looking at.
Then he smiled and said, "No."
Just as he turned around and took a step forward, he heard Sui Ziang say again: "Everyone in the arts speaks freely. If you don't agree with what we say, what do you have to hide?"
This person must have noticed his smile when he passed by them and thought it was a mockery. But it is indeed true. I wonder if it is because the young people around Sui Ziang usually regard what he says as a guideline, and they rarely meet people who dare to "disdain" them, so they become interested in him.
It's just that although this man's words were biased, he sounded loyal and patriotic. Li Bochen didn't want to argue with such an inexperienced person, so he stopped and said, "Your Excellency is right, I don't disagree."
Sui Ziang frowned: "If you have something to say, just say it well, why bother being so weird?"
This was the third sentence he said to himself, but every sentence was aggressive. There are also some officers in the army who have such bad tempers, but Li Bochen can tolerate them. But thinking of the nonsense he had said to those comrades who died in Beiyuan, he finally got angry: "Have you ever seen a monster?"
