Chapter 564: Morale
As he spoke, Rakshen waved his hand and pointed to the thousand brothers who were neatly divided into ten horizontal lines and stood in front of the two of them. These thousand brothers, of different races, are all holding their heads high, but their spirits are extremely full.
As soon as he saw these brothers, Zilong was also relieved, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Brothers, do you know where we are going next?"
"Yes!" said the thousand brothers in unison.
"Then tell me!" Zilong asked even more happily.
"Death Passage!" said the Thousand Brothers again.
"That's good!" Zilong nodded and said, "It is the famous death passage of the Hetao grassland, known as the extinction of birds and the extinction of beasts!
"Don't be afraid!" said the Thousand Brothers again.
"Okay! worthy of being a good man on the grassland!" Zilong cocked his thumb and said admiringly, "Actually, it's all a lie to say that you are not afraid of death!"
As soon as these words came out, a thousand brothers were all surprised, and even Lakshen looked at Zilong very strangely, not knowing what kind of trouble Zilong was making.
Unexpectedly, Zilong changed his words and said: "But it is more terrible than death, but there are many! For example, there is not enough to eat, not to dress warmly, not to get a wife, not to have children to send to the end, and so on, everything is more terrible than death, you say, don't you?"
"Yes......" Zilong's simple words won the hearts of these brothers at the bottom of the grassland. On the grassland, natural and man-made disasters are continuous, and every moment, in fact, people die.
But death does not make the brave grassland people fearful, but the lack of food, clothing, hunger, and no family is what makes these iron-like grassland people even more afraid.
When the Heavenly King faction was here, they had been paying heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and for their own selfish interests, they had requisitioned the people of various tribes of the grassland several times to carry out unnecessary wars, and many of the grassland people died without a place to be buried.
But after Zilong overthrew the Tianwang faction, he not only tried his best to reduce taxes and fees, but also opened the mutual market in Ningxia, and all of a sudden, the materials on the grassland were more than ten times more, and many grassland people who were hungry and cold were able to survive the cold winter with countless dead people in the past.
Therefore, in the hearts of the grassland people at the bottom, no matter what those tribal leaders think, they always believe that Xu Zilong is their king of Hetao, and the Hetao General's Mansion is the regime worthy of their lives to defend.
At this moment, Zilong said a word, but directly said their hearts, they may not be literate and don't know what righteousness is, but they all clearly understand what this time is going south for.
"Because of Ningxia!" Zilong said directly, "Ningxia and we traded with each other, gave us clothes, used to keep out the cold and winter, gave us food, so that we don't have to go out to the field to dig food! But now, Ningxia is besieged by traitors like Liu Jin, with heavy troops, and it is in danger, if Ningxia is broken, the route of the mutual market will be cut off, and our Hetao is like a baby without milk, sooner or later it will be starved to death, everyone is afraid!"
"I'm afraid!" A thousand brothers said without hesitation, Zilong said the truth, they only vaguely understood at first, this time was explained by Zilong, they all thought of the days as if they were going to return to the Heavenly King Sect, they only worried about eating and drinking every day, and they had eaten the last meal without the next meal, and they really had enough of that kind of life.
"It's good to be afraid!" Zilong said with great interest, "If you're afraid, follow me through the passage of death, and use our flesh and blood to pave a smooth path for our brothers going south! As long as Ningxia is not breached, there is hope for our Hetao, and everyone will not die in vain! I promise that the brothers who died this time will have their bereavement doubled, and an inscription will be set up to pay tribute to the Hetao for all generations!"
"Kill, kill, kill!" Zilong's words successfully mobilized the blood in the hearts of these thousand brothers, at this moment they were all a fire, hovering in their chests, and there was no catharsis for a while, and they were all like beasts, shouting loudly, and saying three words in a row.
Seeing that the morale was greatly boosted and the military spirit was available, Zilong immediately nodded with satisfaction, waved his big hand, pointed to the direction of the death channel, and said, "Let's go!"
At the sound of an order, the thousand brothers turned their heads without hesitation, raised their weapons, and walked towards the death passage full of death in an orderly manner.
Lakshin stood aside, dumbfounded, until Zilong called him twice, he woke up leisurely, and said with great admiration: "In the past, I only thought that adults were strong in martial arts and had good brains!
Thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear. Although Zilong doesn't like to listen to sycophants, Lakshen's words can be regarded as heartfelt, and he was quite happy at the moment, patted Lakshen on the shoulder, and said: "Okay! Lord Ben still has more skills! Follow me, I will keep you to see more!"
"Yes, my subordinates will swear to follow your lord to the death!" Lakshin immediately beat his chest and saluted, and said solemnly.
