Chapter 18: Purgatory on Earth
"So, from the beginning...... You're not ready for me to break the city? In the west of the city, the houses around the city gate were in ruins, and Yang Chong sat on the edge of a collapsed window, spitting bloody phlegm fiercely, and looked up at Lu Xuan.
He thought of Lu Xuan's previous explanation, he didn't care about it at the time, but now that he thinks about it, Lu Xuan has already arranged all this clearly.
"This is the fastest way I can think of to break the city, I ......" Lu Xuan nodded, wanting to explain, but was interrupted by Yang Chong.
"My life, you saved it, Yang Chong can have today, and it is all up to you to help, don't mention this matter again, in fact, it's better for you to lie to me." Yang Chong spat out a turbid breath and looked at Lu Xuan with a wry smile.
Resentment, there must be.
In order to break the city, he gave his life to fight with the county guards of Sanyang County, and in the end he only attracted the enemy's troops, as a good brother, Lu Xuan gave the credit of breaking the city to others, how could he not have any mustard in his heart.
"You are my brother, a lifelong friendship, I am not a good person, but I will not lie to my own people, if this matter is told to you in advance, it is easy to be seen, then Guo Chang will not take out the elite around him." Lu Xuan sat beside him and sighed.
Guo Chang's strength was damaged, even after breaking the city, for the sake of the balance of the people below, he would not deal with Lu Xuan at will.
If Lu Xuan ran away at this time, it would not be a good thing for Guo Chang.
Although he didn't want to see Lu Xuan and was very jealous of Lu Xuan, Guo Chang also knew that among the gang of capitals under his command, Lu Xuan was the only one who would take care of the overall situation, and when it was difficult for his strength to suppress these capitals, if he forced Lu Xuan away, Sanyang County would really become a mess.
This is also the reason why he knew that he had been calculated by Lu Xuan and lost a large number of elites, but he still endured it, not just because he was afraid of Lu Xuan's personal strength.
Lu Xuan came to himself as soon as he broke the city, which made Yang Chong feel better, and at this moment, when he heard Lu Xuan say this, he got up and said: "I'm a rough person, I can't even write my name until now, it's not as smart as Ling and Ah Chao, as long as you don't dislike me for not having the ability, Yang Chong is willing to be with you for the rest of my life." ”
"Let's go, although the first merit is not yours, but you can win this battle, you have also made a great contribution, you should be yours, indispensable, by the way, go and see the means of the heavenly master." Lu Xuan then got up and hugged his shoulders and smiled.
There was chaos in the city, and the rebels rushed into the city like hungry wolves, robbing things when they saw them, and pounced on women when they saw them, and they were no different from bandits, or even worse than bandits.
The entire Sanyang County was filled with cries and terrible roars.
Many people took up arms to resist, and the power of the imperial court has been eliminated, but the resistance of the people in the city has not stopped.
A disheveled woman staggered out of the dilapidated room, and the moment she saw Lu Xuan and his party, her eyes showed a look of despair, and behind her were several giggling rebels, who hurriedly stopped after seeing Lu Xuan and his party.
"You're in the way!" Lu Xuan glanced at the woman, his eyes became indifferent, and he didn't say much, and pulled out the sword at his waist with his backhand and stabbed it into the woman's chest.
A flash of relief flashed in the woman's eyes, and her body fell softly in front of Lu Xuan as Lu Xuan pulled out her sword.
Lu ...... Lu Dutong. Several volunteers faced Lu Xuan, and they didn't dare to come out.
"Get out!" Lu Xuan didn't even look at them, and walked straight to the city with everyone.
Lu Chao couldn't help but clench his fists and turned his head to look at Lu Xuan: "Brother...... That's what the Reunification uprising is all about? ”
He knew why Lu Xuan did this, if this woman continued to live, facing her would be a hell where life was worse than death, of course Lu Xuan could save her, but there were countless similar encounters in this city, and they couldn't save her.
But this is by no means the world that Lu Chao wants to see, isn't the original intention of the rebels to save the people from fire and water? How is it that now it is pushing the people deeper into the abyss?
"The original intention may be, but it was not after the uprising began, the uprising of the Unification Church was too hasty, and the personnel were uneven, in this environment, even if it was a good person, it would slowly become like this." Lu Xuan sighed and said.
"Why?" Lu Chao clenched his fists: "Didn't they think that they were like this before?" ”
"If you don't rob, others will rob, the murderer and arson eat with fat brains, and women play, but those who keep the bottom line can only starve, and you have tried the taste of starvation, in this case, how many people can keep the bottom line?" The corners of Lu Xuan's mouth were a little mocking.
"There's no way to solve it?" Yang Chong frowned and said, this kind of scene, he is also very uncomfortable.
"Yes, but no." Lu Xuan nodded, then shook his head again.
"What do you mean?" Yang Chong and Lu Chao looked at Lu Xuan puzzled.
"The best way is to rectify military discipline, which is also good for the Unification Church itself, and it can win the hearts and minds of the people faster, but it can't be done." Lu Xuan sighed and said, this is also the reason why he is not optimistic about the Unified Sect.
The foundation of the Unification Church was the will of the people, but now this foundation is rapidly crumbling.
"Why can't you do it?" Lu Chao was puzzled.
"No one, no time." Lu Xuan said: "To do this, first of all, the commander and the commander can lead by example, and the biggest problem of the Guiyi Sect is here, I haven't seen other commanders, but Guo Chang, you have all seen it, he will do this kind of thing?" ”
"As for the time, the imperial court will not give the Guiyi Sect this time, look at it, the counterattack of the imperial court will come soon."
Yang Chong and Lu Chao thought about Guo Chang's appearance, and suddenly felt a little desperate in their hearts, is there really a future for the Guiyi Sect?
Along the way, there were abuses, robberies, and lewdness everywhere, and those rebels who looked poor and skinny on weekdays seemed to have turned into demons in an instant after entering the city, bringing endless sins to this city.
The terrible thing is that this sin will last for a long time.
Lu Xuan led people to control the treasury in the city first, and in the troubled times, grain is always hard currency.
"Lu Dutong, the commander invites you to go to the yamen." A cathar hurriedly came to Lu Xuan's side and saluted Lu Xuan.
"What?" Lu Xuan frowned and asked.
"The Governor said that if you want to worship the Heavenly Master, everyone must go regardless of what they are doing." The cathar's tone was unexpectedly tough.
"Got it, I'll go later." Lu Xuan nodded.
"Farewell!" The cathars obviously have to find other capitals, and now the city is in chaos, and each of them doesn't know where they are, so Guo Chang sent a lot of people out to find them.
"Let's go, go meet the Celestial Master." Lu Xuan looked at Yang Chong and Lu Chaodao on the side.
For the Heavenly Master, these generals actually didn't have much sense of awe before, after all, for them, the Heavenly Master was just like the Son of Heaven, too far away.
However, this time the city was broken, and the phantom of the Heavenly Master worshiped far away outside the city, and after worshipping the green spirit of Sanyang County, the image of the Heavenly Master had a clear appearance in the hearts of all the righteous soldiers.
The unfathomable power of the gods is even more awe-inspiring.
Everyone may not care about other things, but no one will disobey such a thing as worshipping the Heavenly Master.