Chapter 259: The Duties of a Soldier

When Lijiazhuang first established the army, Zhang Qi and they had not really joined, and they were born in Orion, so they couldn't understand Li Hao's words at all, in their hearts, there was only a shallow sense of repaying kindness and revenge.

"Senior Yuwen, you are a soldier of the Xiaoguo Army, please tell everyone what the duties of a soldier are!"

Yu Wenqi immediately stepped forward and said with his head held high: "The duty of a soldier is to defend the country, defend the people, go into battle to kill the enemy, and defend the dignity of the country!" ”

"Not bad! Yuwen's predecessor deserves to be an excellent soldier! Li Hao praised loudly: "The ancients, fifteen from the army, eighty years to return, victory and re-battle, defeat and wrap the corpse." Soldiers are the weapons of the country, and on the battlefield, those who stand on the opposite side are enemies. They are weapons in the hands of others, and soldiers should fight to the death to annihilate the enemy. On the battlefield, the more you kill, the more heroes you are. But what about under the battlefield? Have you ever wondered? ”

This time, even Yuwen Qi shook his head suspiciously. In the first half of his life, he followed Yuwen Chengdu to fight everywhere, killing countless enemies, and if the general said that whoever was the enemy, he would annihilate the enemy from above without hesitation. Since the fall of the Sui Dynasty, he followed the last order of the cavalry captain, with the remnants of the void, with the remnants of the remnants of the brothers, to the deep mountains to guard the last inheritance of the Xiaoguo army.

Since it was called the Xiaoguo Army, the military camp has become Yu Wenqi's home, and fighting is his job, and he has never thought about what he will do after leaving the battlefield.

Li Hao chuckled: "When you leave the battlefield, the soldier will fade away from ferocity and turn back into a human being." And the farmer who rests at sunrise and sunset in the field, and the merchant who runs from place to place and sells the land, and the actor who constantly trains and tempers his singing body, and the thousands of ordinary people - people! ”

"As human beings, we should know that the reason why human beings are the primates of all things is because we know honor and disgrace and compassion. We are kind, civilized, thoughtful, and characterful. And not those beasts that survive only on instinct, bloodthirsty and murderous! ”

The more Li Hao spoke, the more excited he became, he suddenly took a few steps to the east, raised his hand and pointed into the distance: "The Turks in the north, they often lead troops to rob the people on the border of the Tang Dynasty. How do you feel with the Turks? ”

"Bloodthirsty is easy to kill, but beasts are not as good!" Zhang Qi clenched his fists and scolded.

Before joining Lijiazhuang, Zhang Qi and his family lived on the border of the Tang Dynasty and were often harassed by the Turks. His father and mother were both under the horse's hooves of the Turks, and he hated the Turks to the extreme.

"That's right, the soldiers of the Turkic Kingdom are a group of beasts and beasts, they don't have any hearts, they don't dare to confront the Tang army head-on, they only know how to bully the people on the border. Zhang Qi, let me ask you, if one day, my Lijiazhuang soldiers are full of fine food, and I make you the vanguard of the struggle against the Turks, what will you do? ”

"If that day comes, the owner of the village does not abandon my incompetence, I will lead the troops to sweep the Turks, and let them pay for their blood debts!" Zhang Qi clenched his fists and shouted loudly.

"Good!" Li Hao patted him on the shoulder: "But if the Turkic army is defeated by you and escapes, and you chase all the way down and meet their people, what will you do?" ”

Zhang Qi didn't think about it, and immediately said: "The Turks have killed countless people of my tribe, and their crimes are monstrous, I will definitely slaughter them to comfort the souls of my people in the sky!" ”

Everyone around felt that there was nothing wrong with this sentence, and they all responded to it.

The smile on Li Hao's face disappeared, he stared at Zhang Qi's eyes, and said in a deep voice: "If you slaughter their people, what is the difference between you and the group of Turkic barbarians who invaded the border of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Zhang Qi was stunned and dumbfounded.

The Turks led troops to slaughter the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang people said that they were mad and bloodthirsty beasts. Everyone has hatred and anger in their hearts, and they can't wait to take the sword and slaughter the entire Huns cleanly.

But as Li Hao said, if the Tang Dynasty's army defeated the Turkic army and also slaughtered their people, what is the difference between this behavior and those frenzied Turkic barbarians? The same killing, the same slaughter of unarmed people. Could it be that the Huns are unforgivable when they kill people, and they deserve to kill people?

Zhang Qi's heart fell into infinite contradictions at this moment, and he couldn't help but hang his head.

Li Hao continued: "It is an ironclad fact that the Turkic army slaughtered our people, and we have a deep enmity with these beasts, and it is not an exaggeration to kill them. But the people are innocent! The Turkic people are also human beings, and they are no different from the people of the Tang Dynasty and your family. They work hard every day to earn money to support their families. One day, in their eyes, you will become another beast that is not as good as a beast! ”

"Do you want to be beasts too?"

"Nope! I don't want to! Zhang Qi was shocked, and shouted loudly like an initiation.

When his family was slaughtered by the Turkic soldiers, he was so angry and hateful that he cursed the soldiers with the most vicious words that they would not die well. Having deeply felt the joy and despair, how could Zhang Qi tolerate what he called the person who brought calamity?

Although the others did not speak, their faces were equally ugly, and the answer was self-evident.

Li Hao's face showed a gentle smile again, and he began to make his final closing statement.

"As a soldier, we should fight bravely on the battlefield, and those who stand in front of us are the enemy, and it is our duty to exterminate them all. But in the face of a defenseless people, we should be lenient. The so-called hatred is caused by anger and irrationality. While killing the enemy, we must always keep the purity of our hearts and not let ourselves be devoured by the beast in our hearts! ”

"It's the same with this little wolf, whose father killed our loved ones, so we strangled all the hungry wolves. But it is not against us, and even if it is the son of the wolf king, we should be kind. Its father died because of me Li Hao, and I will be responsible for raising it! ”

Li Hao's words were like opening a window in everyone's hearts, and the bright sunlight shone into the chaotic room, making everyone's hearts bright and warm.

It is the duty of a soldier to kill the enemy. But soldiers are weapons to protect the people of the country, not bloodthirsty beasts. If you oppress the people by force, what is the difference between that and animals?

Zhang Qi understood this truth, Yuwen Qi, Yuwen Chengyu, Fourth Uncle, and Yigan Orion also understood.

Seeing their enlightened eyes, Li Hao was extremely relieved.

His original intention of forming the army was to protect the paradise of Lijiazhuang, and with his vision and technology, coupled with the diligence and simplicity of the people of Lijiazhuang, Lijiazhuang will definitely become a super powerful country in the future. Their land will never be confined to the small Li Jiazhuang.

But Li Hao didn't want his people to become those beasts of war under the banner of militarism.

Li Hao, who has traveled from modern times, has read too much battle information, and he is not very hostile to the war, but for those who rely on their own strength to other people for no reason, Li Hao hates them. He would never allow such scum to appear among his men.

Today's words, Li Hao will continue to say them in the future, and say them to everyone in Lijiazhuang. Let everyone know how the cruel topic of war should be viewed as a civilized creature like human beings.