Liao Sheng came out of the house where Yang Shunhui lived before, and the other party shook his head: "There is nothing. Yang Shunhui is obviously a cautious person. He must have correspondence with foreigners, but he can't find a single one. If he didn't have a Take it with you, it’s all destroyed.”
Fang Jie, who was sitting in the small yard, looked up and saw that there was no longer any raindrops hanging down from the sky.
Keep the change, please.
He shook his head: "People like Yang Shunhui will not gain Laiman's true trust, so they will not find any secret from Yang Shunhui that can break the boundary and Laiman is not afraid of practitioners. This secret is very important to Laiman. It is important, not to mention Yang Shunhui, even those nobles of the Opulu Empire, I am afraid that few people know this secret."
"What about these soldiers?"
Xiang Qingniu looked at the soldiers who had not dispersed in the distance, they were obviously very confused. When Yang Shunhui took them out of Chang'an City, he told them to go to Dongjiang to guard the border. Now that Yang Shunhui is dead, the two guards have become a team that everyone despises in Dongjiang. Their future seems to be gloomy.
In fact, they held muskets before and did not shoot Yang Shunhui in the end, which can explain something. Their hearts are full of contradictions. Yang Shunhui was really good to them and never withheld their salary. However, they were burdened with unbearable infamy.
The period of living in Muping City is a stain that can never be erased in memory for each of them.
Fang Jie got up and walked slowly to the gathered generals. Seeing Fang Xie approaching, the two generals who were still holding the title of Sui soldiers stood up straight and stopped talking, and kept their eyes on Fang Xie. They don't know what kind of fate they will meet next, but they are a little powerless to find that they can't choose.
"You can go home."
Fang Jie was silent for a while and then said: "For you, Dongjiang will never be a happy memory. The people of Dongjiang, because Yang Shun will not have any kindness to you. So I don't ask you to take up weapons and I resisted the foreigners together, but I hope you go back and reunite with your family as soon as possible. Now that the Central Plains is peaceful, if you want to take off your military uniforms and go home to farm the fields, the local government will make arrangements."
"us… "
A general opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say next.
"I really thought about bringing you back to the battlefield so that you can regain the dignity of soldiers."
Fang Jie's eyes swept across the faces of those generals: "But... to say something that is not hypocritical, I can't trust you... the most important thing on the battlefield is trust. For a general, he must trust his subordinates. Soldiers must trust their own generals. If there is no trust between each other, then no matter how weak the enemy is, they may be defeated, let alone this time, they are facing foreigners with more advanced weapons than us."
"You may not like to hear this, and I know it's not pleasant."
Fang Jie raised his jaw, and his tone became more and more serious: "But I must be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under my command, and I must also be responsible for the tens of millions of people in Eastern Xinjiang. If I use you, but you will end up I am disappointed, and then my soldiers may be added to the loss. I can't bear such a big responsibility, so even though I feel sorry for your 100,000 elite combat power, I still dare not use you .”
"It's easier to say."
Fang Jie said bluntly: "Just because you are Yang Shunhui's soldiers, I dare not use them."
When he finished speaking, the faces of those generals had become extremely ugly. Many of them clenched their fists, looking at Fang Jie with anger in their eyes. They didn't expect Fang Jie to say such straightforward and hurtful words, so they wanted to refute and defend, but everyone felt ashamed because of Fang Jie's statement that you were Yang Shunhui's soldiers.
"So be it."
Fang Jie waved his hand: "I'm just here to kill Yang Shunhui. I know that some of you have been accomplices, but I don't have time to continue to investigate, because I have to rush back to my team. My navy is fighting with the foreigners' navy." Fierce battle, my subordinates are struggling to hold on to the Phoenix Terrace, and they are more important at this time. Of course, I also know that most of you will be different from Yang Shun, and most of you have not colluded with foreigners, so the future road is your own. Go choose."
Fang Jie pointed to the outside: "Those who think that Yang Shunhui is right, if we still encounter each other on the battlefield in Eastern Xinjiang after today, we will be sworn enemies. If you think that Yang Shunhui is wrong, get rid of me and don't make trouble for me, go back go home."
"My lord's words are too hurtful!"
One of Yang Shunhui's generals stepped forward: "The prince said he couldn't trust us, we were really angry. But after thinking about it, is this the prince's fault?"
He suddenly turned around, drew a knife and slashed a general standing behind him to the ground: "We know better than your lord that there are scum in the army, but you can't think that we are all scum just because there are scum in the army! Brothers, kill us!" Kill those scum and prove your innocence!"
Following his shout, many people began to attack.
A few of the generals were obviously their common enemy. Although they hadn't made an appointment before, they all besieged those few when they mobilized. Because of the disparity in numbers, those generals resisted but were quickly killed. Immediately afterwards, the other generals began to greet their soldiers to arrest the cronies of those who died.
Fang Jie stood at one side and did not leave.
Just quietly watching the noisy scene.
"You are treacherous."
Xiang Qingniu leaned close to Fang Jie, and quietly gave a thumbs up: "The world's most treacherous."
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"My lord."
