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Xu Ji's words were righteous and strict, but Fei Yu only smiled after hearing it, "The people, the people, everyone is on their lips, the more they have to mention the more they pay taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the more ambitious the people have to mention, and when they have a chance, it's not enslavement, looting, and slaughter?" You ask me if I want to keep the people of the city, and you come with me. ”

Fei Yu turned around and went out, Xu Ji stepped to follow, Tian Jiang followed, Zhou Lu hesitated for a moment, and also followed, leaving Lou Gang and others to stay in the hall, complaining and blaming each other.

Outside the hall stood hundreds of soldiers, in formation, scattered in the empty courtyard, dodging the shadows cast by the city walls, guarding in the sun, holding their spears in their arms, chatting quietly or silently.

Whether it was the court officials negotiating peace with the traitors, or the Tian craftsman entering the hall with a knife and coming out to release Fei Xun, it did not cause any repercussions among these people.

"Assemble, line up in four columns!" Fei Yu said loudly, shouted several times, the soldiers just looked at him, and finally a few people walked slowly, and then the others followed suit, walking even slower, and they could only gather in a pile, how could they not line up.

"This is the people." Fei Xun said, taking a few steps forward, the soldiers moved fast this time, and they retreated one after another, and some even lost their spears in their hands.

"Are they really fools?" Fei Yu pointed to one of them and said, "I saw with my own eyes that he received a portion of the salary, and after he went to hide it, he came back empty-handed to receive another one, just because the bookkeeper was careless and did not write his name." As long as it is profitable, he can read and understand everything. ”

The man, a skinny veteran of no apparent age, did not refute, but smiled heavily, and moved slowly to the side, dodging the fingers of the "adult" as if it were an arrow aimed at him.

Fei Xun walked outside the camp, stopped at the door, and pointed to the houses on both sides of the street, "The soldiers of the Eastern Capital have almost been taken away, and there are still hundreds of thousands of people left, so many people are all old, weak, women and children?" Can't pick out one or two thousand young people who can fight with guns? Not necessarily, you can break into a house casually, whether it is a deep house compound or a small door, search carefully, dig three feet into the ground, and there are likely to be surprises. Those who were said to have died of illness and who had not returned from the city preferred to hide in huts that did not see the light of day than to stand out to defend the city. You tell them that when a traitor enters the city, he will burn, kill, loot, and do everything he can, but they will not listen to it at all, and they will always think that they can escape the search of the government, and they can also avoid the traitor. ”

The more Fei Xun spoke, the more angry he became, his beard trembled slightly, and he suddenly raised his voice, as if to say it to everyone, "They still think that as before, as long as they hand over a little something, they can keep safe." But I don't know that the traitor is not an official, and he has not yet learned to shepherd the people, and he only asks for a harvest, and will not leave a grain of grain! ”

There were still many people in the city, but the streets were empty, and Fei Xin's voice was heard far away, failing to make a wave.

"This is the people." Fei Yu lowered his voice, tired and disappointed, and said to Xu Ji, "If it were you, would you like to save such a group of people?" ”

Xu Ji couldn't guess the intention of Fei Yu to say these words, so he didn't answer.

Sure enough, Fei Xun said on his own, "I am willing, because I have seen the harshness of the government and the difficulties of the people's livelihood." If you think that the people are all good people, or there are many good people, then you don't have to help the people, because you will be disappointed, very disappointed. Those who talk about the people, praise the people to the sky, and offer them as gods, do not really care about the people, but only use this as an excuse to fight for power. Those who say that 'the people are noble and the king is light' just want to be the emperor, or have already become the emperor, and warn the ministers that they are the most popular with the people. ”

Fei Xun's words were fierce, not at all like a minister who had been an official for many years, but Xu Ji understood why this person had never been able to become a big official.

"Master Fei thinks I'm the same kind of person?"

"Aren't you?" Although Fei Xun people are old, their momentum is not declining at all, "Listen to the words of the king, watch the king's trip, the so-called hero." You are a young man with fine clothes and fine food, how many real people have you seen? You don't have to threaten me, saying that as long as you surrender, you can save the people of the city. It's all nonsense, traitors are attacking all the way, there is only a city that cannot be broken, how can there be a time when the city is not plundered? You don't want to, others think, and the soldiers under your command think even more, they are also the people, the same benefits, the same disadvantages, if you don't let them plunder the city, they will abandon you and change the leader. ”

Fei Xun poured out a bit of depression in his chest, his mood was slightly relaxed, and he turned to Tian Jiang, "You don't take care of your mother anymore?" ”

"My mother kicked me out, and I thought that instead of guarding the door of the house, I should take a few more steps to guard the city gate."

"What a strong man, protecting his mother is protecting his mother, and he doesn't mention the word 'people'."

"He who speaks of the people never thinks that he is a people, but I am a people." Tian Jiang said.

Fei Yu nodded and said to Xu Ji, "You heard it, this is my answer." You have also seen that the eastern capital is weak, everyone protects themselves, and there is only one person who is willing to take a few more steps from the door of the house. But the traitor told us to surrender without thinking. I won't kill you, I want you to bring a message to the people outside, there are two people in Dongdu, one old and one young, who swear to die unyieldingly. You can attack the city, and after the city is broken, you can loot, see how long the people of the eastern capital can endure, and if the eastern capital endures, then see how long the people of the world can endure. ”

Fei Xin turned his head to indicate the send-off.

Xu Ji didn't move, and asked, "Lord Fei is also a mouthful of a common man, and only Lord Fei is sincere in the world?" ”

"Sincerely and falsely let others comment, you better save the rhetoric, go and tell the traitors outside the city, with the large number of people and wealth in the eastern capital, the traitors will soon turn against each other because of the uneven distribution of spoils, instead of thinking about us, the old and the young, it is better to think about how to protect yourself at that time."

