Wolf smoke
The swaying bonfire, the swaying gaze, the swaying look, the crumbling atmosphere;
Everything in the entire fortress seemed to be in Zheng Fan's silence, looking so panicked.
The brutes standing around them unabashedly looked at the women in the corner, as if they were about to set fire.
Since that night, they have followed the young patriarch's trajectory to the dock fort until now, they are like beasts bound by an iron cage.
From north to south,
And here again,
foreign country
war
night
All of them are the elements that loosen the cage, and some of their instincts have gradually recovered.
The Qianguo people call Yan people Yan barbarians, which is actually a kind of regional discrimination, which is similar to the mutual blackening between various regions in later generations.
But whether it is the Yan people or the Qianguo people, the title of barbarian has long gone beyond the concept of contempt in the circle of the same kind, and has even risen to the concept of race.
The barbarians are a bunch of beasts in the form of humans!
Liang Cheng stood on the side, his eyes slightly closed, as if he couldn't see everything around him.
Zheng Fan slowly raised his head, his eyes slowly swept over the barbarians around him, and said in brute words:
"Miss a woman?"
The barbarians nodded frantically one by one, and even began to swallow saliva subconsciously, Zheng Fan's words were very implicative, and they were already a little impatient.
"Whether it is a woman from Yan Country or a woman from Qianguo, whoever lets me know that if I touch them, I will make anyone regret being born in this world."
"Poof!"
"Poof!"
All the brutes fell to their knees, trembling.
Liang Cheng also opened his eyes slightly.
"I'll only say these things once, and when the rest of your clansmen come, tell them for me."
After that,
Zheng Fan stood up,
Walked up the steps of the fortress.
Liang Cheng glanced around, and simply ordered in brute language:
"Watch, watch."
subsequently
He also walked up the steps.
Tonight, I can't see many stars in the sky, and I can't see the moon, so I guess it's going to rain tomorrow.
Zheng Fan heard the footsteps coming from behind, and naturally knew who was coming, and said:
"Do you think that the order I just gave is very unkind?"
There are some things that are hard to avoid,
Every war and killing will be mixed with the mournful wails of women.
"Subordinates are only responsible for carrying out the orders of the Lord."
"I thought you'd think I'd be blind."
Of course, Zheng Fan knew that letting the barbarians under his command indulge them, firstly, it could boost their morale, and secondly, it could also gain their loyalty.
The old boys of later generations choose the boss to see which boss can give them food, give them money to spend, and give them their sister to sleep.
"Subordinates understand."
"Actually, if they weren't barbarians, they were serious Yan cavalry, and if they wanted to play with those women, I don't think they would object.
Anyway, the women in this fortress also make a living from this, and they are not a good family;
After the work is done, I will give the pen and silver as a thank you fee, and everyone will be happy. ”
"Lord, my subordinates feel that if you give silver, those women below are also willing to receive barbarians."
Zheng Fan turned around and looked at Liang Cheng, his eyes were a little deep,
Said slowly:
"I'm just in the double standard, okay?"
"Okay."
"I don't think I'm from Yan Guo, I don't have much sense of belonging to Yan Guo, to be honest, originally, there may be a little bit, if I live in Hutou City for a longer time, if I don't experience that time to do bait people."
Liang Cheng stood on the side and listened quietly.
"I don't have a sense of belonging to Qianguo, maybe because I was an official of Yan State, I have an instinctive rejection of Qianguo.
But for the barbarians, even if Shatuoque Stone is still lying in the coffin in the Cuiliu Castle, I respect him, but for the barbarians, I owe any good feelings.
I don't know where I stand, but I'll be furious if I see the barbarians do it to the women here. ”
"Lord, you don't have to explain so much to me."
"I'm afraid that my willfulness will have an impact on your future dominance over them."
"The Lord is too worried, you underestimate our methods too much, since they entered the Meijiawu that night, we have been committed to shaping the image of the Lord into a terrible devil in their hearts.
Every night, the blind man brainwashes them.
In their hearts, you are the devil, and it is perfectly normal for the devil to make them do things that go against their nature.
Even, they will feel that this is the devil's punishment for them, but this kind of punishment, they are willing to eat.
The order you have just given may seem difficult for them to accept, but in fact, the pleasure generated in their hearts may be stronger than that of a woman. ”
"............" Zheng Fan.
Therefore, you really shouldn't be lazy, because you can't get up early to accompany them to train because you practice needlework at night;
At night, because I had to practice needlework, I had to go to bed early and couldn't accompany them to do ideological education and study;
Otherwise, you don't even know what kind of image your own men have arranged for you in the hearts of these brutes.
