Freedom is worth more than love, so if you destroy freedom because of love, it's not worth it, love can be thrown away, but freedom is to stay, and freedom is worth more.

- Osho (Founder of Rajnesh Ashram)

Naoki Yoshikawa's principle was that the orders he gave one minute would inevitably be carried out by those who received the orders the next minute, and this was the case with Yoshiki Yamashita, who was tasked with searching for the families of enemy soldiers, and Natsukawa Heiko, who was ordered to send people to cut down trees on the outskirts of the camp.

It's just that Yamashita Yoshiki only took three minutes to arrange everything, and it took Xia Chuan Heigong fifteen minutes to return to the headquarters;

"Sir, I have drawn five thousand men from my own army, and then I have mobilized two hundred thousand civilians in the camp, and if nothing else, they will be able to bring back about enough wood to build five improvised wooden walls before nightfall to-night. ”

"Well, mobilizing 200,000 people to cut wood is indeed a good way to get a large amount of timber in a short period of time. Regarding Natsukawa Heigong's large-scale mobilization of the people in the camp, Yoshikawa Naoki agreed: "Natsukawa-kun, your performance is very good. ”

According to common sense, a military general like Xia Chuan Heigong is not qualified to mobilize the people of the camp to cut wood, and in the case of the city of Rome, even if the supreme commander of the military like Luquis wants to mobilize the Roman people to do anything, he must still go through Vipsani.

Because the authority of the military generals is limited to the military, they are not qualified to ask the local people to do anything, so if the military generals really need the cooperation of the local people to do something, they must follow the system and seek the help of the administrative officials.

Otherwise, once the bad head of the military generals can arbitrarily deploy the local people, sooner or later the city of Rome will appear, just like the middle and late Tang Dynasty Jiedu envoys to divide the power of one side, which is a result that Bai Feng cannot accept no matter what.

In view of this, the system of the city of Rome in this regard is very strict, and can even be described as harsh; don't you see, after Vipsani, an old subordinate of Luquis, took charge of the affairs of the city of Rome, did Luquis have to maintain the openness of official affairs?

No matter how strong personal relations are and no matter how urgent the situation is, we must not put policy decisions above the system; otherwise, after the immediate matter or crisis is resolved, the hidden dangers left behind will inevitably lead to a catastrophe!

Xia Chuan Pinggong's unauthorized mobilization of 200,000 camp civilians is definitely a capital crime in Roman City, and there is no chance to make up for it, but in the rebel army that may be destroyed at any time, Naoki Yoshikawa agrees, what other opinions can others?

However, after expressing his approval, Naoki Yoshikawa still warned Xia Chuan in a serious tone: "Xia Chuan-kun, you have to remember that this kind of thing as mobilizing the people in the camp will not be done again in the future, and I think you understand the rules of the city of Rome." ”

"All of you here are also in the predicament in which we find ourselves now, forcing us to do something in a way that is contrary to the system of the city of Rome, and when we return to the city of Rome in the future, what will we do, I don't need to go into more details, right?"

"Obey the teachings of the commander!" "Yamashita Yoki and the other three, whose faces were pale, immediately expressed their stance in unison.

"I hope that none of us here will one day fall victim to the system of the city of Rome. After sighing, Naoki Yoshikawa returned to the truth and said, "After the timber is shipped back tonight, the matter of continuing to build the wooden wall will be in charge of Yamashita-kun." ”

"Hey!" Yoki Yamashita, who was the commander of the rebel forces, accepted the order without objection.

"Nishimura-kun, tomorrow morning, Gregory's 100,000-strong army will come to our camp and surround our camp, and before that, I need you to carry out a mission: tomorrow morning, with 100,000 camp people, retreat to the east. ”

"Retreat eastward with 100,000 people?" Nishimura Jun, who was slightly stunned, immediately reacted and said, "Commander, do you mean to let me send the families of the enemy soldiers that Yamashita Jun found out today to the enemy's sword?"

"No, Nishimura-kun, it's not sent to the enemy's sword, it's sent to the enemy's northern warrior's sword!" Yoshikawa Naoki arranged in great detail: "I will give you 100,000 people, on the one hand, to avoid the suspicion of the enemy, and on the other hand, to hide your strength." ”

"Among these 100,000 people, in addition to the families of the enemy's southern warriors, I will also allocate you 3,000 warriors to hide among them, once the enemy army surrounds you, the barbarian people who have no power to resist will inevitably surrender on their own initiative, you don't stop them, just let them surrender. ”

"When the enemy escorts you, you only need to seize the opportunity of the enemy's lax guard, and immediately lead 3,000 soldiers to attack the enemy defenders;

"After inflicting heavy losses on the enemy defenders, you should retreat south as soon as possible with the remnants of your forces day and night; when the time comes, the enemy army with heavy losses will definitely kill the captured civilians who cannot escape, and our plan to divide the enemy army will naturally succeed. ”

"Commander, if the commander of the enemy army controls the angry enemy army in time, then won't our plan to drive a wedge between the enemy forces be wasted?"

"In order to ensure that the enemy army will kill the captured people, the remnants of our army should not flee south, but should continue to stay among the captured people; while inciting the captured people against the enemy troops who have returned from the killing, we will intensify the anger of the enemy army and force them to raise their butcher knives!"

Hearing that Nishimura Jun's plan turned out to be to sacrifice himself and no longer calm Yoshikawa Naoki, Huo Ran changed color and said: "Nishimura-kun, do you know what the result of leading the army to stay among the captured people? Retreating to the south is my order to you, not a choice!"

"Yoshikawa-kun!" Nishimura, who had made up his mind, no longer called Naoki Yoshikawa the commander, but called him by his first name: "In order to ensure the success of the discord plan, in order to complete the task given to us by the main bus, someone should always choose to sacrifice, right?"

"Do you know how many Shogunate ninjas there are in Rome City, including you and me? Let me tell you, there are two hundred and sixty-five Shogunate ninjas in Rome! If you can win the war at the expense of my Nishimura Jun, it will be worth it, you know?"

Listening to Nishimura's impassioned words just now, and then looking at him as if he was at home, Naoki Yoshikawa, whose Adam's apple was surging and wanted to say something, finally didn't say anything;

After a long silence, Naoki Yoshikawa walked up to Nishimura Jun, looked at him for a few seconds, stretched out his right hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Nishimura-kun, we are waiting for your triumphant return in the camp!"

"Yoshikawa-kun, remember to help me tell the lord that the proudest thing in my life is to be able to be loyal to the lord!"

Naoki Yoshikawa, who couldn't hide the bitterness in his smile, still insisted with a smile: "Nishimura-kun, we're waiting for you to come back!"