Xu Ji arched his hand, "Thank you, Lord Fei, for reminding me." ”

Tian Jiang stepped forward and said, "Xu Gongzi once did me a favor, but unfortunately I can't do this favor." There is righteousness and subsection in the world, it is righteousness to help Lord Fei defend the city, and it is subsection to help Xu Gongzi, I can only say sorry. ”

"It was this Zhou Lu Zhou Gongzi who asked me for help, so Tian Zhuangshi didn't have to thank me. Zhou Gongzi is not a good person, and he has ulterior motives for helping you, so Tian Zhuangshi doesn't have to thank him, just treat it as a fluke. ”

Zhou Lu stood not far away, and did not dare to open his mouth to argue.

The sky was about to darken, Xu Ji couldn't wait any longer, and arched his hand, "Half an hour after dark, the righteous army will attack the city." ”

Fei Yu said, "Accompany." ”

Xu Ji turned around to leave, and then turned back and said, "Master Fei is right, I haven't been in contact with many people, and I've seen some people's livelihood and suffering, but I don't have much experience. So my next words are not to the people of the city, but to the two rebels with a total of less than 30,000 people, if you can gather 3,000 soldiers, or even 1,000, you may be able to defend the city, if you are not willing to defend the city, except for the north, there are no rebels in other directions of the eastern capital, if you want to go as soon as possible, there are some scattered soldiers on the road. ”

Xu Ji walked towards the city gate, and Zhou Lu followed, whispering, "Wu Wang is really telling the truth?" ”

The rebels were less than 10,000, and Xu Ji's "truth" was actually a lot exaggerated.

"Fei Xun is a piece of iron, Lou Zhongjun and others can still be persuaded to do so, it's better to ......"

"Not necessarily." Xu Ji flatly refused, "But you can stay." ”

"Huh? I won't stay, I have abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and swore to follow King Wu to the death. ”

"Didn't you hear what I just said?"

"What words? It was all Fei Yu talking just now......" Zhou Lu remembered it, and his pace couldn't help but slow down.

Xu Ji walked forward as usual, and behind him, Lou Gang and others chased him out, and said loudly, "King Wu, Seventeenth Brother, if you have something to say, you can discuss anything again, what Fei Yu said is not ......"

Zhou Lu turned to Lou Qiang and the others, muttered a few words in a low voice, the faces of the four officials changed in unison, and he turned around and ran.

At the gate of the camp, Fei Xun stomped his feet, "Even if the general is not in a thousand ways, at least his behavior is upright, how can he give birth to such an insidious and cunning son?" The East Capital can't hold it. ”

Tian Jiang also understood, "I'll chase people and don't let them spread the word." ”

Fei Yu shook his head and sighed, "It's too late." ”

It's really too late, the people who heard Xu Ji's words just now were not only Zhou Lu, but also the group of soldiers who were watching from a distance, who usually couldn't even understand the simplest orders, but at this time they reacted quickly, and some people had already thrown away their weapons and ran out of the camp, and they couldn't stop it at all.

Fei Xun sighed and said, "I showed weakness to Xu Ji, deceived the traitors to attack the city, and then transferred hundreds of soldiers hiding in the southern city, just one or two repulsions, it is enough to make the traitors weak, now...... Alas, it's me who is too old to fight the young. Tian Zhuangshi, you should go home quickly. ”

"I've decided to follow Lord Fei......"

"It's different, I originally thought that the east was surrounded and there was no way out, but now there is an additional way out, I look at this son's appearance, although treacherous, it is not to lie. You hurry home, take your mother out of the Eastern Capital, and wait a little later, after the news spreads, there will be a lot of people on the street, and it will be difficult to leave. ”

Tian Jiang hesitated for a moment, "Please come with me, Master Fei." ”

"Alas, you're going to escape, where can I go? The soldiers of Nancheng don't have to be transferred, let them go on their own. ”

"Lord Fei......"

"Don't you understand? I gave him a problem, and he gave me a problem, if I really cared about the people, I had to let them out of the city for refuge, and if I pretended, I kept it a secret and forced the people to go to the city to meet them. ”

Fei Xin has already made a choice.

Lou Qiang, Zhou Lu and others had already run out of the barracks, and the soldiers followed closely behind, and when they passed by Fei Xun and Tian Jiang, no one even said goodbye.

"Alas, these are the people." Fei Xun sighed and looked at Tian Jiang, "The harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, the people are naturally as weak as sheep, they can't complain about others, and Tiancheng Dynasty digs its own grave." Disperse, disperse. Although Xu Ji cheated, at least he gave Dongdu a little time, and there was still a kindness in his heart, after the city was broken, he would be plotted. Tian Jiang, you either go back to save your mother, or repay Xu Ji for his kindness......"

Master Fei is good at everything, but he is a little verbose, Tian Jiang can't stand this, throws away the knife in his hand, picks up Fei Xun and walks out, although there is one more person in his arms, his steps are faster than others.

Fei Xin was shocked, "Put me down, others can go, but I can't go......"

Tian Jiang didn't say a word, just walked quickly.

At the gate of the city, Xu Ji told several soldiers who opened the door, "Close this door tightly, and then go find others." ”

Not far from the city gate, three soldiers waited on horseback, and when they saw King Wu coming out, they immediately asked, "How is it?" ”

Xu Ji looked up at the sky, "After an hour, the eastern capital has fallen." ”

He gave the eastern capital half an hour more.

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