This image,
What a TM pervert!
"In fact, any army that uses wine, meat, money, food or women to boost morale is originally an inferior method, and the most important thing is to attract them with an existence that is beyond the material."
Zheng Fan glanced at Liang Cheng and said:
"Your mind is dangerous."
"The blind man gave them a dream in which they later returned to the desert, and with our support they founded a tribe of their own.
That tribe, there was no war, no killing, there was, cows, sheep and oases and the laughter of children.
For this dream, in order to realize this dream, these 500 barbarians will follow us to the death, even if they only survive one person, that person, will witness this dream for them. ”
"I suddenly felt that they were a little pitiful."
"The really pitiful ones are the people who don't dream of living in this world."
"Alright, let's get down to business."
"Yes, Lord, what are you going to do next?"
"What else can be done? Heh, I didn't greet the blind man in advance when I came out this time, if we go back like this, do you know how the blind man will arrange me behind his back? ”
"The blind don't dare to arrange the master."
"He will say that Zheng Fan, the captain of the anti-pornography brigade of the Cuiliubao Police Station of the Dayan Empire, led his warriors to bravely cross the national border and go to neighboring countries to help neighboring countries eliminate pornography and help them build a spiritual civilization society."
"Lord, your mind is also dangerous."
"In short, just go back like this, I'm not reconciled, this is not the war I imagined, look at the reaction of those guys who squatted down with their heads in their hands when we just went in, this is sweeping!"
Liang Cheng nodded and said, "It's not a war as imagined by his subordinates. ”
Zheng Fan put his hand on the battlements and said with emotion:
"It's because we thought about Qianguo too normally before."
Liang Cheng nodded, obviously, agreeing with the idea.
Because during the night attack before, it was not only Zheng Fan who fought wits and courage with the air, but also him.
Thinking that when he approached this fortress before, he was hidden, roundabout and lurking, and he, a cold zombie, actually had the illusion that his face was hot.
"A hundred years of peace, the replacement of several generations, is enough to wear away too many things. Actually, I should have thought of it a long time ago, and I should have thought of it after seeing the ruins of Cuiliu Castle.
It's just that at that time, I always felt that it was because of the arrogance of the Yan people, who looked down on the Qianguo, and the Jingnan Army stationed in Yinlang County, so the border town defense system was abandoned.
But this is actually the inevitable result of time, too long of peace, the machine will rust, let alone people?
Did you just hear what the fort commander said, the Qianguo border army has a serious shortage of food and salary, and the shortage is also serious, and he, the fort commander, can even make money and turn a fort that is at the forefront of the defense system against Yan into a red tent. ”
"The corruption of officials and the slackness of armaments are a fate that no dynasty can stop." Liang Cheng said.
"Tsk, I'm really looking forward to it, this generation of emperors of Yan Kingdom is a hero, and this generation of Zhenbei Marquis obviously has an extraordinary relationship with the emperor.
I don't know exactly how the Jingnan Army is, but how elite the Zhenbei Army is, you and I have seen it.
If the Emperor of Yan State solves the domestic gate lord forces, appeases the desert barbarians, and then transfers the Zhenbei Army to the south, can the defense line of this Qianguo country that has been hollowed out be able to stop the 300,000 iron cavalry of the Zhenbei Army? ”
Liang Cheng shook his head and said with certainty:
"I can't stop it."
There is no objection to this, because the Zhenbei Army is indeed a first-class iron cavalry in the world.
"But that's another story, next step, I'm going to ......"
As he spoke, Zheng Fan turned around and pointed to the south,
"Continue south!"
Liang Cheng sighed and said, "Lord, please allow your subordinates to say something against your will." ”
"You say."
"It's too dangerous, and it's too reckless."
"Honestly?"
"The Lord is wise."
Obviously, Liang Cheng was not happy.
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from under the fortress, and because it wrapped the horses' hooves, the sound sounded a little dull.
The barbarians inside the fortress immediately opened the door and brought in their companions from outside.
"There is one more thing that I need to ask the Lord, what should I do with the rest of the people in this fortress?"
Zheng Fan did not answer, but asked rhetorically:
"What do you think?"
…………
"Bang dang!"
A golden-handled dagger was thrown by Liang Cheng in front of Zhao Changgui.
Zhao Changgui and the chief beside him showed greed in their eyes after seeing this golden luster.
This fortress has a fort chief, that is, Zhao Changgui, originally there should be four, under the jurisdiction of forty soldiers, plus some other staff, if it is full, there are about fifty people.
But the actual amount of this fort is only half.
