Chapter 267: The Song Family's Family Motto
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When I came to the central tent, the big tent was already crowded with the commanders of various armies. The pen www.biquge.info habitually sat down in an inconspicuous position, and Xu Shiming began to secretly look around at everyone's expressions. Song Yunwen's secrecy measures are really good, although the generals are a little apprehensive by this emergency order, but their faces are only nervous and panicked. Even people with rich imagination may not have imagined that when they were fighting bloody battles outside to defend their homeland and country, their own country would humiliate them. Thinking of this, Xu Shiming couldn't help but smile miserably, with a more or less lonely look on his face.
"General Xu, your face doesn't look very good!" At this time, beside Xu Shiming, an unfamiliar voice sounded. When I opened my eyes, it was a guy with a bit of a face, dressed in the costume of a school officer, but with a green smile that didn't match my identity. It looks like a young man who was temporarily promoted after the war.
Thinking of this, Xu Shiming smiled, patted the man's shoulder and said, "It's nothing, it's just that there are more things to know, and there are more troubles." To be honest, sometimes I really envy those little soldiers, at least they don't have to frown all day about all that mess. β
"I don't seem to understand what the general said. The young officer touched his head stupidly, smiled and said, "But, General." This time, what is the reason why the marshal summoned us here?"
Looking at the honest smile on the young man's face, Xu Shiming felt sad for no reason. He smiled, and then said to the young man, "Soldiers, it is their duty to obey orders. There are things you don't need to know, so don't ask. All this handsome has his own ideas in his heart, understand?"
"Oh yes, General. The young man nodded a little awkwardly, then secretly glanced at Xu Shiming's location, and was slightly relieved to find that he had not been noticed, and then nodded and smiled at Xu Shiming gratefully.
Xu Shiming smiled faintly, and then closed his eyes. What he wanted to say at this meeting, he had already guessed in his heart, and the best way to do this kind of thing was to keep his mouth shut honestly, so as not to cause any death. I think those clever guys have already guessed something, otherwise how could they close their mouths tightly like gourds with sawed mouths?
When the general above the last lieutenant had arrived, Song Yunwen nodded, and then stood up with his sword in his hand. The tent, which had been a little noisy just a moment ago, fell silent in an instant. Looking at the full number of soldiers, Song Yunwen suddenly laughed and said loudly: "What are you doing so seriously, I won't eat you again!"
The oppressive atmosphere was relaxed in an instant, and all the generals also showed smiles on their faces, but it is unknown who is a sincere smile and who is a fake face.
"Well, I have called you here today because I have two pieces of news to tell you. This is bad news and even worse news. Which one are you going to listen to?" Song Yunwen said with a smile on his face, but hearing what he said, Xu Shiming's heart shrank in an instant.
"Is it finally here!" Xu Shiming's eyes widened, he took a deep breath, and his ears were stunned, but not everyone was like him, most people thought that Song Yunwen was joking with them, so they didn't take it seriously when they were smiling. A veteran who was close to Song Yunwen in the past smiled and said: "Dashuai, just say it, what's the worse news." After saying that, we have a good mental preparation, everyone said no!"
Everyone hurriedly agreed, but Song Yunwen raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then smiled: "Okay, you have to be a little mentally prepared." The worse news is that we don't have a home! Our home has been bulldozed by the Senate!"
"Ahem...... Dashuai, this is not something that can be joked about casually!" The atmosphere in the camp became cold in an instant, and everyone who was originally smiling couldn't laugh anymore, and their faces were as serious as if they had died of their parents - in fact, many of them really lost their parents, after all, the backbone elite of the Song family army were all descendants of the nobles of the imperial capital, and this time, the main target of the Senate sweep was these nobles standing at the top of the pyramid.
"I'm not kidding!" Song Yunwen's face also became gloomy: "Some of you may already know about this matter, the Senate launched a coup d'Γ©tat three days ago, putting the Koster family back into the highest position of power in the empire, and launched a series of major purges, all of you here, as well as my family, I am afraid that without exception, we have no home!"
Everyone fell into a commotion again, and the young lieutenant beside Xu Shiming couldn't help but tremble and be quite excited. His fists clenched, and the angry expression on his face was undisguised. But when he turned around, the young man was stunned. He had also heard of Xu Shiming's name, and the Xu family, as the second largest military family in the empire, could not escape this catastrophe, but why was he so calm? Doesn't he know that his family may have been separated from him forever?
Feeling the gaze cast on the side, Xu Shiming opened his eyes and smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Are you very unreasonable, why am I not angry or excited at all when I encounter such a thing?"
Xu Shiming looked at the young man beside him with a smile, and for some reason, the young lieutenant found that his original anger was gradually extinguished, and his mind was not as hot as just now. Seeing his appearance, Xu Shiming nodded and continued: "Do you know how many disasters our Xu family has experienced since the first generation of family heads and extermination?"
Looking at the other party's blank look, Xu Shiming smiled and stretched out four fingers: "Four times! Our Xu family has experienced four times from prosperity to decline! I didn't joke with you, to be precise, it should be five times if you count this time." But even after going through so many things, the Xu family still hasn't perished, do you know why?"
The young lieutenant shook his head again, compared to Xu Shiming, he was still too young. And the family is not as huge as the Xu family, so naturally many things cannot be understood. However, Xu Shiming did not show impatience, "The reason why the Xu family has lasted so long is because of luck, believe me, luck is really important." Second, our Xu family has a family motto - never take revenge!"
