If he hurried up and took the official road, it would not take a month to effort, and Qi Zhong's messenger would be able to spread the news of Yanmen's emergency to Shangdang County, and buy more grain from his old friends to defend against enemies far more than he imagined. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info But now that Shangdang and Taiyuan counties are at war, Dou Kai deliberately blocked the news and did not say anything, and the review of the people entering and leaving was also much stricter.

If it is said that the caravan went to Taiyuan before, it only had to hand over 30% to 50% of the goods and assets as a "tap", and it could leave safely. In such a situation, even the intermediaries sent out by the Xu clan of the Shangdang had to honestly shrink their necks and pretend to be innocent, not to mention Qi Zhong's messenger -- all the way over the mountains and mountains, taking the small road, not mentioning the fatigue of the hardships they had endured for the time being, just saying that the speed of the rush was much slower. It was the Xiongnu, Xianbei and many small clans who almost poured the strength of the whole clan into the large-scale invasion of Youzhou and Yanmen and Yunzhong counties in the state, and Xu Hui had not received any news.

At this time, she was rushing to Nexian County with a large army.

As the sky approached dusk, the scouts sent out to reconnoiter the route returned to Xu Hui: "General, there is a small village more than ten miles to the west. Although there is no cooking smoke or barking of dogs, there are nearly 100 houses. ”

Hearing the words "there is a village", from Xu Hui to the generals were a little happy, after all, no matter how good the camp tent is, it is not better than a house, and being able to live in a house is naturally better than living in a tent. But Xu Hui had an extra heart, and after hearing the scout's reply, he was overjoyed, and then asked: "Is there a stream or a river near the village?" ”

When the scout heard this, he thought for a moment before he said, "At the west end of the village, you can faintly hear the sound of flowing water, and there should be a stream. ”

Whether it is a mountain village or a city, living by the river is the most basic principle, and the scouts have inspected the three sides of the south, south, and south, but they have not gone deeper into the west, but this judgment is absolutely inseparable.

Hearing what the other party said, Xu Hui thought for a moment, and then said: "You send someone to explore, be sure that there is a water source around, and it is living water, and go to the top of the water source to see the situation, beware of someone throwing the carcasses of dead livestock down, causing everyone to get sick." ”

Xu Hui's order sounded a bit strange, after all, everyone knew that the streams and rivers next to the village were for washing clothes and pouring night incense, plus for the animals to drink. Most of the water that people drink comes from wells, so how could it come out like this? But the order of the upper peak is the order of the mountain peak, and the scout is puzzled, and he has to go back to find out.

Su Can, who really guessed the meaning of Xu Hui's words, shook the feather fan lightly and said nothing; Zhou Mo, who met with them and brought troops and horses from Xiangyuan, sighed lightly and didn't say anything. Seeing that the two gentlemen showed this expression, Xu Lin also vaguely thought of something, and after entering the village, he first sent someone to look at the well.

After a while, Xu Lin's personal soldier Ah Fu came over, and replied in a somewhat heavy voice: "My lord, the well is full of ...... Most of them were women's corpses, and many were of young children and even babies...... They were so soaked that they could not see their faces clearly, and their clothes were rotten...... If you hadn't sent someone for us to investigate, we wouldn't have noticed that the water level in the well was so much higher...... The water in this well is no longer drinkable. ”

A soldier is naturally not afraid of corpses, even if it is a corpse that is so decomposed that it will not be choked to this point, and even a paragraph has to be taken apart intermittently to say it, and talk about stopping. But in the end, it is a hometown compatriot and a woman, even if they are stupid, they know why they want to throw themselves into the well - although Daqi does not have a strong sense of chastity, widows remarry and even dew marriages before marriage are common, but they can be spoiled by so many beasts, many women feel shameless to live in the world, plus their husbands and fathers and brothers are driven away, and most of the children are ...... Without support, and thinking of nightmarish experiences, people who are a little less able to bear will find a short-term view.

"The move...... It's not my wisdom, the general has already thought of this, but he hasn't said it explicitly. Xu Lin sighed lightly, shook his hand at Ah Fu, and said, "You have to arrange shifts and accommodations, remember, you must see the newly recruited soldiers, and don't let them make any trouble." Again...... If you send some more people, you will find a place with good feng shui to bury these women and children who died in vain, and let them be buried in the ground! ”

Such good deeds, even if he was slightly reluctant in his heart, there was no reason to resist, Ah Fu sang a promise, and took the order, Xu Lin paused in place, and after a while, Fang went to look for Xu Hui, and saw Xu Hui standing on the higher hillside outside the village, quietly watching all this.

"General ......" thought that Xu Hui was feeling sorry for those women, Xu Lin was silent for a long time, and then he opened his mouth to persuade, "Don't be too sad, it's not your fault......"