It is very likely that the extremely large army of the Qianguo border army will only remain on paper, and the share of this empty salary is almost half.
Of the two chiefs, one of the few people who was cut down before was unlucky.
Therefore, the two highest-ranking people in the fortress are Zhao Changgui and this chief named Xu Defu.
"Dayan's army will soon move south, we are the pathfinder vanguard of the army, and now, in front of me, there are two choices.
At the same time, it is also the choice of the two of you;
One, I will now order that all the people in your fortress be killed and brought back to your head as a military merit. ”
When Liang Cheng said this,
Zhao Changgui and Xu Defu both showed horror in their eyes.
"The second option is very simple, we can treat it as if tonight's incident did not happen at all, as for what to do with the dead and how to keep the mouth shut of the survivors, you two should have your own way.
I can even promise you that when the Great Yan army goes south in the future, you will all survive, and you will all have a credit waiting for you. ”
This is actually co-optation.
"I do, I do!" Xu Defu immediately kowtowed and shouted.
"I do, I do!" Zhao Changgui also kowtowed immediately, for fear that his performance would not be as positive as Xu Defu.
"Today, your fortress has been breached by us, and once this matter is publicized, your superiors will definitely not let you go."
"Yes, yes, we understand, we understand." Zhao Changgui nodded immediately.
"I was in a hurry to go out, and I didn't bring too much gold and silver, but we will send someone to contact you in the future, as long as you can do things for us with peace of mind, your benefits are indispensable."
"Thank you, General!"
"Thank you, General!"
Liang Cheng saw that it was almost there, and walked out of the room.
Xu Defu and Zhao Changgui, who were kneeling on the ground, glanced at each other, and they could see the horror and happiness in each other's eyes.
It's been almost a hundred years since the border was peaceful, and they actually ran into the Yan people, but fortunately, the two of them saved their lives, and they might even get a fortune because of it.
Four hundred barbarians who had rested for less than half an hour came out of this fortress, and the target was to guide the direction!
There are many things they have to do tonight, like naughty children who have finally gone out, and they will never go home if they don't have fun.
Zhao Changgui and Xu Defu stood on the wall of the fortress, watching the cavalry troops heading south gradually disappear from their field of vision.
"Hoo ......"
Xu Defu breathed a long sigh of relief,
At this moment,
He was finally sure that he had really survived.
Zhao Changgui sat down with some weak legs, covering his chest with one hand, calming his heartbeat, and the feeling of the rest of his life after the catastrophe made him a little suffocated.
"Fort Chief, go down later, we will gather all our subordinates, talk to them about the matter, and tell them that once the matter of the fall of the fortress today leaks out, we will not be able to survive one by one, and then dispose of the two thorns, and the women in the fortress will not allow them to pick up customers in the near future, and this matter will almost be buried."
"Well, the few who died, they reported that they had escaped, anyway, this kind of thing is also common in various fortresses, Ming'er will find a place nearby to dispose of their corpses, do it simply, and leave no traces."
"Well, I understand, but, maybe, it's also a wealth for us, the Yan people, it's finally going south, others don't know, don't we know what our army has become of rotten?
Everyone is not well fed and clothed, and the officials and masters in the city only know how to chant poems and flog us warriors;
The military general only knows how to drink the blood of the soldiers, deduct our food, and let us not even fill our stomachs.
Once this Yan people go south, we can't stop it, it's really unstoppable, now we can get in touch with the Yan people, in the future, we can also save our lives, maybe we can win a good future! ”
Zhao Changgui nodded and said, "You're right, here, sooner or later, it will be the place of the Yan people, and we, sooner or later, will also be the Yan people." ”
Followed by
Zhao Changgui said again:
"You go down now, call out the group of people from our fellow villagers, and control the situation, but you must not go wrong."
"Alright, Castle Chief, I'll go."
Xu Defu walked past Zhao Changgui and went down the steps.
But at this moment,
An arm suddenly grabbed his neck from behind, and then the dagger with the golden handle was stabbed into Xu Defu's neck.
"Poof!"
Xu Defu turned his head to look at Zhao Changgui with a face full of disbelief,
Looking at this fort chief, who is very greedy for money on weekdays, and even the money earned by the women in the fortress with skin and flesh has to be skinned for three points.
"You............ You............ For............ For............ What'............"
The neck was pierced by a dagger, and the blood was gurgling out, but Xu Defu still spit out these words with difficulty.
Obviously, everyone just said it, and they discussed it, why...... Why?
"You............ Think............ Covet............ Greedy ............"
Zhao Changgui continued to strangle Xu Defu's neck, gasped, and said in a very trembling voice:
"No, I didn't want to be greedy for Yan people's merits, I didn't kill you for this."
