When the patriarch of the Zhao clan was lamenting the loneliness of having no opponents, Lu Peng was sitting around the bonfire with his brothers in the wilderness on the outskirts, discussing how to capture Zhaojiabao.

Xu Jie stayed in Youzhou, Zhang Yan protected the people of Heishanzhai to return to the Savage Valley, and now there is only one cronie Xi Zhen who can discuss things with him.

"I want to make the plan to open the fortress gate is a failure, I see that the Zhao family's fortress is indeed tall and strong, it seems that tomorrow we will be a desperate siege war, I don't know how many brothers will lose their lives in this siege war, for this reason I am deeply worried, my own strength is limited, those brothers under my command are their most basic, one dead or injured is an incalculable loss, at this point, Lu Peng really does not want to lose too much.

Xi Zhen is a person in this world, in this troubled world, life is grass mustard, for Xi Zhen has become accustomed to it: "Zhaojiabao, the wall is high and deep, and we already know our purpose, now we use all the tricks to achieve the goal, the only way left is to go to the city to climb the city." ”

Ants go to climb the city, this is one of the most heavy losses of the besieging side in the siege battle, facing the high city walls, climbing the ladder, you can only exchange your life for the opportunity to capture, of course, there are many other methods, for example, digging tunnels, flooding, or digging the city walls. But the above methods are time-consuming and labor-intensive, and now time is the most critical, not only is it too guarded, but even he urgently needs the Zhao family's money and food for the New Year. There is no way, now I can only fill it with human lives.

At this time, Lu Peng knocked his head fiercely, hating himself for not being able to prepare gunpowder.

Lu Peng knew the formula of gunpowder, but he didn't know the purification method of raw materials, and the gunpowder prepared without purification was not even a fireworks, let alone had a huge explosive power.

"I hate those traversal books, they only talk about proportions, but they don't tell me how to purify, God, why can't I come with a system?"

lamenting in his heart, it is useless to say anything now, so Lu Peng asked Xi Zhen: "Isn't there any other way to reduce the deaths and injuries of our brothers?" This is our future capital, and one death or injury is equivalent to damaging a trace of our vitality, and I really can't afford to be damaged. ”

Xi Zhen said solemnly: "The lord is sympathetic to his brother's heart, I still agree very much, but now in the face of Jiancheng, all means are in vain, we can only attack, if we have to save the lives of our soldiers, there is no way." ”

As soon as he heard that he could reduce the damage of his soldiers, Lu Peng's eyes immediately brightened: "Hurry up and talk about your method." ”

Xi Zhen said with a heavy face: "That is, collect all the people around and let them consume the other party's garrison equipment for us." ”

Beside the bonfire, suddenly fell into an embarrassing silence, driving the people to attack the city, this is definitely an idea that Lu Peng can't accept, in fact, Xi Zhen said this idea, and he also knew that Lu Peng would not accept it, but now there is only one way to choose the lesser of two evils.

Looking back at the soldiers behind him, there were no tents, the tents had been given to the suffering people by the soldiers along the way, everyone sat tremblingly in front of the piles of bonfires, but no one complained, everyone held their guns, and watched the bonfires endure hunger.

All that can be given is given, and the rest of them is these, everyone is from a bitter background, and those who sympathize with the poor are always poor people, those rich people, as long as they take out a dime, they can completely save many people, but they will not do it, even if they do, it is just to sell their reputation and pretend.

And now these soldiers, the reason why they are starving in this ice and snow is because they have a conscience.

Conscience is indeed unclear, but Lu Peng has drawn a line, that is, the boundary of conscience, as long as conscience exists, this is the difference between beasts and people, and he doesn't want to bring out the troops himself, and eventually become a beast's troops, which is very critical and necessary.

The bonfire crackled, Lu Peng pulled the fire with a branch, hoping to make the bonfire burn more vigorously, the dull atmosphere was shuttled back and forth between the two, after a long time, Lu Peng threw the branch in his hand to the ground, and said firmly: "I am still a human, I am not a beast, I started from the day I started the army, my purpose is to protect the Han people in the world, not to kill these Han people, I don't have those lofty sayings, what to say that those who kill my people are like killing my parents, that's bullshit, In the end, it is true, the soldier's mission is war, I don't care who brings the soldiers to the battlefield, I don't care what their purpose is, but the soldier's mission is like this, they should fight to the death to protect the people behind them. ”

Xi Zhen really has nothing to say, his lord has committed this fatal mistake, in this troubled world, he regards the lives of the people as extremely important, this is of course the premise of the way to hegemony, but it may also let the hegemony know that it is extremely difficult, who can say the severity of this?

"Your method is not what I think, if you look at those soldier brothers, they will definitely not agree to this method." Standing up in front of the bonfire, Lu Peng firmly told Xi Zhen: "I tell you my mentality, the people are our foundation, I will never let the people make senseless sacrifices for us, four thousand brothers, you can die here immediately, but this must be my willing brothers, this is our real first battle, it is our own first battle, and this battle is also the result of testing our brothers' training for so long." “

Xi Zhen nodded, but was silent.

So, the two of them continued to face the campfire in silence.

At this time, the distant patrol suddenly asked, "Who is it?" The barracks are important and must not be approached, and if they do, they will be shot on the spot. ”

Lu Peng raised his head and looked at the place where the sound came from, but it was as dark as ink and he couldn't see it at all.

Just as he was about to send someone to ask what the situation was, a soldier hurriedly ran over with a gun: "Lord Qiqi, there are a few local villagers outside the camp who want to see you. ”

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