Chapter Eighty-Eight: What about the deserters?

The siege of Huaxing County by the three major commanders has completely spread in Huaxing County

Especially when the three major commanders have all gathered, the entire Huaxing County seems to be calm, but there is a turbulent dark tide inside.

"My lord, the three major commanders of Jinnan Mansion have surrounded Huaxing County, among which Commander Xue and Commander Zhao appeared at the front gate of Huaxing County, while Commander Wang appeared at the back gate of Huaxing County, blocking the way for us to flee to the Chengyan region, what should we do next?"

Liu Fucai, Wang Degui, Shishi, Zhao Zhi, Zhang Bin, Liu Gui and others gathered in the military tent together, looking respectfully at Chen Zhang in front of them, they were making the final mobilization.

"The speed is really fast, how is the morale of our army? Are there any changes to the new recruits, craftsmen, and people in the logistics department now?"

Chen Zhang didn't ask at first, but asked about the personnel, after all, recruiting people is the same thing.

But in a desperate situation, the absence of deserters is another matter.

"Some of the newly recruited soldiers of the lord have already appeared rumors, and even deserters, it seems that they are not optimistic about us"

Wang Degui smiled bitterly and shook his head

Liu Fucai nodded and said

"But none of the veterans flinched, but they were all willing to retreat with the Lord,"

"Okay, that's good, our team recruits a lot, but the most important thing is to have this heart, can't hold back, so this time is also a test for us, if there are soldiers who want to retreat, let them go, don't be far-fetched, don't make some tough gestures, there is a way that is a strong melon is not sweet, only those who stay are our own people."

Chen Zhang's eyes rolled.

Under normal circumstances, once you join the army and want to desert, you will definitely be dealt with by military law, but Chen Zhang didn't think much about it.

If you want to go, you can go, no matter how big it is, and the more people who go, the weaker the strength of your own army. When the time comes, the probability of defeat will be higher if the war starts.

Of course, this kind of thinking can't be said, otherwise everyone in front of him won't agree, so he made an excuse.

"Your lord is so merciful that I don't think it's right at all, and if it does, it will cause a big deserter."

Shi frowned slightly, and immediately spoke

Such a thing cannot happen with any army, deserters go unpunished, and there will be a big rout in any army.

"Wait, I know what your concerns are, but my idea is that what we need is a group of like-minded people, to build a world where everyone has food, everyone has a house, everyone has a school, then there must be a group of like-minded people, not to use forceful methods to bring people together, they will gather together today because of military law, and then they will defect because of fear, and we don't need such people."

Chen Zhang directly began to continue to flicker, and everyone who said such a routine was forced to say it one by one.

"The lord is right, what we need is like-minded companions with us, I believe that all the generals and soldiers of my barbarian army are willing to advance and retreat together with the lord."

Shi Zhao Zhi glanced at each other, patted his thigh, and said sternly

They're basically veterans and have that kind of self-confidence

Liu Gui and Zhang Bin gritted their teeth lightly and raised their heads

"My lord, our newly recruited soldiers may really be afraid to run away, as the adults said, but we will do ideological work with them and tell them that only by following the adults can they live a good life."

Looking at everyone's expressions, Chen Zhang nodded with satisfaction, and his eyes rolled

If there were a big deserter, it would be a great thing.

He said with a deep breath

"In this case, then you go down and make it clear to the soldiers, don't force the move, this time is also a hard battle for us, as long as we can defeat the officers and soldiers, then the victory will definitely belong to us, and then we will be able to go to Ninghai County."

"Obey Your Lord's Orders"

"Obey the Lord's Command"

Everyone present hurriedly clenched their fists, and soon continued to discuss how to lay out Huaxing County, and then began to work quickly.

As Chen Zhang expected, many of the 500 soldiers led by Liu Gui and Zhang Bin each had begun to feel frightened, and even had to flee

"What to do? What to do? I heard that the government has sent three major commanders over, and now we have arrived at the gate of Huaxing County, and we will not be killed directly when we go to the battlefield."

