The messenger looked in the direction of the Luxia County government with slightly red eyes.
He cursed the refugees and bandits as beasts.
Although the world was in chaos and such tragic scenes were not uncommon, seeing the messenger like this, many people were touched by the secret pain in their hearts and felt sympathy for a while. They could only turn their sympathy into fighting power and go back to kill a few more bandits.
Only Shen Tang sighed softly, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
It seems that he doesn't agree very much.
Chu Yao noticed his master's mood, and rode his horse forward a few steps, getting closer to Shen Tang, and said calmly: "The thick clouds and fog will end in an instant; the heavy rain will only last a day. The bandits will surely perish if they do too much evil, and our army will surely win a great victory!"
Shen Tang's attention, which had been wandering, was brought back by him.
After a pause, he said, "I'm not worried about the outcome of this battle."
Shen Tang never thought that he would lose.
In addition to the thousands of second-class superior soldiers mentioned by the messenger, there were also several high-level warriors. Most of the enemy troops were ordinary civilians who were starving and emaciated, and tenant farmers who had lost their land, most of whom had families with them.
It's hard to say how much combat effectiveness it can really exert.
Chu Yao asked: "What is this, lord?"
"The setting sun melts gold, and the evening clouds merge into one. I am admiring the sunset, but at the same time I feel deeply sorry." As the sun sets, I look up to see the clouds gilded with gold, which is breathtakingly beautiful. But when I look down, I am brought back to reality by the devastated ruins. "It's such a pity."
Chu Yao looked at his master with complicated eyes.
It's full of complaints like "Lying is so perfunctory".
Shen Tang smiled awkwardly and lowered his voice.
"It's not that I don't want to tell Wuhui, but I just feel that the occasion is not right. It wouldn't be good if others heard it."
Especially not to be heard by the Messenger.
Their homes have just been destroyed by refugees and bandits.
"That's easy."
Chu Yao raised his hand and a "secret code that cannot be passed on to others" appeared. An invisible literary aura instantly surged up and disappeared without a trace.
Shen Tang: “”
I almost forgot that Word Spirit could be used in this way.
Without any worries, Shen Tang can speak freely.
She hesitated for a moment, and her usually energetic voice suddenly became a little confused: "I just feel that compared to the hateful refugees and bandits, shouldn't the most hateful ones be the powerful people represented by Zheng Qiao? If they can earn a living by farming peacefully, who would be willing to tighten their belts, pick up a hoe and a shoulder pole to fight against the best soldiers and generals? Being driven around like a stray dog?"
Land annexation is intense;
Landowners were cruelly exploitative;
The government corvée was heavy;
The politics are corrupt.
Zheng Qiao indulged his evil dogs in extravagance and waste, built large-scale projects, indulged in debauchery, and exploited the people's wealth. The common people under his rule lived a miserable life of hunger and cold, eating jujube, tree bark, and Guanyin soil. They were forced to starve to death and people were eating each other.
If you don't want to die, you have to resist.
Survival is everyone's innate instinct.
Who can say that their rebellion is treason
These conclusions are all made from the perspective of the powerful landlords, because it is their interests that are damaged and their status that is shaken. When the common people rise up, they cannot sleep peacefully or indulge themselves without any worries.
Are the culprits who caused the devastation in Luxia County just the refugees and bandits? Or are they the commanders who gathered them to plunder and kill? Or are they the powerful who forced them to lose their land, unable to survive, and had no choice but to rebel
Chu Yao asked: "My Lord, do you sympathize with them?"
Shen Tang thought about the fact that he was currently the leader of half of the armed group, and grinned inwardly, saying, "Yes."
Chu Yao was extremely rational, without even a trace of emotion.
"But in Yao's opinion, the moment the common people took up arms and began to kill innocent people, they were no longer innocent. The ones who deserve the most sympathy now are the innocent common people threatened by their butcher knives. Yao knows that the lord has a kind heart, but your sympathy should be reserved until they are defeated and captured and can no longer pose a threat to you. Sympathy will only be meaningful. Before that, there is only one identity—"
"enemy!"
As long as they are enemies, no matter whether they are well-equipped elite soldiers or a mob with poor equipment and insufficient food and grass, we must not be soft-hearted. This is not about justice or evil, discipline and ethics, there is only victory or defeat on the battlefield.
Shen Tang naturally understood this truth.
Kindness cannot be without edge.
But her edge is not sharp and powerful enough.
Chu Yao asked again: "My lord, do you want to save them?"
Shen Tang said honestly: "I want to, but I am powerless."
Chu Yao had a gentle look on his lips, and he did not sneer, but said softly: "My lord, it is enough that you have this heart."
