Chapter 9: Returning to the Heart

"The world praised my father as the pillar of the Great Qin, and when the first king was in power, I couldn't do anything, and I pretended to be stupid. The first king could still tolerate the Du family to continue to be noble. ”

"The first king died, and the new king succeeded to the throne for less than half a year, and my father suffered an accident. Originally, I thought that if I got rid of my father, the court would let me go. After all, my father has paid his whole life for Daqin, and he has laid half of the country for Daqin. I thought the imperial court would be a little more human. ”

But that's not the case! My dad was killed not long after. One of my two sisters was driven back by her husband's family with a letter of resignation. The other was also divorced, and everyone avoided it as if they were running away from the plague god. If it weren't for my life, I'm afraid I would have been beaten to death a long time ago! ”

Du Sheng chose to make the matter public, and some people know what he said, and some people don't know.

As he spoke, Nangong Qing and the three commanders were silent, and the five hundred Dragon Flame Army were also silent.

"It's hard to be a little marquis, he's just a teenager who hasn't reached the crown yet."

"I'll just say how can Hou Ye's son be a straw bag, it turns out that Xiao Hou Ye has been staining his name and deliberately forbearing."

"! Lao Tzu has long suspected that Hou Ye's death is not so simple! ”

……

The Dragon Flame Army was brought out by Du Huaiyu, and his loyalty to Du Huaiyu is beyond doubt.

Du Huaiyu's blade pointed out, even if the opponent was a high god, the Dragon Flame Army would rush forward without hesitation to fight to the death.

Everyone present knew very well that the Dragon Flame Army's military salaries and materials were all borne by the Hou Mansion alone. In other words, it has been the Hou Mansion that has been supporting their wives and children all these years.

"Brothers, the imperial court regards my Dragon Flame Army as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh! Get rid of it and get rid of it quickly! I'm afraid it won't be long before the conquest army will be in the city! ”

"In the morning, I withheld the tax money that needs to be paid to the court this year, as a way for everyone to fend for themselves in the future! If you want to leave, please take off your armor and stand on my right hand, and the money will be delivered in a moment. If you are willing to stay with me to protect the honor of the Dragon Flame Army, protect your wife and children, and protect the brothers of Ninghai County, please stand on the left! ”

After a pause, Du Sheng said again with a sincere face.

Although he really wanted to keep the soldiers, he knew that the twisted melon would not be sweet. The next situation is bound to be extremely dangerous, and Du Sheng has no reason to let others stay with him.

If you force people to stay, it may have the opposite effect at the critical moment.

In Du Sheng's plan, those who stay must guarantee 100% loyalty. Even if only a thousand people are left in the end, he is better than two thousand people with two hearts!

"What are you going to do, little marquis?!"

A commander looked at the soldiers who were whispering below, his face full of worry.

"Little Hou Ye, I Li Lao Er is a rough person, I don't understand those big truths! I only know that the Hou Ye has treated me like a brother over the years, and he also gave me a daughter-in-law! My daughter-in-law doll, my father and mother are all in Ninghai, and I won't go anywhere! ”

After a while, a middle-aged man with a beard on his face was the first to walk out, hugged his fists hard at Du Sheng on the stage, and stood firmly on the left.

"Lao Tzu's life was picked up by Hou Ye from the battlefield, and the Dragon Flame Army is my home!"

Someone else stood up and stood on the left after clasping his fists at Du Sheng.

"Fuck the shit court, when I almost starved to death on the side of the road four years ago, it was the Dragon Flame Army who saved me!"

"I heard that the new monarch didn't even let go of his own brother, how could he let me go?"

"Life is a person of the Dragon Flame Army, death is the ghost of the Dragon Flame Army!"

……

With the first person taking the lead, and in less than half a cup of tea, the five hundred Dragon Flame Army officers and soldiers all made their choices.

Du Sheng stood on the platform, looking at the soldiers standing on his left one after another, and a strong feeling of emotion slowly rose in his heart.

These people knew that staying would mean facing the imperial court's conquest army, but still none of them chose to leave.

Seeing the choice of the soldiers under his command, Nangong Qing and the three commanders all had straight waists, and their faces were also full of pride and relief!

"Good! From today onwards, each and every one of you will be my Du Sheng's brother in life and death! I can't guarantee that each of you will survive in the future, but I can guarantee that as long as there is one person in the Dragon Flame Army alive, your parents, wives and children will not go hungry! You won't be bullied! ”

Du Sheng roared loudly and said loudly.

"Ninghai is our common home, and those who offend my homeland will be punished even if they are far away!"

After a pause, Du Sheng waved the horsewhip in his hand and shouted.

"Those who offend my homeland will be punished even if they are far away!"

Under his infection, the five hundred Dragon Flame Army shouted in unison.

Even Nangong Qing and the four commanders yelled with red eyes.