"Never take revenge? Why?" the captain said confusedly, he couldn't understand this matter at all, killing people to pay off their lives and paying off debts, this is a universal truth, but why did the ancestors of the Xu family not allow them to do this?
The reason is very simple, the Xu family also has an ancestral motto - everything is based on the interests of the family as the highest standard. Revenge, this thing is the most ethereal and useless thing in the world. Indeed, you have taken revenge by killing those who deserve to die, but what is the use of that? the family is still dead, and everything that should have passed away will still not be recovered. If you have that time to do these useless things, it is better to use the mind of revenge and think about how to restore the glory of the family. When your family is reborn, even if you don't want to take revenge, there will be people who will help you kill those you don't like in exchange for your favor. Xu Shiming said, and then said solemnly to the young man: "I hope you can understand what I mean." β
At this time, among the generals, a guy who was familiar with him on weekdays stood up and said to Song Yunwen: "Dashuai, then what should we do! The imperial capital can no longer go back, behind them are their troops, and in front of us is the enemy's million-strong army. We...... We're cornered!"
"Indeed, we are indeed cornered!" Song Yunwen said in a flat tone: "Just today at noon, the Third Army of the Central Army has already approached our rear, and our retreat has been blocked. In fact, to be honest, even if they don't come, I'm not going to go back to the imperial capital!"
"Then Dashuai, what should we do?" Another general stood up: "Dashuai, our whole family of more than 300 people is all in the imperial capital! Before the expedition, my child had just been born, and I ...... I really can't bear this breath! Could it be that we just swallow our anger and admit defeat to those guys, and linger like a bunch of shrunken turtles?"
"Of course not!" Song Yunwen shook his head: "And even if you are willing to do so, they may not necessarily agree to our surrender! Don't forget who is in power in the imperial capital now! It's Zhao Ziyue, that bastard of the Senate! The Senate has always been at odds with us, how can this group of bastards leave us any way out? Even if we surrender, do you think they will accept it? Or will they really not use those shady means to kill us henchmen?"
Song Yunwen's voice was a little hoarse, and his words directly poured a basin of cold water on the mania in the hearts of the originally angry people. Those who originally wanted to surrender in order to make their name were also cold, the struggle between the Senate and the nobility had existed for thousands of years, and it was not a day or two that they were mortal enemies of each other. Even if you surrender yourself at this time, how can you get their original redemption? Everyone is not stupid, and they all know very well that such a thing is impossible, that is, they have already embarked on a road of no return!
"So, Dashuai, what are your plans?" At this time, Wang Peng cleared his throat and said: "Now, our situation is like this, and we have no way out. I, Wang Peng, the commander of the 13th Army of the Song Family, wish that only the handsome man will be the first to look forward to the horse, and fight to the death!"
Under the leadership of Wang Peng, a large number of people fell to their knees in the camp, and only a few people sat there with some confusion. Xu Shiming looked at these unresponsive guys with some sadness, and then fell to his knees with the sleeves of his robe, buried his head down, and tried his best to hide himself like everyone else.
"My plan?" Song Yunwen nodded, his eyes crossed everyone, his eyes as sharp as a blade swept across the bodies of the generals present, and everyone who was stared at trembled, and an irresistible chill rose in their hearts. And the panic in the hearts of the generals who did not kneel was even more serious. One of them, not knowing whether it was a sudden figure or fear in his heart, fell to his knees with a thud, and the chain armor on his body made a noise with a loud noise, which was particularly harsh in the dead silence of the camp.
"My plan is very simple, we are the warriors of the Beitian District, and we are the pride of the Beitian District! Even if the Beitian District abandons us, we can't be as treacherous as them! I decided to use our flesh and blood to turn into an impassable city wall, so that the guys of the Southwest Alliance Army know what is the backbone and backbone of the people of the Beitian District!"
"Only the handsome horse is the first to look forward!" Song Yunwen said very excitingly, and many of those generals were also transferred by him. There was a lot of pride in his heart, but only Xu Shiming showed a strange sneer at the corner of his mouth in the invisible corner: Song Yunwen said all kinds of pride, but in essence, he couldn't tell what he was thinking about. If what he thinks is not bad, this guy wants to use Song Jiajun's 100,000 flesh and blood to win a political capital for himself - political capital that Koster and Zhao Ziyue can't do to themselves!
"Dashuai, I don't think we should be like this!" At this moment, a voice that was not very harmonious sounded. Song Yunwen frowned and looked over, only to see that the other party was an old man about the same age as himself, this one was also famous among the Song family, and he was once the first generation of the Song family army who grew up like Song Yunwen, but he was old and didn't like to mix so much. Only this time, he stood up very unsociably and said, "Song Yunwen, this time, I don't think we can listen to you anymore!"
"Really?" Song Yunwen's eyes narrowed into a slit, he didn't doubt that this old guy of the same era as himself couldn't see his true intentions, but he hoped that this guy could be smarter, not so uninteresting, and he still needed to do something himself.
It's just a pity that his hopes were dashed. The veteran stared at Song Yunwen's eyes, not afraid of his blade-like eyes at all, and said coldly: "The Song family army is also a force in the Northern Heaven Region no matter what, even if Zhao Ziyue and His Majesty Koster have conflicts with you, he will not do anything angry and resentful of the country." And as long as we can make a meritorious service, even if they want to attack us, they will never endanger our soldiers, you say yes, Marshal!"
"So, you don't agree with me, Silva?"
"That's right, my handsome!"
A trace of gunpowder smelled in the tent, Xu Shiming looked at the two respected old men facing each other with a lot of playfulness, and smiled coldly in his heart: "The show has begun!"
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