This was a very strange scene, so that Yang Shunhui was filled with disappointment.
He has at least 100,000 troops under his command, and these troops were all brought out from Chang'an City. These generals are all people who have been with him for more than a year, and some of them even have old subordinates who have been with him for more than ten years. Yang Shunhui once firmly believed that if he led these people into battle and encountered danger, these people would fight to the death to protect him.
He used to firmly believe that these subordinates would live and die with him.
Yang Shunhui didn't quite know when he became unconfident. Although his subordinates surrounded him, none of them defended or even reprimanded him. He was not surprised at all, not even angry.
Perhaps, this lack of self-confidence came after arriving in Muping City. Perhaps, it was after he received the first favor from foreigners.
He looked around and found that the familiar faces were all indifferent. Even the few old subordinates who had been with him for the longest time showed no intention of fighting for him. As for those soldiers, Yang Shun would feel that he was a joke with their cold-eyed onlookers.
he laughed.
sneer.
I don't know whether I am laughing at those subordinates or myself.
It's not that he hasn't heard any gossip over the years, and it's not that he doesn't know how the people below talk about him. Since that time when foreigners beat people in the street and the common people flocked to his general's mansion hoping that he would stand out, and the moment he ordered the soldiers to disperse the common people, he felt that the way the soldiers looked at him changed.
This is also the reason why he decided to withdraw at this time. He knew that he could no longer be convincing to this team. The general was not recognized by the soldiers. How terrible is this on the battlefield? He knew he couldn't win this battle, so he thought of running away. A person who is obsessed with money is naturally obsessed with status, how could he be willing to give up his power if it is not a last resort
The young man sitting on the opposite wall, Yang Shunhui, knew him. He had acquainted with this young man when he was in Chang'an City. He just didn't expect that after many years, the little person who had just emerged in the past would now be the most powerful person in the Central Plains.
"I know you're here to kill me, but you don't want to humiliate me before you kill me."
He looked at Fang and explained.
"So you still have dignity."
Fang Jie shook his head slightly, as if he had some disdain for this sentence.
"I thought your dignity had been bought by foreigners a long time ago, but I didn't expect that there is still a trace left. Since you still know what self-esteem is, then you should know how to die with the most dignity. I don't want me to humiliate you , first of all you don't humiliate yourself."
Fang explained.
Yang Shunhui was stunned for a moment, then took a step back to observe the situation around him again. He could tell that the cultivation bases of the few people surrounding him were probably higher than his own. If he fought alone, he would have no chance of winning. Now that he was trapped by people, it was impossible to escape.
"dignity?"
He continued to sneer: "I used to be firmly proud of being a member of the Yang family, but when I left Chang'an City, what kind of embarrassment did I have? If I hadn't left at the beginning, I'm afraid I would have already Turned into a dry bone. Why should I die for such a court? Why should I work for such a family?"
"People treat me like a gentleman of the country, and I will repay him as a gentleman of the country."
Yang Shunhui suddenly raised his voice and said: "But the world has changed long ago, what else can the Yang family maintain their dignity? Is it wrong for me to think that I can live well in troubled times? That's right, the foreigners gave me some Benefits, for the sake of raising soldiers and the 100,000 soldiers under my command, is it wrong for me to accept those benefits?"
He looked around at his subordinates: "You white-eyed wolves, eating my clothes, wearing mine and using mine, but still scolding me behind my back, wanting to kill me, are you right? Fang Jie!"
He looked at Fang Jie and yelled, "Don't talk about dignity and loyalty to me! Do you have any loyalty to the Yang family?! I don't know how you came to have such a narrow mind. Since you don't respect the Yang family, why are you doing it now? The Yang family is in charge? The Sui Dynasty is already finished, why do you want to take the lead in behalf of the Sui Dynasty? Your vision is too low, you are only confined to the relationship between one country and one family and cannot get out, you are too narrow!"
He said loudly: "Who is the ruler has anything to do with most of the common people? The Yang family treats me well and I am a loyal minister of the Yang family. Why should I be loyal when the Yang family treats me badly? Foreigners treat me well. Can’t do things for foreigners? I only see who values me, and then what’s wrong with me serving them?”
Looking at this maniac questioner, Fang Jie felt like he didn't even want to say anything.
"If you can set your sights higher, you won't look down on me!"
Yang Shunhui said: "Think about it, no matter who is the ruler, as long as he treats the people well, isn't he a good ruler? It is not necessarily right for people of the same clan to be emperors, and it is not necessarily wrong for people of foreign clans to be emperors. Are you right? Foreigners have prejudices, it's because you haven't seen the world clearly!"
Fang Jie took the wine bag from his waist and took a sip, then let out a long breath: "I'm here to hear something from you, but it's not like this."
