Chapter 268: Duties and Responsibilities
Listening to Du Mu's cold voice, Su Li could imagine how difficult the battle just now was, a team of 100 people, more than half of them were killed or wounded, which was already considered a heavy casualty, it stands to reason that this group of soldiers had already returned to the large army to sort out and rest, but looking at their appearance, they did not receive such an order.
Thinking about his arrival again, Su Li already understood what this meant, but there was a little sigh in the eyes of these people.
Su Li's arrival has already attracted the attention of many people, but after all, it is for the sake of the face of the academy, it is impossible to be so direct, then this crippled team is his own funeral goods, such some people are mixed in such a huge ghost crossing plain, death is just an inevitable thing.
Su Li understands, and Du Mu also understands, so he doesn't want Su Li to stay, he doesn't want his brothers to die again, these people are his brothers.
"From what you said earlier, you should be a cultivator who has never been to any border army, and we don't need a general like you, so please go back. ”
Listening to these shameless words and accusations, Su Li still didn't feel the slightest unhappiness, just listened quietly, and waited until Du Mu stopped speaking before he seriously defended, "We can try it, maybe you will find that I am not as unbearable as you think." ”
Du Mu looked at Su Li's immature face coldly, and shook his head resolutely, "I can't give you a chance, because this is not a local town guard, this is the Ghost Crossing Plain where I don't know how many people die every day, I am not afraid of death, but I must be responsible for the life and death of all these brothers, I can't risk their lives, and you should understand what your arrival represents, we have been in the Ghost Crossing Plain for a long time." ”
"You have a point, and I understand what all of you think. Su Li was not angry, but smiled slightly, looked at Du Mu seriously and said: "But I am your boss, the military order is like a mountain, you can only listen to my orders, but there is no reason for me to listen to your orders, and if I go back and say that you resolutely do not cooperate, you will disobey the order, and the military will be dismissed at the lightest." ”
Du Mu clenched his fingers vigorously and said coldly: "It's better than dying and dying with these brothers." ”
"You have your ideas and think it's good, but I also have my different ideas, and I don't think it's good. Su Li smiled and said: "You don't want to change your decision, but I also don't want to change my decision, I must join this Qingsanlian, so what?"
"If you really want to use your official rank to suppress me and command us to do things, then we will do whatever it takes to make you pay, after all, you will die, and we can choose the way we die. ”
Du Mu took a deep breath, spit out heavily, and said sneeringly: "I know that you are a cultivator, and I don't think your cultivation is too weak, you still have a way to kill me." ”
As soon as these words came out, the air at the scene was suddenly cold and about to freeze. Because all the sergeants present knew very well that no matter how much they looked down on this young man, the identity of the other party's cultivator was undoubted, and if they really did it, there would definitely be a lot of blood shed here.
"Actually, there's another way. Weng Juan eagerly stepped forward and stopped in front of Du Mu, he, like all the soldiers here, had been looking forward to the arrival of a strong man, and the situation at this moment also made him extremely disappointed and helpless.
He endured the unhappiness in his heart, looked at Su Li, and quickly persuaded: "Adults can apprentice, adults can practice on their own in the barracks, as long as they don't govern us, I think Lord Du can agree to adults joining the army, and they don't have to be so stiff." ”
In the barracks, he doesn't do anything, and he consumes mixed military merit.
Anyone can hear the meaning of the roll.
This is a refusal that the vast majority of soldiers will definitely immediately and angrily, because it is like being raised as a pig, and it is even more dishonorable to take the military exploits that others have fought hard for.
"It's okay too!"
Su Li nodded and agreed: "You can try it, it just happened to have just broken through recently, and I haven't had time to stabilize yet." ”
Hearing his words, the eyes of almost all the black-armored soldiers present were revealed, and some undisguised disdain was revealed, thinking that this person had no glory at all, and it was really a shame in their army.
As a soldier of Daqin, but he died in battle, he could be punished and patient, but he could not be insulted and could not give up the glory of being a soldier, but Su Li's approach made them feel shameless.
Su Li naturally knew the thoughts of these soldiers in front of him, but he didn't explain anything, and sometimes actions were far more beneficial than some explanations.
After walking into the valley, looking at the resolute faces, Su Li could clearly feel the breath on these people, this feeling was very special, as if he had felt it before, but it was the first time he saw it.
With a sigh, Su Li found a shade to do.
In fact, he still has a certain understanding of the Northwest Frontier Army, just like most of the border troops of Great Qin, they have different characters and come from different places, there are young soldiers who come with blood and ideals, there are prisoners who have been exiled to atone for their crimes, there are nobles who have declined and hope to regain the glory of their families, there are poor people who hope to change their lives through military exploits, and there are many children of some entourages who originally served the army at the border pass.
The extremely harsh environment, the death of some partners, and the perennial threat of death will make many people who were originally unruly and cold even more unruly and cold, and even bury psychological wounds that are difficult to heal in the hearts of many people. Some soldiers even look like ordinary people, but in fact they have a very serious mental illness, they are bloodthirsty, they are crazy, sometimes they are like a group of beasts.
But it is such a group of people who look like beasts, but they have become more silent and tenacious under high pressure, and it is also because there are too many such people that the territory of Great Qin will become so vast.
However, these tenacious and silent qualities also make it difficult for the vast majority of border troops to communicate with others.
In such a situation, it is naturally more difficult to get them to trust and accept.
Su Li in just half a day, he has fully experienced the recklessness and unkindness of the northwest border army, he has been in this valley for a while, but except for the soldiers who sent food and water, no one paid attention to him at all, and even the people in this army avoided appearing in his sight in normal times, and he was completely isolated in this valley.
At this moment, Su Li sat in the shade of the camphor tree and looked at the mountains and forests, in the eyes of those black-armored soldiers, I am afraid that he could only look at the mountains boringly.
But Su Li's heart was very calm, and there was no dissatisfaction.
Because he knows that the lives of these people are closely related to him, and it is he who allows these soldiers who should have returned to Ghost Cross City to stay in this cannibalistic wasteland, and he has the obligation and responsibility to protect them, so that they can survive and survive well.
I have to say that the group of soldiers in front of him is very poor in material, the fence made of thick logs, there are no flags, and the solid black leather military tents are covered with dry turf, which is the residence of these soldiers.
Under such a difficult environment, those wounded soldiers still gritted their teeth, endured the pain, and with the help of the pharmacist, took the most direct and painful decision.
Looking at the appearance of such a person, Su Li knew that he might forget the appearance of many people in the years to come, but he couldn't otherwise, they had already touched him at this moment.
A black-armored soldier walked over, bowed to Su Li, and then put some food wrapped in large leaves in front of Su Li.
Su Li is the commander, even if they look down on Su Li anymore, but as a soldier, they still give Su Li respect, but it does not hinder their own preferences.
Looking at the food in his hand, Su Li frowned slightly, judging from the situation in the past few days, the food of these soldiers in front of him had begun to run low, and he had to start worrying about the life of these soldiers in the future.
Su Li frowned and asked, "Is there not enough food?"
The disdain in the eyes of the black-armored soldiers was even stronger, in his opinion, Su Li disliked these foods, but this kind of food was already the best in their eyes, there were too many wounded people, the food was far from enough, there was no better food nearby, if it went on like this, if they were not replenished, they might die in this wasteland.
"It's already the best food, and if you can't get used to it, adults can solve it themselves. ”
After speaking, the black-armored soldier didn't look at Su Li, and turned to leave.