On the third day of Xiao Jing's return, a new issue of the Mirror News was published.

Previously, many of the drafts he wrote in Xingyang County had been published in the newspaper, but after reading them, a group of readers were still a little unsatisfied, and everyone was waiting for the editorial he wrote, which was the finishing touch of the whole report.

On this day, the content that everyone wants to see came as promised.

"A war in the north brought untold calamity and suffering to the people of Darui.

Although it only lasted for a few months, although the heroic Darui soldiers resisted desperately to defend our splendid rivers and mountains, although the iron hooves of the Hu people were still nearly a thousand miles away from the capital...... But it will take at least a generation for the devastated North to recover.

You may live in the warm south, or you may live in the calm capital. You may have only seen a few words about this war in the newspapers.

When you read the report, you sighed at the plight of your fellow citizens, and you were furious at the atrocities of your enemies...... Today, everything is over, and your life is about to return to its usual calm and calm again.

However, if possible, please remember those who unfortunately left this flowery world in your future life.

Among them, there are soldiers who shed their blood for Da Rui, innocent people who died tragically under the knife of Hu Ren, and businessmen who desperately helped transport military supplies and finally died on the front line.

If you remember them, please keep an eye on the situation in the north. No matter what industry you are in or what you do, you may have the opportunity to add a brick to the revival there in the future.

'Having money to contribute, and having the power to contribute' is the most obvious truth at this moment. Don't think that how others have nothing to do with you, in the face of war, all the Darui people in the world are one.

Once the north becomes a desolate no-man's land because of its dilapidation, it will be more difficult to supply the border army, and there will be fewer people and all kinds of manpower that can be mobilized. In addition, the local regimental training, which had caused countless troubles to the Hu people in this war and greatly delayed their progress, would also cease to exist.

At that time, Beihu only needs to concentrate on breaking through a little bit to drive straight in, and the possibility of your hometown being affected by the war will be greatly increased.

Therefore, this is the business of all people under heaven.

If you can understand the above truth, let's talk about Da Rui and Bei Hu.

The author has checked the corresponding records. It has been 200 years since the founding of the country, and during this period, there have been nearly 10,000 large and small battles with Beihu, of which there have been as many as 20 military and civilian casualties totaling more than 10,000 people.

Judging from the situation of '100 miles of uninhabited' in the north after this war, the casualties should be able to rank among the top three in all previous wars.

Before and after the founding of the Great Rui, the steppe tribe always threatened the Central Plains, whether it was called Beihu or something else. For the current Da Rui, if you want long-term peace, the name Beihu is impossible to avoid.

It does not mean war. During Mo Jie Khan's lifetime, Da Rui and the royal court could also be at peace, and the two sides basically maintained a period of border tranquility for twenty years.

However, once a careerist like Lu Chong appears, things will be different.

The author has several relationships with Lu Chong, and because of fate, there will be some entanglements with him, and some good people even make up a lot of scripts and stories based on this, so that fools can entertain themselves.

In fact, the author just got to know and know this person from the perspective of ordinary people, that's all.

From the perspective of the various tribes of the grassland, he is indeed a generation of heroes: no one knows better than him how to rule the Beihu, and no one can conquer the hearts of the majority of the Beihu people in a short period of time like him.

But when his ambitions swelled to the point of invading the south, his death knell rang at the same moment.

Da Rui has a vast territory of thousands of miles, with many heroes and outstanding people. Every time the country is in danger, there will always be people with lofty ideals who come forward to save the people from hanging upside down and find a way to survive for the common people in the world.

As far as the battle of Feixian Valley is concerned, even if there is no Cao Chi, there will definitely be loyal ministers and good generals who will shoulder the burden and sacrifice their lives to protect Da Rui's national ancestry.

Such a country is not something that anyone can easily defeat, and the enemy who rushes up rashly is like a grasshopper shaking a tree, destined to hit his head and bleed.

However, we can't pin all our hopes for an end to the war on Mo Jie Khan or Cao Chi.

Almost every day in the world, new things are born, and how we look at them determines where we go.

Just as a cavalry with a horseshoe is far stronger than a cavalry without a horseshoe, what emerges is often useful, and not necessarily 'tricky'.

I heard that two years ago, a group of Xiyi appeared in the southeast, and the strength of their ships and the power of their artillery were breathtaking. If it weren't for the coastal soldiers and civilians who were bent on their lives and designed to outwit and defeat them at sea, these Yi people would have the intention of going north to invade the territory.

The ruler is short, and the inch is long. Although it is despicable, it also has merits.

Those who are feared by Xiyi are nothing more than strong ships and cannons. If Da Rui also has such a big killing weapon, then when Beihu invades the border, the border pass can be supported for a few more days, and the invading Hu people will also be jealous, and many brothers can escape the fate of dying on the battlefield and be able to reunite with their families after taking off their uniforms.

When Lu Chong's ambitions swelled again, only the roar of artillery could help them regain their self-knowledge!

Finally, let's talk about Xingyang County.

Admittedly, I participated in that battle, but I don't think I'm a hero.

The real heroes are those who have overcome cowardice and bravely walked to the city with rudimentary weapons at a critical moment of life and death.

Everyone is afraid, and some of them want to be deserters, but their love for their homeland and their desire to survive make them brave warriors.

Although only 12 out of 10 survived, the war dead saved a large number of women and children with their own sacrifices, and helped others avoid the cruel fate of the entire city being slaughtered.

At this moment when even ordinary people know the responsibility of defending the land, there is a person who should have stayed in his position and left the county seat ahead of schedule, and he is the county magistrate of Xingyang.

In wartime, there are not a few such people. Although this behavior is despicable, I was not prepared to mention it, because the laws of the imperial court would punish him.

However, what he did was so shocking that I have to mention a few words here.

Soon after Lu Chong died and Xingyang County was relieved, this person returned to the city generously, and then braved the world's disapproval and made light contributions to the imperial court!

The author has to say: I have never seen such a brazen person! ”