The closer they got to Potai, the more ugly the faces of Yang Shaoshen, Zhu Zhanji and the others became.

The ruined villages, the corpses lying on the road, the crows hovering in the air, and the wild dogs tearing at the corpses with red eyes, all outlined a miserable scene after the war disaster in front of everyone's eyes.

Yang Shaofeng snorted hatefully, and his impression of the so-called righteous army fell directly to the bottom.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Yang Shaofeng: "What, I can't stand it?" ”

Yang Shaofeng hummed and said: "They are all people, how can they do it!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu's face was full of disapproval: "With the war, no one knows when they will die, who can take care of benevolence, righteousness and morality?"

Don't think that these things are done by those chaotic armies, in fact, the officers and soldiers are not much stronger than the chaotic army, most of them still depend on whether the generals who lead the troops are strict in governing the army, otherwise, the officers and soldiers will be more ferocious than the chaotic army. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaoxu simply rode a horse and walked slowly towards several corpses.

"Woo~Wang!"

The wild dogs that ate human flesh were already red-eyed, and even set their eyes on Zhu Gaoxu, as if they were planning to taste what human flesh was like.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed, stretched out his bow, set up an arrow, and shot two dead, and the rest of the wild dogs scattered in all directions wailing.

"These dogs have gone crazy, and now they don't know if they should be wolves or dogs."

After dismounting, he walked over to the side of several corpses and looked at them a few times, and when he returned to his horse, he continued: "The rebels did it." The wounds on the corpse were both sharp and blunt, and they did not look like they were done by officers and soldiers. ”

Zhu Zhanji also sighed and asked, "Otherwise, let's bury all these people, it seems that it won't be long." ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced left and right, and felt that there should be no danger nearby, so he nodded and said, "Yes." It's all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it's not a way to just throw it away. ”

Qin Zining scattered the spies out, and only after arranging enough guards did he let the other soldiers enter the Zhuangzi, and began to clean up the Zhuangzi that had been looted once, and at the same time had to collect the corpses that no longer knew what their names were.

The miserable scene made everyone lose their appetite, except for Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanji, who gnawed on the pieces of meat in their hands as if no one was around, Yang Shaofeng could hardly eat a bite.

Swallowing the meat in his mouth and taking another sip of water, Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shaofeng and said: "Eat, you have to eat when it's time to eat, otherwise you will have no strength, and when you are in close combat, you will die early if you have little strength." ”

Yang Shaofeng turned his head to look at the back of the entire team, sighed and said, "I should have taken the waterway, I can't see this, I can still pretend that I didn't see it." Now that I see it, you say, what should I do? ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "There is nothing to say, and there is nothing to regret." Since you have chosen this path, it means that you will see such a scene in the future, or even worse than this. ”

Yang Shaofeng sighed, and the piece of meat in his hand was picked up and put down several times, but he never got into his mouth.

As he was talking, the piece of meat in Zhu Zhanji's hand had already been eaten, and seeing that Yang Shaofeng still looked like he couldn't swallow, he opened his mouth to persuade: "Let's eat some." War always kills, just get used to it. ”

"Just get used to it?" Yang Shaofeng glanced at Zhu Zhanji, who was bowing his head and nibbling on meat, and then at Zhu Gaoxu, who seemed to be fine, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart: "Habit? How to get used to it? They are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, they are all compatriots, how can they get used to it? ”

Zhu Zhanji said: "Why can't you get used to it? Then again, it's not like you haven't seen the scene in front of you when you were in the Wa Kingdom, why weren't you sad at that time? ”

"I ......" Yang Shaofeng was stunned for a moment: "I treat the slaves as animals, and no matter how much I die, I don't feel anything."

But I can't treat them like animals, they speak the same things as us, they wear the same clothes, they are people, they are not animals! ”

Zhu Gaoxu's face sank, and he said in a low voice: "War is like this!" This is their fate! ”

picked up a towel and wiped the oil on his hands, Zhu Gaoxu continued: "If you can't be ruthless, leave the rest to me, or let Zhanji do it for you, you just go to Jimo to be a county magistrate honestly." ”

Zhu Zhanji also spoke: "If the people of the Ming Dynasty can afford to eat and wear clothes, there will be no more rebellion, and the rest of the people will not have to suffer from military disasters."

Now you know why Grandpa Huang deliberately allocated 5,000 troops and 3,000 cavalry to you, not only to protect the safety of our people, but also to let these people repel the rebels and achieve your desired goals. ”

Yang Shaofeng suddenly fell silent.

took the Japanese slaves as laborers, and no matter how many Japanese slaves died, Yang Shaofeng could not care about it.

But looking at the tragic situation in front of him, Yang Shaofeng vaguely had a seizure of the little bit of Our Lady's disease in his heart - he had not experienced a real military disaster, only experienced the family of officers and soldiers, and even went to protect the people, and he could go out to buy cigarettes at three o'clock in the morning, Yang Shaofeng's mentality was not so easy to change.