This is also the biggest difference between the Lord and others - if he has this heart now and can work hard in the future, the common people may be able to truly live a stable and peaceful life. Maybe that life will not be very rich, but at least it will be better than now.
so-
"There is no need to be merciful in repelling refugees and bandits. Even if their weapons are just poles and hoes, even if they rebel because they are forced to do so. The only thing the lord can do is to survive, go higher, and spread justice to the world."
Chu Yao's voice became softer but more sonorous and powerful.
“Never make the same mistake again!”
These six simple words are heavier than a mountain.
Because Chu Yao knew in his heart that this was impossible. The general trend of the world has always been that what is united for a long time will eventually divide, and what is divided for a long time will eventually come together.
He did not expect to live to see "long-term reunion and separation", but he hoped to see "long-term separation and reunion" in his lifetime, and one glance would be enough.
At this time, Shao Chong came over carrying a gray eagle that was hit by an arrow.
This eagle is huge and has powerful wings.
But he was very obedient in Shao Chong's hands.
Chu Yao waved his hand and removed the words.
Shen Tang quickly calmed down and asked, "What is this eagle?"
Shao Chong pinched Ying's wings with one hand and showed off to Shen Tang proudly, saying: "Just now this thing was flying over my head, and I shot it down. Do you want to eat it, Mr. Shen? If you do, I'll have someone roast it and give you half of it!"
In the past, he either ate the prey he hunted or shared it with his other brothers. Shen Jun was the first outsider to receive such treatment. Shao Chong weighed it and found that the thing in his hand was very heavy, and half of it would be enough to fill him up.
"Always flying overhead?"
Chu Yao is very sensitive to this word.
He asked Kang Shi who was a few steps away.
"Did Ji Shou see it?"
Kang Shi, who was named, shook his head.
Chu Yao asked Shao Chong how he found out.
Shao Chong was confused.
How did you find out
Of course, you discover it with your eyes.
Shen Tang asked: "Is there something wrong with this eagle?"
Chu Yao: "I'm worried about the scouts."
"Oh, a scout." When Shen Tang realized what he had said, he asked in surprise, "Ah? A scout?"
An eagle
As far as she knew, scouts were a special type of soldier. They were reconnaissance soldiers. Before the battle, they would get as close to the enemy as possible to understand the enemy's real strength, deployment, and type of soldiers, inquire about unfamiliar terrain, and find out where there was clean water.
These details can even determine the outcome of a war, but scouts are all human, and this is an eagle.
On second thought, it doesn't seem surprising.
With so many words of Wenxin Wudan, most of them are used in various aspects of the battlefield, so it is normal to create a reconnaissance eagle.
only-
Shen Tang flicked the eagle's feathers and said, "In this case, won't our forces be controlled by the enemy?"
Valley
Chu Yao said: "That's fine."
They were meant to be rescuers.
The army did not carry much food.
The sooner you engage the enemy, the better.
This eagle should be the Wudan totem of a certain scout - some Wudan warriors have limited talents and their strength progresses very slowly, but that doesn't mean there is no way out. The Wudan totems of some of them can be used for battlefield intelligence reconnaissance.
The so-called Wudan totem refers to the various animal shadows that appeared when Gong Xichou fought against generals on the battlefield.
These scouts are very valuable, as they do not need to get very close to the enemy to obtain relatively accurate intelligence. The reason why it is relatively accurate is that the scholars and scribes accompanying the army also have anti-reconnaissance means to prevent intelligence leaks.
Kang Shi laughed and said, "I was careless."
He said he was worried, but he looked like he didn't care.
As a military advisor accompanying the army, the anti-reconnaissance words were set up early in the morning, and they would be changed from time to time for fear that they would be discovered by the enemy. When it is false, it is real, and when it is real, it is false. The false and the real are intertwined, and the changes are unpredictable. The other three also took action, multiple insurances.
Chu Yao also said: "I thought these refugees and bandits were scattered, but now it seems that there is a lot of water behind them."
Shao Chong asked in confusion: "Why?"
"Because this kind of scout needs to be carefully trained."
It's not like you can use it directly just because you have talent in this area.
This kind of scout talent usually falls into the hands of big and small tyrants or warlords, and only they have the foundation to train them. It takes at least a few months to train them for two years.
The leader of the group of refugees and bandits who besieged Luxia County probably had some background and had been lurking for a long time for the current situation. The time was ripe - the common people finally couldn't stand Zheng Qiao's tyranny - they stood up and waved their arms.
In this world, human life is worthless.
But the manpower is different.
Of the more than 200,000 common people who were driven away, at least 50,000 were able to fight on the battlefield. Women, children and the elderly could help with logistics and transportation, and could also fight on the battlefield to put some pressure on the enemy during wartime. In addition, with looting along the way, more and more desperate common people joined in, and it would not take much time to build a warlord force with considerable combat power.
The messenger had said before that there were more than a thousand second-class superior warriors in the bandit group, and several high-level brave warriors to support the group. Is this the lineup that the common people who were forced to rebel could put together? Haha, my lord could not even put together 30% of it after working hard for a year.