"It's just that we shouldn't have signed up for this rogue in the first place, alas, I didn't expect such a thing to happen, I said let's run away quickly"

"Escape? I've already joined the rogue and want to escape! How to escape! There's no escape."

"What then? Do you just wait for death obediently? ”

"Don't be afraid, what are you afraid of, there are so many of us, everyone runs away together, even if he wants to, he can't be held accountable, when the time comes, the official army will attack on a large scale, I'm afraid this barbarian army will take care of itself, how can it still take care of us?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

"We can't be cared about at all, we can escape"

Many soldiers chattered and talked, and some had already figured out how to escape.

Liu Gui and Zhang Bin directly gathered the troops and told everyone that according to the absoluteness of the lord

If you are afraid, you can leave now, and there will be no one to pursue it.

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers present immediately talked about it, and they were dumbfounded, not knowing whether it was true or false, and they were afraid that after the front foot left, the foot would be dealt with by military law.

Liu Gui took a deep breath, looked at the soldiers, and said word by word

"Brothers, I know that everyone is very afraid of the officers and soldiers, and everyone is desperate to join this barbarian army, but think about it. What was your life before joining the Barbarians, and what are you living now after joining the Barbarians?"

"Don't say anything else, at least you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, if you get military merits, your family can still have rewards, even if you drag your family with you, the barbarian army will be uniformly distributed, and even placed in the logistics department, so think about it, once you get out of the barbarian army, do you think you can survive? Will your family be able to survive? ”

"With the urine nature of the officers and soldiers, they have entered Huaxing County, I am afraid that they will definitely burn and loot, and when the time comes, will your children, your families, and your relatives still be able to survive?"

"Even if you don't burn and loot, you don't have the protection of the barbarians. What can your family and your children do in Huaxing County, do they still want to become displaced people and flee outside?

Liu Gui said word by word, his voice was loud, and the many soldiers below originally wanted to escape, but they looked at each other one and opened their mouths.

Some of the soldiers shouted as their faces changed constantly

"But I'm alone, I just don't want to die"

Liu Gui nodded

"You are indeed alone, but without the barbarian army, how long do you think you can live in these troubled times, will you be able to find a job or someone to feed and drink for you? Aren't you afraid that you will be killed by other rogues, or that if you encounter officers and soldiers who see that you are not pleasing to the eye, they will arrest you and kill you? ”

"If you can survive, will you still join the barbarian army?"

In just a few words, everyone present was instantly silent

After a few moments, a whispered conversation began

"Yes, I joined the barbarian army because of the good conditions of the barbarian army, saying that I can eat and live, and I am participating in it for a bite to eat, if I escape, wouldn't it be not full of food and clothing? By that time I'm going to be back to the old days."

"No, it's hard to have a good life for a few days, I don't want to starve in the cold machine"

"Me too, if I want some money for my wife and children at home, I didn't expect that if I joined the barbarian army, my wife and children would also be able to work in the logistics department, I heard my wife say that I would do some laundry work in the logistics department, and the children would also do some simple work, although they didn't eat much, but they were able to eat enough, if I left here, my wife and children would definitely be expelled from the barbarian army, what should I do at that time? They will starve to death. ”

"But now it's the officers and soldiers, the three commanders are attacking Huaxing County, if we fail, won't we still have to die?"

"So what, if we fail, we will indeed die, but if we succeed, won't we and our families survive?"

"Yes, we want to live a good life, we don't want to live that kind of life of displacement, we don't want to live a life of not having enough food and clothing."

Chen Zhang originally thought that with the pressure of the three major commanders of the government, the troops would break and flee, but he never expected that the people who could participate in the rogue were basically people who couldn't survive, and they even sold their lives for a bite to eat, who cared if the officers and soldiers were not officers and soldiers.

In particular, in order to increase the consumption of money, these new soldiers, if they have families, are also included in the logistics department.

This allows the families of these soldiers to at least have something to eat.

And now the arrival of officers and soldiers may allow them to return to a life without food and drink, which is simply unacceptable to the already poor people.

Maybe some people are afraid and want to escape, one person feeds and the whole family is not hungry, but the vast majority of people who drag their families will not leave if they want to.

They want to fight for their families.