After being silent for a long time, Yang Shaofeng spoke: "Otherwise, let's change our plan and arrest all the rebels directly, it just so happens that there is still a shortage of laborers in Shuntianfu, let them work until they die?" ”

"Huh!"

Zhu Zhanji chuckled, then looked at Yang Shaofeng and said, "Change your plan?" Ji Gang personally went to command the action of Jinyiwei, Uncle Han Wang acted with us, the preparations made by the household department and the official department, and how much manpower and material resources were used by the general staff? You said you were going to change your plans?

If these rebels can slaughter one village, they can slaughter many more villages, and you let them work on the construction site to atone for their sins? So for these people who died, where should they go to ask for an explanation?

I know you're soft-hearted, and I know what you're thinking right now. I don't want that to happen if I could.

However, now is not the time for you to relent, what was the original plan, we have to do something! ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Zhu Zhanji unexpectedly, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, it's better than this little bastard." I thought you were a soft-hearted person, but now it seems that you are much stronger than him. ”

praised Zhu Zhanji, and Zhu Gaoxu said to Yang Shaofeng again: "What Zhanji said is good. You should know the truth of not being in charge of the army, and your current soft-heartedness will make more people suffer in front of them.

Be ruthless, do what you have to do well, and find a way to prevent this kind of suffering from happening in the future, instead of talking useless nonsense here. ”

Zhu Zhanji also spoke: "Do you remember what happened in Liaozhou? At that time, you stood on the river embankment, fighting for a glimmer of life for the people, and benefiting the people in Liaozhou.

What you are doing now is something that will benefit the people of the world and even future generations, which is less? Which is more important? ”

Yang Shaofeng nodded, and suddenly bit down the piece of meat in his hand.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Eat slowly, don't choke." We'll have to keep going for a while. ”

Zhu Gaoxu took a pair of maps, stretched out his fingers and gestured for a long time, and then said: "You can't stop all the way, even if you encounter this kind of thing again, you can't stop, before evening, we can get to Po Tai."

I've seen it, there are many Zhuangzi like this along the way, whether it is the same disaster, we can't take care of it, and when we turn around and enter the city, let the government of Potai clean it up, and raise them not to let them eat for nothing. ”

Zhu Zhanji leaned over and looked at the map and said, "It's okay." If we go all the way and clean up all the way, it is estimated that we will not be able to enter Po Tai tomorrow night, and the longer it drags on, the more people will suffer. ”

Yang Shaofeng looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and then at Zhu Zhanji, and knew in his heart that the words of the two were said to himself, so he hummed vigorously at the moment, and then lowered his head and nibbled on the piece of meat in his hand that he didn't know what taste.

……

Li Rusong, the county commander of Putai County, did not welcome Yang Shaofeng and these people, or in other words, Li Rusong did not welcome the 5,000 squad and 3,000 cavalry that Yang Shaofeng carried behind him, especially the Han King Zhu Gaoxu.

However, no matter how reluctant he was, after all, Yang Shaofeng held the royal flag monk sword, and Li Rusong did not have the courage to fight Yang Shaofeng to the end, and finally honestly let people open the city gate, and then welcome Yang Shaofeng and others into the city.

As soon as he entered the city, the whip in Zhu Gaoxu's hand was drawn to Li Rusong's body: "Enter the crooked criticism of the mother!" You want Lao Tzu to be stationed outside the city, have you eaten the bear's heart and leopard's gall? ”

Li Rusong didn't dare to hide or cry out in pain, he just bowed to Zhu Gaoxu and saluted: "The lower official should die!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu wanted to smoke again, but he didn't know what he thought, he just snorted coldly twice at the moment, and then set his eyes on Yang Shaofeng: "You come!" This king is angry when he looks at this poor acid! ”

Yang Shaofeng nodded, but after a hum, he ignored Li Rusong, just turned his head and shouted to Qin Zining who was not far behind him: "Where is Qin Zining!" ”

Qin Zining arched his hand and responded: "The end will be!" ”

Yang Shaofeng said: "Take your people, help the people repair the house, don't take a stitch from the people privately, don't enter the people's homes at night, violators, behead!" ”

After Qin Zining responded, Yang Shaofeng said loudly: "Where is Wu Keqin!" ”

Wu Keqin said loudly: "The last general! ”

Yang Shaofeng said: "Take your people to camp and set up, don't disturb the people, don't trespass into people's houses, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

Wu Keqin arched his hand and shouted: "Order! ”

When Qin Zining and Wu Keqin each took the Beijing Battalion and the 3,000 cavalry of the Xiaoyi Battalion to act separately, Yang Shaofeng stared at the anxious people on the street and shouted: "Folks, this official has a few words to say!" ”

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