Chapter 44: The Struggle for Righteousness
The sky slowly brightened, and although the flames on the entire mountain road had been extinguished, the curling white smoke was still slowly rising.
At night, it is too dark to see the situation on the mountain road.
Now that the sun has risen, everyone can see the situation on the mountain road.
Originally, everyone was worried that the effect of these traps they set up was too poor, but now when they saw this mountain road, everyone was stunned on the spot.
On this not too long mountain road, many corpses can be seen lying on the ground at this time.
Some of them were burned by the flames and turned into a pile of charcoal, and they were completely indistinguishable from human form, some were blurred by the flesh trampled by the horses' hooves, and some were hung on their knees with wooden thorns piercing through them.
And on the steep slope, there are also many bloody and blurred guys at this time, because they are blocked by wooden thorns, and they do not roll down.
Their appearance was even more fleshy and terrifying.
Li Yi stood on this mountain road and suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and he remembered what his master had told him when he was about to go down the mountain.
"The Thousand Autumn Turtle shows the rise and fall, and benevolence and righteousness have always been national treasures."
Last night's trap massacre seemed to make him lose the "benevolence" that his master told him.
While the Night Wolf Battalion and the Hopeless Army are indeed guilty and deserve to die, the methods they used last night were indeed lacking in mercy.
Maybe they just tweaked the trap a little and wouldn't have so many people died.
And Qi Ning, who was beside him, couldn't help but lean against the side of the mountain wall after seeing this bloody and cruel picture, and began to vomit wildly.
She can be regarded as fine clothes and food since she was a child, and she has never seen this picture like purgatory on earth.
Like Li Yi, she began to feel guilty in her heart.
Although none of these plans were proposed by her, these plans were told to everyone by Ansu through her mouth.
At that time, she had no idea that these seemingly inconspicuous plans she had conveyed would lead to the loss of so many fresh lives.
"Don't have too much psychological burden, these people are either enemy spies or traitorous rebels, they should have been killed. Moreover, they have come to plunder us, and we will not kill them, but we will die. ”
Jingzizheng patted Li Yi's shoulder and comforted in a low voice.
"But after all, this is a fresh life, all raised by my father and mother!"
Li Yi was in a very low mood, and the flame carriages that were crazy about harvesting life last night were ignited by him himself.
It can be said that Li Yi is half responsible for the death of these people.
"Senior brother, you have to understand that both of us are enemies, we are both fighting for our lives, this is a war where either you die or I die."
Keiko's tone began to become serious.
He knew that although his junior brother was super strong in martial arts and his wisdom was also superb, he was still a teenager after all, and he actually retained the innocence of a child in his heart.
He must go through the training of red dust and must also pass the test of human nature, so that he can truly grow into a qualified man.
This is also the real purpose of their master Tai Jizi to let Li Yi go down the mountain to practice.
In the past, he also walked out of the mountain gate of the Guigu faction with a pure heart, and at that time he was also a golden and innocent person.
But in the end, he completed the transformation from a young man to a man, and his heart has also changed a lot.
When he saw too much of the injustice and hardship in this world, he realized that his own modest strength alone could not change anything.
So he made a grand wish in this life: to raise the power of public weapons and seek for the common people.
That's why he has been obsessed with the imperial examination over the years, so that he has repeatedly failed but still failed repeatedly.
"It is said that God has the virtue of a good life, and if we kill so many people, we are afraid that we will be haunted by unjust souls in the future, right?"
Qi Ning vomited all the sour water in his stomach before he asked Jing Zizheng tremblingly.
"Zi Bu is strange and confused, but even if there are really ghosts and gods, these guys should be haunted by unjust spirits!"
Jing Zizheng didn't care.
"Yes, Li Gongzi Qi, girl, don't think too much, none of these guys are murderous demons, they have been robbing caravans in the border area all these years, and the people who died in their hands are afraid that we will kill dozens of times more than we killed tonight."
Yang Ping said with a smile on his chubby belly.
At this time, his mood was not affected by these dead corpses at all, and in his opinion, the guys who dared to hit the attention of his caravan were innocent.
"I'm waiting to kill these guys now to avenge the tragic deaths of those who died at their hands, which is a good deed."
Zhu Gengshi stood there with a long knife and began to comfort the two, at this time his left calf was wrapped in a bandage.