"Whoever insults my brother, be punished!"

"Those who cheat my wife and children will be punished!"

……

As a top international veteran, Du Sheng is definitely a master in terms of grasping people's hearts and mobilizing the atmosphere.

Under his planned instigation, all the 500 soldiers were like chickens.

Du Sheng believed that if the imperial army dared to attack Ninghai at this time, he didn't need to give an order, and these people would rush forward with their swords.

"The drought in the north and the floods in the south have caused more than half of the money used for disaster relief to go into the private pockets of those adults, causing millions of people to starve to death! And the king who is high up is busy securing the throne and eradicating dissidents, and he doesn't care about the life and death of the people! ”

After all the soldiers returned to their hearts, Du Sheng continued to analyze with reason.

"Ninghai County is surrounded by mountains and seas, and the area is remote, far away from Qinjing. Although the imperial court had an army of 600,000, only 80,000 soldiers and horses from Lingnan County could really use troops against Ninghai. And these 80,000 soldiers and horses need to defend the city and protect the border, and it is impossible to call them at the same time! ”

"If the imperial court really sends troops to conscript, the number of soldiers and horses will not exceed 30,000 at most. When my father was alive, he proudly said that the Dragon Flame Army was so powerful that it could be a hundred! ”

Whether Du Huaiyu really said this, only God knows.

However, those who are soldiers do not admit defeat, this is an eternal truth, and no army of mine will admit that they are inferior to others.

The Dragon Flame Army is an elite division that shocks the world, and every soldier of the Dragon Flame Army has an arrogance that no one else has.

"Tell me, a rabble of 30,000, can you stop it!"

Du Sheng stared at the five hundred soldiers and asked at the top of his voice.

"Yes!"

Everyone in the audience answered confidently and loudly.

Even if there were only 2,000 people left in the Dragon Flame Army, they were sent from the cavalry that galloped across the battlefield to remote places to become infantry, and the blood and dignity in their bones did not weaken by half a point.

"Be louder, I can't hear you!"

Du Sheng's expression turned grim and he shouted in a louder voice.

"Yes!"

This time, all the soldiers used all their strength to eat milk, and there were only 500 people, but they shouted out the momentum of an army of 10,000 people.

"Nangong Qing!"

After the scene fell silent, Du Sheng suddenly turned his head to look at Nangong Qing and called him by name expressionlessly.

"The subordinates are here!"

was suddenly named by name, Nangong Qing's heart suddenly burst, and he respectfully stepped forward and hugged his fists to obey the order!

"The Dragon Flame Army has never taken a step back since the day my father created it! No matter how strong the opponent is, we will draw the big knife in our hands and fight it out! Before the fight starts, arrange the back hand in advance, and prepare to run away with the tail between your legs like a dog! You let these two thousand brothers go underground later, how do you face those comrades who fell on the way to the charge? ”

Du Sheng glared at Nangong Qing with an angry face, and asked with disappointment in his words.

Brush!

Everyone in the audience turned their heads to look at him at the same time, Nangong Qing's face was hot, and it instantly turned red like a boiled prawn.

Meeting the eyes of Du Sheng and five hundred comrades, he opened his mouth and couldn't say a word.

Although what Nangong Qing did was to save the lives of these brothers, no matter what, it was indeed as Du Sheng said, in the face of the 600,000 army of the imperial court, he was afraid!

"Are you guilty?"

Seeing him lower his head in shame and clench his fist with his lower lip, Du Sheng asked loudly with an expressionless face.

"Subordinate convicted!"

Nangong Qing gritted her teeth and pleaded guilty in public.

"Just be convicted. As the commander, you disturbed the morale of the army, almost disgraced the Dragon Flame Army, and deserved to be beheaded for your crimes! However, it is understandable that you are also thinking about the lives of all the soldiers. Ben Hou decided to fine you with three months' military salary to be used for food, can you be convinced? ”

Du Sheng did have the idea of punishing Nangong Qing heavily at the beginning, and even planned to remove him from his position as the commander.

But then I thought about it, he took such a big risk to leave a way back for everyone. In addition, now is the time to employ people, and it is taboo for soldiers to change generals at this juncture.

"The subordinates are convinced!"

Nangong Qing was stunned, and his face was complicated, and he bowed down and hugged his fists to receive the punishment.

When he heard Du Sheng say that he should be beheaded according to the crime just now, he was really taken aback. If Du Shengzhen ordered him to be beheaded, should he be killed?

What will happen to the officers and men in the army?

He had never thought about it, and he didn't dare to think about it.

Before today, Du Sheng was just an impulsive straw bale in his eyes, and the mud couldn't support the wall.

At this time, he realized that this little marquis was not a straw bag in the eyes of the world at all. Rather, it is in the Abyss Hidden Dragon, and once the time is ripe, it will surely soar above the Nine Heavens.