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Yang Shunhui opened his arms, and his tone became passionate: "Fang Jie, you are different from these people. They can only be followers all their lives, because they cannot be the pioneers themselves. You are different. You have already created your own business." .So you should see better than they do."
He said loudly: "Is the so-called nation meaningful? Only the most narrow-minded people will be obsessed with any nation. The people of the Opru Empire are just different from us in appearance, but those people adapt to new things far faster than us. Hurry up. Now most generals of foreigners can speak Chinese, and they don’t think it’s a lowly thing, why do you think it’s a lowly thing to get along with foreigners?”
"Foreigners have adapted to the new environment and new life, why can't we?"
While speaking, he observed Fang Jie's reaction, as well as the reactions of those subordinates around him. Seeing that Fang Jie didn't stop him, he thought his words had an effect.
"Think about it, what the entry of foreigners will bring to us is definitely not just bad!"
Yang Shunhui said: "Foreigners have unparalleled advantages, and their social development is correct. As long as the arrival of foreigners is not regarded as an invasion, then it is not so difficult to accept. You can think of it this way... Foreigners come to invade from time to time It is fusion. In this fusion, foreigners learn from our strengths, and we learn from the strengths of foreigners, and we will eventually become one. By then, the common people have adapted to their new lives and new identities, will they resist? !"
"Won't!"
He tried his best to make his voice full of shock: "When the time comes, the people will live happily and forget that the ruler is not a Han Chinese."
He gasped, satisfied with his justification.
To be honest, he really couldn't accept foreigners at first, but as he saw the strength of foreigners and as he enjoyed a superior life more and more, he began to no longer resist. He really thought so, no matter who is the emperor, as long as he can guarantee his status, it doesn't matter.
He believes that it is not only the fault of foreigners that he has reached this point. If the Han people do not resist, then there is no need to abandon their current position of power. Even if he no longer leads the army, he will become a governor, and he will have a very important position in the court of foreigners. After all, if foreigners want to control this land, the support of the Han people is indispensable.
"Have you said these words to your subordinates?"
Fang asked.
Yang Shunhui shook his head: "I don't need to explain to them, they will see this clearly sooner or later."
Fang Jie laughed.
Laughed angrily.
"I don't want to explain anything to you, and I don't want to argue with you anymore, because there is nothing to say between you and me. I thought that if you still have a trace of conscience left in your heart, I can also get it from you. Get some help, such as the military configuration of foreigners, such as why Leman is not afraid of practitioners... But now I give up these ideas, because I find it really disgusting to talk to you."
Fang Jie said, "Now you can resist."
"You people, do you really want to watch me get killed?!"
Yang Shunhui looked at those old subordinates and roared loudly. But those people still didn't do anything, they just clenched their fists and released their anger in their eyes.
"If you don't like it, I can change it."
Yang Shunhui found out that something was wrong, and immediately changed his tone: "After all, I am a Han, and the blood of the Han is flowing in my bones. For foreigners, I am more just using them, but for my own people, I have sincere feelings in my heart. I can take these 100,000 brothers to change, and I can take them to fight against foreigners. You should be very clear in your current position, and sometimes interests are the most important thing."
"That's right."
Fang Jie nodded: "Interest is the most important thing, but not your interest."
"Don't you want to know more about foreigners? Don't you want to know why practitioners can't kill Leman?"
Yang Shunhui said eagerly: "I can give you the answers to all these. I can assure you that there is no Han Chinese in the entire Central Plains who understands Lehman and foreigners better than me. Think about it, you won't get anything by killing me. But if I am willing to lead soldiers to help you, you will get huge benefits."
Fang Jie beckoned, motioning for the general who escorted Yang Caiping with a thousand cavalry to come over, and then said something in a low voice, the general obviously hesitated, then nodded and left. Yang Shunhui kept looking at him nervously, not knowing what Fang Jie was going to arrange.
"I'm not interested in you anymore."
Fang Jie said: "I said before I came here that I would gouge out your heart with my own hands to see what color it is. But now I have changed my mind, your blood will stain my hands. Since you like foreigners so much , then believe in the weapons of foreigners, and I will give you a chance to die well."
After saying this, Yang Shunhui suddenly noticed many soldiers holding firearms and surrounded him. He didn't know that these firearms belonged to those god-killing musketeers.
At least one hundred firecrackers were aimed at him, and the people with guns were all his soldiers.
"It doesn't seem unacceptable to you to use something from a foreigner to finish you off."
He raised a hand, and the soldiers with foreign muskets squeezed forward, suppressing the area where Yang Shunhui could move smaller and smaller.
"Feel what you call greatness yourself."
Fang Jie pressed down his raised hand, and the cavalry immediately raised their guns and aimed at Yang Shunhui.