Although he was extremely martial in last night's battle, the number of opponents was too large, and he was still cut in the calf by one person, and the injury was not too serious.
"That is, we don't know how many other innocent people we will save if we kill them today."
Everyone else thought they deserved to die.
Li Yi looked up at the sun that was starting to get brighter and brighter in the distance, then took a deep breath before he turned around and walked to the center of the convoy.
At this time, he had already figured out that maybe these people were innocent and there was nothing wrong with their actions, but he still had to remember the master's entrustment in his heart to be a benevolent and righteous person.
This will be the rule of his life for the rest of his life.
Then the group began to clean up the battlefield, although these Night Wolf Battalion and the Hopeless Army were not regular troops, but his weapons and armor were much stronger than those of the average border army.
After all, most of the military supplies they plundered in the border fortress over the years were military supplies of the Dayu Dynasty.
After disposing of the hundreds of corpses buried on the battlefield, the men had already collected the weapons and armor of the four wagons.
What made Yang Ping even happier was that they also found more than a dozen war horses not far from the mountain road.
These horses belonged to the cavalry of the Night Wolf Battalion, but when they dismounted, the horses were frightened by the flame carriage, so most of the horses were frightened and scurried around.
There were a number of horses that had tumbled down the slopes under the cliffs on the side of the road.
Several horses tripped over potholes in the ground and were crushed into pulp by the flaming wagons.
And the corpses of these war horses and those unlucky ghosts just filled the holes in the ground, so that the flaming carriage behind could charge so smoothly.
However, some horses were lucky enough to escape from the battlefield, and although a dozen of them were found by the caravan, some were estimated to have run away, and the caravan had no intention of looking for them again.
While everyone was busy cleaning up the battlefield, Li Yi and the others had already arrived in the center of the convoy.
At this time, the surviving soldiers of the Night Wolf Battalion and the Hopeless Army were all tied up here.
This includes the night wolf Cao Jiangyun.
Li Yi could see at a glance that Cao Jiangyun was the leader of this night wolf battalion, although he was shirtless and covered with black ash at this time.
The reason why Li Yi was able to recognize him as the leader of the Night Wolf Camp was completely from that person's momentum.
It's just that the momentum on Cao Jiangyun's body at this time is not a king's overbearing, at this time he is completely dejected, like a rooster who has been defeating.
Li Yi could see in his eyes that various emotions of remorse, unwillingness, anger, and depression were constantly intertwined.
Although this person had been smoked with smoke and ashes, Li Yi could still tell from his demeanor and demeanor that he was probably a scholar.
After all, some of his habitual movements are exactly the same as Keiko's.
"Don't you want to say something?"
Li Yi sat cross-legged in front of Cao Jiangyun.
"What is there to say, if you become the king and lose the king, I will lose and I have nothing to say."
Cao Jiangyun held his head high, looking arrogant.
"It's ridiculous that you, a remnant of the grassland, are embarrassed to pretend to be righteous and Lingran."
Keiko said with a look of disdain.
In fact, he also saw his identity as a scholar from Cao Jiangyun's demeanor.
However, since ancient times, literati have been despised and artists have been cheap, and Jing Zizheng instinctively hates Cao Jiangyun's pretentious posture very much, and the other party is a remnant of the grassland, so he hates him even more.
"Phew! If it weren't for your use of these tricks, you'd be the one who would have been captured right now. ”
Cao Jiangyun spat heavily and said angrily.
"Soldiers don't get tired of cheating, I don't understand this, it's really a grassland barbarian, and it's in vain that you have read the book of sages."
The corners of Keiko's mouth went up, with an expression of what kind of cheap you can do with me.
"The reason why Lin is a Lin is that virtue is not formal. Although I am a remnant of the grassland, I am familiar with the books of the sages, and I am an upright reader, not a barbarian as you say. ”
Hearing Jingzizheng say that he was a barbarian, Cao Jiangyun began to become excited.
Because he was indeed a descendant of the steppe tribe, the children in the village did not like to play with him when he was a child, and they all called him a barbarian.
Even when he explained that his ancestors were from the grassland tribe, his mother was a Dayu person, and he himself was a native of Dayu, he still changed the name of the children.
Later, he began to study the books of the sages assiduously, believing that if he studied diligently, he would eventually get rid of the stigma of barbarians.
