"Wang Shuang, what happened? Why did you become like this?" General Cao Shen stepped forward and helped Wang Shuang, who was covered in blood.

"General, my subordinates are incompetent, and all the brothers under him are dead," Wang Shuang began to cry.

"General, this is how it happened! The brothers died so miserably! You must avenge the brothers!" After the last bit of strength was finished, Wang Shuang's head tilted, his legs stretched, and he could no longer breathe.

"Good brother, you can go in peace! I, Cao Li, swear to the sky, I will not avenge this revenge, and I will not be a man!" Cao Li, whose eyes were full of tears, put his hand on Wang Shuang's cheek and closed his eyes for him.

"Mr. Fu, give me all the men. I'm going to go to the Nangong family for revenge!" Cao Li gritted his teeth and said.

"Mr. Fu, don't blame yourself. I didn't even think of you. The poor ravine that has no village in front and no store in the back is actually the industry of the Nangong family. It's just that I wonder very much, when the situation is critical, Wang Shuang will definitely tell the people of the Nangong family that we are officials and soldiers, but why does that guy still have such a vicious hand? Doesn't he know that killing officials and soldiers is tantamount to conspiracy?"

Of course he does. But my lord, have you forgotten that the official army looted civilians, isn't it a capital crime?" Fu Gong sighed, "Besides, the Nangong family is one of the four major families of the Great Yan Kingdom, and even the Murong royal family has to give three points, how can Nangong Xiong be restrained because we are an official army?"

"But Mr. Fu, if it weren't for the mediocrity of the imperial court and the fact that the brothers hadn't paid their salaries for half a year, would I have done anything to rob and kill the people?" Cao Li said angrily.

Fu Gong was silent, he was really speechless. Not only the soldiers under General Cao Shen, but also the entire Great Yan Kingdom, there are few armies that can receive the food and salary distributed by the imperial court, let alone the full share. However, the soldiers were different from ordinary people, they could not do anything but fight, they could live on the food and salary issued by the imperial court, what could they expect?

Therefore, although the army of the Great Yan Kingdom seems to be a lot, in order to survive, many have been reduced to the private armies of local magnates. Strictly speaking, it no longer belongs to the official army of the Great Yan Kingdom. The few who remained independent, and had to occasionally visit the bandits, thieves and bandits. When the officials and soldiers who were originally used to protect the family and defend the country and the people became robbers and thieves. The erosion of this country can be imagined!

"The people of the Nangong family treat me Cao Li as a turtle with a shrunken head. I want to show them the truth that they are not only wrong, but they are outrageously wrong. Gather all the brothers and send troops to Nangong Mansion!" Cao Li waved his hand. Nangong Xiong, you are so ruthless! More than a dozen of my brothers have been slaughtered by you! If I still pretend to be deaf and dumb and ignore them, it will completely chill the hearts of these brothers who share the weal and woe with me!

"No, General Cao. After all, the Nangong family is one of the four founding families of my Great Yan Kingdom. Since the founding of the country, I have gone through countless storms without falling, which is enough to prove that the foundation of the Nangong family is very strong. It's really unwise for us to seek revenge rashly!"

"What kind of bullshit is that the four major families of the Great Yan Kingdom? In today's Great Yan Kingdom, the Shangguan family has Shangguan Yunlong in charge, the Tuoba family has Tuoba Hong in charge, and the Huangfu family has Huangfu Yan in charge. These three old guys have reached the ultimate state of human beings, and they can crush us to powder with a raise of their hands. These three families, we can't afford to provoke, and we don't dare to provoke!"

"But what about the Nangong family, since their old master Nangong Meng and the Holy Lord First Emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom died together, they have long since lost their current bravery. And Nangong Yun, the son of Nangong Meng, who had high hopes for him, is also a person who has no ambitions and is romantic. In order to be chic*, he simply abandoned the Nangong family and went alone happily and chicly, without a trace. ”

"Today's Nangong family's head Nangong Yi is just a hairy boy in his twenties, or a waste man whose legs are disabled and can only be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. What is there to be afraid of such a Nangong family? Mr. Fu, I have made up my mind, so I don't need to say more!"

"My lord, although what you said is true, after all, the Nangong family is also one of the four major families of the Great Yan Kingdom. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and if you go like this, you will definitely lose both, and it is not worth it!

