The Zhou army fought all the way, went smoothly, won the Bishui Pass, and defeated Lu Xiong, and also had the help of immortals and strangers, and after this defeat, there were many people who were as confused as Niu Jiejian.

At this time, they found that there was no destiny, no invincible, only those who fought flesh-and-blood between the two armies and kept falling.

Even Ji Fa is no exception.

The haze brought about by this defeat enveloped everyone, and the original indomitable determination for the Heavenly Walker was like the shoes under his feet, which gradually collapsed in the process of withdrawing troops.

The cow felt hungry and a little cold.

He could clearly feel that life was passing little by little, and at this time, he was not so afraid.

He recalled the brothers who fought hard to attack the city, he saw the brothers who stood firm, and he also saw the brothers who were pierced through the heart and stabbed through the body by ten thousand arrows....

At this time, more questions arose in my mind.

What are they fighting for?

They fought for Zhou Tianzi and died for Zhou Tianzi, but Ji Fa, who could inherit the order of heaven, was the dignified son of heaven, why was he defeated?

This doesn't make sense!

Ji Fa couldn't face the confusion in the pawn's eyes, because he knew very well what he was fighting for.

He is for the sake of the great plan of the merchants, in order to help Ji Li take revenge, to fulfill Ji Chang's wishes, and then to expand the territory, defeat the king of Xu, and vent his anger for the aristocratic class.

Ji Li is his grandfather, Ji Chang is his father, the more chassis he has, the more authority he has, and he himself is the biggest nobleman in the world.

To put it bluntly, it's all for himself.

What about these soldiers?

In the past, people enlisted in the army because they could fill their stomachs, and whoever gave them food and drink would give them their lives.

Push forward by tens or hundreds of years, and enlisting in the army means that you have food and drink and can survive.

But now?

Cheng is also Ji Chang, and defeat is also Ji Chang.

Ji Chang relied on the invention of new farm tools to turn the tide, his reputation soared, and he was able to return to Xiqi safely, but the new farm tools plus the promotion of rice, wheat, and manure made it easy to fill his stomach.

Xiqi's pawns have no way to rise at all, the military merit system is tantamount to a dose of poison for the nobles, even if Ji Fa has an idea, the nobles can't sit back and watch the common people threaten their status through military merits.

In this way, what is the motivation for the soldiers to join the army?

It's because of Ji Fa and because of Zhou Tianzi.

After Ziqi Dongdong came to call the Son of Heaven, Xiqi began to explode the army, and the ordinary people of Xiqi believed that the Mandate of Heaven was in Zhou, so they naturally joined the army.

But now, this kind of destiny is in Zhou, and no one is convinced of it anymore, and everyone is in doubt.

The soldiers of the Zhou army had all thought about obeying the mandate of heaven, even if there were not many benefits, even if they would die on the battlefield, at least they felt that what they were doing was right, fighting for the sake of Zhou Tianzi, who was in the mandate of heaven, and for faith.

However, the situation has changed.

This defeat became the fuse, countless soldiers died one after another, and countless remnants of soldiers who lacked arms and legs lay on the haystacks waiting for death.

They were not favored by the Mandate of Heaven, and they did not rightfully defeat those who offended the power of Heaven, but they were defeated by sinners who defended Heaven.

Just when Ji Fa was speechless for a long time, a thick voice sounded:

"Everything is not peaceful, the grass and trees are silent, the wind scratches, the water waves are silent, the wind is silent, the gold and stone are silent, and the instrument is blowing.

It was Nangong Shi who spoke, and there was a terrible wound under his left rib, if it was a little deeper, it would inevitably hurt his muscles and bones.

He walked in three or two steps, wiped the strong neck of the cow with a knife, and gave him a painful pleasure, if he wants to die, die quickly, and don't have some thoughts that disturb the morale of the army.

As a generation of famous generals, Nangong Shi knows very well that this kind of sentiment like a cow is the beginning of the army mutiny.

Unlike the generals, all the generals of the Zhou army fought because of conflicts of interest, and in essence, they fought for themselves, while the pawns below had no conflict of interest with the big merchants.

If this kind of questioning of the "Son of Heaven" spreads, the Zhou army will collapse without a fight.

Nangong Shi raised his arms and shouted: "I am virtuous in the Zhou Dynasty, but the father of the first king was killed in a foreign land for trumped-up crimes, and the first king was also poisoned.

After that, Nangong Shi shouted: "The faint monarch is in charge, why don't you get rid of it?"

Nangong Shi's words were also out of helplessness.

Now they can only find ways to divert the attention of the soldiers to the king of Zhou, if they continue to think about why they are fighting and whether the Son of Heaven inherits the mandate of heaven, they will definitely mutiny.

As for the question of whether the faint king should be eliminated or not, it is not at all what these people from common people should think, so they will not have such great ideas, besides, the king of Zhou is the king of the great merchants, they are the people of Xiqi, and the decree of the king of Zhou is not under Xiqi, no matter how strict the law is, what does it have to do with them?

Nangong Shi knew that these words were not enough, he glanced at everyone and continued:

"If you don't make a sound, your army will be peaceful if you don't fight, our army is already in accordance with the mandate of heaven, and the heavens will destroy Zhou Xing, and everyone expects it, but this is also a grind, testing whether we are firm enough, and now our army is newly defeated, but there are people who want to surrender?"

"If you have, you can go. ”

There was silence, save for the faint groans of the wounded soldiers who were missing arms and legs.

The strong self-confidence in Nangong Shi's words infected many people, and he turned defeat into tempering, the Mandate of Heaven is the Mandate of Heaven, but the Mandate of Heaven is not necessarily smooth sailing, occasional failures are tests, such a statement is more convincing to this group of people than a frontal rout.

As Nangong Shi arranged for the pro-soldiers to shout and respond, the army's morale stabilized slightly, and there was no longer a danger of mutiny.

Ji Fa also breathed a sigh of relief.

And at this time, the herald came to report: "General Lei Zhenzi is back!"

In order to withdraw the army from Bishui Pass, Ji Fa left Ji Shuqian and Lei Zhenzi to lead the army, and now only Lei Zhenzi is back.

Ji Fa hurriedly asked, "Why didn't the twelfth brother come back?"

Lei Zhenzi shook his head.

Seeing this, Nangong knew that Uncle Ji would die for a lifetime, and immediately frowned.

Ji Chang Baizi, like Ji Shuqian, there are many martial arts and strong people, and if one dies, it is not a big problem.

But the problem is not with the dead, but with the living.

He knew that Ji Dan had long been dissatisfied with Lei Zhenzi and these immortals, and now that his younger brother and Lei Zhenzi broke off together, one came back, and the other did not come back, who knows what kind of knot will be formed?

Outside, a big defeat, inside, it doesn't seem to be easy.....