Everything stopped, the soldiers scattered to other houses in the village to rest, this into the first house in the village, only He Lanxiong and a few centurions remained, everyone sat around the fire ring, Helan Rui took down the bacon on the roof, put it on the fire to barbecue, there was ready-made salt in the house, smeared on the washed meat, the fire roasted, bursts of aroma suddenly overflowed, these people who had not eaten hot food for two days, suddenly swallowed saliva with a bang.

It would have been a happy thing for the troops to find a place to shelter, enough supplies, and a lot of booty, but the five bloody human heads just now made this joy a lot heavier. The crowd silently stretched out their hands to bake the fire, and no one wanted to speak first.

"What's wrong? Don't speak, I just decided, do you have an opinion in your heart?"

He Lanxiong threw a dry wood in the fire and asked lightly.

"No, no, no opinion, these five people dare to hide the spoils of war privately, which is a capital crime in itself!" One of the centurions next to Helanxiong hurriedly said.

"If these guys are killed, they will be killed, and I can't get used to these guys, but young master, isn't it just a few women who sleep? What are you doing for it?" The other centurion was a little puzzled.

"How many of you think so, right?" He Lanxiong smiled, looked around at everyone, and asked.

Several people by the fire lowered their heads, obviously acquiescing to He Lanxiong's questioning.

He Lanxiong threw another piece of firewood into the fire, thought about it, and said: "Gao Yuan once said something to me, which touched me a lot, he said that the army is a devil, and he must put a shackle around his neck, and the superior needs to hold the other end of the chain firmly, so as to ensure that this devil will not have an accident. Do you know what the shackles around the devil's neck are?"

Several people shook their heads at the same time.

"Loyalty and discipline!" Helan Xiong said in a deep voice. I have no doubt about your loyalty, but I do not yet know what your discipline is, and since we have established military discipline, we must strictly abide by it, and looking at your current appearance, it is clear that we have not realized the importance of military discipline."

"Why do I demand that all seizures be returned? First, I need to send you a lot of money, which is very rare among my Huns, and second, these captures must be prepared for those soldiers who are guarding the old camp and not attacking with us, otherwise who will want to stay at home and guard our wives and children in the future? Are the sentry and vigilant brethren who have no chance of receiving the spoils of war a fraction of your credit? First of all, I want to show a fair way, second, if whoever grabs more, who will get more, then everyone will go to the battlefield in the future, I am afraid that everyone will be busy looting, who will strictly abide by the military order? If we can't fight when we should fight, we can't go when we should go, and military orders are like child's play, so our defeat will not be far off."

"Why do these people have to be killed? In the military discipline, since it is enacted that adulterous women should be beheaded, then it must be carried out, military discipline is strict, it is impossible to open a single opening, if you open a single opening today, it will become a source of collapse in the coming day. Moreover, these few people, when they encounter difficulties, they complain a lot, disturb the hearts of our army, and when they encounter advantages, they rush up, and even throw military orders behind.

The crowd listened attentively.

He Lanxiong looked at He Lanrui: "Ah Rui, you have seen the cavalry of Gao Yuan, what do you think?"

He Lanrui smiled and said: "Gao Yuan's cavalry was trained by Miss, and the riding skills should be considered good in the Central Plains, but compared to us, it must be much inferior."

Several centurions laughed, and their eyes were full of disdain.

Helan Xiong sighed: "I know that you are like this, lofty cavalry, horsemanship, horse fighting and riding archery, indeed every item is inferior to us, one-on-one, ten against ten, we will win, but if it is a hundred against hundred, they can tie with us, if there are thousands, thousands against thousands, we will definitely lose."

"How is this possible?" One centurion said unconvinced, "Is there such a big difference between a hundred and a thousand?"

"It's a big difference!" Helan Xiong said: "The lofty army, is the strictest military discipline I have ever seen, the order is prohibited, breathtaking, an order, the front of the sword mountain and the sea of fire also dare to step forward, and the order to retreat, even if the front is full of gold, they will not take a look, they will give full play to the cavalry's team combat, greatly make up for their weaknesses in technology, the more people, the more they have the advantage. Rui, you should have been deeply touched by the battles you fought with the swallows at the beginning, right?"

"The young master mentioned this, I remembered, but not their cavalry, but their infantry, at the beginning of Gao Yuan with infantry to form a spear formation, head-on resistance to the impact of the Donghu cavalry, and let the cavalry flanks on the left and right, that battle, the performance of the infantry shocked me very much, facing the impact of the Donghu cavalry, the front faced the surging cavalry, even if it was hit and broken, it would never take a step back, and stubbornly withstood the impact of the other party and then launched a counterattack, and finally this branch of the Donghu tribe cavalry surrounded and annihilated. In that battle, I did see their strict military discipline." Helan Ruidao.

"Look at a leaf and know autumn." Helan Xiong sighed, "My biggest dream now is to build an army with discipline comparable to that of Gao Yuan's subordinates. We are still far from it, you probably don't know what to do, Gao Yuan's subordinates, how to fold quilts, how to wear clothes, queue up for meals, stand in line to form a line, every word and deed on weekdays, there are strict rules! They have a Judge Advocate General's Department that punishes soldiers who violate discipline."

