Seeing off Qin Han, a high-ranking figure in the Song court, taking advantage of the sunshine from the west, Luo Kaixian rode on the duke's back and began to patrol around.

People everywhere in the village are busy, regardless of men, women, old and children-go out for daily chores, the killing of the night before has also affected here, some people who have worked hard to break in from the two defense lines in the northeast, some of them once wanted to attack the farmers in the village, but they were killed by Helton, who was the commander of the internal defense, and even some people who hid in places such as the grain piles were not spared - no one would say anything forgive, and the hearts of the farmers in the village were not much more merciful than the soldiers, In fact, the older the farmers, the more they know the dangers of these so-called unlucky ghosts......

Nighttime killings naturally cause some damage, such as smashed fence walls, leaky roofs, overturned water tanks...... And so on, and so on and so forth, and the need to eradicate the traces of blood that have fallen everywhere - after all, the New Year is coming, and no one likes to have a bloody holiday.

Coming out of the Zhuangyuan, Luo Kai first started to walk around the field from the west.

At the foot of the wild mountain to the west, except for the occasional mark of a few beasts, there was no trace of a person in the leafless bushes, and the Mi Shiyi Lang, who was guarding this defensive line, had not seen any trace of the enemy.

There were some strange floating objects on the ice marsh to the south, which were the work of Kusar and the others in charge of guarding, but that was all, and a fire oil trap dug here was not ignited.

The eastern beach is not the same as the first two, it is not a flat shoreline, it is full of pits made by horses' hooves, dark red blood stains can be seen everywhere on the ground mixed with snow and mud, and in some places there are even scattered limbs such as fingers, and some of the corpses of slaughtered enemies have been laid down on the slightly higher dirt slope by the villagers who have come to help...... The thin ice on the banks of the canal is incomplete, and there are some broken ice caves everywhere, and the water under the ice is mixed with an eerie red color...... The smell of the whole riverbank was not very good, not as clear and cold as in winter, but with the smell of blood mixed with the sour smell of internal organs......

As for the north, it's the busiest place right now.

The soldiers of the pro-guard were still as quiet as ever, they wore armor and guarded everywhere, under the organization of several pro-guards, the "heroes of the rivers and lakes" from Xingyang gathered together to practice, their faces were not good, waving their fists and kicks at the same time, they were still ridiculing and laughing at each other's embarrassment at night - obviously, suddenly saw hundreds of charred corpses of different shapes...... That's not a pleasant feeling.

And the captives who were captured were not completely confined in a group somewhere, as they had done before, most of them were disarmed and then each of them was given a hoe, and they were driven to dig a trench on the north side of the blockhouse, and under the watchful guard of the elite guards with spears and crossbows on all sides, none of them dared to slack off in the slightest if they escaped death.

The ditch they dug will be at least ten steps wide and three people deep, and in the future, a suspension bridge will be erected on it, which, combined with the previous blockades, will form a comprehensive external defense in the north of this village courtyard - it is impossible to build a wall, but the deep river with the blockade will not violate the taboo of the Song court.

The duke carried Luo Kai to the first step, watching everything go in an orderly manner, he was relieved, at least the subordinates he brought this time were as good as ever, and they would follow the formulated strategy without his repeated instructions from the general.

His interest at this moment is a little hypocritical, but it is not false.

Returning from the tens of thousands of miles away in East Africa, although he did not have high hopes for the truth of this era, he actually always had an expectation in his heart, hoping to see a humanistic scene different from that of later generations, and to be able to see the "beautiful humanistic and glorious Great Song Dynasty" recorded in the history books - the glorious era of literati and doctors who were preached thousands of times in later generations, and those odes always had some brainwashing effect.

However, the road winding for 2,000 miles from Suizhou to Bianjing, what he saw was not that he did not hide his house and did not leave anything behind, but that the people's livelihood had withered before the war had gone far; What he saw was not that the officials were in order, but that the wild people had no food and the road bandits were like river carp; What he saw was not that there were wild relics and virtuous people who were humble and courteous, but that local barriers were everywhere and there was a deep gap between the rich and the poor...... He can even understand the slow pace of this era, and he also knows that this period is far from the most prosperous era of the Song Kingdom, but even Bianjing, which seems to be singing and dancing, is also full of endless falsehood in his bones, and the swords and swords hidden in the shadows are everywhere, and everything that happened the night before in his own small village is proof!