Xu Hui shook his head lightly and said lightly: "The reason why I pondered was not for such a reason, but because I didn't stop thinking, if I led my troops to attack Taiyuan, maybe it would be the same result." ”

When Xu Lin heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, but he couldn't find any reason to refute it.

He knew in his heart that for men, flesh and lust have always been inseparable. After staying in the barracks for a long time, you will want to go to a woman; After killing someone and being impetuous, he will want to find a woman. For the "invaders", they often don't think about spending money, but use local materials. For the sake of morale, the main generals often turn a blind eye - when encountering a large city, they may not necessarily allow their subordinates to mess around in order to consider the impact. But if you encounter this kind of small village that has no status and is silent after being slaughtered, then you don't need to take care of it so much, let alone killing others, even if you kill your own people, who will say it?

"Also, it's not that there is no army ...... with strict military discipline", Xu Lin himself said it very weakly, because he said half of it, he stopped talking, and after thinking about it, he said, "My subordinates don't read much, and I can't say why I can't say anything about such things, general, you ......"

Xu Hui laughed at himself and shook his head slightly: "I went to ask Mr. Su, and he only said one word to me, and then said no more." ”

In a word, what words?

Xu Lin knew that the tragic scene in the village moved Xu Hui at most, and Su Can's words were the main reason for Xu Hui's upset, but seeing that Xu Hui didn't mean anything to say, he didn't ask any more.

In fact, Su Can's sentence is very simple - in the general's heart, is the moral bottom line more important, or is success or failure more important?

Su Can knew that with Xu Hui's identity and gender, she would not want her soldiers to do such a thing that disgusted her. The question is, does she really have the ability to create an army that does nothing to the people? You must know that people who are soldiers are almost risking their lives to win money, and they are willing to work with their heads for the sake of profit, and they are very gangster...... If she is a world-famous hero like Champion Hou, it is still possible to do this, but now...... She was able to suppress the soldiers below and not mess around, or because of the special awe of the people of Daqi for the family, and the reason why she was accompanied by a group of old people. If you invade Taiyuan, you will prevent the soldiers from deliberately suppressing this kind of thing without leaking information and arousing public anger......

Not to mention the soldiers, it is only natural that the victor can accept the concubines of the vanquished, if she sympathizes with those women and refuses to do such a thing...... Thinking of this, Xu Hui pursed his lips, he had already made a decision.

"Mingtang's previous move was really bold." Zhou Mo slowly fell, didn't look at Su Can on the other side, and said unhurriedly, "Openly saying such unpleasant things to the general, aren't you afraid that the general will be angry?" Bo Dao is young and impulsive, and he has inevitably lost some sense of proportion, Mingtang is not like a reckless person! ”

Su Can smiled slightly, and said very firmly: "The general won't." ”

He and Xu Hui are all people from a family, and they naturally understand that the children of the family have a sense of superiority over the people and the singers and dancers, which is a kind of "untouchables and objects should serve us as a matter of course", which is ridiculous, and it is really something that exists in the hearts of the children of every family, the difference is only that Xu Hui is not very deeply affected, and Su Can is deeply affected.

Because of this, Su Can knew in his heart that even if it was based on the softness of women, Xu Hui would be moved by the tragic experiences of these women and the many women they would meet in the future, but once it came to his own interests, after hesitating, Xu Hui knew how to choose.

Whether cruel or selfish, those who can hold the authority of one party are not weak-hearted and forward-looking. Even if he is blown out of his god, benevolent and unparalleled, Shen Ye, the ancestor of Ze Sheng, is also a ruthless master who takes human flesh when the military food is insufficient, if he doesn't have this bit of courage, he still wants to cut through thorns and thorns and break a way in this difficult world...... It's better to save it!

When Zhou Mo heard this, his heart moved, and he hesitated for a long time, but he didn't say anything.

There will never be a stupid person who can climb to his position. He is loyal to Xu Ze, and he also hopes that after a hundred years of himself and Xu Ze, future generations will still have something to rely on. For this reason, many things, especially those involving the last two generations of the Xu family of the Shangdang, will turn a blind eye and get by.

For smart people like them, there are many things that don't need to be broken, just thinking is enough.

Thinking of this, Zhou Mo changed the topic and asked: "Let's march like this, someone must have informed Dou Cheng, do you say that this Langjun will fight, or will he escape?" ”

"Dou Cheng is a person, although he has talent, but his heart is really unbearable, and when he suffers a big defeat, he will definitely protect himself, even if this variable is caused by himself." At the same time, Xu Hui instructed Xu Lin to explain, "How many people he brought, how many people he kept, but he, we'd better put it back without a trace." ”

Xu Lin was shocked and raised his head: "General, what are you going to ......?"

Xu Hui stood with his hands in his hands, although his smile was shallow, he had an arrogance that the world was in control: "If there is an internal response, it will not be so difficult to attack Taiyuan City." (To be continued.) )