"Then that's it?" Cao Li gritted his teeth. Although he was extremely angry at this time, after all, it was his own think tank standing in front of him, and it was Mr. Fu, whom he respected very much, and his opinion could not be ignored.

"Forget it, of course you can't just forget it!" Fu Gong stroked his sparse beard and sneered, "My lord, we can send someone to repair a book and send it to Nangong's house, saying that the general admires the Nangong family and hopes that the head of the Nangong family will come to my military camp as a guest." And then, we'll ask them for an explanation!"

"I dare to conclude that the Nangong family, which is not as good as the old one, does not want to fight with us and lose both. As long as we take a step back, the Nangong family will definitely accept it when we meet it. My lord, don't forget that the Nangong family has a big business, and a little blood is enough for us to spend for a few years!"

"Sure enough!" Cao Li nodded slightly, but after a little thought, he still shook his head, "The people of the Nangong family are not so stupid, I'm afraid that the so-called family master won't come here alone!"

"So we're going to make a big noise, and we'd better make it known. After all, the Nangong family is a famous family, and they are too timid to go to the appointment, they can't afford to lose this person. Fu Gong said leisurely.

"Okay, I'll fix the book!" Cao Li was overjoyed.

"General, set the meeting time in three days!" Fu Gong's voice couldn't help but be low.

"Why?"

"Take advantage of these few days, bring back those brothers who died in vain, and bury them in a beautiful way!" Fu Gong's voice became unusually low.

"Sir, you are truly benevolent and righteous!" Cao Li sighed sincerely.

"Okay, Mr. Fu, if you have anything else to do now, hurry up and deal with it!" Cao Li suddenly waved his hand tiredly.

"This" Fu Gong was stunned.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Fu, I want to be alone and quiet!" Cao Li waved his hand tiredly.

Fu Gong suddenly realized, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again, "Then, general, my subordinates won't spare you." ”

In the handsome tent, Cao Li was finally left alone, and he sat here quietly, motionless. Silence, the only thing that accompanies him is silence. But suddenly, Cao Li stretched out his fist violently and smashed it towards the desk in front of him, and suddenly, sawdust flew.

"Looting and killing the people and plundering their belongings as military supplies, Cao Li, don't you feel too ashamed to do this? Have you forgotten that you and your subordinates are the officials and soldiers who protect the Great Yan Kingdom, not the thieves who harm the people!" An indescribable sense of shame appeared on his face.

Think about how much I joined the army back then, but with the lofty goal of defending the country and protecting the people, I also had the blood of sincere loyalty and patriotism. I am eager to go to the battlefield of war to make contributions, for the sake of the Great Yan Kingdom, for Your Majesty, for the people of the world, and fight with the enemy in a bloody battle, even if the horse leather shroud is still alive, he will never regret it.

But who would have thought that for so many years, not only did he not realize his grand ambition, but instead became a gang of bandits who wore the robes of officials and soldiers and harmed the people.

It is worth mentioning that over the years, the Great Yan Kingdom, with its vast territory and large population, can have nearly one million officers and soldiers. However, the court seemed to have forgotten the existence of these millions of people, and for several years there was only a trace of food and salary, and there was not even a sound. Under such circumstances, the millions of officers and troops of the Great Yan Kingdom, many of the powerful people in various places who gradually became vassals of the Great Yan Kingdom, became their private armies.

And the general Cao Li, of course, also received a lot of strong solicitation orders. However, in the face of the extremely lucrative conditions proposed by the other party, Cao Li categorically refused. I, Cao Li and my brothers, are the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, and they can only serve the imperial court and your majesty. But you can't be the minions of you careerists!

But without an army that supplies them, life naturally became extremely embarrassing. In desperation, Cao Li finally chose the second way, plundering the people and supporting himself. Although this kind of behavior is also shameful, there is no way to do it.

Your Majesty, why don't you care about us? Do you really forget that the Great Yan Kingdom and our soldiers who are loyal to the monarch and patriotic Cao Li clenched his fists tightly. Tears began to blur his eyes.

And in Xichang City, the capital of the Great Yan Kingdom. On the school field, colorful flags flew and the sound shook the sky. Here, there are many people, countless people are spread over the entire school field, and a rough estimate shows that there are tens of thousands of people standing there. The group of soldiers armed with bright spears was rehearsing. The action is orderly, the advance and retreat are orderly, and the offensive and defensive transitions are like peers, which is extremely pleasing to the eye.

