'The righteous master is unwilling to exchange only six months' deduction for the life of a soldier', Zhao Yu touched Ju Sheng with this sentence, and Ju Sheng also touched those captives with this sentence.

Is the life of a soldier really worth six months' ration?

The answer is...... It's really not worth it.

Because in the troubled times when human life is the cheapest, a bag of grain is enough for a man to set foot on the battlefield to die, and for a family, it may only be enough for the women and children in the family to eat for one winter, far less than six months' rations.

Although the reality is indeed so cruel, no one will subjectively think that their life is not worth six months' rations, because even poultry and livestock are not treated like this.

What's more, Ju Sheng and the group of captives are all soldiers of the righteous master - since they are righteous masters, why don't they refuse to exchange them for just six months' rations to show their justice?

I have to say that this prisoner exchange incident made Ju Sheng very disappointed in the righteous teacher, and also made those prisoners full of resentment towards the righteous teacher.

Oh, those captives are already soldiers of the second battalion of the Black Tiger Thief Brigade, and they are under the orders of the 'battalion commander' Ju Sheng.

Yes, between the Black Tigers, the County Army, and the Brotherhood Militia, Ju Sheng eventually joined the Black Tigers and became a member of the 'Black Turban Army'.

The reason is very simple, because the Black Tigers are the descendants of Zhou Hu, and there is a great shortage of generals with command and strategic skills.

Since Ju Sheng had decided to draw a line with Changsha Yishi and defect to Kunyang's side, he naturally wanted to choose a place that was most beneficial to him.

In fact, the county army is actually not bad, the only difference is that they are not Zhou Hu's 'descendants', although the treatment of the county army is the same as that of the black tiger thief.

In this regard, Le Gui smiled and joked with Ju Sheng: "The next time we meet, I have to salute you." ”

His words were not untargeted, after all, after Ju Sheng defected to the Black Tigers, he became the person with the highest position in the brigade camp except for Chen Mo and Wang Qing, and Liu Tu and Le Gui were inferior to him.

Of course, this is only about the position, as for the qualifications, I am afraid it will be a while before the Black Tigers will accept Ju Sheng and his second battalion.

In the afternoon, Ju Sheng took a few soldiers of his second battalion to the Black Tiger Yishe to meet Zhao Yu and surrender to the latter.

After meeting Zhao Yu, Ju Sheng told Zhao Yu about how he had taken in the group of prisoners, and he immediately cautiously made a suggestion to Zhao Yu: "The leader of Zhou is benevolent and righteous, and he has taken pity on the captured soldiers and gave up the opportunity to expose the rebels' false faces, but for the sake of long-term consideration, the last general thinks that more rebel soldiers should know about it." …… If the Zhou leader allowed it, the last general was willing to take a team out of the city and shout to the rebel patrols outside the city. ”

Zhao Yu agreed without hesitation, and this trust made Ju Sheng quite moved.

After Ju Sheng left, Jing Nu asked puzzledly, "Young Master, aren't you afraid that he will take the opportunity to run away?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "Ju Sheng is a smart person, and he is very good at analyzing the benefits and disadvantages, not to mention the 'prisoner exchange', he has a chill towards the attitude of the rebels, even if he doesn't, he should understand that he can't return to the rebels, after all, he was just a general before, not irreplaceable." ”

"Oh."

Jing Nu suddenly realized.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Ju Sheng returned to the North City Gate with Zhao Yu's permission and told Le Gui about the incident.

"The battalion commander is in such a hurry to make meritorious service?"

After hearing this, Le Gui made a joke, and immediately said: "Since I have the permission of the leader, I will naturally not stop it." …… I'll send someone to inform the armory and ask them to send some weapons and armor......"

"Thank you."

Half an hour later, Ju Sheng took over dozens of sets of weapons and armor from Legui, and ordered dozens of old soldiers under his command to put them on and leave the city.