"That............ That............ for ............"
Zhao Changgui put his mouth to Xu Defu's ear and continued to tremble:
"Haven't you seen someone standing next to the Yan people? It's a barbarian, it's a barbarian!
The Yan people have already colluded with the barbarians, they are going south together, they are going south together!
I...... I...... I can't, I can't just look at it, I can't, I can't, I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I ”
"You ............"
Xu Defu's body trembled once again and stopped moving.
He died with a heart full of incomprehension, and his eyes were wide open, and his unwillingness could be seen.
Zhao Changgui let go of his hand and looked at Xu Defu's body lying under him.
He slowly stood up, propped up the battlements with his hands, and began to walk forward.
More than ten years ago, Zhao Changgui spent a lot of silver and two dozen dots to inherit his father's position as the castle chief, and he had never even killed anyone in his life.
Because his father had never seen the cavalry of the Yan people in his life, he had never seen them, but he often saw the caravans of the Yan people.
When Zhao Changgui's feet stepped on the steps leading to the sentry tower, his feet trembled, and the whole person fell to the ground with a "poof".
He didn't rush to get up, but held his head and whimpered softly.
He was afraid, because he knew that once what happened in today's fortress leaked out, according to the military law of the Qianguo, he would definitely die!
He is not a literati, and there is a tradition that the cadres have a tradition of not being able to punish a sergeant, but he has never been soft on a thief like him!
"Going to die, going to die, going to die............"
Zhao Changgui kept muttering,
But slowly,
He stretched out his arms again and allowed himself to get up,
And then
He followed the steps again and continued to climb up the sentry tower.
finally
He climbed to the sentry tower.
His teeth bit his lip, blood had been bitten out, he kept gasping and tears were rolling in his eyes.
With a trembling hand, he took out the fire fold from his bosom,
"Swallow ............ Barbarians............ Swallow ............ Barbarians ............"
Zhao Changgui has never read, he doesn't know what the big truth is, he is greedy for money, otherwise he would not have opened the red tent in the fortress, during the day, attracting the fortress and the fortress guards from all directions to patronize here.
He loves money, he is afraid of death,
But I just don't know why,
As he watched the hundreds of barbarian cavalry head south in front of his eyes,
His heart,
Suddenly panicked.
"Whew............ Call............ ............"
Zhao Changgui calmed his breath, held the fire fold in his left hand, and prepared to order the primer, and then raised the wolf smoke.
Zhao Changgui had long forgotten what the meaning of a few wolf smoke and what color wolf smoke represented, he hadn't lit it, and his father hadn't lit it, but he felt that he should light the wolf smoke now, and he felt that he should do it.
He thought he was crazy, but crazy...... It's crazy!
The fire fold is sent under the lead......
"Bang!"
A stone hit Zhao Changgui's hand, and the fire broke and rolled to the ground.
Zhao Changgui raised his head in some astonishment, and saw two people who appeared on the side of the wall of the guard tower at some point.
These two people, he had seen before, one was obviously the principal, and the other had previously dropped a golden dagger that he had used to kill Xu Defu.
"As I said, your method will be very dangerous."
Zheng Fan said to Liang Cheng very calmly.
Liang Cheng shook his head and said, "My negligence"
"This is because of your personality, you don't like to analyze human nature, you think it's unnecessary, and you don't bother to do that, you have to learn from the blind."
"Hmm."
Liang Cheng turned his head and looked at Zhao Changgui.
Zhao Changgui sat paralyzed on the ground, he knew that he had no chance, and a touch of despair appeared on his face.
"Bang dang!"
A knife was thrown by Zheng Fan in front of Zhao Changgui.
Zheng Fan stretched out his finger and pointed at the knife and said:
"It's a man, give you decency, and finish yourself off."
Zhao Changgui picked up the knife on the ground,
Nodding,
Hold the handle of the knife with both hands,
First, he aimed the knife at his stomach,
After a moment's hesitation,
Then he put the knife on his neck,
Tears and snot almost soaked his face.
"Bang Bang ......"
The knife was thrown to the ground again by Zhao Changgui.
Zheng Fan narrowed his eyes and said:
"What's wrong?"
Zhao Changgui leaned back and leaned against the wall, with a little shame on his face.
A little embarrassed to say:
"Do me a favor, you guys...... Do it...... Kill me......"
Liang Cheng said:
"Why?"
Zhao Changgui wiped the tears and snot on his face with his cuffs,
Road:
"Let you see the smile, I'm cowardly, I don't dare to kill myself......"