For a bite to eat, even if it is a matter of life.

Listening to the discussions of the many soldiers below, Liu Gui nodded, his breathing became rapid, and he raised his hands and said

"Everyone, I'm like you, I used to be the people of Huaxing County, my sister, I believe everyone knows that they were captured in Washington, if it wasn't for the arrival of the barbarian army to break through Washington, my sister is afraid that she has now become a corpse. Most of you have had this experience, and you can't eat enough or wear warm clothes, so it can be said that the barbarian army has given me hope in life."

"Now I can give you one last chance, those who leave can leave, and if you don't leave, you can join me in resisting the officers and soldiers, as long as we can defeat the officers and soldiers, we can have a good life, our parents, our families, and our children can eat and dress well, and we can continue to live a good life with the lord, and build a society where everyone has food, everyone has their own house, and everyone has school."

"Or do you still want to starve, and you still want your parents and children to starve to death, or sell your sons and daughters to sell your wives?"

Selling sons and daughters and wives.

In just a few words, it almost exhausts the vicissitudes of the world and the sadness of ordinary people.

The many soldiers below almost had tears streaming down their eyes, and they remembered their past.

Some have relatives, and some have relatives who have long since fled or died in oppression

One by one, they showed angry expressions and raised their hands high

"Unwilling"

"Okay, since you don't want to, are you willing to fight with me to defeat the officers and soldiers, protect Huaxing County, and protect the barbarian army?"

"Defeat the officers and soldiers, protect the barbarians"

"Defeat the officers and soldiers and protect the barbarian army."

Loud shouts resounded almost throughout the schoolyard, and situations like this continued to spread throughout the army.

Originally, the emotions of fleeing in panic and running away were suppressed in an instant, if Chen Zhang knew this, he would definitely vomit out a mouthful of old blood.

The people he calculated were afraid of death, but he forgot that it was the end of the Dachang Empire, the army was in chaos, and the people were struggling to survive.

In order to be able to live, for a bite to eat, it was an era when you could even kill people and set fires.

The night is like ink, and the stars are dotted.

On the outskirts of Huaxing County, where the soldiers of Commander Xue and Commander Zhao gathered, the two of them were carefully studying the map of Huaxing County.

Although I have absolute self-confidence, I still have to be fully prepared for war.

"What is difficult to fight in Huaxing County is the city wall, that is to say, as long as we can send officers and soldiers to capture the city wall, we can break through Huaxing. According to the information we received earlier, the reason why the barbarian army attacked Xiahuaxing County was because of the cooperation between the inside and the outside to be able to take the city gate, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible for the barbarian army to attack Xiahuaxing County so easily."

Xue Ning analyzed carefully. Thinking of the success of the bandits' attack on Huaxing County, I don't think it's funny.

A Huaxing County was unexpectedly opened by Diao Min, who should be outside the city.

"Commander Xue is not wrong what you said, but I believe that the Manchu bandits also think the same, tomorrow's battle they will definitely seal the city gate tightly, it is quite difficult to attack, I think it should be attacked by our three parties at the same time, the front door, the back door at the same time, I don't believe it, can the barbarians in Huaxing County say that there are so many people who can attack and defend the two city gates at the same time?"

Zhao Yuming sneered.

"That's right, launching an attack at the same time should be foolproof, but I don't know what the situation in Huaxing County is now"

The two were talking to each other, and suddenly there was a murmuring voice outside, and a personal soldier ran over and said respectfully

"Commander Xue of Qiqi, commander of King Qiqi, someone outside asks to see him"

"Who is it?"

"The person on the other side is a wealthy businessman from Huaxing County, and he has something important to tell the two commanders."

what

People from Huaxing County.

The two of them were stunned at the same time, with some doubts, but they quickly reacted and waved their big hands

"Bring someone up."

After a while, two men dressed in splendid clothes were brought in, and as soon as they entered, they fell to their knees with a thud, and cried out with tears and snot

"The villain sees the two commanders, the adults can save Huaxing County, they are simply living Bodhisattvas, the villain asks the adults to quickly eliminate the barbarians, save Huaxing County, and rescue Huaxing County."