Just as Zhao Yu guessed, Ju Sheng didn't think about taking the opportunity to escape back to Liu De's army, the reason was nothing more than that the righteous master gave up their move that day, which made him feel cold.

He had no doubt about Zhou Hu's words: If he can give up you once, he can give up you a second time.

On the way to Liu De's military camp, they naturally encountered a patrol from the Yishi side.

Ju Sheng's soldiers were a little at a loss, and asked, "General Qu...... No, battalion commander, what to do? ”

Ju Sheng said calmly: "Our purpose is not to fight with those patrolling soldiers, but to tell them what happened to us, so that they can tell more soldiers when they return to the camp...... We'll see you later. ”

At this time, the rebel patrol on the opposite side also discovered the discovery and put on a posture to meet the battle.

It's no wonder, after all, some time ago, brigade wolves often ambushed the rebel soldiers patrolling at night, killing the rebel soldiers in charge of the patrol were panicked, so it was natural to be wary of the team that was not on their side, even during the day.

Ju Sheng also noticed the actions of the other side, and shouted from afar: "The patrol on the other side, I am the general Ju Sheng!" ”

"Ju Sheng?"

"Ju Qu General?"

There was a small commotion on the other side.

Immediately, the rebel army leading the team was carefully approaching Ju Sheng and the others with his men, and stopped a few feet away from the latter.

"It's really a ...... to bow and play"

While his soldiers were muttering quietly, the rebel army first hugged his fists towards Ju Sheng, and then said suspiciously: "Ju Qu General, as far as we know, Qu Jiang attacked Kunyang at night that night, but he was ambushed by Kunyang...... "Baolai."

Looking at the other party's vigilant move, Ju Sheng said without concealment: "Yes, I was ambushed that night and was captured by Kunyang......"

"Then you ......"

The rebel was about to speak, his left hand quietly touched the sword at his waist, and the soldiers under him also raised their weapons towards Ju Sheng and the others.

After all, this group of people is not stupid, and they know that it is impossible for Ju Sheng and the others to kill Kunyang in the daytime, not to mention that it has been two days.

Seeing this situation, Ju Sheng immediately explained: "I have no malicious intentions, I just want to chat with you and talk about my experience in Kunyang. ”

As he spoke, he motioned to the soldiers behind him to put away their weapons.

“…… What will Ju Qu want to say? ”

The rebel hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand to signal his men to put away their weapons.

Seeing this, Ju Sheng first asked: "The day before yesterday and yesterday, did any of my soldiers who were captured by Kunyang escape back to the camp?" ”

"Yes."

The rebel army nodded, and without waiting for Ju Sheng to ask again, he said, "But according to the brothers in the camp, those soldiers under General Ju Qu have surrendered to Kunyang, and they want to blend in with our army as an internal ......."

As he spoke, he looked Ju Sheng up and down again with suspicion.

Ju Sheng didn't care about the other party's eyes, shook his head with a sigh on his face and said, "No, that's a lie from the generals in the battalion, and the captured soldiers under my command are not trying to blend into the camp as 'Kunyang's internal response'. …… As far as I know, those people have no weapons and no armor, if Kunyang wants them to be the internal response, don't you think these 'internal responses' are too eye-catching? ”

After a pause, he sighed and said: "That is the prisoner released by Kunyang who wants to negotiate with the righteous master, just because it conveys a message, that is, Kunyang hopes that the righteous master will exchange food for the group of prisoners, but for two whole days, the righteous master did not respond, and the entire thirty captives released by Kunyang are probably secretly executed by the generals in the camp......

The rebels were frowning slightly, and the soldiers under his command were also looking at each other in shock.

"Really?"

The rebels were looking at Ju Shenghu and asked, "I haven't received any news. ”

"Because of the news of the blockade of the camp, it may be General Liu De, or even Guan Shuai."