All the people are disgraced.

"Young master, you don't want us to be like this, do you?" A centurion asked, shimpering.

"I don't have to copy his set, I say this to remind you that strict military discipline needs to start from the smallest things in peacetime, don't think it's a small thing to turn a blind eye, and if there are too many small troubles, it will become a big illness." Helan Xiong smiled, pulled out a knife, cut off a piece of bacon that was roasted with oil, and chewed it in Seri's mouth, "Yes, come, hurry up, otherwise it will be burnt."

Everyone ate meat and drank wine, and put aside the heavy topic above, and the laughter in the room gradually increased. This wine is a strong liquor from Fufeng, this time in winter, He Lanxiong gritted his teeth and paid for some, which finally came in handy, otherwise such weather would really freeze to death.

The small village in the middle of nowhere gradually fell into silence, and the new snowflakes covered the bloodstains on the ground, and it was hard for outsiders to think that this small village had now changed owners.

The capital of Daijun is located, Xiling City, a team of soldiers from a distance along the road to here, the snow on the road has already been trampled into black mud, and on both sides of the road, more refugees help the old and the young, are also on the way, the retreat of Daijun has begun, Zhao Mu led by the regular army has driven away most of the time, and now rushing to Xiling City, are Gongzilan's private army and temporarily recruited young and strong, as soon as the regular army leaves, Daijun has been unable to resist the enemy outside the country, You can only defend some well-defended cities, and as for the people outside, you can withdraw as many as you can.

The entire Xiling City is busy, reinforcing the city wall, preparing ordnance, digging trenches, arranging horses to resist horses, and all the methods of defending the city that can be thought of can be seen here.

Outside the city, piles of stones and wood are being moved away by ants little by little, turning into the foot-tall city wall, and the arrow towers that are uprooted from the ground one by one.

In Xiling City, Gongzilan's mansion.

This is the most luxurious in Xiling City, the highest mansion, and he can even be regarded as a city within a city in Xiling City.

Gongzilan is not only the county guard of Dai County, but also the lord of Dai County, and also the minister of Zhao State, who can sit at the table with him is naturally not an ordinary person, this person is Zhao Mu who is about to lead the army away.

Just looking at Zhao Mu's appearance, it is very easy to be confused by him, more than one meter eight tall, in this era, he is definitely a tall person, a face full of beards, giving people the feeling of being rough, at first glance, this is a rough general.

But everyone knows that under Zhao Mu's rough appearance, he has an extremely delicate mind, and over the years, all those who think he is rough have been beaten by him on the battlefield, and there are not a few who have died and been killed. In his twenty-year military career, Zhao Mu has become famous all over the world and is extremely feared by the monarchs and generals of various countries.

"Prime Minister, I have to leave today, the spies saw the banner of Win Teng in Hangu, and also saw him patrolling the army, I have to rush over." Zhao Mu pinched the small wine glass in his broad palm, stared at the wine in the glass, and said slowly.

"Go, the Huns just grabbed a handful and left, but the Qin State was going to plunder the land and attack the city, block them, and prevent them from sending a letter to Guguan. It is said that Li Xin will also go, but Qin Guo has invested a lot of money this time, and the two famous generals will gather in Hanguanguan, which is not a good sign." Zilan's face was sad.

Zhao Mu raised his head, his eyes blazing, "Zilan, resign as the state minister, in this way, maybe the monarch will be less suspicious of you, you also know that in your affairs, I am not good at talking, I have been stationed in Daijun for so many years, and the monarch is very suspicious of me. He's always worried about you and me confluencing. I'm afraid I'll never come back after leaving Daijun this time."

Zilan shook her head slowly, "I can't resign, I resign makes him even more suspicious, I am the minister of state, and I am in Handan, it is under his nose, if I resign as minister of state, I will return to Daijun, and he will be even more uneasy. Entering and retreating, and being in a dilemma, is exactly how I am now!"

Zhao Mu shook his head helplessly, "This is really a dead knot, you bear the name of a state minister, but you don't have the power of a state minister, just in front of a hostage, it is really a waste of your talent, if the monarch can let go of his suspicion of you, the two of them work together, Zhao Guo could have gone to the next level. Now that the power is in the hands of Zhao Qi, although he is not bad, he is only a middle-aged man after all, and it is difficult to lead Zhao Guo."

Gongzi Lan was silent for a while, "I hurt the people of Daijun, if it weren't for me, the standing army of Daijun would have been able not to leave, and the monarch would have done everything to weaken my strength."

"Dai County has a wide area, it is the largest county in Zhao State, and you are a person who is qualified to win the title of Zhao State Monarch, in Dai County, there are tens of thousands of Zhao State regular troops stationed, no matter which point it is, it will make the monarch suspicious of you. This time, it's just a reasonable excuse to weaken your strength, so that's fine, after this level, maybe you can be free."

"It's just a misery for the people!"

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