Luo Kaixian was never afraid of anything related to war, and killing was more like an innate instinct for him.

However, people will have a weakness that cannot be touched. Tara somebody in Africa, in Europa, in Anatolia, in Khorasan...... In all these places, he can live and kill from his heart, and he will not have the slightest mustard in his heart, but in the Central Plains, the ancestral land of Chinese civilization, it is not so easy to be attacked by his "own family......

And after that, Qin Han's visit made Luo Kaixian breathe a sigh of relief, but it also made him completely see the hypocrisy of this imperial rule, the power struggle within the imperial court, and the complete disregard for the common people - how is this different from the power struggle in later generations? It's nothing more than a change of era!

In later generations, Luo Mou, who walked in various states, was familiar with various forms of government, and saw many so-called rules under various frameworks, which made people despise and despise them. When his last trace of longing for this ancient country was completely shattered, the idea of wanting to shatter everything became more and more profound, and he even had an urge to drag Emperor Zhao Heng out of the palace and hang him, which was not in line with his habits.

The so-called deep responsibility of love is like this.

As the last bit of hope for this classical dynasty was completely wiped out, Luo Kaixian began to be extremely glad that he had never wanted to be involved in this whirlpool from the beginning, and the decision to stay outside the territory of the Song State was a wise move.

Thinking of this, he began to miss the fertile land of Lingzhou that had just opened, maybe it was still very rough, but it would be the starting point of everything in the future.

Luo Kaixian, who believed in the reins, was thinking about it, and Shi Le, who was in charge of this defense area, rushed over, "General, my subordinates have something to tell you!" ”

"Speak!" Yi Xing Yan Shan did not affect Luo Kaixian's alertness and reaction speed, and he immediately shouted.

"The subordinates brought people to interrogate most of the Song prisoners......" Shi Le, who also sat on horseback, casually pointed to the captives who were digging with hoes not far away, and continued: "Those are mediocre people who have been sorted out, and their subordinates have arranged for them to dig trenches, and told them that when the excavation is completed, they can be released and returned home...... In addition, there are more than 200 people, from the Song forbidden army, and their commanders are willing to want to join us, I don't know...... Will the Lord take them in? ”

"Take refuge in us? Why? Luo Kaixian asked suspiciously.

Shi Le explained: "The commander of the command is named Li Kai, claiming to be from the Baoding Military Strategy Mansion in Xiongzhou (1) in the north of the Song Kingdom...... In this defeat, the commander of the army Yu Hou was killed, and Shi Baoji's eldest son was captured, ...... this Li Kai speculated that if he was released in the future, he would definitely become a scapegoat......"

Luo Kai was a little interested first, and Guan asked, "Shi Le, what do you think of this person?" ”

Shi Le replied: "Back to the general, my subordinates thought that this person's temperament was quite similar to that of Wang Nan, but he was not as irritable as Wang Nan. ”

"Good!" Luo Kaixian, who was provoked, casually ordered: "Take me to see me!" ”

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In a few moments, in a newly built prisoner camp on the south side of the blockhouse, outside the pitch-black wooden fence coated with crude oil, Luo Kai first saw Li Kai, who had been torn off his foot armor.

When he looked closely, Luo Kaixian found that what Shi Le said just now was not bad, this Li Kaizhen and Wang Nan were similar, with the same skeletal beard, unkempt face and unkempt bun, thick neck, thick arms and legs, and the height was estimated to be more than one meter eight, the difference was that the gold seal on the faces of the two was different, Wang Nan's gold seal was on the forehead, and this Li Kai was hot with a gold seal of the word "male" on his right cheek, and what was more eye-catching was that along the hairline, the neck and arms exposed by this robe had brightly textured tattoos......

Luo Kaixian, who jumped off the horse, lowered his head and asked in surprise, "Are you...... Flower arms? ”

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Note: (1) Xiongzhou, present-day Xiongxian County. In the Song Dynasty, the town guarded the important defense town of northern Xinjiang, with Waqiao Pass and other passes, which belonged to Zhuozhou and built the Baoding Military Strategy. After the alliance of Tanyuan, the Song State felt that the north was gradually settled, under the suppression of the civilian officials, then the armaments were reduced year by year, so that it was abandoned, and when Huizong Zhao Ji was in charge, Tong Guan led the army to attack the Liao State in the north, and there were almost no available soldiers in Xiongzhou.

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