Shen Tang frowned worriedly.
"Is this going to bring up the iron plate?"
Chu Yao sneered: "It's not a sure thing."
He called up the soldiers and informed Gong Shuwu and Zhao Feng of the news.
The two have highly consistent attitudes.
Gong Shuwu was even more excited when he heard this, and rubbed his hands together: "Haha, since we are here, we can't return empty-handed. This is all military merit delivered to our door! Anyone who invades will be annihilated!"
To weaken the enemy is to strengthen yourself.
Zhao Feng said: "Don't fight with me!"
Gong Shu Wu Dao: "On the battlefield, everyone depends on their own ability!"
If it were only He Yin's family, they would be badly beaten if they encountered this lineup of enemies, but the elite troops of the four families are all there, and if they still lose, the lords of the four families will not have to stay here anymore.
Chu Yao raised his hand, and Gong Shuwu understood what he meant.
He said: "The way to be a general is to be on the battlefield."
"All troops, listen up!"
Chu Yao said: "Look around and listen carefully!"
The majestic aura spread from the feet of the two men to the entire army.
The troops of the four armies all felt something.
The originally somewhat relaxed mood instantly reached its peak, and the spirits were lifted, ready to deal with any attack at any time.
After marching another three miles, they arrived at a wasteland with lush vegetation.
I thought that since the elite scouts had been dispatched, the enemy would take advantage of the slackness of the army at three o'clock in the morning to launch a night attack. But before it was completely dark, the bandits could not wait to line up to meet us, relying on the convenient terrain to surround more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.
Shouts came from all directions.
The sky was dark and there were many people around.
For a moment, I couldn't tell whether it was the shadow of grass or a person.
A wave of arrows fell from the sky.
But they were all stopped by the rising wall of cultural energy.
“It’s finally here!”
Shao Chong, who was riding a horse and chewing dried meat to replenish his energy, suddenly became alert and threw half of the dried meat to his subordinate.
"The credit belongs to me!"
The improvised team had no tacit understanding. They were willing to listen to Shen Tang's orders and willing to move their butts, which were two different concepts. They were all elite soldiers, and their military merits were limited. Who would be the vanguard, who would provide support, and who would be the rear guard
It's hard to explain if you really want to.
No matter how it is divided, everyone else will have an opinion, and they all feel that they have worked harder, taken greater risks, but have contributed little.
Shen Tang didn't find it boring either.
The most brutal method was adopted -
Each family defends one side, and asks for help when they can no longer hold on. The four defense lines in the east, south, west, and north, whoever collapses will be disgraced.
Zhao Feng: ""
The other three: ""
They had never fought such a rough and simple battle.
Chu Yao wanted to save his master's reputation.
Unexpectedly, Shen Tang didn't need it at all, and he coaxed and lied: "In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures are needed! All of you generals are veterans who are good at fighting and have rich combat experience. The battlefield situation is ever-changing, and only you can adapt to the situation."
She is still new in this area.
She could pull them out, but she couldn't force them to fight. She didn't know each person's fighting style. If she didn't command them well and hurt one of them, Wu Xian and the other two would fight her to the death.
They were also worried about the lack of tacit understanding, and that their own people might accidentally hurt each other in the melee, so they simply fought in separate lines, with each family defending one side. The more brutal one was to fight each other, as long as they killed the enemy.
Generals: “???”
Is this ok
But it has to be admitted that it is indeed a more feasible method at present, and they are confident that they can defend their respective lines of defense.
Need help
It is impossible to ask for help.
Except for Heyin County, the other three families had similar forces. If the defense collapsed at this time, wouldn't it be a disguised admission that their strength was weaker than others? The head could be cut off, the blood could be shed, but the face could not be lost, at least not in front of them!
The enemy will never break through the defense line!
Coupled with the eagerness to make achievements, they were ready to attack as soon as the enemy showed up. The brave warrior in the lead even rode out, wearing armor and holding weapons, and went straight to the enemy. No matter who it was, they would kill anyone who got in their way!
Two Armies
Ah no, the five armies met and the shouting and killing began.
Faster than Shao Chong's figure were two bright white lights like meteors, which suddenly lit up and broke through the dark night.
Shao Chong was furious: "You've crossed the line!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the enemy soldiers who were charging ahead had already fallen to the ground. The man did not stop, and his body was as flexible as a swimming dragon. When the two swords came out, one sword would pierce the heart and the other sword would behead.
Shen Tang's luck was much better than the other three.
Because she was facing the main force of the enemy.
In the army, Chu Yao and Kang Shi attacked almost at the same time.
The latter said: "Spread all over the place!"
The huge chessboard of literary energy spreads across the entire battlefield.
The former said: "Sinking into water and entering fire"
Kang Shi: “???”