The general who was the first to kill someone strode over, wiped the blood on his face, and gave a standard military salute: "Gao Cunmao, a lowly post, is willing to follow the prince to kill the enemy on the battlefield! I know the prince said that he can't trust us. If you have a lowly position, I’m afraid you wouldn’t dare to use people like us, after all these years in Muping City, even the common people poked our backs, how can we stand upright?”
"But today, we don't want to be the kind of people that the prince said. We are never afraid of death. What we are afraid of is that we will bear the infamy together with Yang Shunhui! We are both good men from the Central Plains. We are traitors and scum in our bones! We are not!"
Gao Cunmao said loudly: "My lord, please give us a chance to let the people in winter see that we also have the determination to die, and we can also defend our home and country!"
Fang Jie deliberately hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath: "I can't stop anyone from serving the nation, and I can't stop anyone from trying to prove themselves. Let's do this... If you choose to stand up, then I will also I give you enough trust. Gao Cunmao, now you are the supreme commander of this team, with the power of temporary general, you lead these generals and these soldiers, you can fight as you want, I will not intervene."
Fang Jie raised his voice and said, "But I have a word of advice for you, don't act recklessly. Each of you lives is worth more than the lives of foreigners, and the most important thing is to kill foreigners and keep yourself. I don't need you to go to the battlefield Go to death to prove your innocence, you have to prove your innocence with one victory after another."
He pointed to Dongfang: "This battle, you fight it yourself!"
"My lord still doesn't trust us?!"
Gao Cunmao and the others said eagerly: "Your Highness should give us a chance to prove ourselves!"
Fang Jie smiled and said, "I told you that you don't need to follow me to prove that you don't need to follow me. What you need is to kill foreigners. You must prove it not only to others, but also to yourself. From today on, your team will be my team." Allies of the Black Banner Army, the battlefield, I can hand over my back to you, and you can also hand over your back to me with confidence."
He said loudly: "This time I personally brought all the troops of the Black Banner Army from Chang'an City, and I will not go back until the foreigners are driven out of Eastern Xinjiang. I hope you have the same determination as me, Pointing at the sky and the earth, you have no shame in your heart!"
Gao Cunmao and others were excited by Fang's explanation, and they clasped their fists together.
"Don't worry, my lord! We will use our own blood to wash away our shame!"
"My lord, let's fight side by side on the battlefield!"
The crowd is passionate.
Fang Jie clasped his fists together: "Let's leave it at that, I only hope that when we meet again in the future, all the brothers will be there!"
"May we meet again someday, brothers are all here!"
Everyone fists up!
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"Are you really not interested in this team of 100,000 people?"
Xiang Qingniu tilted his ass on the horse. Although the saddle was covered with a layer of cotton cloth, it was still a torture for him to ride such a long distance. Riding a horse may seem majestic, but it is actually not a comfortable thing. After a long time, the inner sides of the two thighs will be worn out.
"move."
Fang Jie's answer was very straightforward: "But I know that this team cannot be with me. What I told them is not a lie. I really can't trust them. On the battlefield, I will not hesitate when they need support. But It’s two different things from keeping it with me. If you’re not careful, you might lose everything. They won’t feel convinced if they follow me, so it’s better to let them fight by themselves.”
"Anyway, the reason I want these soldiers is to increase their strength and fight against foreigners. Now they are doing exactly this. It doesn't matter whether they are with them or not."
Xiang Qingniu shook his head: "I don't understand military affairs, but I just think you think about so many things every day, and you have to think so meticulously, are you tired?"
"Not tired."
Fang Jie shook his head and smiled: "You may not understand, when what you do is in line with your interests or goals, it is actually not hard. I also like this kind of calculation of everything and wait until something happens. It feels like everything is progressing according to your speculation.”
"Narcissism!"
Xiang Qingniu gave him a blank look, but he really admired Fang Xie. Fang Jie's mind was dozens of times and hundreds of times more than his.
"Now that Yang Shunhui is also killed, shall we go to join Sanjin Hou or go directly to Phoenix Terrace?"
"Phoenix Terrace."
Fang Xie said: "The most important part of the battle in Eastern Xinjiang is the Phoenix Terrace. There is a nail wedged into the back of the foreign team. It is long enough and thick enough. As long as the Phoenix Terrace is there, the foreigners in Eastern Chu will be as good as those in Eastern Xinjiang." If foreigners want to contact, it will take at least twice as long as going through the Phoenix Tower. With the Phoenix Tower, the areas controlled by foreigners cannot be connected together. Therefore, the focus of the foreigners' next attack will also be on the Phoenix Tower. Maybe I'll meet Lehman there."
"I'm looking forward to it."
These five words were said by Xiang Qingniu.
"If we can really face Lehman and kill him, this battle will end much, much earlier than expected."
Fang Jie breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of the words Yang Shunhui said before he died, and that kind of expression, he suddenly felt a little chilly in his heart. There is never a shortage of traitors and traitors in this world. This is something in human nature that cannot be changed. If the Eastern Border War does not end soon, there will be more and more people like this.