These soldiers were all burly and dignified, and they were wearing incomparably gorgeous bright armor, and they were very imposing and good-looking. Especially in everyone's eyes, there is arrogance that can't be hidden.

This is the forbidden army of the Great Yan Kingdom, the forbidden army specially used to protect the monarch of the Great Yan Kingdom, and it is also an elite soldier carefully selected from the nearly one million soldiers of the Great Yan Kingdom. As a forbidden army, naturally this team is also extremely loyal to Murong Yan, who is the monarch of the Great Yan Kingdom.

"Okay, good!" Seeing this hot scene on the school field, Murong Yan couldn't help but smile.

"Soldiers of the Forbidden Army, you are worthy of being the elite of my Great Yan Kingdom, and your performance makes me feel very gratified. But I want to ask you, are you loyal to me, are you loyal to the Great Yan Kingdom?"

"Swear allegiance to Your Majesty, swear allegiance to the Great Yan Kingdom!"

"Okay, well, are you so loyal to me and to the Great Yan Kingdom! I have a reward!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" was another unanimous roar of thunder.

"As long as you are sincere to me and to the Great Yan Kingdom, your rewards in the future will be indispensable. Murong Yan looked up to the sky and laughed. With such an elite soldier in my hands, what else is there to fear in the world?

"Your Majesty!" But when Murong Yan was extremely excited, someone gently pulled the corner of his clothes.

"Teacher, what's the matter?". When facing his teacher, Murong Yan's tone was always so gentle.

"Your Majesty! It is true that heavy rewards can improve the morale of the soldiers, and even more so that they will be extremely loyal to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty, don't you think your reward is too ordinary?" Xi Ren shook his head, "Your Majesty, if I'm not mistaken, Your Majesty will give a big reward for three days and a small reward for two days. Not only are the rewards becoming more frequent, but the amount of each reward is also increasing!"

"What the hell is the teacher trying to say?"

"Your Majesty, what the minister wants to say is that only those who have worked hard to win it will people feel that it is precious. And His Majesty's frequent rewards, I am afraid that the incentive effect on the soldiers will become less and less. Your Majesty, you can reward you, but you must reward you for your merits, and you can't reward them indiscriminately!"

"Teacher's words are wrong! The soldiers of the forbidden army are sincere to me, and the sun and the moon can see from me! With this kind of loyalty, shouldn't they be rewarded? Besides, it can become a sharp weapon in my hands, and the soldiers train every day, and they don't know how much hardship they have suffered. Teacher, as a monarch, if you want a man to be loyal to you, you must subdue his heart! Is money just something outside of your body, and you should not care too much about it!"

"But Your Majesty, there are millions of soldiers in my Great Yan Kingdom, why don't you consider subduing their hearts?" Xi Ren knew very well that in the Great Yan Kingdom, there were nearly a million soldiers, and these million soldiers had not seen a penny of money for several years.

"Teacher, as the saying goes, there are not many soldiers in the elite, do you know how astronomical the annual expenses of millions of soldiers are?

"But Your Majesty, if you ignore these millions of soldiers, I'm afraid that those who have ill intentions will take advantage of it!"

"So what? Not to mention whether the millions of soldiers scattered throughout the Great Yan Kingdom are loyal to me. In terms of combat effectiveness, are they comparable to these thousands of loyal and righteous people?" Between Murong Yan's eyebrows, he couldn't hide his arrogance.

"But"

"Teacher, there is nothing to do! This forbidden army of mine, both in terms of personnel and equipment, is the best of the best, plus diligent training every day. Such a soldier is not considered elite, so what is elite? Coupled with my rich reward, once I encounter the enemy, I will be like a hungry wolf, and I will be able to tear the enemy apart completely!"

"But"

But Murong Yan was already reluctant to deal with his teacher, so he simply turned his head, "Okay, today's training is over, and the soldiers, go back to the camp to rest!"

"Your Majesty!" the voice was as loud and uniform as ever, majestic and majestic. Tens of thousands of forbidden troops retreated in an orderly manner. But after the drill is over, the clothes and armor of these tens of thousands of soldiers of the forbidden army are still so bright and fresh, still so stainless as a trace of dust, and they still can't even see a little sweat. "Your Majesty, do you really think that such an army can be counted as elite soldiers?" Xi Ren looked up to the sky and sighed.