Chapter 12 There is a degree
For Jiang Cheng, every sunrise is a prelude to a new prosperity. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After all, as the main city of the Jiang family in the south of Rudi, the various goods and transactions that roll in themselves represent huge wealth, and the goods are constantly being delivered from this city to all directions.
But today is different, although the Jiang family blocked the news. But the gates, which had been locked for several days, and the nervous-looking samurai in the city, made the ordinary residents feel uneasy. There are also some relatives in other cities in Runan, and they continue to spread the news that Runan was attacked by the Qi family in Rubei.
In the past two months, there have been many legends in Rudi. Which civilians became famous in the first war and obtained fiefs of all kinds. Which nobles, using their wisdom on the battlefield, achieved miraculous victories. Among them, the most dazzling is the Qi family's son Pingtian, almost overnight, this young son, is well known to the people of Rudi, and even the story of how he snatched life from the Jiang family's death-defying assassination and ambush has been relished in Runan.
For many at the top, this is already a subtle and even disturbing signal. The Jiang family became a despicable villain, and public opinion praised the son of the Qi family for his bravery and strategy, and foiled one conspiracy after another from the villain. In the past two months, under Hirata's leadership, a newly established intelligence organization is playing a huge role. Although most of its members are ordinary people and have no ability to spy on secrets, in many cases, they can quickly disseminate information and public opinion, showing great power.
The Jiang family has secretly arrested many rumor spreaders, and even killed a few people, but the more high-pressure the situation, public opinion has generated more speculation, and all kinds of rumors have been pushed to new heights again and again by people with good intentions, making the Jiang family at a loss, and the panic has spread in this long-standing family.
In the Jiang family's mansion, the modern head of the family sat in the study, listening to the report of his subordinates angrily. The successive defeats on the front front, and even the harsh reality of the soldiers coming to the city, made him fall into an ice cave.
"It's time to make a decision sooner, we have completely lost this battle. In the study, there were several elders of the Jiang family, and one of them suggested to the head of the Jiang family earnestly.
"I think it's obvious what to do at the moment. The first is to use the secret passage to send away the young handsome man of the Jiang family, and go away to Rudi, the farther he goes, the better. In addition, should we send someone to negotiate peace with the Qi family, the spies in front have found out that the son of the Qi family is outside the city, this is a good opportunity. A clan elder also expressed his attitude.
"Hmph, you softets. We should break the net with the Qi family, even if they can take this Jiang City, our Jiang family must let them know what it means to kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. "There are also bad-tempered clan elders, hysterically. "In addition, I have long heard all kinds of rumors in the city, this group of civilians was originally attached to the stability and wealth of the Jiang family, but they stabbed in the back that on the day our Jiang family is broken, we will set fire to Jiang City, so that the Qi family will not get anything. ”
"The three clans are old, people all seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and civilians are innocent, so it is too unsuitable for the son of man. Don't forget, there are still many elders in the blessed land, and there are too many killings, and the karma involved will inevitably make it more difficult for them in the future. What's more, the survival of my Jiang family's incense is a problem, and I don't know how long the blessed land can last. A clan elder sighed.
In the camp outside Jiang Cheng, Hirata, who was at the center of the discussion, was drinking tea with the general of the Qi family in the barracks, and Chai Chuan was accompanying him. "In the morning, it's time to drink a glass of lukewarm mulled wine. This sweet wine should not be too warm and will be sour. Nor can it be warm and bitter. In my opinion, there is a degree to everything, just like this battle. Hirata said, raising his glass.
"Childe is very right. The general nodded and drank down his glass of sweet wine.
"We have surrounded Jiang Cheng since last night, how long do you think the Jiang family will be trapped in the city?" Hirata smiled.
"If it's long, it's March or May, and if it's short, it's a month. Staring at Hirata, the general spoke his judgment.
In fact, in this world, due to low productivity, the army mobilization is only a few thousand people, and the scale of cities is even smaller. But if you can't defend the city, you can still hold out for a long time, and it is not a good choice to attack, because in the era of cold weapons, the battle is attrition. Of course, it is also possible to use super powers, but the problem is that this breaks the rules set by the Son of Heaven. Because of the strength below the third order, it does not have much effect on large-scale battles.
"Our participation in the battle this time, in the final analysis, is a war for the unification of the land. However, since the Son of Heaven was divided into various places, the population of the world has developed for thousands of years, and it can no longer be satisfied with the existing land. In addition to my Rudi, there are wars in Song, Chu, Yan and other places in the world, because there are too many people, and everyone must fight for their own survival. "For the first time in this world, Hirata has spoken his current view of this world. "After deducting the so-called aura of heroes and justice, the essence of war is a war of attrition, no matter how merciful and great a person is, in the war, he must pull up one army after another to consume, and then see how many chips each other has left, before talking about who is the winner. ”
Hirata's expression was gloomy, and he looked ahead. At the time of yesterday's killing decision, Jiang Cheng had already had far-reaching considerations. He smiled: "Let's see, the Jiang family will open the door to welcome my Qi family today." ”
In the depths of Hirata's consciousness, which the other people in the camp could not see, even the Qi family general who was facing Hirata, the godhead jade plate was already preparing for a certain miracle, and the godhead was shrouded in a ray of light, overlapping and overlapping, and thin threads like spider webs lingered on the godhead. The number of these thin threads is too many to count, but Hirata knows that their source is in Jiang Cheng.
This was the first time that Hirata had used such a large-scale prayer technique, and the spell that Hirata named the Great Prayer Technique unleashed the power of incense that was generated by mobilizing public opinion in Jiang Castle. In this network, each thin line represents a temporary connection of faith, and simply by calling Hirata's name, one can be influenced by Hirata's Great Prayer.
At this time, a thin line spread from Jiang Cheng. The shopkeeper of Liu Hai, who lives in a rice shop in the business district of Jiangcheng, has not slept peacefully for a few days, since the two big surnames in Rudi have competed, the warriors of the Jiang family have set up various tax increases, and the life is miserable, and they have lost the money they earned in a year in just two months, and they are about to eat their old books.
Last night, he heard from the boss of Qi in the cloth shop next door that the warriors and army of the Qi family had surrounded Jiang Cheng, and in order not to expand the casualties, he had been waiting for the Jiang family to take the initiative to surrender the city, but it was said that the Jiang family did not agree.
"I can't go on like this, if the city is closed for a few more days, there is not enough food, not to mention that my rice shop is losing money, and whether it can be kept is a question. Thinking like this, a bold idea gradually rose in Liu Hai's heart. "I'll have to talk to everyone. ”
After a while, I don't know who took the lead first, the crowd gradually gathered from every household, Liu Hai stood in the crowd, listening to everyone's shouting for the city lord to open the door, to welcome the Qi family, to live. There was no apprehension in my heart, but I was full of security.
This crowd grew more and more, and when it reached its peak, it was divided into two parts. Some people walked to the city gate, and some people walked to Wang Jiang's house. In the face of this public opinion, the soldiers of the Jiang family also lost their weapons, and the crowd poured into the Jiang family, and found the head of the Jiang family and several elders of the real power clan in the study, and several second-order peak martial artists were overwhelmed by the crowd before they could react.
After a while, Jiang Cheng's gate opened. Qi Pingtian and the team of thousands of Jiang families stood in the middle of the city, and on both sides were the citizens who welcomed them. A vigorous war ended in such absurd circumstances, and when later generations recorded it in the history books, they had to write in the Spring and Autumn Period, calling it the Mandate of Heaven.