"Haha!" The depression in Zilong's chest at this time also dissipated a lot, and after receiving a salute from Lakshen, he said, "Okay, I'm leaving, you can take more responsibility for this side of the matter!" Uncle Hu Dulu is unable to move, and everything is based on taking care of his old man, understand?"
"Subordinates understand!" Lakshin hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "But the subordinates have a reluctant request, and please ask your lord to agree!"
"Oh, you say!" Zilong nodded and said, "As long as it's not too difficult, I'll answer you!"
"Well, my subordinates want to follow you through the death passage!" Laxin said.
"Huh, do you want to follow me through the death passage?" Zilong thought that Lakshen had some personal request, but where did he think that he was going to accompany him to the death passage once, and he couldn't help but look at Lakshen with some shock at the moment, and said, "You are leaving, what should I do here?"
"Although Lord Hu Dulu is incapacitated, his heart is like a mirror, there is him, there is me and me, in fact, there is not much difference!" Rakshen obviously had planned it a long time ago, and only heard him say, "On the contrary, there are many dangers on the side of the death channel, and the adults are extremely noble, if there is any danger, although the adults can risk their lives, but after all, it is not good! But I followed, it would be good! If there is any hard work, I will go instead of the adults, so that the adults can also lead by example, and their own safety is also guaranteed!"
"How can this be?" Zilong flatly refused.
"I think it's okay!" Zilong was about to refute Rakshen, but a crisp and pleasant voice sounded, Zilong and Rakshen followed the sound, but saw Wan'er coming gracefully.
"Wan'er?" Zilong saw Wan'er's approval, and immediately couldn't help but say, "Why don't you agree indiscriminately, am I, Xu Zilong, the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"
"My eldest brother Zilong is naturally a big hero who stands up to the sky!" Wan'er took three steps and made two steps, came to Zilong's side, took Zilong's hand, and said tenderly, "But big hero, do you think your personal life really belongs to you?"
"Hmm, what do you mean?" Zilong asked with a puzzled look.
"Zilong!" Wan'er Zhengse said, "Let's talk about your identity as the king of the Hetao first, do you think that if you unfortunately die in the death channel, do you think that Brother Jiang can still calm the chaos in the Hetao, and this Hetao General's Mansion can continue to exist?"
"This ......" Zilong suddenly understood, and couldn't help but be a little speechless.
"Then, if you're gone, do you think there are other reinforcements over there in Ningxia?" Wan'er asked again.
"......" Zilong was silent.
"It seems that you already have the answer!" Wan'er knew Zilong quite well, and immediately smiled happily and said, "So, now, you can no longer take risks casually! If something happens to you, you will really be succeeded by Liu Jin! You are the strongest link in our uprising, and at the same time the weakest link, do you understand?"
"Okay!" Although helpless, Zilong had to admit that everything Wan'er said did make sense, so he had to nod at the moment, recognized Wan'er's words, and said, "What you said is right!"
"It's good if you think it's right!" Wan'er tenderly tidied up some messy clothes for Zilong, if a little daughter-in-law is general, patted the dust on Zilong's body, and admonished, "You have to remember, you don't live for you alone, behind you, there are Hetao, there are thousands of soldiers and civilians in Ningxia waiting for you, and me, so you must protect yourself and can't do anything!"
In the past, no matter how big the difficulties Zilong faced, Wan'er didn't worry, after all, at that time, Zilong was facing more people, and he could always find a way to deal with it.
But this time the death passage is full of complex and mysterious and extremely dangerous terrain, and no matter how high the martial arts are, people may accidentally land on the road, so Wan'er can't help but worry.
Zilong saw Wan'er's thousands of instructions, and a warm flow flowed through his heart, nodded sweetly, and didn't say more, just glanced at Wan'er affectionately, and after saying goodbye to Qingyankou, he jumped on the horse with Lakshen and ran towards the death squad that was going away.
Wan'er looked at Zilong's departing figure, under the afterglow of the sunset, gradually elongated, until it disappeared, and her heart was also full of emotion, silently praying for Zilong, and did not leave for a long time.
However, after saying goodbye to Wan'er, Zilong led the death squad all the way, and after a short time, he rushed into the enemy's field of vision at Qingyankou.
The enemy of the Qingyankou was originally the people of Ordos, and under the order of the Ordos lord Mandu Gan Agulhu, they colluded with the nearby Tamigena tribe, and finally built a simple but well-defended pass in a very short time.
Seeing a thousand people rushing towards the death passage from a distance, the Ordos people on the Qingyankou Pass immediately reported to their leader.
But because of his drunkenness, the leader has not come to his senses until now. In desperation, after those Ordos people sobered up the leader, the leader reprimanded him.