Sighing with emotion, Ju Sheng raised his hand and pointed at himself and the others, and said: "As you suspect, we have surrendered to Kunyang, it is not that we have betrayed the righteous teacher, but the righteous teacher has betrayed us...... The righteous master gave up our group of people who ventured into the front of Kunyang, and refused to exchange food for food, and the life of a soldier was not worth his six-month ration. ”

“……”

The rebels were looking at each other with his patrol soldiers, and the initial vigilance and vigilance had faded and were replaced by a loss of what to do with the Ju Sheng.

In particular, Ju Sheng's sentence 'A soldier's life is not worth his six-month ration', made them feel a sadness similar to the sadness of a rabbit dying and a fox, and they felt empathy.

After exhaling slightly, Ju Sheng showed a slight smile and continued: "You can rest assured, there are no 'black scarves' in this area, they have been recalled to the county seat, and the only thing you will encounter is me...... I took these brothers to wander outside the city, not to be enemies of you and others, but to tell more soldiers about this, the righteous teachers are not righteous, at least they refuse to exchange food for their own soldiers, but let them starve in the enemy city, and fear that Kunyang will put them to death because of the shortage of food and do not want to feed them......"

After speaking, Ju Sheng took two steps back and retreated with his soldiers.

During this period, some of his soldiers sneered at the other side with hatred: "Look, sooner or later, you will also be betrayed." ”

Looking at Ju Sheng and his party who were slowly retreating, the rebel army was looking at his soldiers.

When they returned to the camp, they told the soldiers of the same tent what they had seen today.

In just half a day, a considerable number of rebel soldiers knew about it, and the generals who knew that the righteous division had betrayed the soldiers captured by Kunyang, even if Kunyang intended to exchange the prisoners for food, they were unwilling to accept it, and even the captured soldiers released by Kunyang as messengers were slandered as traitors and enemy soldiers, and they were brutally executed.

For a time, the soldiers in Liu De's camp felt inexplicably indignant, and the morale of the army also fluctuated.

Not long after, this matter reached Liu De's ears, which made Liu De very angry.

"Ju Sheng actually surrendered to Kunyang, and even dared to disturb the hearts of our army?"

In addition to being angry, Liu De immediately summoned the generals and instructed the generals: "Immediately send an order to the whole army, the so-called 'exchanging food for prisoners', that is just a lie made up by Kunyang, the purpose is to disturb the hearts of our army, Ju Sheng that shameless man, it was he who turned his back on the righteous teacher, and surrendered to Kunyang for life and fear of death." …… He is a shameful traitor, a righteous soldier, and everyone will be punished! ”

However, even if Liu De informed the whole army in time, it was still difficult to restore morale, and most of the soldiers were still suspicious of this.

With resentment towards Ju Sheng, the general of Qu under his command in the old days, Liu De sent his generals Huang Ji, Wei Hong and others to pursue Ju Sheng on the one hand, and on the other hand, he reported the matter to Qu Shuai Guan Shuo.

After learning of this, Jiangxia Yishi Qu Shuai Chen Miao said to Guan Shuo with emotion: "Sure enough, Zhou Hu did not give up and continued to hit the morale of my righteous teacher, and even rebelled against a Qu general for this...... This incident has greatly damaged the prestige and reputation of the righteous teacher, and if this battle cannot be ended as soon as possible, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Guan Shuo nodded, and said with a calm face: "I have ordered my subordinates to build ten building cars, and in just one or two days, those building cars can be built, and in the meantime, the city wall of Kunyang will not be able to stop the soldiers of my righteous division!" ”

"I hope so......"

On the seventh day of October, when the Changsha Army and even the Jiangxia Army were panicking, Guan Shuo once again ordered to attack Kunyang.

He firmly believed that with those ten building cars, he would definitely be able to capture Kunyang today.

At that time, the victory of the capture of Kunyang would cover up the panicked military spirit of his righteous teacher, and completely thwart Zhou Hu's attempt to demoralize his righteous teacher.

"Break through Kunyang, just today!"