But when he came of age and his father told him about his being the leader of the Night Wolf Battalion, he knew that his years of hard work had been in vain.
He knew that he would never be able to get rid of the title of "barbarian" in his life.
But he still hates it when people call him that, it's like a thorn in the deepest part of his heart, which always brings him the most pain.
"What a virtue, not form! Where do you think your virtue is? ”
This time, Li Yi asked in front of Jing Zizheng.
"Is your virtue to plunder military supplies? Or slaughter those innocent dart masters? Or brainwash these hopeless guys and send them to their deaths? ”
Li Yi didn't say a word, and his tone would become more calm.
Compared with Jing Zizheng's contempt, Li Yi completely hated this guy.
Because the battle that happened last night was ultimately the fault of this guy, and the dart masters who died in the col before were also killed because of him.
So many deaths were caused by this pretentious and inferior poor guy in front of him.
"I, I, although I am in Dayu, but I still care about the grassland, it is loyalty, I rope the ancestor Wu inherited the will of the ancestors, this is filial piety, I will take the lead in every battle, this is righteousness, this loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, I account for three things, can it not be considered virtuous?"
Cao Jiangyun said urgently.
Li Yi had to admire that this guy was indeed a talented and quick thinker, but he used it for sophistry.
"Hmph, all the tribes of the grassland knock on my border every year, kill my people, and kidnap my women and children, this is the behavior of birds and beasts, but it is an unrighteous act, but you say that you do this unrighteous act, you are loyal and filial? I think it's ridiculous, but it's pretty much the same. ”
Li Yi angrily kicked a stone away and said.
"Your clan thrives in my Dayu, eats my Dayu rice and grain, wears my Dayu clothes, and inherits my Dayu's favor, but you bewitch my Dayu people to kill each other and rob me of Dayu's materials, you say you are righteous?"
Li Yi pointed at the soldiers of the Hopeless Army and said angrily.
"I've never seen anyone as brazen as you!"
In the face of Li Yi's accusation, Cao Jiangyun originally wanted to refute a few words, but when he just opened his mouth, he found that he didn't know how to refute.
"I, the people of the grassland, why do we have to abide by the way of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness of you bullshit!"
Another tied up Night Wolf Battalion soldier immediately retorted.
Li Yi's eyebrows couldn't help but rise, and then the corners of his mouth rose and pointed at the man.
"See, this is the real grassland tribesmen, since you are barbarians, why are you afraid that others will call you that?"
Cao Jiangyun was speechless by Li Yi's words.
Indeed, as Li Yi said, he actually does not want to admit from the bottom of his heart that he is a barbaric, ignorant and barbarian.
Li Yi saw that Cao Jiangyun was not refuting him, so he pulled the night wolf battalion soldier who spoke just now out of the crowd.
Everyone didn't understand what Li Yi was going to do.
I saw Li Yi loosen the rope that bound the man, and then hooked his fingers at the man.
The man stood there in confusion, not knowing why.
And everyone else didn't know what Li Yi meant by this.
"I'll let you go if you win me."
When the man heard Li Yi say this, he couldn't help but frown, but he only thought for a moment before raising his fists and attacking Li Yi.
In his opinion, the young man in front of him was so young and thin, he looked like he was fifteen or sixteen years old at most, and he could still lose to a young man in his thirties.
It's just that when they saw this Night Wolf Battalion soldier rushing towards Li Yi, everyone in the Yang family's caravan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
When the man's fist was about to approach Li Yi's cheek, Li Yi suddenly launched it suddenly.
He dodged the man's punch with a short body, and then an elbow hit the man in the chest.
"This time it was for the people of Dayu who died tragically in your hands before."
Then he took advantage of the situation, one after another, and another cannon fist.
"This time it's for those dart masters who died tragically."
Then he struck the man in the face with another hook.
"This is for the hopeless army who have been deceived by you"
"This is for the border soldiers who died because of you."
"This is for the people of Youzhou who raised you."
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Li Yi roared angrily as he swung his fist and attacked.
It wasn't until the man was knocked to the ground by his punch that he completely lost consciousness and passed out that Li Yi didn't stop.
At this time, the emotions he suppressed in his heart were released.
"If you are not of my race, your heart will be different!"